Luke was wiping the tables down the next morning, it was pretty quiet but he liked it being quiet some mornings so he could get things done without having people like Taylor complaining about his lack of community spirit or when Kirk was acting...well Kirk like. He heard the bell of the door ring as someone came in, he turned round to the counter, he hoped it was Lorelai but he knew it wouldn't be, it was too early in the morning for her.
"Hey" Chris said brightly to Luke.
"O hi" he asked with a confused look on his face.
"I'm Chris, Rory's dad, I'm not sure if you remember me"
"O right yeah, I just didn't realise you were in town?" he said with a confused look still plastered on his face.
"Well I stopped in to surprise the Gilmore girls yesterday" he said smiling, he couldn't be sure but he thought that Luke was acting slightly weird, had Lorelai told him what had happened at the wedding? Was he pissed at him because he had walked out on Lorelai?
"Oh ok, so where are they?" Luke asked gruffly, he was angry that Lorelai hadn't told him that Chris had been there last night, that is why she didn't want me to come over he realised. He remembered back to the time when Lorelai was supposed to be helping him paint the diner, and when Chris had shown up and she stood him up.
"O they're still in bed but I'm bringing them both back breakfast" and laughed as he added "the only safe way to wake Lor up is with coffee I think".
"Mm yea" Luke replied, he couldn't help but wonder if Chris had been lying next to Lorelai when he got up this morning. He couldn't believe this, 'I thought we were getting somewhere, we were on the same page yesterday morning, how can she do this to me again?' he said to himself as he felt the anger building up when he thought of Chris and her sleeping together after only a few hours of them kissing. Had it not meant to anything to her? He gave Chris the pancakes and coffee to go and watched him leave, as soon as he shut the door Luke slammed the coffee down on the counter and walked into the store room trying to calm himself down.
Almost an hour later the diner was quite busy as he rushed round the tables taking orders and bringing food, he was trying to do as much as he could to try and keep his mind off Lorelai but he couldn't seem to get her out of his head. He couldn't make up his mind whether he wanted her to come in today, he knew if she did she would tell him about her and Chris and leave Luke standing there, as he watched her leave...again.
He was carrying some plates out of the kitchen when he heard the bell of the door ring, he didn't look up but he knew who it was, he always knew when she was there. She stood there looking at him for a few seconds before he met her eyes, he then turned away and walked back into the kitchen. She followed after him, she thought she had seen the hurt in his eyes as he had looked back at her. 'I'm so stupid, why the hell didn't I just tell him?' she thought as she ran after him, she didn't have a clue what she was going to say yet but she really wanted to make it right between them.
"Luke wait" she called out from the inside of the counter as she followed him into the kitchen, he didn't answer her.
"Please Luke" she called out again. They were in the store room and he spun around, he had his angry face on and his fists were clenched, the way they had been when all that stuff with Jason had happened at the Inn.
"What do you want Lorelai" he snarled, he hadn't meant to say it so strongly but he wanted to hurt her the way she had hurt him... so many times.
She stood here for a second staring at him, stung by his words. "I was going to tell you today when I saw you, he surprised us, I had no idea he was coming" she said, she was looking at him with a frown on her face, she wanted him to understand, she needed him to understand she thought.
"Yea well now you didn't have to. It doesn't matter to me anyway, I mean it's not like we were exclusive or anything" he said gruffly not looking as her and pretending to be sorting out some things on the counter. He didn't want her to see that he was hurt by her, she obviously didn't care anyway.
"Chris and I aren't back together Luke" she said quietly as she watched him, she thought she saw some relief in his eyes when she said that, "Rory is going through some stuff so Chris is just staying a couple of days to help out that's all... he slept on the couch Luke" she said softly as she got closer to him.
"Look if you wanna be with him... I'm not gonna get in your way. Just don't kiss me and then run off with him Lorelai, if this friendship means anything to you" he said as he forced the words out, he knew how much she had wanted to be a family, and have 'the whole package' with Chris in the past and he wouldn't be second best to her.
"Luke...I don't want to be with Chris, we're just friends, I wouldn't be here now if I did"
"So what are you saying?" he asked still not looking at her.
"I want to give us a go" she said still not sure if he was still angry with her.
"Do you mean that? I mean if you wanna be with him that's fine, but I don't want you to say something you're gonna end up regretting later"
"Luke I swear on... coffee – and you know how much I hate to swear on anything but I want to give us a go." Lorelai said grinning.
"You're insane" he said gruffly, he looked up at her and grinned a bit as he said, "I didn't mean to be so...you know" he said looking at her.
"So everything is good between us?" she said reaching out for his hand.
"Yea I think so" he replied as he gave her a small grin and laced his fingers through hers. He moved closer to her and put his other hand on her waist.
"Good" she said smiling as she pulled him closer to her. They were standing opposite each other, Lorelai with her back leaning against a table in the storage room, he put his hand behind her neck as he pulled her in and kissed her softly, she put her arms around him and pulled him up against her as she deepened the kiss. He responded by moving his hands further down her back and gently pushing her up against the table, she let out a small moan. They opened their mouths wider and began tentative stroking with their tongues as the kiss became more passionate, she knew she had made the right decision by coming to see Luke she thought, smiling she ran his fingers through his hair, 'God I love doing that', she thought.
"Hey Luke?" Caesar shouted from the kitchen.
They stopped suddenly as Luke jumped back, Caesar walked in a second later and saw them standing there looking guilty and dishevelled as he noticed the some lipstick around Luke's mouth and Lorelai's hair was slightly out of place at he back. He grinned at them as he saw their embarrassed faces. "It's about time" he mumbled to himself, and then turned to Luke and said "You better get out there, it's getting crazy".
Luke coughed as he said "Yea I'll be right out, I was just talking to Lorelai about fixing..her sink, its broken"
"Okay well I should go anyway, talk to you later" she said catching her breath as she started to walk out, Caesar grinned at her and she smiled back.
"Bye Caesar" she said and quickly left the diner.
Luke went to leave as well when Caesar said "Maybe you should check the mirror before you go out there", he laughed as he walked out. Luke quickly ran up to his apartment to wipe his face, 'What I really need now is a cold shower', he thought. He was grinning from ear to ear as went back down to the diner.
Lorelai walked down the street smiling, amazed yet again about the passion she had for Luke, had she been blind all these years? She knew now that there was something special between them that she hadn't felt for anyone before and it was exciting.
"Hey doll" Babette shouted as she walked over to Lorelai when she was coming up to her house
"O hey Babette" Lorelai said as she looked up and stopped daydreaming about kissing Luke again but still smiling.
"You ok? You look like you've got a bit of a rash or something coming on" Babette said in a concerned voice looking at Lorelai.
"O no that's ok I think it's just allergies or something don't worry about it" Lorelai said quickly to Babette trying to come up with an excuse, she made a mental note to talk to Luke about shaving more regularly.
"Ok well if you need anything just call, I have loads of pills n stuff, I don't know what they all do but I'm sure something would probably work"
"Thanks Babette, I gotta be getting in anyway Rory is waiting"
"Ok honey, oh I saw Rory's dad stop by last night, fine specimen of a man he is" Babette said smiling.
"Yea well I'll talk to you later" Lorelai said, not knowing quite what to say to that comment, as she walked up to her porch and inside.