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CHAPTER 11: Coffee and Confronation

"Luke?"

"Yeah"

"It's been a while since my last cup of coffee, can you get me another pretty please?" she asked with a pout. "We should call you the King of Coffee, 'cos yours is the best, oh my god that can you're new code name. I'll be Java Junkie, and you can be coffee king. Kinda like Budweiser king of beers except you my friend are King of Coffee ....or do you think those are too easy to figure out?" she asked.

"How many times do I have to tell you? I will answer to Luke and that's it"

"What about Lucas?"

"No" he said gruffly

"Captain Kirk?" she asked smiling mischievously.

"No"

"I was just thinking that since you had the shirt n everything, we could do roleplays, you could be Captain Kirk and I'll be princess Lea"

"No and Princess Lea is in Star Wars not Star Trek"

"Whatever, we can't all be sci-fi freaks like you"

"That's just a known fact, I'm not a...." he trailed off, he knew he wouldn't win this argument, he knew she would keep on going.

"You want coffee or not?" he said gruffly.

"Um yea!" she said as she jumped off the couch excitedly.

"You're crazy" he muttered as she got up. She put her arm around his waist and snuggled into him on the way to the kitchen. She sat down at the kitchen table as she watched Luke start to make coffee. Less than ten minutes later they were both sitting at the table, Luke was drinking water since they had no tea and Lorelai was just finishing her first cup of coffee.

"So you're sure you want me to stay?"

"I was just thinking about that, maybe it's not such a good idea"

"Oh okay" he said clearly disappointed.

"I'm kidding Mr Serious, yes I want you to stay" she said smiling as he grinned at her.

"... Even if you are a trekkie" she said with a wicked grin on her face as he rolled his eyes. He picked up their mugs, stood up and walked over to the sink and started to rinse them out. Lorelai walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"You don't have to do that now ya know" she whispered into his ear.

"Well then when would they get done?" he replied.

"Duh when we run out of clean ones, which would probably be in the next few days, then I would decide whether to clean them or just buy new ones" she was quiet for a few seconds before saying, "Yea I'd probably just buy new ones and make them last until Rory got home".

"That's what I thought, hence the washing up" he said as he finished rinsing the two cups and put them on the drainer and dried his hands on the dish towel. He turned back to Lorelai who was now leaning against the work top, she wrapped her arms around his waist tightly and hugged him. The last few days had been a whirlwind for him, he had finally got the girl and he never wanted to let her go.

"You ready for bed?" she whispered in his ear.

"Definatley" he whispered back into her ear, he smelt her hair and grinned as he pulled back and took her hand and she lead him upstairs. About ten minutes later Luke was sitting on the bed in his boxers and t-shirt waiting for Lorelai to finish brushing her teeth. A few minutes later she emerged from the bathroom, he smiled as he watched her enter.

"Hey" she said shyly as she approached the bed.

"Hey ... nice pyjamas" he said grinning at her. She walked over to the bed wearing Garfield pyjamas, the trousers were baggy but the top was a tight string top that hugged her figure nicely.

"Well I know how much you love this cat, I believe your exact words were 'That is one funny cat'" she said using air quotes.

"O yeah your stationary" he said remembering back to the note that she had written him after their fight, he still had it in his apartment. He remembered when Nicole had been over once looking through some of his stuff that he was supposed to be moving to her place and she had seen the note in his drawer, she was far from happy with the 'Love Lorelai' part. He had pretended to throw it out like he hadn't realised still had it but he had stuck it in his pocket when she wasn't looking.

Lorelai turned off the main bedroom light and walked back over to the bed and jumped in, 'I can't wait to sleep with Luke' she thought excitedly. He was thinking the exact thing about her.

He put his arm around her and she snuggled up into him with her arm draped over his chest, she loved being this close to him. She looked up and kissed him softly on the lips before they both went to sleep. Even though there was nothing sexual happening between them they were both happier than they had been a long time.

The next morning Luke woke up at 5.45, he had slept in a bit but he had to get up and go to the diner. He tried to get up without waking Lorelai up which took a while since she was leaning on him, he managed to get off the bed. He had been watching her to make sure he didn't wake her but as he got up and as he stepped backwards he stumbled on his boots which he had left in the middle of the floor.

"Dammit" Luke said as he crashed to the floor with a thud.

"What the hell" a sleepy voice said, a few seconds later Lorelai's head popped over the side of the bed and looked down at him.

"Decided to try gymnastics?" she said grinning as she saw Luke sitting on the floor looking embarrassed.

"I was trying not to wake you up" he said gruffly.

"Successful as ever" she said sarcastically. She looked over to the alarm clock, "Jeez... why would you get up this early?"

"We've been through this before"

"Yes well I still don't see method in your madness" she said as she climbed back under the bed covers and buried her head in a pillow. He pulled on his jeans and walked over to the bed, "So I'll maybe see you later?" he asked as he leaned down and kissed her.

"You woke me up, that's against the law in this house... if it's not gymnastics it's an army of alarm clocks" she muttered.

"What?" he asked confused.

"Don't pretend you don't know alarm clock massacre" she said grumpily.

"I see you like to spread joy in the morning" he said sarcastically as he headed for the door. Another reason for his early rising is that he didn't want Babette to catch him coming out of Lorelai's.

"Hey" she shouted.

"What?" he asked as he turned around to see her getting out of bed and stumbling over to him, she was still partially asleep.

"I just wanted a proper goodbye" she said as she put her hands on the sides of his face and kissed him deeply.

"See ya later, at a godly hour of the day" she muttered.

"Bye" he said grinning as he walked out and she crawled back into bed again.

Lorelai entered the diner a little after eight the next morning. She looked around for Luke but he didn't seem to be around so she took went to the counter and filled herself a cup of coffee when Luke walked in.

"Hey" she said smiling over her coffee mug.

"Hi" he said.

"How are you this morning?"

"I'm good, you okay?" he asked, he hoped she didn't regret him staying over last night, they hadn't had sex but it still meant something to him.

"I'm good, actually I slept with this great guy last night" she whispered over the counter so no-one else could hear. He leaned his elbows on the counter and looked at her grinning, he had been so happy the last few days since they got together.

"Really? Because I slept with someone really great too last night"

"Interesting" she said flirtatiously as she took another sip of her coffee.

"Wow Big Frank was busy" she said grinning as he rolled his eyes.

"So are you working tonight?" she asked.

"Yeah, Caesar can't work. Will you be in?"

"Yeah I'm sure I could squeeze you into my busy schedule"

He stood up from the counter, he could feel stares on them both and didn't want anyone to give them a second thought. He didn't want them to be the talk of the town yet, it was nice just having it between them. Lorelai drank the rest of her coffee and left some money on the counter, she didn't want to attract any attention to the two of them, she couldn't believe they had kept it a secret for so long, she wanted to enjoy it while it lasted. She said goodbye to Luke and left to go to the Inn.

Around 8pm that evening...

Lorelai entered the diner, there were a few people in but it was pretty quiet. She saw Luke standing talking to an old lady in the corner and smiled, he was laughing at something she was saying, if she was younger then Lorelai would have been jealous. A minute or so later Luke came back to the counter.

"Hey"

"Hi"

"So have I got some competition then?" she said raising her eyebrow.

"Keep your voice down" he grumbled.

"You don't want you fancy lady to hear me huh?" she said looking over at the old lady in the corner with narrowing eyes.

"Be serious"

"Hey I am, how would I know you weren't into something freaky like that, what's that called like necrophilia or something" she said in a serious voice.

"Lorelai" he said sternly.

"Okay so can I get something to eat then, correct me if I'm wrong but you can get food here right?"

"You want your normal?"

"Yeah" she said and he turned and walked back into the kitchen. She poured herself a cup of coffee and sat for a minute before her phone went off.

"Mom?"

"Rory, hi, how are you sweets?"

"I'm great, how are you?"

"I'm great now. So how's Europe?"

"It's amazing, we are in Amsterdam at the minute, it's really good"

"Tell the girls at the red light place I said hey and keep up the good work"

"I'll be sure to do that if Grandma and I go there" Rory said in a sarcastic tone.

"I'm sure that's first on Emily's list" Lorelai said smiling at the thought "So you looking forward to coming home? I can't wait until you get home, we have so much to do before you go back to Yale. You want me to send you a photo so you know who to look out for in the airport. I have blue eyes and long hair, and a...."

"Aren't you blonde?"

"No I changed"

"Good 'cos blonde is so overrated anyway. So how's things with you and Luke?"

"They are great. I am at Luke's now so don't worry about me dying of starvation when you're gone"

"I was worried about that but I'm glad you reassured me. Tell Luke I said hey" Rory said. She really missed her mom and seeing her. She missed everything about Stars Hollow, she wanted to get back and see everyone, she couldn't help but wonder what had happened between Dean and Lindsay.

"Sure I'll but him on the phone and you can say it yourself" Lorelai said as Luke walked in with her food. She held the phone out to him and he took it, he guessed that it was Rory on the phone.

"Hey Rory" he said gruffly.

"Hey Luke" Rory said cheerfully, she had definatley missed him more than she thought she would.

"Hi Rory. How's Europe?" he said grinning.

"It's great. I'm having a great time. Thanks for looking after mom for me"

"Great, and it's no problem" he said grinning.

"Okay well I gotta go now, but I think it's really good that you and mom are together now...finally"

"Have a good time in Europe, I'll have some coffee here when you get back and Rory?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks" he said, he liked that Rory wasn't weird about them being a couple, she was a great kid. He handed the phone back to Lorelai as she smiled at him, for what reason he wasn't sure.

"Hey again" she said.

"Hey mom, so I gotta go now, it's pretty late here"

"Okay hon, miss you, love ya more than coffee" Lorelai said smiling.

"Love you too mom"

"More than coffee?"

"Yeah more than coffee"

"Good because have I told you about the pain I went through when you were born... it felt like..."

"Yes I'm sure you have mentioned it" Rory said sarcastically as she interrupted her, she had heard the story so many times, each time it got more detailed.

Bye mom" Rory said as they both hung up.

"Bye hon"

Luke stood watching Lorelai as she talked to Rory, she was a great mom to her which was one of the things he really loved about her. She hung up and smiled widely at him, he grinned back.

"You know I think one of the sexiest things about you is how considerate you can be with Rory"

"Well she's an amazing kid... all thanks to you" he said blushing slighty.

"Yeah she is, and thanks" Lorelai said as she took a bite of her burger. Luke walked into the kitchen and brought out some food for some customers while Lorelai sat eating her burger and fries. About half an hour later she got up to leave.

"You going?" he asked, disappointed that he had to work tonight.

"Yeah, have loads to do tonight"

"Okay well see you later"

"...alligator. In a while crocodile" Lorelai said smiling as she turned and left

10pm that evening

Luke had just watched the last customer leave and closed the diner, he was wiping down the counter and wondering if he should call Lorelai. He picked up the phone and dialled her number.

"Hello"

"Hey" he said, happy to hear her voice.

"Wat ya up to?" she asked brightly.

"Just closed up. What you doing?"

"Just crappy stuff for the Inn but I'm just finished, I would kill for some coffee though" she said hoping that he would take the hint and bring her over some coffee.

"Well that's a shock... you want me to come over?" he asked, he knew he had only seen her a few hours ago but he really wanted to see her.

"Aw would you Lukey?" Lorelai asked excitedly.

"Don't call me that" he said gruffly.

"Ok Lucas so when are you gonna come over?"

"I'll just finish closing up and I'll be right over"

"Yay! Oh and if you happen to see a bag with burger, fries and coffee lying about then feel free to bring it with you"

They both said their goodbyes and hung up. Lorelai ran upstairs to put on some cute pyjamas for Luke, she was excited. About ten minutes later the doorbell rang, 'Wow that was quick' Lorelai thought as she went downstairs in her Spongebob Squarepants shorts and a tank top.

"Hi" the voice said as she opened the door.

"Dean" Lorelai said coldly as she looked out at him. She had managed to avoid him so far but she knew they would have to talk sometime.

"Lorelai, can I talk to you?" he asked pleadingly.

"Um yea come in" she said in a monotone voice.

"I just really wanna say sorry for what happened"

"How could you do it Dean?" Lorelai asked.

"I know it was wrong on Lindsay, but I love... Rory Lorelai, I promise you that and I never meant to hurt her"

"I know that you love her Dean, but why would you get married if you loved someone else?" Lorelai said frowning.

"I thought I could love her, but I was stupid" Dean said as he sat down at the kitchen table and put his head in his hands.

"So what's happening now?"

"I told Lindsay that I didn't think it was working and that we were both unhappy together so we split up"

"Wow-when did this happen?" Lorelai said as she sat down at the kitchen table. She felt sorry for Dean, he looked so helpless sitting there.

"A few days ago. I suppose it'll be town gossip by tomorrow" he said in a sad voice

"Don't worry... I think you'll be fine Dean" Lorelai said with a little compassion.

"Thanks, and I'm sorry Lorelai, I just hope that you can maybe forgive me sometime" he said standing up. He looked like a little boy as he stood in front of her which he certainly wasn't as he towered over her.

"I forgive you Dean but only 'cos I know you are a good kid and you love Rory" Lorelai said smiling slightly at him and he smiled back.

"Thanks. So I should go now" he said he looked in the direction of the back door.

"Okay well good luck with everything Dean" she said as he opened the back door and stepped out. He nodded and gave a small wave before he turned and left. She felt strange, she had thought she would have been really mad at him but the truth was she felt sorry for him, he had lost more than Rory had.

Luke walked up to the Gilmore's and saw a figure walking down the driveway. He couldn't make him out but as he got some closer he saw who it was and could feel his anger building as he walked faster towards him.