Hey, Sorry this took a while to get out and it's short! I'm going to be finishing the fic within the next 5 chapters I think, but not exactly sure so we'll see! I have just started a real-life Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson fic so hopefully you all will read it. Thanks everyone for the great reviews, you are all so amazing!!

CHAPTER 24 – Resting on Something Real

"Why didn't you call" she asked quietly as she looked up at him in the doorway.

"What?...Why?" Luke said as he struggled to find the words before he said "Come in out of the cold" and slowly lead her into the house and over to the couch where she sat down, neither of them saying a word as he put the blanket around her shoulders to try and warm her up a bit.

"I called" he said quietly.

"You did?"

"Yeah I did"

"When? Why didn't you leave a message?"

"I just... didn't know what to say and I didn't want to say it to a machine"

"Why didn't you come back Luke? I haven't heard or seen from you in over a month, you could have called my cell"

"I know..." he said looking down at the floor.

"So what now?" she asked looking at him but his face wasn't giving much away.

"Why did you come here?" he asked, he wanted to know how she really felt, had the past month apart changed anything about how she had claimed she had felt about him before?

"I wanted to see you, I mean obviously you were in no rush to get back to Stars Hollow, or the diner... or me. Can I just sleep here tonight, I'll leave first thing in the morning don't worry" Lorelai said rubbing her eyes as the overwhelming tiredness overcame her, she didn't think Luke was so happy to see her, maybe this wasn't such a great idea she thought.

"I wanted to come back, but with Liz and TJ I had to stay and it just kept getting longer and longer. I was in a rush to get back, not to the diner but to you... but the way I left things I didn't know how it would be" Luke said as he sat down beside her and looked into her eyes, those beautiful blue eyes that just seemed to shine through him.

"What do you mean Liz and TJ?"

"Jeez, I didn't tell you, they got into a car accident and broke a leg and arm each, that's why I came here, 'cos they needed my help"

"Dammit Luke, you should really take a class in 'how to leave a message'... I thought you had left 'cos of what happened between us"

"What? I wouldn't just leave like that Lorelai, how could you think that?

"Well c'mon the note wasn't exactly 'ye olde thing of much knowledge"

"I know"

"And I guess I just kinda got used to people leaving"

"I mean with all the times Chris has turned up and left again, or when I screwed things up with Max... I guess I just wouldn't relate me and my relationships with any great expectations" she said honestly as they sat there. He moved his hand and put it over hers, he knew he would and could never leave her. After all the time and effort he spent trying to make it work with Nicole he knew he couldn't do it, because Lorelai was 'it' for him, whether she felt the same or not. He had spent years trying to convince himself he wasn't in love with her and he could live on his own but he couldn't, not after what had happened with them, he didn't want to be without her.

"I love you Lorelai, and I'm not gonna leave you... ever" Luke said before she snuggled into his shoulder and smiled into his chest as she inhaled his scent that she had missed so much.

"Luke can I tell you something?"

"Would it stop you if I said no?"

"Good point, but thanks for ruining the moment... that's usually my job"

"Sorry, go ahead" he said grinning as he wrapped his arms around her in a hug.

"Doesn't matter now" she said smugly.

"Oh come on" Luke said rolling his eyes.

"Nope, you're now just going to have to sit and wonder" she said and made a cruel laugh before he pushed her down on her back against the sofa and started tickling her, she always managed to bring out the playful side in him.

"Luke no!" she shouted before he covered her mouth and motioned to TJ and Liz's bedroom. Luke leaned down and lay on top of her pinning her arms behind her head.

"Maybe we should go another month without seeing each other if you're gonna be like this" Lorelai said seductively as Luke leaned down and kissed her deeply on the mouth, freeing her arms which she quickly wrapped around his neck and pulled him down on top of her. She slipped her tongue softly into his mouth which he gladly welcomed by opening his mouth wider, she bit him softly on the bottom lip which drove him crazy. He rolled her gently sideways so that he could undo the back of her dress as she started to undo the buttons on his flannel, pulling it off him and throwing it across the room.

"AHH, DAMN" Luke said as he tried to roll over and hit the floor with a thud, the couch wasn't big enough for the two of them. Lorelai looked over at him and started laughing hysterically as he lay on the floor, "Deja-vu" she said through giggles as he just rolled his eyes and stood up. He sat down on the couch beside her and just put his arm around her, She hugged him tightly and closed her eyes, not wanting to ever have to go a month or even a day without seeing him again. He gently brushed her hair away from her face as he kissed her forehead gently.

The next morning...

"You don't waste any time"

Luke and Lorelai groaned as they opened their eyes slowly and looked up and TJ who was standing looking down at them with a cheeky grin on his face.

"What do you want?" Luke grumbled as he stood up from the couch.

"If you had told us you were having company we would have got you an air bed"

"Go away TJ"

"Hey, I was being nice, Lorelai wasn't I being nice?"

"Thanks for the offer" Lorelai said smiling as she noticed the look of irritation on Luke's face.

"Who wants breakfast?" Luke said walking into the kitchen

"Ooh me" Lorelai said putting her hand up as if she was back in high school again.

"I always told you Luke, but you never listened?"

"What are you talking about?" Luke asked in an annoyed tone.

"Well I dunno why you would marry Nicole when Lorelai was right there, I mean if I wasn't married..."

"SHUTUP TJ!!" Luke shouted.

"Hey, that was a compliment, Lorelai wasn't that a compliment?"

"Um..."

"I mean I didn't call you ugly"

"And I'm thankful for that"

"What's all the shouting about?" Liz said as she emerged from the bedroom.

"Just your husband and his stupid..." Luke muttered.

"Hi Liz" Lorelai said walking into the kitchen.

"Lorelai!" Liz said loudly giving a surprised Lorelai a big hug.

"I didn't know you were visiting, Luke why didn't you tell me Lorelai was visiting? When did you get here?"

"Well it wasn't really planned, very early this morning" Lorelai said as she looked over at Luke and gave him a small smile to which he returned a small grin.

"Aw this is great, he's been walking about like a bear with a sore paw since he got here, I think that's the first time I've seen him smile yet"

"Liz" Luke said gruffly as he turned around to the cooker, obviously embarrassed.

"Well I try my best" Lorelai said as she smiled happily. She loved that his sister was so warm towards her, being an only child she was not used to having brothers or sisters and with anyone else she had dated she hadn't really stuck with them long enough to be friends with their siblings, this was so different. For one of the first times in her life she felt content in a relationship where she knew that Luke would always be there for her, she felt safe, something she had been waiting to feel with someone her whole life.

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