Summary: It's Christmas time in Stars Hollow. Unfortunately, Rory can't come home for Christmas. So who's left to entertain Lorelei?

Disclaimer: I wished I owned Gilmore Girls but I don't! There is no way in forever that I could've thought up such an incredible story as Gilmore Girls! So I must settle on fanfcs :sigh: I am, however, a GG ADDICT!

Chapter 1

Oppurtunity

The opportunity was there. Both windows were open. Finally. Whenever Lorelai had her window open before, Luke's was closed. When Luke's window was open, Lorelai's had always been shut. But it was different now. Jason was gone. Nicole was gone. Luke and Lorelai had both noticed how perfect the moment was, but neither wanted to admit it. Because they were both scared. They were scared of losing each other. Forever. But deep down, they both knew that if they didn't act now, they would lose each other. Forever. So something had to be done…..

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"This will kill you, y'know" Luke warned

"Well thanks for the consideration, mister" There was bitterness in Lorelai's voice.

Luke sighed and filled Lorelai's cup with steamy coffee. For the 3rd time. She didn't look up. Luke was about to say something about the long and painful death that a coffee lover would surely experience, but he quickly realized that she wasn't in the mood.

It pained Luke to see her sad like this. He didn't even know what caused her pain, but it made Lorelai sad so he didn't like it.

"Hey….um….Lorelai…."

Her head slowly started to rise.

"Luuuuuke! Could you fill our coffee cups, sweetheart?'

With one last glance at Lorelai (who was now staring back at her cup), Luke walked over to Miss. Patty and Babbette.

"She looks sad don't she suga?' Babbette asked as Luke filled her cup.

"Wha?" Luke mumbled

"Lorelai. She looks like she's not doin' too good." Babbette answered as if it were sooooo obvious.

"Do you know what's wrong?" Luke asked, a little too quickly, slightly revealing his concern.

"Nope, but you should ask her" Miss. Patty suggested.

"You're just about the only one in this whole town who can get her to open up." Babbette added

Luke pretended to role his eyes while he secretly glanced at Lorelai, still in the same position.

He left Patty and Babbette in their fit of giggles.

Slowly and quietly, Luke approached Lorelai. He slowly opened his mouth. "Hey-"

"Sure, thanks."

Luke stared at Lorelai blankly ad he realized that she thought he was just asking her if she wanted more coffee. He half-heartedly filled her mug.

"You're welcome." He practically stumbled over his thoughts of her thoughts.

A half an hour and two silent cups of coffee later, Lorelai still hadn't budged. The bells over the door rang quietly as Miss. Patty and Babbette left. Miss. Patty looked at Luke and then looked at Lorelai, Babbette winked.

'God' Luke thought 'I know I must be desperate when I need the town gossipers (A/N is 'gossipers' a word?) to budge me along.'

When he was sure the two "gossipers" were far out of sight, he walked over to Lorelai again. "Um, Lorelai?"

Her eyes shot up. "Oh my gosh, its closing time, isn't it? Ah, I'm sorry Luke. I was just…I'm sorry. I'll leave right now. Uh, could I have one more cup of coffee to go? Please, Luke? I have some work to do late tonight, and coffee would really help…." She thought that maybe if she never stopped talking, no one would notice her sadness.

Her rambling acts never fooled Luke. "No sit down. I don't close for another hour" He refilled her cup with coffee as she sat.

"Uh, is something wrong? I mean, uh, is everything OK?" Luke's questioned lingered in the air. For a second, he thought she might actually answer truthfully. Lorelai thought so too. Then reality hit her and she went off.

"Me? No! 'Course not silly! I'm just my average, perky, happy self!" She waved her hands in the air.

Luke's voice softened. "No, Lorelai, something's wrong. I know it."

Lorelai could feel tears stinging in her eyes. "Um, it's just that Christmas is only in 5 days…" Her voice trailed off.

"And?" He gently encouraged.

Her breath quivered. "And Rory and I always, always, always spend Christmas together." She flinched when she said 'together' "But this year, there's this big Yale Christmasy party and Rory really, really wanted to go, so I told her to go and not worry about me. So, she's not gonna be here. And today, Sookie told me that she and Jackson are going out of town, and even Michel's going back to France for the holidays…so anyway I was just realizing that my baby's growing up an I really, truly am going to become some sad old lady that has to spend all Christmas…all….alone" Just as she did when she said together, Lorelai flinched when she said 'alone'.

Her blue eyes were glossy with tears. Luke moved his hand slowly to grab hers. His hand hovered inches above hers until he quickly pulled it back.

"Plus," Lorelai continued "My parents aren't in town so they won't be having their annual Christmas party, so I guess I really won't have anything to pre –occupy me."

'Don't cry, Lorelai, please don't cry' Lorelai silently begged herself.

A fat tear rolled down her cheek.

'DON'T CRY'

Luke reached over and tenderly brushed the tear off her cheek.

"God, look at me, I'm a wreck. I'm sitting here crying just because Rory won't be home for Christmas. I'm such an idiot"

"You're not an idiot, Lorelai. It's…..okay" Luke said, trying his best to be comforting.

Lorelai's shoulders shuddered.

"Hey, um, Liz and TJ are going to this big, like, Christmas festival on Christmas. Y'know, I don't have any plans either, so I guess I was gonna…..and, um" Luke shifted a little "And you're welcome to come with, if it's not too much trouble. Luke decided not to mention that Liz had even said "oh and you should get Lorelai to come too."

Lorelai looked up at him, her eyes still a little glazed.

"I mean, you don't have to come if you don't wanna. I was just suggesting. It's outside so it's probably going to be pretty cold, but according to Liz, there's supposed to be, like, a lot of stuff to do…." For the first time in his life, Luke Danes found himself rambling.

'Oh, really?" Lorelai's eyes brightened up. "I'd love to go, thanks Luke."

"Um, sure." Luke smiled "It starts at 3:30, and it's like in Hartford or somewhere like that, so I could pick you up at like, 3-ish."

"Yeah, that'd be great!" Lorelai smiled and then glanced at the clock. "Oh, I should go….I really do have to a lot of work to do tonight so…"

"Here," Luke handed her a cup of coffee to go.

"Thanks, Luke. See ya!"

"Bye."

As Lorelai left the diner, they both felt relieved. Lorelai was relieved that she'd have something to do on Christmas. Luke was relived that she'd actually said yes, and he'd get to spend Christmas with Lorelai Gilmore.

TBC

Well there's chapter 1 for ya! Reviews are appreciated! Oh and by the way, some of the events in this story may have already happened, I just twisted them to fit my plot! Thanks for understanding! My story is a little messed up right now. I uploaded a 2nd chapter but then it didn't show the first one! So I deleated the story, but now I'm putting it up again! I just really hope it works...