Disclaimer: Unless I happen to get Gilmore Girls for Christmas, I still don't own it.

Authors Note: Thanks for the reviews! I had decided that even if I got 1 review, I'd keep going, unless it was a bad review, but fortunately, you guys seemed to like it! So, this chapter is going to be completely out of character for Luke, but I hope you guys like it. In this chapter, Rory is 7.

MariaG- I have a few ideas for the first couple of years. Up until she's 10, I think. Then I have ideas for other years. If you have any ideas, just email me.

ProFfeSseR- I don't know if I'm going to turn it into a JavaJunkie, because I really want to keep it between Rory and Luke, but I do have an idea for a chapter that's a JJ.

Rory walked into the diner wearing a pink tutu, and carrying her ballet shoes. "Hi, Luke," she said. Luke could tell something was wrong, he just wasn't sure what it could be. As far as he knew, Rory liked her dance class at Miss Patty's.

"Hey, Rory. Are you waiting for your mom?" Luke asked.

"Yeah, she's coming over after work in a few minutes," Rory said obviously distracted.

"Okay," Luke said as he went back to the kitchen to get her something. He came back and put a plate of her favorite cheesy fries and a chocolate milkshake in front of her. "You looked upset about something and I thought this might cheer you up," he said, explaining.

"Thanks, Luke!" she said, a little bit happier.

"So, are you liking your dance class? I heard there's going to be a recital in a few weeks. Are you excited?"

"Dance isn't really my thing. I don't want to do the recital so I'm just going to quit." Rory said, a little bit sadder.

Luke was surprised. He never knew Rory to be a quitter and Lorelai said Rory had been dancing all over the house since she started.

"I thought you really liked it. That's what your mom said," Luke said, very confused. "Why don't you want to do the recital?"

"I'm just not very good at ballet. That's all," Rory said, clearly lying.

"But your mom said you were so excited about the recital. What happened?"

"There's this one dance that I can't do and everyone else can, so I just don't want to be there for it."

"Well, if you practice it, I'm sure you'll get it down."

"No, I can do the dance, I just can't do it in the recital."

"Why not?"

"Because I don't have anyone to do it with me."

"What do you mean?"

"It's a father-daughter dance, and my dad is in California, and can't come back for it."

"Oh, I'm sorry," Luke said, feeling bad that he had pushed her into telling him. He knew that Rory's dad wasn't around very often. He'd never even seen the man. But he didn't know how much it affected Rory until now. He'd always figured she loved her mom so much that it didn't bug her all that much, but having a mom you're that close to still can't make up for not having a dad around. After his mom died, he got really close to his dad, but it still didn't make up for his mom not being there.

At that point, Lorelai walked in. "Hey sweetie! How was ballet?" Lorelai asked.

"I'm quitting." Rory said.

"What, but why? You love it." Lorelai asked, just as confused as Luke had been.

"I'm just not that good at it. Can I go over to Lane's for a while? I told her I might be able to come over for a little while?" Rory asked, wanting to avoid telling her mom about the recital.

"Sure, sweetie. But when you get home, we're going to talk about this some more, okay?" Lorelai replied, not wanting to push her daughter into telling her something she didn't want to talk about.

Luke saw Rory leaving and went over to Lorelai's table. "Hey, coffee?"

"Um, sure, of course. Do you know what's wrong with Rory? Did she say anything about why she wanted to quit dance class?" Lorelai wanted to know. She knew that Luke sometimes talked to Rory when she wasn't there yet.

Luke wasn't sure whether or not to tell her. He didn't want Rory to get mad at him, but he thought Lorelai had a right to know. "Yeah, there's this one dance in the recital coming up that she can't do," he said as he sat down.

"That's never stopped her before. She'll just have to practice some more." Lorelai said. Rory wasn't a quitter, and Lorelai wasn't going to let her become one now.

"No, she's not able to do it. She said it's a father-daughter dance."

"Oh my gosh. Poor Rory! Why didn't she just tell me that?"

"She probably didn't want you to feel bad about her dad not being around and just didn't tell you."

"Well, I definitely understand her wanting to quit now. She must be the only girl in the class without a dad around, or even a grandpa to do it."

"Don't let her quit," Luke said, all of a sudden.

"What? Do you know how embarrassing that must be for her? If she doesn't want to go through with it, I don't blame her."

"No, I know how to fix it. Just let me talk to Rory about it. Bring her in for breakfast tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay, fine, but I don't know how you can fix it, unless you buy a plane ticket for Chris to get his butt back here and act like a dad for once," Lorelai said, a little bit annoyed with Luke. She didn't know any way to fix this, and Luke couldn't fix Chris not being there.

The next day, Lorelai and Rory walked into the diner. Lorelai went to sit at a table and Rory came up to the counter.

"Mom said that you wanted to talk to me about the recital," Rory said. Her mom had told her the night before that she wasn't going to let Rory quit, even after Rory told her about the father-daughter dance. She didn't get it. Her mom didn't want her to be embarrassed. Did she?

"Yeah. Would you still be willing to do it if you had a partner? Even if he isn't your dad?" Luke said, coming around to sit next to her.

"Like who?" Rory asked, extremely confused.

"Um, well, if you really want to do it, I'll be your partner for it. I know it's not the same as your dad being there, but if you still want to do the recital, you should be able to."

"Really? You'd do that?" Rory said, getting excited. "You'd have to wear a suit and waltz and spin me around."

"I think I can handle that," Luke said, smiling.

"That'd be great. Thank you, Luke!" she said, with a huge smile on her face and gave Luke a big hug.

She ran back over to where her mom was sitting. "Guess what, Mom? Luke said that he'd do the father-daughter dance with me. I can still do the recital!"

Lorelai was shocked. She hadn't even thought of Luke volunteering to do it. He was the grumpy diner man. He didn't waltz with seven-year-olds. "Wow, sweetie! That's great! I'm just going to talk to Luke for a second, okay?"

She walked up to the counter and waited for Luke to be done with his customer. "Luke! You're going to dance with Rory?"

"Yeah, if that's okay with you. I mean, I know I'm not her dad or anything, but she was so sad about not being able to do it, and I just didn't want her to give up something she liked, because of this. I just couldn't stand to see her so upset." Luke said. He was worried Lorelai would be mad. He probably should have talked to her about this first. He didn't want her to think he was trying to replace Rory's dad.

Lorelai was just standing there shocked. Luke was starting to get a little worried. "Look, if you don't want me to do it, I won't. But I couldn't think of anything else to fix it, and she was so upset—" Luke was stopped when all of a sudden Lorelai was hugging him.

"Thank you, Luke." She said stepping back. "This is so nice of you. You don't have to do this, you know? But you want to. You don't know how much it means to Rory, and to me."

"It's not that big a deal. I mean, I get up, twirl her around a few times. It's not that hard." Luke said, relieved that Lorelai wasn't upset.

"It is a big deal. To me and especially to Rory."

Three weeks later, all of Stars Hollow came to see Miss Patty's Ballet School Dance Recital. Nobody knew that Luke was going to dance with Rory, except Rory and Lorelai. So, when the time for the father-daughter dance came, everyone was shocked when out walked Rory Gilmore and Luke Danes with all the other girls and their fathers.

Rory was wearing a pink dress and her hair up in a bun, and Luke was wearing his only suit. As they were dancing, the two of them had the biggest smiles on their face of everyone up there. As soon as the song ended and the curtain closed, Rory stopped and gave Luke a huge hug.

"Thank you, Luke. I love you," Rory said, still hugging Luke.

"I love you, too, Rory," Luke said, hugging her back.

Authors Note 2: So, I know Luke probably wouldn't voluntarily get up in front of the town and dance, but he might for Rory. This was originally going to be the first chapter, but then I changed my mind and put the other one before it. I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up. It all depends on how much homework I have this week, and I have finals in three weeks, so I need to start studying for those. I'll try to have another chapter up by Wednesday, but it may not be until next Saturday or Sunday. If I happen to get some more reviews, that would motivate to post chapters faster:) (hint hint) Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!