Disclaimer: I still don't own the Gilmore Girls. Although, I wish I owned Luke and Jess.

Chapter 19

Rory cleared herself a path by kicking the clothes, beer bottles, and other random items on the floor out of her way. When she finally reached the bed, she shook her head at the sight. She lifted the bucket of ice cold water and dumped it on Luke. "Jesus Christ!" he yelled as he jumped out of the bed, wide awake now.

"Good morning sunshine," Rory joked.

Despite the fact that there was a constant buzzing in his ears and he was so cold he could barely focus, he recognized that voice. "Rory?" he called. "What are you doing here?"

"I was about to ask you the same question."

Luke sighed and sat on the edge of the bed. "Your mother and I had a fight yesterday."

"I know. I was there."

"This wasn't just any fight Rory. This was a big fight. Bigger than any fight we've ever had."

"So you're just going to stay here? I know this isn't what you want. Look around you. You stayed here one night and there's like twenty beer bottles on the floor, your clothes are everywhere, and I don't even want to know what that thing is. Come home Luke. We need you. Mom needs you. She's really sorry about what happened yesterday. She misses you like crazy."

"She does?"

"She stayed up all night waiting for you to come home, then cried herself to sleep when she realized you weren't." Luke sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "I don't want you to breakup with Mom."

"We're not breaking up. We're fighting."

"Fights lead to breakups. The whole town is talking about the fight and speculating a breakup."

"It hasn't even been twenty four hours."

"Babette- need I say more? By the way, Patty's wondering why you didn't stop by earlier."

"I can't just go home, say I'm sorry, and everything will be better. It doesn't work that way."

"No, but it's a start." Rory sat next to Luke. "Go home. Say you're sorry and do whatever you two do to make up. Just make up. Please. For Jess and my sanity, do it."

He stayed quiet as he stared down at his hands. "I have to get ready for work."

Realizing he was trying to get rid of her, Rory went back downstairs. Luke stood up and looked around the small space. He sighed, realizing Rory was right. Sometimes he hated when she was right. Damn her for being so smart.

Lorelai pulled the covers closer to her body. She didn't get much sleep the night before- probably an hour or so. She couldn't stop thinking about Luke and their fight. She'd never seen him so angry. Not even the boat got him that mad. She missed him so much she was wearing one of his shirts just so she could smell like him. She felt pathetic. No man has ever felt this weak. Not even Christopher. But Luke did. He made her feel so weak without him, she didn't even have a taste for coffee.

She was drifting off when she heard someone walk into the room. She peeked over the covers and there was Luke. He heard her moving around on the bed and looked over his shoulder.

"I didn't have any clothes at the apartment. I just need to change and I'll leave so you can go back to sleep," he said.

Why is he doing this to me? she thought. Didn't he know how much pan she was in? Did he even care? Maybe she had pushed him too far this time. Maybe she should apologize. Before she did anything, she need to talk to him. "You stayed in your apartment?" she asked. Her voice was strained from crying all night and Luke noticed.

He cringed at the pain in her voice. What kind of monster are you? he scolded himself. "Yeah."

Lorelai couldn't stand the silence anymore. They could barely keep up a conversation and it was killing her. "Luke..."

"I had to see you," Luke interrupted. "I couldn't take it anymore. I had to come here and see you. I hate fighting with you. I don't want to fight anymore. This morning I was sitting in my old apartment and I looked around, then I remembered what it was like to be a bachelor. I hated it. I hated going home to an empty apartment and bed at night and waking up alone in the morning. I hated not holding you at night. I never want to go through that ever again Lorelai. I'm sorry. I'm so very sorry for being a jerk. I'm sorry for yelling."

"I'm sorry for pushing you to yell. I'm sorry for not consulting with you about the double date and the crypt. I've never seen you that angry before. What happened?"

"I lost it. I was sitting there and your father was talking about the family crypt and I snapped. It's a big deal to have your father expect me to be buried with your family. And..." Luke froze when he realized what had caused his outburst the other day. "It scared me. I was scared."

"What do you mean you were scared? Scared of the family crypt? Scared of what?"

"I was scared of us. For the first time in our relationship, I'm actually scared of us. The idea of committing to you, to me, to us- it scares me. Heaven help me, it scares me."

"Well right now, you're scaring me."

"I've always done things for myself. I've been making my own decisions, controlling my own life. And now, I'm making decisions that will affect you and me. I'm going to be a permanent part of your life and I'm afraid I'm going to screw up. I'm afraid of disappointing you."

"You can never disappoint me Luke Danes. It's ok if you screw up. You're only human."

"I just want to make you happy."

"I'll tell you one thing, yelling will definitely not make me happy. Luke, when I said you were the perfect man, I meant it. You are the perfect man even if you make a few mistakes. You always know what to say and how to fix things. Like right now. You climbed two stories and risked your life by walking a very thin ledge just to make things ok between us. I don't know about you, but I don't know many men that would do that." Luke looked up at Lorelai and smiled. "So are we making up or breaking up?"

"Making up. Definitely making up."

"Good. Now, about that family crypt. What's the big deal there?"

"I won't fit in."

"Yeah you will. We moved cousin Cecile remember?"

"That's not what I meant. And, by the way, that is very wrong. What I meant was that your family was...is a very powerful, influential, rich part of high society and I'm just a diner guy."

"Luke, you'll be dead. It's not going to matter. Besides, do you think I'm really going to fit in with the rest of those snobs? I got pregnant when I was sixteen and ran away after I had Rory. Not exactly fitting in with the rest of my who-ha family."

"They're still your family." Luke took Lorelai's hands in his. "I always imagined myself buried in Stars Hallow. But if it means that much to you, I'll be buried in your family's crypt."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. It doesn't matter where I'm laid to eternal rest. What's important is who I'm laid to eternal rest next to…or under…or on top of."

"Dirty."

"You know what I mean." Lorelai laughed and hugged Luke's arm. "You do know that we have to have make-up sex to officially make-up right?"

"Oh most definitely. When do you wanna have this make-up sex?"

"Now's good for me."

"Me too." Lorelai giggled when Luke rolled on top of her and brought her down to the mattress.

"Wow," Lorelai exclaimed.

"You've said that ten times," Luke laughed as he ran his finger up and down Lorelai's bare side.

"Yeah and the it still applies. We should argue more often."

"How about we pretend we fight and just make up?"

"Sounds good to me. Before we 'make up' again. We need to get something settled first." Lorelai grabbed the phone and dialed a number. "Hello? Dad? It's Lorelai."

"Lorelai, what are you doing?" Luke asked in a loud whisper.

She shushed him by putting a finger to her lips. "Everything's fine. I just wanted to call to tell you Luke isn't going to be buried in the crypt. We're going to be buried in Stars Hallow. Yes. We- as in Luke and me. I know you have a place reserved for me. I'm sorry Daddy, but this is the decision I made. Ok. I'll talk to you later. Bye." Lorelai put the phone down and smiled at Luke.

"Lorelai, what did you just do?"

"You were right Luke. It doesn't matter where I'm buried. It matters who I'm buried with. We will be buried in Stars Hallow."

Luke shifted so he was hoovering above Lorelai and kissed her passionately. "Thank you."

She pulled him down onto her and just as they were about to get intimate again, something came crashing through the wall. A second later, Kirk appeared in lift right outside the hole.

"Kirk!" Luke yelled. "What the hell is going on?"

"I'm knocking down the wall like the diagram says to," Kirk replied. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I interrupt something?"

"Yes you interrupted something! Kirk, you're not supposed to knock this wall down."

"But the...oh would you look at that. The diagram's upside down. Hm. I was ten yards off. And on the wrong side of the house. My apologies." Kirk lowered the lift. Luke probably would have attacked him if Lorelai hadn't reminded him that he was still naked.

Lane continued to stare at Dave. She was happy to see him again, but at the same time she wasn't. How could he just suddenly show up in Stars Hallow? He could have called to tell her. She hadn't even heard from him in over a year. Now was her chance to talk to him. He had been sitting at the table for almost two hours ordering nothing but coffee and fries on occasion. She grabbed the coffee pot and walked over to his table.

"Another refill?" she asked.

"That's be great. Thank you," he replied. He watched her as she refilled his cup and looked down when she looked at him. "How long have you been working here?"

"Almost two years."

"Cool."

"How'd you hear about Luke and Lorelai's wedding?"

"Jess Mariano. I ran into him in California when I was playing at a club. He was a bartender."

"I didn't know you and Jess were such good friends."

"We're not really. He called last week to ask for a favor. Said his uncle was getting married and they needed a musician for the ceremony. I hopped the first flight I could for an audition and here I am."

"How long are you going to be in town?"

"Actually, I'm transferring."

"To Stars Hallow Community?"

"More like Yale."

"You're going to Yale?"

"Yup. I like California and all, but my family is here. It'll just be easier on me if I went to school in Connecticut. We should hang out before I go back to California."

"I'd like that."

"Tomorrow night ok with you?"

"It's perfect."

"Great. It's a date." Dave stood and put money on the table. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah. Tomorrow." Dave smiled at her as he got up to leave. He glanced at her one more time before walking out the door. He wasn't about to make the same mistake twice.

Rory and Logan were in the living room when they heard Lorelai, Luke, Rachel, and Max walk in the front door. "Hey guys," Luke greeted. "What are you two doing?"

"She's reading, I'm resting," Logan joked. "It was a long day."

"Where's Jess?" Lorelai asked.

"In his room reading," Rory replied. She could see a hint of disappointment in her mother's eyes, but decided to ignore it. She didn't need to get in a fight with her right now.

"Hey, we were gonna watch a movie," Rachel said. "Why don't you join us? It's Pearl Harbor."

"I'm for the movie. Just tell me how you got these macho men to agree to it," Rory said.

"I'm weak and succumb to pressure easily," Max joked.

"Did the good looks and charm of Ms. Gilmore get to you Luke?" Logan teased.

"Kid, when you get older, you learn a thing or two about women," Luke joked as the plopped onto the couch. "And one of those things is this: let them pick the movie. An emotional woman is a cuddling woman in bed."

Lorelai playfully swatted Luke's arm as she sat next to him. "We'll see if there's any 'cuddling' tonight," she joked.

"There is no one I would rather cuddle with than you Crazy Lady."

"Right back at you Coffee Man." Lorelai smiled at Luke and placed a soft kiss on his lips.

"I'm telling you guys, the best part of fighting with your girl, is the make up sex," Luke joked.

Lorelai swatted Luke's arm again as Logan and Max started to crack up. "Don't tell them that!"

"Yes, please don't tell us that," Rory said, only half joking.

"I second that," Rachel said.

"I swear, I think he's going to pick fights with me just for the 'making up' part," Lorelai sighed.

"I'm glad you guys made up," Rory smiled as she and Logan moved to the floor.

"Me too. We 'made up' five times today," Luke teased. This time, Luke got a pillow to the face.

Max and Rachel got comfortable on the other end of the couch. Once everyone was comfortable and the popcorn was ready, they started the movie. Some time later in the night, Jess finally emerged from his room for a drink of water. He was half way down the stairs when he looked up and saw a room full of people- including Rory and Logan. His heart sank at the sight of the happy couple, but when he realized Lorelai had seen him he continued on his way.

Lorelai seemed to be the only person to notice Jess because no one moved. She was going to tell Luke she was getting something to drink so she could follow Jess, but when she turned to her fiancé he was fast asleep. She got up and went to the kitchen.

Jess turned around and saw Lorelai. "I was just getting something to drink," he said, putting his cup in the sink. "I'm gonna go back t my room and I won't bother you for the rest of the night."

"Jess wait," Lorelai said, catching him before he walked into hearing range of the others. "I didn't know he'd be here."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"I saw the look in your eyes when you came downstairs earlier."

"You a therapist now?"

"I'm sorry you had to see them together."

"He's her boyfriend. They're going to be together."

"And it's going to kill you."

"I have to pack for tomorrow."

"Alright. I want you to know I want you to be happy too Jess." Lorelai let Jess go. Just as he was about to walk out of the kitchen, Lorelai spoke again. "And for the record, I was rooting for you this time."

Next time on "Meet Me at the Chuppah": The gang moves into the old Danes residence. Lukespeaksofhis and his family's past as he comes across various memorabilia from hislife and a family chest.Logan delivers a mysteriousinvitation to Luke and Lorelai. Lane tells Rory she's stuck between Dave and Zach.