A/N hey guys! ok heres the next chapter.
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OK I just hope youll like this chapter as well,I really tried
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Luke was filling the papers really fast, not to dare to look at Lorelai. He still couldnt belive he practicaly told her that he was thinking about her more than as a good friend. To add more to this, they had a moment; a real moment. Luke knew if Mary hadn't come, he would definitely end up kissing Lorelai. He was just scared that now that the "spell was broken" she might get into her mind to run from him, like she had the tendency to do when there was too many unwanted thoughts in her mind.
On the other corner of the room, Lorelai was looking everywhere but at Luke. She somehow still didnt know what was happening. 'Was this a moment? A moment with Luke?' she was wondering. She closed her eyes for a second, but the only thing she could see was Lukes face, inches from her own; His sparking blue eyes looking at her.
At that moment Marys voice woke Lorelai up.
"Thank you so much, Ill inform you about all the procedure" she said as Luke handed her all the papers.
After that, Luke and Lorelai left the apartment really fast, still avoiding any eyes contact. Just as they stepped out of the bulding there was an awkward silence between them. But then, as always, Lorelai was the first to speak:
"Ok, so I need to get back to the inn, cause you know, Im the manager and I should be there…managing. But of course you know that, cause you know me. I mean we know each other. We are friends" She babbled, and said the last word firmly but somehow asking as if it was needing to be cleared
"Yeah, friends. I know you, you know me, and as you know I need to go back there too." Luke replied caught in the moment as well.
"Ok then" Lorelai said.
"Ok" Luke repeated after her but neither of them moved.
After a few seconds Lorelai broke the silence again.
"Ok so Im going" she was looking at her shoes.
"Yeah, me two." And with that, they both turned around and started to walk but after few steps both stoped and turned back around and started to walk toward each other, realising that they both had gone in the wrong direction.
"So bye" Lorelai said finally
"Bye" Luke replied and with that they both headed back to their separate jobs.
The drive to the in was short and beeing lost in her thoughts, Lorelai hadn't even realised she was already there when she looked up from her steering wheel.
'What was this all about ?' this one sentence was reapeating in her head since she got to the car.
After several moments she finally turned off the engine and stepped out of the Jeep.
She was still lost in her thoughts and didnt realise the couple walking before her.
"Woah" she exclaimed when she literally ran into a man's chest. "Oh Im really, really sorry" she apologised nervously. 'What's wrong with me ?' she asked herself.
"Its okay" the man said and walked past her.
Lorelai shook her head and walked into the inn.
Still in a little daze she walked into the kitchen to grab some coffee, before going back to work.
At the last moment she realised that the door before her was closed and almost hit it with her head.
"Not this again" she wispered irritated. 'That means one thing. I need coffee!' she thought entering the kitchen.
"Oh hey Lorelai" Sookie greeted her immediately. "How was the property hunting?" she asked.
"Good" was the only thing Lorelai could reply with, as she grabed one of the mugs and started to look for the pot of coffee.
"So did Luke make the decision?" Sookie asked.
"What?" Lorelai asked not paying much attention to what her friend was saying.
"Did he decide to make the offer?" Sookie repeated her question
"Oh that? Yeah he did" Lorelai said and located the coffee pot.
"Are you all right? " Sookie asked concerned. "You seem distracted"
"I'm fine Sookie" Lorelai replied and fillet her mug but didnt realised that she had overfilled it until the coffee spilled over the counter. "Ahh!"
"Okay, now I'm sure you're not quite all right. Did something happend?"
"What makes you think that?" Lorelai asked defensively.
"Nothing you just..." Sookie gestured to the overfilled mug.
"Im fine, really just thinking, and you know, I need to get back to work. I'm sure Michel is dying there alone or annoying the guests which isn't the best thing for business." Lorelai stated, walking towards the door. "Bye" she waved at Sookie, who didnt even have the opportunity to say another word.
Lorelai soon found her place over the front desk and started to look through some papers, but her attention was definitely somewhere else. She couldnt stop thinking about Luke and what he had said. She desperately tried to figure out what he meant earlier. 'Did he mean me when he mentioned this woman?' She thought. 'Nah! Impossible!' A voice in her head replied immediatly. 'But what if…?' She couldn't stop the idea that popped in to her head. 'would it be that bad?'
Then she reminded herself about the events of the last few months. She still could remember The Bracebridge dinner they managed to prepare at the inn, where the two of them ended the night in the sleigh. From all people that were at the inn, they ended there together. And it was fun; nice even. She remembered as they both joked and laughed after their serious talk about parenting. They were both so confortable with each other back then.
Then she reminded herself about the stupid Bid-on-a-Basket think. When she chose Luke from all the people to help her. And as much as he hated those things, he did help her in the end. Then they both ended in the gazebo eating the lunch she had prepared. She could still hear Luke's words.
'Well, I'm sure someday you'll manage to find the right guy and drag him out to this thing and make him by your stupid basket and then you'll be sitting out here with him".
Lorelai smiled at the memory of that. She couldnt stop thinking that somehow, this was exactly what she did do that day. She did find a guy, dragged him out there, made him bid on her basket and then they did eat the lunch together. She could still see the look om his face at that moment. 'But could Luke be the right guy?' she asked herself. 'Gah! Stop that Gilmore! He's your friend, NOTHING MORE!'
At that moment the ring of the little bell that was resting on the desk woke her from her thoughts.
Before her stood an elderly couple.
"How can I help you?" She asked smiling at them.
After he left Lorelai, Luke couldnt find a place for himself. He couldnt stop thinking that he somehow finally said what he thought he said. That moment at the apartment was for some reason a black memory. He couldn't remind himself what exactly he had said to her. But he knew it had to be something that he should not have told her; that it was too much.
He was taking the orders not exactly listening to his customers. Still seeing her face before his eyes the way she looked at him just before he... They did almost kiss, that was for sure. "But what will be now?" He couldn't help himself wondering.
Cause he had run out of a few things, Luke decided to go to Doose's. He needed to refresh his mind and being in the Diner wasn't helping him.
When he was walking in to the market, he didnt even realise that he almost knocked the older lady that was walking out.
"Im really sorry" He said, and shook his head, trying to make himself back to his mind. 'Whats wrong with me?' He thought.
Just as he was about to go to the register, he heard behind him a familiar, voice. Once which he didn't want to hear.
"Luke! Good, good! I was just on my way over to the diner to talk to you." Taylor said. This was all Luke needed to forget about what he was thinking prior to this.
"Great. Go on over, I'll meet you there." He replied gruffly.
"Oh, stop it; this isn't about anything that's going to make you mad. I just have a couple of questions about your application." Taylor fallowed Luke.
"What?" Luke asked annoyed.
After some time at the inn, Lorelai finally decided that she couldnt work. She was distracted all the time and couldnt pay attention to anything for more than a few second. She left Michel at the main desk and headed home.
As she walked through the yard she saw that Jess had already done his work with cleaning the gutters and left. Just as she walked into the house, she saw Rory, jumping around happily.
"Whoa, what happend kid?" Lorelai asked.
"I found it!" Rory replied excited.
"What?" Lorelai was confused.
"The bracelet! The one from Dean!" Rory clarified. "I looked under the bed and there it was. I thought I had already looked there but I don't know, maybe I was too panicked or. . .I don't know, who cares, I got it!"
"Aw, that is amazing!" Lorelai smiled seeing Rory happy again, forgotting about her earlier thoughts.
"Okay, when I get back, we celebrate." Rory said as Lorelai finished tidying the bracelet around her daughter's wrist.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"To tell Lane she can stop praying." Rory joked and left.
Lorelai only smiled at that and walked over to the couch sitting on it heavily. She put her head on the back of the couch and closed her eyes for a second. Just then she heard knocking on the door. Thinking it might be Jess who was coming back for his payment, she stood up and walked to the door. When she opened the door, she froze.
'Luke?' she thought.
TBC...
I hope you still want to read more? I just hope it wasnt boring or something, so thanks for reading and let me know what you think ?
