A/N ok heres the next chapter. sorry you had to wait, but I hade little problems, couldnt update, cause it wasnt checked. I was frustrated, wanted to finish writting for good, but then an angel named Maddy showed up!
So hug than you to Maddy! you saved me and this fic!
Thank you so much for all the rieviews! Im still amazed about all of them. I really cant replie to you, cause then I will have to to you all and then it would be longer than the whole chapter. So forgive me. But still I want to say one thing:
ultimategilmoregirl: you said one thing every writter dream to here about their work. so thank you! Im not so sure if its one of the best, Im not even sure if its that good, but thank you!
Ok so about this chapter. I decided to go forward with the fic beyond the epi, and realised that next 2 episodes fit perfectly to my idea, so dont be shocked if there are original lines. I just wanted it to fit together as much as its possible. I hope its good.
Again nothing is my althought in my dreams Luke is only mine lol
A few days passed since that memorable afternoon and still Luke and Lorelai couldn't go on their first date. Luke was busy trying to control the mess also known as the explanation of his apartment. Tom promised he'd take care of it as fast as possible, but there was always some problem showing up. Lorelai on the other hand couldn't find time for herself with the inn booked for at least a month and her final exams coming up. So they hardly even saw each other during that time. This definitely wasn't a good beginning for their newfound romantic relationship.
Since they both agreed that they'd wait with the "coming out," as Lorelai joked about it, the only exchange they had were stolen kisses in the storage room, but they couldn't do that much because they didn't want anyone to realize that something was going on between them.
The only person that knew was Rory. Lorelai told Luke at some point he would have to tell Jess, as much as neither of them were fans of it. She convinced him that it would be for the better.
"It's better that you tell him and make him not tell anyone, than him catching us in here like this." She said the day before, gesturing with her eyes at them surrounding the storage room with their arms tight around each other. Luke only groaned, rolling his eyes, but finally gave in and promised to talk with Jess, on which he was still working on.
"That way we could kick him out of apartment sometimes." Lorelai tried to sound reasonable, but still raised her eyebrows at him. Both just laughed at it, but deep in their thoughts, wanted to actually have an opportunity for some real time alone. They agreed that no matter what, they should go on that first date as soon as possible and that the next upcoming Saturday was perfect.
By Thursday, Luke was running around the diner trying to make his customers stay after all that was going on at his place, no matter if half of his ceiling was falling down on their heads or worse into their food. All while Tom and his crew was making added noise upstairs.
"The ceiling's falling in. I've got customers eating drywall here." Luke groaned at Tom who walked down the stairs into the diner.
"Oh, well, that can't be good." He replied sarcastically.
"You said minimal disruptions." Luke reminded.
"Hey, this is minimal disruptions. Look, I need you to sign this change order."
"Geez! What now?" Luke thought. "What happened now?" He asked.
"Well, we broke through this wall and we found some pipes that shouldn't be there. We gotta move 'em."
"Move 'em where?" Now Luke was getting more and more angry.
"Not sure. We gotta find out what they do first."
"You're kidding?" Luke asked with disbelief.
"Oh yeah. There's nothing I like more than a good 'moving a pipe' joke." Tom replied, his face still like stone.
"Fine, one more week, that's it." Luke warned. "I want my apartment back! I have a life for God's sake!" At that he had to smile to himself that now, after so long, he had his private life again, not only his work, diner and alone nights. Now there was Lorelai...
Just as he thought about her, Lorelai and Rory walked inside the diner. He desperately tried to hide his smile, looking around him if anyone had noticed it.
"Hey." Lorelai said, flashing Luke a bright smile as she and Rory walk over to a free table in the middle of the diner.
"Hey." He replied but walked past her to the customers at the other corner.
'Wow!' Lorelai thought at his lack of interest with her presence 'Are we playing that game again?'
"Geez, look at this place." She said to Rory after a second.
"It's a mess." Her daughter confirmed looking around her.
"How long –" Lorelai started as she was about to sit down.
"Nope – can't sit here." Luke cut her off, as he walked over to them and smiled slightly at Lorelai.
"Why not?" She asked him suspiciously but smiled back.
"Three people got nailed in the head here earlier." Luke warned them.
'Oh he soo cares for us' Lorelai thought, thinking how adorable and cute he could be sometimes.
"But their food was okay, right?" She joked.
She couldn't believe that even now, that they were together, nothing much had changed. Their banter and teasy-ness was still there, but they were still the same Luke and Lorelai. Well except the kissing. 'Thank God for that' she thought and smiled to herself. She always felt a chill run through her every time he kissed her. She couldn't believe he was there all these years, wasting away behind the diner's counter.
"Will you just move?" Luke asked. He tried to sound emotionless, but still was smiling to himself inside.
Just then Lorelais cell rang.
"Outside." Was the only thing Luke said to her. Being or not being with her, this would never change.
She just looked at him a little bit shocked.
'Well, we'll work on this' she thought to herself
"You know, if I sit here one more second, I just might be outside." She flashed him another smile, but started to get up. "Order me some coffee." She told Rory and went outside.
Luke eyes traveled after her till she closed the diner door after herself.
Lorelai groaned when she realized it was her mother.
"Go ahead Mom, I can hear you now." She told her mother.
"I wanted to know if you'd like a gift certificate for a weekend at the Birch Grove Spa." Emily said.
'What the...' Lorelai thought. "Are you serious?" she asked.
"I bid on it at the DAR Symphony Fundraiser and I won."
"Birch Grove? That's supposed to be an amazing place, why don't you go?" Lorelai was confused.
"Oh, I've never had any real desire to go to a spa."
"Why'd you bid on it then?" 'Typical Emily' Lorelai thought and rolled her eyes.
"It was for charity, I had to bid on something. And I certainly didn't want another portrait of George Washington. I've got four in the attic already."
"Well, I'd love it." Lorelai smiled thinking that it was the best thing for her after all the work and studying.
"Good." Emily stated.
"Two days of total mind-numbing pampering. Massages, facials, aromatherapy." Lorelai said dreamily.
"My goodness, you make it sound like heaven."
"It's as close as you'll ever come to being a dog." Lorelai joked.
"I beg your pardon?" Emily asked shocked.
"You know, a whole life of nothing but eating, sleeping, lying on your back and getting rubbed." When Lorelai started to think about back rub, she couldn't help herself but think about Luke's skillful, big hands. 'I'm sure he would be great at that with his hands and...' She snapped herself, reminding that she was still talking to her mother.
"I'd love the comparison to stop there." Emily stated.
"Deal. Um, hey, when is it for?" Lorelai asked.
"This weekend, actually."
'NO!' Lorelai thought 'Not this weekend! Luke! I have a date with Luke!' She was screaming inside of her.
"Hmm this weekend?" she asked her mother. There was unsure in her voice.
"Yes Lorelai. Do you have any plans for this weekend?" Emily asked, confused at her daughter's sudden change in voice.
"Well..." Lorelai started. She couldn't - she wouldn't tell Emily about Luke. 'Oh no, no, no! Never!" she thought.
"Do you have a date Lorelai? Are you seeing someone?" Emily started questioning.
"What? No, I just...Yeah this weekend will be perfect mother. I'll be there." She just wanted to finish this conversation. 'Luke will kill me,' she thought and sighed heavily. 'It couldn't be worse.'
"So will I." Emily said.
"Excuse me?" Lorelai asked as if she didn't hear her.
"Well, the certificate is for two, and since you make it sound like the most wonderful place in the world, I might as well try it with you." Now Lorelai wasn't even listening to her mother at all, she was only thinking about Luke and how she had been looking forward to this weekend until her mother's call. "I'm actually looking forward to this." Emily's voice cut right Lorelais thoughts.
"Oh yeah, me too. Thanks Mom. Buh bye." Lorelai said and turned off her cell. She closed her eyes and let out a hopeless sigh. Not only wouldn't she see Luke this weekend, she was going to spend two whole days with Emily Gilmore.
"Great." She whispered sarcastically to herself, pushing the diner's door to go back inside.
When she was back inside she wasn't even shocked seeing Rory underneath an open umbrella that Jess had given her just as Lorelai went out.
She looked around trying to spot Luke but he was no where to be seen. Finally when she was about to sit back down again, Luke emerged out of the kitchen with a couple of plates. As he finished serving, she walked over to him, grabbed him by the arm and pulled him in the direction of the storage room.
Luke thought that it was another attempt of Lorelai's to kill some time alone with him. He tried gently to pull away from her, but she held his arm too tightly and didn't want to loose her grim. Luke could do only one thing: give in and fallow her suit.
Just as the door closed behind them Luke started, "Lorelai, as much as I really want this, I really, really don't have time for this. There are people there waiting to be served and..." He was cut off by Lorelai's voice.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She repeated over and over again, not even looking at him.
"What happened?" Luke asked now concerned.
"I'm soo, sooo, sooo sorry Luke." She said ignoring his question.
"What's going on Lorelai?" Now Luke was worried.
"I really didn't know. I had to say yes. And now not only do I have to go there, I have to go with her. And our plans," she was babbling, "oh I know…I can call her back and tell her…it wasn't me who talked to her earlier. Or maybe that something hit my head and now I lost my memory...no then she will ask how I knew her phone number...hmm... there has to be a way." Lorelai was pacing back and forth.
Luke walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders trying to make her focus on him now. When that didn't help and she was still lost in her rant, he bent down and kissed her deeply cutting the words that were coming out of her mouth.
He held her tightly against his body as she relaxed in his arms, kissing him back with the same passion. After their tongues danced together for a few moments they broke apart from the kiss, breathing heavy.
"What was that?" Lorelai asked still panting.
"Well you wouldn't stop talking, so..." Luke smiled at her.
"Yeah good job mister." She smirked at him back.
"Now tell me what happened, what is this all about." Luke asked seriously.
"It's just that Emily called and…" she really didn't know how to tell that to Luke, that they had to once again postpone their date.
"And?" Luke asked as Lorelai didn't continue.
Lorelai just closed her eyes and said it finally. "We can't go out on Saturday, I'm soo sorry Luke"
"Oh," was all he managed to say. She could hear disappointment in his voice.
"Believe me Luke, there's nothing more I want than to go out with you." She smiled at him, trying to reassure him that it was really what she wanted. Seeing that she was really honest with him Luke smiled back. "I have to go to this spa thing with her all weekend, I really tried go out of it, but she started to ask questions like, was I going out with someone and I really couldn't tell her, so I just gave in and said yes to this spa thing." She finished and sighed, looking straight into his eyes. She could see he wasn't very happy about this. What she didn't know was that somehow Luke couldn't stop thinking about why she was so desperate to hide their relationship from her mother. But on the other hand he knew Emily enough from Lorelai's stories to consider it again.
"Okay." Luke replied calmly.
"No, it's not okay Luke! God why does she always have to ruin everything really good for me?" Lorelai covered her face with her hands. Luke smiled when he heard her say, "Something really good".
Luke just took her hands from her face.
"It's really okay Lorelai, we will go out some other time." He said softly.
"No, no Luke I'll call her and I'll tell her that I was... I don't know...chemically imbalanced, and medically out of my mind when I agreed to this." She was babbling again but Luke just rolled his eyes.
"Lorelai, if it wasn't this Saturday would you go?" He asked.
"Well...yeah I think." Lorelai replied slowly. "I mean I always wanted to go to a place like this."
"Then go. Really it's nothing. The diner is still a mess and I don't even want to know how my apartments look like at the moment. You're stressed about the inn and your final, you really need a break, and we really can wait. We waited so long; we can wait a little more. He tried to convince himself as well.
"Better not be too long." Lorelai smiled at him but still felt bad about it. "You're really sure?" She asked searching for an answer in his eyes.
"Yes." He said firmly, and to prove his point he leaned down and his lips met hers in a sweet kiss.
It started gentle but soon Lorelai opened her mouth and he welcomed her tongue with his. They roamed their hands all over their bodies and soon Luke pushed Lorelai against the wall. When they needed air they pulled away but Lorelai kept kissing his jaw line to his ear.
"You're wonderful, you know that?" She whispered.
"Well...all girls tell me that." He smirked at her as she hit his chest.
"We will go on a date!" She pointed at him with her finger. "You're not going to rid of me mister." The both laughed, exiting the storage room.
TBC..
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