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Ok now enjoy the new part of DAYDREAMS

- Part 9 -

About six weeks had past. Luke was now officially living with Lorelai. It took them awhile to arrange everything, discussing what to keep and what to throw away but he finally had moved all of his furniture and other stuff into her house, only leaving his old bed and a few unnecessary things behind. The apartment above the Diner was almost empty and kind of useless now. Maybe he would use it as an office again, like his father did back in the old days.

Lorelai and Luke were enjoying the living arrangements. Lorelai loved to wake up day after day safe and secure with Luke's arms around her waist. And Luke loved it to smell the scent of her shampoo whenever he opened his eyes. He enjoyed every single minute with Lorelai. He loved it to wake up at her house … their house. It was new to him, being with someone 24/7 but it was a feeling he truly loved.

Lorelai was more than happy about everything that happened the past weeks. She never considered herself a woman who could live permanently with a man, having him around every day and sleeping with him in the same bed night after night. But with Luke, everything was different. After all it was Luke.-- She couldn't even spend more than a few hours apart from him. They weren't all lovely dovey but she missed him terribly when she had to work and he was at the diner. It was a nice feeling to come home knowing that there was someone waiting for her (at least whenever he didn't have to stay late at the diner to close up). She finally found a man who she truly loved and would never let him go. Never.

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It was early Monday morning. The happy couple was sitting at the kitchen table chatting and having breakfast.

"How long do you have to work today?" he asked while sipping his tea.

"I don't know, I think I'll be home by 7 or 8."

"Ok, I'll have Caesar close up so that I can fix dinner."

She smiled. "You know that I can come by at the diner as well, right?"

"I know but… there is Kirk." He rolled his eyes.

"Oh, right… Kirk." She laughed. "But he's not that bad."

He shot her a look

"Ok he is, but anyway I miss dinner at the diner."

He sighed, giving in. "Ok, come by at the diner when you're done."

Again she smiled giving him a quick peck on the lips.

"Thanks, you're the best."

He smiled and returned to his breakfast.

When they both had finished they stood up, getting ready for work. Lorelai had to again search for her keys. He watched her with an annoying look on his face I should really buy her a key finder. He made a mental note.

After 10 minutes Lorelai finally walked up to him, her keys in her hand.

"Where did you find them this time?" he asked.

"Uhm... the bathroom sink," she replied not meeting his gaze.

"I tell you everyday to put your keys where you can find them."

"Well I found them, didn't I?" She flashed him a grin.

"After ten minutes," he shot back.

"Can we go now?" she passed him, trying to change the subject.

"Sure."

He opened the door letting her go outside first before he stepped out as well and closed the door behind them. He walked up to his truck and she was following him.

"See you for dinner," he whispered looking at her.

"I'll miss you," she replied.

"Same here…. Enjoy work."

She laughed. "Yeah you too... bye."

"Bye."

He kissed her goodbye and got into his truck while she walked up to her jeep and got in. They both left the house and headed into different directions.

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The day at the inn had been extremely busy. The Dragonfly was very doing very well at the moment, which, of course meant that she had a lot of work to do. She was grateful for having Michel and Sookie to help her. Well more Michel than Sookie, because Michelle helped her a lot with the reception and Sookie only worked in the kitchen but she never could've managed all of this alone.

Around 7 pm she finally got all of her work done. She told Tobin (Michel's worst enemy who worked night shifts at the inn) all he needed to know, waved goodbye to Sookie, and left the Inn to head to Luke's diner.

She was greeted by the scent of fresh coffee. She inhaled the wonderful aroma and sat down at the counter.

"Hey." She said, tired, and looked at Luke who was busy wiping the counter.

"Hey yourself," he replied while looking around and finally putting a quick peck on her lips.

She smiled. She knew he still hated public displays of affection but he kissed her anyway. Even if it was only a quick peck on the lips, in her heart she knew that there was a lot more into this kiss than others could see from the outside.

"So… busy day?" she looked around the diner noticing only two customers around.

"Not more than usual. Breakfast and lunch rush, but apart from that it was pretty quiet. Well, Kirk annoyed me half to death earlier but that's not really anything new to me." He smiled. "What about you? You look exhausted."

"Urgh, don't ask. I think I had one of the worst days at the inn, only the thought of seeing you and being able to get a cup of your wonderful, amazing coffee kept me from breaking down."

"Uh, I come before the coffee, I feel so honoured." Luke winked and poured her a cup.

"You'll always come first, but you know I'm addicted to coffee, so… you have to live with that." She gulped her magical liquid.

"I figured." He touched her hand briefly. "What do you like to eat?"

"Cheeseburger, Fries and apple-pie."

"You know that this food is very un…" he was cut off by her lips on his.

"I know," she said after pulling apart. "Please?"

"Jeez… one day you will listen to me." He went to the kitchen to prepare Lorelai's food.

"Ha ha, sure." Lorelai was still unconvinced

Ten minutes later he returned with her food and placed the plate in front of Lorelai. She immediately began to eat. Her appetite pointed out that she was ravenous. She cleaned the plate in about 10 minutes and looked up licking her lips.

"So what about the apple-pie" She questioned Luke.

He just looked at her, not able to say anything at all, he just cut a slice of apple-pie and gave it to her.

"Thanks," She looked up. "Hey what's wrong?" she asked when he saw his shocked look .

"You must have been really hungry," he said.

"Yeah, like I said ... hard day at work." She smiled and started to eat her dessert.

He just smiled. Even if he didn't approve of her eating habits, he still loved her and he enjoyed seeing her eat.

When she finished her dessert and second refill of coffee she looked up at him.

"Do you have to close up today?"

"Yeah ... unfortunately. Caesar went home early."

"Oh ok, can I have another cup of coffee then?" she asked, batting her eyes and holding the cup in front of her.

He sighed and poured her another cup.

"You know you don't have to wait for me. It will take at least another hour before I can close the diner."

"It's ok, you know I'd rather spent my time here with you than be alone at home." A smile crept across her face.

"Thanks," he said sincerely. He never really wanted her to go in the first place.

They were quiet for awhile. Enjoying the moment. After a few minutes Luke went back to cleaning the counter and Lorelai was pretty happy with her coffee. But whenever they got the chance they shot each other a glance, a glance full of love and security.

Lorelai sat at the counter watching Luke doing his job. She sipped her coffee and was playing with a strand of hair as her thoughts drifted off.

CUT TO LUKE'S DINER ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO

Luke and Lorelai were standing in the middle of the diner. Lorelai's hand was grabbing Luke's arm and she looked up at him

"You have to come out and bid on my basket." She said.

"Are you serious?" he looked up at her dumbfounded.

"Yes."

"I have never in my life taken part in one of these crazy group flip outs. I'm not about to start now." Luke replied hesitantly.

"But - right now - out there – the -." Lorelai was watching him, begging him with her eyes.

"Just buy your own basket."

"I cannot buy my own basket."

"Why not?"

"Because that is pathetic."

"And chasing me around my diner begging me to buy your basket?" Luke folded his arms over his chest.

"Also pathetic. But that is a pathetic I can live with, where that pathetic is a truly pathetic pathetic, and only you can save me from the double pathetic! Please!" She begged even more now.

"I can't believe I'm doing this. " Luke finally gave in.

"Ha ha! Hurry up. Hurry up!" The smile returned to her lips and she was bouncing up and down rushing him out of the door.

When they both reached the park the others were still bidding on Lorelai's basket.

Luke looked at the ground but when he saw Lorelai's eyes he finally started to bid. It cost him fifty-two dollars fifty cents but he finally bought Lorelai's basket.

"You rock!" Lorelai told him sincerely, briefly touching his arm.

"Thank you." He blushed slightly.

"You're welcome."

"So what do we do now"? Luke asked looking at the basket in his hands.

"I guess we eat."

"This?" Lukes eyes widened.

"Yeah." She nodded.

"First I have to buy it, then I have to eat it?"

"Hey, the basket of botulism does come with my company."

"Huh. You don't eat with your mouth open do you"? he teased her.

"Women don't eat at all. We just look at food and jump on the treadmill." She shot back.

"All right, let's go."

They both sat down on the wooden bench of the gazebo/

"We're supposed to be eating on the ground." Lorelai pointed out.

"Says who?"

"Every picture you've ever seen of a picnic shows people eating on the ground."

"Yes, and every time I have seen a picture of people eating on the ground I've thought, what the hell are you people doing sitting on the ground? Spring for some beach chairs, you cheapskates." He answered in his grumpy voice and got up.

"Hey, where are you going?" she asked him having a curious look on her face.

"I am going to the diner, I am going to get us some edible food and I'm gonna bring it back here for us to eat."

"That is so not the point of today. I made this. I am insulted. I will now proceed to pout." And she started to do her famous Lorelai pout.

"I'll bring back some brownies."

"Ooh, the pouting has left the building." She grinned.

After Luke returned they both started to eat.

"You know, your burgers actually taste better outside." She smiled.

"Good. Next time the roof in the diner's leaking, I'll just rip the stupid thing off."

"So this is nice, huh? Come on, admit it." She looked at Luke who was eating his carrot sticks.

"Never." He didn't even look up.

"What? Admit it, you would much rather be sitting out here than inside working."

"The diner's probably on fire by now."

"You are stubborn." She again formed her lips to a pout.

"I'm stubborn?" his eyes widened.

"Yeah, you're stubborn."

"You're Miss Flexibility over here?" he cocked an eyebrow.

"Hey, I can be flexible." She nodded.

"Please." He shot her a look.

"I can. As long as everything is exactly the way I want it, I'm totally flexible."

"Ah, well, my mistake." He took the next carrot stick and started to eat it.

"Do you want a fry?" Lorelai asked holding one up.

"You want a carrot?" he did the same with the carrot.

"Impossible." She shook her head in disgust.

"Right back at ya. So let me ask you something."

"Napkin, please."

"Who did you want to get your basket?"

"What?" Lorelai replied, having fully understood him but not knowing exactly what he meant.

"I mean, before you knew Patty was gonna put you on the Dating Game. You did pack this disgusting lunch and bring it out here, so who did you want to get it?"

"Well, last year Roy Wilkins bought it and I got my sprinklers fixed for half price."

"Uh huh." He rolled his eyes.

"And this year my rain gutters are completely clogged, and I thought if I could get the Collins kid to bite, I'd get that taken care of." She admitted.

"Very practical."

"I thought so."

"So the participation in this thing was purely for home improvement reasons?" he continued to ask.

"Yes. And I don't know, it's a nice concept." She shrugged.

"What is?"

"Just having someone who you love or have some kind of crazy crush on bid on your basket and then share a romantic lunch, it's a nice concept, " she told him not meeting his eyes.

"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."

His heart was aching to tell her that maybe one day, he might be this guy.

"Yeah, someday." She agreed.

"You know what?" Luke finally spoke up.

"What?"

"This is nice," he admitted, and their eyes met, realising for a short moment their feelings for each other.

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As Lorelai snapped out of her daydream the time had passed and the customers left. Only a few minutes until Luke could close up the diner. Lorelai was getting ready to leave when suddenly the door opened. On the assumption that is was Kirk who was about to come in she turned around.

Luke was about to search for the keys to close up the diner when he heard the jingle. He looked up and the color in his face faded. His mouth dropped open and he wasn't able to speak.

A woman in her early thirties entered the Diner with a young boy about 3 or 4 years old right behind her. She had a travel bag in one hand, and her other hand was entwined with the hand of the little boy. She noticed Luke standing behind the counter and Lorelai sitting in front of it.

"Hey." she said calmly tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

Lorelai almost choked and she couldn't breathe anymore. She just watched the woman walk up to the counter.

Luke's hands were shaking and he was still holding his breath. For a moment he closed his eyes, hoping that when he opened them, the woman would have faded. He hoped that she was only an imagination, a dream maybe. But when he opened his eyes she was still standing there, smiling at him.

"Rachel…" he choked out.

"Nice to see you too, Luke." She still smiled touching his arm, then turned around to look at Lorelai, who looked like she'd seen a ghost.

"Nice to see you too. Lorelai."

Lorelai couldn't reply. She just looked at Luke, not knowing what to say.

"Mommy, mommy... I'm hungry," the little boy said grabbing Rachel's coat.

"We're gonna eat something, just as soon as mommy finishes. Soon, I promise"

The little boy let go of her arm and started wandering around the diner. Rachel was still standing in front of Luke, smiling at him, not feeling a bit embarrassed about being here after all those years.

"You haven't changed," she said flashing him a smile.

He just shook his head and kept looking from Lorelai to Rachel. Lorelai felt a knot in her stomach and a lump in her throat. What was she doing here after all those years? Why now? She would ruin everything.

"Rachel, what are you doing here?" Luke asked, his voice getting louder with every word.

"Shhh… no reason to get loud in here." she told him trying to calm him down.

Lorelai looked at Rachel and noticed that, again, she put her hand on Luke's. She felt a hint of jealousy raising in her as she shot her a look. "How dare she?" she thought and coughed.

Rachel looked at Lorelai. She saw the look on her face but she couldn't tell what it meant so she turned her attention back to Luke.

"I have to tell you something, in private," she whispered bending down to his ear.

"Whatever you want to tell me, you can do it here. Lorelai and I have no secrets."

"Oh…" Her gaze went to Lorelai and back to Luke, now she understood.

"I didn't know you two were…" But she was cut off by Luke's hostile tone of voice.

"Rachel! Please, will you tell us why you're here?"

Rachel cleared her voice and making eye contact with the man in front of her.

"Well, Luke. . . . "she turned around and smiled at the cute little boy two feet away from her.

"I'd like you to meet your son."

Tbc?

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