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Ok so... here it is … hope you all like it

DAYDREAMS

- Part 11 -

He looked at her, afraid of what might come out of her mouth, afraid that she might not want him there. He was afraid to lose the most important person in his life. His eyes were pleading, begging her not to send him away. His breath caught in his throat when she began to speak.

"Luke… please…go" she choked out looking away so that he couldn't see the tears pouring down her face.

He swallowed hard. His heart was torn into a million of pieces. He could feel the pain she caused and it was unbearable. He couldn't breathe anymore. His eyes moistened but he held back the tears, not willing to let them fall. He tried so hard, but he lost the battle. While he turned around the tears ran down his cheeks

"Okay…" was all he could say just before he reached the door, opened it and stepped out into the cool air. He closed the door behind him and just stood there. Luke desperately hoped that she would come after him to tell him that she made a mistake, that she loved him, that she wanted him to stay. He waited for 10 minutes, but she didn't come. He bowed his head down and walked back to the diner.

xoxoxoxox

Lorelai was still sitting on the couch. Her arms wrapped around her knees. Her eyes were red and swollen and she could barely see because of the new rush of tears in her eyes. She didn't want him to leave; she loved him more than any other person in her life, except for Rory of course. But she had to do what was best. She didn't want to let that poor kid grow up without a father. She know how bad she felt that Rory never had a real father to play with her, to go to movies with her, or to just listen to her. She didn't want that to happen to any other kid.

She looked around her room and out of the window. She saw him still standing there, not moving. She wanted to get up, run up to him, cradle him in her arms and tell him not to leave. But she couldn't. So she just sat there, watching him, and after 10 minutes he left.

She watched him leave; it hurt so much seeing him walk away from her, but after all that's what she wanted, right?

xoxoxoxox

Luke reached the diner 5 minutes later. His eyes were red and puffy. He tried to swallow the big lump in his throat but couldn't. He was sad, devastated, but also angry. He just couldn't believe that Lorelai left him because he had a child with another woman. A child he didn't even know that it existed until an hour ago. He thought that they could talk about it, that they could work it out, find a solution, but as usual Lorelai ran from the things she didn't know how to handle. He understood her concerns about not wanting to let a child grew up without a father figure, but he didn't want to be away from her to be with Rachel and their son.

He saw that there was still light coming from his diner. He looked through the window and saw Rachel standing behind the counter, pouring herself a cup of coffee. Connor was sitting in front of her with a plate of pancakes, eating silently not looking up.

He entered the diner, wiping the tears away.

"Hey" Rachel said smiling at him, ignoring the fact that he looked like crap.

"What are you still doing here" he asked in almost a whisper.

"Connor was hungry, so I made him something to eat, hope that's ok?"

He nodded and sat down

"Everything all right with you?" she looked at him.

"No," he said covering his face with his hands.

"What happened"?

She walked up to him and sat down across the table. She knew that he went to see Lorelai. And from the look on his face when he entered the diner, it didn't go very well. Not that she minded, though.

"She left me, that's what happened…" His voice started to get louder.

"Oh..."

"Oh c'mon Rachel, this is what you wanted, right? You wanted me to leave her. Well, it was the other way around, but still, Lorelai and I are not together anymore. Are you happy now?"

"Luke, listen. I know I told you that you should give us another chance, not only because of our son, but also because we belong together..."

"How can you say that Rachel? How can you tell me that? You don't remember the reason why you left? You left because you told me that I was in love with Lorelai. And you were right I was in love with her then and I'm in love with her now."

"Luke I´m sorry. I know I left because of that reason. But I never stopped loving you and I know you love me too, you just have to try, please try to love me … for our son."

He sighed deeply.

"I can't do that Rachel, I´m sorry." He looked at her. "I can't pretend to love you just for Connor's sake. I told you I'll be there for both of you. But I...we can't be a family. I don't love you, please understand that."

Rachel nodded slowly.

"But Connor needs a father. I don't want him to grow up alone."

"He won't be alone. I will be there to teach him baseball, to help him with his school work, I will listen to him... I just won't be living with you, or marrying you for that matter."

Rachel got angry now but tried to hide her emotions.

"Oh, ok Luke, so I will call you everytime Connor needs you, or what?" she said calmly.

"Rachel, please, this is a small town, you can come by anytime you want, and I'll try to be around Connor as often as possible."

"And what about me?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Is there nothing I can do to make you change your decision about me? I need you Luke."

He grabbed her shoulders.

"I told you there is nothing you can do Rachel. We can be friends but that's all I want us to be, okay?"

"Fine... whatever!" Rachel turned around and walked up to Connor.

"Hey, Baby, we need to leave now... c'mon ...grab your toy soldier and let's go."

"Where will you stay" Luke asked her in confusion.

"I don't know. But I still have some friends here in Stars Hollow, I'll find a place, don't worry." And with those words she and Conner walked out of the diner.

xoxoxoxox

Lorelai was still sitting in the same spot as half an hour ago. The tears had finally subsided but she was still feeling like crap. She reached for her cell phone and dialled Rory's number.

After two rings she picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hey." Lorelai managed to say, her voice thick with emotion.

"Mom? What's wrong, what happened" Rory was instantly alarmed.

"Luke and I…."

"Mom... breathe… tell me... you and Luke what?"

"We broke up" she sobbed again.

"I'll be right there."

Rory hung up, grabbed her keys, and rushed off to Stars Hollow.

Lorelai shut her cell phone down and her sobs started again. She curled up in a ball, closed her eyes and cried.

xoxoxoxox

Luke stood in the middle of the diner watching Rachel leave. He didn't want to be so … angry... but he just couldn't bring himself to get back together with her. He loved Lorelai and he would do everything to get her back. He sighed stood up and headed up the stairs. He never thought he would use his old apartment as a place to stay again, but at the moment, he didn't have another choice. He curled up on the sofa, knowing that there wasn't a chance he'd fall asleep. He just looked up at the ceiling, recalling the last 2 hours of his life. He shook his head. How could everything be destroyed in less than 2 hours? Everything he worked for, for over 8 years? He started to cry. Luke was a strong guy but the fact that he might have lost Lorelai forever broke his heart in two. He cried for what it seemed like an eternity before he drifted into a restless sleep.

xoxoxoxox

Rory got to her mother's house about 45 minutes later. She used her key to open the door. The room was dark and cold. She heard a sob coming from the living room. She laid down the keys on the drawer beside the door and walked over to her mom. She sat down, hugging her tightly as she heard the sobs starting to get louder.

"Oh mom." Rory started to gently run her hands along her mother's hair.

"I… I … will never have it." Lorelai murmured.

"Never have what?"

"The whole package."

As Rory continued to gently caress her mother's hair, Lorelai's thoughts drifted back to a moment she almost forgot.

STARS HOLLOW , TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO

Lorelai pulled up in the town square. She looked around, then walks into Luke's Diner. Luke stood at the cash register counting money.

"We're closed." He stated when he heard the bell jingle.

"I know. Look, I didn't come here to make up, or to try to get you to forgive me, or talk. I wouldn't even have come here at all but I had a really crappy night and I really, really need a cup of coffee. Just pretend I'm not me. I'm Mimi, a new customer. I've never been in here before. I was just walking down the street and I spotted this place. 'Ooh, hey, nice place.' And I came in. Now Mimi is going to pour herself a cup of coffee and sit over here way far away from you, and she promises, just as soon as she's done, she will rinse out her own cup and leave."

Lorelai then walked to the counter, poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down at the end of the counter. Luke watched her movements, torn between the fact that he was still mad at her and the urge to hold her in his arms telling her that everything is going to be all right. She looked crappy and her eyes looked like she had been crying. He couldn't stand seeing her like this.

"This is the second time I let myself do this." She began.

"Do what?" Luke asked his voice still filled with anger.

" Think I finally found it."

" Found what?" he continued to ask in the same monotone voice.

"Love, comfort, safety." She choked out.

"Ah." Luke sighed nodding his head.

"I mean, first with Max, which of course, I screwed up, and then with Christopher, which of course, all the elements of the universe got together to screw up," she continued.

"Yup, it's tough when the universe is against you. That's like taking on the Manhattan garbage union." His voice was calmer now, his anger almost gone.

"I always thought if he could just get it together, grow up – maybe we could do it. Maybe we could really be a family, in the stupid, traditional 'Dan Quayle, golden retriever, grow old together, wear matching jogging suits' kind of way. And then he did get it together – he became that guy. . . and he gets to be that guy with her. Chris is gonna have a baby with his girlfriend. He's gonna marry her. . .and he's gonna be there for her while she's pregnant and he's gonna be there with her while her child grows up, and he's gonna be there for her while she does. . . whatever it is she does. And I am in exactly the same place that I was in before."

She started to sob, quietly at first trying to hide the tears from him but she failed. She didn't want to break down in front of him. She knew he was still mad at her, but he was the only friend she had. The only REAL friend. At least she hoped that he still was her friend.

"Is that so bad? I mean, you got Rory." He knew that this didn't sound the way he wanted it to, but his ego didn't allow him to stop being mad at her, not yet.

"Yes, I do." She nodded her head.

"You got friends, you got a house, a job, apparently an iron stomach." He tried to lighten he mood. His anger was fully gone now and he just wanted to help her feel better.

"No, it's not so bad. I'm lucky, I know. I just. . .I feel like I'm never gonna have it. . .the whole package, you know? That person, that couple life, and I swear, I hate admitting it because I fancy myself Wonder Woman, but. . .I really want it – the whole package."

Luke listened to her story which went right through his heart. He put a donut on a plate, then slid it down the counter to her.

"You'll get it." He whispered but loud enough for her to hear, wanted to tell her so badly that HE wanted to have the whole package with her but he couldn't.

"How do you know?" she asked looking up meeting his gaze.

"I know." He told her sincerely his eyes not leaving hers.

"How do you know?" she asked again, a weird feeling in her stomach, like butterflies.

"Because I know, okay? I know. Now eat your donut." He turned around breaking the gaze, partly because he was afraid that he would tell her how he felt right away and that was certainly not the perfect moment, and partly because he was unsure about what he saw in her eyes.

" I'm really not very hungry." She looked at her donut not able to take a bit

" Well, take it with you. You will be later."

Lorelai wrapped up the donut and put it in her purse, then she pulled out some money.

"Forget it, first time customers are on the house. Mimi, was it?" He looked at her a small smile forming on his lips.

"Yeah." She smiled back grateful for having her friend back.

"Come again, Mimi."

She felt his hands on her back as she left the diner.

xoxoxoxox

And again she was at the point where she was sure that she would never have it. But this time it was even more worse. It was Luke. She wanted to have the whole package with Luke and again, she screwed up.

"Mom? Hey mom?" Rory called not getting any attention.

"Hey mom, please answer."

"Uh I´m sorry hon," Lorelai finally replied "I just … thought about something"

Rory nodded.

"What did you mean with "the whole package?" Rory asked still hugging her mother tightly.

Lorelai sat up and wiped away her tears. She took a few deep breathes and then she answered.

"I thought I could have that whole package with Luke, you know, getting married, having children together….

"But why did you two break up? Shat happened?"

"He… Rachel is back"

"Oh my God! She's back? But … how does that involve Luke? I mean you know he loves you and he's never going to get back together with her, right?"

"Well… he … she … they both have a son."

Rory couldn't believe what her mother told her.

"Did he know?"

"No … but what does that matter?"

"I don't understand, mom. I mean .. yes he has a son.. but this doesn't mean that .. there's no future for the two of you"

"It sure does Rory. Don't you understand? He has to be with his son, he has to be responsible, be a father for the kid, or do you want Luke being like your dad?"

"Mom, Luke will never be like dad. Luke is … he's Luke. He would never do something like that."

Lorelai started to sob again.

"I know Rory. I know that I can't compare him to Christopher and I wouldn't do that... ever … but... he has to be there for his kid, I don't want him to grow up without a father."

"So … you.. told him to go back to her?"

"Something like that.. yeah."

"Do you think he.. you know .. will give her another chance?"

"I.. I don't know.. I … "

"Mom, do you love Luke?"

"Sure I do. Rory, you know that."

"And why did you let him go? I mean .. Mom listen … he can be a father for that boy.. even if he's not living with Rachel.. or marrying her, or something like that. You know that he will do everything possible for that kid, but that doesn't mean he has to be with her."

"I.. I know … I know that … But .. I don't know if I can do that."

"Do what?"

"Be with him... he has a son with another woman, I just don't know if I can get over with this."

"Oh, Mom...so this is it all about"

Lorelai nodded.

"I wanted to be the one having Luke's child… not her," she sobbed.

"But you can't break up with Luke because you are jealous."

"Oh Rory it's not just that ... the other reason was part, too."

"But the other reasons … that's just BS mom… he can be there for his son even when he is with you... you just have to get over with your jealousy... Mom, Luke loves you."

"I know that Rory ... I know ... but ... I can't ... he has a son... with another woman… I can't do that."

Rory held her mother tight "There must be a way," she thought. She kept stroking her mom, who was now lying in her lap, until she finally drifted into a restless sleep.

xoxoxoxox

Next Day

Her mother was still sleeping when Rory woke up. She didn't want to wake her so she slowly got up, trying not to make a sound. She saw a piece of paper and a pen lying on the coffee table, she picked it up and wrote a note.

Hey Mom,

I´m getting some breakfast. I know you're probably not hungry, but you have to eat something. I'll try to hurry.

Love you

Rory

She walked up to the bathroom brushed her teeth and tried to control the mess she called her hair. After 5 minutes left the house and went straight to Luke's Diner.

She almost reached the diner when she saw a familiar figure standing a few blocks away from the diner. She recognized Rachel immediately, she was alone but talking on the phone. She moved a few steps forward, careful and quietly because she didn't want Rachel to notice her. She listened to her telephone conversation.

"I know Sarah… But what shall I do?" Rachel spoke into her cell phone

"Yes it's wrong, but do I really have another choice? Connor needs a father. Yes it's wrong to use Luke, but he's the best father Connor could have."

She was silent for a bit before she continued talking.

"I´m a mess Sarah, I can't handle Connor alone. It wasn't my fault that his father, the bastard, ran away. We are all alone now... I don't have money; I don't have a place to stay... I don't know what to do. I´m feeling guilty for telling Luke that Connor is his son… but I didn't have another choice… I didn't know where else to go"

Rory heard enough. Her face was red with anger. Connor wasn't Luke's son, Rachel lied to him. She walked up from behind her and looked up at Rachel crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"I… I'll call you back" Rachel said hesitantly and hung up

"Uh... Rory… Hi,"

"I heard you Rachel." Rory answered matter-of-factly

"I - I can explain this Rory, really."

"Yeah? What do you want to explain? That Luke and my mom broke up because you lied to him? Connor isn't his son and you know that. How can you do that to him…to my mother... to us!"

Rachel's eyes got teary.

"I didn't know what to do Rory. I … Connor's father left me a few months ago. He took everything with him. I ran out of money. I lost my apartment."

"So you came here.."

"Yes, I… I thought of Luke. I wanted to ask him for help. Connor and I need him."

Rory shook her head.

"Mom and Luke broke up because of you, don't you understand that?"

"I´m really sorry about that Rory but that was my only choice."

"No it wasn't!" Rory shouted. "I can understand that you need Luke to help you.. but I bet that he would've helped you even if you didn't lie to him. Rachel, you two are friends. Why didn't you just ask for money? For help? Why did you lie to him?"

"I don't know … I saw your mother.. I didn't intend to lie to him. But when I found out that he and your mom are a couple it just slipped out.

"That's nothing that can just slip out Rachel. You have to tell him the truth or I will!"

"But he will hate me."

"I can't deny that … but maybe if you talk to him, explain it to him like you did with me, maybe… he will still help you."

Rachel nodded. "I´m sorry what happened between him and your mom."

Rory nodded as well.

"I'll try to fix that .. but first you have to tell Luke… please."

Rachel sighed deeply.

"I know … I'll go and see him right now."

"Thanks."

Rory watched Rachel as she went into the diner. She stood there for a few minutes when she heard some shouting from Luke's apartment.

"You did what?" Luke screamed at her, his voice rising with anger. "Are you kidding me? You ruined everything between me and Lorelai because of a stupid lie?"

"I´m sorry Luke, I didn't know what to do."

"Well.. telling the truth would've been a good start."

"I know. I´m sorry Luke.. please hear me out … let me try to explain."

"I´m listening" Luke folded his arms and stared at her.

And Rachel started to explain the whole story. Luke just listened until she was done.

He was angry at her, angry because she caused the break-up between him and Lorelai. He tried to understand Rachel but he had a hard time doing so.

"You should've told me," he finally said, still angry but in a calm voice.

"I know ..I´m sorry. I hope everything will be all right with you and Lorelai, you know I like her…I am really sorry... I'll just pack my stuff and go."

"I'll help you." He sighed.

"What?" Rachel asked confused.

"You need money, right? I'll help you. I don't want you two to sleep under a bridge. And I know a guy who rents apartments in Lichfield. They aren't expensive, but in there's enough space for you and Connor."

"Oh, Luke, thank you .. thank you sooo much."

"Yeah it's ok.. but next time you need something, just ask. Don't ever lie to me again. And now, would you please excuse me? I have something to fix."

xoxoxoxoxoxox

He ran out of his apartment almost running into Rory on his way to Lorelai.

"Uh sorry .. I was.."

"It's okay, Luke" Rory smiled.

"Oh hey Rory, I didn't see you."

"I figured, are you on your way to mom's?"

"How do you know?"

"Well, I talked to Rachel before she came to see you." Rory admitted

"Oh… yes I´m on my way to your mom.. I need to fix this.. I need to get her back."

"Luke I think it's a better idea if I talk to her first."

"But I wanna come with you."

"Fine.. but you stay outside and I'll talk to her, and when she's ready to see you I'll call you, 'kay?"

Luke nodded his hands were shaking.

"Don't worry Luke, everything is going to be all right… hopefully"

They walked up to the Gilmore house in silence, both of them hoping that everything would work out the way they wanted it to.

"Ok Luke, you stay just here. I´m going inside"

"Ok, and please hurry."

Rory nodded and went inside.

"Hey mom, I´m back."

Lorelai came out from the living room, her eyes still red from crying

"Hey, didn't you bring breakfast?"

"I brought something better."

"Oh yeah? What is it?"

"Luke."

"Rory…" Lorelai began but was cut of by Rory's hand over her mouth

"Let me explain first. Let's sit down."

They went into the kitchen and sat down at the kitchen table

"I have news." Rory blurred out.

"Rory I´m really not up for town gossip, not now"

"Mom just listen, please, it's important."

"Okay, spill it."

"Rachel lied."

"About what" Lorelai asked trying to understand her daughter.

"About her son, Connor isn't Luke's son. Luke is not the father of the kid."

"What?" Lorelai's eyes widened.

Rory told Lorelai the whole story, how she caught Rachel on the phone and how she finally admitted that Luke wasn't the father of her child. How she told Rachel to tell Luke the truth and that she overheard the conversation they had in Luke's apartment. Lorelai's eyes got wider and wider by the minute.

"Yeah that's about it." Rory finished her little story.

"I can't believe that .. she lied to him… I … that's just..."

"I know, I know, mom. But that's not important. The most important thing is … Luke. Don't you want him back?"

"Sure I do." Lorelai's eyes got teary again "Do you think he still wants me?."

"I´m sure he does.. Did you forget already that I told you he is waiting for you, outside?."

A smile crept across her face as Lorelai stood up.

"You'll excuse me for a minute?"

"Sure Mom.. go… " Rory smiled as well.

Lorelai walked up to the front door of her house and opened it.

"Hey," she said when she saw Luke sitting on her porch.

He stood up.

"Hey," he whispered back.

"Rory talked to me."

Luke nodded.

"Lorelai listen, I don't want to lose you. I love you. I want you back, please."

"I´m sorry the way I acted, Luke. I - I had two reasons I broke up with you. One of the reasons you know about. And the other was that I was jealous. I was jealous about Rachel having your baby. I couldn't control my jealousy at that moment. I couldn't bring myself to get over with it. You had a son with another woman. I just couldn't handle it. The jealousy was eating me up inside. I want to be the one having your baby. Luke, I want to be the one -- the only one."

"Oh Lorelai," Luke sighed.

"I know, I know. I should've tried to control that jealousy,. I´m sorry."

"Don't be, but please, come back"

Lorelai nodded, tears running down her cheeks.

Luke's eyes got wet too.

"You do?"

"Sure I do, I love you, my coffee man."

He wrapped his arms around her, holding her tight.

"I love you so much, Lorelai."

Their eyes were fixed on each other. Lorelai's breath caught in her throat. She saw Luke's face coming towards hers. She closed her eyes licking her lips and a second later their lips met in a gentle, soft, sweet kiss.

They broke apart.

"Never leave me again." Luke mumbled.

"I won't. I promise."

"Good." He smiled and kissed her again, a bit more forcefully this time.

After they parted Luke looked up at her, caressing her left cheek with his thumb.

"You will be." he told her softly.

"I will be what?" she asked, confused.

"The mother of my kids … our kids.. one day."

She smiled up at him.

"I hope so."

He tipped her chin up and again their lips met in an explosive kiss.

When they parted she could feel his hot breath against her ear. She closed her eyes as he began to speak

"Marry me…"

THE END

Hope you liked it… that's it… I´m done :) its weird, I will miss writing this story, but maybe I will write a new one someday, who knows…..

Take care you all

Suz