Sorry for the month long hiatus. My life has been a little nuts. I started school in the beginning of this month and I go everyday and then work on the weekends. I just haven't had much time to write. But here, finally is a new chapter and I hope you all enjoy it.

If you haven't read "Thank the Caveman" you should. It's another "A Tale of Poes and Fire" fic and it's awesome. So, check it out.

Oywidapoodles- I'm glad I can give you a guilty pleasure. We're all allowed some of those.

ProFeSsoR- Sorry to cause you any embarrassment. But your story cracked me up! So great. I'm going to suggest from now on that at one point in everyone's life that you should read a dirty fan fiction while in public surrounded by strangers. HILARIOUS! I'm glad you liked it despite the looks and embarrassment it may have caused.

Nycgirl-I'm really glad you like the way I write Luke. If you couldn't tell he is my favorite character to write. From any point of view. And about Jess…wow! At first I didn't know what to do with him. But I figured he's the kind of person who would walk into a situation he wouldn't want to walk into. So, I just ran with it. I'm happy that you thought it worked. Thanks for being a loyal reader and reviewer. And just to let you know. There will be some Nicole. She will not be one dimensional at all!

VeroSNM-YAY! A fellow Edhead. I was an Ed fanatic. I have a Stuckeybowl shirt that I still proudly wear to this day. And it's good to know that I'll have someone watching my show someday! Until then I'll just continue to write dirty chapters for those of us who secretly harbor the desire to wear that man's backwards baseball cap. Thanks!

Jeepgirl259- Girly, I am so glad you liked that line. I came up with it on a whim but it has become instantly one of my favorites as well. Something that I could never cut from this story no matter how many edits! I hope you like how I deal with the aftermath. Thank for all of your wonderful reviews.

And for the rest of you. Thanks for all of your wonderful reviews. You keep me writing. I also apologize once more for leaving you hanging for so long. Life can get in the way sometimes. I wish I could just do this forever! And someday I will. But until then…I have a lot of Algebra to learn. HAHAHA!

This chapter is dedicated to Muffin is Injured who gave me the kick I needed to update this story.

Chapter 5: Gettin'r done.

Sometime in the morning she heard someone stirring.

She opened her eyes to find Luke in front of the closet getting ready. His bare back and his denim clad bottom were facing her and she had to admit she enjoyed the view immensely.

"It's too early," she mumbled propping herself up on her elbows, her hair falling between her shoulders.

He seemed startled but quickly recovered.

"Well, then go back to bed." He replied shrugging his flannel over his arms and shoulders after pulling a gray T-Shirt over his head.

She smiled as his hair was tussled and his face turned red.

"What time is it?" She inquired running a hand through her hair and yawning. She sat fully erect with the sheet tucked underneath her armpits.

"Five-Fifteen. Go back to sleep." He moved toward her and sat on the edge of the bed.

There were a few moments of silence between them.

"We shouldn't have done…wh…what we did…" He clasped his hands in front of him and gave her a sideway glance.

She placed a warm hand on his back.

"It doesn't make us wrong, this wrong." She stated waving her free hand between them.

He shook his head in response.

"NO, it doesn't but it does make the situation wrong. This isn't how it was suppose to happen. This isn't how I imagined it…"

"Luke? Nothing in my life has ever happened the way it was supposed to happen but eventually it all turns out alright."

He nodded and regarded her seriously.

"Lorelai, I just…"

She sat forward a little and took his hand in hers.

"I wouldn't take it back…do you want to…"

"NO! God No! I just…I feel bad." His head fell down as he gazed at their intertwined hands. He soon after felt fingers massaging his scalp. He sighed.

"Luke…I…I really care about you. You're my best friend. I want this. I want this with you. Damn all the consequences."

His head shot up, his eyes opened wide. As he watched her expression, his face softened a bit.

"You…We're really doing this?"

She nodded and leaned in to kiss him softly on the lips. She pulled away slightly. He felt her expel a breath on his face as she whispered two words.

"Hell yeah."

Luke left Lorelai upstairs to get ready as he began to open the diner. He went through his regular routine: pulling chairs off the tables, starting the coffee, firing up the grill. While doing all this he realized that he hadn't seen Jess since last night. He automatically went into panic mode running upstairs and into the apartment to find Lorelai sitting on his bed wrapped in a towel and drying her hair with another.

"Where's Jess?" Luke's face was pale and Lorelai thought he was going to pass out.

"I don't know. He didn't come home?" She stood up and grabbed his arm leading him to a kitchen chair where she forced him into the seat.

"No. At least I didn't hear him. Or see him for that matter." Luke was having a hard time breathing now. His breath was rigid and he seemed to be heaving.

Lorelai immediately went into a cupboard to pull out a brown paper bag which she quickly thrust into his hand and over his face.

She would have laughed at the sound of the bag crinkling as it expanded and deflated. Would have, that is if she weren't as equally worried about Jess' whereabouts.

It was in that brief moment when worry hit her, that she and Luke heard the diner door open. The bell jingled and footsteps were heard on the stairs.

Luke stood up and made his way out the door quickly. When he reached the stairs he finally saw Jess.

"WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GO?" He screamed dropping the paper bag and grabbing Jess by the shirt.

"Hey! Settle down. Let go of me."

"WHERE WERE YOU? I WAS WORRIED SICK!" Luke pushed him up against the wall.

"I stayed at the Gilmore's house! Okay? Let me go!" Jess pushed Luke's hand away and smoothed down his shirt.

"What do you mean you stayed at the Gilmore's?" Luke was beginning to settle down and catch his breath.

"Well, when I walked in on you two…you know? I decided I had to find someplace to sleep. So, I went and talked to Rory at Lane's. I told her that Lorelai was staying at your place and that…I wasn't exactly welcome…So, I asked her where I could crash. She said that I could sleep on the floor at her house. So, that's what I did. And let me tell you…You owe me. Fred Jr.? The most annoying kid ever. Kept talking all night. I barely slept and my back is killing me from the hardwood floor so…I hope your tryst was all worth it."

Luke was smiling now and he patted Jess on the shoulder.

"Maybe I did teach you something Jess."

"Yeah and what's that?" He mouthed straightening his shoulders.

"To respect people's privacy. Something I learned from this town a long time ago."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. I'm going to go to bed now. I'm tired." He walked into the apartment to find Lorelai sitting at the kitchen table, dressed in Luke's flannel and sweatpants.

"Hey." He nodded at her.

"Hey." She mimicked him and took a sip of her orange juice.

"I'm going to bed."

"Okay…"

Jess walked into his room and jumped onto his mattress, pulling the blankets around him.

"Jess?" Lorelai was now leaning against the frame watching him.

"Yeah." She heard him mumble through the pillows.

"Thanks."

He heard her walk out of the apartment and down the stairs.

"Your welcome." He mumbled into the empty apartment before he fell sound asleep.

Luke was filling a napkin dispenser at the counter when he felt two arms wrap around his midsection and warm lips against his neck.

"That nephew of yours isn't so bad after all." Lorelai said nibbling just below his ear.

"No…I guess he's not." He replied losing himself in her actions.

Lorelai was rubbing his stomach while kissing, licking, and, softly biting his neck. He was thoroughly enjoying himself until her hands began to wonder southward. That's when he snapped out of it.

"Hey!" He turned around and faced her, grabbing her hands in his.

"What's wrong?" She asked innocently her lip protruding her eyebrows raised.

"We can't do that right now…That's what's wrong." He felt her lace their fingers together as her lower body pressed into his.

"Why can't we? Just really quick?" She swiveled her hips. He groaned.

"You know as well as I do why we can't. You have to go home and change. Get everybody here. Get everything figured out so that all those people can go home and so that your inn can get up and running again." He kissed her cheek and leaned in to whisper in her ear.

"Besides if we wait…it'll be more than worth it." He pulled away and smiled at her before turning to go into the kitchen.

"Fine. You win this time Luke Danes. But you will not be so lucky next time."

Minutes later, when Luke exited the kitchen again, Lorelai was running down the stairs wearing her clothes from the previous night, her pillow clutched to her chest.

"I'm going home to change and call Sookie. I'll be back in about a half hour."

Luke nodded and walked to her. When he was standing in front of her Lorelai reached up to give him a chaste kiss goodbye.

"I'll see you soon." She said watching him as she walked out the door and down the street.

Luke sighed when she finally disappeared from his sight and found himself frowning as he remembered that he still had Nicole to deal with. His day had just gotten much longer.

When Lorelai reached her house she found the entire Poe society crashers were already awake and sitting in the kitchen. She set her pillow on the couch and walked in.

"Hey. You guys are all up." She said. Noticing that they had made coffee, she quickly grabbed a mug from the cabinet and filled it to the brim.

"Well, you know what they say. The early bird catches the worm. And gee golly do we like to catch those worms." Fred stated causing the rest of the kitchen's occupants to laugh heartily except for Lorelai who just smiled into the rim of her coffee and took a sip.

"Well, breakfast will be ready in about forty-five minutes. Luke's starting it and Sookie's on her way to give it her own magic touch." She explained setting the mug on the counter behind her. "If you don't mind. I'm going to go change and then we can all head on over to Luke's?"

"That's fine. We're already when you are." Mr. Hatelstad replied.

Lorelai nodded and bounded up the stairs to her bedroom.

They all headed to Luke's, and Lorelai thought for a second that they must look like mental patients on a field trip. Fred Jr. was skipping. Fred and his wife were laughing and pointing at the lawn gnomes saying which ones they wanted for their yard and the Hatelstads were too close for comfort. They really needed to get a room. Then she remembered they had a room. Last night. She quickly made a mental note to boil her sheets or throw them away when she got home.

As they walked into Luke's, Lorelai immediately looked for him over the crowd of people packed in the tiny diner. Her search came up fruitless however. That was until she walked into the storage room and found him bent over a box, looking for something.

She couldn't resist the opportunity.

The entire diner was in the middle of eating and conversation when they heard a man's scream come from the other room. They all looked in the direction of the noise and when they heard nothing else, they shrugged their shoulders and resumed conversation.

"What the hell was that for?" Luke asked rubbing his sore rump.

"Just because it was there. You can't let a good bent over butt go to waste Luke." She explained sauntering up to him.

"Well, I hope it was worth it. I won't be able to sit for a week." He joked still rubbing his bum.

"That was the plan…" Lorelai snaked her arms around his waist and began rubbing his butt for him. He moaned from the sensation.

"That better?" She whispered huskily.

"Hmmm." He replied tucking his head into the crook of her neck and kissing it.

"Good…See it was worth it." She played pushing her cheek against his head.

"Definitely." He agreed nuzzling her more.

"LORELAI?" Sookie's voice snapped them out of their trance and they broke apart.

"We should get back out there." Luke declared grabbing a spatula out of the box and walking out the door. He was limping a little from the slap and Lorelai couldn't help but chuckle.

"Stop it." He grunted walking into the kitchen.

Almost everything else had gone as planned. Breakfast was perfect and the Poe society was pleased with their welcome and had left Stars Hollow regretting their goodbye.

The Almost came when Lorelai walked into the inn with Michel and Sookie and found that her home, the first home she had ever truly known. Was now destroyed.

TBC…

A/N: Sorry to leave it there everybody but I have to write a critique for my acting class. I wish I could write more. I'm bummed.

I promise that the next chapter won't take as long to update. My brother is getting married this weekend and we have a two hour car ride so hopefully I'll be able to write on my way down and back up. Or maybe even tomorrow I'll have the chance. We'll see.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It's kind of there to tie everything together. The next chapter will bring complications between Luke and Lorelai and A LOT more action than this chapter.

Please review as always. But you guys are so good at that I don't even really have to ask.

I'll give you a quote again. I love doing this!

Guy in the Washroom: What the hell are you doing?
Fletcher: I'm kicking my own ass! Do you mind?

Can you guess that one. It's one of the funniest movies ever!

Rusty