Last Chapter: She quickly screamed bloody murder at the sudden change of events.

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"WHOA," Lorelai screamed loudly. She took a leap backwards as she wiped at her eyes to rid herself of these visions. Everything around her had changed. She wasn't in the Dragonfly Inn anymore, but in a neater version of her house with pictures of an older her hung on the walls.

She turned around and knocked into a sturdy object. Her breathing became shallow and she reached her hand up to wipe at her teary eyes. Standing before her was an older man in his early fifties wearing a backwards baseball cap.

"Luke?" Lorelai asked tentatively. She reached out a hand to poke his shoulder, which was as solid as everything else. "Why are you poking me Lorelai?" Luke asked with a laugh. Tears streamed down her face and Lorelai cupped his cheek with her palm.

"Are you okay?" He asked concerned. Luke put his hand over hears and then felt her forehead. "You're hot, let's go lay down for a while," He said leading her to the stairs. Lorelai allowed herself to be led to her bed by the man whom had changed so much.

Her bedroom was moderately the same, with the exception of a new dresser, desk-like-thingy and sheets for her bed. Luke pulled back the covers for her and Lorelai slipped under, hoping that once she fell asleep she'd wake up from all of this. He pulled the covers back up and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear gently.

Luke walked over to the other side and sat down at the end of the bed. Lorelai watched him take off his shoes and massage his feet with care. In his older age, pain must have found him and made his life harder.

Her heart started to dully ache at how fast everything had changed in less than a minute and she sniffed to stop the new wave of tears. Luke noticed and decided to cheer her up.

"I have some good news," he said excited. Lorelai turned to look at him and smiled slightly. "What?" She choked. "Well, Rachel and I got a divorce so there will be no more fighting for you to listen to," He informed her. Lorelai was stunned.

Luke had married Rachel? Lorelai was frozen as she stared at Luke's face. There was a crease in his forehead that she guessed was from wearing that baseball cap all the time and it pushing down some skin over the years.

"Wow, Luke, that's great," She faked her enthusiasm and put on a pained smile. He waved a hand to brush off the subject. Instantly a thought swam into Lorelai's head. 'When did they break up? Or had they even gotten together?' She was almost afraid to ask it.

"Luke, ha, umm, if you don't mind. I can't seem to remember how we broke up?" She asked timidly. Lorelai tried to force herself to remember something, but nothing came to her.

Luke straitened up and his face saddened. Lorelai started to feel a bit guilty, but she had to know if anything had happened after that night they kissed.

"Well, I think it was because he came back into town and you got worried…" As Luke explained what happened, Lorelai slowly started to remember and images swam back into her head exactly as he told them.

(Remembrance)

It wasn't a particularly nice day, but the sun was shining enough to be called one. Luke's was preparing to close for the evening, but someone was distracting him. He had thought of way to tell her what had happened yesterday, but he hadn't thought of anyway to break it lightly.

Lorelai swung her feet back and forth as she sat on her usual stool, sipping an unusually disappointing cup of coffee. She had learned that when Luke's coffee wasn't making her hairs stand on end from joy, something was bothering him. Luke came out from the kitchen and handed Lorelai a warm Danish and a smile.

"What's wrong?" She asked putting a hand on his arm and he leaned over the counter. "What? Nothing's wrong?" He defended himself, pushing off the counter and instead leaned against the back counter averting her eyes.

Lorelai placed her coffee mug back down and was about to say something when the door to Luke's opened. She turned her head back and froze. The last person she expected to see walk through those doors was now letting the door close behind him.

Lorelai was basically gaping at the guy walking across the diner. She watched him walk back to where the stairs were and disappear behind the curtain, before she turned her gaze back to Luke. He wasn't looking at her and was instead looking out the window at nothing particular.

"Just a wild guess, but is Jess back in town?" She angrily asked getting off her stool with a stamp. Luke knew it was wrong to allow Jess to move back in with him, but he had needed him. There was hope left in Jess that Luke couldn't see burnt out in New York.

"He needs me Lorelai, and I believe that he's changed," Luke explained to her, his own voice raised considerably. Lorelai stood there with a betrayed expression that froze Luke in his spot.

"When did he get back?" She asked quieter, but still sternly. Luke sighed and looked away briefly before looking back into her eyes. He pushed off from the counter and walked around, where he pulled down a chair from a table and sat on it.

"Tuesday," He answered her. The betrayed expression greatened as Lorelai took in this information. "It's Friday Luke," She reminded him. "You've had him here for nearly three days and I'm just finding out now?" She shouted.

Luke pushed the chair out form under him and took a step closer to Lorelai. "I didn't want to worry you about him being back in town. Since you didn't know he was here until today that means he was doing a good job about sneaking around," Luke argued.

The door to the diner jingled as Lorelai exited. She really didn't know why Luke had lied to her. He had always told her everything, she prided their relationship on honesty, and now a very important topic had brutally brought them down.

(Dream)

"That was how it started," The older Luke said as he continued to sit on the edge of Lorelai's bed. "I don't get how we could have broken up over a small argument like that," Lorelai whispered, slightly confused. Luke looked up at her face and smiled sadly.

"It wasn't just that Lorelai," He said. "What else happened?" She asked quickly. Luke sighed and looked at her nightstand, where a photograph of her, Christopher and Rory were all standing in the park when Rory was 10. Christopher was pushing her on the swings with one hand while he held Lorelai's in the other. Sookie had taken it for them after she set up the picnic.

Lorelai followed his gaze and saw the picture. She faintly smiled and reached over to turn down the picture. "What happened?" She asked again. Luke breathed in deeply and nodded towards the photograph.

"He happened," He said. "Who? Christopher?" Lorelai wondered. Luke shook his head. "I came to find you after that argument and I found you," Luke paused and glanced into Lorelai's eyes. She stared back with such intensity he didn't really want to go on.

"I found you two making out in your front lawn and when I tried to find out what was going on he kept talking about how you two where now and I was then," Luke painfully finished, drawing his attention elsewhere. Lorelai's face fell further than she thought it could ever fall.

Chris was the cause of the break up between her and her perfect man? She would so get him for that later when she woke up, because Lorelai had picked up now that she was dreaming and it was more of a nightmare.

Luke got off the bed and walked around and sat in a chair next to the side of the bed Lorelai was on. "Luke, I didn't love Christopher and I didn't want to be with him," She tried to explain. Luke look confused.

"If you never wanted to be with him then why were you married to him for 10 years?" He asked. Lorelai was shocked. She had actually married Christopher instead of Luke? Was she happy with him and why wasn't he here now? Lorelai really wished she would remember this chunk of her life.

"What happened?" She quietly asked. Luke wasn't looking happy. "I don't really know why you keep asking me these things Lorelai. I can understand you asking me about Jess, but you just got divorced six months ago and you're telling me you don't remember what happened," he huffed.

She sat there watching his face with it's angered expression and wondered why he was here now, with her, the woman who left him for her daughter's father. In the gap of ten years, he too had married; she knew this because his ring finger had the faint impression of a ring mark.

"Well, I guess if we're both single and still want to date, we should," She thought aloud. Luke was silent and gently put his hand over hers, a quiet gesture that he was okay with that.

Lorelai looked up at Luke's lack of hair under his hat and wondered if she could be all in after this large gap of time they were apart that she couldn't remember. Would he ask her things on a regular basis about stuff ten years ago or eleven years ago that she never remembered, and then one day get fed up because she didn't know anything?

Her thoughts settled when she noticed that Luke was slowly moving face closer to hers. Obviously by how calm he was they had kissed earlier before she became this Lorelai. She leaned in towards his face, wondering if he tasted different than the last time they kissed or if he was different in any other way now.

They touched lips and Lorelai was frozen. Luke wasn't moving either, and she noticed that he certainly wasn't as shy as the first kiss she had shared with him that must've been just yesterday. She felt like she was pressing her luck and that Luke would know it wasn't the real her eventually.

"Mom," Someone called out. Lorelai broke away from Luke and looked around. He seemed confused. "I'm in my room," She called out loudly. "Who're you talking to Lorelai?" Luke asked.

"She must be asleep?" Another voice called out. "No, I'm not asleep. I'm in my room with Luke," She yelled out again. Lorelai's eyes started to feel sore and her nose became all stuffy as she yelled out again where she was.

"Maybe we should leave and let her rest some more," The first voice called out. "I'm here, just come up stairs and you'll see me," Lorelai said. Luke watched her with wide eyes as she yelled out to a voice he couldn't hear. "Lorelai?" He asked quietly. She looked his way and smiled faintly. "Bye Luke," She whispered.