A/N: Wow I'm so sorry for taking this long to post again. It's just school just started again for me and I've been crazy busy. I'll make it up to ya'll some how. SORRY!

Chapter 3: Hang overs and regrets

Luke

A pool of relief flooded over Luke.

Oh thank god! It was just a dream. See Luke this is exactly what sleep deprivations and a few beers before bed does to you. It makes you all loopy. Like Taylor around Christmas time… Okay don't you ever compare yourself to Taylor again! But thank goodness. I guess I won't have to avoid Lorelai for all eternity after all.

He sat up a little and looked over at the clock. It read 6:30.

Ah my head. It looks like asking Ceaser to open up wasn't such a bad idea after all. I need Advil. Do I own Advil? I don't think I do.

He rubbed his head before looking down at his night table to see a bottle of water and three Tylenols on a napkin.

…Whoa that's weird. Did I do that last night? Well I wouldn't be that surprised I was definitely toasted. Wait is that a note? A note? But who would---

Luke trailed off as the realization smacked him in the face. It hurt almost more then his hang over. Yet there was no denying it. He knew that Garfield Stationary anywhere. When he saw the chicken scratch handwriting there was no doubt in his mind that the note was from no other but the infamous Lorelai Gilmore.

Shit.

He immediately got up from his bed and started pacing. Hang over now long forgotten.

He had to remember everything he said to her. Everything she said to him.

Luke Danes spent the rest of the morning pacing his apartment and cursing at every word he remembered.

Lorelai

An Advil a day keeps the hang over away. Lorelai thought with a small smile.

So I guess it's time for act 268 of the Luke and Lorelai saga. So let's see… Where did we leave off this time? Oh yeah that's right. In the previous episode: Luke admits to Lorelai that he has some type of crazy crush on her… Well actually he says he's like madly in love with her. Lorelai comforts him saying every little thing's gonna be alright (sorry but no Jamaican accents included unless you buy the season 4 DVD). Anyway… okay it's time for you to be serious. What the hell am I going to do? He loves me. Do I love him? Well of course I love Luke I'll always love Luke but do I LOVE Luke? Love and LOVE are totally different things. Well okay I don't LOVE Luke… but I could. Whoa there Gilmore! You're getting way ahead of yourself. Do you really want to risk getting hurt again? I mean I can handle Chris leaving or Jason leaving, but this… This is huge! He's your best friend! Damn it where the hells Rory when you need her. Probably off doing Collegey things with all her collegey peeps and forgetting about mommy… Would it be so bad to date Luke though? I mean you know him. You're comfortable around him. His gut thing totally works in this situation. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all.

She then got up and walked towards the bathroom to prepare for her busy day.

2 Weeks Later

She really hated him. She was pretty sure she had never been this mad at him before. How could he do this? How could he possibly think this was the right way to go about their situation? Avoiding her like an 8th grader avoiding his ex-girlfriend.

Every time she entered the diner, the kitchen would get extremely busy and he would have to take over. Or he would be running low on blueberries and spend an hour in Doose's looking for them. Or maybe he suddenly decided to hang out in the storage room for 45 minutes.

Today was the last straw. The way he made eye contact with her for a second before dodging behind the curtain and heading up to his apartment.

She marched right past all the starring eyes, pass the counter and pass the curtain hiding the staircase. As soon as she reached the door she banged her fist on it without any hesitation.

"Luke Danes you better get your ass to the door right now!"

She really did have enough of this. He was acting totally immature. Was he seriously not man enough to face what he had said to her? If so maybe she didn't want to give them a shot after all.

Inside the apartment Luke stood up from his chair.

Okay so I should probably get the door. I mean she sounds extremely pissed and it might be smart not to mess with her mind and just stay in here. Aw Geez, what the hell am I gonna say to her. She probably already thinks I have no balls. Did I really think I could just avoid her forever? Well here goes nothing.

He opened the door

"Hey," he said calmly. "What are you doing up her."

"Cut the bull," she snapped. "What's going on Luke? Is this how it's gonna be now. You avoid me every time I walk into the diner. I mean should I just not come anymore? Are you just too uncomfortable around me now that it would make this whole thing better if I just stopped coming? If that's true I really have lost all respect for you."

"Lorelai I---"

"No Luke you had your chance to talk and you chose to ignore me so it's my turn. Luke I want to know the truth. The other night when you told me you loved me did you mean that? Do you like me more than just this coffee addict that gives you half your income? Do you want to be with me?

"I—

Of course I want to be with you. Do you have any idea how miserable these two weeks have been for me? I miss you so much. I miss talking to you. I miss your horrible eating habits. I miss the way your face lights up every time you take a sip of coffee. I miss that perfume you're always wearing, the one that smells like lilies. And did you seriously just ask me if I meant what I said when I told you I loved you. Of course I meant it! I've loved you since the first day we met.

--Cant."

Lorelai felt herself crumble.

He doesn't want to be with me… He doesn't love me. Whoa do I feel stupid. No wonder he's been avoiding me. It was just a drunken night for him. When am I gonna learn that you can't believe anything people say when there drunk. You really screwed up this time Gilmore.

She felt the tears as they began to form in his eyes. There was no way she could cry in front of him so without another word she headed down the staircase and walked as quickly out of the diner as possible.

Meanwhile Luke stood there starring out the door praying for her to come back so he could tell her how much he loved her, how much he wanted to be with her, but she didn't

You really screwed up this time Danes.

A/N: Okay so i realize that my timing is messed up and that two weeks later from the episode that Lorelai and Jason broke up was when sheopened the Inn, but just go with me on this one and lets just plug two extra weeks in haha