2008

Luke and Laurie had a great day when Lorelai left Laurie with Luke. Laurie talked about Luke non-stop. Lorelai loved watching them together. They looked like a family but this also hurt Lorelai too. It reminded her that they weren't a family and that they never would be. Lorelai and Laurie were going back to New York that evening. She wasn't planning on leaving quite yet but being here in Stars Hollow with Luke just reminded her everything that she lost. Laurie was getting to attach to Luke and she didn't want Laurie to get hurt. The past week and a half was the best week of Lorelai's life. She finally knew what if would be like to have the whole package. The only problem was that it wasn't real. As much as Lorelai wanted to pretend she couldn't live a lie. So a few days later Lorelai spent her day at the Inn preparing to go. Sookie and Michel were all ware of her plans; the only person she had to break the news to was Luke.

Luke walked into the Inn with Laurie in hand. Man did he love that little girl. She was special. He also loved the last week and a half with Laurie and Lorelai. He didn't want to let them go. He knew that if they went back to New York his heart would break. When the time came he was going to tell Lorelai everything. He wasn't going to let her walk away again. He made the mistake of not going after he once; he wasn't going to make that one again. Not after the lonely three years he had experienced. He may not have known what wanted before but he knew what he wanted now.

As Laurie and Luke walked into the reception area they spotted Lorelai behind the desk. Lorelai didn't notice them walk in though because she was too busy yelling at someone on the phone. Now Lorelai would argue with people if they screwed up but she never yelled. He had witnessed Lorelai yell once in the time he knew her. That day in Taylor's soda shop. That experience scared the hell out of him. He had wanted to go after her but to tell the truth was too scared too. People talked about that for days. That day in Taylor's soda shop was the last time Luke ever saw Lorelai. He had that same feeling all over again. The only difference was that he had a scared little girl who was softly holding his hand earlier now glued to his leg and hiding behind him. Luke bent down to meet Laurie's face.

"Laurie it's okay she's just having a bad day"

"She always has bad days"

"She does that a lot?"

"Yes"

"Does she yell at you like that?"

"No mommy would never do that"

"Then why are you scared"

"I don't like to see mommy like that"

"Me either"

"Is mommy going to be okay?"

"She'll be fine don't you worry" Luke brushed the little girls tears away from her cheeks with his thumb.

"Are you going to make her feel better"

"You bet"

Lorelai slammed her phone down on the desk and spread her hands across the desk trying to calm her-self down. Luke picked Laurie up and slowly walked over to Lorelai.

"Brought something over to cheer you up"

Lorelai looked up and a smile immediately went across her face.

"Hi"

"Mommy!"

"Hi sweetheart! did you have a good time with Luke?"

"Yep he let me go behind the counter!"

"He did! Well you must be special because he never let me go behind the counter"

"She's a great little girl, Lorelai"

"Laurie why don't you go in the kitchen, Sookie just made some cookies why don't you go get some I'll be there in a minute"

"Okay mommy, see ya later Luke"

"Bye Laurie" Laurie runs off to the kitchen

"You alright, Lorelai"

"Yeah I'm fine why?"

"Because I heard you yell on the phone, and you don't yell"

"Yeah I do"

"You never used to"

"Some things change"

"I guess so"

"I'm glad you're here because I wanted to talk to you, you have a minute"

"Sure, why don't we go out on the porch"

"Alright"

Luke and Lorelai go out and sit on the front steps of the Dragonfly

"So what's up"

"Well I wanted to thank you"

"For what? Helping out with Laurie, not necessary, I enjoyed every minute of it"

"Well yes and no"

"Then for what"

"Believing in me"

"Excuse me?"

"When I sent you that check and you sent it back with that note, it meant a lot"

Luke then knew exactly what she was talking about. He knew she still kept it and always had it with her. It was like his horoscope. "Okay"

"I mean after what happened between us and the way I left, I expected you to take the check and run so you wouldn't have anything to do with me ever again, but you didn't. You sent it back and you told me that you still believed in me. That was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me."

"It really wasn't that big of a deal"

"But it was, to me" Lorelai reached into her pocket and pulled out the check and note, then she read it out loud to Luke. "I'll never stop believing" she paused "Every time things got hard or I thought I was failing or nobody believed in me I would look at this and think someone knows I can do this, someone still believes in me. I want to thank you for that, your kind words have gotten me through a lot and I just wanted to tell you that before I left."

"You're leaving?"

Lorelai shakes her head "Yes"

"When?"

"Tonight"

"Are you coming back?"

"Maybe someday, but my place right now is New York. I love it here I mean this is my home but this also reminded me of everything I lost and it hurts to much to be reminded,"

"But you may still come back?"

"Laurie loves it here and maybe someday I'll get over it but not now, not yet, Maybe if I had a reason to come back here I would but I don't and it's time"

"Okay"

"Thank you for helping me these past few days, you have made this trip memorable"

"Same to you"

2010

Luke and Lorelai's house (the crap shack) Lorelai pulls up the driveway in her Jeep Grand Cherokee. Lorelai shuts off her car and gets out of the driver's seat. She goes over and opens Laurie's backseat door and Laurie jumps out. Lorelai hands her a key.

"Go inside and put your backpack up okay Laurie and then you can come outside and play for a little while"

"Okay mommy"

Lorelai walked over to her porch and went and sat down on her porch swing. She had just signed a client to use the Dragonfly for a series of conventions for the next six months. She felt accomplished. She was so happy and she couldn't wait to tell Luke. He had been just as involved with preparation of this meeting as much as she had. As she rested her hand across her belly and gently rubbed it her eyes wandered to the steps of her porch. Two almost three years ago Luke confessed everything to Lorelai. That was the spot that changed Lorelai's life forever.

2008

Luke pulled up into Lorelai's driveway. It had been a couple of hours since he had talked to her at the Inn. He wanted to tell her to stay but couldn't at that moment. He didn't want to confuse her. So he said goodbye to Laurie and said goodbye to Lorelai. It broke his heart having to let them go but he knew he would have to do it. So he went back to the diner and went into his apartment. He replayed the last few days he had spent with Lorelai and Laurie over and over in his mind. He realized that he couldn't let them go. He had to try and get them to stay. He wasn't going to sit around and wait. Even if Lorelai turned him down he would at least know that he tried. As he was driving over to Lorelai's he remembered what she said, "Maybe if I had a reason to come back I would." Then he remembered the box Laurie showed her and all the stuff Lorelai had kept that included him in them. Then he remembered what she said the first night she was back. I was scared you would come after me, and I was scared that you wouldn't" He suddenly had a feeling that he wasn't going to be rejected by Lorelai.

He go out of his truck and walked up Lorelai's porch steps, he knocked on the door slowly went through everything he wanted to say to Lorelai. Lorelai opened the door and a look of shock went over her face.

'Luke, what are you doing here?"

"You can't go"

"What?"

"I don't want you to leave"

Lorelai shuts the door behind her

"Luke what are you talking about"

"I made a mistake years ago of not coming after you and I should have and I'm not letting you go. I'm not letting you or Laurie go. I know I hurt you okay and I'm sorry. I don't want to do that to you ever again. I also know that you don't love New York. And you know what well find Rory and we will bring her home and we can make things better between you too, and you know what screw your parents, who the hell needs them."

"Luke"

"And you know what I'll do whatever you want. If you want to stay n New York I'll go to New York, you want to stay here in Stars Hollow we'll stay here. You want to get married I say lets do it, you want more kids I say okay to that, I'll do whatever you want just as long as it's you and I together, because you and I being apart it's not an option. All right it's just not going to happen anymore. I'm not letting you go again."

Just then Lorelai moves closer and kisses Luke, long and hard. He wraps his arms around her waist bringing her in as close as possible and Lorelai's hands move up towards his neck as he pulls into him as close as possible as well. She breaks the kiss

"I'm not letting you go again either"

"Your not?"

"Nope, I say yes to it all, marriage, and you were right to, I don't love New York, I want to come home and I want to find Rory."

"We'll do it all"

This isn't the final chapter. There is still one or two left. One is going to involve Rory and Lorelai reconciling and the other is going to be Emily and Richard meeting Laurie. And we still have a ton of Luke and Lorelai action going on. Please Review