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Chapter 3:

The rest of the day, went by so slowly for both of them.

I can't believe that she really asked me to come over tonight. Was it really like asking me over to be with her? Or more like she wanted to continue toying with me? She wouldn't do that. She would come right out and say it if she was. It's not even dinner rush yet, how the hell am I going to make it until then?

What the hell were you thinking? Inviting Luke over to your house. You can't even cook, what are you planning on feeding him? Some leftover food, that may or may not still be edible. Does he think that it's a date? Maybe he thinks that I want to be with him, and he'll chicken out at the last minute.

Just then, the phone rang in the distance. Michel answered it and before she knew it he was handing her the phone.

"It's that really disgusting diner owner. I can't believe that you eat there. You disgust me too." Michel handed her the phone and walked back to his normal position behind the desk.

Lorelai grabbed the phone hesitantly. "Hello?"

"Oh, hey there." Luke was surprised at how nervous she sounded. It wasn't like Lorelai to sound this way. "Um… is everything ok?"

"Yeah, sure. Why do you ask?" She didn't want to give him a reason to back out.

"No reason. Um… listen I was thinking about tonight and the thing is…" Luke didn't have time to respond.

"You don't want to have dinner, do you?" Lorelai sounded upset, but she was a little relieved that he was wanting to back out. That put not pressure on her.

"No, no. That's not it. I was just thinking that you probably don't have any food. So I was wondering if you wanted me to bring some over." Luke was amazed that she would instantly assume he didn't want to go. Then realized that she was regretting the fact that she invited him over. "As long as you still want to have dinner."

"Oh, yeah of course I do. Sure, you should probably bring some food over." Lorelai wasn't sure what Luke was thinking but she really wanted to know.

"Yeah, alright. Then I'll see you tonight." Luke really didn't want to hang up, but he had nothing else to say.

"Ok, see you tonight." Lorelai hung up the phone, with a smile on her face.

"Why are you smiling?" Sookie came out of the kitchen. "Weren't you just talking to Luke? Oh, my god! You were talking to Luke! Did something happen between the two of you? I knew one day you'd see it."

"No, Sookie. Just never mind. I have things to do." Lorelai said, then quickly left with a smile still on her face. She had no idea that Luke had this power over her.

The two of them continued on with the rest of the day, just like normal. Although they would glance at the clock and become instantly nervous. Anticipating the night ahead of them. Soon enough, the time came. Lorelai was at her house, pacing in-between the kitchen and the living room.

"What am I so nervous about? Luke is just coming over to have dinner. We're both friends. It's ok for friends to have dinner every once in awhile. Nothing more is happening. That's it. It's just dinner." Lorelai said out loud to herself. She was so nervous and she didn't really know why.

Luke closed the diner early and pulled up in front of Lorelai's house. "It's just dinner. You can get through this." Luke muttered under his breath as he rang the doorbell. Lorelai jumped at the sound of the bell. She opened the door and welcomed Luke inside.

"Oh, hey there stranger. You can go ahead and put the food in the kitchen." Lorelai said this really fast, and Luke couldn't help but grin. "Don't laugh at me!" She gently hit him on his arm, and immediately thoughts about the two of them filled her head. She tried to erase the image, but it didn't work.

"Alright." Luke went straight to the kitchen. He was a lot more relaxed than she was. "So I brought you a burger and some fries."

"What no…" She was about to ask for her coffee, but Luke beat her to it. Luke was holding onto her cup of coffee that he knew she needed. Lorelai loved it that he knew her so well.

"Thank you." She reached out for her coffee, but Luke pulled it away. "Luke!" Lorelai was upset that he didn't give her the coffee, but excited that he wanted to tease her a little.

"Now, I also brought two salads." Luke was grinning from ear to ear. He wanted this evening to be fun, without any tension. Whatever happened or didn't happen was all right with him.

"NO! You're not seriously going to make me eat one are you?" Lorelai put on her pouting face. It had worked before and she knew it would work again.

"Not if you don't want to." Luke could see that she wasn't going to let her coffee go that easily. "But that means no coffee."

"No! You can't do this to me!" Lorelai sat in the closest chair and folded her arms across her chest. She was acting like a little kid, and both of them knew it.

"I can do whatever I want. I'm holding the coffee." Luke loved to be in control. But so did Lorelai. She was not going to let Luke have all the fun.

"Tell you what. I'll eat a salad if you eat my burger." Lorelai was now smiling from ear to ear.

"And what's in it for me?" Luke was curious as to what she had to offer him.

"Whoever completes their meal first, gets to choose what we'll do for the rest of the evening." Lorelai said this in a way that made Luke shake. He instantly sat down.

What is she doing? Was this her plan all along?

Don't come on too strong Lorelai. You'll win, and then you'll have to make sure that he starts the evening. You've eaten a salad before. You can win.

"I thought we were going to watch a movie this evening?" Luke finally got the words out of his mouth.

"Well, if that's what you want to do, then you can choose that if you win." Lorelai loved acting seductive. She especially enjoyed it in front of Luke. She could act as crazy as she wanted in front of him, and he wouldn't mind.

"Alright. Let's do it." Luke grabbed the salad and the fork and handed it to Lorelai. Then picked up the burger and took a bite. "Yum." He said while making a gross face.

Lorelai immediately began to laugh. But then looked at the salad that lay in front of her. She hesitantly stabbed the fork into the salad and took a bite. "Yuck!" She exclaimed as she chewed slowly. She wasn't going to lose to Luke.

Luke just grinned as he tied to choke down the burger. "This is so disgusting. How can you eat this?"

"Yeah well, same to you." Lorelai took another bite of her salad, and made another face.

They continued on taking bites and making faces. Both were laughing at each other. Neither one of them wanted to lose, but knew that one would eventually. Finally it came down to who could chew faster. Luke was on his last bite, and Lorelai shoved the last bit into her mouth and began chewing as fast as she could. But then realized exactly what she wanted to do. She couldn't tell Luke that was what she wanted to do. She began to chew, when there was nothing in her mouth. She wanted Luke to win.

"I'm done!" Luke exclaimed.

"Damn it! I was so close to. You must have cheated. That's it you're a cheater!" Lorelai didn't want it to seem that she lost on purpose.

But Luke just smiled. "You did it on purpose. Didn't you?"

He knew her too well. "What are you talking about?" Lorelai tried to act surprised at this accusation. "You won fair and square." Lorelai couldn't help but smile, so she turned around so that Luke couldn't see her.

"Yeah right." He was smiling. He was glad that she let him win.

"So what is it that you want to do?" Lorelai was still turned around, and her heart began to race. She could feel him getting closer to her.

"This." Luke reached out and put his hands on her waist. He turned her around I one quick, graceful motion. Soon enough his lips were pressed up against hers. She liked the feeling of his lips on hers. She let him do all of the kissing. She liked it. But soon enough Luke started to pull away, realizing that she wasn't kissing him back. Lorelai knew what he was thinking and kissed him hard and passionately to reassure him that she wanted this too.

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