A/N: First of all... SORRY for not updating sooner. There are a lot of reasons why I didn't. First I had writers block, then I just wasn't in the mood to write and then I got sick... well technically I still am but its better now.
Becky – I hope you didn't turn blue from holding your breath and that everything is ok with you ;) Very glad you like the chapter.
Lisa – hehe ich kanns mir so irgendwie vorstellen wie du so dasitzt und vor dich hingrinst. Freut mich dass es dir gefallen hat.. das ist die Hauptsache.
Kris – Well since I had a hard time writing the last chapter I really didn't know if I wanted to continue it... but as you can see… I did ;) thanks for loving the chapter
Madzia – I will never get bored with your review, they are so nice and sweet, I really love them... so please don't stop ;) Glad your computer is working again. and about the eating just after kissing... well .. its Lorelai.. Lorelai can always eat, cant she:D glad this chapter was worth the wait.
falcons my daddy (Michelle) – aww thanks for the compliment. makes a mental note.. never call a pet rainbow :D haha thanks for the offer tho.
VeroSNM – Glad that I made your day. Hope you don't hate me now that I didn't update for 3 weeks or so. And yes it makes sense.. don't worry. Btw what's your native language?
Elizabeth-Intheblue – Thank you .. you make me blush. Well it took me awhile but here is the next chapter.
joeysangel... – took them long enough, huh? Hehe love the store room.. this room has something dirty .. I don't know why :D
rayann – thank you. It's always a great compliment if someone is telling you that you write the characters perfectly.
Laurence – thank you. I´m glad you liked the kiss and thanks for your comment about my writing
Franala – hehe yeah mini Luke rant … I just had to write that. Glad you liked it
Meve - joins the mantra we had our kiss, we had our kiss hehe thank you.
Jessica – thank you. I really hope you like the next chapter too, do you?
LLfreak8285 – aww I´m glad you reviewed. It's nice of people to review and I always jump up and down when I get a review.. hehe so if you wanna make me jump again… do it again ;) glad you like it.
Laura – well I can also call you ProFfeSser.. whatever you prefer. Oh yes I love those scene4s you described too they were cute ..also the last episode (8) was great I think.. but don't let me get started about episode 7….btw we watch almost the same shows ;) Glad you liked my chapter, as you can see I decided to continue this story, hope you like it.
Sarah – thank you. Hope you like this one too
Eva – phew.. glad it was worth the wait.. I was really unsure about that.. haha yeah I knew you would love that.
Marie – hehe well grinning is nothing bad, right? That's great if you could really imagine things. Oh I would love to write some GG scripts these days .. .I really would. Hehe about the picking up.. just read and see ;)
Michele – well thank you.. glad you liked the chapter :)
Franzi – huch .. hoffe du hast dein Herz inzwischen wieder eingefangen lol… schön das es dir gefällt.
Mel – Thank you -blush- it's good to hear that.. really. I hope the next chapter does that too.
Kathrin – I really missed a think like that on the show. I bet they did it.. Amy just didn't show us. Haha no it's not just you.. whenever I hear store room I am like "huh? Dirty?" hehe
Sanna – haha I would so love to see peoples reaction to you grinning from ear to ear ;) glad it was wroth the wait.
Kadda – thank you. Glad you liked it and have fun dancing around ;)
Carmen – well you read it all at once ..congrats. I´m glad you like it. But no I´m not a bad girl..just evil sometimes .. but I can live with that. ;)
Patty – erstmal danke für deine Hilfe bei diesem Chapter. Ohne dich hätte ich den Computer wahrscheinlich in die ecke geschmissen oder so. freue mich das dir das chapter gefallen hat.. hoffe dennoch das die Hühnerhaut nun weg ist ;)
Pauline – hehe love the huzzah thing ;) Yeah for me it was important to include Rory and I´m glad you like it. And thanks for the birthday wishes :)
Lukelaiandroryndean – thank you. Hope you'll enjoy the update
Gaby – well better late then never... and hey I didn't update in between so it's not bad at all. Glad that you liked the story and I will give you more... hehe
Ok that's it :) A/N is done.. thanks again to all for your lovely reviews. I really appreciate that you take your time to review my story and I will always take time to say thanks cause without you the story would be nothing.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything... just a car... a TV... and 4 stuffed animals named Luke, Lorelai, Miss Parker and Brooke -lol-
Thanks to Val for beta reading this part, you are a doll
Ok.. oy with the story already ;)
Previously on "Whatever it takes"
Luke flashed her a smile leaning in for the second time in the past five minutes. Again their lips touched, and again electricity raced through their bodies. It felt like their lips were meant to share the same space.
After breaking apart they stayed close, their heads touching, their fingers entwined.
"I´m really glad you asked me out," Lorelai breathed.
"I'm really glad you said yes."
"And I'm really glad that you kissed me." She smirked.
"Me, too," he laughed.
"Do it again?"
"Can you ever get enough of this?"
"Never."
And again their lips melted, keeping Luke and Lorelai in a world where no one else existed but them.
Now on with the story:
Next day
Lorelai was awakened by the ringing of her telephone. She looked at her clock. It was her day off today, who the heck had the nerve to call her at 8:30 am in the morning? She picked up the receiver her eyes still closed.
"Who is this?" she asked with a muffled voice.
"Hey it's Luke."
"Sorry I know a lot of Lukes, could you be more specific?"
"Umm, the guy you kissed yesterday."
"Nah, you gotta give me more than that."
"Well, yesterday… Storeroom…Big grin on your face."
"Ok...that narrows it down about a half a dozen or so" She started to grin now.
"Lorelai…!"
"Sorry, but you woke me up in the middle of the night, you deserved a little slap shot."
"Middle of the night? I've already been up for more than 4 hours and you should be up for at least 1 hour already."
"It's my day off."
"Oh...then I'm sorry…I...I can call later if you want me to."
"Luke, I'm awake now."
"Sorry."
"It's ok." She smiled.
"How are you?"
"I'm good. You?"
"Tired."
"Sor..."
Lorelai laughed. "Its ok Luke, I'm just teasing you. So...why are you calling?"
"Umm well, I'm calling about tonight."
"You want to cancel our date?"
Lorelai immediately sat upright in bed.
"No…no of course not…it's just…well I told you I pick you up at 7...at your house."
"Yeah…so?"
"I think it's better if you come by the diner, so Babette won't get suspicious."
Lorelai breathed a sigh of relief and lay back down.
"You scared me…but you're right. I'll come by the diner."
"Great…so...what are you doing on your day off?"
"Hmmm I don't know...I thought about sleeping for another two or three hours...then drinking a cup of coffee, taking a shower, drinking my second cup of coffee, getting dressed, drinking my third cup of coffee…"
"Ok...I'm guessing there are more coffees to come..." He laughed. "Are you coming by the diner for some breakfast or lunch?"
"I don't know. Actually I have a lot of things to do, I have to run some errands, pick up clothes from the dry cleaner and I promised Rory to watch a movie with her when she's done with her homework."
"Oh ok…well I'll see you tonight." He smiled.
"I can't wait." And she smiled too.
"Bye."
"Bye."
They both hung up their phones still smiling and enjoying the warm feeling which was running through their bodies. After awhile Lorelai rolled around staring at the ceiling. She was happy about how things turned out with Luke. She never thought this would actually happen, but it did. It still felt weird for her to be with her best friend, but on the other hand it felt perfectly right.
She turned around to catch a glimpse of the clock. It showed 8:40 am. As much as she wanted to go back to sleep, she couldn't. After tossing and turning for another 10 minutes she decided to start her day. She crawled out of bed searching for her bathrobe and making her way down to the kitchen.
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Luke couldn't believe that time went by so slowly. Another two hours until Lorelai would stop by the diner. He couldn't concentrate on work so he told Caesar to be the only cook for today. After all he couldn't take the risk of burning another twenty Hamburgers.
For the seventh time in the last hour he started to clean the counter, his hands began shaking as he started to think of Lorelai. She had such an affect on him it was unbelievable. To be honest it was not the first time he was thinking of her, but now it was different. They were a couple. He had kissed her. He didn't have to imagine how it would feel to kiss Lorelai Gilmore, now he imagined the great kisses they have already shared.
Finally after one long hour of cleaning the counter tops for the third time, serving coffee to the customers and trying to get time go by faster he told Caser to go and closed the diner. He ran up the stairs taking two steps at once.
He opened the door to his apartment and found Jess watching TV. As Jess noticed the look on his uncle's face he began to laugh.
"Big date tonight, huh?"
Luke stopped in his tracks... how could Jess know... okay he caught him humming to himself once but Jess normally didn't care for such things.
"Don't look at me like that, Luke. I overheard the discussion in the diner and your... umm lets call it "little rant" and unlike the others you couldn't convince me that there is nothing going on with you and Lorelai, cause I'm 100 sure that you two are a couple by now."
"Fine... you're right... but keep it to yourself, all right?" Luke admitted looking him straight in the eyes.
Jess was surprised that Luke confirmed his relationship with Lorelai so quickly but he just nodded.
"Great, so I have to get ready for tonight."
"Sure… whatever" Jess replied turning his gaze back to the television.
Luke took a shower, shaved and got dressed. He was wearing a black pair of trousers with a light blue shirt and black shoes. He tired to arrange the mess he called hair without having his baseball cap to cover it for him.
Jess followed his actions and shook his head. He couldn't understand why Luke was acting so weird and that it's all because of a woman. Sure he knew what it was like to have feelings beyond friendship but he still couldn't understand the weird behaviour.
"I don't know when I will be back. Don't stay up late and please don't do anything illegal or whatever, okay?"
Jess rolled his eyes "Yeah... have fun on your date."
"Thanks." And with that Luke made his way back down to his diner waiting for her appearance.
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Lorelai was on her way to Luke's diner. It was hard to get out of the house unnoticed by Babette who was talking to the gnomes in her garden. Just when Babette turned around for a minute, Lorelai managed to sneak out. She couldn't take the Jeep without drawing Barbette's attention, so she decided to walk.
It was a beautiful evening. The moon was full and the stars shone brightly. Lorelai couldn't believe that this was actually her second date with Luke. Their first date was amazing and she was pretty sure that this date would also be.
She saw the diner from a distance. Luke was standing behind the counter obviously waiting for her arrival. He looked a little nervous burying his hands in the pockets of his jacket. She smiled. She loved when Luke was nervous. She liked how he was suddenly shy around her but also sweet and just … a perfect gentlemen. It was nice to see the opposite side of the grumpy Luke that she was used to.
She crossed the street standing in front of the diner now. Slowly she opened the door, making the bell jingle.
Luke looked up and soon a smile appeared on his face.
"Hey." He walked up to her greeting her with a light kiss on her lips.
"Hey. You look nice."
"Isn't it the man's job to say that sort of thing?" Luke laughed.
"Well technically….yes…so?"
"So?"
"How do I look Luke?" She laughed.
"Oh, sorry you look really nice...umm I mean beautiful… really beautiful."
"Thanks" Lorelai blushed tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
"So… ready to go?"
"Sure I'm ready when you are."
"Then let's go. I don't want you to starve."
"Well I'm always starving." She grinned.
"I know. It's unbelievable." He took her hand and guided her outside.
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Dinner was awesome. Lorelai and Luke had a blast just sitting there, enjoying their food, talking about everything and nothing, and stealing little kisses from each other every now and then. Lorelai even got Luke to eat a forkful of her tiramisu. He smiled as he remembered that. But hey it wasn't that bad, maybe chocolate wasn't that bad after all.
The drive back to Stars Hollow was rather short and quiet with only a few stolen glances and soon Luke pulled up in Lorelai's driveway. Both looked for a sign of Babette, Morey or someone else before they decided that it was safe to get out of the car. With their fingers entwined they made their way to Lorelai's porch.
They stood there for awhile, looking at each other, a smile plastered on their lips. Their fingers were tracing circles around the back of their hands when Lorelai finally spoke up.
"You wanna come in for coffee?" she asked her face glowing.
"You know I don't drink that stuff." Luke replied not noticing the look in her eyes.
"I know." She replied flashing him a shy grin waiting for his reaction.
Luke swallowed the lump in his throat. Did Lorelai really mean what he thought she meant? He searched for her eyes. The spark was back there, she was biting her lip and her eyes were pleading him to follow her intentions.
TBC
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