"Yes, she would definantly like that cut…" commented Rory, as she gazed at a picture. Suddenly, Luke whipped the pictures behind the counter as the bell jingled and Lorelai appeared.
"Oops, more later!" Rory smiled secretly at Luke.
"Yeah, now scoot!" Luke said, swishing a dishrag at Rory.
"Roooory, love of my life come see Mommy!" called Lorelai.
Rory hopped down off the barstool and met Lorelai at a table by the window. Though the diner was crowded, Luke had allowed Rory to reserve their own table, a first in Luke's diner history.
"How was work?"
"Good. Boring without Sookie, and Michel rushed home on his lunch break to check on Chin-Chin, who has a slight cold. I mean, good lord, he'll get through it!"
"Ha, yeah"
Presently Luke appeared with order pad at the ready. He raised his eyebrows at Lorelai, as if to take her order.
However, thinking back to her sudden realization last night, it was all Lorelai could do to keep herself from throwing herself at him and shouting those three, all-important words.
So, she just stared at him. And stared.
And stared.
"Lorelai, what is it?" asked Luke, unamused. He figured she was just going to ask him for something.
It was quite possible that Lorelai would have said her line right then and there. Luke had prompted her with a question. It wouldn't be bad, would it?
Luckily, Rory's intuitive mother-daughter sense kicked in, and she tried to divert everyone's attention.
"Mommmm, stop drooling. He's already yours!" she said grinning. Gosh, I hope this works. Mom just can't tell Luke she loves him in the middle of the noon rush at the diner. That's not Lorelai-enough.
Smart thinking Rory had just saved the day. Luke let out a "Gosh" and blushed, turning his head to avoid letting everyone see him grin.
Lorelai laughed, and turned a little pink in the cheeks herself.