"You know what, you're doing it again." Luke said angrily.

"Doing what again?" she asked confused.

"You're passing judgment on my relationship with Nicole." he remarked defensively.

"I'm not passing judgment."

"You passed judgment on our marriage, you passed judgment on our divorce and now you're passing judgment on our living together."

"I'm not passing judgment on you living together. You're passing judgment on you living together… by not living together."

God, when will he understand! she thought

"You know, I was a little tipsy on that cruise ship, but I don't remember anyone pronouncing us husband and wife and Lorelai."

She just doesn't get it does she? She'll never give up. he thought

"Well, they may as well have, because I spend as much time with Nicole as you do."

"And the judgment's back!"

He was starting to get even angrier.

"I could move in with you guys. You wouldn't know."

"You know, none of this is any of your business."

"It's absolutely my business." she stated matter-of-factly.

"How?" he demanded.

"Because! I wasted a week of my life adjusting to the idea that you had moved only to find out that you haven't moved."

Now she was getting angry.

"How much adjusting did you have to do? Nothing's changed! I still see you everyday, I still cook your food, I still serve your coffee. What do you care?"

"I care."

He was confused.

"Why?" he asked restlessly.

"Because I don't want you to move."

"Why? Why don't you want me to move?" he asked restlessly.

Lorelai was asleep. She was dreaming of the night she and Luke broke the church bells.

"Luke, please." Lorelai talked in her sleep.

Luke woke at the sound of his name. He looked over at Lorelai.

"Yeah?" he asked.

Wait. She's still asleep. So why did she call my name? She isn't dreaming

about me is she? I'll just see if she says anything else. Luke thought

"No Lorelai. I want to know." he demanded in her dream.

Lorelai breathed deeply.

"I love you." she whispered.

Luke sat there in shock.

Did she just...? No, she couldn't have. I'm hearing things.

"Wh-what?"

"Wh-what?" dream Luke stuttered.

"I love you."

Oh my God. She did say that. Wow. Oh my God. he thought.

His eyes were wide, and his mouth was open.

I can't believe this. She loves me. She loves me! But will she ever tell me? What if it's a different Luke. Yeah, right. I know everyone she does. Maybe not personally, but I I know of them. This isn't happening. I must be dreaming.

Luke pinched himself.

"Ow!"

Ok. I'm not dreaming.So, what should I do about this? I'll just watch her closely tomorrow. See if she acts differently than usual. If she shows any signs of having feelings for me.

It took a while, but eventually he fell asleep.

Luke was once again woken. But this time it was because Lorelai was having a cough attack. He turned to look at her and saw that she was clammy and was red with fever. He walked over to her and felt her forehead.

She's burning up! I need to get a wet cloth to put on her forehead. Hmm...I wonder where she keeps them? Probably in the bathroom.

He walked into the bathroom and found what he was looking for. He turned the faucet on cold and ran the cloth under the running water. He folded it up and walked back to the living room. He kneeled next to Lorelai and placed the cloth carefully on top of her head.

Lorelai jumped at the contact of something wet and cold on her skin. She opened her eyes and looked at Luke.

"Sorry to wake you. You started to cough and then I felt your forehead and your were burning up, so I got a wet cloth to put on your forehead." he explained.

"It's-cough-ok,"she whispered. "What time is it?"

Luke looked at his watch.

"Five."

"Ughhh! To early!" she complained.

Luke laughed and suddenly remembered his earlier wake-up call and what it brought. He went silent and turned his head.

What's up with him? she thought.

She looked at him curiously, then asked, "Are you ok?"

"Me? Oh, yeah, I'm fine."

More silence.

"I'm going to go and get you some cough medicine. You were coughing pretty bad earlier."

He got up and walked into the kitchen. He looked in the cabinet he had put the Pepto Bismol in and found some cough medicine. Knowing how Lorelai was at throwing out things, he checked the experation date.

"You guys are crazy!" he shouted from the kitchen.

"What?" she asked.

"This cough medicine expired in 1999!" he exclaimed. "I'm going to get some more. I'll be back in a minute."

He walked back into the living room and grabbed his coat.

"Who's the crazy one now?" she asked

"Huh?" he asked back, pulling his coat on.

"You're not serious are you? Luke, it's 5:10 in the morning"

"You need cough medicine. I'm not going to have you coughing all day just so you can lose your voice completely." he told her.

"Luke, you don't have to do this. I'll survive."

"It's ok. Besides, I can pick up some things for you to eat. Any recommendations?"

"Well, in that case... ice cream!"

Luke laughed at her.

"Ok. But only because it will help your throat. I'll be back."

"Ok. Bye."

He walked out the door and she heard his car pull out of the drive way.

No one's ever gone out at 5:10 in the morning to get me medicine before. He's so good to me.

Lorelai laid back down and was lost in her thoughts.

I was dreaming about something earlier. What was it? Ugh. I hate when I can't remember my dreams.

She thought hard and then remembered.

It was about Luke! It was the night we broke the bells. He asked me why I cared I told him...

Lorelai's face was that of shock.

Oh my God. I told him I loved him. Woah. Never dreamt that before. It's a good thing Luke can't read my mind. I can't even imagine the look on his face if he knew that I had said that to him in his dream.

But would it be so bad to tell him that. But do I really love him? I haven't even revealed my feelings. I can't just tell someone I love them if I haven't even dated them. But I think it might be true.

Does Luke have feelings for me? I mean, the whole town has been telling me that. But I always thought they had lost their minds. I highly doubt it's true. Although I wish it were.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the return of Luke. She looked over at him and saw many bags in hand.

"I thought you just went to get medicine and ice cream?"

"Well, I thought I'd make some homemade chicken soup today. So I had to get some extra stuff," he told her. "I didn't know what flavor you liked, but I know you like chocolate so I got triple fudge brownie."

"Yum! That sounds so good!"

"What would you like for breakfast?" he asked.

"Ice cream!"

"Lorelai, you can't have ice cream for breakfast."

"Who says?"

He looked at her for a moment, and then gave in.

"Ok. Ice cream it is."

He went into the kitchen and put the groceries away. After that was done, he got out a bowl and scooped some ice cream into it. He also grabbed a bagel he had bought and put some spread on it.

"Here you go." he handed her the bowl and a spoon.

"What have you got?"

"A bagel."

"Oh. I see bagel boy." she said, trying to push his button.

"Lorelai, I'll dump that ice cream in the trash if you call me that again." he threatened.

"No! Please. I'm sorry!" she begged.

Luke laughed at her and told her, "Eat your ice cream you junkie."

Lorelai smiled and started to eat. She picked up the remote and turned the tv on. They sat in silence as they watched some random show they had never seen.