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The next day at about 9 p.m., Lorelai walks towards Luke's diner, feeling pretty crappy about lying to her best friend.

"Hey," Luke chimes after he sees Lorelai walk in.

"Hey," Lorelai replies quietly, hoping he wouldn't ask about yesterday's events.

"Food?" Luke asked.

"Course." Lorelai replied following suit with the monosyllabic response.

"So… how was your night with Rory?" Luke asked trying to fill the weird silent void that came over them

Of course he asks, she thought to herself. I am his best friend and he is such a good guy- it wouldn't be like him to not ask.

"I went out with my boyfriend Jason last night not Rory." Lorelai blurted out with her eyes shut as if to block any unsavory response from Luke.

"Umm… ok…" Luke said still stunned by Lorelai's awkward truth.

"I'm sorry I lied to you," she said quietly.

"Why did you lie to me?" Luke asked equally as quiet, his face softening as he looked at her.

At this point many of the customers left, feeling a little awkward about intruding on something so personal.

"Because…" Lorelai trailed off.

"Because?" Luke said in his typical monosyllabic way of talking.

"Because it wouldn't be right… I just freaked out at you about you and Nicole and then to come in here and tell you about me and Jason would be wrong. Plus… you don't care about me and my life… you have made that clear time and time again." Lorelai ranted, a hint of pain in her voice.

"What makes you think I don't care about you?" Luke interrupted her ranting, completely unaware of the words that spilled out of his mouth mostly for concern and surprise at her complete obliviousness to his feelings.

"Well… I annoy you… I mean I drive you crazy…" she trailed off again quietly.

"Yea, you do drive me crazy," he responded, a hint of humor in his voice. He was now leaning over her chair one hand on the table and one hand holding a coffee pot.

"Plus… you have Nicole and…" Lorelai couldn't seem to talk right, which was weird, it used to be something she was so good at.

"And you have Jason," Luke returned trying not to sound as hurt as he actually was.

"Yea… I do," Lorelai replied suddenly noticing how empty the diner was.

Luke looked into her eyes for the first time that night, (it was something he avoided doing, like looking at the sun). It burns your eyes to see just how beautiful she is, Luke thought. However, he decided to risk blindness and meet her eyes with his own. Neither one of them seemed to know what to do next, this time it was Luke's turn to rant.

"How do you do that?" Luke asked getting angry.

"Do what?" Lorelai asked standing up and completely unaware of what she could possibly have done.

"I should be completely angry at you for lying to me and instead I am sitting here feeling completely…" he stopped abruptly.

"What?" Lorelai questioned realizing there had to be a reason for the abrupt stop in conversation flow.

"How does one person have the ability to be so irritating, so amazing, so beautiful, and so aggravating, all at the same time?" he finally responded.

Lorelai just looked up at him, with her perfect blue eyes, completely taken aback.

"How do you do that?" Luke repeated into her ear as he moved even closer to her, only inches away from her face.

"Well… that's the magic of us Gilmores," Lorelai smiled at him.

He smiled back and they both remembered their significant others and moved apart.

"Ok… well I'll see you later," Lorelai said awkwardly.

"Yea…later." Luke said, echoing her words.