Chapter one-Delightful surprise
It was early on Wednesday morning, and Luke rolled over on his bed stretching out, preparing for another hard days' work. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and stretched out his arms and legs awaking every muscle in his body. Then, turning over towards the couch, he saw a lump under a blanket; he followed his first reaction, to go get a baseball bat. Then, carefully and slowly, with the bat in one hand, he lifted the sheet off of the lump. He was very confused as to why Lorelai was in his apartment on his couch sleeping. "How long had she been there?" he thought to himself. All these thoughts were running through his head, "How did she get in? Why was she here? Is she in any sort of trouble? Where's Rory?"
Trying not to worry about it Luke got dressed, put a pot of coffee on for Lorelai when she woke up, left a note that he was downstairs and went off to run a few errands before the diner opened. Still trying to push all his thoughts and worries to the back of his mind until later, he rushed back into the diner to see if she had wakened up yet. Knowing Lorelai, he figured she was still soundly asleep.
When he got up the stairs, he heard noise, so, surprisingly Lorelai was awake. Intuitively, he knew something was really wrong. So, he knocked, making sure she was dressed; he didn't want to surprise her or anything. Lorelai heard the knock and answered in a weary voice "Who is it?" Luke answered in his most gentle voice, "It's Luke, can I come in?" Lorelai answered, a bit surprised, "You don't have to knock to get in your own apartment, and I'll leave if you want me to." Luke hurriedly answered, "Please stay, it's okay. Let's talk."
Luke was now inside sitting on the couch with Lorelai in an awkward silence, watching her sip her coffee with a scared, upset look on her face. Not being able to stand it anymore, he asked, "Lorelai, what's wrong? What happened? Where's Rory? Is she okay? Are you okay?" Lorelai, taking in al these questions, thinking carefully about there answers and how to word everything. On the verge of tears Lorelai said, "Luke, I need to tell you something important, that I haven't told any one else, that I think you should know first."