Hey, sry it's taken so long to update. But y'now school…takes up time. And also I've been a tiny bit stuck for a while. I'm bored now so I'm going to write . Enjoy!
At the receptionLuke and Lorelai sat at their table trying to sneak smiles at each other. They were not as interested with the food. Liz and TJ were making the rounds, addressing all their guests. As they made their way over to where the secret couple sat, Lorelai tried to hide her giddy smile by shoving the giant turkey leg into her mouth.
Liz was beaming, "Hey big brother, thanks for everything. I swear you do so much for us. You even cooked those turkey legs that Lorelai likes so much."
Lorelai released the meat from her mouth and smiled embarrassedly. "This is a beautiful wedding; and yes the food is damn good. Like Emril good, Bam!"
"Oh Luke's an amazing cook," Liz marvelled, "Has he ever made you his gumbo, oh my god it's like better than pot! And there was that time when he was in High School and he was obsessed with perfecting his lasagne recipe."
"No" Lorelai looked astonished at Luke, "But I'd like to here about it." She smiled.
Lorelai went with Liz to get herself a drink and continue talking about Luke's culinary skills.
Much to his annoyance, Luke was left there alone with TJ.
"Luuuuuke" TJ implied.
"No TJ I will not just try wearing tights." Luke replied disgruntled.
"I bet you would make a lap for her" TJ said knowingly.
"What are you talking about?"
"That girl you brought sure is hot!"
"TJ, you just married my sister…"
"All I'm saying is you two look pretty comfy here. Liz is really hoping you'll hook up. She says she thinks you're in love with her or something…"
"TJ, shhhhh…" Luke whispered warningly, "Alright, were together, but it's new, really new. We don't want to come out to the town yet." TJ did an action of zippering his lips, gave him a "wise" look and walked slowly away. Luke sighed and went to find Lorelai.
Lorelai walked with Liz towards the buffet. "So….what's going on with you and my brother?" Liz implied sneakily.
"What?…nothing, nothing…why! Does it seem like there's something?" Lorelai scrambled uncomfortably.
Liz laughed, "I haven't seen him smile like that since before Dad died," Lorelai looked down overwhelmed by her statement. Liz saw Luke coming up behind them and quickly changed the subject. "…You know Luke makes the most amazing scalloped potatoes I've ever tasted, Oh hey Luke." Lorelai whipped around at him and gazed at him.
Liz thought to bring herself out of the moment, " I better find TJ, make sure he doesn't start marketing "Air Pants". See you guys later." They waved back at her.
"Hey Luke, this food is great but unfortunately…there's no coffee," Lorelai gestured with her eyes towards the diner. Luke smiled (like the kind Liz had mentioned) and led her across the square to his diner.
As soon as they entered the diner Lorelai sat at her usual spot at the counter. Luke went around and impulsively started cleaning the counter top. As Luke dipped further to get the very edge of the counter, Lorelai locked her lips on his.
Lorelai stood up and Luke put his arms around her. Luke stopped the kiss. "Wait" he said and sprinted towards the windows. He pulled down all the blinds, "You know this town." Lorelai pushed him against the door and took him back into the kiss.
Half an hour later, Luke and Lorelai lay in each other's arms, lying on the diner floor behind the counter. Luke was absent-mindedly twirling a lock of Lorelai's hair around his finger.
Suddenly Lorelai woke up from her euphoria. "What if Jess comes in?" She asked rapidly as she shot up into sitting position. "Oh yeah," Luke realized bewildered aswell. He looked at his watch (the foreign digital watch of the future), and shot up beside her. "Their gonna wonder where we got off to."
"We better get back to the wedding, by the sounds of it, I think it's time for Liz and TJ's first dance."
They both stood up and brushed themselves off. Luke started pouring Lorelai some coffee. "What are you doing?" She gestured towards the door saying hurry up. "I'm getting your coffee, people are going to be suspicious if they see you come out of the diner without coffee in your hand." Lorelai smiled and took the cup.
They stood on the outside of the dance floor. Lorelai looked at Liz and TJ, so happy for her, but also envious that she didn't have that.
Luke shuffled his feet uncomfortably, "Hey Lorelai…I know we both want to keep this relationship under wraps for a while, but…would it you maybe want to dance just once?"
Lorelai beamed, "I thought you were allergic to dancing," she flirted devilishly.
"I didn't say that, you did. If I do say so myself, I'm a great dancer."
"Reeeeally? Well I'll be the judge of that. Shall we dance?"
Luke smiled and led her by the arm to the dance floor. Lorelai couldn't do anything to prevent the giddy smile from brimming across her face. She was the happiest she'd been for a long time. After the whole fiasco with Jason, and the stress of the inn's near opening, she finally felt a moment of tranquility.
Luke and Lorelai waltzed around the floor. At first Lorelai looked around at the suspicious eyes of the town. But as Luke pulled her closer to him and held her, the bystanders began to fade in her mind.
The way he held her, gave her a sense of comfort that no man had ever been able to achieve. She felt like she belonged there, like their bodies just naturally fit together. She now knew for sure that she did love him. The tape man wasn't wrong. She so longed to kiss him.
When the song ended, Luke and Lorelai ignored the eyes of Kirk, Miss Patty, Taylor, and the rest of their crazy town, and walked leisurely to the little bridge over the river. They sat on the edge and watched their reflections flicker across the water.
Luke put his arm around her, and as if on queue she leaned her head on his shoulder. She missed his lips already. Soon their lips were drawn together like magnets. After what turned out to be a long sweet kiss, Luke looked down sheepishly and said "It's so hard to restrain from doing that," he paused, "But…I have been doing it for almost…8 years."
Suddenly all the puzzle pieces came into place. Lorelai finally connected the dots. Everything Luke had done for her all those years, the way he reacted around her boyfriends (the confrontation with Max),the town's comments, the smile that Liz mentioned, the way he was like a father to Rory, he came to her graduation, moved her stuff into her dorm, the way he cared about her health (but gave in to her disgusting demands in the end because he just loved to see her happy), the way he held her. She realized that all this time, he had loved her too.
"Luke?…" he looked up, "I love you too." Lorelai was almost shaking as the words left her. She hoped that she hadn't made a huge mistake. She cursed herself in her head.
Luke couldn't believe that she understood. He had never told anyone that he loved them. Not since his parents died. Luke knew in his heart that he had never really loved Nicole, he'd never really loved any women but Lorelai. That marriage was a mistake. Nicole was right to be suspicious of Lorelai. He had been smitten with her ever since she first came in to his diner, begging for coffee. He couldn't wait a second longer. He pulled Lorelai's worried face to his giving her that most passionate kiss she had ever experienced.
Once again actions spoke louder than words.
The End? You tell meSo sorry I haven't updated in a long while. But I hope that was worth it. Should I go on? Because I don't know what I would do next. That seemed like a pretty good ending sentence to me. If I did go on what would be next would be Lorelai telling Rory, Luke and Lorelai trying to make out al the time without the town knowing, and then somehow them been exposed. You know what? That actually sounds pretty good maybe I should go on? You tell me. PLEASE REVIEW!
