Well the new episode put me in the mood to write :). I love this show, Luke and Lorelai…I love those kids, don't you? Anywayyy thanks to all who reviewed, y'all rock my socks off! Think this is the penultimate part of the fic…I love how I get carried away from an original two part fic to a six part one. Lol it is my aim in life to one day write a oneshot…yeah I know I probably won't be able to but we all have ambitions right?

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PART FIVE

Lorelai stood staring in shock at Luke, she didn't know why he was there, but what she did know was she didn't like how he was looking at her. It was an expression she couldn't read. One which she didn't think she'd seen before; she had to tear her eyes away to look back at Steve who apparently hadn't got the picture yet and was still standing there.

"Goodnight" she said again quickly before turning, opening the door to her house and walking inside. She walked quickly upstairs and looked out her bedroom window to see if Luke was still there, but he wasn't. She just saw the backlights of Steve's Porsche driving down the street…and she hoped it would be the last time she'd see his car anywhere near Stars Hollow.

Lorelai went to bed that night almost as soon as she got home; for once she didn't want to sit and mock some movie…all she could think about was Luke. Wondering why he was there at that time of night. Did his date go badly? At the idea that it had she wasn't sure why but her heart skipped a beat. 'Why do I want it to go badly? I want Luke to be happy…right?'

The next morning…

Lorelai passed the diner for the sixth time, she wasn't sure why she couldn't bring herself to go in but something was stopping her. Coffee, she needed it, she'd been up half the night thinking and now needed the caffeine…but even that argument didn't seem to help her as she passed the diner for a seventh time. Unbeknownst to her Luke was watching her every time she passed it, and every time he rolled his eyes, truth is he didn't know what to say to her when she did come in. The night before he had been hurt at seeing her with the other guy but that soon turned to anger, wondering why she had told him that the guy wasn't her type and that they wouldn't go out if all along she had a date planned for that night. Just as he thought about it again he heard the bell above the diner door open and for once he didn't look up when she came in.

Lorelai stared at Luke who kept his head down and seemed determined not to look at her as he walked around the diner pouring coffee and taking orders.

"Can I order?" Lorelai said when he walked past her.

"Wait your turn" he grunted and continued on.

'What the hell is his problem?' she thought as she waiting, tapping her fingernails against the counter impatiently and subtly watched him as he seemed to serve every customer in the diner before her.

"Lukeeee" she whined to get his attention.

"What do you want?"

"To order duh"

"I know that's why I'm asking what you want" he grumbled rolling his eyes, keeping any eye contact that occurred between the two of them to a minimum.

"Coffee and two doughnuts" she replied and he poured her a coffee and put two doughnuts on a plate without another word. She simply stared at him, wondering why he was acting like that with her, no rant about her health or argument over coffee…nothing.

"What's going on Luke" Lorelai asked when he came back to the counter.

"Go watch the news and you'll find out" he replied grumpily.

"Luke what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing I'm working" he said and then walked off to serve another customer. Lorelai finished her coffee and left the diner without another word to him; officially her day was off to a bad start, no banter and only one cup of coffee…definitely not a good start.

"Ugh worst.day.ever" Lorelai said walking into the Inn kitchen later that day.

"What's wrong hun?" Sookie asked.

"The doors Sookie, still not here and we haven't got the kitchen staff yet; the pillows aren't done, I can't install this stupid thing for the check-in system and Michel, god if I hear one more damn thing about those dogs" Lorelai said moving straight to the coffee machine and pouring herself a large mug of coffee. 'Still not as good as Luke's but it'll have to do'

"I'm sick of hearing about the dogs myself. Don't worry about the kitchen staff, there are people coming in later who sound like they have good potential…and Tom, he'll get the doors." Sookie said trying to calm her friend down.

"Ugh it's not just that. I went into the diner today and Luke completely ignored me"

"Why'd he do that? Did you guys have a fight?"

"No, I don't know! I mean I was out on a date last night with this guy Steve…"

"Ohhhh how did it go? Is he nice? Did you guys …y'know" Sookie said getting excited and throwing a wink towards Lorelai to emphasize what she meant…as if it wasn't obvious.

"Bad, no and hell no…he's so far from my type he's almost a woman"

"Wow so bad huh. But what has this got to do with Luke?" Sookie asked becoming confused.

"Well Steve left me home and he, ugh he kissed me…idiot. Anyway Luke saw us, I have no idea why he was there but he was and he saw us and now he's acting weird with me. I mean he was on a date last night too so what's his problem?"

"Luke was on a date last night?" Sookie asked in a surprised tone.

"Yeah, with some leggy blonde…ahh yes the next Nicole, can't wait" Lorelai said sarcastically and Sookie hid her knowing smile as she heard the obvious jealousy in Lorelai's voice.

"Wow you kept that quiet. Are you sure Luke was ignoring you, maybe he was just really busy?" Sookie said trying to make her friend feel better.

"Uh he was ignoring me, like he talked to me but even more monosyllabic and grumpy than normal as if it's possible. Anyway I better get back to work but if you hear a scream it's Michel and he'll be six feet under and pushing up daisies by the time the doors finally arrive" Lorelai said giving her friend a small smile before refilling her cup and walking out of the kitchen.

"Okay then" Sookie said before returning to stirring her soup, five practice batches and it still wasn't ready.


Hours later…

Lorelai finally finished for the night and got in her jeep to head home, it was almost eleven and she hadn't had a break all day. As she drove home she saw the lights still on in the diner, she knew it was closed but she stopped anyway…the closed sign never really phased her. When she approached the door she saw Luke standing at the counter going through bills, he looked up when the bell above the door rang.

"Hey" she said trying to act as casual as possible.

"We're closed"

"I just had the longest day ever, I need some coffee" Lorelai said ignoring his gruffness.

"Why can't you just make coffee at your own place?"

"Uhhh because that would require effort and I need some now"

"One cup and you're leaving" he grumped.

"What's up with you today?" Lorelai asked him; normally she was ready for banter but tonight it wasn't the same, he was just being grumpy with her.

"Nothing"

"Uh it's something; you're acting even grumpier than usual. I didn't think it was possible"

"Well I live to surprise you" he deadpanned, not about to tell her the real reason he had been in a bad mood all day. The two of them remained silent for a few minutes, Lorelai poured a second cup of coffee for herself and Luke continued with his usual daily closing up routine.

"I saw you last night" Lorelai said looking at him over her cup.

"I saw you too" he mumbled, for the first time of the evening he looked up at her. The two of them stared at each other for a few seconds before looking away.

"So why did you come by?" she asked.

"Uhh y'know for the thing with the place" he mumbled, trying to come up with a reasonable explanation for his visit.

"What thing and what place?" Lorelai smirked.

"I just did okay, it doesn't matter now" Luke said, not being able to come up with a reason why he would be at her house at that time of night.

"You were back early from your friends" Lorelai hinted trying to get the scoop on his date.

"Early deliveries"

"So why were you at my house?"

"Go home Lorelai" Luke said gruffly.

"Luke why are you acting like this, what did I do?" Lorelai said not liking the feeling of Luke being annoyed at her.

"Nothing, it's just me okay…long day" he lied.

"Is it because of the guy from last night?" Lorelai asked ignoring his last comment. She knew she was bordering on potentially dangerous territory that they had danced around for years but for once she wanted to know. She wanted to know if the town was right all these years. She wanted to know if he was maybe feeling the same way she had been since they had gone out to the bar that night.

"You mean the guy who isn't your type that you were kissing on your porch?" Luke said a little harsher than he had meant.

"You have something you want to say?" Lorelai snapped.

"No, just wondered why you told me yesterday that you weren't going to date him and that he wasn't your type if you were going on a date with him last night." Luke said, knowing from her tone that she wasn't going anywhere until he told her why he was annoyed.

"He's not my type and I'm not going to date him"

"So you generally kiss guys who aren't your type and who you aren't going to date?" Luke said and Lorelai felt his eyes on her. She hadn't expected for the questions to be turned around on her, she had just wanted to know why he was at her house last night. Now he was standing there, two feet away from her asking her all these questions, staring at her with intensity in his eyes that she'd never seen.

"What's your problem Luke! So I had a date last night which by the way sucked and if you had been on that damn porch you would have known that he unfortunately kissed me. And he's not my type I just wanted a break from the Inn and he asked me out. Yes I know it probably wasn't fair but that's none of your business"

"Fine it's none of my business" Luke grumbled but felt a bit better that she had no plans to date the guy again.

"I mean you're not exactly forthcoming about your dates" Lorelai said, desperately wanting to know about his date the night before. 'I wonder if his date sucked as much as mine, I hope so…not that I don't want Luke to be happy, just not with a blonde' Lorelai said to herself, trying to convince herself that she didn't care.

"That's because I don't date"

"You dated Nicole" Lorelai said, practically spitting out the woman's name.

"I mean I don't date much" Luke said taking her empty cup off her to prevent her from pouring another.

"What about last night?"

"What about last night?" he asked curiously.

"Your date last night" Lorelai said slowly feeling as if she was speaking another language.

"What are you talking about?" Luke asked confused.

"You had a date last night, a date and a leather jacket and a blonde and you didn't tell me about that" she said quickly in an accusatory tone.

"I did not have a date last night"

"What?" Lorelai now feeling confused.

"I went over to my friend Sarah's for dinner last night"

"Sarah, who's Sarah? How come you have friends I don't know about? You never come to my house for dinner and we're friends" Lorelai said feeling strangely jealous that he had friends that she didn't know about, more jealous that he had a female friend and that he had dinner with her.

"She's my friend, I've known her since high school. And you can't cook so if I was coming to your house for dinner I would be making it for myself or end up in the hospital for two weeks with food poisoning"

"You guys are old friends…so you're not dating?"

"She's married" Luke said with a grin as he looked up at her and he thought he saw her smile down at her hands.

"Oh she's married…that's nice. So you guys are just friends then" Lorelai said not being able to hold back a small smile.

"She was a friend of Rachel's, so yeah we were always just friends."

"Good…I mean that's good that you're friends with someone from high school. I don't keep in contact with anyone I went to high school with, well except Christopher and that's only because of Rory…and even that contact is small. So yeah you have a friend from high school, that's nice" Lorelai rambled, making Luke grin down at the counter he was wiping.

"So why did you care that I was out on a date?" Luke asked with a grin as he walked around the counter to wipe the nearest table.

"I didn't care… and you weren't on a date, she's married and you're friends but I didn't care. I was just showing an interest in your life y'know because we're friends."

"Okay"

"So I should go now" she said, feeling like she needed to get out of there before she said something stupid…or even more stupid as the case may be.

"Yeah now that I've been closed for an hour it's the perfect time to leave" Luke deadpanned.

"Not that you would care…but I'm really not going to date Steve again" Lorelai said walking to the door.

"Good to know" Luke said, letting her see him smile for the first time that evening as he opened the door for her.

"Night Luke" Lorelai smiled touching his arm lightly before she walked outside and got in her jeep. 'Luke was jealous' she smiled and sang along to the music on the radio, in the half hour she was in there her mood had flipped a 180…she was definitely glad she ignored the closed sign.

"Night Lorelai" he said closing the door behind her and turning off the lights before walking upstairs, 'She cares who I date' he thought still smiling as he walked upstairs.

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