Ok, I lied. I said I would post this tomorrow, but I am doing it now. You are probably thinking that I am crazy, but I'm not, just temporarily insane. I don't know the difference, but I do know there is one. So, I had a chemistry lab, and guess what? I did the lab before I started to edit my writing! Happiness to everyone! Yay! So, I would like to thank all of my wonderful reviewers. My heart goes out to you for taking time to write your review. I would like to give thanks specifically to HeartGilmoreGrls and epona9009 who gave such beautiful reviews! God! I wanted to marry them both! But I don't think our culture takes kindly to the idea of marrying words. I do think that there are people who have married their pets though. Just a little odd fact there.

I would also like to dedicate this whole entire story to my dear friend Robin who has helped me on all of my stories, except for this one of course. See, you are even special in this fic! Oh, and the penguins love you.

So, before I let you read this, I just thought I would ask this question: what happens when you give Lorelai coffee, give Luke a real reason to stop her from drinking coffee, and then stick the two in the same room? Hmmm, I bet Robin knows the answer.

Disclaimer: If I had a chance to own anything, it would be Sesame Street. I don't own that, so no, chances are that I don't own Gilmore Girls either.

A/N: Italics are direct thoughts. And example being: 'I love soup.' and now I'm hungry.

Part Two

"Hello, we're not hear right now. Actually, we probably are, but we felt like ignoring you. Well, leave a message and we'll get back to you—if we feel like it. If not, then at least you know you tried!" Beep! The answering machine said.

"Hey mom, I know you are home. It's about 10 now, and you are at least up for the sake of the coffee at this point. Come on! Pick up! Ok, fine. Call me back when you can. Bye." Rory said into the phone, and she was partially right. Lorelai was up—well, sort of. She had been lying in bed for the last 20 minutes just staring at the clock. Now that Rory had called, she knew she had to get up.

"Stupid mornings! Go away!" she yelled, but it was muffled in her pillow. She then threw the pillow at the window. "Bad sun! Go away! Ignore the little kids singing the rain song!" she said. The pillow had made it as far as the end of her bed. She then proceeded to try and retrieve it, but in the process, fell off the bed. "Ah!" she screamed as she fell with a thud. "Ow!" she yelled as she pushed her hair out of her face. "And that would be the sign that I am supposed to get up now." she said as she slowly lifted herself off from the floor.

She knew that she should probably call Rory but she just didn't feel like it. She also knew that Jason was probably waiting for her call, but she just couldn't bring herself to dial his number. How had she gotten herself into this mess? She had risked two relationships and in the process had lost one. She knew the other would surely follow the first. There was no way she could stay with Jason now. She didn't love him. She didn't want to love him. She had never wanted to love him. He had always just been a way to get back at her mother. But what was the use if her mother had never known? There was absolutely no point in the relationship now. But how was she supposed to end it? Wing it.

"Hello?"

"Hey Jason." Lorelai said quietly.

"Lorelai, good. I was just about to call you." He said in his normal annoying way. Wait, it's annoying?

"Really? Well isn't that just…coincidental." She said slowly. How am I supposed to tell him?

"Yes it is. Hey, is there something wrong? You are acting kind of weird." Jason commented.

"I can't do this Jason." She blurted out. There, she said it. Now how would he react?

"Do what?" he asked in puzzlement. Is he stupid? What else are we doing right now? Well, talking, but does he think that I can't talk on the phone anymore? Am I suddenly limited to face to face conversations now?

"This, our relationship. I can't do it anymore." She elaborated for him. Stupid idiot!

"But…we were doing so well. Why?" he asked in confusion.

"I just don't see this going anywhere. I just can't keep this up. There is no real reason for us to be together." She said.

"But Lorelai…" he tried to find a reason to give her. He couldn't come up with any.

"Jason, I have to go. Bye." She said and then she hung up.

So now I get to live alone too?

"Hey Lorelai! Have you tried these peaches? They have the most wonderful flavor and the aroma is so exhilarating!" Patty told Lorelai as she was walking through Doose's. Wow, she really can find some way to make a fruit sound like sex, can't she?

"I don't eat fruit. It's bad for my health." Lorelai joked.

"Sure Hunny. Did you hear about what happened to Luke last night?" Miss Patty asked. Lorelai froze. Had someone found out about her and Luke? Had someone seen or heard them?

"Ah…no. what happened?" she asked hesitantly. Please have nothing to do with me! Please have nothing to do with me!

"Well rumor has it that Nicole finally gave him the boot!" she said. How could Patty be that way? It's like she's getting some happiness out of Luke's pain. That's just sick.

"Really?" Lorelai faked surprise. I wish that Luke and I could have at least been able to stay friends. Now I feel like I am having flashbacks of the whole 'Go to Hell!' fiasco of 2002. How did our lives come to this? Are we really not even meant to be friends?

"Yes! Oh look! Babette! I gotta go sweetie! More news to spread!" Patty said as she rushed out the door to join her fellow gossipers. What did Luke ever do to deserve this?

"Oh my god! Mom! Did you hear what happened to Luke last night?" Rory asked as she rushed over to her mother. Lorelai was sitting at Weston's eating a scone. Nope, not the same. His are better.

"Oh yeah. More than you know babe." She answered as she stared out the window.

"Hey, what's up?" Rory asked. She sounded concerned.

"What?" Lorelai said as she was jerked out of her daze.

"You are just a little out of it. What's up mom?" Rory asked again.

"Ok, so I know you are mommy's little angel and everything, but you need to promise me you won't mention a word to anyone—including Lane." She said as she leaned towards Rory so as not to let others hear.

"Ok, I promise. What's going on?"

"I kissed Luke last night!" Lorelai whispered.

"What? Oh my god! And then did Nicole catch you?" Rory asked waiting for an answer.

"No she didn't. So Luke and I went to break the bells but we ended up fighting and then I ended up slipping and letting out how much I despise that stupid lawyer he was dating. I ran home and he followed me for some unknown reason and he kissed me. He kissed me!" she stressed as much as she possibly could without actually breaking out of her whisper volume.

"Was it good?" Rory asked.

"Rory!" Lorelai said in shock. Is she taking this as a joke or something?

"Sorry, so then what happened?" she asked.

"I kissed him back." Rory's eyes widened. "And then Jason called and left a message. And then Luke left."

"He just left like that?" Rory asked.

"Yeah! Well after I sort of broke the kiss and stuff but yes, he just left. I ended up going to the diner to find him cleaning up. We ended up getting into a fight and he just told me it was a mistake! Why is that a mistake?" she asked.

"Because you are dating Jason." Rory answered logically.

"Actually, not any more. I broke up with him this morning." She said slowly.

"This is a lot to process." Rory said as she leaned back in the seat.

"Yeah! Try being the one that has had to experience it all!" Lorelai said as she too sat back.

"You should talk to Luke." Rory said suddenly.

"What?" Lorelai said, surprised that her daughter would even suggest it.

"Come on mom, it's the only logical thing to do. Plus if you want Luke's coffee…"

"Rory! There is absolutely no logic in that idea! And I can live without the coffee!" she told her daughter. It's Luke I can't live without.

"Mom! That is the only way to get Luke back! He was just really stressed probably when he said all of those things to you. Give it a chance mom. If it doesn't work then I will…I will…I will go to Friday night dinner dressed as a clown!" she bargained.

"That's what you are bargaining with? A clown suit for a night? Wow, I must really be desperate." Lorelai said.

"Mom!"

"Fine. I'll think about it, but didn't you have something planned for you and Lane today?" Lorelai asked.

"Yes. And I'm five minutes late actually. See you later mom. Bye." She said as she got up and left the little café.

Lorelai let out a sigh. Should I go see him? Should I actually listen to Rory? Or should I just give up? Maybe a nice compromise would be good. What kind of compromise can I come up with from those two options? Maybe I could just save it for another day. Or maybe I could just go in and get coffee. Technically asking how much it costs is talking to him. Right? Yes it is. So off to get better coffee!

What have I gotten myself into? Why did I have to yell at her like that? Why did I have to tell her it was a mistake? I only thought that because she is with that Jason guy. If she wasn't then I would have been open to the idea of being with her. But I refuse to be used for her little pleasure games. Luke thought to himself. These thoughts had taken up most of his time since they first arose the previous night. He heard a bell ring. He knew it wasn't her so what was the point in looking up?

"Hey Luke."

"Rory?" Luke asked surprisingly as he looked up to see the same eyes that her mother had. How could Luke ever forget those eyes? Those eyes that he had first seen a little over seven years ago. I wonder what I ever did with that horoscope. Didn't I put it in my wallet? Maybe. I'll have to look through that tonight.

"Can I have a coffee? To-go please." She asked politely.

"Sure." Luke grunted as he turned around to get her caffeine filled beverage.

"Hey Luke?"

"What?" he grunted again.

"Was it really that much of a mistake?" Rory inquired. Rory's question took Luke by surprise. He immediately looked up from the Styrofoam cup he was pouring coffee in to.

"What?" he asked. Why did Lorelai have to tell people these things? Hadn't he been through enough already? And now she had her daughter asking him about the one thing he regretted saying the most?

"Was it really a mistake?" she repeated.

"Rory, if your mom really wants to know these things then tell her she can come it and ask it herself." He said coldly as he handed over the coffee.

"She doesn't even know I'm here. I just wanted to know if you regretted what you said. You know she broke up with Jason this morning?" Rory asked as she slowly sipped the coffee.

"no." Luke answered.

"She did. And it's all because she couldn't stand being in a relationship while she knows she is in love with someone else." Luke gave her looked of puzzlement. "She broke up because she knew that it was you or no one. Think about that. Bye Luke." She said as she got up off the stool and left. Well that was interesting.

Luke then resumed his normal duty of serving the customers. Five minutes later the bell rang again. Luke looked up this time, and this time, he saw the real blue eyes. Lorelai stood in front of him, cheeks pink from the cold and panting from the effort it had taken her to enter the diner.

"Lorelai." Luke whispered.

"Ah, hi Luke." she said hesitantly. Boy is this awkward. The both thought.

"Coffee?" he asked in his usual manner. Well, minus the rant about how it would kill her.

"sure." See! I'm talking! Ha! Now Rory can't accuse me of not talking to him.

"Here." He said as he poured it into her mug. What? But…but I have to leave! I can't stay here in awkwardness! Well it seems to be relatively normal actually, but it will get weird! I want my nice to-go cup!

"Luke…can I actually get it in a to-go cup?" she asked slowly.

"Sure. So how was your night?" he asked politely.

"Good, I guess. I broke up with Jason this morning." What? Why did I tell him that? Why am I talking to him? I need to get out of here before anything else slips!

"I know. Rory told me." He said nonchalantly. What? That little brat talked to him? The nerve of that child! She knew that I would come here for the coffee! But I have gone without it before. Why do I need it now? Maybe I feel like it is more than just the coffee. What like the pancakes? No, like the man in the flannel. Oh, him. Can we go back to the pancakes option please?

"She told you? She came in here? What did she say?" Lorelai asked worriedly. She seems kind of worried. Is she afraid that Rory told me too much? Well she did.

"She just asked if I really thought it was a mistake. And then she left." He said making sure to leave out the love comment that Rory had thrown in the conversation.

"Oh god! Stupid Rory! Why did she have to come in here?" she asked herself as she hit herself on the head with her hand.

"She wanted coffee." Luke said. "and because she is right." He added in. what?

"What?" Lorelai asked. Her heart started racing. What did Rory say? Well she wants us together so she must have said something to get us to see that we belong together. Could I sound any more cheesy? Yeah, I probably could.

"She thinks that I regret saying that it was mistake. She was right." He said. Why am I saying all of these things? I don't speak in full sentences! It gets me into trouble, like this for example.

"She was right?" Lorelai asked.

"She was right." Luke answered. Lorelai smiled.

"Will you confirm that statement?" she asked with a grin on her face. Luke saw the smile and immediately knew what she was thinking. But they couldn't do this in plain sight of the rest of the town.

"Maybe. Follow me." He instructed as he made his way to the stairs.

"Ooo! Forceful!" Lorelai commented.

"Just shut up and follow me." He grunted.

"Ok, ok." Lorelai gave in as he grabbed her arm and led her into his apartment. Luke led her to the kitchen.

He let go of her arm and he turned around so he was facing her. He was inches from her. A stand of her hair fell in front of her face and Luke lightly brushed it out of the way. He leaned in more so that he could feel the warmth of her breath, but still feel the absence of her lips. Both could hear their own hearts beat faster and their breathing quicken.

Lorelai decided it was her turn and she closed the final, miniscule gap in between them. Her lips lightly collided with Luke's. He placed his hand lightly on the back of her neck while her hands were placed firmly on his chest. The innocence of their kiss soon turned into passion that neither had felt before. Lorelai opened her mouth slightly while he slipped his tongue gently into her mouth. She lightly bit his bottom lip.

Lorelai broke apart from the kiss only when she realized something. Yesterday she and Luke had been friends barely speaking to each other. He was with another woman and she was with another man. But now they were here. Together, relationships from the previous day forgotten.

"Why are we here?" she asked.

"What?" Luke asked in confusion.

"I mean, yesterday we were no where near in a relationship with each other, but now here we are, making out. What started this all? All I know is that we were fighting yesterday and then you came over and started kissing me. And then that thing today. We had gotten into a fight last night, and then you just go and spill all of your thoughts out on the table. Why? What made you do that?" she asked. She was out of breath now. She had just started to ramble as fast as she could and now that she was done, she had some air to get caught up on.

"Truthfully?" Luke asked as he placed his hands on her waist.

"Yes. What did I do to make you realize that you should kiss me?"

"Both fights were you just being concerned about our relationship. You being afraid that you would lose me. I realized that. I realized you cared." He said quietly as his face was only six inches from hers.

"You realized I cared?" she asked.

"I realized you cared." He said as he leaned down for another kiss.

Nothing had ever felt as right to either of them as what they felt at that exact moment.

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