"Lucas how lovely to see you it's been a while" Masiy greeted while giving Luke a hug.

Wow thought Lorelai Luke must come here really often if he is on first name basis and allows the staff to hug him.

"Yeah Masiy it's good to see you too. This is my friend Lorelai" he responded politely, gesturing towards Lorelai while introducing her.

"Lorelai how nice to meet you Luke has never brought any of his girlfriends to meet us before"

"Oh no I am not his girlfriend just his best friend. I actually brought Luke here as a thank you he took my daughter, her friend and I camping."

"O my, Lucas took you camping you must be special I remember in high school one of his girlfriends wanted him to take her camping. He wouldn't though said it was his alone thing or for spending time with the guys. I believe he was adamant that the only woman he would ever take camping would be his wife and of course his children if he got there. Anyway enough of the old stories what made you chose to come to Sniffy's tonight."

Luke was looking quite embarrassed now she had pretty much told Lorelai that she was the first girl he had ever taken camping. That he thought of her as more special than anyone else which he did but still. Maybe it would be ok though I mean she was his best friend and he didn't have a girlfriend so she should be the most important woman in his life right hopefully she wouldn't read into this, hopefully they could just have a nice dinner and Masiy would quit it with the old stories.

"Well we actually chose the restaurant at random. I thought it would be fun to set a timer and stop at the first restaurant we got to after so we could go somewhere new. I guess Luke has been here a lot though you seem to know him well"

"Yeah I've known Luke all his life my husband and I were close friends if his parents"

"Yeah thanks Masiy for sharing all about me with Lorelai but maybe you could seat us before you willingly give her more information that she can mock me with. O and before she eats her arm Lorelai Gilmore is always hungry."

"OK Lucas would you like your usual table" replied Masiy noticing that Luke had said this was Lorelai Gilmore the only woman he had ever mentioned to her. This must be the lady who ran the inn and consumed unhealthy amount of coffee. Of course why hadn't she known that when he said Lorelai that was defiantly not a common name. She had a child named Roy who she had raised alone at only sixteen. She also had a funny sense of humour and Luke complained that her wit was terrible but the grin that broke across his face whenever he talked about Lorelai or Rory told otherwise. She could see too that Luke and Lorelai had a special friendship by the way they interacted with each other as she was leading them to there table Lorelai was trying to get Luke to agree to ordering the unhealthiest thing on the menu.

"Here you go" said Masiy gesturing to Luke's normal table even though he had not yet confirmed that it was indeed where they wanted to sit.

"Thank you" Luke replied as he took his usual seat and Lorelai also seated across from him. "We might take a while to decide and when we do Lorelai will proberly order enough for five people and expect it to be here in under 10 minutes because her stomach is about to come up her throat and eat her tongue" Luke continued getting a smile from Masiy.

"Actually tonight I am so hungry that I think I will order enough for six people and that's not counting the desert or the five cups of coffee." She fired back.

Masiy laughed

"Geez Masiy don't encourage her she gets enough encouragement from her daughter who she teaches this stuff to"

"Ok Lucas, I will send someone out to get your order shortly. Enjoy your evening and make sure you don't leave without saying good bye"

The dinner continued to be nice with pleasant conversation and large amounts of food consumed. Lorelai got to meet Buddy and as they left Masiy made them promise to return for dinner again.

"Wow" Said Lorelai as they reached the car "that meal was fantastic I think you got some competition there"

"Right" replied Luke looking over at her as they each slid into their seats "I'm not surprised you thought it was good you practically had everything on the menu how could you not find something you liked"

"Hey" she defended "I didn't even have half the menu I had nothing from the salad part and I would watch out if I were you, you wouldn't want to want to lose your best customer"

"I think I could cope losing my best customer but my best friend would be sadly missed" Luke replied a little embarrassed he had got sentimental. Stuff like this was not meant to pop into there normal flirtatious banter.

"Aww thanks Luke I don't think I could live without your coffee and you are a pretty good friend" she replied knowing that her and Luke were great friends who meant a lot to each other but happy also to her him verbalise it, something that he didn't do very often it reassured the fact.

They sat in a comfortable silence the rest of the way back to Lorelai's both in there own thoughts about how fantastic the night had been.

"So here we are" Lorelai said pulling into her driveway wondering where to go from here. If this was a first date which it wasn't, she would send the man home not wanting to invite him in and complicate things. But this wasn't a first date and she could invite her friend Luke in for a drink. Of course if it had of been a date she proberly would have done so anyway because the night had gone so fantastic.

"Do you want to come in for a drink?" she asked hoping he would accept not wanting him to leave yet.

"Sure" he replied not wanting to leave yet, enjoying her company and the warm feelings her laugh gave to him.

With that Lorelai and Luke made there way inside, Lorelai going to the kitchen and returning to meet Luke at the couch with two beers. Lorelai passed one to Luke her hand brushing against his finger as she did sending shivers up her spine that cause her to look up and meet his eye. They stood for a second transfixed by each others intensive gazes before Luke took Lorelai's hand in his and pulled her onto the couch.

He rested their hands together on his lap not wanting to let hers go and realising she was making no protest.

"So" Luke said a little uncomfortable with the situation but also feeling safe and comfortable with her hand in his.

"So" said Lorelai wracking her brains for a topic of conversation while trying to ignore the how wonderful her hand felt bundled up in his. "Were we really the first woman you have ever taken camping?" she continued wanting desperately to know the answer. She had been thinking about it for much of the car trip home.

"Well yes" said Luke taking a long sip of his beer trying to hide the fact that there was much more he wanted to say.

"Wow so why did you take us then if you didn't want to."

"That's just it Lorelai I don't know why but I did want to take you. Rory is like a daughter to me, and you, you are so important to me I think I would do anything for you Lorelai" replied Luke. He knew he had said too much, that she could read into this, that this wasn't like him he hid his feelings from her, that's just what he did. This statement went against everything he had been trying to hide and deny all these years. Sure she might drop it and think nothing of him saying this, then again she was more likely to question him until he broke and she found out everything.

"Wow" said Lorelai again lost for words, was he really implying what she thought he was? In the 'would you rather game' he confessed that he would do anything for the woman he loved was he really implying that he loved her. If he was implying that which way did he mean? Did he love her as his best friend or did he mean that she was the woman he loved, his soul mate, she really needed to find out. "Would you rather buy me tampons or a pregnancy test?" she asked looking him straight in the eye so he knew what his answer would confirm. She smiled at him to indicate that she was ok and ready for his answer though inside she was nervous she just wanted to know. Was it really possible for her to have her best friend as hers only? Did he really feel the same way could she really get what she had just found out she had always wanted?

Luke took another sip of his beer thinking of how to answer the question. She had smiled at him right that had to be a good sign that she wanted this right she was happy about what his statement had implied and wanted to know for sure. Or was she just being her normal cheeky self grinning at him as if his feelings were just a joke? No it couldn't be she would silly about something this serious, but was it really possible that she felt the same way? Should he answer her truthfully and risk finding out, all the facts were there the persistent questions and the smile of encouragement could it really be that Lorelai Gilmore actually liked Luke Danes?

"Well" he said finally getting up the courage to speak "I guess it wouldn't really matter"

O my god thought Lorelai he loves me Luke Danes loves me. Not knowing what to do but knowing she had to say something in return she tried to think of something witty to say in reply but realised perhaps this was a time to be serious. The look on Luke's face as he answered her question told her he was baring all to her and she needed to give him something honest back. "Do you think we could call tonight our first date?" she asked him squeezing the hand that was still in hers.

"Yeah" he replied broad grin crossing his face "I really wanted tonight to be a date"

"Me too" she replied falling into his tight embrace. They stayed this way for a while no words needing to be spoken both knowing they had come to the same realisation.

Sorry I took awhile to update it took me ages to figure out how to write this. I didn't want Luke to seem to OOC but then he needed to open up to Lorelai. Please tell me what you think and I will try and get the next chapter up ASAP.