Chapter 3: How's This Going to Work?

Later that night Lorelai was sitting on her couch, watching Casablanca for the hundredth time, when she heard a banging on the door. Grabbing a Mallowmar, she slowly walked over to her front door and opened it, only to find Luke standing there with a very serious look on his face.

"Hey Luke. Watcha doing here?"

"Well I've been thinking." He started as he walked over to the sofa and sat down.

"About the promise." She finished and plopped down beside him.

"Yeah."

"Listen, you don't have to do it." Luke tried to interject "Wait let me finish. You don't have to do it but I want to. When I came up with the promise five years ago, I wasn't being a crazy person. I was thinking that if I couldn't find that one special person, marrying my best friend would be just as special and possibly better. I wanted, and still want a person who can comfort me and make me happy. You have always done that." Lorelai then look at him with sincere eyes and took a deep breath.

"Wow, you really can say a lot." She nervously laughed. "I wasn't going to back out because, while being a crazy idea this is a good idea. We'll both have someone to depend on and talk to. I was just going ask how this is going to work."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean daily life, money, insurance and…sleeping arrangements."

"Well, I think we already have our own routine. I mean think about it, I come in for coffee and breakfast at the diner every morning, you and I banter, I go to work while you work, I come home in the afternoon, then sometimes come in for dinner, we talk and the I go home. After I leave you close the diner and go upstairs."

"Are we really that predictable?" Luke questioned.

"Yup, we are." She nodded. "As far as money, we both have our own. I think we should keep it that way unless the other needs it."

"So you're saying, we keep our own money, use it like we always have, but if the other needs it for something extremely important."

"The other party should help anyway they can." She finished.

"Okay. I have a life insurance policy, do you?"

"Yes."

"Alright that's taken care of."

"Now, about sleeping arrangements." Lorelai brought up cautiously.

"Yeah." Luke said. Just as nervous. "Married people sleep in the same bed….and then they usually….well….you know…"

"Have sex." She replied casually.

"Yeah." Lorelai then started staring at the side of Luke's face while he looked at the wall.

"Luke?"

"Huh?"

"You don't have to be uncomfortable talking about this. You're not going to insult me by saying you don't want to sleep with me. Remember in the promise, I said nothing dirty was included."

"But…"

"But what?"

"What if…hypothetically…one of us just…wanted it? What would we do?"

Lorelai just looked at her lap and thought…hard. What would they do? Most married people had sex with their spouses on some kind of regular basis. But with Luke would be weird. Sure she liked him…as a friend…a friend she could marry…if she could marry him that she should be able to do something with him in bed. Wait, were they going to share a bed? All of a sudden tons of questions started bouncing around in her head. So, being so bold, she answered.

"I guessed we could just…do it. That is if the other person is willing." She carefully said, because she was wandered into scary territory.

"Wait, you know I would never force you to do something like that, right?" The tension was so thick you could cut it with a razor blade.

"Yes, I know, that's another reason I'm marrying you. You care."

"Of course I care." He said sincerely, staring deep into her blues eyes and rubbing her legs, which had somehow made there way into his lap.

Lorelai started to slump down into the soft sofa. "That feels nice." She giggled.

"Oh." Luke didn't really realize where his hands were and stopped.

"Don't stop. I like it. I never get massages." With that he continued rubbing. "If you're trying to get some, you've already found out a way."

This triggered something in Luke's brain. If he did ever try anything with Lorelai, he might not get slapped, he might get something incredible. Trying not to think impure thoughts about the brunette whose legs he was gently squeezing, thought of one last uncomfortable subject that had to be discussed.

"So where should I sleep?"

Lorelai thought hard about this aswell, there were only two bedrooms in the house and Rory wasn't exactly open to just anyone sleeping in her bed even if she was away at school.

"Well, Rory doesn't like anyone except me or her sleeping in her bed. So, unless you want to sleep on this couch until death do us part, I guess you'll have to sleep upstairs…with me…in the bed…because there is no room for a second bed in that room. Although it is a queen so there should be enough room without one of us falling on the floor." She joked about the last part.

"Are you sure? I don't want you to be so uncomfortable you can never sleep again."

"I'll be fine, just give me some warning if you want to ravish me at 3 AM or I might fall off." Then she realized what she just said. "Oh my God that was so dirty! I'm sorry I didn't mean that." Then she covered face with her hands in embarrassment.

Luke just laughed and asked his last question.

"When do you want to start?"

"I say we stay true to the date and you move in on Friday when the promise is supposed to be fulfilled, then we get married as soon as possible."

"Okay." He agreed. Looking at his watch he said "It's late, and I have some packing to do, so I'll see you tomorrow." Feeling like he was now allowed to, he kissed Lorelai gently on the cheek after getting off the couch.

She blushed and boldly said "You missed."

"What?"

Mischievously she said, "You missed." Then got up and kissed him lightly on the mouth.

"What was that for?"

"As my fiancé I have the right to kiss you when I feel like it."

"Well then I'll use my right as well." And he gave her a long, but very sweet kiss.

"Thanks." Lorelai replied happily when the kiss ended.

"I'll see you in the morning" And he made his way out the door.

As they both stood alone on opposite sides of the wall of Lorelai's house they both though maybe they were actually marrying THE ONE.