Chapter 6:
When Will Snow Come?
Snow was the best thing for Lorelai Danes. It was the bright spot in winter. She loved to stroll through town with snow on the ground. She loved to make snowmen and snow angels. She loved to have snowball fights and go sledding.
But for Luke Danes, snow was a thing that got in the way. It was hard to drive in. It was hard to walk in. You froze your butt off when you went outside and you could never get away from it.
Lorelai walked into the diner with a 4 month bump. Luke was wiping the counter.
"Hey."
"Hey." Lorelai replied walking over to Luke for a kiss.
"Got any coffee for me on this wonderful day?"
"Decaf."
"Luke Danes you torture me."
"Same to you."
He turns around and fills a blue coffee mug full with coffee. He turns back around and hands it to her.
"Why are you so cheery?"
Lorelai gulps down half of it and then hands it to Luke. Luke just stares at her.
"More."
"You aren't finished with your first cup."
"More."
"Lorelai."
"More." Lorelai gave him her puppy dog face.
"Fine!" Luke grabbed the mug from her and filled it. "You happy?"
"Very." She takes another sip of coffee.
"What are you cheery about?"
"Tonight is the first snow of the season"
"Oh great!" Luke said sarcastically.
"You know you love the first snow of the season."
"Yeah. I just love to be woken up at 2:30 in the morning and dragged outside."
"I know you do."
Lorelai's cell phone began to ring. She digs through her purse until she finds her cell phone. She flips it open.
"Hello."
"Lorelai? Is this Lorelai Gilmore?" A familiar voice says.
"No. My name is Lorelai Danes now."
"Lorelai."
"Max?" Lorelai says shocked looking up at Luke who is staring at her with anger on his face.
"Yes. How hav..."
Lorelai ends the phone call by shutting it and turning it off. She drops it in her purse then picks up her coffee and takes a sip.
"What the hell is Max doing calling you?" Luke asked staring at Lorelai.
"I don't know." Lorelai said meeting his stare.
"Has he been calling you? Have you talked to him recently?" Luke asked getting more and more jealous.
"No. This is the first time in years."
Lorelai stays quiet until Luke speaks up.
"You hungry?"
"No. I better get to the inn."
Lorelai gets up off the stool and walks out upset. How could he think that I have talked to Max?
Lorelai arrives at the inn and walks straight to the kitchen. Sookie is cooking chicken. Lorelai plops down on a stool.
"Hey." Sookie says turning from the oven.
"Hey."
"You seem...upset." Sookie says as she wipes her hands and sits on a stool next to Lorelai.
"I was just at the diner." Lorelai looks down at her shoes.
"You and Luke got into a fight?"
"Kinda."
"About...?"
"Max." Lorelai looked up.
"Max Medina?"
"He thought we were talking again and he was upset because I didn't tell him and then when I told him I haven't talked to Max in like a year he went quiet. Then I left."
"You need to go back and talk to him. You can't just have a fight then leave."
Sookie looked at Lorelai and saw a tear fall down her face.
"Why are you crying?"
"I just...I'm going to get back to work." Lorelai stood up and wiped her face. She left the kitchen and went back to the front desk.
Luke stayed upset the rest of the day. He especially wasn't looking forward to going home and having to deal with Lorelai.
He shut the car door and walked up the house steps. He opened the front door and walked inside. He dropped his keys into the bowl on the phone table and walked into the kitchen. He started a pot of coffee. It was Lorelai's ritual every day since she got pregnant to drink one cup of decaf coffee after work. He slipped off his jacket and went upstairs.
Lorelai drove into the driveway to find Luke's truck. Today is Friday, he got off early. She parked her jeep in front of his beat up truck and jumped out. She went into the house and dropped her keys next to Luke's in the bowl and went into the kitchen. There sat a green coffee cup filled with the most delicious smelling coffee. She picked it up and sipped it. Just then Paul Anka came running in from Rory's room to greet her.
"Hey Paul Anka." Lorelai said as she scratched Paul Anka's head.
"Hey."
Lorelai looked up to see Luke standing in the doorway of the kitchen.
"How was work?"
"Uhhh...good." Lorelai said breaking eye contact.
"Lorelai, I'm sorry for what I said earlier at the diner. I was upset."
"It's not a big deal Luke."
Luke walked closer to her and she shivered.
"Are you cold?" He said as he put his arms around her waist. He gently pulled her closer and kissed her tenderly at first after a few moments the kiss deepened. He pulled back.
"You better finish the rest of that coffee cause that's all your getting for the rest of the night."
"Fine." Lorelai turned from Luke and picked up the coffee cup.
