Chapter 2:
Lorelai: Luke will you have a baby with me?
Luke: what?
Lorelai: I want to have a baby and thought it would be nice if you would father it, I mean you are my best friend and I thought well we wouldn't have to do anything, well you would but not in front of me, but then the doctor would do the rest. And…
Luke: Lorelai, can I just think this through for a moment. Actually I am going to go for a walk quick. I'll be back
Lorelai: ok arnie
Luke: what?
Lorelai: terminator
Luke: oh yeah. Ok
Luke got up and hurriedly walked out of the restaurant, leaving Lorelai with a confused hurt look on her face. Lorelai could see out the corner of her eye that her parents were both staring at her. She knew it wouldn't be long till her mother came over. She wasn't wrong, it hadn't even been a minute and her mom was there.
Emily: Lorelai is everything ok?
Lorelai: its fine mom, go back to dad
Emily: Lorelai, you have always been good at hiding your feelings but I can see as clear as day that there is something wrong here.
Lorelai: mom, Luke will be back in a minute, I would appreciate it if I was still alone when he returns.
Emily: are you sure he is coming back, he looked angry.
Lorelai: mom, seriously I don't need this from you right now.
Emily: fine Lorelai; just think how you look to everyone around you.
Lorelai: unlike you mom I don't really care. Cheque please!
Waitress: here you go.
Lorelai: thank you, good-bye mom
Lorelai paid and walked out of the restaurant, she was still very aware of the watchful eyes of her mother and father on her, as she looked around trying to find Luke. She couldn't see him so she made her way back to the car and waited. Lorelai was still sitting on the front of her car when her parents left the restaurant half an hour later.
Emily: Lorelai? What are you still doing here?
Lorelai: bye mom, bye dad. See you Friday.
Richard: bye Lorelai
Emily: you cant wait out here forever Lorelai
Richard: she won't have to, there's Luke now.
Emily: he looks….
Lorelai: Luke I'm sorry I take it back
Luke: don't
Emily and Richard looked on in shock as Luke pulled Lorelai in for a passionate kiss. They were probably not as surprised as Lorelai was at that moment; she never expected this response from Luke. Lorelai kissed Luke back matching his passion with hers. Lorelai was the first to break the kiss.
Lorelai: Luke?
Luke: lets do it, whatever way you want to do it. Sorry for kissing you.
Lorelai: no well the kiss was nice, amazing actually. Luke are you sure
Luke: as sure as I can be with all that I know
Lorelai: thank you
Luke: it's my utmost pleasure
Lorelai: can I have a hug and a kiss to seal the deal?
Luke: sure
Lorelai and Luke shared a soft, caring hug and Luke respectively gave Lorelai a peck on the lips. Lorelai pulled him in for a deep kiss. She opened her mouth and let their tongue do the dance of love. Lorelai and Luke whispered in each other's ears so that Emily and Richard would not know what was going on.
Lorelai: hey
Luke: yeah
Lorelai: thank you so much, but I think you need to think it through some more.
Luke: that thank you was enough to make me know I want this.
Lorelai: Luke? A baby is a lot of responsibility, and as much as you wont be a dad dad to him or her you will still have to deal with a lot of feelings.
Speaking at a normal level again, Emily and Richard are still standing by watching all that is going on in their daughter's life, their first real view.
Luke: how could you think that?
Lorelai: what Luke?
Luke: that I wouldn't want to be a part of it all
Lorelai: I just figured that before I asked you
Luke: I wanna be Lorelai, there is not exception
Lorelai: that's fine we can talk about it later
Luke: Lorelai?
Lorelai: do you want more time, its not really urgent, I would like it to happen soon but there isn't a real rush. All in the timing you know.
Luke: I really want… I … maybe I do need to think it through some more.
Lorelai: take whatever time you think you will need to come up with an answer you can live with forever. Literally
Luke: Lorelai, when?
Lorelai: when what?
Luke: the next opportunity
Lorelai: a week Friday would be the best but I would need the stuff by Wednesday for the assisted.
Luke: ok,
Lorelai: you don't need…
Luke: I know
Lorelai: we still ok if this doesn't work out
Luke: I think we will be, I hope so
Lorelai: me too, I took a risk I just want it to pay off.
Lorelai and Luke give each other another hug, this time a bit of an awkward one.
Emily: well we have better be going
Lorelai: why are you still here?
Emily: we stuck around to see if you needed anything
Lorelai: you should have minded your own business and left when Luke got back from his walk.
Emily: I know you want us out of your lives Lorelai, but making it so we know we are missing out on something is just despicable.
Luke: Mrs Gilmore, there was and is nothing for you to know, for now this is Lorelai and my thing. If it works out you will be one of the first to know, I promise.
Emily: and the fact that you still insist you are not a couple is beyond me, its ridiculously obvious
Lorelai: mom I swear Luke and I are friends, that is it. Yes we are close but we are not in a relationship. And I know you are going to argue that we just kissed each other and that is not friend behaviour, but we were just celebrating our new business agreement.
Luke: business agreement?
Lorelai: Luke!
Emily: you two are obviously not on the same page so I think you need to chat more. Bye Lorelai, Luke.
Luke: bye Mr and Mrs Gilmore
Richard: bye Lorelai
Lorelai: bye dad
Emily and Richard got in their car and drove away. It was several minutes before Luke or Lorelai walked or talked.
Lorelai: should we get going?
Luke: Lorelai?
Lorelai: yeah
Luke: I cant
Lorelai: it's ok Luke, I told myself that you wouldn't do it so that I wouldn't get to excited.
Luke: I'm sorry
Lorelai: Luke please leave it ok, I want to get going, this has been one hell of a night
Luke: are we ok
Lorelai: We will be
Lorelai drove Luke back to the diner and headed home. No words other than a quick good bye were spoken. Lorelai knew she had screwed things up now.
Lorelai occupied her time over the next few days with work and Rory. She made no effort to go to Lukes when Rory wasn't around, but when Rory was both Luke and Lorelai were as normal as they could be.
Rory: hey Luke, is my mom here yet?
Luke: no
Rory: oh ok, I'm normally the last one here. She can't live without the coffee and food.
Luke: yeah well she must be very busy.
Lorelai: hey hon.
Rory: hey mom
Lorelai: how was Yale?
Rory: good, how's the inn?
Lorelai: it's going good, the rooms are almost all done and the kitchen is finished, so Sookie is over the moon
Rory: you should have Luke come and look at the inn sometime; he is an investor in it.
Lorelai: yeah, I guess
Rory: Luke, you should come by the inn later, I going to get my official tour so you can get yours at the same time.
Luke: I'll try be there Rory. You need coffee?
Lorelai: yeah, we are both caffeineless
Luke: sorry
Rory: its ok, just don't do it again.
Luke: right
Rory: mom is there something wrong with Luke.
Lorelai: no, why?
Rory: cause he is acting like he does when the two of you are in a fight, but you're not so I don't understand his mood.
Lorelai: I stopped trying to understand him a long time ago
Rory: bull, you always want to know what he is about
Lorelai: hey hon., what are your plans for today?
Rory: probably spend some time at Lanes, and then Friday night dinner.
Lorelai: oh yeah, that.
Rory: are you still coming?
Lorelai: yeah
Friday went quickly and Rory and Lorelai made there way to the Gilmore mansion. When they were almost there, Rory decided to break the silence that for some reason unknown to Rory was hanging over their heads.
Rory: what are you hiding from grandma and grandpa?
Lorelai: nothing
Rory: mom?
Lorelai: I swear nothing
Rory: then why are you so tense and nervous
Lorelai: no particular reason, just got the inn on my mind
Rory: oh ok, so you swear that there is nothing wrong.
Lorelai: cross my heart and hope to die.
Rory: mom!
Lorelai: we're here.
Lorelai tried to act more relaxed, she knew she had raised her daughter to pick up on things, but it was working to well at the moment.
Lorelai: hi mom
Rory: hi grandma
Emily: hello girls, come on in. I wouldn't want you to stand outside in the cold for no reason.
Lorelai: did you get your hair done?
Emily: yes thanks for noticing.
The rest of the evening went perfectly fine; there were some close calls when Lorelai almost retaliated to her mom's pokes at her. But she refrained because she wasn't ready to tell Rory. This was all until dessert.
Lorelai: when's your next trip dad?
Richard: on Wednesday, San Francisco
Lorelai: sounds great
Richard: I'm sure it will be.
Lorelai: well good then
Richard: did you ever get that business sorted out with Luke?
Rory: what business, the loan
Emily: is that what that was all about, money
Lorelai: no, yeah thanks dad. We decided that this deal wasn't lucrative for the both of us, so we left it at that.
Rory: if it's not the investment then what business did you and Luke have?
Lorelai: nothing important sweets, as I just said to dad, nothing is going to come of it.
Emily: I still say that was a date.
Lorelai: god mom it wasn't a date, that is the last time I am going to say this.
Rory: mom?
Lorelai: I took Luke out for dinner ran into your grandparents and this is the result.
Rory: you went on a date with Luke?
Lorelai: no, I had a business proposition for him, which he declined.
Rory: so you are in a fight.
Lorelai: no
Rory: yes you are, he didn't help you and you probably got into a fight about it. Now the thing I don't understand is why you aren't avoiding him like you normally do.
Emily: cause they are in love Rory, people act strange when they are in love.
Lorelai: god mom that is enough now
Emily: I saw the kiss, that wasn't a friendly kiss
Rory: you kissed Luke.
Richard: he kissed her; he's definitely in love. I have to agree with your mom on that.
Lorelai: we are not in love with each other. We are friends who care a great deal for each other. We like seeing each other happy.
Emily: now you can tell us what this business venture was
Lorelai: I told you then and I will tell you now, this is something between Luke and I.
Richard: he still has the deadline so it would be inappropriate for you to talk about it.
Lorelai: thanks dad
Rory: when is the deadline?
Emily: Friday or was it Wednesday?
Lorelai: Wednesday really
Rory: mom can I talk to you in the kitchen for a minute?
Lorelai: Rory we are eating dessert, we can talk in the car.
Emily: what so that you can tell her and leave us out of your life still
Lorelai: I don't plan on telling Rory anything. When I said this matter was private, I meant it.
Rory: I thought we were supposed to tell each other everything
Lorelai: I child cant know all of the things their parents get up too
Rory: I have always known everything
Lorelai: no sweetie, no you haven't
The rest of the evening and the car drive home was quite. Rory asked if she could be dropped by Lane's and Lorelai obliged. She then decided to head over to Luke's because she always went there after the Gilmore Friday night dinner, and she had promised him that him saying no, wasn't going to change things
Lorelai: hey Lane Rory is over at your place looking for you.
Lane: ok, I will go there. I heading out Luke.
Luke: see you tomorrow Lane
Lorelai: hi
Luke: hey, coffee?
Lorelai: thanks… I'm sorry
Luke: for?
Lorelai: I promised things wouldn't change.
Luke: well you can't see into the future, and as you said you were taking a risk on it all
Lorelai: the whole situation was relived tonight
Luke: yeah
Lorelai: in front of Rory,
Luke: did you tell her?
Lorelai: no, I told her there are some things children don't need to know about their parents.
Luke: and she accepted that as a good enough reason
Lorelai: no, she's not speaking to me. But how do I tell her.
Rory: whatever it is I can handle it
Luke: Rory, I agree with your mom, it's unfortunately something that a child shouldn't have to discuss with their parents.
Rory: but we talk about anything and everything
Luke: not death. Lorelai can I tell her the summed up version. She is old enough to understand I guess.
Lorelai: ok?
Luke: well Rory, your mom came to me tell me that she had a nightmare in which she was going to die. She wanted me to sort all of the things out for her.
Rory: oh, well mom you have stupid dreams all the time
Lorelai: this one scared me babe
Rory: why did you kiss though?
Lorelai: um well
Luke: I got emotional myself thinking about what I would stand to lose if your mom died like she saw in her dreams
Lorelai: oh, wow. Luke can I talk to you. And Rory can I meet you at home?
Rory: yeah sure. Bye
Lorelai: bye sweets
Luke: bye Rory
Rory: thanks Luke
Lorelai: I second that.
Luke: I know you hate lying to her, but I thought it's better than not speaking to her at all.
Lorelai: yeah, thanks
Luke: Lorelai, do you think we could maybe sit and discuss everything cause I kinda might want to do this.
Lorelai: that's great
Luke: it could be
Lorelai: that it may certainly be
Luke: I missed you in here
Lorelai: I missed you and your food and coffee too
Luke: you want some now
Lorelai: the usual Friday would be great
Once Lorelai had finished eating Luke closed the diner and they headed up to his apartment to talk.
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