Chapter 2: The morning after
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Sorry for confusing people, but this is a REVISED CHAPTER.. The story title is back to the original one, and this will be the last chapter.
Lorelai was a bit tired, waking up with a hangover. And not a tiny one, nope, definitely not. She had clearly been drinking way too much last night, she thought. Maybe that was why she was so confused. She could have sworn Luke Danes told her he had feelings for her.
When she touched her forehead, she felt some kind of note on it, a Post It perhaps. Lorelai took it from her head, what didn't hurt, and looked at it.
Lorelai,
I'm at the diner.
Come get your hangover food there.
We need to talk.
LukeOh my, she thought and tried to recall her memories of the last night. They had been watching a movie, but turned it off later to start a game of 'I never'. Lorelai recalled herself saying she wasn't getting drunk fast enough, so she wanted another drinking game. After that, she talked with Luke, and he admitted he had feelings for her.
That was when her thoughts were kind of weird. Lorelai tried to remember what happened after that, but the only thing her brain could think of was coffee. And hangover food. So she decided to go to Luke's and get a lot of coffee. And the food of course.
"Details, all of them," Rory suddenly yelled as she entered the house.
"My dear daughter," Lorelai said. "You know not to disturb your mother if she has a terrible hangover, right? It's much too early anyway."
Rory smiled, looked at her mother, grabbed the note from Lorelai's hands and started reading it. Lorelai got a bit embarrassed.
"What did the two of you do last night," Rory asked.
"We got drunk" Lorelai said. "And I think I might have asked him to kiss me. But not after he told me he had feelings for me. Nothing else except that."
Then, when Rory started squealing, Lorelai yawned and tried to ignore the high sound.
"Finally," Rory said. "He finally admitted it. The whole town knew. It's going to be all perfect from now on. I just know it."
What? Rory knew about this? The whole town knew about it? Was she the only one who hadn't known this? Lorelai sighed. Whatever it was, she had to decide what she was going to do about it. After all, Luke was married. And, he was Luke. Her friend, the guy who was always there for her and Rory. The coffee god. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad. She just had to go and talk to Luke, preferably without the town gossipers.
"Let's just go to Luke's," Lorelai said. "I need coffee, coffee, coffee. And hangover food."
Rory smiled and hugged her mother. She threw some clothes at Lorelai, who got dressed. The girls got ready, went outside and were on the way to Luke's before someone, like perhaps Lorelai herself, could say "Mr. Backwards Baseball Cap".
"Coffee, coffee, coffee," Lorelai said as soon as she got in the diner.
"Good morning Lorelai," Lane said. "Hi Rory! Lorelai, Luke told me to tell you that you should come upstairs, because he needed to talk to you. Something about a hangover."
Rory shot Lorelai a knowing look, what made Lorelai give her the evil eye, before she went on her way upstairs, to 'talk' to Luke. Dirty!
"Tell me everything," she heard Lane say, while Rory laughed. Lorelai smiled, and walked up the stairs, to Luke's apartment.
"Pancakes," Lorelai yelled as she entered the apartment, and smelled that delicious scent. "I love you, I love you, I love you Lukey Pooh."
When she didn't get a response, Lorelai thought that maybe she shouldn't have said that, after what happened the night before. Oops, she thought.
"I told you not to call me Lukey Pooh anymore," Luke suddenly said.
"Fine, Luke Duke," Lorelai said teasingly. Back to the usual bantering.
"Very funny," Luke said.
"You wanted to talk to me," Lorelai asked, taking a, in her opinion, very sexy pose.
"Yeah, I did," Luke responded. "I asked Nicole for a divorce this morning."
So I guess this meant he was serious about it, Lorelai thought. What would happen? Would they start a relationship with wild monkey sex? Dirty! Or would they just stay friends?
"You were serious about that," Lorelai asked him.
"Of course I was," Luke said. "I can't be married to her anymore."
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Luke was quite happy, because there she was, standing there. He looked at the woman he loved, and knew that after just that one kiss the night before, he couldn't be married to Nicole anymore. He didn't love Nicole; he didn't even know if he ever did. Lorelai had such a big place in his heart, there wasn't any room for Nicole anymore.
Ah, since when did he become mr. Sappy? Yuck, Luke thought. Maybe it was just Lorelai who had that effect on him. She could make him smile when nobody else could.
"But I have to leave," she said, with a sad smile. "Some people have work to do, and Michel is never going to stop nagging if I don't get to the inn soon."
Luke, knowing the snarcastic Inn worker, could only agree with her on that. The guy was really rude. Every single time Luke had called Lorelai at the inn, which wasn't that often, the guy had been rude on the phone. Lorelai had told him it was a habit, but still.
"That guy needs to lose the stick up his butt," Luke mumbled, not wanting Lorelai to hear this comment, but failing, judging by her smile lighting up the room.
"Luke, I didn't knew you could say things like that," Lorelai teased, walking over to her friend with benefits. "But it's really cute. I like it."
She did not call him cute, Luke thought. He turned about ten shades of pink after that.
"Mom, where are you," he suddenly heard Rory calling, just when Lorelai wanted to kiss him, and he was leaning in. "I'm coming upstairs!"
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Rory really wasn't happy with this at all. She knew her mom and Luke were probably being cute together, and she really didn't mind that, but she had to leave, and she wanted to say goodbye to her mother before she left. Even when it meant she had to interrupt something, which she really didn't want to think about. Though her mom would probably start teasing her with the dirty details later. Oh yes, she would definitely do that.
"You two better be at a respectable distance from each other," she said when she was standing in front of the door to Luke's (and Jess's former) apartment.
When she opened this particular door, some memories of Jess flashed through her mind, but she pushed them away, and looked at her mother and Luke instead, who were indeed at a respectable distance from each other, maybe even too far. She hoped her arrival didn't cause a fight between the two. That would be terrible.
"Mom, I really need to leave and I know you wouldn't want me to leave without saying goodbye," Rory said, smiling at the blush on Luke's face.
He would be mocked for eternity about that, because Lorelai would probably never let him live this down. Her mother would tease him mercilessly, and he wouldn't mind because he was so in love with her. Same old story as always.
"Oh yeah, right," Lorelai said, also smiling at blushing Luke. "Sorry Lukey Pooh, you're not getting any action now. I'll make it up to you when Nicole's ditched."
Luke turned about twenty shades of pink at that comment, doubling the ten shades he had before. Rory couldn't help but giggle and look at her mother, who was doing the same thing.
"Where are you going again Rory," Lorelai asked her, surprising her.
"I'm just going back to Yale mom," Rory teased. "I told you about a thousand times, but I guess you were too busy having dirty dreams about your lover boy here."
Rory was really shooting for fifty shades of pink on Luke's face, and she was getting closer to her goal. She smiled, until her mom grabbed her arm and took her back downstairs.
"You are so my daughter," Lorelai said proudly. "Now back to Yale with you. Start studying and check on Naked Guy again. You wouldn't want to find him in your hallway again."
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A few days later…
"I don't know what the hell I was thinking when I got married to you," Lorelai heard Luke yell, and she immediately knew that Nicole had to be around. Maybe it is better for me to leave, she thought. Nicole would kill me if she found out why Luke is really divorcing her; because he loves her, Lorelai. She would be so dead.
"Here are your damn divorce papers," Lorelai heard Nicole say. "I hope you choke on them."
Lorelai heard the door to Luke's apartment open, so she quickly went downstairs, to the diner, and pretended to just be waiting for her coffee. She didn't want to die, she thought and smiled. She was glad the divorce was final now. No more Nicole.
"What is happening," Rory asked her, when she quickly sat over at the table.
"The divorce between the coffee god and the wicked witch is final," Lorelai said, trying to speak in code, so Kirk or Miss Patty wouldn't pick things up as easily. Just protecting my man, she couldn't help but think. My man, that sounds good, she thought.
A pissed off Nicole stormed down the stairs, and Luke came after her. Lorelai gave him a slight smile; she wanted to go unnoticed by Nicole.
"So Luke is finally single," Rory said, and Lorelai nodded, with a smile on her face. "He's up for grabs mom. Go get him before someone else does!"
I don't think that's necessary, she thought and smiled. Luke didn't want anyone else, he made that perfectly clear at the movie night when he told her he had feelings for her.
"You are so my daughter," she said, and smiled at her daughter. "But just so you know: Luke is not single, and definitely not up for grabs. He's mine, my precious!"
Rory had a scared look on her face when she heard Luke wasn't single, until Lorelai told her Luke was now with her. She guessed Rory was afraid things between Lorelai and Luke would go all wrong again, and Luke had another girlfriend like Rachel or Nicole.
"Don't go all Gollumy on me mom," Rory said, starting to giggle. "I didn't knew you liked Lord of the Rings that much. Have you been keeping secrets from me?"
Lorelai gave her daughter the evil eye and smiled, until she realized that Nicole was still in the diner, and she might have heard their discussion about Luke. Looking around and seeing a mad Nicole pointing at her, she realized it must be true.
"I knew it, Luke, I knew it all along," Nicole screamed, for the whole diner to hear. "I knew you would drop me as soon as she showed some interest. But for how long is she going to be interested? For a week, maybe a month if she is feeling generous. And then, she will dump you as well, and you'll be sorry for this divorce. So good luck to you!"
Lorelai felt tears stinging in her eyes at this, being accused of hurting Luke, when it was the last thing she would want to do at this moment. She was afraid of hurting him, of losing interest and leaving him, and ruining their friendship that had built over the years. She had been afraid of making the first move, not wanting to ruin things. Would she still ruin things now? By running, the Gilmore girl trait? She would hate that.
"Shut up and leave, now," she suddenly heard herself yell at Nicole. "You're the one hurting him, not me! He told me he wanted to divorce you even before we became more than friends, Nicole. You're just trying to get him back. It's not working. Get out, now!"
How did this become such a big fight, Lorelai wondered when she looked around and saw shocked looks from all the people in the diner. Everyone but Rory and Luke looked confused about it. Rory was standing behind her, ready to back her up if necessary. Lorelai couldn't help but smile at that. Her daughter was amazing.
"Nicole, I want you to leave," Luke said, now having regained his calmth. "You are causing a scène. You are insulting the woman I love. I want you to leave."
Collective gasps were heard, and Lorelai smiled through her tears. She noticed Miss Patty, and knew she was going to have a field day with this one, but she didn't care. Lorelai just thought it was very sweet that Luke just told the world he loved her.
"It's not like there is anything worth staying for anyway," Nicole said, as she left the diner.
"Ding dong, the witch is dead," Rory said, breaking the tension in the diner, when everyone started laughing at her comment; Lorelai and Luke included.
Lorelai walked over to Luke, going behind the counter of course, and smiled at him. She was happy Nicole was gone, and she hoped that she and Luke could start a real relationship now.
"Thank you for defending me Luke," Lorelai said, and kissed him, in the middle of the diner, with about the whole town watching their every move. He responded, of course.
"Get a room, you two," she faintly heard Rory yell, and they broke their kiss off, both smiling widely at each other. One of those goofy hanger-in-the-mouth kind of grins.
"So, how about another movie night tonight," Lorelai asked him, a big smile on her face.
"That's fine with me," Luke said. "If we don't watch Willy Wonka again."
Not watch Willy Wonka again? How could he say that, Lorelai wondered. Well, she would just have to work her womanly ways on him, and make him watch it. Dirty!
"Pretty please with a cherry on top can we watch Willy Wonka," she asked, pouting.
"Lorelai, I am never getting that drunk again," he said, smiling widely. She laughed along with him, silently agreeing on the getting drunk. Lorelai never wanted that headache again.
"It was Willy Wonka that got us together Lukey Pooh," she said, trying to win him over.
"Willy Wonka," he exclaimed. "No way that it was him. You have got to be serious!"
The couple was lost in banter again, oblivious to everyone else in the diner watching them. I never thought it would happen like this, Lorelai thought and smiled, then continued her banter with Luke again. It had been this way since that horoscope, and it would always be this way.
THE END!AN: Yes, this is the end of this fic! I do not have the time and the inspiration to make this a long fic, so I'm ending it here. You can still REVIEW!
I'll point you to my other GG fics, which are mainly Lit. However, if those fics are encouraged enough (HINT) , I will write another fic, with a bigger LL part.
I hoped you all liked it!
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