The talent! Two chapters in two days! I haven't done that in a while! I am sorry this is short, but hey, what did you expect? Remember I just update yesterday, and with a very long chapter might I add! So, I hope you like it. I will not tell you how far this chapter goes into the situation that arose in the last chapter, because see, that's why you read the chapter! Oh! And I have to tell you all about my chemistry class! We had to do some odd activity with these card things. We each got a card that we tapped to our heads (we couldn't read it).each card had something different on it, like one said "My fly is unzipped" and another one said "Tell me about your vacations" so we had to go around talking to people and either pretend what the card said was true, or we had to do what the card said. I didn't realize it until now, but mine connects to Gilmore Girls! Mine was "speak to me in clichés". So I went around and people kept talking to me in clichés, but I didn't get it until later. I was told that I was the first person that was able to GUESS that. It made me feel happy, until the little cliché thing carried into my next two classes. That got annoying, but I thought I should tell you because hey, it relates to our beloved show! Yay! Ducky made a connection! I feel like I should be writing some self assessment or something. God knows my counselor would be suggesting now! Oh, and my friend Maggie, who is the shyest, sweetest person on earth, had the card "I'm a pathological liar". It made us all laugh! So! Enough of Ducky's life! On with the story! And ignore the unsnazzieness of my chapter title. My creativity had run out for the night.

Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own it. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I did though?

A/N: Italics are thoughts. There are no flashbacks here, so hair people need not apply. Hehe, did you get the joke?

Chapter 6: These Green Hills, Showers, and Calls

She lay in bed thinking about her thoughts earlier. She never really had thought about her relationship with Luke being that way; being the same as all the others. Maybe she just wasn't destined to be with anyone. Stop saying that to yourself! Stop! Luke is a great guy! He would never leave you! Oh! Here we go again! 'Luke is perfect! Luke is the best! So you should just settle!' Is that what you think Luke is? Settling? Where have I heard that before? Yourself! And remember in that case he was. Luke was settling! But that was Rachel! And he loved her too! No! I am different! No you're not! Yes I am! No you're not! How would you know? Because Luke is a man! Men see woman as sex and nothing more! Where have you been while we're in the bedroom? Right there with you! How primordial does he need to be to make you see that? But Luke never has looked at anyone like he does with me! Except for Rachel! Rachel is long gone! And how many times has she shown up unexpectedly in your lives? Exactly! But Luke is a wonderful man! Yah, just tell that to me when I, the sensible one, has been up all night trying to get Jake to sleep because Luke won't get up and help!

"Wow!" Lorelai whispered to herself. Never had she had that much of a fight inside her head before. But what if she was right? What if she was just some woman to Luke? And here we go again! She thought. She sighed trying to clear her mind. No use.

She pulled the covers away from herself, but this time, instead of going over to the window, she walked downstairs. She found her cup of coffee still half full. It was cold, but when you are tired, the temperature of you life sustaining beverage doesn't matter. She took a sip and sat down at the kitchen table. She looked at the bills on the table. They were for something that looked as if it wasn't due for another several months.

"This is what he ignores me for?" She took another sip of her coffee. She then heard a whimper from the other room. She set down her coffee cup and got up out of the chair.

She walked into Rory's room to find Jake sleeping. He was tossing, turning, and he had a terrified look on his face. Lorelai couldn't take seeing her little baby like this, so she picked him up.

"Hey, shhhh. It's ok." she cooed as she slowly rocked him back and forth in her arms. He opened his eyes just enough to see that he was in the protective arms of his mother. He cuddled into her chest as she sat down in the rocking chair. "Are you having another bad dream? Don't worry, mommy's here." she gently whispered in his ear as she rocked him off to sleep.
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"Lorelai, hey. Wake up. Lorelai." Luke tried shaking Lorelai awake but it just couldn't be done. She had fallen asleep in the rocking chair after putting Jake back in his crib. He was now up and awake. "Lorelai!" Luke yelled. This frightened Jake who was now playing quietly in his crib. Lorelai woke up with a shudder. Had Luke just yelled at her?

"What?" she said quietly and annoyed as she rubbed her eyes.

"Time to get up. Breakfast and coffee is on the counter. I have to get to work early. So," he kissed her quickly on the forehead, "I will see you later on tonight." he then turned his attention to Jake. "Bye buddy!" he said in a baby voice that was almost never heard from Luke. He kissed Jake on the head as he lifted his arms up, obviously wanting to be picked up. "Sorry, but daddy has to go. Maybe mommy can." he kissed him one last time and exited the room.

"Sure, maybe I can." Lorelai mimicked as she slowly arose from the chair. She picked Jake up and walked up the stairs. "Great. I guess I will just have to shower at the inn." she concluded. There was no way she was going to just leave Jake in his crib awake while she took a shower. So she quickly packed Jakes bag, grabbed one for herself, dressed and fed Jake, and then headed off to the inn, in pajamas.

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She entered the inn through the kitchen so as not to scare the guest right away.

"Hey Sookie!" she said cheerfully.

"Hey--what are you wearing?" she asked midway through her usual greeting.

"Well I couldn't take a shower with the chance of Jake killing himself with one of his toys so I decided to come here and shower." she said as she set the bags down on the floor, and handed Jake to Sookie.

"But what about Luke?" Sookie asked.

"He had to leave early." she said trying to make it sound as if it was no big deal, but Sookie wasn't fooled this time.

"Oh, hasn't he been doing that a lot lately?"

"Yeah, but it's no big deal." she said trying to mask how much of a big deal it was.

"Yes it is. Maybe you should talk to him."

"Maybe. Hey Sookie, can you watch Jakey here so I can go take a shower?" Changing the subject! She told herself.

"Sure, no problem. Me and Jakey will do just fine!" she concluded as she tickled Jake. He giggled as he tried to push her hand away. Lorelai smiled, grabbed her bag and ran off to one of the empty rooms to take a quick shower.

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As noon came around Lorelai was now faced with the decision of going to Luke's and acting as if nothing was wrong, or she could stay at the inn, and eat with all of the guests. She chose the latter.

So, as she ate, she tried to concentrate on the conversation she was having with an older couple from Somewhere in Vermont or New Hampshire. She couldn't remember.

The woman was short, probably around five feet tall and she was quite skinny. She had hair the color of wet sand and looked to be about 50 years old. Her husband was more robust and had a square jaw. He looked to be about a foot taller than his wife. He had grey hair the color of the sky on a cloudy day, and he had mentioned earlier that he was in his mid 50s.

"So where do you live again?" Lorelai asked. Hopefully this time the answer would stick.

"Oh, Vermont. So where does your husband work?" the woman asked.

"Oh, well, he is not my husband--"

"Oh, sorry, I just assumed." the woman interrupted.

"Oh, that's ok. Luke works at the diner down in the middle of town. Conveniently called Luke's Diner!" she joked. Obviously they didn't notice how much she was masking her real feelings because they kept going at it.

"Oh! That's wonderful. We will have to go there for dinner! How does that sound Herb?" the woman turned to her husband.

"Sounds lovely!" he responded. They looked so in love. If only I could have that with Luke. Lorelai thought.

"So tell us about Luke. What is he like, when did you two meet, how old is your darling child that you mentioned earlier?" she asked a lot of questions at once didn't she?

"Ah, well Luke. Hmmm. Flannel, backwards blue baseball cap. I can't really describe him." I don't want to either. "We met almost ten years ago, and it was at his diner, and over the years we just sort of became friends. We got together almost two years ago--"

"That long before getting together?" the woman asked in astonishment.

"Yah, well it just took a while to realize how much we loved each other." she answered. LOVED? As in past tense? She asked herself. Stop questioning your relationship! She yelled at herself.

"Well that sounds wonderful! Any thoughts of marriage?" she asked.

"Well…I….uh--" she stuttered before Michel walked into the room.

"Your disgusting diner man is on the phone." he spat. The couple looked oddly at Michel. Lorelai noticed this and added a:

"He's just kidding! Funny, funny Michel!" she said. "I'm sorry, I have to take this call." she said apologetically to the couple and then flashed Michel a 'Do-that-in front-of-our-guests-ever-again-and-I-will-rip-your-head-off' look. She walked over to the front desk and picked up the phone.

"Hello?" she said.

"Hey, it's me."

"Oh, David, what did I tell you about calling at the inn?" she teased.

"What?"

"Never mind. So what do you need?" she asked.

"Well I was just wondering if you were going to come over here for lunch. Are you?" he asked. Hmmm, she thought. To go, or not to go, that is the question.

"I am actually eating here right now. It's really busy," lie! She saw Michel look at her out of the corner of her eye. He knew she was lying, but Luke didn't. "So I didn't think it would be a good idea to leave." was it believable?

"Oh…ok. I guess I will see you tonight then?" he asked. He didn't believe her. She had told him a while ago that this was the week that they had barely gotten half of the rooms filled, so he doubted that she was telling the truth. But what if he was wrong? What if they had miraculously gotten all of the rooms filled? Yes, that must be it.

"Yep! Oh, and I have some paper work that needs to be done, so I need you to watch Jake tonight. Ok. Good. Bye." and she hung up the phone. Luke didn't even get a chance to answer. What the hell was that? He thought.

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Oh! Intrigue! Don't worry, the next chapter explains EVERYTHING! It even starts out with a flashback. But I can't post it! Because it isn't all written! So, posting it might be difficult. Although, I could try to. What do you think? So, what did you think of this chapter? Ready to kill me yet? You are probably thinking "when the hell is ducky going to post again!" and my answer is never! Just kidding! That would be horrible! I don't know. But if you have any ideas, or suggestions for this story, just tell me in your review. Now I know I just set myself up for all of the "get Luke and Lorelai back together!" suggestions, but that is the price I pay for being very vague.Now remember, I live off from reviews, and you are all thinking "here comes the stupid review speech that is added at the bottom of every stupid damn chapter of every stupid damn story!" but think of it this way, if you don't review, then how are we supposed to know if you like it or not? so please remember that every writer (well, almost) puts time into writing their story, so how hard is it to spend 30 seconds reviewing? Not that hard. So review please.

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