Here's the next installment in my Gilmore Girls fanfic! Just to answer some questions, no Lorelai and Luke weren't dating before he left, but they were growing very close, until Rachel came back. Luke and Rachel began to date and Luke thought that he loved her, so when she received a job offer in New York, Luke left with her. They had Ellie when in New York, but things started to go wrong and Luke realised that he really loved Lorelai. Rachel noticed this and excepted another job offer in England, leaving Luke and Ellie behind, along with a note explaining why she left.
Chapter 1 - Realisation and Photographs
Lorelai had left the diner so fast, that she had forgotten to pick up her coffee, so made her was to her best friend, Sookie's, house. Walking straight in, she made her way to Sookie's favourite room, the kitchen.
'SOOKIE! ARE YOU HOME?'
'Hey Lorelai, what can i do for you this morning?'
'Coffee, I need a very large cup of coffee!'
'So, you haven't been to Luke's this morning?' Sookie asked her, handing her the coffee. Lorelai just simple shook her head.'Oh well that's okay, there is no need to go there this morning, I'm happy to make you all the coffee you need.'
'Sookie, you're rambling' Lorelai pointed out.
'Oh right, sorry! I'm just so happy this morning, y'know a bit hyper!
'You new he was back didn't you? And that he had a baby?' Lorelai questionned her oldest friend, the tears once again starting to fall.
'Aww sweetie I tried to tell you, but you weren't answering your phone. So I was gonna try again later, but Jackson and I went out and I fell asleep as soon as we got back. I'm so so sorry, I proimise to make it up to you. How bout pancakes, that's it I'll make ya some pancakes!' She was just about to get out the things she needed to make the pancakes, when she realised that Lorelai was crying. 'Hey Lor, come here' Sookie hugged her best friend in an effort to comfort her.
'I expected him to come back with Rachel, but not with a baby as well! I mean it was bad enough that he left with her in the first place, but not to tell me that he now has a kid!' Lorelai told her friend, allowing her tears to fall. 'Oh god look at me, I'm crying over Luke, why am I letting myself cry over Luke?'
'Awww honey it's okay for you to cry' Sookie replied
'But that's just it Sookie, I don't know why I'm crying! It's not as if it's really any of my business anyway'
'Well don't hate me for saying this but-'
'But what Sookie?'
'Well maybe you do have feelings for Luke, I mean you guys were getting so close before Rachel came back.' Lorelai shot her friend one of those 'don't even think about finishing that sentence' look. 'And...and everyone know that he's always kinda had a thing for you!'
'How many times have we had this conversation Sookie? I do not think of Luke in that way, we are just friends!'
'Yeah I know that, but I've seen the way you two look at each other, and he is part of nearly every story you tell' Sookie quickly reminded her.
'Jeez Sook have you been secretly talking to my mother? Luke is just a really close friend, I mean he's so caring and sweet, he always manages to make me smile when I'm having a bad day. And god that smile-' Lorelai suddenly noticed the happy expression on Sookie's face, and began to panic. ' Oh my god I'm in love with Luke!'
Back at the diner, Luke had just managed to settle Ellie back down. He was not used to this, Rachel had always been the one who got Ellie to sleep; he couldn't do this on his own. He had returned to Stars Hollow hoping that Lorelai would be able to help him, or at least give him a few parenting tips. But now that was never going to happen, she was probably never going to want to speak to him again. 'I know I should have told her before I came back!' he shouted out loud. Just then he noticed one of his favourite photos; the one of him and Lorelai at the last firelight festival he had been to. Rachel had always commented on how great he and Lorelai looked together in this photo; of course he had always denied that they were anything more than good friends, but he knew he was lying to himself, and that the truth was he had always loved her, since the day she first walked into his diner. Sat staring at the picture, and reliving all the memories he had of him and Lorelai...Luke knew what he had to next!
A/N: Hope you like the cliffhanger, I thought that I would leave the big emotional part for another chapter! Sorry that this chapter is soooooo short but I've got major writers block!
