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Last time on Dreams, Engagements, and Gilbert:
As tears began slipping down her face Lorelai brought a hand up to swipe furiously at them, mad at herself for thinking he loved her. This movement however Luke caught in his peripheral vision and within an instant he was out of his truck and hugging her tightly, a lump forming him his throat as he held her close, her face buried in his neck and his head resting on her shoulder.
"What's wrong?" He asked over the lump and Lorelai felt him tense as he prepared for her confirmation of his thoughts.
"I thought you'd changed your mind." She sniffed quietly, hugging him closer to her, inhaling his scent.
"Never." Lorelai felt him begin to loosen up.
"Promise me you won't change your mind?" She whispered, pulling back and cupping his unshaven face in her hand.
"I promise." He replied firmly, leaving no room for doubt.
"Ok." She said, resting her forehead against his and letting out a sigh of relief. As they stood there, relishing in the company of one another, they were shocked when a voice cleared their throat behind them and as Luke turned to look he kept hold of Lorelai and she felt him tense at the sight of…
"What the heck are you doing here?" She asked, noticing that Luke's grip on her seemed to tighten.
"Well you are getting married next weekend." Came his reply as he sat his duffel down on the ground, tiring of holding it.
"Not anymore." She replied slowly, watching as Luke glared at Christopher. "How long have you been there?"
"For a couple of minutes."
"Did you drive that?" Lorelai asked as Luke released her, turning to face Christopher. Lorelai's hand immediately went to hers however and Luke looked down at their entwined hands and smiled slightly. All eyes went to Chris' motorcycle, which was partially hidden under the trees.
"Yeah." Chris replied, rubbing the back of his head as he continued. "I let it run there for a minute thinking you'd snap out of your daze, but you two seemed a little….caught up in each other. I don't mean to be rude here, but aren't you supposed to be marrying Max?"
Lorelai's eyes dropped to the ground and Luke took this moment to speak up. "She was supposed to, but things didn't work out."
"So you two are…"
"Yeah." Lorelai answered, as Luke squeezed her hand in reassurance.
"I see…" Chris trailed, beginning to put the pieces of the puzzle together. "Ok, so where's Rory?"
"I sent her out for some junk food and a pizza." Lorelai smiled. "The three of us were going to have a sort of get together tonight."
"We were?" Luke asked, looking thoroughly confused.
"Yeah." Lorelai answered, giving him her best pouting look before turning back to Chris.
"So you're in for the wedding that's not going to happen?"
"Well, yeah."
"So you're here for a week?"
"Until the wedding was over Saturday."
"Where're you staying?"
"Well…" Chris looked longily at the house, wishing for an invite that Lorelai did not want to issue. Lorelai felt Luke's hand squeeze hers and she immediately knew his take on the matter. Luckily for them Rory chose to come up the driveway in the Jeep at that moment.
"Oh, thank God." Lorelai heard Luke whisper under his breath and he hurriedly went to the door to help her carry in her loot.
"I hope mom filled you in on our night." Rory said, not seeing her father standing awkwardly off to the side.
"Yeah, she just now sprung it on me."
"Good, that means you can't leave." Rory smiled, handing Luke two overflowing paper bags and grabbing the pizza from the passengers seat. It was only after she closed the door and began to follow Luke towards the house did she notice the extra figure standing in the yard. "Guess we're gonna need another pizza." Rory frowned, looking at her mother, her eyes not hiding the disappointment sweeping through her. "Dad." She smiled politely, handing the pizza off to her mother and making her way over to hug him.
"Hey kiddo." He smiled, hugging her tightly against him.
"Why're you here?"" Rory asked as he picked up his duffel and they followed Luke and Lorelai into the house.
"Well Emily told me that your mom was getting married, so I figured I'd come to support her big day."
"Well you know that the wedding's been cancelled?" Rory asked, not seeming displeased at the fact. Chris noted this quickly and replied.
"Now I do." He sighed. As they entered the house Lorelai followed Luke into the kitchen and Chris followed Rory into the living room. "So how long has it been cancelled?"
"About four hours?"
"And those two have been dating for…" He trailed.
"About four hours." Rory smiled, looking towards the kitchen.
"And you're happy about this?"
"Yeah. Luke's loved mom for so long now, I mean all of Stars Hollow has known it. Mom just figured it out a couple of days ago and realized she couldn't marry Max because she didn't love him, she loves Luke." Chris felt himself begin to frown at her words, but quickly hid it when he saw Rory eyeing him.
"And I gather Max didn't take it too well."
"Well it's to be expected." Rory smiled.
"Intrigue, what happened?" He asked curiously.
"Well, I'll have to let mom tell you about that."
"She make's 'em colorful, doesn't she." He replied, wistfully smiling.
"Dad, why are you really here?" Rory couldn't help but ask.
"To see your mom get married this weekend." He replied simply.
"And that's the only reason you came, right? I mean you weren't going to try to get mom to leave Max at the altar or anything like that?"
"Heck no! Rory where's this coming from?"
"Nowhere, just making sure, our life here lately has been a soap opera of sorts and it just seems to play into the plot that you'd come back now. I mean last time you were here you asked her to marry her, so you have to still love her and I don't want you coming in between what has just began to work for those two." She replied, motioning with her head towards the kitchen.
"You have nothing to worry about kiddo." He lied. "yes I still love your mother, but I just want her to be happy, is she happy."
"More than I've seen her in a while."
"Well….good." He replied, beginning to stare off into space.
Meanwhile in the kitchen Luke and Lorelai were having their own little discussion as they unloaded the supplies. "Do you honestly think he's back for the wedding?" Luke asked, frowning at all the candy emerging from the bags.
"He said he was."
"Well I don't buy it."
"Why not?" She asked, curious as to what he was thinking.
"Well, number one if he was coming back for the wedding do you honestly think he'd want to stay here. I mean I know I hate the man's guts, but Max would surely have more sense than to let the father of your child stay here with you."
"What are you saying?" Lorelai fumed, her hands coming to rest on her hips.
"Not what you think." He replied instantly.
"Then what is it Luke? Do you think I'd sleep with him just because he'd be staying in the house?"
"No." Luke firmly replied. "What I meant was that I would think that Chris would know better. No man is going to let his fiancée's ex-boyfriend stay in the same house with her. I mean, didn't he propose to you last time he was here?"
"Yeah, but-"
"But what Lorelai? I would be afraid that he would try to pull something, I mean what if he's still in love with you and he came back to try to get you to leave Max or something, he may have ulterior motives, I'm not sure if I trust him…"
"You've got a point." Lorelai answered, evaluating Luke's scenario and automatically classifying it as something Chris would be stupid enough to try.
"I do?" Luke smirked, unloading the last of the Red Vines.
"Yeah." Lorelai agreed, slowly making her way over to him. "That's why you have to stay here tonight."
"W-what? Lorelai I was just suggesting…"
"And I'm suggesting this." Lorelai interrupted him. "You're point is completely valid, I'm not so sure now about how I'd feel with him staying over without you here. Don't you want to sleep with me?" She asked innocently, tracing her index finger down his stubbled jaw and landing softly on his lips. He nodded slowly and kissed her finger softly. "We don't have to do anything…" She trailed, leaning up to replace her finger with her mouth. "Yet." She said devilishly after pulling away. "We can just sleep in the same bed if you want. We can take this slow and keep Chris from pulling anything at the same time. Ok?"
His arms found their way to her waist and he nodded before leaning down to kiss her. Unlike earlier his tongue immediately found her lips and begged her for the entrance she granted instantly. As he pressed her fully against her she moaned at the feel of his erection near her abdomen and he slowly pushed her back towards the counter, her hands running through his now cap less hair. She whimpered slightly as he pulled away, both breathing heavily. "We should probably-" She interrupted him by leaning forward and taking his bottom lip in between hers, sucking and then gently nipping at it, teasing him unmercilessly. She giggled as his hands found the back of her thighs and lifted her onto the counter, his tongue running along her bottom lip in response to her vigorous torture. As her legs wrapped around his waist and pulled her to him she again felt his erection prodding her gently and the sensation caused both to gasp simultaneously. His hands, refusing to remain still, eagerly found their way under the back of her shirt and she gasped at the feel of his icy hands on her hot skin. She slowly pulled away from his lips and began to work on his neck, enjoying the slight grunts of approval he let slip as she sucked, bit, and then licked on his neck. "Lorelai…" He managed to rasp out after regretfully pulling away. "If we don't stop now…." He moaned again as she ever so slowly ground herself against him and he fought a loosing battle at the sensation of returning the favor, eliciting a guttural growl from her. "Lorelai…Rory…Chris….living room."
"Boy you sure now how to kill a mood." She smiled, pulling away from him, both panting from their exercise.
"Lorelai, we shouldn't tease each other like this anyway, I mean tonight… Rory and her dad'll be down here and…"
"We can be quiet."
"Oh no we can't." Luke replied instantly and Lorelai shivered in anticipation of what this man could do to her.. He slowly lifted her from the counter and let her slide slowly down his body, letting her feel what she was doing to him
"No." She agreed. "We can't." She smiled, kissing him softly before grabbing a bag of Hershey's kisses and the pizza. 'You know what they say about chocolate and sex.' She thought smiling, looking back at Luke. "You coming?" She looked back to see Luke staring down towards the floor.
"I'm gonna need a minute." He replied, Lorelai immediately knowing what he meant.
"Ok, then will you get the cold drinks out of the cold refrigerator?" Luke took the hint and nodded quickly, watching as Lorelai walked into the kitchen. He slowly made his way over to the fridge and opened wide, thanking God for the invention of refrigerators.
A/N: So it's a lot longer than normal and the chapter I post either tonite or tomorrow nite should be a hell of a lot longer. This is like five pages and normally I find my ideas to become corny after the first page. I sort of like small chapters, I dunno. Remember that work calleth, this week will be my first full week and even though the hours r short, it's a lot of mental work, math, excel sheets, word documents, filing (ugh), note taking, answering phones, it sux. My boss is purdy kool though but he can be a jackass, or so my mom says, did I tell y'all that I got the job from my mom's boss? Nepotism, anyone? Not really though, he's like the head honcho of it all and he's my supervisor and my mom's, but in different fields, it's weird, accorrding to him I work for him and only him, he's got that whole, I'm your boss you're my employee routine down, trying to intimidate me, that bastard, I am not one to be intimidated, I'm not that (insert correct terminology here).Anyhoo, I've rambled long enuff, and if I don't update often next week you know why. But then again I may update every nite, depends on how persistent I am. Thanx 4 the reviews & keep em comin, I ain't heard no bitchin yet!