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Okay, I felt bad about the last chapter being so short ans stupid so I made this chapter the longest yet readers all scream "yay!" and in my opinion, the best as well. I tried to be more descriptive and add more details. I also noticed that there was a lack of Rory in this story so far so I put more of her in this chapter! There is also some cute Luke/Rory father/daughter fluff, I hope you like it!

Last on The Whole Package….

"Sorry you had to be here to witness my breakdown", Lorelai said.

"Yeah well, what are friends for?"

Lorelai smiled. "Yeah, what are friends for", she repeated quietly.

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But maybe I want to be more than friends, Lorelai thought. Agh, Lorelai you do not like Luke in that sort of way. You shouldn't be thinking about that anyway, you just got divorced. Well, technically I'm still married to Max but-oh my god, I'm going to need a divorce attorney! I'm probably going to have to see Max again at some point or another. I'm going to have to get my stuff from his, I mean our- I mean, it's his house now but-oh my god, where am I going to live? And stay, in the meantime, Lorelai thought, now begining to make a mental list of all the things she needed to get done.

I still have the house but it needs to be a little renovated and needs some furniture, Lorelai thought remebering how she had sold some of her old furniture that was just taking up space in Max's storage unit.

"Lorelai? Lorelai?", Luke called, pulling Lorelai out of her thoughts. "Huh?", she asked, slipping out of her thoughts and looking up at him. "You kinda drifted off for a second there. Are you alr-"

"Where am I going to live?", Lorelai interuppted.

"What?", Luke asked, confused.

"Where am I going to live? I mean, I kept the house and everything but it needs to be cleaned, and I have no furniture. We just used Max's furniture and we sold mine becuase it was just taking up room in out storage unit and where am I going to stay in the meantime? And also, I have to go pick up my stuff at his house and I really don't want to see hi-"

"Lorelai, calm down", Luke interuppted.

"Calm down, how can you possibly ask me to calm down?", Lorelai asked, hysterically. "I have all this stuff to deal with and-oh my god! The inn, I completely forgot about the inn!", Lorelai sighed and placed her head in her hands. Why did everything have to happen all at once? Couldn't this Max drama have waited until after they atleast got through the test run?

"Lorelai, I know it's hard but you really have to calm down before you have an anxiety attack", Luke said, pulling her into a hug. Lorelai pulled away and moved to the edge of the bed. "You shouldn't have to do this", she said softly, tears rimming her eyes.

"What are you talking about, Lorelai?", Luke asked, moving closer to her and putting his arm around her.

"This!", Lorelai replied, hastily pulling away from Luke and standing up. "You shouldn't have to comfort me, witnessing my breakdowns saying 'there, there Lorelai, everything will be alright'!", she screamed, tears streaming down her face.

By this time Luke had got up and walked over to Lorelai, wrapping his arms around her. "I'm supposed to be strong", she said, crying against his flannel shirt. "Why can't I be strong, Luke?"

"Shh. It's okay to cry sometimes, you don't always have to be strong, Lorelai", Luke said in a comforting tone. "You've been strong for Rory for all of her life. It's okay to need someone to be strong for you every once in a while." Luke looked down at Lorelai and noticed her struggling to keep her eyes open.

"You're tired", he stated, knowing it had been a very long and tiring couple of days for Lorelai. "No, I'm not", Lorelai replied unconvinsingly. "Yes, you are", Luke replied, laying her down on the bed and taking her shoes off. "Maybe just a little", she said, yawning. "Maybe a little more than just a little", Luke replied. "But I-", Lorelai was cut off by Luke's finger on her lips, signaling her to be quiet.

"Shh, sleep", he said, pulling the blanket over her. Lorelai nodded, yawning again "Yeah, sleep", she repeated, already nodding off. Luke sat on the bed just staring at Lorelai, wiping the tears on her cheeks with his thumb.

Rory!, he thought. Luke kissed Lorelai's forehead and whispered "Sweet dreams" before getting up and heading downstaird to fill Rory in on the news. When Luke reached the botton of the steps he almost bumped into Rory, who was getting impatient and wanting to see her mom.

"Luke, there you are! What was taking so long?", Rory asked, obviously worried from the snippets of conversation she had heard from downstairs in the diner. "Um, why don't you come upstairs, we can talk about it there", Luke replied, not wanting speak of Lorelai's private business in the diner where both Miss. Patty and Babette, Stars Hollows two biggest gossip queens, could hear them. "Okay", Rory replied, following Luke back up the steps.

"Your mom, uh, fell asleep", Luke replied as he opened the door to his apartment. "Oh, well, thats good, I guess. She needs some sleep, it's been a hectic day for her", Rory replied, not sure of what else to say. "Yeah, it has", Luke replied.

"I can't believe Max did this", Rory replied after a few moments of uncomfterble silence, her voice breaking. "I-I hate him for doing this. For hurting mom, for hurting me", she said, tears now flowing freely down her cheeks. Luke instinctivly walked over to Rory and hugged her.

Luke couldn't believe how un-akward this felt. It felt right to him because Rory was like a daughter to him, to him she was still a the little seven year old girl who he took care of when she crashed her bike and scraped her knee.

It was an ordinary day and Luke was wiping the counter during the usual afternoon lull when Lane Kim rushed into the diner, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Lane whats wrong? Are you okay?", Luke asked, worried.

"I-it's...R-Rory", she managed to choke out.

Luke's face went pale. "What happened to Rory, where is she?", he asked, panicked. "Follow me!", she replied, zooming out of the diner with Luke following close behind.

A few feet away from the Gazebo was Rory, next to a toppled over bike, crying and holding her knee. Luke rushed to her side immediatley "Rory, are you okay? What happened?", Luke asked.

"I-I was riding my bike and I rode over a rock a-and fell off", she said through her tears. "I want my mommy, Luke", she cried. "We'll call her Rory, lets go to the diner so I can get you a band-aid and we can call your mom, okay?" Rory nodded. "Can I have a barbie band-aid?", she asked. "Well, um, I only have the plain kind but I'm sure mommy can give you a barbie one after, okay?", Luke replied. "Okay", Rory said.

Luke scooped Rory up in his arms and walked toward the diner, Lane following behind. Luke set Rory down on one of the chairs in the diner. "I'll be right back", he said, going up to his apartment to get a band-aid. Looking through his first aid kit Luke saw a pink barbie band-aid. How the hell did that get there, Luke thought. He grabbed the band-aid and hurried back down the steps, when he reached the bottom he saw that Rory had stopped crying and she and Lane were calmly talking.

"Hey, Rory guess what? I found a barbie band-aid after all", Luke said. "Yay", she exclaimed, happily. Luke put the band-aid on Rory's knee and went behind the counter. "Do you girls want cookies?", Luke asked.

"Cookies!", they both exclaimed in unison. "I'll take that as a yes", Luke chuckled, getting two chocolate chip cookies out and handing them to Lane and Rory. "I better call your mom", Luke said to Rory. "Where is she?"

"Doose's", Rory replied. "She was getting supplied for our movie night while Lane and I rode my new bike. Oh no-my bike! It's all ruined! Mommy's gonna be mad at me", Rory said, begining to cry.

"Don't worry Ror, she's not going to be mad, she'll just be happy that you're okay", Luke reassured her. "O-okay", Rory said hesitantly. Luke walked behind the counter, picking up the phone and dialing the all to farmiliar number of Lorelai's cell phone.

"Hello", Lorelai answered after the first ring.

"Hey Lorelai, it's Luke."

"Hey Luke, what's up?", she replied.

"Um, Rory got hurt, she uh, fell of her bike-but she's okay, she's here with me and Lane in the diner", Luke added, not wanting Lorelai to freak out. "Oh my gosh, I shouldn't have left her alone, I'll be right there!", she replied, hanging up.

Luke hung up the phone and walked to where Lane and Rory were sitting "She said she'll be right-"

Luke was interrupted by Lorelai running into the diner "Rory!", she yelled, running up to her daughter and hugging her tightly. "M-mom, you're crushing me now, just a little to much love", she said. "Sorry", Lorelai replied. "Are you okay?", she asked, worried.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just scraped my knee, but Luke got me a band-aid, a barbie one and everything, he even gave me a cookie", she said excitedly. "Oh, really", Lorelai asked, giving Luke a teasing look. "You, of all people, had a barbie band-aid?", Lorelai teased.

Lue shrugged. "I have no clue how it got there", he defended. "Sure you don't", she replied, continuing to tease him and shooting him a sexy smile.

Luke smiled at the memory of Lorelai, dare he say, flirting with him that day and also smiling as he remembered howcute both Rory and Lane were. Rory gently pulled away, smiling as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I just, uh, want you to know Luke, that you're like a dad to me. I mean, I have fun with my real dad and everything but he could never really be like a parental figure to me, ya know? More like just a friend to hang out with. As for Max...he was just Max...", she told Luke honestly, hugging him.

"And you're like a daughter to me, Rory. I care about you and your mom alot, I'll always be around, Ror", he replied, hugging her back. "I love you-daddy", she whispered into his ear. "I love you to Princess", she replied back.

When they pulled away Rory had a distressed look on her face "Um look, could you not tell mom about this? Just keep it between you and me?", she asked."I'm not sure how she'd feel about it. I mean, I know she won't be mad or anything, I just want to talk to her about it, by myself, at a better time."

"No problem", Luke replied, understanding Rory's concern. "Um, look I really hate to do this but I really have to gey back to Yale...I have this big test and-"

"Go", Luke interrupted Rory. "I don't have to go now, I can just stay a little longer and-"

"Go", he repeated. "I've got everythig under control, I'll take good care of her, I promise", Luke siad, emphasising on the 'promise'. Rory smiled 'I know you will. Bye daddy", she said.

"Bye Princess", he replied.

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Around 5:30 Lorelai woke up to the sound of banging pots and pans and a heavely smell coming from the kitchen area.

She blinked her eyes a few times, trying to really wake herself up and then got out of bed. She walked to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. God, I look like crap, she thought. She splashed cold water on her face, put her hair in a ponytail and walked into the kitchen.

"Hey Sleepyhead", Luke greeted her as she sat down at the table. Lorelai grunted. "Boy, you sure are cranky when you first get up", he replied with a chuckle. Lorelai narrowed her eyes, glaring at him.

"Okay, okay. You don't like to be teased when you first wake up, got it. I'll add it to the list of Lorelai quirks I need to remember." The two of them sat, or in Luke's case, stood in silence while Luke cooked dinner.

Lorelai sighed "Sorry I'm being such a bitch to you", Lorelai apologized, feeling bad that Luke was doing so much for her and she was being all bitchy to him. "It's okay", Luke replied.

"No, it's not okay. You're doing all this for me and and I'm being a total ass", she said. "Really Lorelai, it's okay. No ne expects you to be in a good moo, god knows I was cranky when Nicole cheated on me", Luke said, he understood that being cheated on was really hard, especially when you're married.

"Yeah well, I should atleast be decent to you." Lorelai paused "I really do aprreciate everything you're doing and have done", Lorelai said, chuckling as she remembered Luke punching Max square in the face.

"Yeah well, like I said before, what are friends for?", Luke repeated. "You're my best friend, Lorelai", Luke said, going over to her. "I'd do anything for you, I hope you know that", he said looking directly into her eyes.

Lorelai smiled I'm his best friend!, she was partying on the inside. "Same goes. You are my best friend, Luke. Sure I have Sookie and Rory but there are alot of things I can talk to you about that I can't about to Rory or Sookie. I love how you sit and just listen to me rant on and on about absolute nonsence and how you put up with all of my 'Lorelai Quirks', I love how I can tell you anything because I know you're not going to tell anyone and how you put up with my crazy coffee addiction. I'd stop what I'm doing in the drop of a hat to help you out Luke, I know I'm probably not good at showing it but I reallt care about you", Lorelai said.

Wow, Luke thought, Who knew Lorelai could be so deep? Luke and Lorelai held each others hands...their faces getting closer and closer until...

Muahaha, I am very evil! So how did you like it? It was really long compared to my normal chapters, huh? Anyway, will they kiss or not? Review and I'll update faster!