A/N I can't believe it's been more than two years since I started this. I'm very, very bold. I am updating now and I hope you like this all of you. This is for all of you who reviewed recently, thanks to Wendy especially. Yours was a great review, well-rounded critique and all that! And, gilmoregirl 1979, if you're still out there, I have finally done your bidding. I know I said I would before, but it happens (kinda) in this chapter. Enjoy!

After convincing Luke to eat something devilishly chocolately, Lorelai began to get restless.

'Hey, let's go do something' she said, tapping him playfully on the arm.

'Please let it be some exercise, I don't think my body can tolerate that much sugar,' Luke groaned, flopping back into his chair.

'Please, you baby, Rory and I once ate three entire chocolate cakes and still had room for pizza. Of course we couldn't walk for three hours and Rory threw up for twenty minutes, but we were still proud of ourselves'

'I really don't want to hear about your eating "accomplishments", I don't even feel right giving you pie after you've eaten a burger and fries.'

'Hey, let's go back to the B&B. I saw some more tourist guides there.'

'Great, maybe we'll find a show-tune singing goat, or the world's happiest iguana.'

'Oh, don't tease, you know how I love show tunes, and sung by a goat? That's my idea of heaven.'

'Let's just go.'

As they approached the B&B, they noticed a crowd forming up ahead.

'What do think is going on there?' Lorelai asked, peering over the head of the man in front of her.

'I dunno, someone found a really big daisy?' Luke replied, trying to push through the ever-growing mob.

'Hey, kid, what's happening' Lorelai asked, nudging a passing boy.

'Haven't you heard? Todd Gipstein III's here!'

'Ummm, who?' Luke asked

'Todd Gipstein I's grandson, the daffodil guy! Please, I gotta see this!' the boy then pushed on further through the crowd, 'hey, Dillon, have you heard…'

'Oh…my…did I hear correctly? Did he actually say this for the daffodils guy's grandson? Or did he say Bono, and I misheard?' Lorelai said slowly, gazing after the boy.

'Well if you misheard, then I did too.' Luke said, stunned, almost speechless.

'Who would have thought there'd be a day when I would think of Stars Hollow and think…? "Normal"'

'Yeah…I…I, uh. Wow.'

Yeah. Come on, we have to get back to the B&B. How are we going to get through this crowd? I'll be trampled!'

'You will not be trampled. You might trample someone, but you would not allow yourself to be trampled.'

'Fine, but we'll still get separated.'

Luke thought for a moment 'Right, take my hand, at least this way; you'll have an accessory if you do trample someone.'

'Yeah, that's, uh, that's sensible and practical. That's you, old practical Butch.' Lorelai prattled, giving Luke a gentle punch on the arm.

'Geez, Lorelai, come on, I haven't got cooties. We're going to get lost.' The crowd was closing in and becoming more forceful.

'Okay, let's go,' Lorelai took her hand up into the air and, with an exaggerated flourish brought it down into Luke's.

'Let's go.'

The closer they got to the B&B, the more people there seemed to be. The crowd was so dense at one point; Lorelai was pressed right up into Luke's back. They finally reached the B&B and, after having to show two kinds of ID to the men at the entrance, to confirm that they were in fact guests, and not daffodil-crazed stalkers they entered the lobby of the B&B.

It took Lorelai quite a while to realise she was still clutching Luke's hand, and when she did, she gasped quietly and let it drop quickly. When she did this, Luke looked up, and for a moment held Lorelai's gaze. The moment ended and they both took a step back, and Luke felt the colour rising in his face; Lorelai had trouble finding something to do with her hands.

Thankfully, at this moment, Maud, the B&B's elderly owner came over, holding a clipboard.

'L. Danes and L. Gilmore?' she asked.

'What? Oh, yes, I'm L. Gilmore. Lorelai Gilmore, that is, my first name is not L. that would be strange, but I suppose Reese Witherspoon was called Elle in Legally Blonde, but then you would be asking for E Gilmore, or E. Woods, really would be more accurate… But I'm not E. Woods, I'm L. Gilmore, so really, there's no confusion. Well, I probably just caused a bit of confusion, didn't I? I'm sorry.' Lorelai went back to staring at the floor

'Yes…right. The two of you are together, aren't you?' Maud asked.

'What? No! We're jut friends. This is my friend Luke Danes. He's just a friend. I just got out of a relationship and he just got divorced, this wouldn't even be the right time for a relationship, so were just friends.' Lorelai again began rambling at break-neck speeds, and glanced over to see Luke smiling, laughing at her even.

'I'm sorry, sweetheart; I just meant that you came here to Lafayette together. I didn't mean anything by it.'

'Oh, right, no, it's okay we did come together…on the aeroplane – Luke was scared and he said –'

'Yes, we did come together, what seems to be the problem?' Luke said, placing his hand on Lorelai's arm to try and stop her from starting off into another ramble.

'Well, as you know, Todd Gipstein III is here, and he is one of our preferred customers. We always try to accommodate him when he comes here, and that, unfortunately leaves us a little short of rooms.'

'Okay, but there's only two other guests here besides us and there are about eight rooms in this B&B. How are you short of rooms? Lorelai asked, having calmed down significantly from before.

'Mr Gipstein has his entourage with him, of course.' Maud replied, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

'His entourage, yes, how silly of me.' Lorelai said, quickly catching Luke's eye to share a smirk.

'Anyway, as I said that leaves us a little short of rooms, and we were wondering if the two of you would mind sharing.'

'Sharing what? A room? Oh I don't know' Lorelai said, looking over to Luke.

'Yeah, I'm not sure that would be the best solution,' he said quickly.

'It's really the only solution, unless you wanted to change hotels. I contacted the Tower Hotel and the young man at the desk there said they had plenty of room.' Maud said, consulting her clipboard.

'Man by the name of Bernie Ernie, by any chance?' Luke asked.

'Yes, very pleasant fellow. Shame about the name.'

'Yeah, I don't think there's any room at the Tower hotel, for some reason.' Lorelai said, again catching Luke's eye.

'Well, if you're sure. It seems that you will have to share. I'm sorry.' Maud then walked away, leaving Luke and Lorelai alone again.

'So…' Lorelai began 'It won't be awful, will it? It's a funny story for when we get back, at least.' She smiled weakly.

'I think we have enough of those already, don't you?' Luke replied, smiling slightly.

'True…We don't really have to deal with this until later, we can just go out and have fun, maybe something will have changed when we get back?' Lorelai suggested.

'Yeah let's just find something to do,' Luke said as they headed over to the desk to pick up some more brochures. 'Let's see…'

'I've got it!' Lorelai exclaimed picking up a fawn-coloured brochure.

'Lorelai I don't know…'

'Come on it'll be great, just me, you and the great outdoors.'

'I know, that's what worries me,' Luke replied.

'You know you want to. What, you scared again?' she teased.

'No,' Luke scoffed, 'I'll go then'

'Great, horseback-riding it is, then.'

A/N Ta da! There it is, then, tell me what y'all think!