A/N Hi guys! Thanks for all the reviews!
BluJPlover- Kurt Russell look alike may come at the end. Your right, something good does have to happen on June 3rd.
TheCoffeeBean- First off, I love your user name! And thank you so much for your review! It really inspired me!
Nikkitan89- Ah, you'll have to see what happened to Lorelai. Thanks for your review!
Chlse513- Thanks and good ideas!
Goclo92- Thanks. He was kinda like T.J. too. T.J always really annoyed me. Did he annoy you?
Fazzerduck- I don't like the man much longer either. Trust me, he won't be in the story much longer. wink
Kristen- Thanks for your review! At first, I was going to make the man fall off the plank, but I decided to keep him just a little bit longer.
"Lorelai… what happened?" Luke asked as he knelt beside her and started to stroke her hair.
"Oh, Luke, it was horrible." Lorelai said and started crying again.
Seeing Lorelai like this broke Luke's heart. He wanted her to be her normal, sparkly self. "Lorelai, you have to tell me what happened."
Lorelai took a deep breath. Her sobs were starting to subside. "He took me back here when you guys were helping Logan and started kissing me. I tried to get away but he wouldn't let me. He just kept kissing me. I finally broke away for the 2nd time and yelled your name, but you didn't hear me. He thought you did, well because he's about as smart as Burt, so he ran back. God, I was so scared. All he did was kiss me though." Lorelai said this all in one breathe.
"All he did was kiss you?" Luke asked, skeptical.
"Yah, but I hated it." Lorelai said.
Luke was so mad. He took a deep breath. "I'm gonna kill him."
"Can I watch?" Lorelai said, eagerly.
"Sure. Are you sure you're okay?" Luke asked, concerned.
"Yah, I'm fine. It was just really scary."
"I can imagine." Luke said.
"I mean, I haven't kissed another man, besides you, in like 2 years!" Lorelai joked.
"And you won't for the rest of your life." Luke told her.
"You bet." Lorelai kissed Luke tenderly. It was so much better than kissing that man. Luke loved her. He would do anything for her.
They broke apart when both needed oxygen. "Are you going to go kill him now?" Lorelai asked Luke, with a glint in her eyes. Her sparkle was back.
"Oh, yah. Let's go. Lorelai, I promise I won't leave you alone with him ever again. It was my fault he did that to you." Luke blamed himself.
"Luke!" Lorelai said surprised. "It is not your fault! That guy is stupid and an ass. It wasn't your fault! Don't you dare blame yourself!"Lorelai scolded.
"Okay. Thanks." Luke gently kissed her. "Let's go."
Luke and Lorelai walked back to the group, hand in hand. The man was surprised. He thought by kissing Lorelai, he would break them up. No such luck. He'd trust have to try harder.
Rory came up to Luke and Lorelai. Something had happened to Lorelai and she wanted to know what.
"Mom, what happened?" Rory asked, concerned.
"Come over here with me and Luke and I'll tell you." Lorelai pointed to a corner. Lorelai, Rory, and Luke moved to the corner and Lorelai started explaining what happened. "Well, while, you guys were helping Logan, that man took me down that hallway and started kissing me." Rory gasped. "He wouldn't stop. I tried to get free once but he just kept doing it. Finally, I pushed him away and called Luke's name. Luke didn't hear me, but the man thought he did. He ran back down the hall. Luke came and got me." Lorelai smiled up at Luke.
After Lorelai finished telling the story, Rory went u to Luke and gave him a huge hug. "Thank you for always taking care of mom." Rory whispered in his ear.
"My pleasure." He whispered back, surprised by Rory's hug, but happy.
Lorelai watched Rory hug Luke and whisper something to him. Luke had always been there for Rory and her, and he had always been a father to Rory. Now, with them getting married, they were just making it official.
"We should probably get going." Luke said softly.
Luke, Lorelai, and Rory walked back out to the group. Luke was happy until he saw that man. He got angry just by looking at him. Finally, his anger took over him. He marched right up to the man and punched him in the jaw. Lorelai and Rory came up by Luke. The man was now kneeling on the ground.
"Let's go, guys!" Luke said and the group followed. The man followed slowly behind, his jaw still bleeding. They walked down the long hallway. There were little flames all along the hall. Finally they came to the end of the hall. They were meant with tons and tons of water. There were low ceilings just above the water. They would have to stay under water for about three minutes to get to the other side. There was no other way. They would have to swim.
"We have to swim." Luke said, uncertain.
"Uh, no." Lorelai said with force.
"We have to. There's no other way across. Look, you can do it. Trust me." Luke said and gave her hand a squeeze.
Lorelai took a deep breath. "Okay, I'll do it." She said determinedly.
Luke smiled. "Good. We can pretty much all go at the same time. You guys ready?" Luke asked.
Rory came up by Lorelai and gave her hand a squeeze. "Hold my hand when we go?" Rory asked Lorelai.
"You bet, babe." Lorelai replied.
They all dove in to the rigid water. They swam with all their strength. Lorelai and Rory were still holding hands. They were holding hands the whole time, never letting go of each other. Luke was right behind Lorelai, keeping his promise by never leaving her side. Logan was right in front of Rory, making sure she was okay. The old man was way behind the group. His nose was still hurting pretty badly. He was swimming fine but then his head hit something sharp. The group was pretty far ahead of him so they couldn't help him, not like they would even if they were right by him. He slowly started to black out and he sunk lower and lower………….
The whole group made it to the other side. Logan came up first. He quickly turned around and saw Lorelai and Rory, still holding hands come up next. They let go of each other's hands and Rory gave Logan a huge hug, and then kissed him. Lorelai quickly turned around and waited for Luke to come up. He came up a moment later and Lorelai tackled him with a hug. They kissed and then hugged again.
Lorelai then realized that the man wasn't there. "Luke, where's the evil man?" Lorelai asked.
"I…I… don't know." Luke said. Just then they saw they saw a spot of blood in the water.
"I think something happened to him." Lorelai said. She was relieved that he couldn't pester her anymore, but she didn't want him to die.
"Luke, I didn't want him to die." Lorelai told him.
"I know. That's because no matter how mean people are to you, you still always want them to be happy. You're a great person like that, Lorelai. But you have to let it go. He did something horrible to you." Luke told her.
"Yah, your right. I'm gonna just let it go." Lorelai told Luke.
Lorelai and Luke looked over at Rory and Logan and saw that they were just talking and ready to go. They did over hear, though, what happened to the man. It was a little sad, but he did hurt Lorelai.
"You guys ready to go?" Luke asked Logan and Rory.
"Yah, let's go." They said and stood up.
Luke and Lorelai stood up also and Luke put his arm around Lorelai. Lorelai put her head on his shoulder and they continued walking. Logan and Rory were in front of them, doing the same thing and they were talking about something.
"How long have your mom and Luke known each other" Logan asked Rory.
"Oh, since I was 11. Mom and I moved to Stars Hollow when I was 1 and we lived in a potting shed behind an inn. We finally got enough money to move to our house now when I was 11. The first day we moved in, we went to Luke's for coffee. Mom and Luke were best friends for 8 years before they got together." Rory told him.
"How did they get together?" Logan asked Rory. He seemed interested in the story.
"Luke finally got the guts to ask her to his sister's wedding. Mom didn't think it was a date though at first. Then he asked her to go to a movie when he walked her home. The next day mom took me outside the diner and told me everything that happened and asked me if she was dating Luke. I told her I thought she was. She then came back in to the diner and Luke came up to her and asked her what that was about. She tripped on the table and fell on it and knocked everything over. It was hilarious." Rory laughed along with Logan at the memory.
"Then at mom's test run, they kissed. Luke went away to help his sister for the summer but when he got back they started dating. Then last year, when I dropped out, mom was devastated. She went to Luke and he made this whole plan to get me back in to school. Then she asked him to marry her and he said yes." Rory said. She then smiled at Logan.
"Hey, Ace?" Logan asked.
"Yah?" Rory asked.
"I love you." Logan said for the first time to Rory.
Rory smiled. "I love you too."
Meanwhile, Lorelai and Luke were walking and talking (hehe...ryme!) Lorelai had just over heard a little bit of Rory and Logan's conversation.
"Rory's telling Logan our story." Lorelai told Luke.
"She is?" Luke asked.
Lorelai smiled then sighed, content. "Yep." After a moment she asked, "Do you still have that horoscope?"
"Lorelai." Luke warned.
"Luke" Lorelai mimicked in her best Luke voice.
Luke sighed. "Yes."
"Yay!" Lorelai jumped then clapped her hands together.
"Jeez." Luke grumbled, secretly enjoying the conversation.
The group continued walking. After awhile they came to a dead end. The only thing there was a large vent.
"Great. No way out." Logan complained.
"Wait, do you hear that?" Rory asked, referring to the water she heard.
"Um…yes." Lorelai said and started to panic. "Luke, where's the water coming from?" Lorelai grabbed on to his arm.
Luke took a second to listen. "I think it's coming towards us." Luke said, scared.
"What!" Logan, Rory, and Lorelai said together.
"The only way out is to open the vent and go to wherever it takes us." Luke reasoned.
"But we don't know where it takes us!" Lorelai said, very scared.
"Yah, but it's better than getting attacked by water." Rory said.
"Come on, we have to go now. The water is getting closer." Luke said.
The whole group entered to vent, one by one, in single file. Luke was first, Lorelai and Rory were in the middle, and Logan was last. They came to a point in the vent where there was a turn and to their left, below them, there were tons of water. It was getting higher by the minute. They had to hurry. Luke led them to the top of the vent. But there was another guard, blocking their way out. They had to climb up the steep passage going up and now they were trying to keep their footing in the passage. Luke tried to push the guard up, but it wouldn't work. He used all his strength to push it, and it wouldn't budge.
"Luke! Hurry up! The water is rising!" Logan said from below everyone.
"I'm trying my best!" Luke said, while giving the guard another push.
"It's rising! It can't be rising! We're going to drown!" Lorelai said as her and Rory began to panic.
"We are not going to drown!" Luke said, determinedly.
The water began to rise even higher, coming up to Logan's neck. They had to get out and soon.
A/N Okay, so how did you guys like that chapter? Are you happy that the old man is gone? Please review and tell me what you thought!
