Chapter 6
After Luke had gone downstairs and gotten Lorelai's coffee, and she had gulped it down, it was time to get to work. Luke had to get downstairs, Lorelai had to get dressed, and then get to the inn. As she snuck out the back way of Luke's establishment, she realized that she had been smiling the whole time. She couldn't stop! It was like a disease. Luke was her One. The whole world seemed to know and be content with the fact that the two people who were most perfect for each other, were now together. Sure it had taken a lot of broken hearts and wrong relationships to get here- but now she had arrived, and was in the most perfect place she had ever been. Luke was her One. She would never get tired of thinking about that, or how it sounded to her. She had longed to find the One for her for as far back as she could remember. Before Rory, before Christopher, it had been a longing in heart for a long time. And now she had it. She had it! And the world seemed to know it! It was sunny out, and the world was perfect. Nothing could have ruined this day for her. All day she felt like a teenager. Every time the phone rang she got all excited and got butterflies-hoping for it to be Luke. While she was at her desk daydreaming about Luke, Sookie walked in needing her attention.
"Lorelai- I need to know what you think about…….Lorelai! Lor-elaiiiiii?" Sookie tried and tried to get her attention. Finally she snapped her fingers in front of her.
"Agh! What Sookie?" Lorelai jumped
"I have been trying to get your attention for the last minute. What are you thinking about Hun?" knowing pretty well what or WHO she was thinking about.
So Lorelai had no choice. She had to tell Sookie about everything. She talked about their date, and Bud and Maisey. Of course Sookie had met them long ago when she moved into Stars Hollow. But Lorelai hadn't known that. She told her about the horoscope, and how adorable Luke looked when he had pulled it out of his wallet. Sookie screamed and squealed, and jumped up and down like only Sookie can when she is excited. She was also very excited to hear that Luke and Lorelai had finally done- "you know". Sookie was genuinely excited for Lorelai- she had found the one that could make her happy! Sure the whole town had known they were meant to be together for 8 years, and they were just finding that out. But neither was willing to listen until recently. There was so much heart ache that could have been stopped if they had found each other earlier, but it might be more exciting now. Knowing how horrible life had been before, and now it was going to be very good. Life would be very good with Luke and Lorelai going hand in hand. It was a very long day at work for Lorelai; she just wanted to be back with Luke.
Luke was having a lot of the same feelings. He had won the girl of his dream's heart! He had won Lorelai's heart, and not just because of his coffee. After loving her for so long- he had won her affections. Maybe it was too early to say they were in love, but they were on the road there. Because they had known each other for so long, it was hard for Luke's mind not to head to marriage already. Luke had loved her for long enough that that is where he saw the relationship going there- and it had many a times in his mind. He desperately wanted her to feel the same way. But truly, he knew that he would have to bite his tongue about that for awhile. It was just too soon. Maybe he had loved her for that long, but he didn't know if she had. That would definitely be something to talk about- he just hadn't gotten the courage to ask her yet. These might be new feelings for him. All of that would come in time- right now he wanted to revel in the fact that he was with Lorelai Gilmore. And hopefully that would be together forever. Forever with Lorelai. That thought got him through the rest of the day, until he could call her and make plans for that evening.
Lorelai jumped into her car, and grabbed her cell phone. Unfortunately, she tried starting her car, and dialing at the same time. She ended up getting some man named Ed. Hmmmm. Once she had her jeep started, she dialed the diner's number again.
"Luke's" he said, looking at the time to see if it could be Lorelai.
"Hey" she loved the sound of his gruff voice.
"Hey" he said, his voice immediately getting softer. "What do you want to do tonight?" He wondered how long it would be until he stopped getting excited just to hear her voice.
"Whatever you want" she said, truly not caring, just hoping he wanted to do something. "You want to come over and watch a movie?" thinking that that would be relaxing, and they could do whatever once he got there.
"Sure, that sounds great. I will bring over hamburgers and fries at about 7."
"So you know all of my weaknesses huh?" she said, not being able to stop the smile that appeared on her face at the sound of his voice.
"Yeah, I do." Smiling right back, even though they couldn't see each other, the smile was in their voices.
After a long pause of just being lost in thought, Lorelai continued. "I will get the movie, and maybe some more junk food."
"Lorelai that stuff will kill you!" most mocking her, this time not really meaning it, just wanting to start their usual argument, the one that he had always hid behind, trying not to show his real feelings.
"But it's a good way to go!" loving their normal argument. Thinking about their 'normal argument', made her think about when Luke had told her that he had always been in love with her. When Luke had said that, he had absolutely blown her away. She didn't feel deserving of that kind of love, how many times had she messed up a relationship? But she hadn't thought about how long she had loved him. Not sure why that had never come to mind, but it hadn't. Have I loved him the whole time I have lived in Stars Hollow? He waited through Christopher, Max, Christopher again, and then Jason. Had those relationships been doomed from the start because she had always loved Luke? But there was some serious that thought that had to go into all that, and Luke was desperately trying to get her attention. "Sorry Luke, my mind was in Never land for a minute."
"That's okay, are you alright?" honestly worried about her, he had been trying to get her attention for a couple of minutes now.
"Yeah, I'm fine, see you at 7." And she hung up the phone. Wow there was a lot to think about. But she had to let it go for now, because there was a lot to get done. As she pulled into her own driveway, she was still trying to get the thoughts out of her head. They weren't bad thoughts, just some deep thinking, that she truly needed to come to some conclusions about- this was her future. She quickly changed, into what she thought she wanted to wear for her date, and then ran back out the door.
She had no idea what movie Luke would want to see. She pawed through all of the movies, and still couldn't decide. She had made him watch movies with her before, but this time, she really wanted both of them to enjoy it. Finally, it was 6:30, so she grabbed a movie, and ran over to Doosey's to get the junk food. Marshmallows, Nutter Butters, and chips all went into her basket, and she ran to the front. And she had run right into Kirk.
"Hey Lorelai, you should really watch where you are going, you could hurt someone running around like that."
"Got it Kirk, but I really need to go, so- oh look, there's someone else running through the store. Go lecture them."
"I'm not done, see I am now working for an insurance company, and there is great danger in running in such a crowded space. You would rather be late, then dead, am I right Lorelai?"
"Yeah, whatever Kirk. But I stopped running, so go lecture the other runners Kirk!" And with that, she didn't even give him the chance to keep talking to her she walked up to the line, and got out of the store.
On her way back home, Luke showed up behind her. He wrapped his arms around her from the back, kissed her cheek and breathed in her hair. She smells so good. "Hey." He said into her hair.
Lorelai had a huge smile on her face when she turned to him. "Hey, I was just on my way home."
"Well, I will join you" he said and then he took her hand and they walked to her house lost in thoughts about each other.
