Chapter 7

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Reaching her front porch, Lorelai was struck with the realization that Luke hadn't been in her house since they had started- whatever they had started. The thought made her shy about him coming in for some reason, but she tried to shake the feeling. Fumbling with the key, Luke could tell that something was suddenly wrong.

"Lorelai, what's going on?" he asked carefully.

"Um, yeah why?" she answered in standard Lorelai fashion when she was nervous about something. Then she started babbling, about, like normal, anything at all.

But Luke stopped her. "Lorelai, tell me what's wrong?" a little more forceful, really wanting to fix whatever problem she was having.

"Um, nothing- well see it's just that-"She stopped for a minute, and realized how stupid this worry was. "We, haven't been together…….in my house…since…..we've been dating." She finished softly.

Luke thought that it might be something like that, and was prepared for it. "Lorelai, this thing that we've started, me and you………I told you that I was in. And that means talking out every worry that you have about us."

Lorelai couldn't believe the amazing-ness of the guy standing in front of her. She had to stare at him for a minute, just in awe of what an amazing guy he was, and how perfect they truly were for each other. "Luke, when Rory was little, I never, I never had….relationships… at my house- in my house. Luke, Max was the first guy I let in my house." She didn't really know what she was trying to say, but she was trying to get a point across. I'm in too is what her heart was saying. But there was more to it then that to express to him. She tried again, "It's still weird for me to bring a guy home Luke. I messed up bringing Max here. And what's even weirder, is that you have been in my house a million times!" You belong here in my house, her heart told her. Suddenly she was ready for him to come in. Max coming in had been a mistake, but not Luke. "You know what? Come in Luke. Weirdness over."

Luke didn't question it; he just walked into her house after her. He hadn't noticed all the food that Lorelai had had in her arms until now. "Lorelai! I said that I would bring over hamburgers and fries! What else do you need?"

"You can't give me everything that I need Mr. Backwards Baseball Cap! I still need to eat, especially on movie night." She smiled and kissed him as she was saying this.

"You and your movie night food." Was all he got out before he kissed her back.

For some reason they separated awkwardly, Lorelai had no idea why- maybe it was still about being in her house, but it was now a good time to start the movie. "Well, the movie." She said nervously. "Now, do you remember the rules of movie night?"

"You mean the rules, that last time we watched a movie, you broke every single one of?" he said sarcastically.

"Yeah, those." She answered innocently and with a flash of a smile.

'Yeah, I remember."

"Um, well good." She said, and sat next to him on the couch. This is so weird! She thought. There were so many memories of the two of them here, and it was weird having him here as her boyfriend. "Luke" she said finally, "this is weird."

"Yeah, it is." And then he waited a minute, "Lorelai, why is this so weird, I have been here a million times, we have also sat and watched a movie together before. This shouldn't be weird."

"Well it is, and that's just it! Because you have been here a million times, that's the point! We are here in a different way then any of those other times. It's weird to be with you here, now as…..together."

"Lorelai, can we talk about something?"

Oh no! I have bothered him already! "Sure, what?"

"We have already talked about the fact that I have loved you for 8 years. Every other time I came over here, I loved you. I had just been hiding it. So nothing has changed on my end. Does that make since?"

Lorelai breathed in, okay, she knew that this conversation would have to happen sometime, and she was ready for it. "Yeah, it does Luke. I hadn't thought of that before. We have had a really weird friendship, and I never really knew what to think of it. Changing from liking each other and hiding, to starting a relationship, is an odd transition, because of the odd friendship." She didn't quite know how to say what she knew he was waiting for, so she breathed in and continued. "Luke, I have loved you for the last 8 years too." Her eyes were soft and focused on him, she said this quietly, almost under her breath.

But Luke heard it, and couldn't help the smile from forming on his face. He had just heard the words that he had longed for years. He let that settle in his heart and said, "Okay, then everything else will work out."

I promise that the next one will be longer.