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Lorelai took a deep breath. Her and Luke were standing outside the Elder Gilmore's enormous house. They were side by side, hand in hand, looking scared to death at the huge wooden door.

"It'll be okay. It can't be that bad," Lorelai said, hoping that she sounded at least a little convincing.

"Are you trying to convince me or yourself?" Luke asked, giving her hand a little squeeze.

"Why? Am I helping you any?" Lorelai asked, taking her eyes away from the intimidating house to look up at Luke.

"Not really," Luke said apologetically.

"I guess myself then," Lorelai said with a shrug. She was trying to lighten the mood a little, but Luke could tell she was scared.

I hate seeing her like this, Luke thought, the spark in her eyes is almost gone. It's replaced with…..fear. I hate that she's so scared. As much as she hates to admit it, she longs for her parent's approval. What kid doesn't?

Luke wrapped Lorelai in a much needed hug.

"It will be okay," Luke said into her ear. Unlike Lorelai, he actually managed to sound like he meant it. She smiled up at him gratefully. He saw a little of that signature spark return to her eyes as she pulled back and rang the doorbell.

The maid, looking scared to death, as most of the Gilmore maids do, brought Luke and Lorelai inside. Richard and Emily were waiting for them in the parlor. Emily did a double take when they entered.

"Oh. Luke. Hello." Emily said coldly. She turned to Lorelai. "Where's Rory?"

"Oh, she had a paper to finish," Lorelai explained.

Emily seemed to accept this explication, seeing as how she didn't ask any more questions, so they all sat down to drinks. Drinks actually went relatively smoothly, to Lorelai's surprise. It wasn't until dinner when things really blew up.

Lorelai looked across the table at Luke. He gave her and encouraging nod, and she took a deep breath.

"Mom, dad, Luke and I have some news," Lorelai began.

Richard and Emily looked up at her. Richard looked semi-interested. Emily just looked bored.

"We're getting married!" Lorelai said, grinning, despite the fact that she was dreading her parent's response.

Emily merely shook her head, while Richard asked Luke to pass the peas. Luke, after politely passing the peas, looked over to Lorelai, clearly confused. He could see that Lorelai was ready to blow.

This is not gonna be good, Luke thought, bracing himself for the showdown that was about to occur.

"That's it?" Lorelai asked, trying to contain her anger. "You're not even gonna say anything?"

"Well, what do you want us to say?" Emily asked. "It's not like you're actually going to get married."

Lorelai's jaw dropped.

Ouch, Luke thought. Lorelai is not going to like that one.

"Excuse me?" Lorelai asked, not even trying to control her self now.

"Your mother's right, Lorelai. You've done this before," Richard put in.

"You've got to be kidding me! I've done this once. I've been engaged once, and it was a completely different situation. Max wasn't right for me. Luke is. Luke is different." Lorelai practically yelled.

"They're all 'different,' Lorelai," Emily said rolling her eyes. "Luke is not good enough for you. Eventually you will come to your senses and realize this, and you'll call off the wedding, and this little cycle of yours will start all over again."

"You know what? I'm done with you two," Lorelai fumed, getting up from the table. "Come on Luke, we're leaving."

Luke got up and followed Lorelai out. He was shell-shocked. They got into Luke's car and sat in silence for a moment. Lorelai could tell that her parents said had gotten to Luke and hit him hard.

Luke, don't do this, Lorelai thought, don't listen to them; don't doubt us.

Geez, Luke was thinking. I knew the Gilmore's were bad, but – whoa.

Luke started the car and they pulled into the road. Lorelai couldn't take the silence anymore. She knew Luke was thinking, but she was scared of what Luke was thinking.

"I can't believe they would do that; say all those things-especially right in font of you," Lorelai told Luke frustrated. "I mean, that was low, even for my parents."

His eyes were locked on the road. He was trying to wrap his mind around the whole situation.

"You know they were wrong, right?" Lorelai asked, hopefully, "'Cause they were. This is different. You are different. I am going to marry you Luke. You're it for me." Lorelai paused for a moment, taking a deep breath. "I love you, Luke."

Luke nearly swerved the car off the road.

"You okay there?" Lorelai asked, fighting back a grin.

"Yea, it's just; you've never said that before." Luke told her, tearing his eyes off the road for a second to look at her for the first time since they'd left dinner.

"I've wanted to," Lorelai said shyly, but sincerely.

"For how long?" Luke asked.

"I don't know, a while. Probably since about the time we broke up."

"Why didn't you?"

"I don't know. I guess I was scared. This-you, you seemed too good to be true. I was afraid of losing you again." Lorelai said softly. She felt vulnerable, a rare feeling for her, telling him all this, but at the same time she felt safe knowing that he was here. Lorelai scooted closer to him, and he wrapped his arm around her. She snuggled next to him, smiling. He kissed the top of her head. The glow was beck in her eyes, and the perma-grin had returned.

They pulled up in front of a closed Luke's, and Lorelai followed Luke inside. She plopped herself down heavily on a stool by the counter. Luke turned on the coffee pot to make Lorelai some if her much needed favorite coffee. While he was waiting for the coffee, Luke came over and sat next to Lorelai, sighing deeply.

"Luke, I really am so sorry. I have no idea what came over my parents tonight. I mean, they're always bad, but this was a lot, even for them. I swear, I've gotta be adopted," Lorelai said, falling into her babbling mode.

Luke put his hand over her smaller one and squeezed gently.

"Lorelai, it's okay. It's not your fault your parents are insane." Luke said. He leaned over to give her a deep tender kiss before going to get her coffee which Lorelai took upstairs with her. After Luke had some tea and she downed her coffee, they climbed into bed. Luke was looking up at the ceiling.

"Hey Lorelai?" he asked quietly, hoping she wasn't asleep yet.

"Mhh?"

"You know I love you too, right?" Luke asked, hoping he didn't sound too much like a total idiot. Lorelai rolled over to face him, a grin on her face.

How can one man always be so perfect? Lorelai wondered for what seemed like the thousandth time.

"I had an idea." Lorelai teased. "After all, you have to love me to still want to marry into my crazy family." She leaned up to kiss Luke. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. They fit together perfectly. They both closed their eyes and fell into a peaceful sleep.

TBC!

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