Reunion

Chapter Two – Watch Out For That… Car?

Disclaimer: I still don't own Gilmore Girls! (Sad, sad, I know!)

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Lorelai, stunned, stood in front of the phone for nearly two minutes before reality actually hit her. Her mother had gone to talk to Luke. Luke; her ex-boyfriend. And as quickly as the thought had come, all the hope of good things that could have happened at this random meeting of her least and most favorite people had faded. Lorelai turned on her heel and walked towards the kitchen. She hated her mother.

Emily Gilmore always had to butt in. Always. It didn't matter what it was about. If it concerned her daughter, it might as well have been her business, too. It was Emily who had orchestrated the separation of Lorelai and Luke in the first place. Inviting Christopher to her Vow Renewal was the worst thing she could have done. And yet, she still insisted on butting into Lorelai's life. And it was just that. Luke was Lorelai's life.

The days that had passed since that day had seemed to drone on. Day after dismal day eeked by and each hour seemed to hurt more than the last. However, Lorelai was refusing to show it. Everyday she would go to work and put a happy face on for Sookie and Michel and every other employee at The Dragonfly. The only person who really knew was Rory, and she was never around. Lorelai, for the first time in a while, felt alone. Not 'I-have-no-one-to-sit-by' alone, but 'My-heart-is-shattered-and-I-will-die-single' alone.

Once in the kitchen, she paused. Her eyes fell on the coffee pot. She looked away quickly, not wanting to think about him. She needed coffee, though. I can't go to Luke's. God only knows what my mother said to him.

Lorelai walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs. She quickly ducked into her closet. Lazily, she found a pair of jeans and her blue rainbow sweater. She got dressed slowly, not wanting to leave the house. She knew it wouldn't be long before the entire town knew of Emily's surprise visit. And then, once again, Lorelai would be the talk of the town. Dreadfully, she walked down the stairs and stood in the living room for as long as she could think reason for, then she trudged out the door.

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Luke sat at the table in his miniscule apartment. He had thought over Emily's words again and again. Was she really being honest? Did Lorelai really love him as much as Emily claimed that she did? He stood and walked back to the diner. Caesar was hading a plate to a customer and he came back to the counter.

"Hey, you okay, Luke?" Caesar asked as soon as he saw the exhausted look on Luke's face. Luke had the same look on his face for the past couple days. Caesar knew that he and Lorelai weren't together, that was evident from the large boat that occupied the space by the side of the diner. "I know that you and Lorelai split, but you sure you're alright?"

"Yea, alright, I'm fine. Stop bothering me." Luke said, frustrated. He hated the whole town. Everyone kept pestering him about Lorelai. They all offered their apologies and said that they had such a beautiful thing. Each and every comment made Luke want to scream. Just then, Luke looked up and saw Lorelai walking across the street to Doose's. She had the same look on her face that Luke saw in the mirror every morning. Luke quickly came around from the counter and stepped outside.

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Lorelai turned her head slightly and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Luke standing in the door of the diner. She stiffened slightly and jerked her head back to face forward. She quickened her pace slightly, terrified that Luke was going to do something, say something that would make things worse. But what terrified her most was her longing. She couldn't so much as think about him before her eyes would well up with tears. And now, there he saw, forty feet from her. She tried her very hardest to push him out of her head, but her heart wouldn't let her and without knowing it, she found herself looking back in his direction.

Her heart skipped a beat when he smiled. And it skipped two beats when he took that first step towards her. But what made her heart stop was when the car slammed into Luke, knocking him to the ground.

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