Jordan stared at Lorelai. "Oh, I do. Once a tramp, always a tramp, Lorelai." She turned and walked out, leaving Lorelai and Luke sitting on the hood of the Jeep, staring after her.

"You know her?" Luke asked.

"I went to high school with her," Lorelai said, sliding off the trunk of her car. "You dated her, I hated her." She grabbed the blanket off the hood and went around the back and threw it in the trunk. Luke appeared next to her.

"Lorelai…"

"Luke," Lorelai said, slamming the trunk door. "What's the biggest mistake you ever made in your life?"

Luke looked at her. "Let's talk about this in the car."

Lorelai nodded and got in the car and drove out of the parking lot and onto another road. "Luke?"

Luke opened his mouth and closed it. Lorelai looked at him as he tried to formulate words in his mouth. He grabbed her hand and opened his mouth to speak once more.

"I was fourteen," Luke started, not quite sure what to say and uncomfortable with having to say too much. "And I borrowed my Dad's truck. Of course I couldn't drive, I mean, I was fourteen." He looked at Lorelai to see if she was still listening to him, and when she looked at him she nodded him to go on.

"Well, Kirk was on his unicycle. He'd just gotten it." Luke gave Lorelai a look and raised his eyebrows, a chuckle forming in his voice. "Taylor was yelling about some new raisins or something… I can't really remember."

"Are raisins really essential to the story?" Lorelai quipped. Luke looked at her. "Sorry," she muttered. "Go on, go on," she waved her hand as if to illustrate.

"So, Kirk heard about the raisins and tried to cut in front of me to ride his unicycle into Doose's, and of course I swerved. Probably shouldn't because then we wouldn't have to deal with Kirk, but hey, hindsight is 20/20."

Lorelai laughed a little and Luke smiled at her. "So, I swerved, and I swerved so hard into my Dad's Hardware Store."

Lorelai covered her mouth. "So yeah. Needless to say, my Dad didn't know I'd taken the truck The glass crashed all over the place, the car was ruined. Some little kid in the corner got glass stuck in her doll's hair."

"So you crashed the truck and ruined the hardware store."

"Basically. Who wants to buy nails and wood and hammers from a man whose building comes down with one little truck and a fourteen-year-old son?" Luke said.

"What'd your Dad do?" Lorelai asked, bring her knees up to her chest and turning to face him, leaning against the car door.

"He looked at me mortified, then he ran over and took me in his arms and asked me if I was okay."

"Did he yell at you or anything?" Lorelai asked.

"Well, he didn't talk much for a few hours, and he made me pay for the damage by working in his store."

"Understandable" Lorelai stated.

"Yeah, but after I'd paid him back, he gave me the money. Told me he just wanted me to responsible."

"Woah," Lorelai said. "So I guess that wasn't that bad."

"Well, I beat myself up for it a lot, but yeah, Dad was real good," Luke said. "He made me feel like it was okay." Lorelai smiled and squeezed his hand, trying to imagine teenage Luke crashing into the hardware store.

"What about you?" Luke asked, squeezing her hand back.

"What about me?" Lorelai asked, forgetting her original question.

"Biggest mistake." Luke said. Lorelai bit her lip and looked at her hands, tears threatening to form in her eyes. She looked up at Luke and tried to smile at him. She started to shake her head, and he nodded, but then she stopped.

"You don't have to tell me," Luke said quickly. "It's okay."

Lorelai studied him for a moment, before kicking herself inside. You want to be with this man. You want to be happy with him. You have to tell him sometime… I'm going to tell him.

"I'll tell you," Lorelai said, wiping the hair out of her face, and blinking back the tears. Lorelai sighed and opened her mouth. She felt Luke run his thumb over her hand and she smiled lightly and looked up at him.

"I was seventeen. I had sex with my boyfriend. I got pregnant," Lorelai stopped there. Luke looked at her in shock. She had an abortion? She has a kid I don't know about? No, she wouldn't call her child a mistake.

Luke looked at her for a minute, wondering if she'd go on. "Um, what happened?"

Lorelai looked at him. "I miscarried." Luke swallowed, a million thoughts running through his head. Is she okay? How did she deal with that? Is that why she has such a hard trouble with relationships? Is this the break-up? Is that what Jordan was talking about earlier? Did everyone know?

Luke squeezed her hand softly, and tears fell down Lorelai's face. Luke pulled her closer to him, taking her in his arms. She laid her head against his chest. "Chris told everyone. He must have told Jordan. I didn't know she knew… I mean, she always thought I was a tramp, but I wasn't. We only did it once. And it's not like she can talk. It just hurts…" Lorelai rambled on and on, and Luke stared at her confusingly, wondering what to do. He put his hand over her mouth and she looked at him wide-eyed.

"Are you okay, Lorelai?"

Lorelai looked at him and nodded. "It was a long time ago."

"Are you okay, Lorelai?" he repeated, wanting her to know that time had nothing to do with his question.

"I'm getting there," she smiled weakly. "You can leave if you want. You probably think I'm trash."

"No." Luke said. "I'm all in, remember?"

Lorelai wiped her eyes on Luke's shirt and then looked up at him. "Oh, sorry."

Luke ran his fingers through her hair, "It's okay, Lorelai."

Lorelai stared up at him. He was perfect. He'd taken the news perfectly. He hadn't belittled her pain or tried to gloss over it, but he had moved on and not stayed on the depressing topic for too long. And he was still there, holding her tight and being with her. This is it. She thought. He's the one I want forever.

"Luke." Lorelai said, wiping her tears from her face. Luke looked at her and didn't say a word, but his eyes said it all. He was going to do whatever he could to be there for her. "Can we wait?" Lorelai asked softly, scared of what he might say, regardless of what his eyes said.

"Wait." Luke repeated. Lorelai looked up at him and nodded.

"Until we're married… maybe… Until I'm ready… I don't know… Just wait," Lorelai said.

"I'll wait for you. I want you, but I'll wait forever for you." Luke said, kissing her forehead.

"I won't make you wait forever," Lorelai smiled.

Luke looked at her and squeezed her hand. "It doesn't change anything about us. It won't change how I feel about you."

Lorelai smiled. "Really?"

"You made a mistake, Lorelai. I made a mistake once or twice. It's impacted your life enough already."

Lorelai smiled and scooted over to the drivers side, keeping her hand in Luke's. She smiled as Luke scooted over as close to her as he could. He picked up her hand in his and kissed it. She smiled and started the car and drove home. She would never be over this, but she would be happy. She would be happy with Luke.