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A/N I made it up to 70 reviews. This is my first story that has gone over 40 reviews and I am aiming on getting 100 reviews by the time it is done. Someone, you know who you are requested a little romance so I am going to try it. Hope you enjoy, and please, please, pretty please with sugar on top leave a review I have become a review junkie! This is by far the longest chapter I have ever written, so hope you enjoy! Thank you to all of you that have reviewed!

Time log

3 hours cleaning the garage

2 hours cleaning the gutters

1 hour fixing the oven

2 hours of yard work (not counting countless hours in bed)

Waking up intertwined in Luke's arms was a feeling like no other. Lorelai lay in bed watching this man sleep. He was first man to ever spend the night at the 'crap shack', the first man to ever make her want to lie in bed and stay there, without wanting to bolt. He was Luke, burger flipping, coffee providing, house fixing, shoulder crying Luke, and here he was in her bed peacefully sleeping, like he had always been there, like he belonged there. She couldn't think of one reason she had always kept this possibility at bay. If she really dug down deep enough she knew she loved him. She had loved him for so long she couldn't remember when she had first felt it. She had tried everything, to kill the feeling. She dated, she broke up, she got engaged, she broke up, she watched him with Rachael, and she had encouraged him, all the time loving him. As she lay there with his arm wrapped securely around her, and her head nuzzled against his shoulder, she pondered why she had done it. Why she had always taken the possibility of them together, and locked it away to a place she could not touch, in her heart or in her mind. As she lay there, she knew her answer. Luke was the only man in her life who had always been there. He was her lighthouse in the midst of the storm called her life. He was there for her always offering himself to her in anyway she needed. He could depend on him; she knew that when the going got tough it was him she ran to. The few times they had fought it had torn her apart. Being without him was something she could not live without. This fear had always made her stop, when she felt something was going to happen between them, and that something had happened many time in their relationship. There had been many moments where she felt, that pull towards him, where their eyes had locked together, and she could see how much he wanted to have her as more in his life. She knew she could have drowned in those eyes numerous times, but she could never risk loosing him. She knew she didn't have the best track record with men, and Luke…Luke was not an option she could loose. Lying here in bed she breathed in the scent of him, she nuzzled herself closer and prayed that this was her beginning, middle and forever. She vowed to herself that Luke, her Luke was never going to be another mistake, and that someday down the line, she would grow old, wear matching jogging suits, and sit on her porch swing watching her grandchildren with this incredible man beside her.

Lorelai slowly brought up her hand and ran it through his chest hair as she tried to get even closer to him.

"Lorelai?" Luke whispered hoarsely. "I don't think you can get any closer unless you get on top."

"Is that a proposition, Mr. Danes?" Lorelai said with a smile.

"I just can't believe that I finally have you in my arms, not to mention having you in this bed." Luke answered. "Waking up next to the most beautiful, exciting and sexy woman in the world was not what I thought would be happening when I got up yesterday morning."

Lorelai blushed at Luke's words. She was not used to this side of Luke, and hearing his words caused her heart to skip a beat.

"Luke?" Lorelai looked up at him. "What do you mean finally? How long?"

Luke looked down into her eyes. He held her gaze; it was a look that made Lorelai's heart stop.

"I have loved you for longer than I can remember, Lorelai. You have been the woman I dream of when I think of a family and future. You have been the woman I wake up sweating to from dreams I will someday share with you. You have been the woman I wait for everyday to walk through the door, and brighten my day. You have been the one I crave for, the one I live for and the one I will die for, for longer than I care to acknowledge."

"Oh Luke." Lorelai whispered as her eyes filled with tears. Lorelai was never one to be at a loss for words but at this moment, there were no words to describe what she was feeling. No words had been invented to express what her heart was experiencing. She leaned over and kissed him softly on his lips and held him like she would never let go.

Luke ran his fingers through her hair as he began to speak again.

" I am not a man of words Lorelai. I try to show how I feel with my actions. I have tried to be everything you needed and wanted. You have always been my future. I have never seen my future without you in it. Without you and Rory in it."

Luke reached over and reached for his pants that were crumbled on the floor next to his side of the bed. He pulled out his wallet and held it in his hands. He started to talk again.

"I want to tell you a story Lorelai, a story that might surprise you. Many years ago, at Luke's it was at Luke's, and it was about lunch time, it was a very busy day, the place was packed, and this person –" he smiled as he continued the story.

"Ooh, is it me? Is it me?" Lorelai gasped quietly and Luke only rolled his eyes at her.

"Lorelai patience my dear." Luke continues. "This person comes tearing into the place in a caffeine frenzy."

"Ooh, it's me." Lorelai looks at him expectedly.

"I was with a customer. She interrupts me, wild-eyed, begging for coffee, so I tell her to wait her turn. Then she starts following me around, talking a mile a minute, saying God knows what. So finally I turn to her, and I tell her she's being annoying -- sit down; shut up, I'll get to her when I get to her. I couldn't keep my eyes off of her." Luke runs his fingers through her hair and then around the top of her shoulder, loving the feel of her silky skin under his fingers.

"You know, I bet she took that very well, 'cause she sounds just delightful." Lorelai giggled as she nuzzled her face into his neck.

"She asked me what my birthday was. I wouldn't tell her. She wouldn't stop talking. I gave in. I told her my birthday. Then she opened up the newspaper to the horoscope page, wrote something down, tore it out, and handed it to me. So I'm looking at this piece of paper in my hand, and under "Scorpio," she had written, "you will meet an annoying woman today. Give her coffee and she'll go away." I gave her coffee." He gently wrapped both arms around her and hugged her as close to him as he could.

"But she didn't go away." Lorelai smiled triumphantly at him and he nodded no.

"She told me to hold on to that horoscope, put it in my wallet, and carry it around with me." Luke pulls a small scrap of paper from his wallet and holds it out to Lorelai. "One day it would bring me luck." Luke watches her as he opens his wallet and removes a folded up piece of paper. She looks at him questioningly.

"Well, man, I will say anything for a cup of coffee" She takes the piece of paper he is offering her and unfolds it. She reads it with new remembrance. "Um...I can't believe you kept this. You kept this in your wallet? She looks up into those eyes again. In them she can see everything she has ever wanted. "You kept this in your wallet."

"All these years." His voice trembles.

Lorelai could hear in his voice the depth of his love for her, and in that moment all her fears and doubts vanished. In her heart she knows that if Luke is not her future then there is no one out there for her. The thought makes her choke up and the tears that have been threatening to spill finally overwhelm her.

"Is everything ok, Lorelai?" Luke is suddenly unsure that he has said too much to quickly. "I am so sorry if I have scared you, I shouldn't have done that."

"Oh Luke, you have made me the happiest woman in all of Stars Hollow and the world. You didn't scare me. I woke up this morning thinking of how long I had been denying how much I have loved you." She looked up at him to gage his reaction. "I am just overwhelmed and possibly the happiest woman in the world."

Luke and Lorelai lie snuggled together covered by only a thin blanket. Lorelai toys with his hand.

"I can't believe you kept that horoscope." Lorelai sighs dreamily.

"You're just lucky I never clean out my wallet." Luke smirks knowing damn well that she knew he was lying.

"You can't take it back now. You've exposed yourself. You've been pining for me. I am your Eve Gardner." She smiled at him, as he looked down at her and winked.

"Lorelai, this thing we're doing here -- me, you -- I just want you to know I'm in. I am all in." He carefully watches her reaction. When she looks at him quietly he continues. " Does that, uh -- are you, uh, scared?"

Lorelai blushes as she looks into his eyes and without hesitation says, "From now until forever and then a day, Luke."

Luke held her gaze for a minute before his lips came crashing down on hers, when they both needed to breath they backed away from each other.

"Lorelai, will you do me the honor of accompanying me on an evening out on Friday?"

"Lucas, I thought you would never ask." She quickly captured his lips and they spent the rest of the morning familiarizing themselves with each other's bodies.

Later that day, Lorelai collected on another two hours of slave labor from her new hunky boyfriend. She had him mow the lawn and trim the bushes, which she promptly added "dirty' to when she told Luke. He had blushed for ten minutes when she had said that. Now she sat on the porch swing and took in the sight before her. Luke had removed his t-shirt and the sight of his tight muscles glistening in the sun as he worked was definitely working for her. His jeans sat low on his hips and she couldn't keep her eyes off him. She wanted nothing more than to run down the steps and have her way with his right in the middle of the lawn. He looked up at her and smiled when he caught her staring at him.

"That sure is quite a sight, sugar isn't it?" Lorelai snapped out of her lustful thoughts by Babbette.

"Definitely not bad on the eyes Babbette. Who would have thought that Luke was hiding all that under all that flannel? The women of Stars Hollow have definitely been missing out." Lorelai laughed as she thought of what Miss Patty would do if she saw Luke like this. "Don't you go calling Patty until Luke is done with my lawn, or it will never get done if she has her way."

"Suga, that boy only has eyes for you, if you would just see it, then the rest of us would stop loosing money on the town betting ring."

Lorelai smiles and does not respond to Babbette. She is dreamingly staring off at Luke when Babbette notices it.

"Lorelai? …Oh my God! Lorelai! It has happened, hasn't it? You two…" Babbette stutters and can't get the words out. "You and Luke!" pointing back and forth between them, "Oh my God, it has happened!"

Babbette gets up and hugs, not even waiting for an answer. She sees it clearly on Lorelai's face. Babbette gets up and proceeds to go screaming across the lawn. "Morey it's happened. Call Kirk and see who won!!! Give me the cell I have to call Patty. I have the scoop of the century!"

Lorelai sits back down on the swing and looks at Luke who only heard the end of what Babbette had been screaming. She looks at Luke and shrugs her shoulders and gives him an apologetic look afraid he would be angry. Luke smiles and gives her a wink in response. The town would have found out sooner or later anyway, and as long as Rory and Sookie had known first (and they did Lorelai had talked to them both in the last 24 hours) then it didn't matter.

Friday came quickly, with work, frequent visits to the diner, and lots of time talking on the phone with Luke. Miss Patty had won the pool, by predicting the closest date to them getting together. The towns' people had been fairly good about it, offering congrats and good wishes.

Now it was 30 minutes before Luke was supposed to pick her up and Lorelai was frantic trying to find just the right outfit. She had clothes strewn all over her bedroom, and was speaking a mile a minute to Rory on the phone. Rory was trying patiently to calm her mother, and help her pick the right outfit. After a few minutes Lorelai hung up the phone and picked the outfit they had discussed. He had told her to dress like she was going on a date, which meant everything from jeans and a sexy sweater to all out slutty in Lorelai's book.

Finally she decided on a low cut red dress, with a straight skirt that fell above her knee and had a very long slit down the side. It clung to all the right curves and hopefully Luke would approve. She had her red high-heeled sandals, and a matching shawl if it was chilly where they were going. Her hair hung in loose curls, as she knew he loved it, around her face. Just as she was applying the last of her make-up she heard his truck pull up. She looked down and saw that he had worked in the extra 10 minutes she always needed. Luke knew her better than she would have liked to believe, but loved him even more for it. She heard him knocking at the door and ran down the stairs. She smiled as she opened the door and looked at her date Luke. He looked gorgeous. He had on dark black jeans with a dark gray button down shirt, which he left open at the neck. The backwards baseball cap, did not adorn his head and he smelled heavenly.

"Well howdy stranger. I was waiting for my new boyfriend Luke, but I'll take you if come on in, and not answer the door when he gets here." She grabs him by the shirt collar and brings him into the entryway. Then she pulls him close and kisses him deeply. Luke presses himself against her and they can both feel his arousal.

"You look good enough to eat." Lorelai purrs into his ear, and licks the rim of his ear. "Yummy."

Luke moans as he feels her tongue work wonders in his ear and then as her lips travel down his neck.

"Let's just forget dinner and go straight to dessert." Lorelai mumbles through her kisses, Luke's reaction to her exciting her more than she would have thought. Luke's hands start to travel to her skirt, when he straightened up and moved away from her.

"Luke, is something wrong?"

"Lorelai, as much as I want to continue this here, and believe me I do. I have worked hard at planning a special evening with you, and would like to really take you out."

Lorelai smiled and took his hand, as she walked towards the doorway again.

"Plenty of time for 'that' later then. Where are you going to take me on my first Lucas Dane sanctioned date?"

Luke held out the shawl and placed it across Lorelai's shoulders. He ran his hand down her back causing a chill to rise through Lorelai's body.

"I think we will start our date with a romantic walk through town. It is a beautiful night, and the stars are out, and I just want to spend time alone with you first."

Luke opened the door and ushered her outside to the porch and down the stairs. He wrapped his arm around her waist as they walked down the pathway and towards the center of town.

"Aren't you going to give me any hints as to where you are taking me?" Lorelai asked. She was had no idea what Luke had in store for them.

"Let's just enjoy this part, and I promise you each part of our evening will be better than the one before." Luke quietly whispered into her shoulder. Then he kissed her neck and nibbled at it as they walked a few more steps.

They stroller together through the town, until the got to the Black, White, and Read theater. There Luke stopped took her hand and announced that they had arrived to their destination.

Lorelai was a little taken back. Movies weren't Luke's thing, but something else troubled her. There didn't seem to be anyone there. It was a Friday night and the place was deserted.

"Luke, why are we stopping here?" she asked him. "It doesn't seem to be open, no one is here."

"It is open Lorelai, just not for everyone." And with that Luke took her hand and walked her inside.

Lorelai gasped when she got inside one of her favorite Stars Hollow landmarks. Furniture had been moved. Everything had been cleaned; there wasn't a popcorn kernel anywhere on the floor. There was flowers, music, chocolate cake, and a fancy dinner, all by candlelight, never would she expect this here, one of her favorite places in the Stars Hollow. Luke had pulled every string he could for this date. He had rented the entire movie theater for the night. He had Kirk remove most of the couches, minus the big red one in front of the screen. He had a table brought over from the diner and had put an expensive linen tablecloth on it, with matching napkins. His mothers fine china was on the table, after being in storage for many years, his mom would understand why it was appropriate for this particular day. Even Mrs. Kim had helped by selling him two silver antique table settings. The chairs were covered in white clothe with white satin bows. Two elegant crystal candleholders and candles adorned the center of the table along with a vase with a dozen white roses. Next to the table was a tall ice bucket with a bottle of Dom Peringon Champagne on ice. All around the small theater there were vases with roses. Luke had gone above and beyond for this date, and the town had helped.

"Are you surprised?" Luke asked Lorelai as he removed her shawl.

Lorelai was speechless, never in her life had anyone done anything as romantic and beautiful as this. Lorelai was mesmerized by the feelings that Luke could bring out in her. She opened and closed her mouth to speak a few times, and when words would not come, she threw herself at him and held him as close as she could.

Luke lead Lorelai to her seat and pulled her chair our for her. She looked adoringly up into his eyes and whispered a thank you, the first words she had been able to speak since she had entered the theater. On her plate was a single red rose, which she picked up and brought to her face.

"The most beautiful rose in the place, for the most beautiful woman." Luke murmured in her ear. This is just the beginning of what I hope is an enchanted night for a woman who deserves the world."

Luke looked down at Lorelai's lips. She had been biting her bottom lip as she looked at Luke, and brought her gaze down to his lips. Slowly they inched forward and their lips lightly brushed together, as if it was their first kiss. Their breathes intermingled and they could feel the tension rise between them. Luke kissed her lightly again this time he moved quickly to the tip of her nose and kissed her, then kissed her forehead.

This was only the beginning and it was already so much more than either of them could have ever hoped for.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next one will continue on with the date and go from there. Knowing Lorelai there is still quite a few hours left on her birthday present and she is in no way letting Luke out of it. I am debating on how much of the town I should add from here. Let me know what you think. There will be more smutt for those of you who like that in my stories, I was trying to branch out and I hope it worked here!