Hey everyone,

Thanks for all the great reviews they certainly keep me inspired to write more! A shout out to Joana and Nina, I hear you and the mistake won't be made again, I think i just got a little carried away and it slipped in! This Chapter is dedicated to Bec who inspired part of it and is forever encouraging me to believe in myself and my writing. Thank you x.

Enjoy...

Chapter 3

Lorelai was sitting on a stool at the counter in Luke's, watching the man himself move about doing his job. Every time he went passed she would try again.

"Come on Luke, just a little hint?" she pleaded with him for what seemed like the hundredth time that day. She looked at him with the puppy dog eyes and the famous Gilmore pout was starting to form.

"Lorelai!" he responded rolling his eyes "I said no five minutes ago I am saying no again. You will just have to wait and enjoy the surprise, and don't be pouting at me because it's not going to work!"

It had been two weeks since Luke had asked her to go way for the weekend and she had happily accepted. He was arranging the whole thing and wouldn't Lorelai in on anything which was greatly annoying her, and her attempts to get information had been unsuccessful thus far as he was being relentless. Looking at her watch she realised it was past the time she had told Sookie she would be back from lunch. Lorelai stood and grabbed one last gulp of coffee and looked around for Luke, he came out from the kitchen loaded with plates. She waited until he had deposited them at a table in the corner and then went to say goodbye. "I'm off now, got to get back and be a manager for a while longer!" She leaned up and gave him a quick kiss and made for the door.

"Bye Lorelai, I'll see you later" Luke called after her. Luke looked around and noticed two people leaving, he waited for them to depart and then grabbed the money they had left and cleared the table. He made his way out the back, placed the dishes in the sink and then grabbed the folder he had hidden under the bench. Trying to plan a weekend away without Lorelai finding out details, was damn hard work. He noticed the lunch rush seemed to be over and it was fairly quiet out front so he decided to make a phone call and get one of the surprises for the weekend organized. He grabbed the phone from out front and punched in a number. It rang three times before he got an answer.

"Hello"

"Hi Rory, Its Luke, have you got a sec?"

"Sure Luke what's up? Is mom ok?"

"Your moms fine, look I'm planning a weekend away for your mom and I had this idea…"

10 minutes later Luke hung up the phone and smiled to himself. This is going to be the best surprise I have ever pulled off he thought. The bell jingled out front bringing him back to reality, he quickly hid the folder again and made his way out the front to serve the newest customers of the day.

Meanwhile at the Inn Lorelai was running back and forth between the front desk and various other places making sure things were happening they way they should and the guests were happy. In the Kitchen Sookie was busy preparing some fresh vegetables for her famous ratatouille dish when the back door opened and Luke slipped inside. He made his way over to Sookie who hadn't noticed him come in.

"Hey Sookie" Luke leaned on the counter. Sookie jumped back and dropped the knife she was using.

"LUKE! Oh god don't do that, you scared me." She picked up the knife and put it aside and turned to face the flannel clad man. "So what brings you here then?"

Luke shifted nervously "Ok so I need your help, you are probably aware that I'm planning a weekend away for Lorelai?'

"Yeah of course she won't stop harping on about it and the fact that you won't tell her anything"

Luke Smiled "Yeah she tries her best but I won't give her anything, anyhow I am hoping you will be able to do me a favour…" Luke filled Sookie in on what he was hoping she would be able to do for him and waited for her reaction. "Well?"

"Well I don't know…" Sookie smiled "Of course I will help you Luke, it will be fabulous!"

Luke sighed he had been concerned for a second "Thanks so much Sookie and remember it's a surprise so no telling Lorelai!"

"Don't worry I won't tell" Sookie glanced at the clock on the wall and gasped "Luke you have to go its Lorelai she will be in here for coffee any minute"

Luke thanked Sookie again and took for the door moving so fast he didn't see Pierro the assistant chef carrying an arm full of trays.

Out in the dining room Lorelai was heading toward the kitchen yelling at Michel over her shoulder. "MICHEAL! JUST DO IT PLEASE ITS NOT THAT HARD, I DON'T WHY YOU'RE MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT" "I mean seriously" she mumbled under her breath. She stopped to fix up one of the tables when all of a sudden there was an almighty crash from the kitchen. "Oh Sookie." she sighed. "SOOKIE I'M COMING."

Luke looked from the pile of trays to Sookie and then heard Lorelai yelling from the dining room.

"SOOKIE IM COMING."

Sookie went wide eyed and looked at Luke "Go get out of here we will fix that GO!"

Luke didn't need telling twice and dashed out the back door just as the dining room door swung open.

Lorelai skidded to a stop as she entered the kitchen and looked around surprised to see Sookie standing and looking normal. "What happened Sookie and why aren't you on the floor? Crash equals Sookie on the ground, crash equals Sookie upset, this is not normal!"

"Lorelai it was just Pierro he dropped some trays ok, I'm fine" Sookie giggled. "Are you ok hun?"

Lorelai sighed "Yeah I'm fine, just tired and frustrated that Luke won't tell me anything. It's killing me!"

Sookie laughed "You need to learn to appreciate surprises Lorelai, you have never been any good with them though have you?"

"No it's not my strong suit, oh I need coffee, do you have any made?" Lorelai asked as she made her way towards the Coffee maker.

"Yeah just made a fresh pot" responded Sookie.

Lorelai poured herself a cup of coffee and headed back towards the door. "Back to it I guess, smells good by the way!"

"Thanks hun" Sookie looked up as Lorelai disappeared through the door and then went back to the task at hand.

The next week rolled by fairly uneventful and Lorelai had finally given up trying to get information out of Luke after she had exhausted every possible technique in her book including trying to allure him with sexual favours and when that had not worked she had surrendered. It was a Thursday evening and Lorelai had left the Inn late and was heading home. As she drove by Luke's she noticed it was dark and closed which was what she had expected so she kept on going and pulled into her driveway a few minutes later. Lorelai stumbled up the stairs onto the porch and made her way inside. It was only after she had put her cardigan on the rack that she noticed the envelope on her floor. Someone had pushed it under her front door, it had one word on it LORELAI. She picked it up off the floor, went to the kitchen where she dumped her keys and bag down and looked at the envelope with interest. She did not recognise the hand writing and was wondering who it could be from. Curiosity got the better of her and she ripped it open, unfolded the single page that was inside and began to read.

Dear Lorelai,

SURPRISE! I hope your day at work was a good one because it was the last one for this week. Your weekend away has finally arrived! Please pack your bag and be ready and waiting for your driver at 6.00am tomorrow morning. Don't worry about the Inn that has been taken care of and Paul Anka will be looked after by Babbette. All you need to worry about is yourself.

Now go get some sleep, I do not want Grumpy Lorelai in the morning!

See you tomorrow.

Love Luke

Xx

P.S Please make sure you pack a swimsuit, a nice going out outfit and at least one pair of shorts or jeans.

Lorelai reread the letter twice and could not wipe the grin off her face. Luke was really making an effort here and if she knew Luke this was going to be one amazing weekend. She glanced at her watch and snapped back to reality, it was already 11pm and she now had to be up extra early and she still had to pack a bag. Lorelai dumped her mug in the sink and dashed upstairs only to turn around and come back down 2 seconds later. She flung open the hall closet and yanked her small suitcase out from amongst the others and ran upstairs once again. Lorelai packed and repacked three times before she was happy with what she had. She had made sure to pack everything Luke had asked her too and was slightly unnerved at the thought of her bikini being in the bag but ignored that as she snuggled down in bed and tried to get some sleep.

The alarm clock sounded at 4.45am and Lorelai rolled over sleepily and hit the snooze button. Ten minutes later it purred again and she hit the button and then realised why she was waking up so early, Luke was picking her up in just over an hour! She rolled out of bed and stumbled to the bathroom followed by the kitchen and made herself a large mug of coffee and took it with her back upstairs. She grabbed the outfit she picked out the night before, took a shower and lugged her suitcase downstairs and had enough time for a second cup of coffee before Luke was due to arrive. Lorelai had been determined not to be late this morning as she wanted the weekend to start off positive so at 5.55 she put her cardigan on, locked the door and stood on the porch waiting for the green truck to pull up.

Sure enough at 6.00am on the dot Luke pulled into the Gilmore driveway. He smiled when he saw Lorelai actually waiting for him on the porch. He had expected her to be late and still running around like a mad woman as she usually is when he picks her up. He pulled up next to her Jeep and made his way up to where Lorelai was waiting.

"Hi" Luke said leaning down to get his morning Kiss.

"Hey" Lorelai mumbled back between kisses.

Luke pulled her in close for a quick hug and then grabbed her suitcase.

"Shall we get going then" He made his way back to the truck and placed the suitcase in the back and opened the door for Lorelai. Inside on her seat was a large takeaway cup of Luke's coffee and a small brown paper bag. "Coffee and a muffin for you" Luke smiled. Lorelai climbed into the truck and he handed her the items.

"Thanks Luke, your coffee is the best!" Lorelai smiled shyly as she peeked into the bag to see what flavour he had picked. "Chocolate Chip my favorite" She grinned at Luke as he jumped into the driver's seat. He reached into his pocket and pulled a piece of black material out and turned to face the blued eyed woman beside him.

"OK, Lorelai, you're probably going to hate me for this and I could end up regretting it after, but I am going to blindfold you."

"What!" Lorelai exclaimed almost spitting out the mouthful of coffee she had just drunk. She looked at Luke holding the blindfold and realised he was deadly serious. "Well ok fine but only because I know you won't go anywhere until I do" Luke laughed and reached over to place the soft material over her eyes. "And I want you to know I'm doing this under protest!" Lorelai stated as she held the blindfold in place while Luke secured it form the back. Once he was sure that Lorelai couldn't see anything, Luke started up the truck and pulled away from the Gilmore house.

They had been driving for what seemed like hours to Lorelai but had only really been 40 minutes when they pulled into the car park at the Hartford Airport. Luke jumped out and went around to the passenger door and opened it for Lorelai. He helped her out of the truck and pulled her into a hug. "You ready to find out where we are?" he asked breaking the hug.

"More than ready Luke... please you're torturing me here!" Lorelai playfully pounded him on the chest. Luke smiled staying silent. "LUKE!"

"Ok ok, you can take the blindfold off!" Luke chuckled.

Lorelai pulled off the blindfold and blinked rapidly getting used to the light around her again. Slowly she began to take in her surroundings and then she realised what was happening. "Luke are we are flying somewhere?" Lorelai looked at him excitedly.

"Yes we are and lets go or we will miss our flight" Luke grabbed the bags from the back and they made their way inside the terminal. Luke had done the main check in online so they joined the bag drop cue and were soon at the counter.

"Where are you travelling to today" The attendant asked

Luke looked at Lorelai who was waiting eagerly for the answer. "Orlando, Florida" he responded. Lorelai's jaw dropped and she was speechless. "It's not often your lost for words Lorelai" Luke jested. He finished checking them in and then led the still mute Lorelai through security and up to the gate.

"Luke… I…wow! I can't believe your taking me to another state for a weekend away!" Lorelai threw herself at Luke and hugged him tight. Twenty minutes later they boarded the plane and were on their way. They had one stop over in Washington and arrived in Orlando around Lunch time.

After grabbing a quick bite to eat in the airport they picked up the rental car that Luke had arranged and drove to the hotel they would be staying at. Luke had not picked just any hotel he had picked the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa in the Magic Kingdom Resort Area of Disney World! They could only drive so far and then took the monorail the rest of the way. Lorelai was in awe of Luke and kept looking at him like he wasn't really there, like the whole thing was a daydream. They checked in and made their way up to the room. It was a beautiful room with an amazing view. Lorelai put her suitcase out of the way and put her arms around Luke. "You are amazing, you know that, I can't believe you did all this for me, I mean we are in Disney World…Disney World!"

Luke smiled "I know, and of course I would do this for you, I love you Lorelai"

"I love you too" Lorelai reached up and kissed Luke deeply. Luke eventually broke the kiss and went to grab something out of his bag.

"Here you go" he said handing Lorelai an envelope. Lorelai smiled and carefully opened the envelope and peered inside.

"Oh my God! We have passes already, does this mean we can go to Disney World like right now!" Lorelai rambled excitedly as she pulled the tickets out and waved them at Luke.

"Yes I got tickets valid for two days so we could make the most of it" Luke replied. Lorelai gave Luke a quick hug and grabbed her bag.

"Let's go then!" She grabbed Luke's hand and the two of them made their way to the theme park. Once inside and with a map in hand and the camera out ready, Lorelai snapped a random picture of Luke and then looked at him eagerly.

"So where to first Diner Man" Lorelai asked.

"You pick the first ride and lead the way" he responded smiling but shaking his head at how much like a big kid Lorelai looked.

Lorelai skimmed the map and found what she was looking for. The biggest rollercoaster in the whole place. Once she got her bearings they set off for what was sure to get the adrenalin pumping. They had joined the cue and had just made it to the front when Lorelai noticed Luke's hand had gone clammy. She looked at him and realised he seemed nervous but before she could say anything the gate was opened and they were ushered through and into the waiting coaster.

Once seated and locked in by the safety bars Lorelai turned to look at Luke the best she could. "Is something bothering you Luke? You don't look too good."

"Ah well I have never been on a rollercoaster before and I hate heights" Luke gulped as he gripped the safety bars tightly.

Lorelai gasped "What! Luke why didn't you say anything, you didn't have to do this!"

It was then that the coaster started moving along the track and then started its slow climb to the top.

Luke swallowed hard and glanced at Lorelai. "I wanted you to have the rollercoaster ride you had been planning on doing this summer and that ride was never meant to happen alone so I'm doing this with you and it's too late to back out now anyway."

"Oh Luke…you really would do anything for me wouldn't you?" Lorelai smiled and then realised the coaster was almost at the top. "Luke close your eyes and hold on tight because here we go!" The coaster hit the top and went round a bend before tipping over the edge and causing Lorelai to let out a scream. It was all over in a matter of ninety seconds. The coaster came to a stop and Luke and Lorelai exited the ride, collected their belongings and made their way back into the crowds. Lorelai pulled Luke to the side.

"Are you ok?" she asked looking into his eyes.

"Yeah...well…I will be in a minute once my heart stops beating a million miles an hour" he replied bending over to catch his breath.

"I can't believe you did that just for me. I mean you were scared and that took guts Luke"

Lorelai looked at him in awe.

"What can I say except I love you and you love those rides so what else could I do!" He looked at Lorelai and managed a weak smile. "So where to next?"

Lorelai took it easy on Luke that afternoon and the following day as they explored the magical theme park making sure he was comfortable going on any rides and letting him sit out any he wasn't keen on. It was a full on day and a half and they were exhausted by the time they made it back to the hotel room on Saturday night. They ordered room service and watched a movie before snuggling down in bed. Even though he was tired Luke wasn't ready to sleep and was hoping Lorelai would feel the same. He rolled over and kissed her softly on the lips, Lorelai put her arms around his neck and pulled him closer deepening the kiss. Luke took this as a sign and ran his hand over her stomach and all the way up to her face and brushed a piece of hair away from her eyes. He broke the kiss and looked down at her. "Are you ready…?" he whispered.

"Am I ever" Lorelai pulled him back down and kissed him passionately.

The next morning Lorelai woke and sleepily took in the naked man lying beside her. She smiled as the memories of the night before came back to her. It had been an amazing night. She was lost in her thoughts when there was a soft knock on the door.

"Room service" the voice called from the other side.

"Just a minute' Lorelai called back. Luke stirred at the sound of Lorelai's voice.

"Morning sunshine" he said sleepily.

"Morning sexy" Lorelai replied as she climbed out of bed and threw on Luke's shirt and boxers and went to answer the door.

They ate breakfast in bed, then slowly but surely got their things together and checked out of the hotel. Once back on the road in the hire car Luke glanced over at Lorelai who was dozing and smiled at the thought of the last surprise he had in store. Lorelai awoke and looked at the time, realising she had been asleep for close to an hour. "Luke what's going on…we don't seem to be anywhere near the airport." Lorelai looked confused.

"Oh we just have one last stop to make before we catch our flight" Luke smiled cheekily.

Lorelai just shook her head and relaxed back into her seat. Luke had surprised her enough already that she was just going with the flow now. A couple of hours later they pulled up at a motel on the outskirts of Miami.

"Luke what are we doing in Miami?" Lorelai's Curiosity was getting the better of her now after a three hour drive and not knowing where she was going.

"You will see in a minute" replied Luke. He led her up to one of the rooms and they stood outside the door for a minute and the Luke looked at Lorelai and knocked on the door. Lorelai was looking at Luke like he was crazy, they had driven three hours to come and knock on someone's motel door, what was he thinking? No sooner had these thoughts popped into her head, the door was opened and Lorelai's jaw hit the floor. Her daughter was standing there looking back at her.

"MOM!" Rory squealed and threw her arms around her mother who was clearly very surprised and lost for words yet again.

"Rory" Lorelai finally gasped. "I don't believe it, what are you doing down here?"

"The campaign is here at the moment and when Luke found out he planned it so we could surprise you!" Rory replied hugging her mom tightly.

Lorelai hugged her daughter back and then hugged Luke. "Thank you" she whispered as a tear slid down her cheek. Luke brushed it away and looked at her concerned. "I'm just really happy Luke and it's all because of you."

The rest of the afternoon flew by as they found a coffee shop and spent time with Rory. Eventually Luke had to break the bad news, that it was time to go catch their flight home. Lorelai and Rory had a tearful goodbye and then Luke and Lorelai were on the road again to Miami airport. They both slept most of the plane ride home and they finally arrived back at Lorelai's house at eleven o'clock that night. Lorelai walked through her front door feeling happier than she had in along time. She had even started thinking about her future with Luke and where it might lead. Little did she know, that future with Luke was closer than she ever imagined.