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The tension in the room was obvious. Lorelai stood staring at Luke in shock, wondering how she had been stupid enough not to hide the box with the pregnancy tests better. Luke gripped the counter with one hand, his knuckles turning white as he waved the box in Lorelai's face. Neither one of them knew what to say, but they couldn't look away from each other.
After a long pause, Luke began to lose his balance, trying to keep his weight off of his broken leg. Lorelai snapped into action and hurried into the bathroom, closing the lid of the toilet as she said, "Sit down, it's not good for you to be standing."
"No," Luke said, stubborn as always. "I want to know why the hell you didn't tell me."
"I can be just as stubborn as you," Lorelai replied. "I'm supposed to be taking care of you, so sit down and we'll talk."
Luke looked at her for a moment, then realized that the pain in his leg was becoming worse by the second and reluctantly sat down on the closed toilet, letting the box drop into his lap. Lorelai sat down across from him on the edge of the bathtub and reached out to take his hand.
"Luke," she said softly. "Look at the box."
"What?" Luke asked in disbelief. "I've already looked at the damn box, Lorelai, that's why we're having this conversation."
Lorelai smiled slightly and reached out to take the box. She turned it so that Luke could see the side and he gasped slightly. "It's not open," he stated.
"Yeah," Lorelai said softly. "So I don't know if I'm pregnant or not."
"But...you might be," Luke replied.
Lorelai sighed and lowered her eyes to her lap. "I'm late," she said. "So I bought the test. I just haven't had time, with the play, and then your accident...I just didn't have time to worry about being pregnant on top of everything else."
"You should have told me," Luke said.
"I would have," Lorelai replied. "Except I thought that I thought you hated me."
"Okay, I admit that we didn't part ways on the best of terms and that's my fault," Luke said. "But...I guess I just never thought of this happening like this."
"I was going to take the test and tell you if it was positive," Lorelai replied. "I figured that if it was negative, you would never know the difference."
Luke sighed and looked at her closely. "You shouldn't have gone through this by yourself," he said. "I would have been there in a heartbeat. I don't like thinking of you going through this by yourself."
Lorelai shrugged. "I've done it before," she replied.
"Oh, Lorelai," Luke said softly. "You must know that I would never abandon you if you needed me. I love you too much for that."
There was a moment, Luke was sure of it. As he and Lorelai looked deeply into each other's eyes, he felt a flashback to the Dragonfly Inn on its test run, when they'd been about to kiss for the first time. Before he could say anything, Lorelai broke the gaze and stood up. "This can't be happening," she said.
Luke looked at her with wide eyes, wondering what he had done wrong. "Why not?" he asked.
"If anything happens between us now, I'll never know if it was because we really wanted to get back together or if it's because of the fact that I might be pregnant," Lorelai replied. "And I can't do that, Luke."
Luke sighed, knowing that it would take a lot more than he originally thought to get back together with Lorelai. He'd originally thought that if she was pregnant with his child it might give them a stronger connection, a reason to get back together, but she was telling him otherwise.
"Look, now that you're here and you know about this, maybe I should just take the test and we'll go from there," Lorelai said. "We can figure this out once we know for sure."
Luke nodded, then reached for his crutches. When Lorelai put her hand on his shoulder to steady him as he stood, both of them had to take a moment to ignore the electricity that shot out from her fingertips to his skin. After a moment, Luke took a deep breath and said, "I'll wait in your bedroom." Lorelai nodded as she closed the door behind him and reached for the box.
When Lorelai was alone in the bathroom, she sat down on the closed toilet and held the two plastic tests in her hand, knowing that whatever the results from this test, her life would change forever. It was a comfort to know that Luke was waiting for her in the next room, and she knew then that this arrangement could never end in the two of them being friends as they had before. She needed him, she realized, but she was afraid to tell him that.
Luke was sitting on Lorelai's bed when she came back, and she offered him a weak smile as she sat down and said, "Now all we have tp do is wait."
He nodded, and they sat in defeaning silence for a few moments.
As they sat together, each was thinking that it was possible that they had conceived a child in this very room. Lorelai swallowed hard, trying to surpress her tears and tell herself to be strong, to not break down in front of Luke.
Finally, Luke couldn't take it anymore and he turned to look at her. "What about what you said?" he asked
Lorelai looked at him with wide eyes. "What are you talking about?"
Luke kept his gaze focused on her. "All the things you said at the play," Luke replied. "That you love me, but we couldn't be together. You never really meant it, did you?"
"I didn't say that," Lorelai argued. "I did mean it!"
"So why can't we be together?" Luke asked. "Why can't you just accept the fact that I want to be with you? Is it so hard to believe? Because I've wanted to be with you for as long as I've known you!"
"Luke, you have no idea what I went through when you told me you wanted out," Lorelai replied. "I was devastated. I was more broken up about the fact that you left me than I was when Christopher left when I was sixteen with a two day old baby!"
"That's what it's always about, isn't it?" Luke asked. "Christopher."
That caught Lorelai by surprise. "What?" she snapped.
"Christopher has always been your safety net," Luke replied. "You know that he'll always want you, so when things get rough, you go to him."
"Luke, I don't know what the hell you're talking about," Lorelai replied. "Things were great between us. I even tried on wedding gowns!"
There was silence in the room as Luke took in what she had said and Lorelai clapped a hand over her mouth.
"What?" Luke finally asked.
"When my mother was picking out a dress to wear for the renewal," she said softly. "I was just looking through the dresses, trying to figure out what you would like to see me in asI walked down the aisle." The look on Luke's face was one of complete disbelief, and she shrugged. "It doesn't really mean anything now," she said.
Before she knew what was happening, Luke grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him, holding her firmly to him as he pressed his mouth against hers agressively. After a moment of initial surprise, Lorelai melted into the kiss and slowly moved closer to him. They kissed for a long time before Lorelai finally pulled back.
"Wow," she said, trying to catch her breath.
Luke smiled shyly, not usually one to be so agressive, especially with Lorelai.
"What just happened?" she asked.
"I think..." Luke said tentatively. "We're on the road to getting back together."
Lorelai smiled as she reached out to touch his cheek. "I like that," she whispered.
Before Luke could reply, there was a faint beeping coming from across the hall and they both froze.
"The tests," Lorelai whispered.
"Do you want me to go with you?" Luke asked.
"Yeah," Lorelai said. "You should be there."
It took longer than it should have, with Luke on his crutches, but when they got there, they each picked up a test. "Negative," they said at the same time.
Luke looked up to Lorelai and tried to read her expression. She set the test on the counter and looked up, not showing any emotion.
"Well," she said. "I guess that's a relief."
Luke knew she was lying. "Lorelai..." he started, but she shook her head.
"Let me help you downstairs," she said. "I need some time alone and I think a nap will do some good."
With a sigh, Luke nodded and turned. He allowed Lorelai to help him as he hobbled down the stairs and collapsed onto the bed. He opened his mouth to say something to her, then realized that she had already fled back upstairs. With a sigh, he closed his eyes, a feeling of disappointment coming over him.
Upstairs, Lorelai lay in her bed, her hand tracing over her stomach. She wasn't sure that the test was accurate; she hadn't had a period in seven weeks, and she felt queasy. On top of this, she had to worry about Luke, and their relationship. She buried her face in her pillow, finally allowing the tears to come.
Next chapter: Lorelai needs some comfort in the middle of the night, so who does she turn to? Luke goes to the hospital for a check up and he and Lorelai get a surprise.