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Later that night, Lorelai lay in bed staring up at the ceiling. She and Luke had shared an awkward dinner with Rory, one that would have passed in complete silence had it not been for Rory's attempts to start a conversation. After dinner, Lorelai had immediately returned to her bedroom, not wanting to deal with Luke before she was ready to.

She didn't want to admit it, but she had hoped that she'd been pregnant. Tears streamed down her face as she thought that if she had been pregnant with Luke's baby, no matter what happened in the furture they would always have a connection. Now she didn't know what would happen. She rolled onto her stomach and buried her face in her pillow, trying to stifle the sobs that she couldn't control.

Downstairs, directly under Lorelai's bedroom, Luke lay awake, listening to Lorelai's tears. His heart was breaking, and he could feel a little piece of him dying as he realized that Lorelai was crying because of him and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He felt tears filling his own eyes, wishing that he could do something-anything-to help her feel better. The past week had been one of the most emotional of his life, and he didn't know how he was going get through it if Lorelai kept shutting him out.

The car accident, his desires to get back together with Lorelai, and the disappointment about her pregnancy scare were taking their toll on him, and he sighed, running a hand over his face in attempt to clear his thoughts and fall asleep.

Then he heard a noise coming from the stairs. Footsteps, and then a tentative, "Luke?"

Luke propped himself up on his elbows and squinted into the darkness. "Lorelai?" he asked. "What are you doing?"

Lorelai was relieved to find him awake, and she walked over and slid onto the other side of the bed. "I'm sorry, Luke," she whispered. "About everything. But...I really need you right now. Can you just hold me?"

Luke felt relief flood his body as Lorelai curled herself into him. He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and felt her bury her face in his chest, tossing a leg carefully over his unijured one. "Lorelai..." he whispered as he buried his face in her hair, unable to believe that this was happening.

After several moments, Lorelai lifted her head and looked up at Luke. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "For shutting you out, for telling you that I don't want to be with you. Because I do want to be with you, and I don't think that I can habdle this without you."

Luke reached out and wiped a tear away from her face. "Handle what?" he asked softly.

"I'm so disappointed, Luke," Lorelai whispered. "I wasn't sure if I wanted to be pregnant, but when the test came back negative...I felt disappointed. Like I'd lost something. That's why I need you, only if it's just for tonight, i just need you to hold me."

"Shh," Luke whispered. "Lorelai, I'm here for you no matter what. You know that. And you have nothing to feel sorry for. Everything that's happened...it's my fault. I never wanted to break up with you."

Lorelai sniffled slightly and reached out to stroke his cheek. "So what do you say now?" she whispered. "Are you still in?"

Luke smiled as he remembered his promise from their first date. What an idiot he had been, he couldn't even keep a promise to the one woman who meant the entire world to him.

"I'm in," he whispered. "I love you Lorelai, I always have."

Lorelai leaned forward and kissed him gently, then settled her head back on his chest. "I love you too," she whispered.

The laid together in silence for a long time, and Luke thought that she had drifted off to sleep. He continued to run his fingers through her hair, and kissed the top of her head, relieved that she had finally come to him and praying that he wasn't dreaming.

Then Lorelai ran a hand over his chest and whispered, "Luke?"

"Yeah?" he asked, a little surprised to hear her voice.

"When you get your cast off...and you can go back to work and everything...are you going to move back into your apartment?"

Luke frowned, then realized what she was getting at. He smiled slightly as he asked, "Do you want me to?"

"Well," Lorelai began. "Actually, I'd realy like it...if you'd stay here. I mean, we can keep the bed down here until you're better, and the downstairs toilet is supposed to get fixed next week...but after that, maybe you could just move in here. Into my bedroom, with me."

Luke smiled down at her. "I think that's a great idea," he whispered.

"Really?" Lorelai asked, sitting up to look at him in the dim moonlight that was flowing in through the window. With a smile, she leaned down to kiss him. After a moment, she pulled back and asked, "You don't think this is too sudden, do you?"

Luke shook his head and brushed some hair out of her eyes. "No," he replied. "Lorelai, I've loved you for as long as I've known you. When we were together I was happier than I ever had been. I know that this is right. I just wish that I hadn't screwed this up as much as I did."

Lorelai shook her head. "Luke, let's just put that behind us, okay?" she said. "This way, we can move forward."

Luke nodded and smiled down at her. "I agree," he said.

Lorelai yawned as she settled against him, for good this time. "Good night," she whispered. "Wake me up in you need anything."

Luke kissed the top of her head and closed his eyes, feeling himself drift off to sleep as well. His last conscious thought was of Lorelai's soft breath on his neck, and her arm draped over his chest.

The next morning, Rory stumbled out of her room at ten thirty. She frowned, wondering why the house was so quiet and scowled when she realized that there was no coffee in the pot. Couldn't her mother have at least left her one cup's worth before she left for the inn?

When Rory entered the living room, she stopped short as her gaze fell on the bed.

Her mother, in Luke's arms, resting peacefully as his hand rested in her hair. From the looks of things, they had made up sometime in between their silent dinner the night before and this morning.

Rory turned and walked quietly back into her room, not wanting to disturb her mother or Luke.

Lorelai stirred as she opened her eyes, looking around and wondering where she was at first. Then she remembered what had happened last night and looked down at Luke. For the first time, she'd woken up in Luke's arms. When they'd been dating, they'd fallen asleep close to each other, but save for the first morning they woke up together, this was the first time she'd ever woken in his arms, and she loved it.

With a smile, she leaned down and kissed his forehead. "Luke." Kiss on the left cheek. "It's time..." kiss on the right cheek. "To gett up." This time she planted her lips against his. A moment later, she smiled into the kiss as she felt Luke respond and pull her tight against his body.

When they needed breath, Lorelai pulled back and smiled down at him. "Hi," she whispered.

"Hi," he replied.

"So we're really back together," Lorelai said.

"Yeah," Luke replied. "And I'm not going to let anything happen to us ever again."

"Good," Lorelai replied. She looked aover his shoulder at the clock and sighed. "You have to be at the hospital for your follow up appointment at noon."

Luke sighed. "We should probably get up," he said.

Lorelai stood and held out his crutches to him. "Let's go burger boy, I want breakfast before we have to leave."

Luke smiled as he took the crutches. It was good to see the Lorelai that he had fallen in love with back. He hobbled towards the stairs and Lorelai followed behind him to make sure he didn't fall. "I'm going to get dressed, then go see if Rory's still here, so just call me when you're ready to go," she said.

"Sure," Luke replied.

Lorelai patted his shoulder and leaned up to him. "Kiss," she whispered.

Luke obliged and kissed her for a moment, damning his crutches and the fact that he couldn't put his arms around her. After a moment, Lorelai pulled back and walked into her bedroom. For the first time in weeks, she felt happy as she applied her make up, fixed her hair, and picked out her tightest pair of jeans and a sweater that hugged her like a second skin. It was fun to have someone to dress sexy for again.

When she ran down the stairs ten minutes later, she poked her head in Rory's room and saw her sitting on her bed, and English book open in her lap. "Hey Mom," she said. "Come on in."

Lorelai smiled as she sat down on the bed. "So Luke and I are good again," she said.

"I know," Rory replied. "You two looked pretty cozy this morning," she said.

Lorelai blushed. "You saw us?"

"Well, the bed is in the middle of the living room, it's kind of hard to miss," Rory replied.

Lorelai smiled. "So when are you heading back to Yale?" she asked. "We have to go to the hospital for Luke, but then maybe you can meet up with us for lunch."

Rory smiled but shook her head. "That's okay, Mom," she said. "I'll let you and Luke have some time alone."

"You're just going to go back to Yale?" Lorelai asked.

"Yeah," Rory replied. "Logan's probably wondering where I got to the past couple of days anyway."

Lorelai nodded. She leaned forward and hugged Rory tightly. "Thank you for being here for me," she whispered. "I don't know what I would have been able to do without you here."

Rory hugged her mother back. "I love you, Mom," she whispered. "And you've always been there for me, so I'll always be there for you."

Lorelai kissed the top of Rory's head. "I love you too," she whispered. After a moment, she pulled back and said, "I'm going to go check on Luke."

As she stood up, she felt a sudden dizzy spell was over her, and she collapsed back onto the bed.

"Mom?" Rory asked. "Are you okay?"

Lorelai nodded slowly, wondering what had happened. "Yeah," she replied. "I just haven't had any coffee yet."

Rory eyes her suspiciously but said, "Be careful."

"I will, hon," Lorelai replied. "Don't worry about me."

When Lorelai walked into the living room, Luke was halfway down the stairs, slowly making his way down step by step. "Luke, what are you doing?" she cried. "You were supposed to call me so I could help."

Luke sighed as he made it to the last step. "Well, I made it, didn't I?" he said with a slight smirk.

Lorelai rolled her eyes. "Fine, maybe I just won't help you when you ask next time," she teased.

"Let's just go to the stupid doctor," Luke said. "I want to get this over with."

"Okay, but I'm stopping for coffee," Lorelai replied. She grabbed her purse and keys, then held the front door open for Luke. "Rory, we're leaving, hon," she called into the kitchen.

"Okay, bye!" Rory replied.

When Lorelai parked in front of the diner, Luke unbuckled his seatbelt and started to open the door. Lorelai looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Uh, getting out of the car," Luke replied. "I need to check on the diner."

Lorelai shook her head. "Luke, the doctor said that you can't work until he gives you the okay," she said. "And the time it will take you to get into the diner will make us late, so I'm just going to run in, get some coffee, and come back."

Luke stared at her for a moment, then realized she was right. "Fine," he grumbled.

Lorelai smiled as she got out of the car and walked into the diner. Less than two minutes later, she returned to the car without coffee and an expression of distaste on her face.

"You okay?" Luke asked as she buckled her seatbelt.

"Fine," Lorelai replied.

"Where's your coffee?"

"I didn't want any."

Silence.

After a moment, Lorelai glanced over at him and smiled. "I've shocked you, huh?" she asked.

"Why don't you wnat coffee?" Luke managed to get out.

Lorelai shrugged. "I felt sick as soon as I got a whiff of it," she said.

"Are you okay now?" Luke asked, reaching for her hand.

"I'm fine," she replied.

They arrived at the hospital a few minutes later and Lorelai parked the car, then hurried around to grab Luke's crutches from the backseat. She helped him into the waiting room, and as she waited in line at the receptionist desk, she heard someone call her name. She turned and was immediately met my her mother.

"Lorelai Gilmore!" Emily cried. "What on earth are you doing here?"

Lorelai looked at her mother for a moment before she turned on her heel and face forward in line again.

"Lorelai!" Emily pestered. "I asked you a question, it's only proper to respond!"

Lorelai suddenly felt tired, and she had no energy to deal with her mother right then. "I'm here with Luke," she replied.

"Luke?" Emily repeated.

"Yes, Luke, my boyfriend, the one that you tried to make hate me by setting me up with Christopher!" Lorelai yelled. People were beginning to stare and Luke got to his feet and started to make his way across the waiting room to Lorelai.

"That is completely absurb!" Emily replied. She kept talking, but Lorelai didn't hear what she was saying. She turned to look for Luke, but syddenly everything went blurry. The room seemed to be spinning and she stumbled slightly, trying to find a chair. "Luke!" she whispered as she began to fall.

From across the room, Luke stopped and watched in horror as Lorelai fell to the floor. Emily's eyes widened as a nurse rushed around the desk to kneel on the floor next to her, and a moment later, two more arrived with a gurney.

"Where are you taking her?" Luke asked. "Is she okay?"

For the millionth time that day, Luke damned his broken leg and wished that he could follow her. Instead, he sank into a chair and let his crutches fall to the ground. He buried his face in his hands, suddenly flashing back to why he hated hospitals; he remembered sitting in a similar waiting room as the doctors tried unsuccessfully to save his father's life twenty years ago.

"Luke Danes?" A nurse appeared in the doorway awhile later.

"That's me," Luke said as he struggled to his feet. "Is she okay?"

The nurse smiled sympathetically at him. "Miss Gilmore is going to be fine," she replied. "However, we're not sure how her fall impacted the baby."

Okay, I know some of you didn't want Lorelai to be pregnant, but who's to say what will happen in the future of the story? Let me know what you want to happen!

Next chapter: Luke and Lorelai talk about their baby and wonder if it will be okay.