Luke's POV

"Luke," Jess said as he came into my diner.

"What?" I gruffed in reply. I couldn't understand anything that was going on lately. Kirk was with Lorelai, and Lorelai hadn't come into the diner for weeks. Nothing made sense anymore. And now Jess was actually talking to me, when did that happen.

"I just had an interesting conversation with Rory," Jess said as he took a seat at the counter in front of me.

"Yeah, so?" I questioned him. It didn't concern me what Jess and Rory talked about.

"She was upset Luke," Jess told me, and of course I felt bad. Rory was like my own daughter at times. "She told me how she and Kirk convinced her mom that they were dating," Jess continued and I was furious.

"She did what?" I fumed.

"Don't shoot the messenger," Jess said as he held his hands up in front of him in surrender.

"What else did she say?" I all but pleaded him. It seems as though I didn't have the full story, but Jess may have it.

"Apparently Lorelai lost her memory and Kirk told her that they were dating and then Rory went along with it," Jess replied smirking, I wanted to wipe that smirk off his face. "Rory seems upset, I think she's regretting it."

"So she should," I replied, I can't believe Rory would even go along with this in the first place, "anything else?" I asked dreading the answer.

"Something about that if they kiss then it will stick or something, I wasn't paying that much attention," damn Jess can't even pay attention when it's important.

"So they haven't kissed yet?" I asked Jess hopefully.

"Nope," Jess answered popping the 'p'. "There's hope for you yet Uncle Luke."

I let out a sigh and Jess took this as an invitation to leave. He was behind the curtain and up the stairs before I even had time to react. I couldn't believe any of this. When I first found out I just put it down to the rumor mill being incorrect, but then when Lorelai didn't come into the diner the next day I knew something was wrong. Everyone kept telling me about their relationship but I still didn't believe it, I only believed it when I saw Kirk and Lorelai walking hand in hand across the town square. To say I was devastated was an understatement. I couldn't understand it. I didn't want to understand it. But knowing that they hadn't kissed yet had been a huge relief, and maybe Jess was right, maybe I still had a chance. Maybe I was the only one who could fix this. It had been two weeks already and Lorelai was none the wiser. I had to do something. I couldn't let Lorelai be stuck with Kirk forever.

The day was passing slowly. I kept looking out the window to see if I could see Lorelai. I didn't know what I was going to do if I saw her, but I knew that I had to do something. Jess came down and left the diner without a word to me. I guess he was back to not talking to me. Though I should be thankful that he came to me at all. He could have said nothing, though I suspect that he did it for Rory and not for any other reason. What annoyed me the most about all this was Kirk, he never came into the diner anymore either. I didn't know if it was because he was afraid of me or what. Though this all led me to expect that he spent all his free time with Lorelai, probably at Lorelai's house. I glanced out the window, that had to be the hundredth time for the day and it was only just past lunch, but this time was different I saw her. I still didn't know what I was going to do, but I wasted no time in leaving the diner and running up to her.

"Hi," Lorelai said and it broke my heart a little, she didn't even sound like herself, she wasn't acting crazy and happy like she usually is, but most of all, she didn't seem to recognize me and that just hurt. I wanted to kill Kirk for starting all this.

"I'm Luke," I told her, just hoping and praying that she would remember me.

"Hi Luke, it's nice to meet you," she was smiling but it didn't meet her eyes.

"Umm," I said nervously, where the hell did I go from here. "Why haven't you been in the diner?" I blurted out before I could think it through, "you used to come in every day for coffee," I added trying not to scare her off.

"Oh, I don't know," Lorelai replied genuinely confused, I hated seeing her like this. "Plus I don't like coffee."

I looked at her shocked. This was wrong, this was all wrong. I was angry again. "Who told you that?" I demanded.

"Rory," Lorelai answered confused, "she told me that I hated it."

"Well you don't," I told her quickly, "come into the diner and have some, you'll see."

"I don't know," she was unconvinced, I wondered what else they had told her... what they had convinced her of.

"I'll cook you up a burger and some fries... free of charge," I tempted her, just praying that she would accept.

"Okay," Lorelai accepted, and I was glad that she seemed to have the same eating habits at least.

I led her into the diner with my hand on the small of her back. I led her over to the counter and she took a seat. I quickly made my way around the other side and poured her a cup of coffee. I made sure it was strong just the way she likes it.

"Here," I said to her as I slid the cup of coffee across to her, she eyed it skeptically, "just try it, and once you do I'll cook your burger and fries."

"Okay," she accepted nervously as she brought the cup up to her lips. I prayed that she would like it, I hoped that she hadn't skewed it so far in her mind that it would taste bad for her. Lorelai not liking coffee just didn't sit right. It was like the universe had been titled off its axis or something. So I waited nervously. She took a sip and I relished in the smile that graced her face, though it still didn't meet her eyes. It was like she wasn't even in there anymore. "This is good Luke, I don't know why I hated it, mmm."

"I'll go make your burger and fries," I smiled. She was coming back slowly, piece by piece, maybe she would come back to me after all, I'd just have to remind her of everything. I went into the kitchen and quickly made her food. I was anxious to get back out there and try and get her to remember more. I quickly finished and was happy to see that she was still sitting at the counter enjoying her coffee. "Need a refill?" I asked her as I slid the plate towards her.

"Of that magical liquid?" Lorelai pretended to think about it and I smiled at this, "Umm, yes."

"Okay," I accepted as I grabbed her cup and refilled it. I brought it back over to her and smiled as she hummed in pleasure at the food I had made her. It seemed as though she hadn't had a decent meal in weeks and I suspected that this was the case. "So you and Kirk?" I asked her, not being able to stay silent on the subject anymore, "how does that work?"

Lorelai looked at me confused before answering, "it's okay, I guess, but he won't let me get close to him. That's strange... well I think it's strange, is it Luke?"

"Well I'm probably not the best one to come to about relationship advice," I told her honestly, "but yeah that's strange."

"That's what I thought," Lorelai looked confused now, and I was concerned. "Kirk's great don't get me wrong, but there's just something, I don't know, I want to say wrong, but that's a little mean. We have been dating for six months."

"Six months?" I questioned her confused. Six months, where did this come from, it had been two weeks, what the hell have they told her.

"Yeah, I thought you know that, I thought everyone knew," I was all for telling her right here and right now that she and Kirk never even dated, but I don't know, something was just telling me that it wouldn't work... that she was too far gone already. I'd have to keep at it. I'd have to think of something that would break her out of this spell she was put under, and in the meantime I would get my Lorelai back one loveable quirk at a time.