The next morning, Luke woke up and looked over at Lorelai. She was still asleep. He smiled and rolled over, reaching out to put his arm around her waist.

Lorelai awoke to the touch of Luke's lips on her shoulder. She smiled to herself before she turned around to face him.

"Good morning." She said gently.

"Morning," Luke smiled softly.

"How'd you sleep?" She asked.

"Like a rock. You?" He responded.

"Great." She pulled her arm out from under the sheets. Holding her hand out in front of her face, she whispered: "It wasn't a dream."

"Nope, we're engaged."

Lorelai grinned, "I can call you my fiancé instead of my boyfriend now."

Luke just shrugged.

It was silent for a minute.

"Come here." Luke said gruffly.

Lorelai moved, laid her head on his chest.

Luke kissed the top of her head.

"What time is it?" Lorelai asked.

Luke tilted his head to look at the clock on the nightstand. "It's ten." He told her.

"Wow, we slept in late." She murmured.

"Mmm hmm,"

She sighed happily. "Are we just gonna lie here all day and have a lazy day? I'd totally be okay with that."

Luke took a few seconds to respond. "Hmm? No. We'll get up soon… just not yet."

"Okay." She whispered before she closed her eyes.

"What do you want for breakfast?" He asked a few minutes later.

"Um… an omelette and coffee,"

He nodded, pressed another kiss to the top of her head then started to move.

She pinned him down and kissed down his chest. He'd slept without a shirt. She pulled away and he got up slowly.

Luke smiled at her, his eyes shining. She grinned back, feeling happier than she had in months. They headed downstairs to the kitchen.

After breakfast, they sat in the living room.

"What do you want to do today?" Luke asked.

"Hmm… I don't know. Is there anything you want to do?" Lorelai replied.

"No, not really,"

Lorelai picked up the pamphlet that was on the table. She skimmed it.

"Ooh, we can go to Chappaquiddick Island!" She said excitedly.

"Chapa what island?"

"Chappaquiddick Island," Lorelai repeated, sure that she was pronouncing it wrong. "It's got a Japanese garden that looks beautiful, see" She pointed at the picture in the pamphlet.

Luke nodded. "Sure, we can go there, we have to take a ferry."

"Okay. Let's go." Lorelai grinned. She stood up, grabbed her purse and slipped her shoes on.

Luke put his shoes and jacket on and picked up his wallet and keys. Lorelai was halfway out the door when he called out:

"Hey, you're forgetting something." He gestured to her baseball cap and her head scarf which we sitting on the table.

"Nah, I've decided to go bare today. No hat, not scarf, nothing." She told him.

"You sure?" He asked a little hesitantly.

She nodded. "Yes."

"All right," He smiled.

"Come on." She reached for his hand.

He gave her his hand and they were on their way.

A little while later, they arrived and drove over to the garden. They started walking through the garden, arm in arm.

"This is really nice." Lorelai breathed.

"Yeah," Luke agreed. He noticed that a few of the other tourists were looking at Lorelai. His brow furrowed. Why can't people just be polite? He thought.

"Luke?"

He didn't hear what Lorelai just said. "Sorry, what did you say?"

"I said I don't care about people looking at me."

"But it's rude."

"I know, but I would probably stare too. It's not a common site, a bald woman." She whispered.

Luke just groaned.

Lorelai squeezed his hand, "its fine hon."

He moved his arm and wrapped it around her shoulders, almost as if to protect her from the stares.

She leaned into him. They kept walking until they found an empty bench.

"You know, this would have been a nice place to propose too." Lorelai teased.

Luke smirked and rubbed her arm. "Yeah, but there would probably be a lot more people, I'm glad there was only a couple people on the beach."

"And why is that?" She inquired.

"Because if there were a lot of people around I would be a lot more nervous than I already was and they would all clap and cheer when you said yes and I just wanted it to be more of a private celebration, you know?"

"Yeah, I get it." She smiled and turned her head to face him.

He was looking at the scenery and didn't notice that she was facing him.

She rubbed his leg to get him to look at her. He met her gaze. She raised her eyebrows and leaned in to kiss him.

The kiss was short and sweet.

"Come on." She said when they broke apart. She stood up and held her hand out to him.

He got up and took her hand. They continued walking through the garden. Lorelai shivered suddenly.

"Want my jacket?" Luke was wearing a flannel and his green army jacket.

"No. I'll be fine." Lorelai replied. She had forgotten to bring her jacket. She was only wearing a thin cardigan over her t-shirt.

Lorelai shivered again.

"Take it." Luke said as he slipped off his jacket. He draped it over her shoulders.

"Thanks babe." She said gently. She passed him her purse to hold while she put her arms into his jacket. She took her purse back and took his hand again.

She put her other hand to her mouth. "Oh my gosh, does this mean we're going steady now? Since you gave your jacket, Butch?" She said in a valley girl accent.

Luke rolled his eyes. "I think we went steady a long time ago… and we are engaged, remember?" He teased.

She winked at him. "How could I forget?"

He just smirked.

After they ate dinner that night, Lorelai walked behind Luke and wrapped her arms around him. He was putting the leftovers in the fridge. Luke closed the fridge and placed his hands on top of hers. Lorelai started kissing his neck.

"Lorelai," He groaned.

"What? Can't a girl kiss her fiancé's neck?" She mumbled between kisses.

Luke turned around slowly. He looked down at her. She met his eyes. They moved at the same time and their lips met in a tender kiss.

Lorelai deepened the kiss and took his bottom lip between hers and nibbled it. He moaned and broke the kiss.

She ran her hands up and down his back. "Luke, let's go upstairs." She said seductively.

"Are you sure?" He looked at her. They had only made love once since she started chemo.

"Yes." She answered simply.

That was enough for him. He put a hand on the small ofher back and led her upstairs.

Once they were in the bedroom, Lorelai unbuttoned her jeans. Luke reached out and pulled her to him. He pressed his lips to hers.

She smiled against his lips and kissed him until the need for oxygen became too much. He reached down and helped her take off her jeans. She quickly unbuttoned his flannel and tugged at his t-shirt.

He lifted his arms so she could remove his shirt. Lorelai pulled away and took off her own shirt. She looked down suddenly, feeling self-conscious.

"You're beautiful." He whispered. He never wanted her to feel unattractive.

Lorelai bit her lip. She unclasped her bra, but didn't let it fall to the floor. "After the surgery… I won't be as beautiful." She said quietly.

"You will." He tried to assure her. He reached out and gently pushed her hands away. His hands removed her bra.

He pressed his lips to her neck and kissed her softly. She moaned.

"Luke,"

He stopped kissing her neck. She put a hand on his cheek and closed her eyes. He pressed his forehead to hers before her leaned in and kissed her.

After a few passionate kisses, Luke pulled away and took a step back. He stepped out of his jeans then pulled her back to him.

She rested her head on his shoulder.

"You still want to?" He asked gently.

A few seconds passed before she lifted her head. She kissed him to show him that she still wanted to. He wrapped his arms around her tightly and lifted her.

She gasped, not expecting it. He chuckled and carried her over to the bed. Once she was lying on the bed, she reached for him and he took his hand in hers, lacing his fingers through hers.

He held himself above her, looking into her eyes. She smiled softly and waited for his kiss.

Afterwards, they were silent. They remained close to each other, but they weren't touching.

"Lorelai? You okay?" He was worried that he had hurt her.

"I'm just thinking."

"About what?"

"Us,"

"Good things?"

"Of course," She beamed, moving to snuggle up to him.

He gently pulled her on top of him.

She giggled. "You know, I've never loved another man as much as I love you." Her tone suggested that it was a question.

He blinked, not knowing what to say.

She pressed her lips together. "It's okay; I know I leave you speechless."

He grinned. She kissed him then kissed him again.

The next few days flew by and Luke and Lorelai were now on their way back to Stars Hollow. Lorelai fell asleep, her head against a pillow on the window. Luke pulled into the driveway and looked over at her. He didn't want to wake her up.

Rory suddenly came from inside the house. It was a Saturday, but Luke and Lorelai didn't know that she'd be home to greet them. Luke quickly got out of the truck and shut the door as quietly as he could.

"Luke! Hi! How was the trip?" Rory sounded excited.

"Hey Rory, the trip was great." He pointed to the truck. "Your mom fell asleep during the drive and I don't want to wake her up but we need to get her inside."

"Oh, um well you could carry her maybe?" Rory suggested.

"Yeah, I guess so." Luke replied.

They walked over to the passenger side of the truck. Rory opened the door slowly. Luke reached in and unbuckled Lorelai's seatbelt. He looked at her and tried to think of a way to pick her up without waking her. Rory leaned in and gently touched Lorelai's left hand. She was looking at the ring.

"So I guess you don't have to resize the ring then. It fits perfectly."

Luke smiled. "Yeah I was a little surprised at that."

He bent down and put one arm under Lorelai's legs and the other around her upper back. After struggling a little bit, he managed to get her out of the car. She stirred in his arms.

Lorelai opened her eyes. She immediately saw Luke looking down at her. Realizing she was in Luke's arms, she frowned and muttered, "Um hon, why are you carrying me?"

"You fell asleep on the drive home and I didn't want to wake you so I thought I'd carry you in."

"Oh… that's sweet but I'm awake now so I can walk."

Luke set her down gently.

"Mom!" Rory tackled Lorelai in a hug.

Lorelai gasped, not seeing Rory beforehand. She squeezed Rory back.

"I missed you."

"I missed you too sweets."

Rory pulled back. "You have to tell me all about the trip."

"I did, on the phone." Lorelai laughed.

"I know, but it's different in person." Rory said.

Lorelai nodded. "Okay, but can I wait until tomorrow? I'm exhausted."

"Of course, come on, let's go in."

Luke went to the back of the truck to get their bags while Lorelai and Rory headed inside.

"I thought you'd be at Yale this weekend." Lorelai said.

"I wanted to surprise you and I was already in town for Friday night dinner so I stayed at Grandma and Grandpa's house last night."

"How are they?" Lorelai asked. She had only talked to them once on the phone while they were at the Vineyard.

"They're good. Grandma's been really busy with D.A.R stuff and Grandpa just got back from a business trip."

They stepped inside and took off their shoes. Rory walked Lorelai to the bottom of the stairs.

"I'll see you in the morning. I'm glad you had a great trip." Rory said.

Lorelai grinned. "It was really great." She held up her left hand.

Rory couldn't help but smile. "I'm so happy for you and Luke."

"I know." Lorelai sighed happily. "I'll tell you more about our trip in the morning… but you're going back to Yale tomorrow, right?"

Rory nodded. "But I'm not going to leave until the afternoon."

They heard the front door open and close as Luke came in.

"Are you gonna ask Luke about the details of the proposal?" Lorelai asked with a smile.

"Maybe," Rory smiled back and shrugged nonchalantly.

"He missed you too you know." Lorelai said gently.

"And I missed him."

Lorelai leaned in and kissed Rory's cheek. "All right, I'm heading to bed. Goodnight hon. Don't keep Luke up too late."

"Goodnight mom, sweet dreams."

Lorelai went upstairs.

Luke came into the living room as Rory was making her way over to him.

"Mom went to bed."

Luke nodded. "How's Yale?"

"Fine. I'm keeping up with my classes all right."

He set the bags down. "Did you eat dinner yet?"

"Yeah. There's leftover Chinese food in the fridge."

"Thanks, we stopped to eat on the way home." He sat down on the couch.

Rory walked over and sat next to him. "I'm so happy that you and Mom are engaged."

"Thanks kid."

"So what made you change your mind? Why did you propose now?"

"Well, I didn't want to wait. I didn't want to have any regrets I guess. I mean we don't know what's going to happen… but I want to marry her no matter what." He replied.

Rory nodded slowly. "Mom told me that you were so romantic." She laughed when she saw the look on Luke's face. "She said you had this whole speech, what did you say?"

"I don't really remember much of it."

"Luke!"

He chuckled. "I just told her that she's everything to me… that I am so lucky to have her. I would be lost without her." He became lost in his thoughts. He knew that it was true; he didn't know where he'd be without Lorelai. He'd probably be going through life day by day, never truly happy. She had really changed his life and he was so thankful that they had found each other.

"That's so sweet." Rory felt herself tear up. She glanced at Luke and swore that she saw a tear in his eye too. "Luke." She said to get his attention.

He looked at her.

"Mom and I are so lucky to have you… I hope you know that."

Luke just nodded. He cleared his throat, "I think I'm going to head to bed."

"Okay. Goodnight."

"Night," Luke stood up.

Rory got up and smiled at Luke before she headed to her bedroom.

Luke picked up the luggage and walked upstairs.

He found Lorelai fast asleep. After placing the bags on the floor, he went into the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and got ready for bed.

The bedroom light was off, so he felt his way to the bed. Once in bed, placed an arm over her and closed his eyes. He was asleep in minutes.

Author's note: Thanks for reading. I've never been to Martha's Vineyard, but I researched it. I wanted to give Luke and Lorelai something to do…
Reviews are appreciated.