Author's note: Thank you for the reviews and follows. I want to state that this story will stick to the plot of season seven. Yes, it will be sad but there will be happy moments with April and Luke will feel better in time, just like you saw in season seven. There will also be a few off screen scenes. After watching season six and seven, I felt sadder for Luke than Lorelai, and I'd rather write from his perspective. Especially since I hate Christopher! Haha ;)

A few days later, Luke gets an empty box from one of his deliveries to put Lorelai's things that she left at his place, or things that remind him of her. He goes upstairs on his lunch break to get this done. He opens the closet, sorting through his flannel shirts until he finds the one he's looking for, the blue and white one that she wore on the morning after their first date. That's how the town found out they were dating, she went downstairs into the diner wearing nothing but his shirt. She only wanted to get some coffee, bothered by the fact that he didn't keep any in the apartment. When she came back upstairs and told him what happened, he offered to get her coffee. After he got dressed that morning, he went downstairs to make her coffee, expecting the whole town to share their opinions on his new relationship with Lorelai, but it was silent as he made the coffee. When he returned to the apartment, she was dressed in her outfit from the previous night; the flannel was back on the chair. He handed her the coffee and she was off to the Inn or her house after a quick "Thanks." And a lingering goodbye kiss.

Luke brings his thoughts back to the present; he holds the flannel up to his face. It still smells like her… he hasn't worn it since she claimed it as her own. On most nights she stayed over, she would wear it to bed. Although he never admitted it to her, he thought she wore it better than he ever did, it made her eyes look even bluer and she always looked comfortable in it. He moves on to the bathroom. His eyes scan the shelf that he built for her. She left a toothbrush, her crazy cinnamon flavoured toothpaste, and some cosmetic items. He throws out all these items, seeing no use for them. In the shower, he finds her shampoo and conditioner, her pink razor and some vanilla scented shaving gel. He sighs as he remembers how he loves the smell of that shampoo and the smell of her perfume…. Just get rid of it, stop thinking of her. He tells himself. And he throws out those things too.

He opens the dresser drawers and looks throughout the apartment to see if she left anymore of her things here. He finds a pair of her sweatpants, a few hair elastics, a pair of socks and a pair of earrings. He drops them in the box with the flannel shirt. Maybe he could mail them to her… he just decides to leave the box in the back of the closet. Maybe one day, he'll want to open this box and be reminded of the happy times with her, but for now he doesn't want to dwell on the past, he wants to move on.

Anna calls that night, asking him if April can stay with him she's in New Mexico taking care of her mother. He tells her fine, no problem. April's never stayed with him alone all night, unless you count that time her and her friends slept over for her birthday party. But Lorelai was the one who stayed with them in the apartment. He's happy to have April stay though. Hopefully it can help Anna see that he wants to be a responsible parent, a good dad. He also hopes that April staying with him for a couple weeks will help their relationship grow, he wants to bond with her.

When April comes over the next day, he shows her around the apartment even though she's been there before. He's a little nervous about whether or not she'll be comfortable staying here with him. She tells him that her avocado pit will need light. He admits that his place is a kind of depressing, he hasn't really changed anything in it since he's lived there… he tells April that they can buy some pillows, a rug and a couple lamps to change things a bit. He watches as she puts the avocado pit near the window above the sink. He smiles, happy to have her here.

The next day, after they get back from Target, he tells her he's glad they went shopping together to pick out some things to brighten up and change the apartment a bit. April tells him he can have a nice dinner at the table now, put flowers in the vase and dim the lights and light some candles. He thinks that she's the one who wants that so he tells her they can do that tonight if she wants. But she says he can do it when he has a lady over. Oh no, she knows Anna must have told her about the break up.
He quickly changes the subject, tells her that she can set up the desk lamp that he bought her. She tells him that there isn't any homework on the first day of school. He just tells her that he'll set up the lamp so she can use it tomorrow. Thank God he avoided talking about Lorelai or another woman with April. He wouldn't be comfortable talking about that with his daughter that he's only known for a few months.

But, April brings up the topic of him dating again, hinting at the fact that her biology teacher is single and that she'd be willing to help him meet her so he can ask her out. April admits that Anna told her that he and Lorelai broke up.
"Okay, well sometimes that happens, you know? Sometimes it doesn't work out between people, and it's nobody's fault." He tells her, once again trying to convince himself this.
"It's all about pheromones." April replies.
"Right," He laughs a little, trying to show her that he's not upset at her for offering to set him up with her teacher. He's not sure that he's ready to date again. "But I want you to know I'm okay, and you don't have to take care of me. I'm here to take care of you. Okay?"
"Okay." She responds.
He kisses her forehead and wishes her a goodnight. Her showing that she cares makes him feel happy. He's pleased that their relationship has really grown since they met all those months ago.