A couple days later, Luke looks out the window and sees Lorelai standing alone outside. He waves at her and she waves back then turns around and walks away. He wonders why she didn't come in. She hasn't been to the diner since they broke up. He wishes she would come in, because he would like to try to at least be friends with her again. As long as she doesn't bring Christopher with her, he'd be happy to see her come back to the diner.

A few days after that, he hears people in the diner gossiping. Apparently, Christopher moved out and he and Lorelai are getting a divorce. Although Luke feels a little delighted about that news, he also wonders how Lorelai is feeling. He knows how it feels to be divorced. Although, he and Nicole got a little rash and rushed into marriage, Luke fells like he was somewhat of a failure. Maybe if he had tried harder to work things out, Nicole wouldn't have cheated on him.

When Liz and T.J. hear about Lorelai's divorce, they both have different opinions on what Luke should do. "The plot thickens." Liz says.
"The plot does not thicken, okay? We're friends… that's all. I just went out when I heard her dad was sick." Luke informs her, even though he's not sure that he and Lorelai are exactly friends right now. T.J. tells Luke he doesn't think they should get back together.
"Nobody's talking about getting back together with her." Luke replies. There's no way she wants to get back together. Especially not so soon after breaking up with Christopher.

Liz asks Luke if he has asked Lorelai how Richard is doing. He hasn't. He wasn't sure if it would be a good idea. T.J. tells him not to call her. Luke gets a little mad; Liz and T.J. shouldn't be concerned with his relationship. It's my choice what to do. Mine alone.

Liz and T.J. talk about Luke when they think he's asleep that night. Liz asks T.J. if he thinks Luke is lonely.
"He does look a little lonely around the eyes." T.J. responds.

"I think he's lovesick over Lorelai." Liz says. I am not lovesick… I just miss her sometimes.

"I just think that he might be better off lonely." T.J. tells Liz.

"I think they belong together." Liz replies. You didn't think that before. T.J. points this out and Liz says something about wormholes. After Liz and T.J. leave, Luke lets out a sigh of relief. Although he loves Liz, and T.J. isn't so bad, the apartment wasn't meant to have three adults and a baby living in it. Luke is also relieved that he doesn't have to discuss his relationship with Lorelai with anyone. He stares at the phone and debates whether or not to call Lorelai. After thinking about it for a couple minutes, he decides to call. After a few rings, the call goes to voicemail.

Before he can talk himself out it, he leaves a quick message:

"Hey Lorelai, um it's Luke. I was just wondering how your dad is doing. Um you don't have to call me back if it's inconvenient or anything … okay… bye."

A few weeks later, Zach reminds Luke that he didn't RSVP to Lane's baby shower. Luke tells Zach he'll think about coming. He isn't sure if it would be a good idea to go since Lorelai would probably be going and it might be awkward. Lorelai never called Luke back, but he figures that she might just be too busy, but she could also not want to talk to him. Kirk mentions that there's an ad for a boat in the paper. He says the address of the place that's selling it and Luke recognizes it immediately. He looks at the ad and realizes that it's his boat; Liz and T.J. want to sell his boat.

Luke accuses Liz and T.J. of trying to sell the boat without his permission. They deny it, saying that were just trying to see if they'd get an offer first before telling Luke. They want the space in their garage for Liz's jewelry business. Luke tells them that he isn't selling the boat. Liz says a little change can be a good thing.
"My boat, my decision. I'm not selling it. Alright?" Luke tells her.
Maybe sometimes a little change can be good, but it's too hard to let go of the boat. Letting go of the boat would be letting go of another piece of Dad.
Luke remembers when Lorelai bought the boat and kept it in her garage for him. At first he was angry that she had bought it even though he said he wanted it gone. Then he realized that she had thought he would regret giving it away, and he realized she was right. Lorelai understood him; she could read him like a book. This was one of the many reasons he loved her. If only I could have noticed how she felt about the whole April situation. She could tell how I was feeling, why couldn't I read her that well? If we were still together, the boat could still be in her garage.

When Luke talks to April on the phone, he offers to take her to Disneyworld when she visits in the summer. April says she can't imagine him at Disneyworld. She says she's fine just hanging out in the diner. Luke's a little upset as he thought she would want to have a little more fun in the summer. But, he figures it doesn't matter what they do as long as they enjoy spending time together. However, maybe a little change would be good. It would be good to get out of Stars Hollow at least once.

He decides to sell the boat to Kirk and buy a newer, better one. I'm never going to use it. It's better to move on than to hang on to the past. Luke tells himself. He decides to go to the baby shower. He finds Lorelai standing outside Miss Patty's.
"What's this I hear about Kirk buying your boat?" She asks him.

When he tells Lorelai that he bought a new boat, she seems surprised. He tells her his plans to take it out on little trips with April in the summer.

"Luke, that sounds really nice." She tells him. Then, "God, I can't believe you bought a boat in a day. It used to take you a week to buy a t-shirt."

"Yeah, well, things change." Luke replies frankly. She looks at him and he looks back until he feels a little uneasy. "I'll see you inside?" He asks and she just mutters: "Mm-hmm."
I guess I was hinting at the fact that we both changed into different people in the past year. She stopped sharing her feelings and I stopped letting her in.