SUMMARY: SPOILER ALERT: this is your friendly BLATANT SEASON 5 SPOILER ALERT!!! You HAVE BEEN WARNED!! AVOID IF YOU MUST…..IF you DON'T want to WAIT … COME ON DOWN… I hope you all appreciate the effort.

Don't Rock The Boat!!
By GilmoreGirl1979
LuvzAFunEthing: cheerio old bean!! I do love to see you write again, can't wait for the big unveiling!!!

DO FORGIVE my RATTY TRANSGRESSION. I forgot to thank and credit Kris Wright for being beta on this(a BETA who enjoys spoils; DIRTY !! and how novel, get it? I'm quotable that way!!!! )
Gcmel: "I love defending Luke!Lorelai" me too, she's protective that way!!! WINK...
why it's the Divine Miss M: I thank you....

A/N: I assume those of you brave souls who have chosen to stay are not offended or spoiled, by well… spoilers… This is a story based on my own Specs of a certain event that has come to my attention from my very own spoiler pixie …(and now the promo cause I've known for like a month, and I would write and re-write as more info became available… )

Any similarities between this and the actual eppy will amaze me ... maybe I'll finally earn my PHD in Lukeology (I only have a masters in RANTS)- ENJOY if you please....

Eppy airs tonight!! let's see how right on or off we were...

please R/R, probably end here ... so hope you liked and check out my other works on this site...

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Chapter 3:
Man Over Board!

The anger at her parents had subsided, well for now, by the time Lorelai's jeep entered Stars Hollow. It was also about that time that her cell phone rang. She eagerly answered hoping it was Luke, "Hello?"

"That was quite a show you put on there. You do realize you left me here alone."

Lorelai smiled at her daughter's voice. "I'm so sorry. I just had to get out of there" Not really caring if she had upset her parents cause frankly They started it...

"You know, it's not good to drive with road rage."

"Oh hon I'm fine, well better now that I'm out of there... oops there's my fifth deer."

"If you are interested, you made them forget about you and Luke".

"Now is an excellent time to join the witness protection program and make my escape forever. "

"Well then you may never see me again."

"Oh in that case... never mind. SO How were the fireworks after I left?"

"OH mother, don't be naive." the phrase said it all.

"Damn did you at least tape it?"

"I revert to my former statement."

"Double Damn, Where are you now? "

"Hold up in the bathroom. I can't talk long." Rory admitted.

"Hey, put something out of place for me while your in there, will you?"

"Sure, but only because you are having a bad day. ... So are you okay?"

"Yeah, I will be," As soon as I find Luke.

Rory began again slowly, "So, that is why Luke got divorced? ... Nicole was cheating on him?"

"Yeah" Lorelai answered absently straining for a view inside the diner as she pulled around the square.

"Mom?"

"Yeah babe."

"I'm sorry, ..."

Lorelai was confused as she parked in front of the diner. "For what?"

"Well, now I understand why Luke didn't like me and Dean together ... how we got together."

"Oh honey." Life can really be complicated at times.

" I mean if you think about it... I am the sock man.."

"Rory, ... " How to put this. "... you know how I feel about your particular situation ... but you aren't Nicole or the sock man. you're young and just made a mistake, and it's over now,... The question is have you learned from it."

"Yeah, I think I have." Rory said with quiet confidence.

"Good. Now I'm gonna try to rectify my own recent mistakes and see if I still have a boyfriend."

"You do, ...don't worry."

"Thanks, Bye hon." and Lorelai hung up her phone, and got out of the Jeep.She went to the diner door, it was still early and he was closed already. She knew where the spare key was, but if he wasn't up to talking she didn't want to force the issue. She decided to call first. His phone rang and rang, and she looked up to see if his lights were on... they weren't.

Just then Kirk walked up to her, enjoying his evening constitutional. "Good evening Lorelai"

"Hey Kirk" she replied.

"He hasn't shown yet?" joining her in staring at Luke's apartment windows.

" 'Yet'? What do you mean, ... 'yet'?"

"Well the Diner has been closed all day? Is he sick or something?"

"Luke doesn't get sick you know that."

"Well, he threw my whole day off. Maybe you two should schedule your sex life better, Lulu and I have a schedule, and I have to tell you ..."

"Kirk,"Lorelai winced as she raised her hand, " Please don't, too much information..."

"Right sorry, some times I have trouble with other people's comfort levels."

"Great, well I'm gonna go now..."

She wondered where Luke could be as she walked away. She went right past her car and headed down the all too familiar streets. She found Liz out on her front porch, sitting at a table making a new necklace. Lorelai absently touched the one around her neck, the one Luke had given her. "Hey Liz" she tried to smile.

"Oh hey Lorelai, how you doing?"in her usual "go with the flow, man" tone.

"Okay, ummm have you seen Luke, he wasn't at the diner, and I know he's been helping TJ with some stuff..."

"Nope, haven't seen him since this morning. He did seem kinda upset. He was really handy with the sledge hammer though." and she continued to string tiny beads.

"Huh? well that sounds like Luke."

"You sure your okay?

"Yeah , I'm just... " Liz's gaze told Lorelai she had figured it out already ..."we had a fight." Lorelai admitted as she sat down with Liz.

Stopping her project for the time being "What happened?"

Why does everyone have that same tone when they ask that? ... "Well I did something, and accidentally upset Luke."

"You didn't cheat on him did you?" Liz narrowed her eyes at her potential sister-in-law.

Lorelai was quick to defend herself, "No, no I would never do that to him." I love him.

"Good, cause then, I'd have to kill you ..." Liz went from serious back to casual as fast as the wind changed direction."So whatcha do?"

"Well, I bought the boat."

"what boat?"

Geez does no one know about this boat? "your dad's boat" surprised she had to explain it to the sister.

"OH daddy's boat," it seemed to click in Liz's head finally "... wait how did you get it?"

Lorelai explained about Mrs. Thompson and the rent arrangement being canceled, and how she meant buying the boat as a good surprise.

"Wow, I'm surprised he kept it this long, after what happened."

Now we are getting to it. "what? what happened.?"

Liz became very still and quiet, and serious again."You know Lorelai,I think you have to find Luke. He's the one that should tell you."

Damn it! Daphne, I am not!!

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Lorelai went back for her jeep, drove home. As she walked to the porch, she noticed the garage doors were open. She peaked inside, and saw Luke sitting on the ground, against the garage wall, in deep thought. She knocked on the side of the door frame, and snapped him out of his trance. "hey" she said quietly.

Luke shifted a little, "hey."

She took that as a truce, and sat down next to him inside the garage. She just remained quiet; a true challenge when she was bursting with questions.

After a few moments, Luke quietly admitted "I missed you today", and he reached for her hand. "I actually had a cup of coffee today, cause it reminded me of you."

"Really?" she seemed to smile, at the sweet out of character gesture, and that he had suffered a little, just like her.

"Yeah, it smelled like you, tasted like you... " giving a squeeze to her fingers in his grasp.

"I missed you, too." she squeezed back,"All day, everything made me think of you; Coffee, the Inn, Scooby Doo, Rory, my parents, the diner, Kirk, my necklace..."

Luke lightly chuckled and ended the list,"okay, I get it."

"Well you are important to me, mister. I'm used to you." I love you!

"Well I forgot that, open communication is the foundation of …" he didn't want to say 'love', as that was the direct quote, but he wasn't sure if she was ready to hear that from him. "… any … good relationship." He covered.

"Okay Dr. Phil, Where did you hear that?"

Avoiding the question, Luke responded"... Look, I over reacted and I'm sorry,"

"Luke, I just figured, ... that you kept the diner exactly the same, you kept the office, mostly the same, that you'd want to keep another piece of your father…"

"That does sound like me" he agreed, happy that this woman knew hims so well.

Lorelai continued, "I thought you didn't mean it, so I bought it so you could have more time to think it over, think about where to put it.. …"

"Very thoughtful, and thank you for wanting to dothat.." he was still even and avoiding.

"Luke, I don't get it? If you didn't want to keep it, why have you been paying Mrs. Thompson to store it for all these years? And now… "

That seemed to light the fire again."And now it is sitting in your garage, a constant reminder of.. " he turned away.

"Luke? what is it? … a reminder of what? ..." putting a hand on his shoulder, he was getting emotional again."Luke?" this was a rare sight indeed. Luke Danes, choked up? "Luke, apparently you've been holding on to the boat for some reason, and now all of a sudden you want to get rid of it. you don't want me to know about it? you have been acting weird since Mrs. Thompson told you she was moving, Tell me?"

He sighed in resignation, Luke the fire of the previous night had died away. His temper had always been like that. A quick flare up, but he would calm down and see reason again. Luke could never stay mad at Lorelai. After all, she didn't know. He was absolutely still, and Luke closed his eyes and leaned his head back against the wall. After a hard swallow, he exhaled,"My dad died."

She knew that already, but Lorelai remained silent.

"My dad died … while working on the boat."

"Oh Luke." and she took his other hand in hers.

Luke seemed to be having trouble breathing and he looked at the ground unable to look at the boat. "When he got sick, the doctors said it would be good for him to, I don't know, have a hobby or something. Take his mind of the chemo. He had already started on the boat after my mom died. So he figured he'd finish it, keep him busy, active. I'd run the store, he work on the boat, I'd help him from time to time but he mostly wanted to do it on his own." Luke swallowed hard again. " I was … supposed to be there, … when he …"

Lorelai moved closer to him, and moved her right arm over his shoulders and squeezed, to remind him she was there with him.

"I'm the one … the one that found him, a few hours later, … I tried CPR, but, by then .... there was nothing anyone could do, I mean, he was … gone."

Lorelai noticed how tense the memory made him. "I can't help but think if I had been there… "

"Oh Luke, you can't think like that. It's not your fault…"

"Lorelai, my dad died alone, … alone. That is my fault … After my mom died, we just got closer, and I was supposed to be there for him, to take care of him and when it mattered most … I wasn't there … I mean, was he in pain? Was it quick? Did his life flash before his eyes? Did he see that great light everyone talks about ? Did he see my mother?"

Breathing had become a chore for Luke.Lorelai just soothed him, keeping his hadn in hers, her arm around him, as he struggled to breath normal again. they said quiet for a long time, needing an approprioate spacer,before she spoke again. "Luke I didn't do to this to upset you, or hurt you."

"Yeah you didn't know." he ws doing better now. Sounding normal now.

"I mean you kept the diner and the office just as your dad left it, I thought you'd want to keep his boat too."

"I know..I know."

" … and you know…" Lorelai cautiously worded, "… you can … keep it here … as long as you want."

SoI can keep it?? He would think about it... for her, he would think about it. "Will you at least let me pay you?"

"Dirty!" she smiled as she leaned in and kissed his cheek..

His reply was a simple yet common eye roll." You know what I meant, rent ... for the space" he clarified.

"Not necessary."

"Lorelai …" he was about to argue the logistics of the added income while the Inn was still in it's first year.

But she cut him off. "I'm telling you, It is not necessary. How much stuff as you done for me over the years.. this is the least I could do. I bought it and stored it because …" she stopped, feeling like this was a really bad time. Even so, she felt it, she had to say it. but was this really the right moment?

Luke was curious at her pause "what?"

Geronimo! "Because I love you."

At that moment time stood still for Luke. He couldn't believe it, She had said it first. His breath started to catch in his throat multiple times, in the good way. He finally smiled, "I love you too," it felt so good to finally get that out, it had been inside him for years. Luke leaned over and kissed her.

ahhh back to normal, but better. "and by the way, I don't like waking up alone, the bed is too cold." She pouted.

He chuckled, amazing how she can ruin a perfectly good moment. Luke felt whole again, kissing her again.

She smiled at him, "Stay tonight."

"Nothing would keep me away." and he helped her up, and they went in the house together.

Later that night, they made love a little slower. And it was just that. Making Love. Each taking their time, eking every last pleasure out of each other, for each other, with repeated whispers of "I love you". Passion and want still present, but perhaps more symbolic than before, more meaningful this time.

They were in love.

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A/N: on this same subject line, may I recommend Row Row, by LorelaiGilmoreDanes

A/N2: this fic is all about the gesture (boat buying) and the ILUs.... luvz and me think they are coming in this eppy, our theory let's see who is right and who is dead (again with the princess bride already!!)A/N3:Sam Phillips' All night was playing in my head when she was looking for Luke... GREAT SEXY SONG!!

what we know...
Episode 5.10: Title Unknown
Airdate: November 2004
11/01 - While driving down the street, Lorelai sees Luke arguing with an older woman. She stops her car and goes over to them. The woman, Mrs. Thompson, has been renting her garage to Luke (and his father before him) to store the boat that Luke's father was building. Now Mrs. Thompson is moving into a nursing home in Florida. She has found renters for her house and they want the use of the garage for their cars. Luke has a week to find a new place for his father's boat. Upset, Luke tells Mrs. Thompson to find someone to haul the boat and trash it and send him the bill, then he stomps off in a huff. Lorelai follows him and tries to calm him down, reminding him that Mrs. Thompson is going into a nursing home.
-Lorelai and Luke have their first fight when she accidentally upsets him by buying an old boat that had belonged to his father.

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