A/N: Hello everyone! This is my... second Gilmore Girls fic (though the first one doesn't really count because it was an absolute flop :p lol!) So yes, I'm not usually a Gilmore Girls writer, I used to write a lot but then my computer crashed and I couldn't be bothered writing it all over again. Yes, so usually I write McLeod's Daughters or 24 fan fic, but I'm starting to get into The 4400 also. But anyway, this is about Gilmore Girls! Yay!
This is a 'what if...' scenario, in the position of 'what if... Kirk didn't run down the stairs and ruin that PERFECT Luke & Lorelai kiss that we all love!' Now, yes, I know, that moment has LONG since been over in the USA, but... well... us poor old aussies still haven't got season 4 finished! (I've had to download the last few episodes! Can you believe it!) Yes, so anyway, please enjoy this concept... I'm loving it sick so I hope youse all do too you great hunk-o-spunks! (ok... sorry... slipping into Kath & Kim mode there... note to Americans... WATCH IT... best aussie show in the world!) Yes, so anyway... enjoy!
Disclaimer: No, unfortunately I don't own Gilmore Girls, but if I did I'd be giving Channel 9 a swift kick up the rear for taking it off air! Arg!
"What are you doing?" Lorelai said, stepping back a little from Luke as he leant towards her, his right hand resting on her lower back.
"Will you just stand still?" he replied, pulling Lorelai towards him. All of a sudden he kissed her and she wrapped his arms around his neck. Although initially surprised, she didn't stop the kiss. What am I doing? This is Luke, this is diner Luke, town Luke, coffeeman Luke! I'm kissing Luke on the... I'm kissing Luke... and it isn't all that bad. In fact – it's pretty darn good. Wait, what the hell am I thinking – Lorelai pulled away from Luke quickly, and just stared at his chest, not daring to look him in the eye. She didn't know what possessed her to do so, but surprisingly she found herself moving towards him again. He recoiled back like she had.
"What are you doing?" he asked, in a fashion not unlike hers.
"Will you just stand still?" she replied, taking advantage of his own comeback. She brought her hands to his chin and lilted her head to the side slightly, bringing her lips to his. This time the kiss was longer, and they pulled a little closer to each other. His arms were wrapped tightly around her, and she was beginning to like this feeling. Luke... ah! This is Luke... this is so... why isn't this weird? This is meant to be feeling weird but I... God he's good at this! Wait... I can't be doing this... I can't be kissing Luke – here, at the Dragonfly... Just as quickly as she had done the first time, Lorelai pulled out of Luke's embrace. She stared at his chest, but this time his hands didn't leave her hips. Then, before she could think of anything else, he pulled her towards him again. But this time it was slower – less urgency. He wasn't just grabbing her and kissing her this time; this was different. She brought her arms up around his neck and, for the first time in this sequence of kisses, slowly brought her eyes up to look at his, instead of staring incessantly at his lips. Their noses were barely millimetres apart, and she could feel his warm breath hitting her lips. She let her fingers play with the bottom of his hair as a small smile appeared on her face. Why does this feel so good...? I can't believe I'm here... with Luke... and I'm smiling. Oh my gosh I'm smiling! I bet I look like a complete idiot just smiling at him like this when he's so close... so close... ohhh my... did I just shiver when his thumb just – oh yes I shivered... oh this is embarrassing, this is... this is amazing! Wait! No! What am I saying? This isn't amazing this is Luke... and Luke is amazing.. holy moly Luke is amazing. Luke is... unbelievable... I can't believe how great this feels... I have to tell Sookie – man Lorelai, you are such an idiot! Luke is holding you in his arms, your lips are micrometres away from each other and all you can think about is telling Sookie? Dammit I gotta kiss him quick – And within a second Lorelai had covered Luke's lips with hers. This kiss had more passion than the last two; they kissed each other hungrily as Luke's hands roamed her back and she held onto the back of his neck tightly. She slid her tongue into his mouth, and after no sign of disapproval, she let it play with his. After a while Luke moved to kiss Lorelai's top lip as she focused on his bottom one.
"Lorelai!" they were suddenly broken out of the kiss by a very annoying and alarmed Jason. "What are you doing?"
"Jason! What are you still doing here?!" Lorelai said, stuttering slightly, Luke still holding onto her firmly.
"What, I go to the bathroom for two seconds and you're out here cheating on me with... with the diner guy?" Jason spat, making sure to look Luke up and down.
"Hey, he has a name, and I am not cheating on you because we're NOT together!" Lorelai replied, now moving slightly so that Luke had to let go of her.
"I came back here to work things out with you, and you go and pull a stunt like this... how long has this been going on? How long have you been cheating on me for Lorelai?" Jason asked his voice raising. Luke stepped in front of Lorelai protectively.
"Hey, would you just back off buddy?!" Luke said, putting his hands out to stop Jason from moving any closer.
"I'm not your buddy, now step away from my girlfriend," Jason said, trying to pass Luke. Luke just pushed him back.
"She's not your girlfriend, she broke up with you," Luke replied, trying his best to suppress the urge to just hit this guy.
"We were just on a break-"
"We were NOT on a break Jason! Would you just leave me alone! I wish you would get on with your life!" Lorelai said from behind Luke, her temper flaring.
"You are my life Lorelai," Jason said, his voice taking that softened tone again, "I love you, you're everything to me. I know we can work this out, just give us another try-"
"I've moved on from you Jason, okay? The minute you decided to sue my father was the minute I started moving on from you. And I have moved on, okay?! I don't have any feelings for you anymore, whatsoever!" Lorelai said, her face starting to turn slightly red as she stepped from behind Luke to beside him. He immediately put a protective arm out, stopping her from getting any closer to Jason. As soon as he did so, Lorelai squinted her eyes, obvious tears starting to form. She hated that Jason was doing this – didn't he get the message that she didn't want to be with him anymore? He was verging on stalker material, and to be honest, it was really starting to frighten her.
"Will you just go home and leave me alone, Jason? It's long since over between us," she said, her voice breaking slightly as she tried her best to stop herself from crying. Luke kept that protective arm in front of her and gave Jason the death stare.
"Move on, yuppie, you've done enough damage here," Luke said quietly but forcefully. Jason let out a breath and moved to leave.
"I'll call you, Lorelai," Jason said, as he left. This just made a sob escape Lorelai's lips as she brought a hand up to her mouth, still trying her best to sword off the tears.
"You won't be calling anyone," Luke called after Jason, as he watched him walk down the drive and out of sight. Luke turned to Lorelai who still hand her hand over her mouth and was managing to do a pretty good job of not breaking down – though Luke could tell she was mighty close to it. She brought her eyes up to meet his and she brought her hand down from her mouth. Her bottom lip quivered as she stepped in to Luke and he wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug. She buried her head in his chest and finally let the sobs escape. He rubbed her back comfortingly and kissed the top of her head.
"You'll be alright, he's just a major jerk," Luke said holding Lorelai a little bit tighter, "I'll make sure he doesn't try and pull anything like this again."
"Thankyou, Luke," Lorelai's muffled voice said as she continued weeping into his chest. "Thankyou, I..." Lorelai brought her head up and pulled back a little bit. "God... I'm so sorry, I've just gone and left a huge wet patch on your shirt there," she said, gently touching the part of his chest that her tears had dampened.
"Hey, what am I here for but to be a human Kleenex," he replied, causing a little laugh to come from Lorelai. She brought her hand up to his chin and gently ran her thumb across his unusually smooth chin, smiling at him. He just smiled back at her, leaning into her touch, not wanting the feeling of her skin on his to end. She ran her hand down the side of his neck, down over his shoulder and along his arm quickly before taking his hand.
"Come on," she said, leading him towards the door, "let's go for a walk." Luke obliged and let her lead him outside. Lorelai had only got down one step before the heal on one of her shoes snapped suddenly and she fell head over heels down the stairs, pulling Luke with her.
"Ah! Oww....." Lorelai whined cradling her leg.
"Lorelai! Are you alright?" Luke asked, his voice filled with concern as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah... I just... ah, ow... just scratched my leg a little here," she said, revealing a huge bloody graze on the outside of her left calf.
"Geez! Woah... ow... Lorelai we gotta do something about that!" Luke said, moving closer, but being careful not to... you know... touch it.
"Nah... it's okay, really. I'm more concerned about my shoes!" She said, moving to take her shoe off, but wincing a little as a pain shot through her leg.
"Lorelai! That looks really deep," Luke said, taking a closer look at the graze.
"No, it'll be fine," she said, "I've gotta... um... keep... you know..." She got up and tried to stand on her leg and it immediately buckled under the pressure, causing her to fall on top of Luke.
"You are not fine. Come inside, we'll find something for that," Luke said, gently pushing Lorelai off him and standing, before helping her up. She tried to walk towards the steps herself, but Luke quickly picked her up. 'Woah... she's heavier than I thought,' he thought, starting to regret his decision to be manly a little. But really, he didn't mind. He'd do anything for Lorelai, even if it meant carrying her up several flights of stairs.
"Oh, wait, my heel," she said, grasping towards the ground, almost like a kid.
"I'll get it," Luke said, spotting the heel within reach and attempting to lean over and get it with Lorelai still in his arms. She chuckled.
"Okay, um, maybe you should put me down before you pick it up," she suggested.
"Yeah, that would be a good idea," he replied, putting her down and picking up for heel quickly, wasting no time to then put her back in her previous position. She smiled and snuggled into his chest.
"Look at you being all knight in shining armourish!" she giggled.
"Yeah, well, your leg looks pretty grose," he replied frankly.
"Oh, you say such pretty things to me!" she said in a high pitched voice. Luke carried her up the steps and into the Inn where he was rudely stopped by Sookie coming down the stairs.
"I was just coming down to check that my loaves were rising and... oh my gosh..." Sookie said, finally registering the position Luke and Lorelai were in. She smiled excitedly and a little high pitched giggle escaped her lips.
"Well, by all means, go right ahead..." she said, stepping away from the staircase.
"No... Sookie it's not what you think," Luke said defensively.
"Oh... okay," Sookie said with a cheeky smile on her face and a wink, "this conversation never happened." Luke rolled his eyes, and Lorelai corrected Sookie.
"No, Sook, sweetie, I fell down the steps and grazed my leg, so Luke is helping me," Lorelai said.
"You what?!" Sookie said, rushing over, her previous assumption quickly forgotten. She spotted the grazed and winced slightly.
"Ouch."
"Yes, ouch. We are going upstairs to find something for this," Luke said, moving up the staircase. Lorelai leaned over Luke's shoulder and back down at Sookie who was watching them go up with a smile on her face. Lorelai mouthed the words 'we kissed' and Sookie jumped up and down excitedly, giving Lorelai a thumbs up.
A/N: Thankyou my babies! (Brief Phoebe moment... sorry, it has passed now) Please REVIEW you know I love it when you do! And it's much more fun for everyone, because you get to rant and ramble too – not just me! yayness! Now review! :p