Aight so... this was done already but was waiting to see if there were more reviews coming... guess not so.. here you go!

.o0 Little Before 6pm 0o.

They weren't put in an actual cell but Thomas had them come back to he hearing room and they were going to be there for the next 24hrs. The room looked very different than how it did just a few hours ago, now there were two cots one on each side of the room and a smaller table with just two chairs.

"Great" Lorelai mumbled. It turned out everybody was in it with Thomas. Mia was going to take Jake for the night, Rory was spending the night at Lanes and Sookie was going to cover for her at the inn; even though she had never worked Lorelai's job a day in her life.

"At least they didn't put them next to each other" he reason with her but she only rolled her eyes.

"I'll take the fright one" was all she said before claiming it.

"Whatever"

"Ok, are you guys settled in?" Thomas had come in to make sure they were both there and wouldn't have to send someone to go pick them up. "As you see there's a place for you to sleep and over there is a small bathroom, and I mean that, it only has a toilet and a sink but I figure it was good enough considering why were here. Well, get comfy and start talking. I'll be back tomorrow at 6pm to let you guys go and if I don't see any change then I'll tell you guys what I think should happen to Jake"

"Couldn't you just tell us and avoid this charade?" Luke asked.

"If I did that then you two would never learn to communicate with each other; plus if it works out how I intend it to you might not even need me to decide anything for you guys"

"If your not gonna decide then why did we come to you?" Lorelai asked him.

"You'll see" that's all he said before he left.

They both just stared at the close door after they heard the click of the key as it locked

"This has to be a fire hazard" Lorelai mumbled Luke ignored her and went over to his cot.

It seemed like they were frozen in time, everything was quiet, even Lorelai. There was nothing they wanted to talk about, plus whenever they tried talking to each other they ended up arguing.

"So... Are we just gonna sit here?" Lorelai asked after what seemed like hours but was more like 20min. Luke ignored her. "I thought the point of this was for us to get to know the other one in a deeper level. So deep in fact that no man has even encountered it" Luke still ignored her "ok then.. This was useful, I learned you're as big of an ass as I thought you were"

"Enough with you calling me an ass" he said in a warning voice.

"Why? It fits"

"You don't even know me"

"I know enough to know I don't want to know you"

"That made sense" he grumbled.

"What's with your attitude? Did u fall on a broom stick when you were little and never took it out?"

"Well aren't you clever?"

"I'd like to think I am"

"Can we please just sit here quietly… please?"

"Until tomorrow at 6pm? No"

"I'm not gonna sit here an let you insult me for 24hrs"

"23 and some min" she corrected. "Look... Were supposed to get to know each other, for Jake, so... I can do this for him, what about you?"

"I've been putting up with you ever since I learnt u were pregnant, I can this for him"

"Oh you poor thing... How do you do it? Putting up with me, it must be horrible. Oh wait it can be worse than me putting up with your a..."

"Call me ass one more time..." he was still just laying on the cot barely acknowledging her.

"What are you gonna do? You can't do anything" she smirked but still obeyed him and refrained from calling him an ass again.

Silence fell between them again...

"How can u just have sex with a random girl at a bar?" Lorelai asked bluntly out of the blue.

"Ditto"

"I've never had sex with a random girl at a bar before"

"You know what I meant"

"You're avoiding my question"

"It's personal" he grumbled.

"What? You having sex with random people is personal? Are you kidding me!"

"Not people, just you. And yes, I'm serious"

"You really expect me to believe it was just me?"

"What about you? How many times have you randomly had sex with people at bars?"

"Not people, just you" she mocked him.

"Alright then... for the sake of this... thing. How about we just open up and tell the truth" Luke reasoned.

"Fine"

"Good"

"So... How can u have sex with a random girl at bar?" she asked again, Luke sighed.

"Like I said: that was the first and only time..."

"You were scared by the outcome?"

"Are you gonna let me tell u the story or just comment on everything"

"Damn sorry... Continue"

"Again, like I said... It's not something I do, had never done before I just... I was drunk. And I was drinking because I was in a bad place at the time. That night marked a year to the day of my fathers' death" he finally revealed.

"Oh, I'm sorry"

"Yeah... Thanks. What about you? What's your story?"

"Apparently I had been working really hard so Mia thought I deserved a day off. She was watching Rory and sent me downtown to a festival 'I would love' Well I enjoyed myself a little too much and then met you. I thought u were cute and well u were willing so... Jake happened" silence fell between them.

"So... I'm cute?" Luke broke the silence all Lorelai could do was laugh.

"I said 'were' cute. As in not anymore"

"Then why are you blushing?" he asked with a smirk. Lorelai had never seen that smirk... Not sober at least.

"What? Are u gonna tell me u didn't think I was cute too? You must've unless you like sleeping with uggos"

"Uggos?"

"Yeah uggo... As in ugly... Oh my God don't tell me you never heard that before"

"Um... I don't know where you went to school but in my school if you wanted a date you didn't call girls ugly"

"You don't flat out go up to a girl and call her ugly... It's a code name you use among friends to refer to other girls that are not your friends"

"So when you gossip?"

"No, not gossip... Talk amongst friends" she specified.

"You are very high maintenance aren't you?"

"That's not nice" was all she said, it took all in her to not call him an ass. "I'm not high maintenance I just grew up in a really different place than you did where people gossiped but without gossiping"

"What?"

"Never mind" silence fell between them again.

Luke shifted and let out a stifled groan.

"Are u having diner withdrawals?" Lorelai didn't know another way but humor to communicate.

"Wha...? Oh, no"

"Then?"

"Earlier Kirk barged into the diner, I was taking an order and he jabbed the stupid doorknob on my lower back"

"Ouch"

"Yeah, it didn't hurt before but know that my muscles are relaxing and cooling down it's starting to bug me"

"Sorry"

"Not your fault" he managed to grumble before laying silently again.

"He's really something huh?" Lorelai suddenly but Luke didn't say anything. "Kirk, I meant Kirk" she clarified

"I'd rather not spend my time talking about him"

"Whoa, sorry" again silence.

They had been quiet for a good 30, 40 min when Luke broke it.

"I'm gonna kill Kirk"

"I thought you didn't spend your time talking about him" she mocked.

"I don't but my back is really starting to hurt"

"Want me to TP his house?"

"Umm... No... Thanks..." Luke said confused 'how old is she again?' he leaned back down on the cot. 'I can't believe Tom thinks this is gonna work'

"So...?"

"If you don't mind I would like to sleep a little"

"Sure..." she shrugged and laid back also.

About five minutes passed before Lorelai started popping her lips, Luke tried to ignore it for a full ten seconds.

"Still trying to sleep"

"Don't hurt yourself trying" and she continued popping.

"Are you this annoying with everybody?"

"Nope, it's all for you" she said with a fake smile.

"This is not gonna work" he mumbled "All this 24hrs is just going to make you more insufferable"

"Hey you're not the best company either buddy. If you and me were to end up in a deserted island alone I would smack myself unconscious with a coconut everyday"

"And I would provide the coconut for you, everyday"

"You know that could be considered a threat to my well being"

"Oh shut up"

"Seriously I'm sure Tom has close circuit cameras to monitor our progress and your coconut threat will forever be on tape"

"If he is recording us then it's not a threat because you mentioned it first"

"Oh..."

"So... Sit silently pondering that thought will I sleep"

_-*-_ Later That Night _-*-_

"You better not snore" she warned.

"Ditto"

"I don't snore!"

"We'll see"

A whole ten minutes passed before Lorelai started making a water drop sound.

"Is this fun for you?" Luke said frustrated. Lorelai had kept making weird noises to keep him awake; and annoyed.

"Hey I gave you ten minutes to fall asleep you're the one who chose not to" Luke groaned.

"This is going to kill me"

"Maybe... Or maybe it'll make you stronger"

A few minutes passed in silence.

"Hey Luke?"

"Now what?"

"Why were you there that night?"

"What?"

"I mean, we go to every town event and you're never there so... What made you go out that night? Or... Were you scarred by the outcome that now you're a hermit?"

"I don't go to events, never have"

"Umm...not true. I have a five year old at home that proves you're a liar"

"That's different"

"Of course it is" she rolled her eyes.

"And who are you to judge me on what I do and don't do"

"Umm... Sorry" Lorelai said surprised by his outburst.

"Sorry, it's just..." he offered after he saw her face."That was one horrible week for me; still is"

"Meaning?"

"You really want to know or are you just bored?"

"Little of both" she smirked "kidding, I'm intrigued... I never thought something would scare you"

"I'm not scared"

"But you said that week was..."

"Horrible not horrifying"

"Oh, sorry. So... You're really not scared of anything?"

"There are things that scare me; everybody has things that scare them"

"Like...?"

"I don't know... what scares you?" he turned the tables on her tired of being on the spot like.

"Spiders" she simply answered.

"That's it?"

"Yup... Why?"

"No, nothing, just thought it'd be something more... Real"

"Spiders are real" she defended "why... What are you scared of?"

"Depends..."

"On what?"

Luke took a deep breath and started "when I first found out you were pregnant I was scared of something going wrong, when Jake was born I was scared of messing up, now I'm scared that I won't get to see him grow up..."

"That's what you meant by something real?" he nodded "Luke, you never won't be able to see him"

"Huh?"

"I'm not gonna kidnap him or hide him or anything like that; you're his dad, he needs a dad..."

"Then what are we here for?"

"I don't know how to share?"

"This is not funny..."

"I'm not kidding. Rory was mine; she's always been just mine. Jake... He has a dad I have to share him I have to 'consult' someone else about anything concerning him..." Luke snorted.

"You've never 'consulted' me on anything regarding him"

"True, but I've never really done anything behind your back either. I guess I'm not used to sharing my kids"

"He's five you should be used to it by now"

"I know..." there was a longish silence where Luke hoped Lorelai was finally going to let him sleep; if not she had at least forgotten about what they'd been talking about. "So... What was so horrible about that week?"

"Can we just drop it?"

"Come on... I wanna know, I wanna know you better... Isn't it why we're here?"

"No, we're here for Jake, not to pry into my past"

"We're here to work out our issues and get a better understanding of each other so we can be better parents to Jake"

"Whoa... We're here for all of that?" he mocked she rolled her eyes.

"Yes, now spill... What happened that week that was so horrible that you actually went out to a town event and got a random drunken girl preggo?" she teased

"My Dad died of cancer"

"Wha...?" she was not expecting that.

"Yup... It was a very bad week for me and I needed to forget so... I went to the festival, met you, and now we're sitting here"

"Your Dad...? How did I not know this?"

"Beats me" he shrugged. "I thought someone would've told you by now"

"Why would they? This is private"

"It's Stars Hollow"

"True"

Silence fell between them. Lorelai kept trying to process this tiny piece of information; this would change changed everything... This made everything complicated now.

"Luke I..."

"Don't say you're sorry"

"But..."

"It had nothing to do with you"

"But..."

"You're not sorry; it had nothing to do with you, it was a long time ago. And you just feel bad because you just found out. This changes nothing"

"Of course it does"

"How?"

"You were grieving"

"So...?"

"So that changes everything"

"But how?"

"I always thought that was what you did, your MO"

"What was?"

"Drinking, hooking up..."

"You thought you were one of many?" she nodded quietly, feeling worse by the second. "Well, sorry to disappoint you but ... It's just you"

"Sorry..."

"Enough… don't do that, don't pretend this changes everything because it doesn't. Don't pretend everything is fixed because it's not. And don't think this'll change your idea of me… because it wont, you'll always think I'm that guy"

"I know I've been very bad with Jake… especially at the beginning; and lately. But you have to believe me… this tiny piece of information changes everything for me and my twisted point of view"

"At least you're admitting you're twisted" he added to lighten the mood.

"You know I always used to wonder what I'd do if my parents died; Somehow I always thought of it as appealing" Lorelai added after a little silence.

"You can't be serious" she just shrugged. "What could they have possibly done to have you think like that?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'd be devastated, it's just; my childhood, sometimes I'd wonder you know?"

"Not really, I'd give anything to have them here with me"

"I realize that now"

They were both sitting on their own cot, backs against each wall, just talking; Luke had given up on sleep a long time ago.

"So... What did you do to Rory?"

"Nothing. Why?"

"I know you did cuz one day she turned on me and was all 'he's a great guy, he's nice, give him a chance, you don't know him'"

"She's right though" he smirked "…and if it makes you feel better she'd tell me the same thing... About you though!"

"Umm thanks for clarifying" she started laughing. "So what did you do to her?"

"Nothing, honest. One day she just came in and said something about it being my one shot and to make it count"

"The town got to her"

"Or Mia" he shrugged.

"What makes you think Mia would do that?"

"Because it's Mia"

"Yeah it does sound like something she'd say"

"I know, she told me that before also"

"You too! I guess Rory was the only level headed one"

"Guess so" Luke added quietly.

"Thinking of your Dad?" she caught him by surprise since people never spoke about his Dad, let alone flat out ask him if he was thinking about him.

"Umm... Yeah"

"Do you talk to Jake about him?" again he wasn't expecting that. "I think you should, I bet your Dad would've been a great grandfather"

"I'm not very comfortable talking about this" he admitted.

"Oh I'm sorry... I'm not good with this stuff; you know... Grief"

"I'm not grieving. Its just I'm not comfortable talking about my Dad"

"Oh I understand, I don't like talking about my parents either"

"Why? They're both alive aren't they?"

"Live and kicking"

"Huh?"

"Never mind and yes they are both alive. They live in Hartford"

"I take it you're not close?"

"Not since I was 3 and spilled grape juice on my Sunday dress" she deadpanned.

"Oh, no wonder Jake never mentions anyone" he noticed Jake doesn't speak about grandparents? And yet I never noticed his dad had died?

"Yeah well... When Rory happened they were upset, when Jake happened they pretty much disowned me"

"Sorry"

"It's not your fault"

"Are you kidding me? All I've ever heard from you is how this is all my fault"

"No, I mean yes, I mean..." she took a deep breath "The relationship that I have with my parents has nothing to do with you or Jake. The part of me getting pregnant yeah, you are still 50% responsible for that"

"Wow 50%? That's a change"

"In case no one ever told you boys are 50% responsible for pregnancies"

"I know that, I just never thought you did"

"I have 2 kids, don't you think I know how that works?"

"Never thought you did since you always blamed me for Jake" he mumbled.

"Again I'm sorry"

"That sounds weird"

"What does?"

"You saying sorry"

"Oh"

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