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Luke Danes looked up just as the bell above the door to the diner rang and saw her. He always knew when she came in, he wasn't so sure as to how or if that was considered friendly or not but he usually just pushed the thoughts out of his mind.
"Hello Lucas!" Lorelai Gilmore said as she took a seat at the counter.
"Hey." Luke said turning around to grab the coffee without even being asked and pouring her a cup.
"Oh you know me so well!" Lorelai said smiling, "So Lucas, what are you're plans for Spring Break?"
"I really wish you wouldn't call me that." Luke said stepping out from behind his counter and into the buzzing diner to take an order from a seeming less restless couple in the corner.
"So?" Lorelai asked as Luke stepped back behind the counter.
"What?" Luke asked in response to her question.
"What are you doing for Spring Break?" She asked for the second time.
"I don't know, probably serving people since I do own a diner you know." Luke said grabbing the coffee to go fill refills.
"Well, what do you say to a bit of a vacation?" She asked smiling hopefully.
"What do you mean? Like me and you?" Luke asked suddenly gaining interest in the topic.
"Well no I was actually considering me and Kirk and I was just going to get your recommendation on a fun place to take a break from the hassle of Stars Hollow." Lorelai said sarcastically.
"Funny." Luke deadpanned.
"So what do you say?" Lorelai asked getting restless.
"Well I don't know, I don't think I can with the diner and all, how am I supposed to just let all this go?" Luke asked raising an eyebrow hoping she would giving him a sufficient excuse as to why he could go off with her.
"Lane and Ceaser have this place under control, and look at this place, look at you! You need a break Luke. I mean you just got a divorce I really think you need a break from it all! Come on please!" Lorelai said giving the famous, infallible, Gilmore pout that she knew Luke had never and probably wouldn't give in to.
"Well…where were you planning on going?" Luke asked not paying attention to the man by the window snapping for his attention.
"I was thinking...Florida!" Lorelai said grinning wildly seeing that there was no way he was going to say no.
"Oh no. Not me. Imagine, me, Luke Danes on a beach? I don't think so. No way. No way." Luke said looking down.
"Oh come on Luke!" Lorelai said placing her hand over his, "I know you want to! You know you want to! So just come with me. It will be lots of fun and very very relaxing!" She said smiling widely again.
"Well…I'll have to check with Lane and Ceaser to see if they can handle the diner, and I guess…I guess it wouldn't hurt. When do we leave?" Luke finished taking his hands away from hers trying to forget the chills that had just ran through his body grabbing for the towel to wipe off the counter so he didn't have to look her in the eye afraid he would see what lie behind them.
"Hm…in about…3 hours. Get packed buddy and meet me at my place!" She said grabbing her purse and walking out the door.
Luke sighed and went over to talk to Lane and Ceaser.
"Hey Lane, do you think you and Ceaser could handle the diner for a few days?" He asked realizing he hadn't found out how long him and Lorelai would be staying in Florida.
"Sure Luke, do you know when you'll be back?" Lane asked leaning her hand against the counter impatiently.
"Um honestly, no I don't. Lorelai just sort of sprang it on me." Luke said realizing how wrong that sentence had just sounded and in his head he could hear Lorelai, "Dirty!"
"Well I guess sure we could handle it for about a week, do you think you'll be back by then?" She asked raising her eyebrows in suspicion.
"Oh yeah! We should be I don't see why would stay longer than a week because I mean why would we stay a week? A week is a long time to stay with someone you aren't romantically involved with so why would we stay longer than a week I mean-'' Luke rambled on nervously at the suspicion Lane had raised to him.
"Luke, I get it. This isn't a romantic thing. I know." Lane said shaking her head and walking off.
"Well I guess I better go get packed…" Luke said walking past the curtain and up the stairs to the apartment.
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Lorelai walked through the door to her home and leaned against the door. I am going away with Luke Danes. This could be potentially dangerous. She thought to herself realizing that her and Luke would probably be sharing a hotel room considering the fact that if they didn't then that would just raise suspicion towards him as to why she was so hesitant to be around him. We are both adults. We can handle this maturely stop thinking about it like that! Dirty! She kept telling herself this but it never seemed to completely work.
"I'm going away with Luke Danes." She yelled in joy as it overwhelmed her and she just couldn't take anymore.
"Mom?" Rory's voice came from the kitchen.
"Rory?" Lorelai asked surprised as she had just nearly jumped out of her skin when she realized Rory was in the house.
"Mom? Did you just say…you and Luke…what is this?" Rory asked walking into the living room where her mother was now sitting on the couch.
"Why are you home?" Lorelai asked avoiding the questions.
"Spring Break, why are you avoiding the subject?" Rory said walking closer to where her mother was.
"Well I and Luke decided we both needed a vacation so we decided since you were off at school, then as friends we should go to Florida for Spring Break." Lorelai said stressing the word 'friends', "Why aren't you going anywhere for Spring Break?" Lorelai asked Rory sitting up straighter now.
"I am, I'm packing now. Glenn has a van so Paris and I decided to join him and Janet. We're also going to Florida, Mom where are y'all going exactly because that would be horrendous to go the same place as my mom for Spring Break, not that I don't love you Mom it's just-''
"Well I feel the love." Lorelai said smiling.
"Mom!" Rory said shrugging her shoulders.
"Kidding! I know, I know! But anyways, we're going to a cute little beach, Pensacola Beach. Why? Where are you and your friends going?" Lorelai asked.
"Miami, you know get the whole experience." Rory said popping open the can of soda she was holding in her hand.
"Nice, nice. Rory, now, I don't want you going all party crazy with the drinking, and the…you know." Lorelai said standing up and straightening out her shirt.
"Mom I know, I'm not crazy like everyone else, I just want to get away from all the cold weather!" Rory finished walking up the stairs, "I'm gonna go finish packing!"
"Okay!" Lorelai yelled up at Rory walking towards the coat closet by the front door pulling out her cute new suitcase she had bought distinctively for this trip. Luckily she knew Luke would give in because he could never say no to her so she had packed in advance so that way she could do all of her last minute packing in the 3 hours meant for packing.
"Rory…" Lorelai yelled up the stairs, "Come here!"
"Yea mom? What is it?" Rory asked running down the flight of stairs.
"Is it bad that…that you know…I think…Luke…and me…and me…and…you know…Luke…"
"That you have feelings for Luke and he doesn't know?" Rory asked interpreting what she was trying to get across.
"Well…no…yeah pretty much." Lorelai said half smiling.
"Mom you should just tell him! Who knows! Maybe he feels the same and you just don't know it!" Rory said walking back up the stairs.
"And that's it?" Lorelai asked up at her daughter.
"Mom, it's not that hard."
Lorelai walked over to the mirror to make a last peak at her hair and her face. She fixed her shirt and tucked a piece of stray hair behind her ears, and then the doorbell rang.
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