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Happy Easter! (to everyone that celebrate it, of course!)

In my country, we trade chocolate on Easter, so I don't have to tell you that that's one of my favorite holidays of the year!

I need to apologize for my late-late-late update…I'm sorry… I don't have an Easter brake here…so I have no time for college stuff, work and yadda yadda yadda… I can't seem to find the time to finish this fic… oh but I will! Fear no more!

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Now on with the story…

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Previously on RRATPYL: (A/N: since you probably don't remember it anymore…)

Luke suddenly abandoned the woman he had been flirting with and just walked straight to Lorelai and quickly separated her from the poker game perve; she looked at him, perplexed. He pulled her by the hand.

"What are you doing?" she asked him, her eyes full of fire; she was mad.

"That guy's a perve!" He still had a hold on her hand.

"We were dancing! Just dancing, not like some other people that will flirt with anyone!" Lorelai's eyes burned into his, then she tried to shake free from his grasp.

"I wasn't flirting with anyone!" He matched her shouts, who did she think she was to criticize him?

"Oh, please!" She managed to free herself from him and stormed off to the room.

"Oh shit!" Luke ran after her after realizing what he had done. He knew he had just lowered his chances with her and that had not been his plan for tonight...

Chapter 10 - Ormai il baccio!

Lorelai had run directly outside, she didn't want to be in any place that had more than...well, her; she wanted to be alone and she could really use the fresh air.

The air still smelled like rain even though it had stopped raining a couple of hours ago, the smell of wet grass was homey as she walked in the back part of the Inn thinking about how unpredictable this whole weekend had been for her... The 'almost kiss' in the lake had sparked something inside her, it had awaken those romantic thoughts related to Luke from it's obviously too long of a rest.

She had known that she liked him; she just chose to lay that knowledge on somewhere in the very back of her mind to never be touched again, until today...that is.

She had followed a lifelong philosophy of denial, she firmly believed that she could make anything go away by convincing herself that it had never happened in the first place, why worry with unpleasantness when you could just pretend they don't exist? That was her motto, until this one came and bit her in the ass... This issue was beyond denial, this issue was damn confusing. She was never the girl who didn't know what she wanted; she had always had very clear in her mind every decision she ever made as being the right one. And now she couldn't even tell what her current thoughts were...she knew she was furious and that was the extent of it...she was fuming with anger.

Luke had followed her through the back door and into the night, he observed how she walked a patch and then suddenly stopped and stared at the stars, obviously thinking. He had never felt so scared in his whole life, not even when he was mugged in New York City at the age of eighteen, how could someone as sweet and beautiful as Lorelai inflict so much fear in him? And he just ignored the little annoying voice in his head that answered that it was because she was the only one that could either make him the happiest man on earth or could break his heart permanently; everything he had ever wondered about their relationship could be answered right now by her, all he had to do was ask. If only it was that easy...

He took a deep 'way-too-long' encouraging breath and prayed for all gods in every religion to help him out in this one, he would never curse again, or lie, or...drink! Wait that was going a little too far, what if they did end up together, he would need to drink to celebrate... Scratch the drinking add some...social skills, he would be nicer to people around town; that was it. That was definitely a sacrifice to him... He moved closer to where she was standing, but not too close as if he was just at a point before crossing some imaginary boundary line.

"Sorry." He started tentatively; she didn't turn to look at him or say anything. "Lorelai... I'm sorry I was such a jerk back there, I shouldn't have behaved like that...like we were something we aren't, that stuff does not concern me, I know." He was already looking at his feet, too scared to see any reaction she might be having.

"Behaved like what?" She turned around, and even though he wasn't looking he could hear her anger. "Like what? Huh, Luke?"

Luke looked up to encounter Lorelai's firing eyes making a whole into his skull.

That could not be a good thing.

"Something we aren't, right? And what exactly is that?" She questioned him, she hugged herself as a protective mechanism, like that would stop her from hurting...

"I..." He tried to come up with a good answer but the pressure was killing him and did she have to look so damn hot tonight?

"What happened? Cat ate your tongue?" She had a mixed look, mocking and anger, that was it.

"I'm trying to collect my thoughts! Unlike you, I lack verbal skills!" He tried to stay calm through her angry stare. "And you know it!"

That was true, Lorelai had known him long enough to understand that this was standard procedure when it came to talking to Luke Danes, he needed his time to form his thoughts and then he would say them out loud. So she stayed quiet until then.

"It was killing me to see you dance with that guy, it has always killed me whenever I see you around with any of those morons. They are never good enough for you!" Luke stopped to take in her face, she seemed somewhat less mad and more shocked now, progress had been made. "That perve was trying to touch you, he kept running his fingers through your back and…he told me you were hot but I never thought he would actually hit on you, he thought we were married for Christ sake, doesn't anyone respects that anymore?"

"That didn't seem to stop you from flirting with that silicone-ed woman!" As soon as Lorelai said it, she regretted; she quickly covered her mouth.

Luke was surprised to be interrupted, even more surprised to hear that.

"You were...jealous...of me?" Luke gave her an archaic smile, and then moved forward a bit, he had just decided they were too far away.

"I..." She would never ever under any circumstances admit any jealousy toward him...that was outrageous! "You were jealous first!" She yelled; yep, throw the ball to the other side of the court...that's the Gilmore way.

"I was a little...uh...angry at that pervert and Chris and any other guy that wasn't blind to see how beautiful you're tonight...but I was never jealous..." Luke didn't want to be the first to admit anything, why did he have to take the initiative?

"Sure..." It was her turn to smile slightly at his uncomfortable ness... "Why would you be angry? Did they do anything to you?" She eyed him firmly; he tried to avert her eyes.

Luke moved so now he was standing a palm length from Lorelai, he had gathered some courage from deep down, courage that he never knew he possessed and was about to use it...

"I liked you from the minute I laid my eyes on you," he gently picked her hands up from her side. "In the beginning I thought you were just incredibly beautiful..." He locked eyes with her. "And annoying." She smiled at that. "Then you became my most important friend and I don't think I could ever live without you..."

Lorelai thought he was finished, but when she started to talk, he put a finger on her lips to stop her, call her crazy, but she almost started talking again so he would stop her, using the same method...

"I'm afraid you'll reject me, but I'm even more afraid of losing you as the most reliable person in my life." He finished still looking into her crystal blue eyes.

Suddenly Lorelai gave him the broadest smile in the world, like she had finally registered what he had said, and how cute Luke looked when he was proclaiming his love...

"My thoughts exactly." She wanted to make it completely sure to Luke that she shared his feelings; Luke's silly smile matched hers perfectly.

Luke slid his arm around her waist, pulling her incredibly close; his other arm went around her shoulders, his fingers lightly brushing her neck. He looked up and they exchanged coy smiles, their eyes locked, and for the first time ever they seem to have an understanding about staring at each other, no one would rush this moment. That moment became a longer moment and suddenly changed into a very long moment, so long that it couldn't be explained where was all that time coming from; of course Lorelai and Luke never noticed that, they were both too busy getting lost in each other's eyes.

Luke was the first to break eye contact; he was already on a roll at being the first to do everything, so he figured he should make it a tradition... He couldn't believe Lorelai hadn't screamed yet, but she had said that she liked him...he felt silly, like a teenager, it had been a while since he enjoyed such a enormous rush of fantastic feelings flow through him; he was probably still smiling like a complete fool...

He lowered his head and his mouth brushed just below Lorelai's earlobe; she felt like butterflies were practicing acrobatics in her stomach, she moaned almost unnoticeably.

Luke smiled at that, he was so happy he would probably agree with anything anyone asked him to do, good thing the town didn't know what was happening... Of course Lorelai knew it, and as soon as she discovered that she had an even bigger power over him...well, he was doomed. But truth was that he liked being doomed, because it was with Lorelai.

"Have I told you that you look beautiful?" Luke asked in a whisper next to her ear, she shook her head 'no', because for the first time she couldn't find her words.

"No." Lorelai managed to say it out loud after recovering from some of the overpowering sensations Luke could bring up on her by just touching...

Luke kissed the curve of her ear. "Well, you do." He was still talking in a lower sexy voice. "You're beautiful." He kissed her cheek and their eyes met again; she gave him a warm smile.

"You just want me to kiss you..." She narrowed her eyes at him, feigning to be outraged.

"That could be it." He smiled that perfect 'Luke's smile' that was used rarely, but she knew that she would be soon enjoying it on daily basis.

They locked eyes for a heartbeat, and Lorelai kissed him; maybe Luke wouldn't have to be the only one to initiate their 'firsts' everything... Lorelai's mouth was gentle, the kiss lingered; both trying to communicate their feelings through that perfect kiss.

Soon after they broke it Luke started the second kiss.

See, they were already in a balanced relationship. Their tongues touched, and the kiss deepened, both moaned at the contact.

His hands were at her waist and at her bare back pressing her into him.

Her hands were at his neck playing with his hair, then roaming through his back feeling his muscles; as their wonderful kiss progressed they were both getting more and more comfortable with each other. Lorelai moved her exploration a little further down, to his waist then to his butt, she settled into leaving her hands on his back pockets.

Luke felt her hand in his...pockets.

"Your hands are on my ass," he said as they broke the kiss.

"Are you sure?" She looked innocently at him, hands still on his back pockets.

"Well, someone's hands are on my ass." He played along.

"Guess their mine then," She smiled sweetly, then she applied pressure on his...back pockets.

"Lorelai..." He said warningly. "Someone could see us..."

"And do what?" She looked directly at his eyes when she pressed his butt again, he faked being serious. "It's not against the law, I don't know any laws that say you can't grab your boyfriend's butt behind an Inn on a summer night, do you?" She looked up to find Luke staring at her with a clear expression; she was hoping he would get annoyed...

"Luke?" Lorelai waved her hands in front of his face to wake him from his out of the body experience.

"Yeah?" He seemed to refocus on her.

"Are you ok?" Lorelai had to admit she was a little concerned about his sudden blank look.

"I'm more than ok," he hugged her again, holding her close and rested his cheek on her head. "I'm happy."

"Good." She enjoyed the feeling of proximity.

"You didn't even realize it, did you?" He looked down at her.

"What?" She asked buried in his chest, she liked the feeling of being totally surrounded by Luke...

"You...called me..."-Gulp- "Your boyfriend..." He tried not to show excitement on his voice, maybe she hadn't meant it...she hadn't been pinning for him, it was the other way around so, this was kind of new to her, why would she want to have a serious relationship with him right from the start?

"I know." She smiled, still resting her head on his chest.

"You do?" He made her look at him by taking her chin, he seemed surprised; he should have been able to handle better the surprises by now, he had had so many today...maybe he would even start appreciating surprises...

Nope, there still wasn't a chance of that happening.

She shook her head 'yes', "I said it on purpose, it was all premeditated..." She lowered her voice as if it was a secret. "I wanted to know how you felt about the word..." She gave him a meaningful look.

"I like the word," Luke squeezed her tight. "I could live with the word, but I don't want you to over use it..." He said as a warning, he knew how annoying she could be, not that he didn't like it...

"Fully understood, my handsome boyfriend!" She saluted him, army style; then laughed.

"Lorelai..." He should've known she would do that...

"Yes, boyfriend?" She smiled sweetly.

Luke had to do something to stop her; otherwise she would go on indefinitely... Now, he knew what to do if he was at the diner, he would give her some coffee, that was pretty easy...but there was no coffee outside. So Luke, wisest man ever, did his new favorite thing, he kissed her passionately. Both soon forgot what they had been talking about... Well, actually they forgot everything and the only thing that mattered was that very cheesy moment they were sharing.

"This's nice..." Lorelai commented as soon as they broke the kiss, her eyes were glowing and she had a huge smile plastered on her face.

"Yeah..."Luke hugged her closer then took in her perfume; his hands were resting on her bare back, he had spent the whole night wondering how it would be to touch her and now he was able to feel the soft skin under his fingertips.

Luke felt her shiver when a cool breeze of air passed them, maybe she was cold... She had been wearing only that thin piece of fabric -gulp- while he had a suit on, a summer suit, but still, it had a jacket and pants... He was protected from cold, she was not. Luke would never understand woman's choice of wardrobe, never matching the weather, not that he was complaining about her red dress... No, no, he was utterly satisfied with her outfit...

"Let me warm you." Luke said taking off his jacket.

"Ohhh, you naughty, naughty boy!" Lorelai hit him playfully, pretending to take offense on his remark; then laughed at his 'oh, jeez' face.

Luke chose to ignore how amused she seemed by annoying him. He held his jacket by its shoulders, offering her to put it on and since she was, in fact, feeling pretty cold she took his offer and slid the huge jacket on.

Lorelai was comparing their big difference in arm length, by the amount of fabric hanging loose beyond her hands, and then she decided to grab his hand and examine it for a while. She had been very concentrated on memorizing every line on his hands, she wished she could read his future, but that, unfortunately, was way far-off of her skills... So she was really caught by surprise when she felt his other hand pull her close by the collar of 'his' jacket.

She looked up at him, still holding his hand and started to caress it, without ever breaking their gaze. She gently kissed each one of his fingers, after one last kiss on his palm she guided his hand to her waist then to her bare back under the jacket; he gathered her into him, ending the minuscule gap that was between them. They kissed again and even though it was a little more comfortable each time, it never seized to amaze them, how were they able to ignore such strong obvious attraction for so long?

They ended the kiss with happy smiles on their faces; Lorelai gave him a sweet kiss on the cheek and turned around on his embrace. Now, they were both looking at the stars contemplating them, both enjoying the moment, the company and the happy thoughts running through their minds.

Luke's arms were around her waist, his cheek rested on her head, inhaling her sweet perfume. They held each other like that for a while in silence, that is until Lorelai felt sick of the silence and started humming the 'X files' theme song.

"The truth is out there." She said pointing to the starlit sky.

"What?"

"The. Truth. Is. Out. There!" She explained slowly, still pointing to the sky.

"The truth's on the moon?" He asked confused

"No," she laughed at his obliviousness. "It's from the 'X-files'." She waited from recognition from him, it never came.

"You know that show with the E.T.s and yummy agent Mulder and sidekick Dana Scully." She tried to further explain but still had no success. "They even made a movie, with the cornfields, and the bees and frozen people…" She turned slightly to see his dumbfounded face. "I give up; I can't have a relationship with someone that never watched a classical show like that…" She mocked disappointment.

Luke only smiled in response, how did he ever fall for a crazy person? It must have been the eyes…the eyes that were mockingly staring back at him.

They heard a noise and both jerked their heads at the direction of the Inn, soon they realized it wasn't actually a noise but it was the beginning of a song, the live band had just taken over the DJ's job.

The sound of a soft melody traveled out of the building to reach the couple's ears, it was one of those old classic perfect love songs that made it impossible to anyone not dance, swing or hum.

Luke felt, for the first time in his life, appealed to dance; he could not tell if that feeling originated from the complex harmony of the song or if it was the strong persuasive power emanating from the woman in front of him. If he had to guess, he would guess that it was possibly a mixture of both.

"Would you dance with me?" Luke spoke in a soft tone, suddenly missing the strength of his speech.

Lorelai laid her hands around his neck, smiled then nodded affirmatively.

"L is for the way you look at me,

O is for the only one I see,

V is very very extraordinary,

E is even more than anyone that you adore and"

Luke held her close and they started to swing to the smooth rhythm of Nat King Cole lyric about unstoppable perfect love.

"Love is all that I can give to you,

Love is more than just a game for two,

Two in love can make it ,

Take my heart yet please don't break it,

Love was made for me and you."

"I thought you didn't dance..." Lorelai said impressed by Luke's transformation from dance challenged to grooving a la Travolta's man, ok, maybe he wasn't as good as Travolta, but he was pretty good and she couldn't think why he hadn't danced with her before.

"I only dance with my girlfriend." He certainly knew how to make a girl's heart skip a beat...

"Love was made for me and you.

Love was made for me and you."

They exchanged grins at the lyrics, they had officially become a 'Cheesy Couples of America' members, t-shirts and membership cards would arrive soon.

The day had been eventful, and although they weren't thrilled, both were really tired; maybe it was time to sleep...in the same room, in the same bed... Ok, now they seemed suddenly excited to go to their room, sleep almost forgotten, wonder why...

They kissed trough the end of the song, breaking it when a new one started.

"I'm feeling sleepy..." Lorelai looked meaningfully at her new significant other.

Luke yawned, "You're right, I feel like sleeping..." He faked sleepiness, but laughed lightly when she hit him.

"Oh, you know what I mean..." Lorelai tenderly kissed his neck, she then touched her tongue to the place she had just kissed; and then she kissed again.

Luke felt like he could collapse to the grass at any moment.

He slowly slid his hands from her belly to the bare skin of her back, still under his jacket, his palms burned her skin.

Lorelai decided they had tortured each other enough and that it was time for some real action. She tugged at his collar and forced him to move toward the Inn, she was able to avoid his hungry hands until they reached their room and then all hell broke lose.

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As soon as the door of their room was slammed close and they were free from any prying curious eyes; Luke backed Lorelai against the door and leaned into her. His legs slid between hers, his lips brushed lightly across hers.

"Do you want to do this?" Luke asked to be completely sure that this would not be one of those things she would later classify as a mistake.

He moved even closer to her and desire skittered through her stomach and burned low in her belly.

"Oh, I definitely want this." She answered in a low raspy voice; her eyes were darker full of lust.

He thought that this was the time he would wake up, but after a few seconds he convinced himself that his imagination would never affect him like this, his pupils dilated and he thought that maybe his heart would jump off of his chest at any moment.

Lorelai could feel his warm breath on her lips; his face was only a few inches away. She gave him a half smile before she started the next kiss. The kiss deepened, became more demanding, more intimate; and both could swear they had never felt so good.

Lorelai's hand was splayed over his chest, she felt the toned muscles under her hands, felt his heart beating on her fingertips.

Their hearts were beating at the same rhythm, both literately and metaphorically.

Luke broke from the kiss and pushed Lorelai closer to the bed, then he pulled her into him, reached behind her back, and seductively slid the zipper down from her dress.

The dress dropped from Lorelai's shoulder and pooled at her feet, she stepped out of the red bundle of fabric and kicked it away; her face was showing a sexy smile.

Luke was mesmerized by the scene in front of him; Lorelai was standing still with only a pair of red high heeled shoes and Victoria Secret's finest barely-there string bikinis. At that moment he felt like the happiest man in the universe, he had the woman he had always dreamed of, what else could he need?

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Lorelai woke up feeling content, happy in a way she never felt before, and if she ever did, it was so long ago that she couldn't remember it any more. She opened her eyes to see the one responsible for all the wonderful feelings that were now part of her, Luke was pressed next to her, holding her protectively to him. Looking at him made the memories of the night before come as a train through her mind; if this was what it felt to have a relationship with Luke she was ready for a long future. She felt Luke move then open his eyes slightly.

"Good morning, sleeping beauty." She kissed his cheek and hugged him closer.

"Morning." Luke kissed the top of her head. "What time is it?"

"I dunno." Lorelai answered sleepily, she wasn't fully awake yet. "You don't suppose we missed breakfast, do you?" She looked worried at him.

He only laughed at her.

"Hey," she acted offense. "I burned a whole lot of calories last night, how am I going to have any energy left if I don't eat my breakfast?"

He tried to act serious, "Right, that's the most important meal of the day."

"I know, and that's why I try having it at least three times a day." She simpered at him.

He kissed her forehead in response; there was no answer to her crazy talk...

They were quiet for a moment, both enjoying each other's presence and, of course, contemplating their new fate together.

Then Luke started to kiss her jaw, then her cheeks, the tip of her nose, and finally her mouth. Every kiss they shared was magical, unique, perfect and made them think that maybe they had finally, after a long and bumpy road, found the one they were meant to be with.

"So, I was thinking," Lorelai started talking as soon as they broke the kiss. "If we count this weekend as the beginning of our...relationship, then our anniversaries will always be on a holiday, isn't it great?" She beamed at him.

Luke couldn't tell if she was being serious or just teasing him.

"Why?" He asked unsurely.

"Because we don't have to work," She answered in a 'duh' tone. "And then we'll have lots of time together!"

"I work on holidays." He stated what he was sure she already knew.

"You're not working now..." She looked innocently at him, and then she started to play with his chest hair.

"People always have to eat." He tried to reason with her, but he felt as crazy as Lorelai trying to do so.

"Those bastards..."

"The diner opens on holidays" He tried to use the direct approach.

"Not anymore..." She smiled mischievously at him; then climbed on top of him and started to plant sweet lingering kisses all the way down to...

Luke was totally at lost, he suddenly couldn't think of any reasons to disagree with her, then he heard himself moaning her name and he gave up on ever winning any discussions with her again, but it was all worth it.

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I hope so; I mean after all the time I took to update and all…

For all the nice readers out there-all over the world-if you have made it this far:

THANK YOU!

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