Luke had always wanted kids, if he ever found the right person. Now here he was, standing at the alter right next the most beautiful women he'd ever met. She was the one, the only one.
TWO MONTHS LATER; in August.
Luke and Lorelai were asleep in their normal sleeping position; she was on her side using his shoulder as pillow. He was on is back with one arm under her back and the other strewn over her midsection.
It was a regular Saturday morning, Ceaser was opening so Luke had some time with his wife. His wife, he always liked the fact that Lorelai was his wife. She was the only one who he would like calling his wife.
Luke was woken up by his internal alarm clock at around 5 am. He didn't want to wake Lorelai so he layed awake looking on at his peacefully sleeping wife. The steady rise and fall of her chest was mesmorizing, and soon he drifted back to sleep.
Four hours later he felt Lorelai's feet move against his. He slowly opened his eyes and found her looking admirably up at him. As soon as their eyes met she looked away, but he fixed his gaze to her beaming eyes.
''Good morning beautiful.'' he said gently laying a kiss on her temple.
Leaning into his shoulder more, she turned in his arms and hugged his middle tightly. ''Good morning to you to, handsome,'' she replied.
"So what are your plans for the day?'' he asked, absently stroking her back.
"You know, the usual. Coffee,'' he knodded his head, ''shopping, stop by the inn, oh and the photographer said today I could go pick up the photo albums today,'' she said excitedly.
"How about I come with you? We could go to lunch, stop and see Rory, and pick up those pictures. Sound like a plan?''
"Being married is fun!'' she said through kisses.
After Luke made breakfast, the two were sitting on the end of the bed.
"Sooo,'' Luke drawled patting Lorelai's knee, "I'm going to get in the shower, then we can go pick up those pictures.''
"Well, we could save time and water-'' she was cut off by Luke, ''Yes you can join me in the shower,'' he kissed her softly on the cheek and headed for the shower.
"Lorelai!!'' Luke yelled from up the stairs, ''It's almost noon, let's go.''
Two minutes later Lorelai came nearly falling down the stairs while putting on her black strappy sandals.
''Ok, let's motor,'' she said as she was running down the last two steps. She slipped on her sandals and just as she was coming down the last step she tripped and her purse went flying into the air. Luke reacted quickly and caught Lorelai around the waist a second before she hit the floor. She hung around his neck and laughed histarically into his shoulder.
"Smooth move grace,'' he chuckled.
She lightly slapped his shoulder and he released her from his grasp. She knelt down to pick up the contents of her purse and while she was on the floor, she did up her sandals.
"Ok, here we go, no more falling. For the sake of my back and your sanity,'' Luke said grabbing his keys from the coffee table. Lorelai held her hands up for him to help her up, ''Sorry, I didn't mean to. Is you back ok?''
"It's fine,'' he said helping her to her feet, ''just a little unexpected, that's all.''
"Lucas Danes, I thought you knew be better than that?'' she scoffed, ''is anything I do ever expected?'' She leaned foward and planted lingering kiss on his lips.
"Nope, just that,'' he smiled.
The drive to Hartford was relatively quiet, but it was comfortable silence. Since they had been married, the two had gotten more accustomed to the type of quiet they both could enjoy.
Construction zones throughout the highway made the trip to Hartford over an hour long. In one particular stop a construction worker made it clear that it would be about twenty minutes before they could travel on.
"Are you kidding?'' Lorelai complained leaning her forehead on the dash board. ''I am so tired, I just want to sleep.'' she said.
"Well then, why don't you?'' she gave him a look of confusion. ''C'mere,'' he said gesturing to his lap. She smiled and reached down to take off her sandals, afterwhich she set them neatly on the floor. She slid over on the seat and pulled her legs up under her. Her head fit perfectly into the space between his stomach and the stearing wheel on his thigh. Luke stroked the hair from her neck and softly rubbed her there. His touch sent shivers up her back and she gently shook. He stroked her upper arm and reached behind the passengers seat and pulled out a blue fleece blanket. He threw it over her and when he did she tucked herself into it. Luke rubbed her back and soon enough she was snoozing off.
Twenty minutes later Luke started his truck and slowly pulled through the rest of the construction. Thirty long, slow minutes passed until they were in Hartford. Luke didn't want to, but he knew he should wake Lorelai up.
"Hey, babe,'' he whispered, ''we're here and I need the guys address,'' he lighty shook and rubbed her stomach.
She sat up and knuckled her eyes, ''Oh my god,'' she said sitting up, ''I am so tired. I don't know why, but I'm excited to see those pictures.'' She gave him the direction to the studio and they were on their way.
A mere ten minutes later the two drove up to a quaint little studio just outside Hartford. Luke opened the door for Lorelai and they walked hand in hand upstairs to get their photo albums.
As they walked in there was a chime that came from over the door and a petite little women came to meet them.
"Hello, mine name is Regina,'' she said offering her hand. ''I am Walker's wife. Can I help you?''
"Yeah, hi. I'm Luke and this is my wife Lorelai,'' he said as Lorelai shook her hand. ''Walker said that our photo albums were done and that we could pick them up?''
"Can I please have your last name please?'' she questioned.
Lorelai tucked a piece of stray hair behind her ear, ''Yes, Danes,'' she said.
"Ok, I'll go get them from the back. You two can just sit here for
now,'' she said gesturing to the small loveseat across thr room. With that, she turned silently and headed to the back of the brightly painted room, and disapeared behind the curtain hanging in front of the door.
Luke and Lorelai padded across the hard wood floor, still hand in hand and sat down.
"I'm so excited to see our pictures!'' she giggled resting her head on Luke's shoulder. He gave her hand a tight squeeze before he heard Regina's heels on the hardwood.
"Ok you two. It looks like you ordered two scrapped albums and a set of separate copies. Walker also framed a picture of you two because he thought this was one of the best pictures he's ever taken. You two photograph well and you also look adorable together,'' she smiled.
"Oh that's so cute!'' Lorelai squealed. ''I love the candid shots, they're so much better! Thank you Regina, and thank Walker for us.''
"Yes, thanks Regina,'' Luke agreed.
"Ok then, I'll see you guys later. And I'll tell Walker you enjoyed the picture.'' Regina handed them the albums and bid them a good day.
Luke and Lorelai reached the truck downstairs and Lorelai was already flipping through the photos. Luke had handed her the albums but held on to the framed picture. He hadn't seen any of the other pictures, but he already new this was his favorite. The framed picture was the two of them sitting on the bench under the gazebo. Their entwined hands sat in their laps, Luke had an arm around her back. They were kissing and through the kiss they each wore a smile. They looked happy, this was the main reason Luke loved this picture. Lorelai's complexion was flawless, her tiara sat gorgeously in her perfect hair, not to mention her beautiful smile. Plus he had to admit, he did look pretty good in a tux.