Lorelai woke up to find the other side of the bed empty. Luke must have already got up. She gets up out of the bed and starts to head towards the door, then stops. She feels nauseous all of a sudden. She runs to the bathroom and gets there just in time. After a minute, she gets up off the floor and washes her face at the sink. She has a thought: "Oh, God maybe I'm pregnant… Luke and I have been trying to conceive for a couple of months."
She walks downstairs and finds Luke putting breakfast on the table. "Oh, I was just about to come wake you." He says, and then walks over to her. He starts to lean in for a kiss, but Lorelai puts a hand on his chest.
"I don't think you want to do that. I just threw up upstairs."
Luke makes a face like he's grossed out "What? Are you sick?" He asks.
"No, hon… I think it could be morning sickness. I think I could be pregnant."
Luke stared at her. "Oh? Maybe you should take a test or something."
Lorelai nods, "Yeah, you're right, I probably should. Thanks for breakfast, but I don't really have an appetite anymore. Do you think we could drive to Hartford to get a test? I wouldn't want someone like Miss Patty seeing me buying it and telling the whole town."
Luke nods, "Yeah that would be chaotic. Go get dressed and I'll eat then we can go."
Later that morning they return home with a pregnancy test. Luke waits on their bed while Lorelai takes the test in the bathroom. Ten minutes later, she opens the door. "So?" Luke says, sounding anxious.
"We're having a baby!" Lorelai shouts and gestures for him to come in the bathroom.
He goes in and looks closely at the test sitting on the counter. "Wow that's… this is great." He smiles at her and she grins back. He wraps his arms around her and she immediately hugs him back.
"I love you." She whispers in his ear.
He holds her tighter and whispers back "I love you too, crazy lady."
They pull apart and Luke says: "So can I kiss you now or are you going to be sick again?"
Lorelai shakes her head. He leans in and gives her a long, deep kiss. "Hey, this means you have to switch to decaf coffee." He says after pulling back.
"Luke, I can't do that. I especially can't give up the coffee you make me." She gives him a small smile.
He shakes his head, "I don't want our kid to have two heads or extra fingers or toes."
"But, I drank normal coffee when I was pregnant with Rory and she turned out fine."
Luke raised his eyebrows, "But she's just as addicted to coffee as you are. Hopefully I can convince my kid not to drink any coffee."
Lorelai shook her head, but she also giggled. "Okay, maybe I'll try decaf. Rory didn't start drinking coffee until she was about thirteen so it's not like I'm gonna let my baby drink coffee. Anyway, Luke, we're going to have our own little family I'm so excited!"
Luke laughed: "Me too. I get to experience being a father from the beginning this time. I can't wait." Lorelai smiled and leaned in to kiss him again.
A few months later
Lorelai and Luke are lying on their bed, watching late night TV. Lorelai's head is on his chest and his arm is around her. All of a sudden, Lorelai shouts "Woah!"
"What?! Are you alright?" Luke asks, alarmed.
"The baby just kicked!" She says. She reaches for his hand and guides it to her belly.
A couple of minutes pass and Luke says "I don't feel anything are you sure…"
"Shh." She interrupts. Then it happens again.
"Okay, I felt that." Luke says and smiles. "Wow that's really something."
Lorelai laughs. "It's our baby that we made together, can you believe it? I haven't been pregnant in almost twenty five years! I forgot what it was like."
"I can't wait to meet this kid… I didn't get a chance to see April as a baby, but I actually have really become fond of Doula." Luke laughs. Lorelai, smiles thinking about what a great Dad he'll be.
An hour later, Luke whispers: "Lorelai, are you still awake?" No response. He looks down and sees that her eyes are closed and hears her breathing evenly. She's still on his chest; he smiles and decides to let her sleep on him. He turns off the light and lays his head down on the pillow and pulls the blanket over Lorelai. He kisses the top of her head and closes his eyes and relaxes.
Five months later
Lorelai woke up and felt wetness on the bed sheets. She pulled back the blanket and looked down, realized she couldn't see anything then reached over and turned on the bedside lamp. She looked and saw that her sweatpants and the sheets were wet. Her water must have broken in her sleep. She gasped then decided to wake up Luke. She put a hand on his back and gently nudged him. He groaned. "Luke, my water broke the baby's coming." She said.
"What?" He said, sounding confused.
"The baby's on the way get up, hon."
He heard her more clearly that time. "Oh… We have to get to the hospital." He said, sitting up quickly. He got up out the bed and rushed over to her side. He put out his hand, she took it and he helped her up. They put their shoes on and walked side by side, all the way to Luke's truck. He made sure she was buckled up before driving.
Hours later, Lorelai delivers a healthy baby boy. Luke holds him after Lorelai and stares down at him, smiling. Lorelai gasps all of a sudden. "What is it?! Are you alright?" Luke turns to her, frightened.
"Luke, it's your dark day. It's November 30th."
"Oh, you're right. Well, it doesn't have to be dark anymore… now that this little guy is here." Luke smiles at Lorelai then looks back down at his son.
"Luke, we can name him… after your dad if you want to. I don't mind."
Luke nods, "William, William Danes. Sure, that's a great name for him."