Chapter 1

Time Frame: After Luke's Funeral Lorelai is 32 Rory is 11 and Lorelai is pregnant with a baby girl

At the Crapshack Lorelai and Rory walk in thru the front door with thier arms linked

Lorelai rubs Rory's arm ''go and get changed babe I'll be right down'' Lorelai tells Rory and gently unhooks her arm from Rory's

Rory nods and goes to her room

Lorelai goes upstairs and throw's a pair of Luke's old sweats and a teeshirt with a plaid shirt on and comes back down and goes to Rory's room and see's her sitting on the bed staring out the window trying to hold herself together so she sit's next to Rory

Rory immediately starts balling her eyes out

''why did he have to take Luke from us?'' she says and cries and sniffles

''daddy'' she cries

''I know baby shh it's ok let it out mommy's right here'' she rub's Rory's back

''daddy was sick baby he tries to do the right thing for us and have surgery he took that risk for us but he jut didn't make it he fought until his last breath he's in a better place now baby you just have to remember the good times you had with your dad'' she says soothingly to her

Rory clings to her ''he won't ever get to see me and little no name here grow up'' she says and puts her hand on Lorelai's stomach

''yes he will he will always be watching down on us smiling we have to move on with our lives he wouldn't want us to be sulking over him being gone baby he would want us to be happy'' she says

''I just feel so lost and cold without him'' Rory says

''shh me 2 baby me 2''Lorelai says and rubs her back then pulls Rory into her and wraps her arms around her to comfort her

''you know what I just though of the perfect name for our little no name here'' Lorelai says and kisses Rory's head

''oh yea what is it?'' Rory asks

''Katie Lorelai Danes after Luke she will have almost the name initals the L and D'' Lorelai tells her

''aww that's really cute good job'' Rory says

''thanks I think your daddy would be happy with it I know I am and whatever makes me happy will make him happy'' Lorelai says

''are you hungry babe do you want some lunch?'' she asks Rory

''ok'' Rory says

''ok sweetie'' Lorelai says and kisses Rory's head and get's up and walks out of Rory's room into the kitchen to prepare some lunch