TITLE: New Life
SUMMERY: Second in the 'We're All Good' series. And baby makes… four? 'M' for a reason, yo!
DISCLAIMER: Me no own. Me pull bank job?
A/N1: Yes, I am still working on Ten Years Time. Don't stress.
A/N2: I know the last one wasn't very long, so this one is. I'm not sure what's going to happen after this story. I'm currently working on brand spanker, so this might be it. Then again, I might decide to make it into a trilogy. Depends on where I end this.
Oh, and again, it's before the Epilogue in 'Back For Good', but after 'Written In The Stars… And Snow'.
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Chapter 1
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Luke loved being with her like this. Snuggled up on their couch in their house. Sure, it was the house she had once shared with Rory, but Rory was living in New York now after getting a job at the Times. Her two years in Iowa had really paid off. Luke didn't even care that they were watching yet another Romantic Comedy. Just the fact that they were there, together, was enough for him.
He absentmindedly played with her hair while the couple on screen kissed and he felt her shift. He lowered his eyes from the TV and found her blue eyes gazing at him. "What?" he asked quietly, breaking the all important movie night rule; No talking.
She shook her head and smiled. "Its nothing." she mumbled and returned her focus to the TV.
He raised an eyebrow, but kept his mouth shut. He knew that she would talk eventually, probably when something mildly exciting was going to happen.
The movie continued and the on-screen couple broke up, just like Luke knew they would. He also knew that, after moping around and pining, they would get back together.
That was the way with these movies.
They watched as the couple on screen went about their lives in a daze, clearly missing their partner. Luke often wondered if he and Lorelai looked like that during their times apart. He had thought about asking April or Rory a couple of times, but didn't want to seem silly, so he'd kept his mouth shut. Through his pondering, he felt Lorelai shift again and he knew she was gearing up for something big.
"Luke?" she asked quietly, playing with one of the buttons on his shirt.
"Mmm?"
"How many kids do you want?"
His breath caught in his chest. That word, that subject, hadn't been spoken between them, about them, in years. Not since the first time they'd been engaged. Not since she'd found out about April.
"Why?"
She looked up at him. "I was just wondering." she answered with a shrug, her hand resting on his chest.
He hesitated. When the idea first entered his mind he often imagined a little Luke and little Lorelai running around their house. But, now, he didn't know. He shrugged. "I don't know. One or two, why?" he couldn't help but think that maybe she had something to tell him.
She bit her lip. "No reason. It's just… we've been married for six months and it's never come up. I was… just wondering."
Luke nodded. "Okay?"
She sat up and gazed at him intently. "Do you still want kids, with me?" she asked quietly.
He nodded slowly. "Yeah. I mean, if it happens, it happens. But I'm not going to think any less of you, or divorce you, if we don't have any. I love you, and I think past experience shows, that that will never, ever, change."
She nodded and leant against him again. After a couple of minutes, she spoke. "Do you wanna try?" she asked, unknowingly holding her breath.
Luke smiled. "Now?"
She rolled her eyes and sat up again, her palm resting against his racing heart. "Now, later, tomorrow, next week, next month. Whenever."
He looked into her eyes and saw the excitement and nervousness there. His only answer was to lean forward and kiss her.
"I'll take that as a yes." she mumbled against his lips, her hands moving from his chest to his hair.
They sat kissing for a little while, when they slowly pulled away and rested their foreheads together.
"All of those sound great." he whispered hoarsely.
Lorelai smiled a got up off the couch, tugging on his hand to make him follow, as she led them up the stairs and into their bedroom.