Information needed before reading:

Lorelai and Luke met when Lorelai was 18 and while she had her 3 year old daughter Rory, and Luke was 20. Lorelai and Luke instantly became friends and not long after they began dating. After dating for about a year, Lorelai became pregnant, at the age of just 23. Luke and Lorelai got married soon after they found out about it. That was the year Katrina was born. Then three years later, they had Brendan, and two years after that was Kelsey. Then, just when they thought they were done, four years later, they had a little boy named Colin.

Note about Christopher:

Rory's father, Christopher, has never shown up since he got Lorelai pregnant when she was 16. (Doesn't mean I won't have him come into the story later on though.)

Present time: The Danes family live in a big house, 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. With a family room, a den, and a beautiful kitchen and dining room.(It looks like the house that Emily was going to give Lorelai and Luke as a wedding present on the show, so just picture that house.)

Lorelai-35 years old

Luke- 37 years old

Katrina Annemarie Danes-13- nickname- Katie, wants to be a vet when she gets older. She always volunteers at animal hospitals. She just really enjoys working with animals.

Brendan Frances Danes-9- no nickname, he tells everyone he's going to be a lawyer because he wants the "good guys" to stay out of jail.

Kelsey Victoria Danes-7-nickname- Kels, she can dance, act and sing. She wants to be an actress. She's been in 5 different commercials already, and was on one short lived T.V. show that didn't make it past the pilot episode. She also enjoys playing soccer, playing the piano, and drawing. She has also modeled for little kids things in two magazines. But Luke and Lorelai are both very careful in what they allow her to do at such a young age.

Colin Lucas-William Danes- 3- no nickname. He is such a little man. He just enjoys being a kid and likes to play outside. He also loves being the center of attention, which he gets from Lorelai and now his sister Kelsey too.

They have a Cat named Max and a dog, named Paul Anka.

On with the story::

It is a beautiful summer day in July and the Danes family is sitting around their pool relaxing. Katrina is floating around the pool on a raft, while Kelsey and Brendan play Marco polo, and Colin is taking a nap under on a lounge chair in the shade. Luke is grilling hamburgers while Lorelai is sitting on another lounge chair next to Colin, reading a magazine and keeping an eye on the kids in the pool.

"Lorelai, how many burgers you want?" Luke calls over to her from the top deck.

"Three."

"Junkie." He shouts back while she just laughs.

"Thanks hun." She says to him and then goes back to reading.

Kelsey says time out to Brendan and swims over to her big sister. "Katie, wanna play Marco Polo with us?"

"Not now Kels, maybe later okay."

"Okay." She says, pretending that she doesn't care. She misses hanging out with her big sister, but she had a talk with her mom and dad and they both explained to her that Katrina is in junior high now and she has her own friends and needs her privacy.(Note: think of Kelsey and Katrina like D.J. and Stephanie from Full house, only they don't fight as much.)

Fifthteen minutes later Luke yells, "Lunch time." And everyone jumps out of the pool and runs over to the picnic table. Lorelai sits on the edge of the chair that Colin is still napping on and gently wakes him up.

"Come on baby, time to get up. Daddy made you a hamburger."

"No wakey time mommy." Colin groans and buries himself in the towel that's covering him.

"Okay, if you don't get up, the tickle monster is gonna come get you." She makes a funny face and starts tickling him.

"Ah! Tickle monster!" He yells and laughs as Lorelai continues tickling him.

"Let's go baby boy." She picks him up and carries him over to the picnic table with everyone else. She sits him in his booster seat and cuts up a burger for him.

"I want it on a rwoll." Colin whines.

"Babies don't eat rolls." Kelsey says to her little brother with attitude.

"I not a baby!" He throws a piece of hamburger at her and it gets in her hair.

"Ah! Mommy! Colin threw food in my hair!" Kelsey whines and gets ready to throw it back at him but Luke grabs her wrist.

"Stop it now." He says sternly.

"But daddy-"

"Kelsey enough."

"Fine." She pouts and continues eating. After they all finish lunch, the kids go back into the pool for the rest of the day. At around 7, Luke puts Colin to bed while Lorelai, Brendan, Katrina and Kelsey all get ready to watch a movie.

Luke walks back downstairs. "Hey guys, sorry to interrupt but did anyone get the newspaper today?"

"Don't think so babe." Lorelai answers.

Kelsey hops off the couch. "I'll get it for you daddy."

"Thanks munchkin." Kelsey runs out of the house and skips down the driveway, Luke watches her from the window. She grabs the paper and freezes. She hears a noise in the bushes.

"It's just an animal." She repeats over and over again to herself. The noise gets louder, making her run as fast as she can inside.

"Dad, something's outside." She continues catching her breath. Luke kneels eye level to her.

"What do you mean?"

"I…I heard something in the bushes."

"It's probably just an animal kiddo."

"But it didn't sound like one."

"Kels, come on baby, let's just watch the movie." Lorelai calls from the couch, tries to soothe her daughter with her voice.

"No, something's out there, I swear."

"Kelsey, you know it's not good to swear. Now come on, you have nothing to worry about. This is Stars Hollow, nothing bad ever happens here."

"But-"

"No buts, it's just an animal. Now go watch you're movie, I'll make you an ice cream sundae. Would that make you feel better?"

"I guess…thanks daddy." She says, trying to sound happy, but she couldn't stop the bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. Kelsey settles on the couch, sitting really close to Lorelai, as they all watch the movie.

10:30 pm.

The kids are all in bed and Luke and Lorelai are getting into bed.

Luke notices a concerned look on Lorelai's face. "You okay?"

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine."

"Liar." He says with a smirk on his face.

"It's just…Kelsey."

"What about her?"

"She said she heard something outside."

Luke puts his arm around his scared wife. "Don't worry Lorelai, nothing is out there. Except maybe an animal."

"You don't know that for sure. There are crazy people out there. Kelsey has her face on T.V. and in magazines. What if," Luke cuts her off.

"Lorelai look at me," Her eyes match his. "I will not let anything happen to her, okay."

She smiles. "Promise?"

He gives her a kiss. "I promise. Now let's get some sleep."

"Night Luke."

"Night Lorelai." She cuddles up to him and falls soundly asleep. Luke turns his head and stares down at her. Even when she's sleeping, she's worrying about Kelsey. Luke sighs and slides further into bed. As he is falling asleep, their cat Max jumps on the bed and licks Luke's hair then falls asleep. Luke rolls his eyes and falls asleep as well.

The next morning Katrina goes to the Inn to answer phones, Brendan and Colin go with Luke to the diner, and Lorelai takes Kelsey to her very first photo shoot in Hartford.

"Mommy, maybe this is a bad idea." She says as they pull up to the building and see all different actors and models of all ages walking around.

"Sweetie its okay, I'll be with you the entire time."

"What if I pose wrong?"

"Baby you won't pose wrong."

"How do you know?"

"Because you won't, now come on." Lorelai gets out of the car and helps Kelsey out. She looks down at her nervous and scared daughter and gets eye level to her.

"Kelsey, sweetie, if you really don't want to do this, you don't have to."

She thinks about it. "No, I want to do this."

Lorelai smiles, takes her daughter's hand and they look up at the big building. "Then let's go shall we." Kelsey nods. Lorelai glances down at her for only a moment, with so much pride. She couldn't be more proud of her daughter then she is right now. Knowing that she isn't going to give up that easily just because it looks a little scary.

Once they get inside they meet up with Kelsey's manager/agent Carissa. Carissa is a good friend of Liz, Luke's younger sister.

"Hey Lorelai, hey Kelsey."

"Hey Carissa, how are you doing?"

"I'm good, you?"

"I'm doing well thanks. So…uh, where do we go?"

"Oh yeah, right this way." She leads them to a private dressing room, shared by only two other kids, a 14 year old boy and a 9 year old girl.

The little girl walks up to them. "Hi I'm Claire and that's my big brother Eric."

"Nice to meet you both, I'm Lorelai and this is my daughter Kelsey."

"Hi." Kelsey replies shyly.

Carissa interrupts the introductions. "Alright you three, you've got 20 minutes before the shoot. Kelsey, come here for a minute."

"Kay." She says and follows Carissa to the corner of the room.

"Okay sweetheart, now when you are getting the pictures taken just do what they tell you."

She nods nervously. "Okay."

"And kiddo, anytime you want to stop, just let them know okay. Don't worry, you'll do great."

"Thanks Carissa." Kelsey smiles and gives her a big hug.

The Photo shoot goes great, everyone was very nice to her and Kelsey really had a fun time doing it. Now it's her, Claire, and Carissa in the dressing room. Carissa is helping the girls get their stuff together while Lorelai and Claire's mom went to go get coffee.

"So, what do you do for fun?" Kelsey asks Claire.

"I act."

Kelsey looks confused and shocked. "You mean you don't do anything else? Play outside or anything?"

"My mom says actresses don't get dirty. She says if I wanted to be a kid then I wouldn't be acting."

"But playing is fun, maybe you could come over one day and we could play soccer."

"I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"My mom wouldn't like that very much."

"Oh okay." Kelsey says, now completely confused as to why Claire wouldn't be allowed to hang out with her. Just then, Lorelai comes back in the room.

"Kels, time to go."

"Okay, bye." She says to Claire.

"Bye."

The two of them walk out to the car. After 10 minutes of driving Kelsey starts to talk.

"Mom, I want to quit soccer."

Lorelai looks shocked. "What? Why? I thought you loved it."

"I can't have fun, I'm an actress now."

"Sweetie who told you that."

"Told me what?"

"That if you act you can't do what other kids do."

"Claire."

Lorelai sighs. "Well Claire is wrong. Just because you are on T.V. doesn't mean you have to stop being a kid."

"It doesn't?"

"Of course not. You should always get to be a kid first. Acting comes second, understand?"

"Yeah." She nods. Not fully understanding, but knew that she was glad to hear that she doesn't have to quit soccer. "So I can still play soccer?"

Lorelai smiles and laughs a little. "Yes, you can still play soccer. You know what else actors get to do?"

"What, what?" Sounding really excited.

"They get to eat big ice cream sundaes."

"Yay!" She cheers and they drive home as fast as they can to get their ice cream. They get home and go straight to the kitchen where Lorelai makes Kelsey and herself an ice cream sundae. Kelsey digs in and with ice cream all over her mouth says,

"I love being an actor."

Lorelai just laughs and hands her a napkin.

Please review. This took me awhile to write and type up. So Please please please Review. I know almost exactly where I'm going with this story. And those who have read my other stories, well in this one I won't make Luke and Lorelai have anymore kids, I promise!!!!!!! lol.

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