Background: Lorelai and Luke broke up like on the show but instead of them reconciling in So… Good Talk, Lorelai finds out that she is three months pregnant. She gets too scared to tell Luke and then gets a job in New York. She decides to take the job and doesn't tell Luke. What Lorelai doesn't know is that Luke figured out her secret right before she left but didn't go after her because he was scared he would lose her forever. Now it's a four years later and Lorelai is back in Stars Hollow. Luke's about to meet his child and Luke and Lorelai will have to each deal with the choices they made.
Luke was walking through the Town Square. The town was a buzz. Patty and Babett had been whispering in the diner about something and kept looking at Luke the entire time. He decided he had to get out of there so he left the diner in Caesar's hands. Now he was walking through the town square aimlessly. He passed a woman and her daughter and Lorelai immediately popped into his head. She had been gone almost four years and he missed her so much. Lorelai left shortly after they broke up. She never said goodbye. She didn't say goodbye to anyone except Sookie. He didn't blame her. For the last couple of months the people of Stars Hollow, including himself, wouldn't leave her alone. She had been acting weird and the town made up all these crazy rumors about what was wrong with her from what they witnessed but they were all wrong. One day after Luke had last spoke to Lorelai it all clicked for him. He knew exactly what was wrong with Lorelai. He should have been upset at Lorelai for not telling him but he wasn't, he understood why she didn't tell him. When he figured it out he came up with a plan about how he would confront her. He was gong to wait a couple of days and then he was going to sit her down and talk to her. He was actually excited about it because this was going to get them back together and keep them together, which was exactly what he wanted, but he was to late. The day he was going to confront Lorelai word got around that she had been offered a job and she took it. She was gone. He wanted to go after her, so he revised his plan. He was going to find out where she was, confront her, and then bring her home. A day or two later he walked downstairs and was just about to go into the diner when he saw Sookie and Jackson. He was going to go over and ask for Lorelai's new address but on his way he overheard their conversation. Sookie was saying how she wished Lorelai had told Luke because then she wouldn't have left. Jackson then asked her if he did know should he go after her. Sookie surprisingly said no and then Jackson pressed on. Sookie replied by saying that if he went after her she may never come back. He might push her too far and he could lose her forever. Jackson then said to Sookie that he had a right to know. Sookie agreed saying yeah he does but she is doing what she thinks is best for everyone. Luke stood there for a while taking what he just heard all in. It took him a couple of days but he but he decided he would just have to wait. Lorelai would come back eventually. It was his fault she was gone. Yes she had screwed up too but she never wanted out, he did. So her leaving was because of him. Now here he was walking around town thinking about her and her secret that he wasn't supost to know about. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a different woman telling her daughter to come to her. It wasn't just any woman though. It was Lorelai, his Lorelai. He hadn't seen her since that afternoon year's ago, and it was all coming back to him.
Lorelai was standing in front of a store window admiring the small white crib being displayed. A small smile appeared across her face. Her hand then touched the small bump across her stomach. She was four months along and just starting to show. She was wearing a sweater that was loose fitting along her middle. Her doctor told her that she probably wouldn't get very big which meant she could hide her pregnancy if she had to. She didn't want to but she didn't know if she had a choice.
Luke was waling out of the market. He turned his head and he then saw Lorelai. He hadn't seen her in a while and he was worried about her. Rumors were going on concerning her health. He had heard one where she had a dizzy spell at work. Sookie had caught her falling asleep at her desk several times. Babett had said that she had caught Lorelai throwing up in her front yard one day and Luke had some of his own proof. Luke wasn't paying attention to where he was going one day and neither was Lorelai. They had a head on collision on the sidewalk causing Lorelai to drop all of her mail. She gathered it all as quickly as possible and then said goodbye to Luke. The problem was that she didn't get all of her mail. A reminder about her next doctor's appointment was left in Luke's hands. Ever since Luke was very worried that something was the matter with her but as he was looking at her she didn't look ill. She was just as beautiful as before, maybe even more and she had this glow. He couldn't keep his eyes off her, which was a good thing because as Lorelai was stepping backwards the heel of her shoe got caught in the crack of the sidewalk. Luke ran over to her just as she was about to lose her balance. He caught her in his arms as she screamed.
"Hey, it's okay."
"Luke where did you come from?"
"Market, you caught my eye just in time, you okay?"
"Yeah I'm okay now."
"You sure?"
"Yes thank you" Luke still had his arms around Lorelai. Lorelai started to get her heel out of the crack in the sidewalk but Luke still kept his arms around her to keep her steady. "Alright I'm free."
"Okay"
"Thanks for catching me."
"No problem any time, you should really be careful around here."
"Yeah" Lorelai started to feel lightheaded and dizzy. She grabbed hold of Luke's arm to steady herself and to keep herself from falling. This caught Luke off guard but his arms immediately went back around her waist to hold her up.
"Whoa Lorelai, are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine."
"You don't seen fine."
"I'm okay"
"Let's go sit down for a second, I want to talk to you."
"Okay" Luke walked Lorelai to a nearby bench. He kept one of his arms around her waist and they sat down. He still kept his arm around her but he turned her to face him.
"Lorelai I'm worried about you?"
"Luke I'm okay"
"Lorelai I've heard things about you, your falling asleep at work, your having dizzy spells and Babett caught you throwing up in your front yard,"
"She doesn't even know what we are talking about."
"Lorelai"
"Luke please I'm fine okay, you don't have to worry about me.
"I can't input."
"I have to go"
"Lorelai slowly go up"
"Wait"
"Bye Luke" Lorelai walked quickly away. Luke sat there a second and lightbulb went off on his head. He pulled out his wallet and took out Lorelai's doctor's appointment. He reread Lorelai's card and saw that she was going to an obstertriton. Everything fit. Her tiredness, the dizzy spells, the throwing up, her loose fitting clothes, Lorelai was pregnant and she was too scared to tell him.
Now here she was four years later. She had a little girl with her. She was about three years old. That was Lorelai' daughter. That was his daughter. That was their daughter. She looked just like Lorelai and Lorelai hadn't aged a bit. In a word to describe her, Breathtaking was all that came to mind. Lorelai looked up from her daughter and saw him. The only thing she could think of to say was "Luke"
NEXT: Luke and Lorelai see each other for the first time in almost four years. Luke meets his daughter and she instantly grows an attachment, as does Luke. Lorelai also asks Luke why he wasn't very surprised when he saw her and their daughter for the first time. Luke's answer leads to a huge argument between them.
