Early Sunday morning Rory came into Lorelai's room and jumped onto the bed. "Mommy, wake up!" she shouted. "You need to wake up and get ready for church! Daddy said he'd be here at nine!" Rory started jumping up and down on the bed to make Lorelai wake up.

Lorelai rolled over. "Rory, honey, what time is it?" she asked her daughter sleepily. "Mommy likes to sleep in you know that."

Rory looked at the clock on Lorelai's nightstand. "It's seven," she declared.

"Ugh, it's too early," said Lorelai rolling back over and closing her eyes.

"But Mommy, it'll take you at least two hours to get ready," said Rory, getting off the bed. She pulled back the sheets and pulled on her mother's arm. "Come on!"

Lorelai got out of bed. "Okay, I'm up. You happy?"

"Yes!" exclaimed Rory. "Now go!"

Lorelai got ready and was ready ten minutes before Luke got there. She went downstairs where she found Rory waiting for her. "Okay, I'm ready," she told her daughter. "Now, why are we going to church with Daddy again?"

"Because he invited us," said Rory. "And he thinks it'd be good if we knew more about Jesus. Who is Jesus, Mom?"

Lorelai hesitated. She really should have gone to church more. She couldn't explain this to her daughter, it'd be too much. "You'll find out in Sunday school," she told her instead.

Rory thought for a minute. "Mom?" she asked.

"Yes?"

"Does Jesus love me?"

Lorelai smiled. "Of course He does. Who wouldn't love you?" The doorbell rang and Lorelai quickly gathered her things. "I believe that's Daddy." The two of them walked over to the door and Rory opened it.

Rory grinned when she saw Luke. "Hi, Daddy!" she exclaimed giving him a hug.

"Hey, kid," he said picking her up. "I see you're excited."

"I am!" she told him. "Daddy, who's Jesus?

Luke looked at Lorelai. "Uh, well, he died for you," said Luke.

Rory crinkled her nose. "Why would he do that?" she asked, confused.

Luke took her hand and the three of them made their way to church. "Well, because, he loved you very much. He loved everyone in the world so much that he died for them."

"Even you and Mom?" she asked him.

"Yes even us," he told her.

Lorelai took hold of Rory's other hand. "Rory, you don't want to spoil Sunday school by asking too many questions, do you?"

She shook her head. "No, I guess not."

At church, Luke and Lorelai dropped Rory off at her Sunday school class and they made their way to the sanctuary. Lorelai looked over at him. "I didn't know you were serious about coming to church. We hardly went when we were kids."

"I guess I started coming more after we moved here," Luke said to her. "My grandparents came every Sunday so we started coming too. And eventually we all got saved."

"Even Liz?" she asked. She remembered that his younger sister was rebellious when she was a teenager.

Luke looked at her. "Liz is," he began. "She doesn't believe any of it. She got pregnant a few months after we moved here."

"Oh, Luke, I'm sorry," said Lorelai. "Is she still around?"

"She lives in New York with her son, Jess," he told her. "He's a year younger than Rory. Liz stays in trouble all the time and Mom and Dad have tried everything to convince her to come back. Jess's father left a few weeks after he was born and we haven't heard from him since. Liz can barely keep a job and all the guys she dates leaves with what money she does earn."

"That must be so hard," she said.

"Yeah," he agreed. "Come on, we better get in there before the service starts."

For once in her life, Lorelai actually enjoyed being at church. She didn't feel like it was something she had to do. The message seemed to speak to her like it was written for her. She felt something happening to her but didn't know what yet. At the end of the service Lorelai decided that she and Rory needed to come to church every Sunday. Not just because Luke went even though that was part of it, but because it was important to have a relationship with God. On the way to Luke's parents house for lunch, Lorelai turned to him. "Luke, I want to come again next Sunday."

"You do?" asked Luke surprised.

Rory nodded her agreement. "I want to come back too."

Luke was glad that Rory wanted to come back to church, but Lorelai? He had known she wasn't the type of person to go to church regularly. They rarely went to church when they were teenagers and after the first time they slept together they had stopped going. "I get that Rory wants to come back," said Luke, to his girls. "But, Lorelai, why do you want to come back? You said you weren't a church person."

"Yes, I know I said that," she told him. "But I was sixteen and we had just you know, so I figured why would God care for me after what we'd just done? But today, it seemed like the message was speaking to me, reminding me that God does love even if I do something wrong. I feel very good about this decision. And plus, this is who you are now, and I accept that."

Luke gave her a silly grin. "Okay, what'd you do with the girl I fell in love with so many years ago?"

Lorelai laughed and started walking in front of Luke and Rory. "I'm still the same person," she answered, "but I now have a different view about church. Church is very good and I can't wait until next Sunday!"

Luke lauged too. "Rory, I think Mommy has gone crazy!"

Rory grabbed her parent's hands and walked between them. "Dad, Mom is already crazy!"

"Good point," he said to Rory. "Come on, we need to get to my parent's house."

"Were your parent's at church, Luke?" asked Lorelai.

"Yeah, of course they were," he said. "They were probably sitting closer to the front though. Are you nervous about seeing them for the first time in over ten years?"

"I am," she admitted. "Your mom wasn't too happy that I was pregnant, remember? She wanted me to give Rory up."

Luke nodded his head. "I remember. She and my Dad would fight a lot because she wanted you to give the baby up and Dad didn't want you to. He supported my decision to help you. After we moved here to be closer to Dad's family, he tried everything to help me find you."

"I always knew I liked your father the best," teased Lorelai.

They finally arrived at his parent's house and walked into the kitchen where his mom was making lunch. "Hey, Mom, Dad," greeted Luke.

Will put down the Sunday paper. "Luke, I don't think we saw you at church earlier."

"You probably didn't," said Luke.

During lunch, Will would include Lorelai and Rory in the conversation but when Kelly was talking she wouldn't include Lorelai or Rory. After lunch, Will, Luke, and Rory went into the living room. Lorelai offered to help with the dishes but Kelly refused which made Lorelai angrier than she already was. "Okay, I know you weren't happy that I got pregnant," began Lorelai keeping her voice calm, or at least trying to, "but it's been ten years. Why do you still hate me?"

Kelly faced Lorelai. "You really want to know?" she asked. "You ruined Luke's life! He was supposed to go to college to become a better baseball play and play professionally. Instead, he decided to turn down the chance to go pro and stayed here because he thought he needed to find you! And he was supposed to get engaged to Rachel."

Lorelai felt liked she'd been hit by a Mack truck. "He still went to college, though," she said, in barely a whisper. For a second, she thought she saw a flicker of guilt in Kelly's eyes but then it was gone.

Luckily, Luke, Will and Rory came into the kitchen. Luke spoke up, "Mom, do not speak to Lorelai that way! We don't regret having Rory. And I chose not to play pro baseball because that wasn't my dream! It was yours! Only Dad knew I wanted to stay here. Everyone knew that except you. And for your information, I never loved Rachel. Lorelai is the one I love. I always have and always will. Now, we're going home. Dad, I'll see you tomorrow." And with that Luke took Lorelai and Rory back home.

Outside Lorelai's house, the three of them were standing on the porch. "Lorelai, Rory, I'm so sorry for the way my mom treated you," apologized Luke.

Rory was still hurt that her grandmother didn't try to get to know her. "Does she not love me?" asked Rory, with tears in her eyes.

Luke piked Rory up and Lorelai let them in to the house where they went into the living room. "Rory, I'm sure deep down my mother does love you," Luke told his daughter. "She's just never been happy about the situation. And Mom and I will explain that part to you when you're a little older."

Rory nodded her head in agreement. "Do you and your mom not get along?" she asked him.

"No, we don't we agree on a lot of things," said Luke.

Lorelai spoke up. "That's like me and my mother. She wanted to control the way I lived after we moved. After Rory was born she wanted to hire a nanny to take care of Rory and I didn't want that."

Luke was surprised. "You usually had a good relationship with your parents."

"Yeah, with my dad," said Lorelai. "My mom and I never got along. Yes she became a bit more protective after we said I was pregnant but she controlled everything. And you should have seen the dresses she tried to dress Rory in. That's why I decided to move here and start a new life for me and Rory."

Rory had gone on to her room so Luke and Lorelai were left alone. "I'm really glad we found each other again," said Luke sitting next to her on the couch. "I hate that I missed out on so much of Rory's life."

"Luke, it's okay," lied Lorelai. "Okay no it's not because I really needed you when she was a baby. We up at twelve to change diapers, three to feed, and at five we had very meaningful discussions."

Luke took her hands in his. "Lorelai, from now on, I'm going to be here for you and Rory. Night or day you can call me and I'll come."

"Really?" asked Lorelai, happily. "Will you come in the middle of the night when we have bad dreams?"

"Uh, no," said Luke. "And not when I'm busy working either."

"I would never do that to you!" exclaimed Lorelai. "Okay, maybe I would but I'll try not to."

Luke got up. "I guess, uh, better go," he said to her. He headed for the door with Lorelai following closely behind. "I'm glad you came to church today. You and Rory."

Lorelai smiled. "I'm glad we went," she said honestly. "Rory and I will see you tomorrow for breakfast in the morning."

Luke grinned at her. "Have I told you lately how happy I am you're here?"

"Hmm, I think you have," she teased, "but I love hearing you say it." She looked into his eyes. She wanted to kiss him so badly. She actually wanted to do more than kiss. She wanted to take him upstairs and demand that he make love to her. She couldn't take it anymore. She stepped closer to Luke and kissed him.

Luke was surprised that she kissed him and he let himself get caught up in it, pulling her closer but after a minute he pulled away. "Lorelai," he groaned, "we can't do this yet."

Lorelai hung her head sadly. "I know," she told him. "I don't know why I did that. I'm sorry." She folded her arms against her chest and fought back the tears that threatened. "I haven't been with anyone since you and I've missed you so much."

Luke took her in his arms and held her. "I haven't been with anyone either and I've missed you too," he said to her. "But I did just get out of a relationship and need some time before we start anything, okay?"

Lorelai nodded her head. "Yeah, okay," she said. She pulled away and looked at him giving him a grin. "I guess Rory and I will see you tomorrow morning for breakfast."

Luke laughed. "I better," he said, smiling. "Rory says that all the two of you eat are Pop-Tarts for breakfast and coffee. You do know that giving her coffee is bad for her right?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," she said, smiling. "She asks and when I say no she gives me those puppy dog eyes. How can I say no to that?"

"You're right," he agreed, "but she's not getting coffee until she's thirteen."

"Fine, just don't blame me when she looks at you with the puppy dog eyes and you give in," teased Lorelai. "We'll see you in the morning, Luke."

"See ya," he said, leaving and closing the door behind him.

Lorelai went back and sat down on the couch and turned the TV on. It was only five o'clock and she had nothing to do. She flipped through the channels and after finding nothing she wanted to watch she turned the TV off. Rory came out of her room and sat down with Lorelai. "Did Daddy leave?" she asked.

"Yeah, he went back home," she told her daughter. "He said he'll see us for breakfast in the morning."

"Reall?" asked Rory. "Can we go there everyday?"

Lorelai laughed. "Of course we can, kid."

That night Lorelai laid awake thinking about Luke. She was ready to start a relationship with him again but she wasn't sure how. However, there was one thing she knew for certain. She was still in love with Luke and had never stopped loving him.