Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls, IT, or leprechauns or the movie Leprechaun.
In Lori's fifth year of life, she started kindergarten. Lola had gone back to college, and planned to become a counselor so she can help alcoholics like herself. Devin was so proud of his wife that he took her to England for an entire weekend. Devin himself went back to college with his wife.
"Can I have another kitty?" Lori asked her mother one day as she helped Lola bake chocolate chip cookies.
"Daddy and I will think about it," Lola told her daughter. The cat that Lori had now was fine, and Lola didn't really want another one.
As the weeks passed, Lola and Devin's marriage improved even more. Devin had decided to throw out all of the alcohol in the apartment, not wanting to tempt his wife.
"I love you so much," Lola whispered to her husband one night. Devin rolled over and smiled at her.
"I love you too," he told her. After getting back together with Lola, he now couldn't imagine life without her. Lola Danes-Huntzberger was his soul mate and vice versa.
"What do you think about buying a house?" Lola asked. She couldn't sleep. Her mind was running in several directions.
"I think that we can look, but not decide for awhile," Devin replied. He had also been thinking about buying a house.
The couple heard little feet padding across the hall, and the door opened. Lori stepped in.
"What's wrong, Baby?" the concerned Lola asked. Lori had been having nightmares for awhile now, and it was really starting to worry Lola. Devin had told his wife that she was overreacting.
"A clown was trying to eat me," the little girl sobbed. Devin and Lola's hearts broke, and Devin helped his daughter up onto the bed.
"Clowns don't hurt people," Lola soothed. Devin felt differently. He had seen IT. Clowns deserved to die a horrible, extremely painful death. They were evil, along with leprechauns. Leprechauns were just creepy. Devin wished he had never watched the movie Leprechaun. He was now scarred for life.
"He was party doggy," Lori wailed. Devin shot his wife a look, but she didn't notice. Lola was too busy taking care of Lori. Devin would be terrified of a clown dog. That had to be the creepiest visual he had ever got. Now he was going to get nightmares of a clown dog.
Lori eventually fell asleep in between her parents. Lola and Devin followed her into sleep shortly afterwards.
The next morning, Lola and Devin were discussing Lori's nightmare. The little girl was staying at Rory and Logan's house, because she missed them occasionally. Lori had lived with them for awhile, and had grown so attached that she'd cry to go over to the house. It was the same with Tristan and Madeline. Lori stayed overnight there too.
"Maybe she should see a child psychologist," the worried Lola told her husband. Devin refrained from rolling his eyes. Lola worried too much.
"Babe, she's a perfectly normal five year old. Five year olds have nightmares," Devin assured his wife. Lola still worried, but reluctantly relented.
That was the moment Devin and Lola both decided they wanted another baby. They wanted Lori to have a sibling, and the couple wanted to expand their family.
They told each other their feelings about another baby later that night. Lola and Devin were thrilled to be on the same page, and immediately began trying for a baby.
Lola and Devin had no idea how many problems they would have conceiving again. If they had known the problems they would face, the couple would have waited on their plans to have another baby.
TBC
We had two happy chapters, but we're about to dive back into the angst. I figured you guys deserved an angst break, but there's going to be angst for awhile. Don't worry, it'll go happy again. I can't tell you when, though.
Graduation was fun last night. It was extremely hot (86 degrees), but still fun. It only lasted an hour because there were so few of us. I'm so happy to be graduated.
Look for the next update Sunday. My graduation party is tomorrow, so I'm going to be busy.