Luke watched as his two Gilmore girls were reunited. The reunion, however, was incredibly short lived as Lorelai gripped onto the bed and let out a soft cry as a contraction hit.

Rory took Lorelai's hand and kissed her mothers forehead, whispering soft words of encouragement and comfort. She looked up at her daughter and smiled. The nurse knocked gently on the door and smiled.

"Hi, I'm just here to check how much longer we gotta wait for this little guy."

Rory moved aside and gushed. "Little guy?"

"Yup." Luke smiled. Very soon he was going to be a father to Lorelai's son.

"Okay we'll you're fully dilated so I'll just find your doctor and we'll start pushing!"

"Wait.." Lorelai said, "No epidural?"

"No sorry. We waited to long." the nurse tucked her clipboard under her arm and turned to leave

In search of Lorelai's doctor.

Lorelai groaned and ran a hand through her hair.

"Okay. Minor setback. It's okay." Luke said, looking back and forth from Lorelai to Rory.

Lorelai sighed and looked up at Rory. "You don't have to watch. You saw grandma on the way in right?"

Rory nodded and said, "I'll go out there with Sookie and grandma. Good luck mom. You got this."

Lorelai grinned and gripped the bed as another contraction came and went.

Luke stood by her side as her doctor and a nurse entered the room.

After she was prepped and they were both given instructions, the doctor directed her to push during her next contraction. Almost on cue, a contraction hit and Lorelai bore down and squeezed Luke's hand. Watching helplessly, Luke admired his wife.

"It hurts so much, Luke." Lorelai cried. "I don't remember it hurting this much... I guess this is what I get for breaking your blender."

"I knew it!" he exclaimed. "I knew it wasn't Caesar! He's too smart to think throwing rocks in a blender will crush them up into sand..."

She laughed as a tear rolled down her cheek. He smiled lightly and kissed it away.

"Just think. Very soon, you'll be holding our son in your arms. Isn't that crazy? It's been a long nine months."

She smiled, but it quickly vanished as she bore down again. This continued on for a half hour when finally at 1:47pm on March 23rd, Luke and Lorelai's baby boy was born.

She sobbed as the baby was placed in her arms, crying. He laughed as Lorelai poked fun at him when he cut the umbilical cord. When the baby was all cleaned up, Lorelai sat in bed holding him and Luke sat beside it, watching her feed him.

"So when he's done I guess you can get my mother and Sookie and Rory. God forbid my mother comes in now and there's a nip slip. God, I'd never hear the end of it."

He nodded and watched as the baby started to squirm and whimper. Lorelai handed Luke the baby and buttoned up her hospital gown.

"You'd think that a modern hospital would have better looking hospital gowns. I feel like Cher at the Grammys.."

"What are we Gona name him?" Luke asked, looking into his little boys blue eyes. He had dark hair just like his mother. His nose and her mouth. He was a perfect combination of the two. "And I know all parents say this, but really our son is perfect."

Lorelai laughed and sat cross legged. "You'd think they'd have more comfortable beds too..."

"Hey." he laughed. "Focus. We have to name him."

She nodded and rubbed her eyes. "Well its going to be something Lucas Danes."

He smiled as the baby settled in his arms.

"Owen. He's an Owen." Lorelai said, as Rory knocked on the door.

"Hi! Oh lemme see! Lemme see!" Rory squealed moving over to Luke. "Oh mom he's gorgeous."

"Wana hold him?" Luke asked, gently handing Owen over to Rory.

"Oh my gosh." she whispered rubbing his cheek gently with the pad of her thumb.

Luke sat next to Lorelai and took her hand. She looked at him and kissed him lightly, relieved that Rory showed no apprehension towards her new little brother.

Over the next two days, towns members and the elder Gilmores flocked in and out of Lorelai's hospital room, cooing over and admiring Owen. Emily and Richard seemed pleased with their new grandson. Richard was very obviously falling in love with him as he remarked, "I can't wait until he's three. Three is when a boy becomes a man and learns the way of golf."

Luke discreetly shook his head and mouthed "Baseball" to Lorelai, who smiled and stuck out her tongue.

When Richard passed him to Emily, Lorelai tensed, awaiting a criticism on how his cowlick is so prominent or how his eyes are too blue or his nose too upturned, but nothing came. She watched him squirm and let him grab her pinky to hold.

Before departing, Richard congratulated Luke and asked if he had expanded his diner yet. Emily sat on the bed and faced Lorelai, who was wearing her glasses she usually never wore and was sitting in yoga pants and one of Luke's plaid shirts.

"He's beautiful Lorelai."

"Thanks mom." she said shortly, looking down at her knees.

"Lorelai, I thought we were okay. Are we okay? I don't want to miss his childhood like Rory. I want to be a part of his life. Promise me?"

Lorelai bit her upper lip and nodded. "Yes mom.. We're good. I promise."

She grinned as if she has just won all in the money in a poker game. "Good. We should reinstate Friday night dinners. That way we could see him every week."

"We'll do Friday night dinners on my terms, mom. We're going to be busy with him and I need to get a routine and take care of the inn."

She nodded, and all forms of happiness wiped off her face as her usual unenthused expression replaced it.

After the two eldest Gilmore's and Rory left for the night, Luke sat beside Lorelai on the hospital bed and tucked a stray curl behind her ear. She snuggled into him and he rubbed her back.

"We did good Mr Danes." She said, gazing at their son in the little carrier Emily had brought them. "I'm excited to take him home tomorrow. He gets to meet everyone. Poor kid. He's going to be swamped with crazed townies."

"ugh those people" Luke groaned.

"Oh stop" she said smiling, looking up at him. "we love those people."

"That we do." He whispered. Lorelai closed her eyes and started to drift, as Luke's back rubs relaxed her muscles and soon her body became limp and her breathing slowed.

Luke smiled at his clever plan that he was surprised surpassed Lorelai's knowing. Resting his head on hers, he closed his eyes and drifted off with her, anticipating the new day tomorrow would bring with his beautiful wife and amazing baby boy.