Because she was a geriatric pregnancy, Lorelai had to get poked and prodded and was scheduled another early ultrasound by a high risk doctor that Paris recommended to her. Although Paris had told her from the ultrasounds she performed that she was lucky because she had the womb of a 35 year old, she said better safe than anything. At 13 weeks, she and Luke sat in the lobby of Dr. Jane Levitt which was very fancy but Paris pulled strings for a free consult. Luke was shaking his leg and looking at the ceiling. It wasn't his hospital nervousness. This was the first time he was going to see his babies.

"A cute 20-something young lady in purple scrubs with Jennifer written on the shirt pocket and exotic fish on her pants called out "Lorelai Danes" and they both jumped, scanned the room and followed her through the door.

She measured Lorelai's height at 5'9" and when it got to stepping on the scale, while Lorelai wanted to refuse, she knew she had to. So she told Luke to look away or else. They then made it to the exam room and took her blood pressure and went over medical history and previous pregnancies. Jennifer was actually surprised when Lorelai said her last one was 33 years ago because the woman before her looked younger than her age. "Teen mom" Lorelai explained being all too familiar with the look.

Jennifer gave Lorelai a gown to put on and exited the room. Being Pregnant and feeling fat, she didn't like Luke to see her in the light. She made him turn around but he couldn't resist glancing back at his gorgeous wife. He actually found her more attractive, carrying his babies in her womb. Her silhouette was beautiful in the fluorescent office lighting. He smirked and had to remark "You look stunning."

Lorelai blushed and said "you have to say that. It's your fault I'm a whale right now." She finished dressing and he placed a soft kiss on her lips before she returned to the exam table to wait about 20 minutes.

A knock came on the door followed by a young black woman who looked to be about Paris and Rory's age give or take. Lorelai instantly realized how beautiful she was and looked at Luke to make sure he wasn't looking. He wasn't. That man hadn't had eyes for anyone but her in 15 years.

"Hi, Mrs. Danes, I'm Dr. Levitt and I'm excited to take care of you through this next part of your journey- despite the fact that Dr. Geller threatened to have my license revoked if I didn't take care of you," she joked as she stretched out her hand.

Her smile was disarming and Lorelai appreciated her wit. Accepting the hand she replied, "Ah, that's our Paris. Well, thank you. This is my husband Luke. He hates doctor's offices so don't be offended by his sunny demeanor."

"Hello Mr. Danes."

"You can call me Luke," he said.

"Alright, well just give me a minute to look over the information Jennifer took," she replied while already burying her face into the laptop to check the chart.

"Lorelai, I see you're a coffee drinker. Is it decaf? Your blood pressure is a little higher than I'd like and with that, caffeine is a no-no."

"Well Dr. Levitt, we just met and already you're trying to kill me. My DNA is 90% coffee. I'm sure if you ran it against a coffee bean, you'd find that. My hair was blond as a child but it turned this dark shade the day I discovered coffee. And by coffee, I mean with caffeine because decaf is just a cruel joke."

She didn't look at Luke but she already knew that she wasn't going to be able to get coffee from him. He might even be able to get Miss Patty to spread the word and keep the whole town from selling to her. She might have to make trips to woodbridge. She sighed, of course she wouldn't do that. And she needed healthy babies so she resigned a little in her mind to the idea.

"I'm sorry, but with your risk level carrying twins and all, I have to recommend coffee intake cease."

"It will." Luke resolved and raised his brow at Lorelai who was childishly sticking her tongue out at him.

"So doc, what other terrible news do you have to give me? And I beg of you, I know I'll be 49 in a couple months but can you avoid using the term "Geriatric Womb" when delivering it? It makes me cringe like nails on a chalkboard," she said honestly.

"Absolutely. Well in your condition, you are at higher risk. With the blood pressure thing, I'd like you to keep stress low and to walk or do low impact exercises for 30 minutes daily. Our office has a pregnancy physical therapist who can give you exercises for that as well as to prepare you for labor and delivery if you choose a vaginal birth plan."

"There's another kind of birth plan besides vaginal? And what's a birth plan?" Luke was confused.

"Yes, we can go over your options for that at the next appointment. I'd like to see you more often because of the risks in your pregnancy, especially the twins part. Let's do an ultrasound and then a vaginal examination to see what we're working with before we talk about schedules though. Let me just get the machine set up." She busied herself with the machine in the corner while Lorelai and Luke held hands watching. Typically an ultrasound tech would do this portion of the exam, but Lorelai suspected out of a bit of fear of Paris, Dr. Levitt performed the task herself.

The gown at the fancy doctor's office had a flap in the abdominal area so that women were permitted more modesty. Dr. Levitt pulled it up and after placing warmed jelly on Lorelai, started tracing her abdomen with the ultrasound machine. The screen was facing them when excitement hit Lorelai's face.

"Luke! Look, their heads look like heads now! And they have hands and feet!" She looked at him and he was both amazed and confused that their heads were so large but also very happy. He squeezed her hand and was basically holding his breath as the doctor took measurements.

"Well they're both growing at a satisfactory rate. Baby A, on the left is a little larger but not much more than Baby B." she said. "It's still too early to see the gender, but in a couple weeks at the next ultrasound we can find out if you want." They hadn't talked about it, but they were both just in awe.

"So now I'm going to check their heartbeats so I'll turn on the sound," Jane dictated her actions. A quick swishy sounding ba-thump, ba-thump noise filled the room. "That's Baby A. Nice strong heartbeat"

Lorelai beamed and a tear escaped Luke's eye. Never could he imagine anything better than a family with the love of his life.

She moved to Baby B and the sound was distinctly different. Baby A's was like a song, but this one seemed off-beat somehow. Dr. Levitt let out a heavy breath and then explained, "Baby B's heartbeat is irregular. This could indicate a heart murmur or a congenital defect or it might correct itself on its own. What this means is that we'll need to monitor the situation closely. You'll have an ultrasound at most of your appointments and we'll see you every 2-3 weeks from now on. I don't want you to worry about this as it's pretty common with multiple pregnancies and since it's early on, we can have a plan if surgery is needed after birth- not that it will be. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves."

They were stunned- and scared. "What can we do?" Lorelai asked apprehensively.

"Mostly it's a wait and see situation. There's nothing you can do except eat healthy; keep your blood pressure down with lowered stress and some physical activity…" She looked at the worried parents and put on her best reassuring voice and said, "It's going to be OKAY. Consider me your 24/7 pregnancy buddy. You can call me any time with questions. I'll even give you my cell. If I don't answer, I respond to voicemails within an hour. If it's an emergency, my pager is on the forms or you can call my afterhours line and they'll page me to meet you at the nearest hospital- which from your form is St. Joseph's. I have privileges there so there's no reason I can't be completely in this with you."

Both parents took a deep breath. "Okay," Luke said. "We can do this. We're having two babies and they're both going to be fine, and so are you," he said again squeezing her hand and kissing her forehead.

Dr. Levitt then did the pelvic exam and found everything to be just fine. She left the room to let Lorelai redress and then came back to consult them on eating and exercise habits once more; then she directed them to the reception office for their next appointment.

The ride home was quiet but Lorelai wouldn't let go of Luke's hand. She wanted coffee… and a Martini. She wanted all of the junk food she was no longer allowed to have. But since she couldn't, she was glad she had her man. God she loved this man. She was afraid her body would let him down. She wanted to give him these babies.

Luke was feeling so helpless. He couldn't protect her. He of course would go home and trash all the junk food. He'd consult Sookie on the new diet restrictions and he'd follow it too- not that it was hard for him. He just wished he could offer more comfort than holding her hand. He could tell she needed it but he knew she was feeling as helpless as he.

"I love you, Luke." She broke the silence.

"I love you too, Lorelai."