Okay, first of all thanks to all the reviewers from the last chapter! I can't believe I have 304 reviews lol. I think I replied to most of you but if I didn't then I'm sorry! Also there were some anonymous ones in there too so thanks to you guys! I really appreciate all the nice comments you sent me, made me feel a whole lot better.
Sorry for the wait for this, I know I was updating super fast before and I kinda got sidetracked this time. First I had work, then the doctors, yesterday I went to Alton Towers (a theme park) and today I went to the hairdressers! So busy week but I managed to write this tonight. It's a little shorter than usual and I'm sorry about that. It's kind of another filler. I was going to make this chapter the custody battle but I felt that there were some issues that needed to be resolved before that started. Hope you still enjoy this :D
"Good morning Emily," greeted Richard as he joined her at the dining room table the next morning.
"Hmm," she agreed, not really paying attention to him. Richard looked over at his wife with creased brows.
"Is something wrong?" he asked.
"Oh I don't know," she replied sarcastically. "Maybe the fact that I walked in on your daughter and her boyfriend in a very compromising position last night has something to do with my mood."
"What?" he asked, his volume rising.
"I went in to check that Lorelai had Rory's baby monitor and I found Luke assaulting our daughter in nothing but his underwear."
"Emily I doubt that he was assaulting her, I'm very sure that they were both willing."
"Did you not hear what I just said?" she asked in exasperation.
"Of course I did."
"Well aren't you going to do something?"
"Like what?"
"I don't know, give them the talk."
"I think we're past the talk don't you? That part should have come before Lorelai found out she was pregnant," he pointed out.
"We have to do something; we can't let them carry on like this!"
"Surely you knew they were sleeping together Emily, we know for a fact that Lorelai isn't a virgin anymore so does it really surprise you that much?"
"I didn't expect them to go at it under our roof. I put them in separate bedrooms, all they had to endure was one night; one night without each other but they couldn't even manage that."
"Emily, I know the thought of our little girl doing....those things is not something we like, but it's already happened and it will continue to. There is nothing we can do to stop them."
"She's our daughter; we can do whatever we want!"
"That is why she left in the first place," he shouted. "You tried to control every aspect of her life because you thought you could, but Lorelai can make her own decisions and she proved that when she left this house with a ten month old baby and no money. If she's having sex with her boyfriend, then that's her business," he finished.
"She's seventeen; of course it's our business."
"No Emily, it's not. She doesn't live here anymore; we can't control what she does all the time. We can't know where she is at all hours of the day and we have to deal with that. If she and Luke are sleeping together, we can't stop them."
"I think you're wrong Richard, they need some boundaries or else we'll end up with another grandchild."
"I mean it Emily, if you interfere with this, you'll lose her again. We'll both lose her, is that what you want?"
"I want her to be happy."
"She is happy!" he shouted. "They're young and in love, you remember what that's like don't you?" Emily looked down at the table in front of her. "We used to be the same, we could never keep our hands off of each other, do you remember?" he asked softly.
"Yes I remember," she replied a small smile tracing her lips.
"Do you remember how crazy we used to drive each other? How besotted we were with each other?" Emily nodded. "That's what Luke and Lorelai are like now. They're going through the exact same thing we did."
"But she's our baby," she said quietly.
"I know, but she's growing up and there's nothing we can do about it."
"I still think we need to do something about this. I did not expect to walk into my daughter's bedroom to find her half naked with her boyfriend."
"We'll speak with them both when they come downstairs but you have to understand that you can't stop them from being intimate Emily. Lorelai is very mature for her age; she has to be, for Rory. She's living the life of a thirty year old, not seventeen. She has a child and a job, all things that seventeen year olds don't have to deal with in normal situations. We have to deal with the fact that our daughter is no longer a child, she's fully grown and we need to respect her decisions."
"I know," sighed Emily. "I just thought that after she had Rory, she'd be more careful. I thought she'd learn from her mistakes and not jump into anything again like she did last time."
"I'll chat with Luke about.....protection," he said.
"I'll talk to Lorelai; she has a few options she can choose from."
"I don't think that's necessary," said Richard.
"But it's not just Luke that has to think about contraception, Lorelai has to take some precautions too," she argued.
"It's not necessary because Lorelai is already prepared," he told her.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"She's on the pill Emily," he informed her.
"How do you know?"
"She told me."
"She told you? She told her own father that she was on the pill?"
"Yes she did. The first time I went to see her in Stars Hollow; I had a talk with her about Luke. I told her I was worried about her and that she should take things slow with him. She assured me that I didn't have to worry and that she was already taking precautions, even though she wasn't having sex at the time."
"Why would she tell you and not me? I'm her mother." Emily was genuinely upset that Lorelai hadn't confided in her about this.
"If you remember, at the time, you and Lorelai weren't getting along very well. I don't think she felt comfortable talking to you about that kind of thing."
"Are you really ok with all this Richard?"
"I will never be entirely ok with the knowledge that my daughter is sexually active but like I said, we have to live with it."
"I knew," said Emily quietly.
"You knew what?"
"I knew that she was planning on sleeping with him, she told me."
"If you knew then why are you so mad about this?"
"I told her I was ok about it but I lied. I should have told her how I really felt."
"She probably wouldn't have listened to you if you told her you weren't fine with it."
"But she thinks I'm not bothered. She thinks I don't care about what she does but I do. She's my daughter and I care about her so much, I don't want her to get hurt."
"She's not going to get hurt, Luke loves her so much and she loves him."
"But this thing with Christopher is going to be hard, it's going to put a strain on their relationship and they might not survive it."
"They will, they're not worried about this Emily. They're going to stick together through this and come out of the other end stronger than they were before."
"I hope you're right," she sighed. She stood up from the dining room table and walked upstairs, leaving Richard to mull over what they had just talked about.
Luke and Lorelai lay in bed staring up at the ceiling. Both were awake but neither was saying anything. Finally, Lorelai broke the silence.
"That's quite a screaming match going on down there," she said.
"I know, what are they arguing about?" asked Luke.
"Last night, I think."
"Oh. So you think Emily told Richard?"
"It wouldn't surprise me."
"I'll never be able to talk to him again," he said worriedly.
"You will," she assured. "I mean, it was pretty obvious that we have sex right?"
"Maybe not to them. To them, you're still their little girl that braids dolls hair and wears little pink outfits."
"I did not wear pink outfits," she snapped jokingly. "And I think after I told them I was pregnant, they knew I wasn't a virgin anymore. It's not like I'm the Virgin Mary," she said light-heartedly.
"But knowing your kid is having sex and seeing it are two totally different things," he pointed out. "Plus before, I could act like they didn't have a clue about our sex life but now I know for sure that they know. It's gonna be awkward."
"It'll be fine," she assured.
"I thought we were leaving early today," he said as he rolled onto his side to look at her.
"It's Saturday morning, did you really believe that?"
"Now we have to face them."
"Better to do it now than in a week's time right?"
"I guess," he mumbled.
"Come on stud; let's go see if Rory's awake." Lorelai pulled Luke out of bed and they quickly changed into the clothes they were wearing the night before. "Don't forget to turn your underwear inside out," she joked.
"Yeah yeah." Once they were fully clothed, they walked down the hall and Lorelai pushed the door to the nursery open a crack. She peaked in and saw Rory still asleep.
"Come on," she whispered to Luke. She grabbed his wrist and pulled him into the nursery, over to the crib.
"Wow, this is some nursery," said Luke as he looked around the semi-dark room.
"Tell me about it; it's too much if you ask me." Luke nodded in agreement then went to stand next to her at the crib. They looked down at Rory as her chest and stomach moved up and down with every breath she took. "This is why I didn't wanna stay here last night," Lorelai whispered.
"Why?" he asked softly.
"It reminds me of when we lived here. I used to stand here and watch her sleep every night," she admitted.
"Things are different now, there's no point in dwelling on the past."
"I know, my life is so much better now." She smiled at Luke then looked down at Rory as she began to stir. They let her wake herself up and become familiar with her surroundings before they picked her up. "Good morning baby," she greeted as she brought the still groggy Rory to her body. Rory looked around the room then her eyes focussed on Luke and she smiled.
"Dada," she said quietly.
"That's right, I'm here this morning," he said as he took her from Lorelai. "How did my angel sleep last night?" he asked. He blushed after he said it, suddenly remembering that Lorelai was there and they weren't alone. She saw his uncertainty and was quick to reassure him.
"It's ok, you can call her whatever you want, don't let me stop you," she said. She looked at Rory. "Are you daddy's little angel sweets?" she asked.
"Bwekfas," she demanded.
"That's becoming a regular thing," said Lorelai. "Every morning after she wakes up, she demands breakfast."
"It's cause she's a Gilmore girl," he said with a smile. "Just like her mom."
"She's turning into her dad," she said. "Is that ok? Me calling you her dad?" she asked.
"It's perfect," he answered quickly. Luke guided her over to the rocking chair in the middle of the room and sat down in it. She took Rory from him then snuggled into his lap, settling Rory on hers. Luke reached his hand out and ran it through Rory's tousled hair. "I can't wait for her to be ours," he admitted quietly.
"Hmm me either." Emily walked up the hall and stopped when she heard them talking, making sure she was out of sight. "After what Christopher did yesterday, I can't wait for all this to be over."
"Are you ready to talk about it yet?" he asked. "We need to go to the police station and let them know. We've already put it off too long."
"I don't want to talk about it but if I have to then I will. I can't believe he acted so stupid, does he not know what a restraining order is?"
"Obviously not." Lorelai hugged Rory closer to her.
"The main thing is that Rory's ok," she said, a tear escaping down her cheek.
"Hey, hey don't cry," he soothed as he caught it. "I'm gonna be here ok? He will not come near you ever again."
"You said that last time, when Rory went missing. You promised he'd never get to us again and he did," she sobbed.
"I let my guard down ok? But that's all gonna change from now on. I will be there for you whenever you need me," he promised.
"I really need you, Rory does too."
"I'm here and I'm not going anywhere." Emily stood outside the room in disbelief. What happened with Christopher? From the way Lorelai was acting, it was something bad, but why wouldn't she tell them? Why would she and Luke keep it from them? She walked down the hall and into her bedroom as the wheels turned in her mind, trying to figure out what he could have done.
"Should we go downstairs?" asked Lorelai as she snuggled her head into Luke's chest.
"Just ten more minutes ok?"
"We have to face them sometime."
"I know but I just wanna sit here with the two of you for a while, do you mind?"
"Not at all," she answered quickly. "I'd sit here all day if I could."
"I wish," he chuckled. "You have to be at work in three hours."
"Hmm I know." They looked down at Rory who was watching them both with interest.
"What are you looking at?" asked Luke jokingly. Rory giggled and leant towards him.
"Hey!" shouted Lorelai as Rory pushed her aside to get to Luke. "I was here first," she sulked.
"Now, now, you can share me right?"
"I guess." Lorelai pouted at Rory and Rory did it back, copying her mom the way she always did.
"Dada." Rory pointed to Lorelai's pouting lips.
"I'm allowed to pout," said Lorelai as she stuck her tongue out at her daughter.
"No," said Rory. "Notty."
"I am not naughty," she replied.
"Yesh."
"Luke, your daughter is bullying me."
"So now she's MY daughter?"
"When she's bullying me she is."
"How old are you?" he asked in exasperation.
"Hmm," she pretended to think.
"You're acting like a four year old."
"Well if I'm four, then you were so breaking the law last night," she joked.
"Jeez."
"Thought so." She leant down and kissed him on the lips. "I love you really."
"Whatever."
"You know you love me too," she teased. Luke made a show of avoiding eye contact and focussing his attention on Rory. "Luke," she said as she hit his arm.
"Shall we get you dressed Ror?" he went to stand up; forcing Lorelai off his lap then took Rory over to the closet in the corner of the room.
"Lucas!" He continued to ignore her. He wasn't going to answer to Lucas was he?
"Ok what do you wanna wear today?" he asked Rory as he looked at the selection of clothes in front of them.
"Now you're making me feel unloved," she pouted. Luke turned around and smiled.
"Serves you right."
"What did I do?" Luke shrugged.
"You were making those inappropriate jokes again."
"But there was no one else here."
"But if I ignore you every time you make one, you'll stop saying them because you hate it when I ignore you, then I win."
"You are so mean," she pouted again. "It's not gonna work you know, I'm always gonna make those jokes and now I know your plan, I won't be bothered when you ignore me anymore."
"You will be."
"How do you know?"
"I know you."
"Humph," sighed Lorelai in defeat.
"Come on Crazy Lady, let's go downstairs and face the music." Luke quickly changed Rory then they padded down the stairs slowly together. They went into the dining room and saw Richard sat reading his daily newspaper.
"Morning dad," greeted Lorelai shyly. Richard looked up from his paper at them then took his attention back to the finance page. Lorelai looked at Luke and shrugged.
"Luke could I talk to you in my office?" asked Richard without looking up from his paper.
"Err....sure," replied Luke nervously. Richard stood up then walked in the direction of his study. Luke shot Lorelai a nervous glance that she returned with an 'I'm sorry' look in her eyes. Once the door had closed behind them, Richard turned to Luke.
"Take a seat," he demanded, rather than offered.
"Yes sir." Once they were both seated, Richard looked at Luke seriously.
"Now, Emily told me about what happened last night." Luke bowed his head ashamedly.
"I'm sorry," he said weakly.
"Please Luke, did you really think I didn't know?" he asked. Luke's head shot up.
"What?"
"My daughter is a parent; she's obviously not a virgin. I knew it was more than likely that the two of you are intimate together and last night proved my suspicions."
"I err...wow," he managed to reply.
"I asked you in here because I want to make sure you're using contraception." Luke's cheeks turned a bright shade of red as he answered.
"We've err....got it covered."
"I know that Lorelai is on the pill but that isn't always effective and you need to think about using other things."
"We've talked about that and we use erm...."
"Condoms?" asked Richard bluntly. Luke nodded, his embarrassment obvious. "Well we don't have condoms in the house and I'm certain that you didn't bring any with you, seeing as you didn't know you'd get snowed in. Were you planning on using one last night?" he questioned. Luke felt under pressure by Richard's interrogation. He hadn't even thought about using anything last night, partly because they didn't get that far before Emily walked in. This conversation was making Luke extremely uncomfortable.
"We didn't really get as far as that," Luke replied hesitantly.
"But when you realised you didn't have one, you would have stopped right?"
"Erm.....yeah," he said unconvincingly.
"Luke, my daughter will not get pregnant again, at least not until you're married." Luke's head shot up again; there it was again, that familiar subject of marriage.
"It won't," he promised. "We're careful. Lorelai always makes sure she remembers to take her pill and I double check to see that she has. She doesn't want to get pregnant again just as much as you and Emily don't want her to."
"What about you?"
"What?"
"How would you feel if Lorelai were pregnant?"
"Erm....I'd be shocked but we'd work it out."
"Do you want a child?"
"Well someday yeah," he answered honestly. "I'm adopting Rory so I kinda already have one but a kid with my blood would be nice."
"In the future?"
"Yeah, way, way in the future. But if I could choose anyone to be the mother of my kids, I'd choose Lorelai. She's a great parent to Rory and I really admire her."
"Well, I'm glad you've thought about everything," said Richard. "I'm sure you'll make a fine father to Rory."
"Thank you Richard," he said with a smile. They shook hands then went out to the living room to find Lorelai playing with Rory on the floor.
"Where's Emily?" asked Richard.
"I don't know," she shrugged.
"I'm here," she called as she came down the stairs. She settled on the couch in the living room then looked at Lorelai. "What happened with Christopher?" she asked bluntly.
"What?" asked Lorelai.
"I overheard the two of you talking in the nursery; now tell me what Christopher did." Lorelai looked at the floor then felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to find Luke there. He pulled her to her feet and guided her over to the couch.
"You should tell them," he said quietly. Lorelai took a deep breath before she spoke.
"Yesterday, I took Rory to the playground in Stars Hollow," she began. She went on to tell them about the argument they had and how Christopher tried to take Rory again. She then told them about how Luke had come to their rescue and punched Christopher, warning him to stay away. Emily had picked Rory up halfway through the story and was hugging her close.
"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Richard softly. Lorelai shrugged.
"I didn't wanna talk about it yesterday," she said quietly, wiping the tears away that had fallen. Luke had his arm around her shoulders and had been constantly telling her it was ok as she reencountered what happened.
"We're going to the police station on our way home," he said.
"So you should," said Richard with a nod. "That imbecile broke the law and he is not going to get away with it. Once the courts know about this, Christopher will have no chance of getting custody of Rory."
"Really?" asked Lorelai, perking up a bit.
"Absolutely, if he can't follow simple instruction do you really think he's capable of taking care of a child?"
"So I'm gonna win?"
"I see no reason why you shouldn't." Lorelai smiled and wiped her damp cheeks with the back of her hand.
"We'd better go then," she said, standing up along with Luke.
"Lorelai, if anything like this happens ever, you need to tell us," said Emily. "We want to be a part of your life and this is a major development. Please don't shut us out."
"I won't, I'm sorry." Emily stood up and hugged Lorelai, sandwiching Rory between them.
"I'll see you on Thursday when I come to pick up Rory."
Luke opened the truck door for Lorelai and helped her put Rory in. When they were on the road, Luke reached his hand over to touch hers.
"Are you ok to go through all that again?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's gonna help us get custody of Rory, I need to do this." He turned into the parking lot of the police station and parked the truck near the door. They walked inside, hand in hand with Luke carrying Rory. They walked up to the front desk and addressed the receptionist.
"We'd like to report someone for violating a restraining order," said Luke.
"Ok can I take your name?" Lorelai cleared her throat.
"Lorelai Gilmore," she answered shakily.
"And what is the name of the person you have a restraining order against?"
"Christopher Hayden."
"Right, if you sit down over there an officer will come and collect you in a little while." Luke and Lorelai went to sit on the uncomfortable chairs in the waiting area. Lorelai looked around at the variety of people sat there. Some of them looked like criminals and she unconsciously rested her hand on Rory's leg.
"You ok?" whispered Luke.
"Yeah, it's just a little scary in here."
"Just relax." They waited five or ten minutes, but it felt like forever, then an officer came out to collect them.
"Can you come in with me?" she asked Luke.
"What about Rory?"
"Is my daughter allowed to come in too?" she asked the officer.
"Yeah if she's not too disruptive."
"She's very low maintenance, don't worry." They followed the officer down a corridor then into a small interview room. They sat down opposite the officer and he introduced himself as Officer Chadwick.
"Ok so would you like to take me through what happened?" he asked Lorelai.
"Well I was at the park with Rory yesterday morning and she was playing on the slide. I heard someone say my name behind me and I knew who it was before I even turned around. He started stepping closer to me so I got Rory and held her tightly." She took a deep breath.
"It's ok Miss Gilmore, this is all said in confidence," he assured her. She nodded.
"So I told him to go away, that he was breaking the law but he didn't care. He continued stepping closer to us so I tightened my arms around Rory. Then we argued. He told me he was gonna win full custody of her and take her away from me forever. I told him he was wrong, I was gonna win but he wouldn't have it." Lorelai wiped the single tear away that escaped her eye. "So he grabbed my wrists and tried to get Rory from me, he held them so tight."
"Has he left any marks?" Lorelai rolled her sleeves up and showed Officer Chadwick the distinctive red marks on her wrists. Luke was shocked. He knew Christopher had been holding her wrists quite tightly but he hadn't even realised he'd left a mark there. He mentally kicked himself for not realising the night before when they were close to making love. "Do you mind if we take some pictures?" he asked. "It will help your case to have evidence." Lorelai nodded. "I'll get someone to get the camera while we carry on the interview." He dialled the reception, put in his request then turned his attention back to Lorelai. "Ok so he tried to take your daughter from you, then what happened?"
"I screamed at him to stop it but he wouldn't. Then Luke must have seen us struggling in the playground and he pulled Christopher away from us."
"Ok Luke, what did you do then?" he asked.
"I told him to stay away from them so he argued with me and then he called Lorelai a slut. That was the last straw for me and I ended up punching him," he admitted. He looked at Officer Chadwick both guiltily and smugly.
"You punched him?"
"Yeah, I couldn't stand it any longer, he wouldn't leave. When he upsets my girls the way he did, he deserves it." He looked at Rory. "Will I be charged for it?" he asked.
"Not under the circumstances," he said sincerely. "I understand that you did it to defend these two girls but you can't go around punching people every time somebody makes them upset, ok?" Luke chuckled.
"Yeah, believe me, if you met Christopher you'd wanna punch him too." Officer Chadwick chuckled with him then turned serious again.
"So after you punched him did he leave?"
"Yeah he walked away but he said it wasn't over," replied Luke. "I don't know what he meant by that. Did he mean the custody issue or is he planning on coming back to Stars Hollow?"
"Whatever he meant by it, it doesn't matter. We will make sure that Christopher doesn't get to you again ok?" Lorelai nodded and smiled at Luke.
"So what happens now?" she asked.
"We will arrest Christopher for violating the restraining order against him and keep him in custody. He will be released for the court hearing you have and then he'll face the court himself. He could have to pay a fine and/or go to prison," he explained.
"Ok," said Lorelai, nodding her head in understanding.
"We will track him down today and bring him to the station where we'll get his side of the story then we'll keep him in the cells."
"So we'll be safe up to the custody hearing?"
"Yes you have nothing to worry about."
"Ok thank you so much," she said gratefully.
"Take care of yourselves ok?"
"We will, thanks Officer."
They got into the truck and Luke smiled at Lorelai. She returned it with a mega-watt smile that instantly warmed Luke's heart.
"He's not gonna get anywhere near us anymore," she said happily. She kissed Rory's forehead then put her own seatbelt on. "Now let's go home, I wanna play in the snow," she pleaded.
"I guess we can do that," he shrugged.
"Do you wanna play in the snow sweets?" she asked Rory. "We can make a really big snowman!"
"Sow," said Rory excitedly after realising how excited Lorelai was.
"Like mother like daughter," muttered Luke with a shake of his head.
When they were back in Stars Hollow, Lorelai jumped out of the truck, picked up Rory then dragged Luke to the potting shed. She quickly changed her underwear from yesterday and put on some sweats, a warm winter coat, her woolly hat, scarf and gloves while Luke put Rory's winter suit on.
"Ok are you ready?" he asked.
"Are you not gonna change?"
"No I'm ok, I turned my underwear inside out like you said." She giggled then put Rory's tiny gloves on her hands and pulled the hood up over her head to keep her little ears warm.
"Right sweets, you're all set to go into the cold," she said, opening the door so Rory could step out.
"Sow," she said excitedly as she leaped around in it, as high as her short legs would let her. Lorelai and Luke watched her admire her own footprint in the thick white blanket. She bent down to pick up some snow, sniffed it then put it in her mouth. Luke rushed over and brushed it off her hand.
"No Ror you don't eat snow," he said.
"Especially if it's yellow," joked Lorelai. Luke rolled his eyes.
"Don't eat that again ok?" Rory looked at him the picked up some more snow. She looked at it in her hand for a while before she tossed it in Luke's direction. It hit him square in the face and Lorelai tried to hold back her laughter.
"Oh my god," she squealed as she bounded over to them. "Good shot Ror, you got him right in the face!" Rory was giggling but Luke didn't look amused. He picked up a small snowball and threw it lightly at Rory, making sure not to hurt her.
"No dada," said Rory excitedly as the snowball hit her leg. She smiled up at him and soon a snowball fight had begun. Lorelai joined in occasionally but she was too engrossed in watching Luke and Rory bonding in the snow. It was the perfect family portrait, the three of them messing around in the snow together. She was brought out of her thoughts by a snowball hitting her right in the chest. She looked at the two culprits to see Luke pointing a finger towards Rory. The little girl was looking at her innocently.
"Luke!" she exclaimed as she brushed the snow away from her coat.
"It was Rory."
"Oh yeah cause a one year old can throw that hard," she said sarcastically.
"Rory's really strong," he shrugged.
"Please, she has my genes; there is no way she can throw like that." Luke chuckled at her. "You really like my chest don't you?" she asked flirtatiously.
"What's not to like?" Lorelai stepped closer to him then glanced at Rory. She was sat in the snow, tracing her fingers through it, admiring the marks she was making. Lorelai continued to step closer to Luke and soon, she was stood inches away from him. Without warning, she pushed him over into the snow and landed on top of him in a heap. Rory toddled over and tried to climb on top of the giggling teenagers. "What did you do that for?" asked Luke through his laughter.
"Just felt like it," she shrugged. "Rory stop climbing on me," she said, still giggling to herself.
"Sow," said Rory.
"Yeah we're playing in the snow. What do you say we build a snowman?" Rory looked at her, not understanding what a snowman was. Lorelai put her on her feet then started rolling the snow up into a ball. "You've gotta roll it into a giant ball," explained Lorelai. Rory soon caught on to the process and helped Lorelai push the ball around, not that she really did anything. Luke watched them until they had finished then pushed it over to where they wanted it.
"Right, you've gotta roll another one now," said Luke.
"I think you should help."
"I'm not really into making snowmen," he shrugged off.
"Come on Luke, it can be a new tradition. We can make a snowman together every winter." Luke looked at her face. She wasn't pouting, her eyes were just pleading with him and he couldn't resist.
"Ok, our new tradition is that we build a snowman together in the first snow of the season."
"Yay thank you." They got to work rolling the next giant snowball to go on top of the one they had previously made then Luke lifted it on.
"Now it needs a head," he said, looking at the headless snowman.
"Are you gonna make it's head Ror?" she asked. Rory started gathering snow again as Luke and Lorelai sat and watched her. Luke looked at his watch, then at Lorelai in disappointment.
"You have to go to work," he said.
"What? No I wanna stay out here," she pouted.
"You need to go to work Lorelai, Mia needs you."
"But I don't want to."
"I know but we'll come outside when you finish your shift ok? Rory and I will go buy some supplies to finish the snowman then we'll come outside later and make snow angels like you wanted to."
"Ok, I'll miss you though."
"I'll miss you too." Lorelai stood up and went into the potting shed to get her uniform. She thought it best to change at the inn so she didn't get have to wade through the snow in her uniform. She went back outside and kissed Luke lightly.
"Love you," she said quietly.
"Same here," he replied. She picked up Rory and kissed her rosy cheek.
"I'll see you this afternoon sweets, mommy loves you." She put her down again and Luke stepped over to them.
"Say bye mommy," he said to Rory.
"Bye mama," Rory mumbled as she waved her hand around.
"Bye," called Lorelai as she walked up to the inn.
"Ok sweetie, it's just you and me now, what do you wanna do?" he asked. Rory looked up at him then fell back into the snow. She picked up a handful of it then threw it at Luke again. "Are you playing that game again?" he asked. "Ok then." Luke picked her up and spun her around quickly, causing Rory to erupt with laughter. He stopped then put her back on the floor. She immediately fell over from the dizziness and Luke chuckled at her. "That's what happens when you throw snowballs at daddy," he said, not being able to help the smile that formed his lips. He was so happy and nothing could change that fact.
Okay really crappy ending but I wanted to end this chapter lol. I'm not really fond of it but I felt it should be written before the custody battle begins. So that'll be in the next chapter and I'm really looking forward to writing it! I'm not really sure what's gonna happen yet....but it should be interesting haha, well hopefully anyway :D Please review, even though it wasn't very long and kinda boring! Thanks again and hopefully the next chapter should be up either on Friday or sometime next week. I'm sorry if I make you wait a while but I'm not sure how long it's going to take to write. Just remember if it takes me a while, it should be good right? Thank you.
Emily.