The next day, Luke and Lorelai sat down with Will and talked to him about their concerns.
"Listen, we don't want you to be like April or Rory. We want you to be your own person and we don't want you to ever feel like we aren't proud of you, because we are." Luke tells him.
"Right. We just don't want you to fall behind on your school work. Baseball is something you really love, we know that. We just want you to succeed and be happy." Lorelai chimes in.
Will nods slowly. "Well I know you wouldn't want to follow in Rory's footsteps and steal a yacht." He says with a bit of bitterness to his voice.
Lorelai doesn't know what to say to that. She didn't even know that Will knew what Rory did all those years ago. Luke notices Lorelai's expression and he decides to respond to Will.
"Will, Rory was young, she made a mistake. No one is perfect and we don't expect anyone to grow up without making mistakes. And, like I said you should be your own person and while we want you to be successful, we also want you to be happy." He mimicked Lorelai's words.
"Okay. I get that you want me to be my own person. Sometimes it's just hard for me to try to live up to Rory and April, you know? I know you're proud of them and I want to make you proud too. Baseball is my passion and I know school is important too, I would never get so distracted by baseball and forget about school. "Will responds.
"All right. That's fine then." Lorelai smiles softly at him. "And you don't have to live up to Rory and April to make us proud… you should just be… you."
Luke smiles too. "Yeah. I'm glad we're all on the same page."
"Okay." Will says again and he smiles too.
A few months later, Stars Hollow's annual Firelight Festival takes place. Luke, Lorelai and the kids all attend the bonfire in the town square. Will went off with a few of his friends and Sam met up with her friend, Kellan, who was Kirk and Lulu's son.
Lorelai snuggles up to Luke. She leans against him and pulls his arm so that it's wrapped around her. This made Luke vaguely remember the time she had forced him to put his arm around her waist when she was trying to get the guy Sookie had tried to set her up with to go away. She had used him then and while he didn't really appreciate it, their conversation afterwards provoked him to buy a self-help book which made him realize he was in love with Lorelai; so it turned out well for both of them.
Luke smiles as he remembers their first kiss. Lorelai feels his mouth move against the back of her head.
"Happy?" She asks him in a flirty tone.
"You bet." He answers in a low voice. He kisses her hair.
Lorelai looks around the square and she spots Will with his friend, Skye. Luke also notices them.
"Will and his friend look awfully close… I thought they were just friends?" Luke ponders.
"No. They went out on a date last week. I'm pretty sure they're going to end up being more than friends." Lorelai replies.
"Hmm. Sometimes I feel like I never know what's going on with the kids." Luke mutters.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. It's hard to keep up with them nowadays." She spots Sam, who is sitting shoulder to shoulder with Kellan. "It looks like Sam's got a close friend too." She makes Luke aware of her observation.
"What?" Luke squints into the distance. He sees them. "Oh… no she's too young to be into boys."
Lorelai giggles. "You thought she was too young to have her first period too. I'm surprised that she hasn't really shown an interest in boys until now. But, I agree that she's too young to date."
"Yeah. I especially don't want her dating Kirk's kid." Luke scoffs.
"Hey, come on, Kellan is a nice kid." Lorelai says sincerely.
"Well, I guess he isn't really like Kirk… he's not as annoying" Luke says.
"Mmm hmm. The apple kind of falls far from the tree, at least Kirk's tree… he's more like Lulu I think." Lorelai agrees. She turns around and faces him.
"Whereas our kids are like their parents, Will has my wit and my eccentricity. Sam has your heart of gold and your naturally caring nature. They're the perfect mix of us actually, don't you think?" Lorelai raises her eyebrows.
Luke nods. "Yeah. They are." He grins and leans in to give her a gentle kiss.
She pulls away and grins back at him. "Love you." She whispers.
"Love you too." He whispers back.
Lorelai turns back around and Luke holds her close. They watch the fire peacefully, feeling grateful and just content to have each other and their family.
Author's note: I feel like this chapter isn't really good… I kind of thought of it randomly. I'm still planning on ending this story soon, I'm thinking that they'll be maybe 3 or 4 more chapters.
Anyway, thanks for reading and feel free to leave a review.
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