August 24 2015-
It's been a little over a year since Lorelai had left Stars Hollow, leaving her family and old life behind.
She worked herself to death with her modeling career, but it paid more than she imagined and she was okay with that.
But everyday, she never stopped thinking about her family, her inn, Stars Hollow, and Luke.
Mostly Luke.
She missed him so much.
But she had to let him go.
Today was the day she would sign those divorce papers.
Lorelai looks down at the plane ticket in her hand.
It was a ticket to go back home to Stars Hollow to meet with her attorney.
She cringes at the thought of taking off her rings and letting go of forty-seven years of being together. Fourteen years of marriage. Five beautiful children. Who would of course pick sides. But she knew that they were on her side indefinitely.
Lorelai takes a look at her left ring finger and squeezes her eyes shut.
Finally she gets the courage to board the plane.
Crap Shack-
Luke rolls over to Lorelais empty side of the bed and ends up being face to face with Paul Anka.
Paul Anka licks Luke's cheek and wags his tail, making Luke crack a rare smile, "Hi boy. You look happy this morning."
After getting out of the hospital for his injuries from the car accident, Luke took up the opportunity to live in the house he had once shared with his wife, and children.
After getting the house back, he tried to take the kids back with him, but they didn't want to leave Lane and Sookie.
The only thing he got back was Paul Anka.
Luke's heart broke instantly.
He had lost his entire family because of a big mistake.
Luke was all alone, and he wanted to die.
He got up like normal this particular morning , not realizing that it was the anniversary of their second meeting as children.
Luke goes into the kitchen and feels an eerie presence and a whiff of Lorelais favorite perfume.
He feels a chill go down his spine as he grabs his keys, "What the hell?"
Luke pauses, "Lorelai? Are you here?"
When Luke gets no response, he shakes his head and walks out to the truck.
As he drives away from the house, Luke feels her presence back in the air, and whispers, "I hope you come back."
Stars Hollow Courthouse-
Lorelai walks through the doors with her head held high, but a frown on her face.
It had been so long since she was home, that the whole town was in shock to see her back.
That wasn't supposed to happen. She wasn't supposed to go away. Luke and her shouldn't have had a falling out. They were really happy.
Lorelai had to put on a fake smile when greeting any townspeople, and she hated it.
As Lorelai sits down at the table with her lawyer and is handed a pen, her iPhone rings.
The lawyer gives Lorelai a stern look but Lorelai gets up anyway to answer it.
"Lorelai!! Your father…", Lorelais step mother Camille says with a sob.
Lorelais eyes go wide, "Cami, what's wrong with daddy?"
Camilles voice breaks, "He's. He's had a severe heart attack Lorelai. He's barely holding on."
Lorelais mouth drops open and she drops the pen in her hand.
Camille sounds concerned about Lorelai after she goes silent, "Lorelai, sweetheart. Are you alright?"
Lorelai can barely speak as she looks down at the papers in front of her.
Finally after a few seconds, Lorelai whispers, "I can't do this."
Camille sighs, "What is it dear?"
Lorelai shakes her head, "I can't divorce Luke. I can't do it."
Camilles heart breaks for her stepdaughter as she listens to Lorelais ragged breathing, "Then don't do it Lorelai. This won't be something that'll make you happy. If your… if your father goes, I don't want him to watch you fall apart because your marriage fell apart."
Lorelai looks up from the paper to her lawyer, "Tear this up. I'm not going through with this."
Lorelais lawyer looks at her in shock, "Lorelai, what is wrong with you? You were so adamant on doing this."
Lorelai shakes her head, "I can't lose him, he's all I got left."
Her lawyer looks over at the security guard, then back at her, "The papers are on route to the diner. They are five minutes away."
Lorelai grabs her things before running out the door and down the street to the diner.
Half way there, she pulls off her high heels, almost stumbling over the curb.
Once she gets to the diner, she sees Luke's lawyer talking to Ceaser before getting a few feet away from the curtain that leads to the apartment.
Lorelai runs through the door and right over to the lawyer.
She grabs the papers from him and, runs into the kitchen, and sticks the papers in the fry less fryer.
Luke's lawyer mumbles something at her before she speaks, "This divorce is no longer happening. Okay? Thanks. bye."
After the lawyer leaves, Lorelai looks around the diner at the customers, "Free coffee on me."
Lorelai turns and looks at Ceaser, "Is he up there?"
Ceaser nods, "He's up there. Welcome back Mrs. Danes."
She pats his arm, "Thanks. I missed home."
Upstairs-
Lorelai knocks on the door softly, afraid of his reaction.
Luke walks over and opens the door, and before him, is his wife.
Lorelai hadn't changed a bit, she still looked as radiant as ever.
Her ocean blue eyes are full of tears and pain, and that scared Luke too much.
The first words to come out of her mouth, were quite a stunner, "My dad's dying."
Luke's mouth falls open and his arms outstretch on command, "Come here."
Lorelai walks slowly over to him and falls into his outstretched arms, tears streaming down her rosy cheeks.
Her voice breaks as she lays her head on his chest, "I'm losing my daddy. This isn't fair."
Luke wraps his arms tighter around her and he strokes her back, "You know, I felt this way when I lost my dad. I was so hurt. Asking God why he had to take him so soon. But you know that I had you and Rory to get me through it. I was so lucky. Lorelai, you have me and I'm not going anywhere. I'm gonna be here forever."
Lorelai nods her head, "You promise?"
Luke kisses her forehead, "Promise. Baby I'm sorry."
Lorelai looks up into his eyes and grabs the soft flannel on his arms, "The town filled me in. Emily did this. She planned this before she died. You were just trying to give us another chance at fresh kid hood. Why didn't you tell me that?"
Luke's eyes go wide, "I didn't even know what happened. It took me years to figure out what happened that night. And besides, you wouldn't let me tell you anything."
Lorelai sighs and takes his hand in hers, "I'm here now."
Luke leans down and presses his lips onto hers, and silences her.
Lorelai closes her eyes and moans at the warm taste of his mouth on hers.
Lorelai feels Luke's hands slowly make their way down her body making her tremble with a sense of pleasure.
Lorelai pulls away for a second, "Luke, are you sure…"
Luke's eyes are dark and full of passion as he pulls her closer, "Its time. No more waiting. I've wanted you back here with me, for so long."
Lorelai leans in and kisses him gently, as she caresses his chest.
Luke bites her lip softly, making Lorelai moan quietly, "Oh Luke."
He pulls away and tugs on to her shirt, "Lets get this off please. No more holding back."
Lorelai holds her arms up so Luke can take off her shirt.
Once he has her shirt off, Luke's eyes widen at the soft skin on her upper body, "Still so beautiful."
Lorelai grins, "I'm not a fan of change."
Luke reaches up and softly caresses her cheek, "You know I'm not either."
Lorelai looks up into Luke's eyes and reaches out to unbutton his jeans, "Luke, please don't let me go again. I need you so much."
Luke leans down and moves his hand down to help her, "You have my word. Never again am I gonna leave you."
Lorelai smiles sweetly as she feels his hand help her unbutton his jeans, and pull them down his legs.
Once they are naked, Luke picks up Lorelai and lays her softly onto their bed.
Lorelai leans up and kisses his neck making him softly moan, "Luke.", Lorelai pauses to touch his ass, "Can you still keep up? It's been a while."
Luke growls before playfully biting her neck, "Lorelai Victoria Danes, do not underestimate my talents."
Lorelai laughs with a moan, "Oh. So having sex with me is a talent now?"
Luke nods, "Hell yeah. I get better every time."
Lorelai grins, "Baby, I'll be the judge of that."
Luke smiles seductively at Lorelai before pushing her arms down gently with one arm, "Hold still honey."
Lorelai moans as she watches Luke push himself in her, "God, Luke. Oh."
Luke leans down to run his lips along her neck, "Lorelai."
Lorelais eyes widen at the sound of him breathlessly saying her name with a strong dose of carnal ecstasy, which was a missed sound.
Luke's heart goes into overdrive as he starts moving faster.
He grabs her hands and places them over his shoulders, "Lorelai, it's time. I can feel it coming."
Lorelais fingers dig into his strong and thick shoulders as he climaxes, making her go down with him, "LUKE!"
Once he finishes and pulls out of Lorelai, Luke rolls onto his back and pulls her onto his chest.
Lorelai raps her arms around Luke's neck as she lays her head on his chest, "You know how to make it amazing and quick."
Luke chuckles, "You know it baby. I don't mess around."
Lorelai suddenly feels the tears fill her eyes, "Luke."
Luke wraps his arms around her tightly and pulls her closer, "Shhhh. It's all gonna be okay."
Lorelai shakes her head, "No Luke. It's not okay. You lost both Rebecca and William and I watched you fall apart. Once as a little boy and as a grown man. You were so heartbroken. But you focused on me and Rory. You put your heart and soul into being an amazing father and an amazing fiancé. I have no one to put my heart and soul into now. Our children are grown and are growing up."
Luke shakes his head as he rubs her back, "Lorelai, you can worry about me if you want. Look, you aren't alone in this. I got you.", He pauses to kiss her forehead and to wipe tears out of her eyes, "I love you so much. Everything is going to be okay."
Lorelai nods and squeezes her eyes shut while laughing a tiny laugh, "Sorry I ruined the sexual tension by crying."
Luke chuckles, "Its okay. If you remember, I did the same to you when my dad died."
Lorelai smiles a tiny smile, "I remember the cry fest."
Luke gives her a goofy grin, "Glad we're even."
Lorelai sits up and looks into his eyes, "Hey babe, happy forty fourth anniversary. I love you."
Later that evening- Hartford Memorial-
Luke and Lorelai walk hand into Richards room.
His pale and weak body is unmoving on the hospital bed.
Luke shudders at the remembrance of his father, on the day he died.
William looked just like Richard does.
Once both strong men, but near the end, weak and fragile.
Lorelai leans her face into the soft red flannel on Luke's chest, and lets out a sob.
Luke's grip tightens around her as he buries his face into her hair.
Suddenly they hear Richards weak voice, "Luke? Lorelai?"
Lorelai looks up from Luke's flannel and Luke looks up from her hair, both Danes' in tears.
Lorelai rushes to his bedside, "Daddy. How are you feeling??"
Richard rubs his eyes, "I'm okay. I feel weak but I'm okay."
Luke walks over and places a hand on her shoulder, "Richard are you sure? You had a very severe heart attack. The doctors didn't think you'd be awake right now."
Richard groans, "They don't know what they're talking about. That's not how Richard Gilmore goes down. Never."
Lorelai wipes her eyes, "Daddy…"
Richard looks Lorelai dead in the eye and takes her hand in his, "Princess, listen to me, I have a feeling that you feel like you won't have someone or something to worry about if I die."
Lorelai shakes her head, "Daddy, don't talk like that."
Richard squeezes her hand, "Let me finish. Something told me that you will have something or someone to worry about. I can feel it.
2 Weeks Later- 9 AM
Lorelai walks into the kitchen only wearing Luke's blue flannel, and eye out for a specific fruit: one that she only ate when a special gift was on the horizon.
She looks over at the counter to Luke's fruit stash, which she dared to touch, but couldn't stop herself this time.
Once she had the small green apple in her hand and positioned to her lips for a bite, Luke's voice stopped her from taking a bite.
"LORELAI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH AN APPLE? SPECIFICALLY MY APPLE?"
Lorelai giggles, "Babe I was craving one. It's so weird."
Luke's mouth drops open at the realization and drops his baseball cap to the floor.
Lorelais voice fills with confusion, "Luke, babe are you okay? Why do you look so pale?"
Luke points to the apple, "Honey, do you realize why you're holding one of those? It's a rare moment. But it's happened four times."
Lorelai looks down at the apple then down to her stomach, "OH MY GOD!! IM PREGNANT!! LUKE I'M PREGNANT!!! HOLY SHIT!! WE ARE GONNA BE PARENTS AGAIN!!!"
Luke runs up to her, picks her up and spins her around, "Finally!!! LORELAI WE NEED TO GO SEE THE DOCTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS FOR REAL!!!"
Lorelai leans down and kisses Luke's lips softly, "I love you backwards baseball cap."
Luke smiles into the kiss, "I love you too crazy lady."
Lorelai giggles, "Let's go visit the doctor. Quick! To the jeep!"
Luke puts Lorelai down and groans, "Not the jeep."
Lorelai rolls her eyes, "Fine,my truck then."
Luke shakes his head, "No. Mine."
Lorelai laughs, "Fine. But I get to listen to whatever I want."
Luke nods as he grabs his keys, "Deal."
Hartford Memorial-
Luke and Lorelai head into their family doctors office after a round of tests and prayers.
Lorelai leans over and squeezes Luke's hand as the doctor walks in.
The doctor sits and smiles at them, giving their nerves a rest, "The tests came back. And you'll be happy to know that you are…expecting. It's a miracle."
Lorelai jumps up at the same time as Luke, and they both rap their arms around each other as tears fill both of their blue eyes.
The doctor had tears in his eyes as he motions to Lorelais stomach, "Are you ready for the ultrasound?"
Lorelai pulls halfway away from Luke and nods, "I've been ready."
A second later, a nurse comes in with some ultrasound equipment and lays Lorelai down on the bed.
The doctor has Luke raise Lorelais shirt as he places the gel on her stomach.
What comes next is the feeling of the wand running along her skin, along with the sound of tears of joy and laughter.
Then the best words she's heard in a long time, "There is three tiny heartbeats."
Luke looks right into Lorelais eyes with a huge grin playing on his lips.
Lorelai grins back at him then looks at the little screen at the best last dose of fresh kids
that she'd ever get.
Richards Room- 5:30 pm-
Lorelai and Luke come to Richards bedside and Lorelai sits down next to him.
She lightly taps Richards arm and he opens his eyes, "Princess, what are you doing here?"
Lorelai wipes her eyes, clearly still shocked from the life changing and happy news that she was just given, "Hi daddy. We just came to check on you and give you amazing news."
Richard perks up a bit, "What is it?"
Lorelai smiles, "Remember when you told me that something would happen. That I would get to worry about something or someone if I lost you, like Luke did when he lost his mom and dad?"
Richard nods, slightly confused, "Yes. Go on."
Luke brings over a black and white photo of three tiny little blobs and puts it in Richards weak hands, "You're gonna be a papaw again. See there is three this time. It's triplets."
Richards sad dark blue eyes grow a little lighter as he listens to Luke's words, "Really? Are you guys serious?"
Lorelai takes her fathers free hand as more tears fall, "Yes daddy. This is for real. You get to love on new grand babies."
Richard starts to smile a drowsy smile as he mumbles, "I'm so proud of the both of you. You will be such amazing parents again…"
Lorelai watches his eyes shut and feels his hand fall away from hers.
The machines start beeping loudly as a scream comes from Lorelais lips.
Luke pulls her into his arms and holds her as tight as possible, with nothing able to come out of his lips.
