First things first I'd like to thank everyone that reviewed last chapter, it really gave me the motivation to continue. I also want to thank everyone who has reviewed ever, it means a lot that you would take the time to write me your thoughts. Along with a thank you I would also like to offer an apology, to those of you who asked questions in your reviews that I didn't answer. I was so caught up in trying to get your next chapter to you guys that I didn't spend the time I should have answering back reviews and I'm very sorry about that. One reviewer brought that to my attention, and I will for now on answer your reviews to any of you that have questions. Didine I know you asked this for the chapter before the one recently updated: I post my chapters at different times, mostly between 11:00-3:00, its very rare that I would post one after 3.
Here is the next part, I'm way to excited to write about the vacation, so I'm going to sum up the school year. Emma learned that she shouldn't put Adam over her friends, and eased her way back into sitting with them at lunch and hanging out with them on the weekends. Her and Adam are at a rocky place, because although he does love her, he is not quite ready for a girlfriend. Her and Jordan finished the school year not on speaking terms. A part of Emma every now and then wished that Adam was Jordan but she herself loved Adam a great deal as well. Emma and Rory worked out some of their problems, Rory came around more and just her and Emma spent time together sometimes.
Max finished the school year strong, he pulled up his grades and really enjoyed the end of the year with his best friends and went to a lot of parties. He has yet to find a girlfriend, but he is enjoying being single. Him and Luke began to spend a lot of time together and their bond grew strong again, however still has yet to be the same as before.
Will and his girlfriend of 3 years broke up, in a horrible fight. In the middle of town in the pouring rain. Both cried and both were miserable for the rest of school. Will has still refused to tell his parents why they broke up. He was the most excited to go on vacation to get away from Stars Hollow for awhile.
Luke and Lorelai rekindled their romance. Around May Lorelai thought she was pregnant, however it was a false alarm. Which Luke was a bit thankful for as well as the kids. Luke had both Will and Emma working in his diner and he quickly became happy again. He was finally the husband and father that he had been all alone and Lorelai and the kids couldn't have been happier. Luke did his best when Adam came over for dinner to officially meet the parents not to kill him, and learned with Emma that he needs to give her a bit of space and not be so over protective. Lorelai's Inn was as productive as ever and she finally found it in her heart to forgive Luke, but things have still not completely felt right.
William and Miss Patty really hit it off and have been dating ever since. The only ones not happy about the pair are….Luke and…..Taylor. William is happy to go on the trip and excited to spend time with his grandkids
Rory is doing great, she finished her Junior Year of Yale and is still with Logan. She's extremely happy and is excited to go to the Virgin Islands, even though she is only going for 4 out of the 14 days, because she has a vacation already planned with Logan.
Monday morning Max trounced down the steps excitedly, with both his suitcases in hand.
Lorelai sat at the bar in the kitchen "Someone is excited" Lorelai commented
"Not every day you get to go somewhere like St. Thomas" Max said and took the other piece of Lorelai's bagel off her plate and began to eat it.
Just then Luke came through the kitchen with 3 out of 8 of Emma's suitcases, she was carrying two other ones
"Luke, Max ate the bagel you made me" Lorelai said with a fake pout
"I'll make more later, I'm trying to load up our car" Luke remarked and was out the kitchen with Emma on his heals.
"Where's Will, he hasn't came down yet? And its 11" Lorelai asked Max
"I don't know, you know how he's been since the breakup"
"Poor Will, I've tried talking to him, I'll get your dad to"
Luke walked back through the kitchen to get Emma's other bags
"Luke, I think you should go talk to Will" Lorelai said standing up and walking over to him
"Yeah, I was going to" Luke said his voice soft and full of concern for his son
Lorelai nodded and leaned up for a quick kiss, which Luke returned and then smiled at her.
"5 minutes in the toaster, that way its crunchy the way you like it but not burnt" Luke said
"But Luke, you know the toaster and I are enemy's, that's why I've been sleeping with one eye open, he's out to get me, Larry the toaster is out to get me" Lorelai said with fake hysterics
Luke rolled his eyes "Then get Max to make your bagel for you" he said in fake annoyance
"But Luke, the toaster wants to hurt me, what better way than to hurt my little boy, its classic, everyone knows that if you want to hurt someone then you hurt their kids" Lorelai reasoned
"First off the toaster is not evil, possessed, out to get you or any other thing you want to say about it, and second Max is 16 and a half, he's not a little boy" Luke reasoned with an eye roll
"But he's my little boy" Lorelai said with a pout
"Fine, I'll make you one when I get done loading the car"
"Thank you Lukey"
"Don't call me that" Luke said and bounded up the stairs and knocked on Will's door.
"Come in" Will said sadly
Luke walked in to see Will sitting on his bed, with pictures in his hands. He was already dressed but looked incredibly sad
"Hey" Luke said not sure of what to say
"I'll be downstairs and ready to go in like 5 minutes" Will said not taking his eyes off of the pictures
Luke nodded "Um, so what do you have there?" Luke asked still in the doorway
"Just old pictures, they don't mean anything, I should throw them out or put them in the Jessica box mom made me keep in my closet"
"Hey I know you're a bit…..upset about what happened with Jessica but it will get better and if Jessica is the one for you, than you'll be together again" Luke said trying his best to comfort his son
"You don't even know what happened, things can never be the same again" Will spat angrily
"Your right I don't know what happened-" Luke said but was quickly cut off by Will
"How could she do that?" Will said with tears rolling down his face
Luke stood waiting for him to continue
"She killed our baby" Will said sobbing
"What?" Luke said quickly making his way over to Will and putting his hand on his shoulder
"I didn't even know, she didn't even tell me, and then she decided when we were walking home from the diner she told me that 3 months ago she found out she was pregnant and she got….a …..she got a…she said the baby would have ruined both our lives, she didn't even include me, I would have loved the baby, I would have loved her…..It was a girl dad, a little girl and she took her from me without even telling me about her first" Will sobbed
Luke didn't know what to say, first he was angry with Jessica for doing this to his son, and then he was thankful to Jessica for doing this for his son.
"I mean….she tried to reason a football scholarship and senior year next year, but its not fair because I would have loved the baby…..I really would have…and you and mom would have been mad, so mad but you would have loved her too" Will said his tears still lingering
"Yeah….we would have loved her too" Luke said and hugged Will tightly
"This was her, when I broke up with Jessica, I decided to go back by her house an few days later, because I wanted to tell her that I still love her, and her mom handed me a box of all the stuff I gave her and handed me the picture of the ultrasound, this was her" Will said and showed Luke the picture of the ultra sound that Jessica's mom gave him
"Will, I know right now your heartbroken, but this will get better, you will be thankful oneday for what Jessica did, you might never forgive her, but one day when your life fits together the way its supposed to, and you meet the woman that you should spend the rest of your life with, you'll be thankful, Will, I've known Jessica since you both were 8 and I'm telling you I can bet my life that she was just as upset as you are. It probably killed her inside to do that, I have no doubt in my mind she did that for both of you, now don't get me wrong I'm so angry that someone could do that, but it will get better, and you will be happy again" Luke said softly
Will took a deep breath and did a small smile. He hugged his dad tightly and pulled away. When he pulled away he took all the pictures of him and Jessica and put them in the box in his closet. He took the only picture of what would have been his daughter and put it in his wallet.
"Don't worry dad, I'll be okay, lets go enjoy our vacation" Will said softly and took his two suitcases with Luke following along, full of pride for his son.
"Hey look, I made a bagel" Lorelai said happily
Luke grinned "I love you" he said because after his talk with Will, he was going to appreciate the small things in life
Lorelai looked confused "I love you too" she said and wrapped her arms around him in a hug which he returned.
Emma came down the steps smiling "We have to leave or we'll miss our flight" she said
"Right, lets go" Luke said and held Lorelai's hand.
Luke looked over to see Will smile for the first time in months, and joking with Max. He saw Emma adjusting her belt and put his arm around her, he saw his dad just coming in from being with Miss Patty because he could see the lipstick stains all over him and rolled his eyes but smiled immediately after that. His step-daughter would be with them later in the week along with Emily and Richard, and he felt truly happy because he had his family back, and this vacation was going to unite them in ways they hadn't been united in years.
Alright so there you guys go, I really want to write about the actual vacation so I don't think I'm ending it here, please tell me what you think. And I'm sorry I just needed to have a Luke/Will moment and for some reason my brain thought of that. Um after I finish this story I want to maybe write a sequel of the kids lives going back to school, how Will deals with Jessica, maybe Max finally not being a player and getting a real girlfriend, and how Emma sorts out her problems with Adam, plus other twists. Or I may write a prequel where it shows the kids as babies or toddlers. Or I might write something completely new. Just tell me if any of you would be interested in any of that!