A/n this is AU starting at episode 6.09 The Prodigal Daughter returns. All the stupid mess with Rory and the yacht happened and she does reconcile with Lorelai like she does in the show but how Luke handles the April saga is different. I know this has been done but seasons six and seven made so mad, so it is my way of fixing it. I will follow part of the show but not all of it. Please read and review. Now after that novel of an author's note, enjoy.
Luke stared into space. He was in shock, he might have a daughter. A child of his very own. Of course, he wouldn't know until the science fair, but if he looked at April, he thought he could see similarities between them. He needed to tell Lorelai right away. She was his fiancé and she deserved to know that he might have a daughter. Rory had just returned home, and he hated to intrude on their making and rebuilding of their relationship, but he knew Lorelai would be hurt if he put it off. Plus, Rory needed to know as well. If April was his daughter, they were going to be step-sisters after all. Taking a deep breath, he headed for the stairs. He had gone up stairs to collect himself after April had rushed out of the dinner after grabbing some of his hair.
"Caesar you've got the dinner for the rest of the night. I'll see you in the morning," he called into the kitchen.
"Sure thing, boss. Lane can help me close." Nodding in agreement Luke grabbed dinner for the girls and headed for the house. He couldn't wait to move in and begin making it their house.
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Walking in he noticed that the kitchen and living room were empty. "Lorelai? Rory? Where are you?" he asked.
"Up here, hon, Lorelai called back. Smiling Luke made his way to Lorelai's bedroom where he found both girls sprawled across the bed with junk food all around them and it looked like their fingernails had just been painted.
"Well then I guess you don't want all this since you have all that junk?" he teased starting to discard the bag of burgers and fries he had brought.
"Luke, we're Gilmore's we can eat all this and still have room for your food," Rory assured him as she grabbed for one of the bags of food. Lorelai smiled as she grabbed the other. Looking at Luke, her smiled slipped, though. He looked worried and that concerned her.
"Is everything okay?" Lorelai questioned.
"Actually, I need to talk to you if that's okay? I mean I don't want to interrupt your time, but it's kind of important," he explained hesitantly. Noticing his nervousness Rory stood up.
"It's okay, I told Jess I'd call him, so we could catch up," she said, standing up and heading out of the room closing the door behind her.
"Okay, what's going on?" Lorelai asked. Taking a deep breath Luke began to explain.
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"Wow, so she might be your daughter?" Lorelai asked staring wide-eyed at Luke.
"Yeah, that's about what I thought when she told me," he replied. "I wasn't sure whether or not to believe her at first, but then she showed me the copy of the page in Anna's diary where she wrote down the names of the three guys who might be her father including me. I'll admit I thought about not telling you until I knew for sure, but I need you with me. The science fair is in four days. Will you go with me?"
"Of course, I'll go with you. We're in this together. I'm all in, babe. If this little girl is your daughter I'll be right by your side while you figure out what being in her life looks like," Lorelai said kissing him gently. Luke relaxed he was glad she was going to be with him. He wasn't sure what was going to happen, but he wanted Lorelai by his side through it all.
TBC?