I am Soccer Mom hear me Roar

It had been 2 months now since the accident.Luke had managed to get Lorelai to go to almost all of her physical therapy appointments,only caving when she suggested they stay home and try some as she put it "dirty physical therapy". And she was doing well. She had started to get up and around with a cane about 2 weeks ago and was having fun dressing it in scarves to match her outfit. She had even gone back to the Inn for a couple hours each day just to check in and see her friends. She was afraid her being gone was going to hurt them but amazingly enough not even Michel complained once about her absence, he even tried to make her leave once she returned though she wasn't fully sure it was his concern for her that prompted that action. She wobbled into the kitchen of the Dragonfly that morning to greet Sookie.

"Morning Lorelai."
"Good morning coffee please ?" Lorelai said she had really gotten used to the asking for help thing, almost too good.

"Coming right up." Sookie said.

"Hey Sook."

"Yeah."

"I think that Luke and I are going to go car shopping this afternoon."

"Oh fun!" Sookie said handing her a mug.

"Yeah, it will be fun because this is like gonna be like...our car...you know." "Did he sell his truck?"

"No, but...I mean, we are going to buy it together and I will drive it, but, it will be ours for like...you know...trips and...going out...and.."

"Oh how exciting! So what kind are you gonna get...something sporty?" Sookie said.

"I don't know I haven't really thought about it too much."

"Another Jeep you loved that Jeep."

"No. Definitely not, Luke has spent too much time on the Internet looking up the roll over rate on Jeeps, turns out all these years I have been driving my child around in a death trap."

"Huh...so are you gonna get a family car then?" Sookie prodded. She and Lorelai hadn't really had a chance to talk about all the details of she and Lukes relationship since the accident so she was looking for some scoop.

"I dunno." she said and cracked a side smile, her mind seemed to drift off. "We haven't really talked about what kind of car we want."

"Well have you talked about...well...you know...having kids?" Sookie asked.

"Not at length I guess. I mean I have Rory and we both have businesses that need us, and I..."

"You what?"

"I dunno it seems kinda late I mean I have a 19 year old daughter...she could be the kids mother..."

"By your standards yes, I mean you were 16 when you had her."

"Right...you know. It would be this whole new experience right? I mean...Rory...she is done.
Inspected my number 15 and on her way you know. She passed, she lived through me. I mean...I was 16 the last time...and alone. It would be a whole new world now."

"Yeah, you wouldn't have to get a hall pass to go into labor." Sookie joked.

Lorelai shot her a look. "But think about it. Our kids would grow up together and be best friends too...and..."

Sookie rubbed her pregnant belly imagining it.

"Whoa Sookie...hang on there...I am just not sure it is what he wants. I mean you know Luke...he loves Rory but, he has never been there you know...for the 2 a.m. feedings and the diapers."

"He has done a good job with you the last few months and if he knew you wanted it, you know he would want it too." Sookie said.

"And you have seen him with little Davey ...he is good with him right?"

"I dunno Sookie the other day when he was holding Davey he had this look on his face I had never seen before. I think he was scared that I was going to want one since you have one and will have another soon."

"Or it was the look like he wants one? You ever think of that??"

Michel walked into the kitchen.

"Your lumberjack is here." he said in his usual mono tone.

"Lumberjack?" Lorelai questioned.

Luke walked in behind him.

"He means me." he said shooting Michel a don't make me come over there look.

"Well I just saw the flannel and the boots and assumed..."

"Uh huh...move along Frenchie." Luke said shooting him a really don't make me come over there look.

"I am gone." Michel said as he walked out of the kitchen.

"Hi." Luke said kissing Lorelai hello.

"Speak of the devil." Sookie said.

"What?"Luke said.

"Nothing..."Lorelai said shooting Sookie a look.

"I was just telling Sook here that we were going car shopping today."

"Oh, yeah...we are." Luke said like he needed to confirm that for her.

"So uh, are we ready here Speed racer?"

"Yeah, just let me go grab my coat." Lorelai said as she walked towards her office.

As soon as she was gone Luke began grilling Sookie.

"So what were you guys really talking about?"

"Car shopping." Sookie said.

"No you weren't."Luke said.

"Yeah we were."

"Then what was the...shut up look about?"

"What shut up look?"

"The one Lorelai gave you just now, I mean I know what the shut up look is, what I don't know is why the shut up look is...why the shut up look Sookie."

"That was the shut up look? I thought that was the...uh...I love Luke look."Sookie said.

"You aren't going to tell me are you?"

"No sorry, I can't she'd kill me if I told you." Sookie said.

"If you told me what?"

"That she wants to have your babies." Sookie blurted.

"Ha ha...I can't believe that worked. Does she really? I mean..wanna?" Luke said as Lorelai walked back in the room with her coat on.

"Do I wanna what?" Lorelai asked.

"Do you wanna...uh...hear more about how dangerous Jeeps are." Sookie said.

"Yeah, uh I asked her if you has said what kind of car you were wanting and...she said...well not a jeep cause jeeps are bad...and I said good..and..."

"You two are both very bad liars." Lorelai said.

"It is ok though, you don't have to tell me, cause Sookie can't keep a secret and I am sleeping with you so, one way or another I will find out."

"Good Luck!" Sookie said as they walked out the Kitchen exit.

As they pulled into the car lot Luke said.

"Just let me do the talking here."

"Uh..Why!"

"Because these guys are crooks, they see a woman coming and are foaming at the mouth, they see a cripple woman coming only God knows what might happen."

"You are no fun." They got out of the car and wandered around the lot for a while.

"This one is nice..."Luke said pointing to a small sporty type car.

"Yeah..it's a little small though don't you think?" Lorelai said testing the baby waters.

"Yeah I guess so I mean, it wouldn't be good for traveling."

Great here I am thinking baby and he is thinking travel. Lorelai thought.

"How about this one..."She said pointing to a slightly bigger four door car.

"Not bad, not bad, do you like the color though?"

"Not really." They walked on. They looked at big cars they looked at little cars, they looked at American cars, they looked at foreign cars. They must have looked at about a thousand cars when Luke pointed to a yellow SUV.

"What about this one." Luke said.

"Do I look like a soccer mom to you?"Lorelai said.

"Well no." "And do I look like I will ever be a soccer mom?"

"I...I don't know." "Of course not!" Lorelai said frustrated.

"So you are saying if one day our son or daughter wants to play soccer you will tell them no because you refuse to be a 'soccer mom'" he said making finger quotes in the air.
Lorelai teared up.

"What...what did I say..."Luke said.

"We don't have to get it...I..I am just cranky because we have been looking all day and.."Luke walked up to hug her.

"It's not that."

"What is it? Are you in pain?" Luke said.

"You have been on your feet a long time today."

"No it's not that either."

"What then??"

"You wanna have babies."she laughed.

"Well yeah, I mean I thought...Sookie said that...I thought you wanted to, too." Luke said.

"So that is what you two were talking about."

"Yeah."

"I do, I do..."

"You do?" Luke said.

"Yeah, don't you?"

"Yeah I do." he said.

Lorelai flagged down a salesman.

"We'll take this one." She said kissing Luke.

He smiled.

"Yeah, she is going to be a soccer mom."

"Good choice." the salesman said.