Christmas Day 2007
"Oh that was the last slide. I'll change the trays." – Rory announced as she stood up. The next tray of slides was set up and Rory sat down again.
"Oh, that's our wedding." – Lorelai said happily. The wedding was beautiful. They had married after a short engagement. It was the first weekend of May. The day was warm and sunny and just perfect for the wedding.They marriedat Dragonfly Inn and the guests were the usual suspects of Stars Hollow.
The slides changed on the wall…. Lorelai in her dress before the ceremony, Luke and Lorelai under the chuppah, the first kiss as a married couple, the first dance, Lorelai and Rory hugging, Sookie crying, Lorelai and Luke with his sister and TJ, Lorelai and Luke with Buddie and Mazie. Pictures of their friends laughing, dancing and enjoying the wonderful evening.
Soon they saw all the pictures from the wedding and Rory got up again to change the trays.
"This tray has no tag on it."
"That's the tray with miscellaneous slides. I had no time to arrange them."
"No time or no interest?"
"Whatever." – Lorelai grinned at her daughter. – "Hi. There's my baby and Lilly." – She said when she saw Luke coming downstairs with Lilly in his arms. He didn't respond anything just rolled his eyes.
"Hi Lilly." – Rory walked over to Luke and took the baby from him. Luke sat down next to Lorelai and kissed his wife.
"How is my little sister, huh? Did you like your first Christmas? I'm sure you did. Just wait 'til you see your presents." – Rory cooed to Lilly who in return laughed and exclaimed a loud 'lala'. That's how she called Rory.
"Oh, presents." – Lorelai jumped off the couch. – "I totally forgot them.Can we open the presents now? Please, Luke."
"Why are you excited? You already opened most of your presents last night and you didn't ask for my permission then." – Lorelai wasn't listening to him anymore because she was busy with looking for her presents under the tree. Rory, Lilly and Luke joined her on the floor.
After all presents were unwrapped and new pictures were taken Luke went to the kitchen to make breakfast. Rory and Lorelai cleaned up the mess they just made and Lilly was busy admiring her new toys.
They decided to eat in the living room while they watched slides again. The pictures were disordered. It started with Rory's graduation from college, changed to a pregnant Lorelai, Lilly's birth, than again to Rory's graduation, Lilly's first step, Lilly's birth and several other pictures of their family.
"Oh, God. I look so fat in that one."
"Mama."
"Yes, that's your mama. Your big fat mama." – Lorelai cooed to Lilly who sat comfortably in her lap. She was bouncing Lilly on her knees and Lilly giggled with delight.
"What book are you reading in that picture? It looks familiar to me." – Rory asked her and Lorelai looked closely at the picture.
"I think that's the book with the baby names, isn't it?" – Luke said.
"You are right. Oh, boy when I remember what hard time we had finding a name."
"Yeah, it wasn't easy." – Luke said remembering reading that book more than once.
December 2006
Two weeks before Christmas Lorelai was sitting at the counter in the diner with a book in her hand. It was a book with baby names and a gift from Rory. Lorelai was already eight months pregnant and they still hadn't decided on the name for the baby. They didn't even know if it was a boy or girl.
"I still don't understand why you want the name to start with an 'L'." – Luke said while he wiped the counter.
"Because our little family is full of L-names. Luke, Lorelai and Lorelai the second…actually I'm Lorelai the second but you know what I mean. I don't want our baby to feel like an outsider."
"That's ridiculous."
"Oh-oh, we could be like the Halliwells and you have to change the diner's name from 'Luke's' to 'L4'. That'd be so cool."
"What?" – Luke asked confused. Lorelai sighed feeling more tired than before.
"Bear with me please."
"Fine. What names do you like?"
"None yet. How about I read the names and you say stop when you hear one that you like?" - Luke nodded in response. - "I'llstart with boy names"
"Okay." – Luke said and she started to read in the book.
"Lamar, Lamont, Lancelot, Lander, Lands, Laudon, Langston?"
"No child of mine will be named Langston." – Luke said and Lorelai continued to read.
"Lars. Hey, isn't your family from Scandinavia?"
"Uhm, no. From Ireland."
"Really?"
"No."
"Luke!"
"Okay, I'm sorry. No bad jokes for the next hour."
"Thanks. Lillard?"
"Do you hate our kid?"
"Argh." – Lorelai said frustrated and laid he head down on the counter.
"Okay, give me the book." - She handed him the book without raising her head off the counter. Luke continued to read where she had stopped. – "Laszlo, Latimer, Lauter, Lawrencia? Who the hell names his kid 'Lawrencia'?"
"With a name like that he'll never survive the playground or he'll start to wear my clothes at an early age." – Luke rolled his eyes.
"Lorelai,…"
"If we name him 'Lorelai' then he'll be definitely be beaten up on the playground."
"Can you be serious now?"
"No but keep reading the names."
"Lazarus…" – They looked at each other and then said 'no' simultaneously. – "And here we go again. Leander, Lear…"
"Luke?" – Cesear called from the kitchen. – "Need your help."
"Okay." – Luke called back. – "Lorelai, I'll be right back."
"That's fine. Give me the book. I'll go through it 'til you come back." – When Luke came back Lorelai looked up from the book.
"Lemon."
"What? You want some lemon now? With tea or something?" – Luke asked her confused.
"No. I meant as a name for the baby."
"You're joking, right?"
"No. Celebs name their babies like fruits or cities all the time."
"You convinced me with that." – Luke said sarcastically.
"Fine. Lemon is no longer on our list. Logan?"
"You really want to name our baby after one of Rory's ex-boyfriends? And not just any ex-boyfriend."
"Maybe we should choose a name that doesn't start with an 'L' after all." – Lorelai said defeated and put her head back on the counter. Luke petted her head sympathetically.
Later that evening at home they decided on Liam Matthew for a boy and Lillian Maya for a girl.
TBC