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When Luke woke up the next day he had an overwhelming fear that Jess had taken off again. He sat up quickly in bed waking Lorelai in the process and had begun getting out of bed when Lorelai' s hand grasped the thigh next to her.

"He's still here." She assured. How does she do that? How does she always know what I'm thinking?

"I just… I need to see it for my self." He looked down at her sleepy form and felt her hand loosen its grip on his thigh.

"Make sure you come back to bed right away. Not only are you going to sleep in today Mister but I also wanted to gloat a little when you get back. Maybe do an 'I told you so jig'? Although I don't have my costume, it's at the cleaners so, I'll be dancing in my birthday suit."

He climbed out of bed and leaned down to kiss her neck softly.

"I'm looking forward to it."

He's not going to be there. He's gone again. He said what he came here to say. Why should he stay any longer?

Luke stood outside of the guest room door debate whether to knock or to just peek inside. It was still too early in the morning for Jess to be awake. And if he knocked and woke him up, he'd have to come up with some sort of excuse to cover up the lie. On the other hand he could sleep in the buff…Knock or enter? Well I'm a terrible liar so…here goes nothing.

He opened the door with his hand up to his face just in case there was an immediate need for a shield. There was no need and Luke was relieved to see Jess, sprawled out on the yellow flowery bedspread, sawing logs like there's no tomorrow. He's still here.

When he had returned to his own bedroom he was not surprised to find Lorelai already fast asleep and hogging almost all the bed and all the covers. I'm awake already anyway.

He tucked in his dreaming wife, and closed the door softly behind him.

Luke made his way downstairs and into the kitchen where he poured himself a glass of orange juice and sat at a bar stool at the counter. Across from him was the microwave clock with bright glowing blue numbers, which radiated in the partially darkened room.

6:47am.

Well I did sleep in an extra two hours.

Luke hated not having anything to do. Idle hands and what not. He soon found himself in the baby's room working on building the crib. He had the wood cut already all he had to do was assemble the pieces together. As he began screwing each piece to another his mind began to wander.

What if it's a boy? Will he like to play sports? Will he be really smart like Rory and study all day long? Will he end up married with a family of his own in the next twenty-five years? And if it's a girl, will she be just like her mother, beautiful and vibrant? Will I have to protect her from the guys that just want her for one thing? Will I have to buy her Barbie's and play tea party with her and her dolls? Will they love me or despise me as soon as they hit puberty?

He continued to run these questions through his mind.

He was half way through the assembly when he heard a soft knock on the door. He looked up to find Jess leaning on the doorframe with a big smile on his face. His gaze traveled around the room as he stepped inside.

"You haven't painted it yet." Jess found his way to Luke's side where he immediately sat down next to him.

"No, not yet. We want to wait a little bit longer. She can't decide if she wants to go with yellow or if she wants to do some sort of patterned wallpaper." Luke set the screwdriver down and leaned back on his hands, Jess did the same.

"Are you going to find out the sex before she has the baby?"

"It's all up to her. I wouldn't mind not knowing. You know have it as a surprise on the same day but, if we find out earlier, I wouldn't really care too much." Luke shrugged and looked at the Stuffed chicken to his left. It was Rory's and she left it at the house for her sibling. Jess noticed where his attention went and instantly regretted looking. He knew that stuffed animal from when he and Rory dated. Luke observed his attitude change and felt the need to ask his motive behind it.

"Don't like Colonel Cluckers?" Luke smiled, making the question more lighthearted then he had intended.

"He reminds me of Rory." Jess was looking at his outstretched feet now. Anything to avoid Luke's telling face.

"She's coming home this weekend you know? She wants to go with us to Lorelai' s doctor appointment."

Jess instantaneously looked up at Luke in disbelief. Rory was coming. And he would defiantly cross paths with her.

"Jess…Are you going to be okay with this?"

Jess looked up at his uncle and smiled.

"Yeah…It'll be just fine…"

Good.

"So, what do you want to do today?" Luke began to stand up and stretch. I'm definitely not as young as I used to be.

"Well, I don't know…Want to throw a few?"

Luke's mouth dropped open.

What?

"You mean as in baseball?"

Jess stood up and faced him nodding vigorously.

"Yeah…As in baseball…I know you use to play. I thought you might be a little rusty. And if we have another Danes man coming in the family…He's going to need a dad who's not so out of practice."

Luke smiled and put his arm around Jess' shoulders.

"Am I really that old?"

They both laughed and exited the room. Luke peered back around the corner and took one last look of the room. Another Danes…He smiled reflectively before turning out the light.

A/N: Sorry it's kind of short. I have to work. They called me in and I thought I had the day off to write so…I'll do another chapter sometime this weekend. Hope you like this one! Rory will be showing up in the next chapter. I promise it will be mostly about Luke though. I'm not the biggest fan of the Jess/Rory relationship. I just think they need some closure! Maybe some naked Luke? We should all get so lucky!

Rusty