It was Monday morning and Lorelai was trying to get Laci ready for her visit with grandma. Emily had called last night and told Lorelai that they were going to go shopping so she could show her granddaughter off. Of course Lorelai argued since Laci was only two weeks old, but Emily was able to convince her. Once the baby was dressed and fed Lorelai decided that they should stop and visit daddy on their way to grandma's house.
"Hey babe!" Lorelai walked in and placed the car seat on the counter.
"What are you doing here?"
"I…we wanted see you. Plus Laci hasn't seen the town yet!"
"She's only two weeks old. She shouldn't be out!"
"Calm down daddy-o!"
"But…"
"Shush!" Lorelai worked her magic and shut Luke up.
Miss Patty started walking over to the baby and Luke gave Lorelai a 'get her out of here' look.
"This is exactly why I told you not to bring her here yet! She's going to get sick."
"She'll be fine. Hey Patty!"
"She's beautiful Lorelai. I could just eat her up!"
"Don't!" Luke was getting mad. There was a line forming behind Miss Patty. Apparently everyone saw Lorelai carry her inside. "Get her out of Lorelai!"
"Yeah. I guess that would be best. See you later everyone. Bye!"
Lorelai left Luke's and went straight to the car. She put the car seat in the back and then she got into the front. About twenty minutes later they were in Hartford. Lorelai left the sleeping baby in the car and rang the doorbell. She figured that there wasn't any need to take Laci out if they would be leaving again in five minutes.
"Hello Lorelai. Where's Laci?"
"She's in the car. I didn't really feel like taking her out and then putting her back in just to take her out again. You know what I mean?"
"Yes I do. Let me just grab my purse and I'll meet you in the car."
"Ok."
Lorelai went back into the car and waited for Emily. She was nervous to be alone with Emily, because Laci was in the backseat and Lorelai knew that all the attention was going to be on her (Lorelai) until they got to the mall. As much as she could tell that Emily had changed, Lorelai knew not to get too attached or become to close.
"Here I am."
"I see that."
"Oh I can't see Laci."
"Yeah, unless you sit in the back you're going to have to wait until we get to the mall. We are NOT staying very long. We'll be in and out. The longest I'll stay is 2 hours. I feed Laci about an hour ago so she's due to eat in an hour."
"Ok. So what's new in your life?"
"Nothing."
"Ok. How's Luke?"
"He's good. He's really protective of Laci."
"That's good. How's the inn?"
"I haven't been there since the baby was born. Luke doesn't want Laci around too many people and I really can't blame him. He doesn't know about this. He knows I'm going to be with you, but he has no idea that we're going to the mall, and I would like to keep it that way."
"Ok. Now tell me do you think you two will ever get married?"
"I don't know." She wanted to say that deep inside she couldn't wait to be Mrs. Danes, but she didn't want to give Emily too much information.
They parked the car near Macy's and Emily was so excited to see Laci that she jumped out of the car and opened one of the backseat doors. Lorelai opened the trunk and unfolded the stroller and then she took the car seat out and snapped it into the stroller. They placed their purses in the basket on the bottom of the stroller and Emily started pushing it.
They were almost done with their shopping trip when Lorelai heard a man's voice that sounded exactly like Luke's. She turned around and spotted Luke across the mall. He was talking to a lady that she had never seen before. From what Lorelai could see they looked pretty friendly, he wasn't hugging or kissing her but it seemed like she could have been one of his old girlfriends. Lorelai turned back around and looked at her mother who was obviously watching this thing with Luke.
"Mom I'm not supposed to have Laci here. I promised Luke I wouldn't bring her shopping for at least a month. I'm going to go in to one of these dressing rooms with Laci and hide from him. I want you to go out there and sit on the bench and when he leaves I want you to come get me. Ok?" Tears were starting to form in Lorelai's eyes. She didn't know what she should believe.
"Yes that's fine. If he comes over here I'll just tell him there was a change in plans."
"Thank you mom."
Lorelai went into the closest dressing room and sat down. She took Laci out of her car seat and held her close to her body. Within seconds Lorelai was crying. She couldn't believe that her and Luke had to keep hiding things from each other. They were the perfect couple a few weeks ago, but now he's sneaking around with women and she is lying to him about going out with her mother. There was a knock on the dressing room door and she opened it expecting it to be Emily, but it was Luke.
"Hey."
"Hi." Lorelai refused to look up at him.
"What are you doing here?"
"I have to go Luke." She placed Laci in her stroller and pushed it out of the store.
"Come on mom let's go."
"Lorelai…"
Emily and Lorelai walked out of the mall at an extremely fast pace. They put everything in the car and drove off. Lorelai dropped Emily off and then went to Luke's old apartment. It had become a habit that when she was mad at him she would go there instead of home. She might go there because she knows that no matter what he'll be able to find her, or it might just be that it really is like a hide out. She got out of the car and ran up the stairs. She placed Laci in the crib and then she fell asleep on the sofa. Luke came up right after Lorelai had fallen asleep and he took Laci and the pack n' play down to the diner so Lorelai could get a descent amount of sleep. He left her a note saying that he had Laci so when she woke up she wouldn't panic.
