Rachael continued to ramble on about how she has changed and how she is here to stay, but she was interrupted by Luke's new leading lady. He walked away from Rachael, picked up the crying baby and looked back at Rachael.
"Yea and I mean what I'm trying to say!"
"Awe cute baby, whose is it?"
"It's a she and she's mine!"
"Really?"
"Yea and mine." Lorelai said as she walked into the diner and ran over to Luke and grabbed Laci from him. "Mommy missed you today, yes she did. Did your daddy take good care of you today? Huh? Did he? Did he take good care of you?" Lorelai soon looked away from Laci and turned back to Lorelai mode and out of mommy mode.
"Lorelai it's nice to see you again, so I guess you didn't wait long to make a move did you?" Rachael said to Luke.
"No, I didn't!"
"Hey baby!" Luke looked at Lorelai and leaned in for a kiss.
"So how was the first day back?"
"Good but I missed Laci so much. I thought I was going to die."
"Well you didn't miss much."
"So how long are you here for Rachael?" Lorelai snapped.
"Just a few days. I'm here on business."
"But you just told me before Lorelai came in that you were here to see me and to stay for good."
"Well you're not the only reason why I came Luke. Can I stay with you for a night, until I find an apartment?"
"NO!"
"Luke she can stay upstairs since you don't live there anymore."
"Lorelai I don't think that would be such a good idea."
"Well she can sleep on our couch. I think it would be kind of fun to have our first house guest as a couple"
"So I'm guessing that you to are married?"
"Ye…" Lorelai started to answer but was interrupted by a very annoyed Luke.
"No were not, but we do have a baby together and we are living together."
"I'm going to stay at Lorelai's house tonight?"
"Yes you are. We'll all have a grand old time together. It's kind of cold out so I'm going to get Laci a coat from upstairs and then we can leave Rachael."
Lorelai had an idea in her mind on what she would do to get Rachael jealous. She was going to have a good time with this. She dressed Laci in a coat and carried her downstairs to the diner where she handed her to Luke. Luke kissed his daughter on the cheek and strapped her in the car seat and handed it to Lorelai. He leaned over the counter and gave Lorelai a kiss on the lips. Rachael and Lorelai left Luke's, got into the car, and headed home. When they got home they went inside and Lorelai put Laci down for her nap. While Lorelai was upstairs Rachael looked around the house. She was surprised to see that most of the pictures of Laci had Luke in them, and he was always smiling, something he rarely ever did with her.
"So you like what you see?"
"Yea, it's nice to see him smile."
"He's got a great smile."
"Yeah."
"It seems like he is always smiling these days."
"So how long you two been together?"
"About a year and a half."
"Well Luke loved you even when we were together, every one could see it."
"Not me I guess."
"Well he was and oh never mind."
"Crap! I forgot to pick up diapers. Were out of diapers! How the hell did I forget to pick up diapers?"
"Okay that was random. If you want me to I could go for you or I could stay here and baby sit."
"No that's okay. I have some in the diaper bag but I'll call Luke and ask him to pick some up on the way home."
"He's at work. He'll kill you!"
"No, he won't get mad! He loves me and he lets me call him anytime that I want. When I was pregnant he made me blueberry pancakes anytime I wanted. He never got mad at me either except one time but that was really my fault, but that's not the point. He won't get mad; in fact he'll probably run out to get them right now."
"Oh okay then. I'm going to go visit some old friends. Do I have a curfew mommy? I mean like what time is too late to come in?"
"Ok first off don't call me mommy, and second I'm only doing this for Luke. You were a big part of his life in the past and I thought he would like it if you stayed with us for awhile. Don't get me mad Rachael! Have fun visiting your old friends."
"Wow. Okay somebody's a little hormonal."
"No I'm not! You're my husband's ex-girlfriend who happens to have come back to town to hook up with him!"
"I think I'll be going now. I'll be back around 9 or whenever Luke gets home."
"Okay."
Rachael left the house and walked over to Luke's. She was nervous to go inside because she knew that somehow this would all get back to Lorelai. She got up her nerve, went inside and sat down at the counter.
"Hey Luke."
"Hi…ah…should you be here right now? I mean aren't you supposed to be with Lorelai?"
"Yes but I told her that I was going to go visit some old friends."
"Oh. Are you going to go back to wherever you came from now that you know I'm taken?"
"No. I think I'm going to stick around Stars Hollow for awhile. There's a place up for rent a few blocks away and I'll stay there."
"Ok then. You should really go and visit some of those old friends of yours. I don't want Lorelai to get mad. She's one of the best things that has happened to me and I don't want you to get in the way of that."
"You let her call you at work? You used to get mad when you were bothered at work, but you now with Lorelai it's like you're a different person."
"Well she is the mother of my baby and the love of my life so I guess your right. I am a different person. I'm a father now. I actually have somebody to take care of."
"Well it must be nice."
"Don't give me that Rachael. There has to be a guy out there that you would like to spend the rest of your life with."
"Nope, he's taken. So do you think that you two will ever get married?"
"Yes I do. I'm purposing next month well depending on how cold it gets I might purpose this month."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm going to purpose during the first snowfall. Lorelai loves the snow especially the first snowfall. It's going to be awesome!"
"Well then I hope you two are happy together. I'm actually going to go and see if I can stay with Patty for the night and I'll go home first thing in the morning. It was nice seeing you again. Good luck with everything."
"Rachael…" It was too late Rachael had already left so Luke decided to just let her be.
He closed the diner early that night and went home to see Lorelai. He gave her a big kiss when he came in and he explained everything to her. She admitted that she only invited Rachael to stay with them so that Lorelai could make her jealous but the plan had backfired and Lorelai was the one who had become jealous. She even told him about the fight that her and Rachael had had early that night. They went to sleep soon after their talk and the next day Lorelai took Laci to work with her and Friday too because Emily was away.
Soon enough it was Saturday and Saturday was Halloween. Most babies are dressed up as the famous pumpkin for their first Halloween costume but not Laci. Laci's mommy and big sister dressed her up as Luke. She wore a backwards baseball cap, a flannel onsie, jeans, and a pair of black shoes. October had gone by very fast and it was now November!
