A/N: Well a few guys (you know who you are ;)) kept bugging me to update this story. I normally quit writing or well updating this fic but thanks to those guys, here is the next chapter.

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I'd like to say something to those 2 bad reviews from anonymous reviewers. I´m always up for criticism, its only natural that not everyone likes what I write but just one sentence in which you tell me that my story is not good or I ruined the whole story is not constructive criticism. If you don't like my story, don't read it.

So maybe some of you don't like what I wrote in the last chapter with Rachel coming back and everything, but I had this idea and I go with it. So if you don't like the thought of Rachel being back in picture, or don't like drama please stop reading : )

- Part 10 -

Previously on DAYDREAMS

"Rachel! Please, will you tell us why you're here?"

Rachel cleared her voice and making eye contact with the man in front of her.

"Well, Luke... "she turned around and smiled at the cute little boy two feet away from her.

"I'd like you to meet your son."

xoxo

He let the words sunk in. It took him awhile to realize what Rachel just said. His whole body was trembling and his hands were shaking. The keys which he held in his hands landed with a loud noise on the kitchen counter. He couldn't move, he couldn't even blink. He just stood there, his eyes fixed with Rachel's.

Lorelai held her breath. She couldn't believe what she just heard. Luke had a son? He was a father? She closed her eyes as her mind began to spin. She felt nauseous just thinking about the fact that her boyfriend had a child with another woman. Her mind worked fulltime, trying to understand what this meant for her relationship with Luke. What if Rachel wanted him back? What if Luke wanted go back? It was too much for Lorelai to bear. Slowly she stood up. Her knees were shaking and she had a hard time trying not to break down. Once again she looked up at Luke, who was still standing there with his eyes on her. She closed her eyes, collecting her thoughts. Slowly, she walked to the door, turning around one last time before she walked out of his diner, leaving him standing there.

The moment as the door shut Luke snapped out of his daze. He looked at the empty seat, where Lorelai had been sitting just minutes ago. Then it hit him. She had left.

"Lorelai," he muttered, heading to the front door of his diner, looking through the window. But he didn't see her anywhere. Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him, a hand touched his left shoulder.

"Luke? Did you hear what I just said?" Rachel asked him calmly.

"Yeah." He nodded his head but his mind was elsewhere.

"Is that all you can say? Luke, Connor is your Son."

"Who?"

She pointed at the little boy who was still playing with the with the ketchup bottles.

"His name is Connor and he is your son!"

He turned around looking at her.

"Are you sure? I mean… we've always been safe." He scratched his head.

"I know .. but... well it still happened."

Luke exhaled loudly, trying to clear his mind. But his thoughts were with Lorelai. Where was she? Why had she left so suddenly? Was she mad at him? He had to find her.

He made his way behind the counter and grabbed his olive-green jacket and his keys.

"Where are you going?" Rachel asked.

"Looking for Lorelai." He replied, heading again to the front door.

"Luke!" She grabbed his arm. "Don't you understand? I just told you, you have a son and all you can do is follow Lorelai like a lovesick puppy?"

He turned around.

"Rachel … I .. I don't know what to do… You came here after four years, just to tell me I have a son? How am I supposed to act? What do you want from me?"

"I want you to be there for him, to be a father for him. He needs a father, Luke."

Luke swallowed hard. He still couldn't believe that he now was a father. He never imagined having kids, well at least not with Rachel. He didn't even know how to handle kids. He was torn between the feelings of responsibility for his kid and wanting to run after Lorelai.

"Rachel, I can't… I don't know what to do," he said, feeling helpless.

She lifted his chin up so that he was forced to look her in the eyes.

"We can be a family Luke. We need you. Connor and I need you, Luke. Please."

"You want me to leave Lorelai?" Luke was speechless.

"Luke, you already have a family. You have me and your son. I always loved you. It never stopped and when I found out that I was pregnant with your child, I always wanted to come back. I wanted us to have another chance. I know you love me, Luke."

"And why didn't you come back right after you discovered you were pregnant?" He ignored her last comment.

"I was afraid, Luke, afraid that you might not want us."

"And it took you four years to go over the anguish?"

Rachel nodded slowly.

"Yeah… well.. I wanted to come earlier … but something happened and I couldn't … and then I thought it was too late .. but now I figured out… it's never too late for us, Luke."

"Oh, you bet it is. Rachel, I don't love you, I love Lorelai."

"But we need you! Luke please … don't tell me that you'd send me and your son away."

Luke sighed. He absolutely had not the slightest clue what to do. On the one hand he was in a relationship with Lorelai. A relationship with future. That's at least what he thought until half an hour ago. He loved Lorelai, he even lived with her and he wanted to have a family, with her not with Rachel. But on the other hand Luke wasn't a man who could send a woman in need away, especially not when she was the mother of his son. -- His son.-- He let the words sink in. Oh boy. He was really a father now. He had to be responsible. He had no other chance. He didn't want just to pay monthly child support for his son but never see him. That wasn't him. Luke had always been responsible for his mistakes. He shook his head. Connor was not a mistake. It wasn't like he forgot to pay a bill or something. He was his son, his flesh and blood. He couldn't turn him down. He had to be there for him and also for his mother. But what about Lorelai?

Luke looked down, not able to meet Rachel's gaze. He didn't know what to tell her. He knew he should be there for her and his … their son. He couldn't believe this happened to him. Finally he was happy with a woman. Happy in a relationship. He was even thinking about proposing to Lorelai, but now? All has been destroyed by the sudden appearance of Rachel.

Rachel took his hand in hers.

"I know we can work it out, Luke, just give us a chance."

"Rachel, Don't you understand? I don't love you. I can't make it work just for the child's sake. I will be there for the kid, I promise, and you can stay here in Stars Hollow. I will pay for the apartment and everything. I will help you as much as I can with your … our son. But we are not a family Rachel. I´m with Lorelai and I love her… I can't do this to her."

She looked up at him, tears forming in her eyes.

"Luke…" she whispered.

He shook his head.

"Please understand." And with those words he left the diner walking as fast as he could to Lorelai's house.

Rachel still stood in the same place as she was before. She couldn't believe that Luke left her there all alone with their son. She walked up to Connor taking his hand.

"Don't worry baby, Daddy will come back and we will be a happy family, I promise."

Itwas definitely not over yet, she thought.

xoxo

Lorelai reached the porch of her house, her hands still shaking when she took the keys from her purse and tried to open the door. As she let herself inside the tears started to fall freely. She closed the door and leaned up against it. Her knees started to give out and she slid down the door until she was sitting on the floor. She bent her knees, wrapping her arms around them, and pulled them to her chest.

She sobbed for at least 10 minutes, her mind spinning around the same thoughts over and over. What if Luke started a family with Rachel? What if she convinced him to stay with her and their son? What if she would lose him forever?

Lorelai closed her eyes. She loved Luke, with every beat of her heart. They had been so happy. Suddenly she dozed off, thinking back to one of her happiest moments

Cut to Sniffys tavern one year ago

"Hey, do you remember the first time we met?" Lorelai asked playing with her fingers.

"What"? Luke was a bit confused by her question.

"I'm just trying to remember the first time we met. It must have been at Luke's, right?"

Luke nodded.

"It was at Luke's, it was at lunch, it was a very busy day, the place was packed, and this person -.."

Lorelai gasped.

"Ooh, is it me? Is it me?"

"This person comes tearing into the place in a caffeine frenzy."

Lorelai clapped her hands gleefully.

"Ooh, it's me."

"I was with a customer. She interrupts me, wild-eyed, begging for coffee, so I tell her to wait her turn. Then she starts following me around, talking a mile a minute, saying God knows what. So finally I turn to her, and I tell her she's being annoying -- sit down, shut up, I'll get to her when I get to her."

"Y'know, I bet she took that very well, 'cause she sounds just delightful." She was teasing him.

Luke continued his story his eyes fixed with the soft blue eyes of Lorelai.

"She asked me what my birthday was. I wouldn't tell her. She wouldn't stop talking. I gave in. I told her my birthday. Then she opened up the newspaper to the horoscope page, wrote something down, tore it out, handed it to me."

"God, seriously. You wrote the menu, didn't you?" Lorelai repeated dryly.

" So I'm looking at this piece of paper in my hand, and under "Scorpio," she had written, "you will meet an annoying woman today. Give her coffee and she'll go away." I gave her coffee." He took her hand.

"But she didn't go away." Lorelai grinned.

"She told me to hold on to that horoscope, put it in my wallet, and carry it around with me…"

He pulled a small scrap of paper from his wallet and held it out to Lorelai.

"One day it would bring me luck." He smiled.

"Well, man, I will say anything for a cup of coffee" She replied teasingly as she unfolded the scrap and read it with new remembrance.

"Um...I can't believe you kept this. You kept this in your wallet?"

She saw his serious expression.

"Wow. You kept this in your wallet." Lorelai was astonished by Luke's sudden sense of romance.

"Eight years." He nodded.

"Eight years." Lorelai was touched and her voice thick with emotion.

Luke sighed and returned the precious scrap to his wallet.

He cleared his throat.

"Lorelai, this thing we're doing here -- me, you -- I just want you to know I'm in. I am all in"

xoxo

Lorelai snapped out of her daydream. Again the tears started to roll down her cheeks. Was he still all in?

She didn't want to lose him. It took so long for them to finally get together. And now Rachel had come back and was ruining everything? That was not right! But what could she do? She wasn't just talking about Rachel. Rachel alone wouldn't have been a problem. She would have kicked her but out of the diner, that's for sure and she was also sure that Luke would've completely ignored her. But she had a son. It was hers and Luke's son. That was somewhat of a bond and now she had the better cards.

Lorelai sighed. She didn't know that to do. Fight for him? Over Rachel and their son? She couldn't do that to a 4 year old. She had to give in. She had to let him go.

xoxo

Lorelai was deep in thought when she heard a knock on her door. Slowly she got up trying to dry her tears. She was sure she looked liked crap, but she didn't really care. She opened the door and saw Luke standing there. He was looking at his shoes, like there was something really interesting on them. She just stood there watching him.

Finally he looked up. He saw her red swollen eyes. She had been crying.

"Can I come in?" He asked in almost a whisper

"Sure..." she opened the door wider and stepped aside.

As he stepped in he noticed the darkness. She had been in here all the time without turning any light on. Obviously she had been sitting or standing right behind the door, crying.

He turned around, trying to get hold of her hand but she didn't let him.

"Lorelai … Please."

"What do you want from me Luke? Don't you have to be somewhere else, with your son?" Her sadness turned into anger.

"No… I´m here because I want to be here."

"Oh yeah? And why?"

"Because I love you, Lorelai"

"Well it's a bit late for that? Even if you love me and I´m sure you do, but you have a new responsibility now. You have a son, You have to be there for him. Luke, you have to go back to Rachel."

"Wha..?" Luke looked at her dumbfounded.

"You have to go back to her, be with her and your son. They need you." Lorelai was now crying again.

Luke couldn't believe it. What was Lorelai talking about. She wanted him to leave her? To go back to his Ex-Girlfriend?

"You want me to be with her?" he asked confused.

"What I want is pointless… but you need to."

"Don't tell me what I need to do Lorelai… I don't want to be with her!" His emotions quickly changing between confused and annoyed.

"Luke! Don't you understand? It's not just you and me anymore. You have a family now. You have a son. You have to be responsible."

"No I don't understand. Lorelai, you're forcing me to leave you to be with her? I …. I can't believe that. "

Lorelai walked away from him to the living room, and sat down on the couch. He quickly followed her.

"Are you leaving me, Lorelai?" He asked, his voice thick with emotion and tears welling up in his eyes.

She couldn't answer, so she just looked at him for awhile, letting her eyes speak for her.

"I don't want you to leave me," he choked out. "Please!"

Lorelai shook her head, tears rolling down her cheek

"Please... don't do this." She begged.

"Do what, Lorelai? Beg you not to leave me? Sorry but I can't help it. I love you and I want to be with you, so please forgive me for fighting for you."

"It won't change the fact that you have a son." Lorelai replied dryly.

"So what? I have a son, yeah that's right. But he was conceived more than four years ago. We weren't even together back then. I wasn't cheating on you Lorelai"

"That's not what I mean, Luke."

"Oh … so what do you mean?"

"Forget it Luke … just forget it."

"No, I won't forget it. Tell me, I want to know."

"I told you already He is your flesh and blood. You have to be there for him. I don't want you to be another Christopher, leaving the woman alone in raising a child."

He swallowed hard. Now he understood.

"I thought I meant something to you." he said softly.

"You do, that's the reason why I let you go."

"But I don't want to be let go, Lorelai."

Although he understood now what Lorelai was talking about, he still didn't want to leave her. He loved her with all his heart. Why didn't Lorelai see that?

"Please Luke, don't make this more difficult for either of us."

"Sorry Lorelai, but I won't make it easy. If you want me to leave you have to tell me. Tell me that I should go, say "Luke, leave ... now."

She blinked away the tears, her whole body was trembling. She know what she head to do. Her head was telling her to do the right thing, but her heart was telling her a whole different thing.

"You just have to tell me I should go, and I'm out that door before you can count to three."

Luke was standing there, watching her. Hoping she wouldn't have the guts to tell him to leave her. Wishing she would just get up, walk up to him and kiss him, and tell him everything was going to be all right.

He reached the couch with a few more steps and looked down and her. His hand touched her chin trying to get her to meet his eyes.

"Look at me," he told her softly.

"I can't… "she stammered.

"Please."

She looked up at him, his incredible blue eyes sparkling down at her. Those eyes were filled with love … true love... but there were also filled with angst. She didn't know what to do… she tried to clear her mind …. trying to force her head and her heart to agree with each other.

"I love you." he breathed.

"Don't…" Lorelai sobbed breaking the gaze.

"You can't tell me to leave, can you? It's just a few words to say… but you can't do that, right? You can't say 'Luke, leave now'." He wasn't really convinced of it... but he had to take the risk

She had to make a decision. She had to let either her heart or her head win.

She took a deep break, holding it for a moment or two. Then she exhaled loudly.

"So?" Luke managed to say his voice just loud enough for her to hear.

She cleared her throat and finally spoke --

"Luke…."

TBC