Chapter 48
A few afternoons later Luke was working in the diner when Lorelai stormed through the door "Need coffee NOW?"
"No" Luke replied gruffly
"Luke this is no time to joke, I need coffee, I need it now and I don't care what I have to do to get it but I'm gonna get it" Lorelai said as she walked behind the counter trying to get past Luke
"No"
Lorelai stared at Luke "but.. I.. coffee... need..."
"Look if I had enough I'd give it to you but I don't... well actually that's not true, if I had enough I wouldn't give it to you but I don't have enough"
"How can you not have enough for me?" Lorelai batter her eye lashes at him
"I only have a small amount left. The new shipment was meant to arrive yesterday morning but they're running late. Transport problem or something, they were meant to be here this morning but they didn't turn up. They're due this afternoon, so no coffee until 4pm"
"There's not coffee at home either and your my coffee man, you always have coffee"
"I do have coffee just not enough to give to the woman who has had more today than most people drink in a month"
"If I remember correctly after your 4th cup this morning I told you I wasn't going to give you any more"
"Yeah well you always say that but you still always do"
"Except for today because I don't have any, I can make you tea?"
"I don't want tea" Lorelai pouted
Luke rolled his eyes "Pouting isn't going to get the coffee here any faster"
"But I need it, it's been a bad day"
Luke's face softened "Why?"
"First of all Michel is a pain"
Luke nodded knowingly
"Then my mother called and apparently seeing as I loved her dress choice she's taken it upon herself to buy me all sorts of other things for the wedding"
"Like?"
"First call was to say she's bought me 7 pairs of tights for the wedding, second call was to say she's found some shoes but they're two sizes too big so she has to ship them back to Paris, third call was to tell me her florist can get us a good deal, fourth call fifth call were again about the shoes, and so on until we hit call twelve then I stopped answering the phone and then left the Inn to come and see my coffee man for a cheer up but he wasn't much help"
"Hey it's not my fault it's that..." Luke stopped and thought for a moment "I can't believe I'm giving in again" he mumbled to himself as he walked up the stairs. Lorelai couldn't hear what he said but followed him anyway.
When Lorelai walked into Luke's old apartment she saw him crouched on the ground searching through the cupboard under the sink. The stood up a minute later holding a small bag. "Here" he threw it at her.
Lorelai caught the bag, opened it and sniffed "Oh my God coffee I love you"
Luke chucked "Me or the brown stuff"
"You and the brown stuff, did you know this was up here all the time?"
"No I just remember that when you would stay here I hid some so I wouldn't have to go downstairs when it was cold to get you the coffee"
Lorelai walked over to Luke and hugged him "Thanks Luke"
Luke kissed the top of her head "Your Mom's just excited. Her daughters getting married"
"Yeah I know" Lorelai sighed, "I just wish she'd listen to me. I want to do all this and I am grateful to her for the dress and I do want to her to be involved but she's going to take over"
Luke rubbed Lorelai's back "Look Sookie's doing the food right so we've got the menu and cake organized, you've bought the bridesmaids dresses, we've having the ceremony and reception the Inn, we've invited all our friends, you've organized for your hair and make-up to be done"
"We're going to buy your suit tomorrow"
"I hate shopping" Luke complained
"I know hon and as much as I love your flannel and I do, you're not getting married in it"
"I know but see we've organized a lot of the wedding, most of it."
"So you're saying let her do her thing?"
"No not if it makes you unhappy about it but maybe you could take her shopping when you buy your shoes. She doesn't have to pay for them just let her be there when you choose them."
"Yeah yeah. How's that coffee coming along?"
Luke shook his head hoping she'd forget about the coffee "Come on let's go downstairs and get you your coffee but this is the last cup you're getting today"
Lorelai giggled, "You're cute" then grabbed his hand and pulled him down the stairs
The next afternoon Lorelai and Luke were walking through the mall in Hartford on the way to buy Luke's suit for the wedding. Lorelai turned and looked into the window of a shop they were passing. In the window was a tiny little white dress. Luke stopped when he realized Lorelai wasn't walking next to him. He walked back over to her "What are you looking at?"
"Look at that dress." Lorelai said pointing at the window "You know Rory had a dress just like that when she was little. Mia bought it for her. It was her only dress for a while that wasn't hand made by me. She looked so cute" Lorelai reminisced
"It's so tiny" Luke commented "Was Rory that small?"
"Yeah all babies start off small Luke?" Lorelai said rolling her eyes at him
"Yeah well, I haven't seen a lot of new babies, just the ones people bring into the diner and let them cry and be sick all over the place"
Lorelai stood staring at the dress for a little longer before she walked into the store and had a closer look. Lorelai ran her finger over the little flower embroided on it. The dress was almost exactly the same as the one Mia had bought all those years ago. All the memories of Rory as a baby came flooding back. Lorelai was silent for a while before she spoke in a whisper "Do you want one?"
Luke looked at questioningly "One what?"
Lorelai pointed to the dress
"The dress?" Luke said confused
"No..." Lorelai paused for a while "A baby?" She said slowly watching the expression on his face "I guess we haven't really talked about it have we? I mean we've talked about sharing our life and being a family but we haven't really discussed weather we want kids or not"
"Oh" Luke stopped "Well ...ah...um... well...do you want one?"
"Luke I asked you first. Do you want a baby, not now I mean but one day?" Lorelai asked holding her breath
Chapter 49
Luke was silent for a while looking from Lorelai to the baby dress then back to Lorelai. "I ...I don't know. I haven't really thought about it."
"Never?" Lorelai asked slightly hurt
"No not never. When you're growing up I guess you always see yourself doing the traditional things like getting married and having a family but as I got older and because I was alone for so long, I just didn't think about it." Luke shrugged
Lorelai nodded "Well... okay"
"I .. um.. well ... a baby?" Luke was silent for a while. Lorelai watched his face intently trying to read his expression before she spoke "Luke you don't have to make a decision right now. I mean, I shouldn't have sprung it on you like that. I haven't really thought about it either" Lorelai lied about the last part, she'd been thinking about it for a while. "Let's just get your suit, we've got plenty of time to discuss it"
"Oh, okay...Um a suit, yeah um… let's get a suit" Luke stammered.
They returned back to Stars Hollow a few hours later. Luke dropped Lorelai off at home before he headed to the diner. He wasn't really needed there but he needed time to think and knew he needed to be alone to do it so he headed to the diner and after telling Caeser he could call him upstairs if he needed him, Luke headed up to the apartment.
Lorelai knocked lightly on Rory's door before opening "Hey Hon"
Rory turned from her computer to look at her mom "Hey Mom"
"How was your day, learn lots?"
"Yeah, it was a good day what about yours. Oh that's right you went shopping for Luke's suit. How did that go?"
"Ah good, good" Lorelai shifted uncomfortable
"Where's Luke, he didn't run screaming after you made him try on a million different suits just to annoy him?"
"I made him try on shirt after shirt to annoy him and he's gone to the diner to help close up"
"And did Luke find a suit?"
"Yeah he got a suit" Lorelai said distracted
"Okay spill" Rory said as she sat on the bed patting the spot next to her for Lorelai to sit down.
"Well... um ...okay. I want to have a baby" Lorelai blurted out
"What?"
"I want a baby. I mean not right now and not with just anyone. I want to have Luke's baby"
Rory looked at her mother for a second "And have you told Luke this"
"Sort of. I had this dream the other night that it was Christmas time and we ran down stairs in the morning to open our presents and you and I were sitting near the tree waiting for Luke. Then he came down the stairs carrying baby, our baby and then we all unwrapped our presents. It was such a nice dream and I got thinking about whether I'd want to have another child and I realized I do. I want to have a baby with Luke." Lorelai took a deep breath then began talking a mile a minute again "Then today Luke and I were walking through the mall on the way to get his suit when we passed this baby shop and in the window was this dress. Remember the dress you had as a baby the one Mia bought you, I think it's in the attic somewhere well this dress was almost identical and I kind felt like I was going to burst and I asked Luke if he wanted a baby." Lorelai stopped and looked at Rory
"What did he say?" Rory whispered worried that the answer wasn't what Lorelai had wanted to hear
"He said he had to think about it which is okay. I mean we hadn't really talked about it before and I kind of sprung it on him but I didn't tell him that I wanted one and I told him to think about it. But..." Lorelai paused "I never really thought about having another baby but now with Luke it just feels right and I am getting on..I know it's hard to believe that with this ageless beauty in front of you" Lorelai tried to lighten the mood then stopped "How do you feel about this?"
"It's a lot to take in but it really is a decision that you and Luke have to make"
"I know but how would you feel about having a little brother or sister? You wouldn't be the baby of the house anymore"
"I never was the baby" Rory said looking at her mother "Well not by the maturity level anyway"
"Ha ha. I'm serious what do you think about it?"
"I think if it's what you and Luke what then that's great. I mean it will be strange not to be the only child in the family but I would be cool to have a brother or sister"
"Yeah" Lorelai asked smiling
"Yeah I think it would be great"
"Good" Lorelai hugged her daughter
Rory pulled back and looked at Lorelai "Mom I'm sure it'll all work out but if Luke decides he doesn't want a baby what will you do? Can you live without a baby?"
Lorelai thought for a moment "Yeah I can. I mean I would still have the most perfect daughter in the world and I'd have most perfect husband. I do want a baby but I don't want a baby with anyone else so if it was the choice between the two I'd pick Luke hands down"
Rory nodded "I'm sure it won't come to that though"
Lorelai smiled at her daughter "Thanks hon." Lorelai turned to leave then turned back around "I love you"
"Love you too" Rory said smiling back
Chapter 50
Luke sat on the couch of his old apartment and looked around at the belongings of his old life. He sat in silence for about 5 minutes before he got up walked out of his apartment.
"Caser I'm going out for about an hour, I'll be back in plenty of time to close up" Luke called out as he rushed out of the diner.
Later that evening Lorelai sat at home with Rory watching a movie. Well Rory was watching the movie Lorelai was trying to watch but her mind kept wondering to her conversation with Luke. She hadn't spoken to him since he dropped her back at home. She called the diner but Caser had told her Luke was out but he'd get him to call her when he got back. When the movie finished Rory went to bed and Lorelai went upstairs to her room and sat on the bed
When Luke returned home later that night the house was quite. He crept up the stairs and into his bedroom where Lorelai was asleep on the covers of the bed. He leant down kissed her cheek. Lorelai stirred but didn't wake. He kissed her again and moved just into time as her hand swatted the air.
"Lorelai" Luke whispered deciding it was too dangerous to try that again "Lorelai"
"Hmmmm" She mumbled sleepily
"Hey can we talk?"
"Hm what?" Lorelai sat up quickly "Luke, hey. I was waiting for you, I must have dozed off. How was your night?"
"It was good. We were busy but not rushed off our feet"
"Did Caesar tell you I called?" Lorelai asked wanting to find out if he knew she called
Luke sat on the bed next to her "Yeah but I didn't want to call you back"
Lorelai felt panicked "Why?"
"Because I wanted to talk to you in person"
Lorelai's heart started to beat faster "Oh"
"I've been thinking about what you said in the mall about us.. and.. um.. A baby"
"Oh Luke I didn't mean you had to make up your mind right away. I'm sorry, we don't have to have a baby. I shouldn't have bought it up" Lorelai said so quickly Luke had trouble understanding it all
Luke took Lorelai's hands in his "Look I went to work to think and it took me all 30 seconds to realize that I hadn't thought about us having a baby before not really but when I did picture us together I pictured a family, does that make sense?"
"Yeah, sort of.. Not really"
"We're getting married, we're a family, you me and Rory and well I guess I..." Luke stopped and took a deep breath he wasn't quite sure how to say it so he got up and walked into the hall
Lorelai sat there trying to work out what was going on when Luke walked back into the room carrying a small parcel. He sat back on the bed next to her and placed it in Lorelai's lap
Lorelai looked at him questioningly
Luke nodded "Open it"
Lorelai slowly pulled the tape at one end then the other. So slowly and carefully as if she was afraid that whatever was inside would break. When she opened up the paper she looked inside and a tear ran down her cheek. "Oh Luke"
Luke smiled "I want a baby with you Lorelai. I love you so much and I want us to have a child of our own"
Lorelai ran her finger over the embroided flower on the dress "I can't believe you bought it"
"Yeah well your baby will need something to wear unless it's a boy cause no son of mine will be caught dead in a dress"
Lorelai laughed as more tears fell down her cheeks
Luke hugged her "Hey what's wrong?"
"You just said your son, I don't know... it...it was beautiful" She sobbed. "Luke are you sure?"
"About a baby?"
Lorelai nodded "I don't want you to say you want kids just because you think I want them. Remember the big wedding fiasco. I don't want to end up poppin' out ten kids just because we weren't honest with each other"
"Yes, I'm sure. I want a child, I always have but most of all I want our child" Luke kissed her then added "But there is no way in the world we're having ten. One or two maybe three depending but not ten"
"But you'll love the rest like your own won't you?" Lorelai joked
Luke laughed "Crazy lady"
Luke was silent for a moment "You do want kids too don't you?"
"I want your kids more than anything" Lorelai kissed him softly "So when were you thinking about adding to our little family"
"Soon but not straight away. We've only just got together, and we're not married yet. I'd like to spend some time with my beautiful wife before I have to share you"
Lorelai giggled "Sharing hey, I didn't think you were that open minded but well if you want okay"
Luke rolled his eyes "You know what I meant'"
Lorelai laughed at the look on Luke's face "But we can still practice right?"
Luke looked at her for a moment "Yeah practice makes perfect" He then laid her gently on the bed and kissed her passionately then they practiced for most of the night.
Chapter 51
"Rory... Rory"
"What.. What's wrong?" Rory sleepily lifted her head from her pillow
Lorelai sat on the side of the bed "Nothing I just wanted to talk"
Rory looked at the clock beside her bed "Now? I don't have to be up for another hour and a half. Can't we talk later while I'm getting ready for school?" Rory put her head back on the pillow and shut her eyes.
"But I want to talk to you, it'll be good I promise" Lorelai said, softly poking her daughter
"What?" Rory's eyes were still closed
"Luke wants to have a baby too, not right now but one day"
"That's great mom" Rory replied with her eyes still closed
"Wow, way to show enthusiasm. I thought you were okay with this?"
"I am okay with this. I am very happy for you and I can't wait to have a baby brother or sister. I promise to jump up and down, light some sparklers and set off a flare when I wake up later okay" Even with her eyes shut Rory could tell Lorelai was still there watching her "Go back to bed"
"I can't sleep. Come on wake up"
"Where's Luke he promised" Rory mumbled
"Luke's still asleep.. Come on wake up, you've smart and beautiful it's not like you need your beauty sleep" Lorelai started poking Rory again
"Arrgh mom please"
Rory heard footsteps outside her room she half opened her eyes to see Luke take Lorelai by the arm
"Sorry go back to sleep" Luke whispered as he walked out of the room
"Thanks Luke" Rory replied and shut her eyes
"No fun both of you" Lorelai pouted as she was guided into the living room
"What's with you you're never up this early?"
"I couldn't sleep, I was excited I just wanted to share the news with Rory"
"I know" Luke moved her towards the stairs "Come on you can still get an hour's sleep in before you have to go to work"
Later that morning Lorelai walked into the kitchen of the Inn and sat at the counter and shut her eyes "Sookie I need coffee please" Later that morning Lorelai walked into the kitchen of the Inn and sat at the counter and shut her eyes
Sookiw looked at Lorelai "You okay honey?"
"I will be when I get some coffee"
Sookie handed Lorelai a cup and she took a long sip then opened her eyes "Ah better"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing I just didn't get much sleep and I was out of coffee at home. I think Luke's taking some of my coffee and throwing it out bit by bit." Lorelai sighed, "I'm so tired"
"What happened last night?"
Lorelai smiled as she thought back "Um.. well.. Luke and I made an important decision last night we're ...um.. We... decided we want to have a baby together one day"
Sookie screamed and jumped up and down "Wow that's great. I'm so happy for you. You're such a great mom"
"Thanks Sook"
"But why couldn't you sleep, were you too excited" Sookie said still bouncing up and down
Lorelai giggled "Something like that. We just decided to practice..."
"...the practice of baby making" Sookie finished off giggling "Oh you two". Lorelai laughed.
Sookie hugged Lorelai again "I really am happy for you. You seem so alive now I guess. I mean not right now because you're tired and you know, but just overall...lately you've been different, happy. I mean not that you weren't happy before but just a different happy"
Lorelai smiled at Sookie's rambling, "I am happy. It's weird. I use to be so independent. I really only had to rely on myself and it was great. I wouldn't change Rory and my life for anything but now I just can't imagine life without Luke" Lorelai smiled shyly
"That's so sweet"
"Yeah my favorite thing to do now is just go home after work and spend the night with Rory and Luke, it's like I don't need anything else. I finally feel like..." Lorelai stopped
"Like what?"
"Nothing it's stupid"
"No honey tell me"
"Like a fairytale. Like in the movies. I feel so content and just perfect" Lorelai grinned a cheesy grin. "Argh that sounded so sickening"
Just then Lorelai mobile rang. Lorelai looked at the caller id "and of course in every movie there's a villain"
Sookie looked at Lorelai confused
"My mother...I can't deal with her now." Lorelai handed Sookie her phone "can you? Tell her I'm not here, tell her I've lost my voice, tell her I'm searching for my real birth parents,tell her Luke I were up all night doing..."
Sookie held her hand up "Why don't you just let it go to message"
Lorelai looked at her "Oh yeah, my normal ploy. I need sleep"
"You really are tired andIt's really quiet here, why don't you go home have a sleep. Michel and I can handle things here"
"No it's okay"
"Honey you can barely keep your eyes open, you're not going to get anything done here. Go home really... it's my early wedding gift to you"
Lorelai thought fora moment "Okay thanks Sookie. I'll be in early tomorrow I promise and call me if you need anything, I mean it"
"Okay now scoot"
Lorelai walked into the diner about 20 minutes later.
Luke saw her and smiled "What are you doing here?"
"Couldn't stay a away from you" Lorelai smiled
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah just really tired. Sookie sent me home because I can barely keep my eyes open. Hey how come you're not tired?"
"I am tired but I at least managed to get some sleep this morning while you decided that it was time for your daughter to get up"
"Yeah well I gave birth to her, she owes me. So coffee?"
"No"
"But I need it to stay awake" Lorelai whined
"No you need to get some sleep. Hang on did you drive here?"
"Yeah"
"Lorelai!" Luke sighed angrily "Come on" Luke walked around the counter grabbed her hand and led her upstairs and into the apartment and walked her towards the bed.
"Oh Luke after last night I don't think I can, at least not until I have my coffee"
Luke rolled his eyes "You're not driving home, you shouldn't of driven here. You can have a sleep here."
"But I can't not without you and not without coffee"
"No coffee, you won't sleep." Luke pulled back the covers of the bed "I promise to wake you in a few hours and we'll have lunch together"
"And coffee?"
"Just one"
"Pot full. Thanks Luke" Lorelai kissed him softly "You sure you don't want to join me?"
Luke kissed her back "Maybe later"
Lorelai got under the covers and was asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow. Luke smiled and kissed her forehead before heading back down to the diner.
Chapter 52
A few hours later, after the lunch rush Luke walked quietly into the apartment carrying two plates of food. He put them down on the table and walked over to the bed. Luke watched Lorelai as she slept peacefully, he couldn't bring himself to wake her but he couldn't pull himself away from her. He sat on the edge bed and softly brushed away the hair that had fallen over her eyes. Lorelai stirred "Hey"
"Sorry I didn't want to wake you"
"That's okay" Lorelai stretched out in the bed "How long was I asleep, I'm really hungry"
"I brought us up some lunch"
Lorelai pulled her hand out from under the covers and took Luke's hand in her's rubbing her thumb gently over the back of his hand. "Thanks." After a moment of staring at each other Lorelai smiled "So what'd ya bring up for lunch?"
"Salad sandwich, orange juice and fruit & vanilla icecream"
Lorelai pulled her hand away from Luke's "Okay I had still better be asleep because this is a nightmare" Lorelai shut her eyes and opened them again
"Oh you want to know what I brought you for lunch sorry. Burger, fries and dessert but dessert comes with a condition"
"What?" Lorelai asked warily
"No coffee. I brought Orange juice for you too and if you drink that you can have pie and chocolate icecream for dessert"
"Luke!" Lorelai whined
"Lorelai!" Luke replied with the same inflection
"But, but..."
"That's the condition, take it or leave it"
"Or I could just eat the burger and fires here then go to Weston's and get some coffee and pie and icecream there" Lorelai said proudly.
"Ah but Weston's dessert doesn't come with my company" Luke smiled
Lorelai sighed "Don't look so cocky mister"
Luke laughed "So orange juice?"
"You know after I've eaten everything and drunk your orange juice I'm just going to go to Weston's and get coffee anyway"
"Probably but at least this way I won't see it and I'll feel like I've won"
Lorelai thought for a moment "Alright but your company had better be worth it. I mean it. I want to be fully entertained; I want to feel the same buzz I get from coffee. I want you doing the can-can after every course, I want..."
Lorelai was cut off as Luke captured her lips with his. His favorite way to keep her quiet. They pulled back after a few minutes needing air. Lorelai panted, "I want orange juice and more of this entertainment" She leaned in for another kiss. After a minute Luke pulled the covers back and helped Lorelai out of bed. She sat at the table while Luke got the orange juice out of the fridge and poured a glass for them both.
Lorelai ate her burger and fires while Luke ate his salad sandwich.
"This is nice" Lorelai smiled as she watched Luke. "We should make this a regular thing. I'll pretend I'm really tired from our all night love making and Sookie will tell me to go home and Ill come here and we can have lunch"
"Or you could go to work and take an hour off and we could have lunch that way you don't have to miss a full day of work"
Lorelai nodded "That'd probably work, good plan"
"But you usually eat lunch at the diner a few days a week anyway."
"Yes but you don't always get to eat with me and we usually don't get to eat in private"
"Got ya"
Lorelai smiled but then her smiled faded "Are you going to make me drink orange juice every time we eat here?"
Luke smiled "Maybe"
"What about soda?'
"Soda's fine"
"Coffee?"
"No"
"What have you got against coffee?"
"It's not good for you"
"Neither is soda, it's full of sugar"
"Yes but you don't drink two dozen soda's a day and if I can stop you drinking coffee at lunch it's one less coffee you have a day. I'm not sure why you're complaining you said yourself you'll just get one after lunch and I've seen you drink orange juice at home"
"Yeah well I just like the debate over coffee and how intense you get when you tell me I can't have any and then how you cave every time" Lorelai giggled "I like the fight"
Luke rolled his eyes
"Come on you love it too"
"I spend half my life trying to convince you not to drink coffee to try and save you from an early death" Luke said with a stern face
Lorelai rubbed his arm "You love it, admit it"
"Never" Luke tried to hide his smile
Lorelai smiled "Whatever you say"
After they had finished eating Luke cleared the plates and pulled Lorelai out of her chair and hugged her "What are you up to for the rest of the afternoon?"
"I thought I might stay here if that's okay. I'm still really tired so I might sleep a little, watch some TV and wait until you finish work so we can go home together, you're finishing early right?"
"Yeah Michael should be here in a few hours. Rory's finishing school later today isn't she?"
Lorelai nodded "She's got paper stuff. We should go and pick her up after school save her getting the bus"
"That's what I was thinking then we can all go to dinner"
"Sounds like fun" Lorelai kissed him softly "You're so good to us"
Luke kissed her quickly then pulled away knowing if he stayed like that a second longer he would never make it back downstairs "I have to go help Caesar but I'll be back up as soon as Michael gets in"
"Okay I'll be here...Oh except for the 10 minutes when I sneak out and get a coffee"
Luke had hoped she had forgotten or was full from lunch but he should of known better. He shook his head and walked back down to the diner.
Chapter 53
Later that evening, Luke and Lorelai were on their way to pick Rory up from school. Luke pulled the car to a stop outside Chilton.
"Luuukkkeee" Lorelai said in a singsong voice batting her eyelashes at him
"What do you want?"
"Coffee and food"
"Why did you wait until we got here? Why didn't you tell me when we passed the coffee shop back there?"
Lorelai shrugged "Don't know but I'd like coffee now and I'm really hungry"
"Rory will be out in 5 minutes then we're going to dinner"
"Fine but if I die of starvation here in the car you'll be the one to blame"
"I can live with that" Luke paused and looked out the window to try and hide his grin "Save the cost of a wedding" Luke waited for her response but there was nothing. After 30 seconds her turned to face her. When Luke looked at her Lorelai grabbed his jaw and kissed him deeply then pulled back. Lorelai was about to speak when there was a tapping on the window "please in public?" Rory look at them slightly amused "Can't keep your hands off each other, not even for 5 minutes"
Lorelai opened the door as Luke looked away embarrassed.
Rory got into the car "Thanks for picking me up but you didn't have to come all this way I could of got a bus home"
"Well Luke thought it would be nice for us to pick you up and go to dinner around here for a change"
"That's cool, thanks Luke"
"And seeing as Luke is paying I hope you're hungry Hun. I'm thinking the most expensive lobster plus three other courses and four desserts each" Lorelai giggled
Luke smiled "You do realize that all our money now comes out of the same account so go right ahead just means less money left in there for shoe buying"
Rory laughed, "He's got you their mom"
"Yeah well I wouldn't be so smiley there you. I need a new pair of shoes so a bowl of plain rice and water is what we're eating tonight"
Rory tried to change the subject "How was your day?"
"We had a great day. We got to spend a bit of it together and had a nice lunch but Luke made me drink orange juice instead of coffee"
"Wow and you drank it?"
"Yes he used his powers of persuasion"
"Like what?"
"Like..."
"Nothing no powers" Luke interrupted Lorelai's answers, he blushed slightly
Rory giggled, "I thought you were working today?"
"I was but Sookie sent me home because I was tired"
"Oh okay" Rory thought it was best not to ask why she was so tired "So where are we going Luke?"
"Where ever you want?"
"Disneyland!" both girls shouted at once
Luke rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Why do I always do that". "Okay let me rephrase that, wherever you want to go within a 15 minutes drive from here"
Lorelai looked at her daughter "Now he changes the rules"
"Oh I know" Rory said "Make a right at the next set of lights" Rory guided Luke to a little cafe about 7 minutes from Chilton "I came here once after a Franklin meeting when Paris was talking to me. They make the best 3 tiered ice-cream dessert it's huge"
Lorelai looked at her daughter" You picked this place for tonight just because of their dessert"
"Yeah"
Lorelai smiled "That's my girl"
The three got out of the car and made their way inside.
About an hour later they left the cafe and walked back to the car.
Lorelai rubbing her stomach "That dessert was amazing but I feel sick"
Rory agreed, "I know"
Lorelai turned to Luke "Why did you let me eat so much?"
Luke rolled his eyes "Yes it was very mean of me to pin you down and force feed you two desserts"
Lorelai nodded "Well as long as you know you're to blame"
Luke looked at his watch "It's still early how about we go see a movie?"
Both girls agreed and they drove the movie theater.
Inside Lorelai looked at Rory "Okay this film starts in 5 minutes so we need a game plan"
"A game plan? There's heaps of time to buy tickets"
Lorelai's jaw dropped. "Oh Luke have you learnt nothing from living with us? Five minutes isn't even enough time to put shoes on." She turned back to Rory "Okay Luke can go buy the tickets while you go to the bathroom. I'll head to the candy stand and load up. Luke can go into the theatre and save us some good seats. You'll come out and guard the food while I tag team and head to the bathroom. Then we'll go take our seats. Got it"
Rory nodded "Got it"
"Okay let's hustle"
Rory and Lorelai ran to their destinations leaving Luke looking on amused. Lorelai turned back to see Luke standing there "Lukey that's not hustling"
Lorelai and Rory walked into the theatre and sat down next to Luke. "Wow 4 minutes and 27 seconds that's got to be a record" Lorelai said as she passed Luke his water, then the popcorn, milk duds, red vines and a soda to Rory.
Luke stared in amazement "Look at all this food, who's going to eat it all?"
"We are" Lorelai and Rory answered in unison
"But you just finished telling me off for letting you eat too much, you said you were full"
Lorelai and Rory looked at each other and shook their heads
"We were full from dinner but now we're at the movies" Lorelai replied as if he should understand
Luke turned to Rory "Help me out here"
"Okay we were full from dinner, well from dessert and that was like 10 minutes ago but there's a whole other space in our stomachs for snacks like movie food"
Luke shook his head and smiled as he watched the girls swap packets of candy and chocolate. He decided that he would never understand them no matter how hard he tried but that was okay, at least life was never dull.