She kissed him back just as passionately, and then she smiled. She smiled through the kiss and pulled back. He looked at her a little irritated. She shot him a get over it look and he smiled at her.
It seemed to be Christmas again. A Christmas tree stood in the middle of the room. Many presents sat under it, they looked like they had been placed randomly. A fire was burning again. Over the fire a couple of socks were hanging. Eight socks to be exactly. One for Lorelai, off course the biggest sock, one for Luke, the smallest and only plaid sock, followed by three identical looking pink socks. All three of them almost as big as Lorelai's but not really. They had L,M and N written on them. After these a sock was hanging with Rory's name on it. It was covered with feathers over and over. Definitely her mothers work. Rory smiled. Now that was a real Christmas. The room was decorated with banners and figurines all displaying the picture of Christmas. Rory nodded.
"Now that is what I call Christmas." She smiled.
"It looks beautiful baby." He smiled.
Lorelai entered the room and sat under the Christmas tree greedily facing the huge mountain of presents. She took one of them in her hands to shake it, and she did so next to her ear.
"Come on down everyone! If you're not down in five, I open them all myself and then, they belong to me. The opener, who opened all these presents. Yes. Because the opener can claim them all to herself, all of them. Oh did I say five? I meant five seconds. As in five. Ooh this one looks pretty. Four. I wonder what's in it. Three. Oh it has not my name on it. Two. It has Luke written all over it. One." She rambled on.
She could not say zero, because three little girls came running into the living room. They looked so alike Rory had to blink a few times to believe her sight. All of the girls had dark brown hair and piercing blue eyes. Just like their mother. Each of them was wearing a black dress. Every one of them was wearing white tights and each of them had a plaid ribbon in her hair, red and green plaid.
"No Mommy! We're here." One of the girls giggled.
They all set down as if to underline these words.
"No you're not all here. Your daddy's missing, and if daddy's missing you are not all here and if he is not here it doesn't count and all the presents are for…" she started.
But Luke walked into the room and sat next to Lorelai.
"The presents are all for who?" he asked her.
"Me." She said.
"No!" another girl said.
"You know what? I did not put all the presents under the tree. It's only the girls presents and my presents." He smiled.
"So?" she asked.
"If you get all those presents…" he said while pointing at the huge mountain before him.
"The girls get all of your presents." He said.
"But these…" she pointed at the mountain.
"Are, and I'm sure of that, more than the ones ,that have my name on them." She said triumphantly
"Well ok then. I wonder what that necklace I got you would look on them." He smiled.
"No you wouldn't." she said a little less triumphantly.
"Oh I would. I totally would, and you know that." He smiled.
"Fine. You can have your presents." Lorelai said defeated.
The girls' cheered triumphantly.
"Can we open them yet?" one of the girls asked.
"Yes can we open them yet?" Lorelai chimed in.
"No. We can't open them yet. Rory's not here yet." Luke said smiling.
"Sometimes I regret that I gave birth to her." Lorelai mused.
"Yeah right." Luke said dryly.
"I wonder who jumps up and down whenever Rory calls." Luke whispered to one of the girls to his right.
"Mommy." The little girl giggled.
"Fine. You caught me." Lorelai mocked.
All of the girls laughed.
"Oh my god. This is so..." Rory started.
"Great?" he suggested.
Rory nodded.
"Most definitely, the greatest Christmas ever." She smiled.
"I'm glad you think so baby." He smiled.
"But seriously. Triplets? Come on. I would have believed twins. But triplets? No." she exclaimed.
"Well that is what is going to happen, weather you believe it or not." He smiled.
Luke reached into the mountain of presents and took one present out. Lorelai was written over it in huge letters. Luke smirked.
"You cheated on me!" Lorelai yelled.
All of the girls giggled.
"I wouldn't use such a harsh word…" he started.
"You cheated on me!" she yelled again unbelievingly.
The girls just giggled harder.
"Let's just say I twisted the truth around, just a little twist." He said.
"You cheated on me!" she said again.
"Oh yeah. Like with Trixi. You know her. Big blonde, huge…eyes, loves red heels…I tell you…" he started.
"You cheated on me!" she still shouted.
"Oh Trixi." Luke sighed deeply.
Lorelai stared at him. She jumped at him and pushed him against the floor. She kissed him deeply.
"Yuk!" yelled one of the girls.
"Eww!" another one said.
The third one just covered her eyes.
Rory just giggled.
They pulled apart again.
"You were saying?" he asked.
"You twisted the truth around." She said.
"Oh and before I forget…tell Trixi not to forget her bra next time. Major tip-off." She said mock seriously.
That was when a melody played.
"Uh. That must be Rory!" Lorelai said happily.
Lorelai jumped up and ran to the door. This melody apparently indicated that somebody was at the door.
Lorelai was just about to open the door, when he grabbed Rory and kissed her fiercely. She tried to pull away. But it was too late already, her lids fluttered closed and she gave in. She kissed him not allowing him to enter her mouth.