So, Im posting the last two chapters also today, because I wnat to be able to read your feedback before I go to Cairo. I hope youll like it.
Chapter 35: Happy Birthday
Two weeks later Lorelai and the babies were back home and during the first week all Stars Hollow citizens had stopped by, at home or at the diner, to welcome the youngest inhabitants. They had stayed in hospital for a week, because the babies were still small and they wanted to control Lailas breathing and check everything before they were allowed to go home.
Rory helped Lorelai while Luke was at the diner and William went with his dad most days.
But this day Luke took a day off: It was the 6th July: Williams first birthday.
Lorelai had insisted to throw a party, even with the two babies in the house. Luke was not happy about it, but finally agreed when Lorelai told him that Sookie would cover the food and he just had to be there.
"Good morning birthday boy!" Lorelai said when she took William out of his crib. She kissed him and rubbed his back, while he snuggled sleepily against her. She placed him on the changing table and undressed him, changed his diaper.
"You know it´s you birthday today. At half past five all your guests will be here, wearing funny hats and sing for you and bring you presents. How does that sound?" she asked him, while she creamed his arms. But William just yawned.
"Ha, you´re yawning when I´m talking about a party. Youre just like your father!" she told him and then placed some kisses on his stomach, what tickled and he started to laugh.
"See, much better reaction!". She picked him up, just in his diaper and then walked into the main bedroom where Luke was dressing himself at the moment.
"Mmmmhhh, shirtless husband!" Lorelai said and started to whistle.
"Stop that! There are kids in the room!" he ordered, but grinned. When he turned around he saw William and his smile got even bigger.
"Happy birthday my son!" he said and placed a kiss on his forehead. William just smiled, still sleepy. Lorelai sat down on the bed, her back against the pillows, William lying on top of her. She sang "Happy birthday", while Luke finished dressing and then joined her on the bed. Like always, she lay her head on his chest and he played with her hair with one hand and stroked his sons back with the other.
"I can´t believe he´s one year old already" he said.
"Time flies. Soon he will bring home his first girlfriend and go offto College!" she said and hugged him tighter.
"I wish I would have more time for him. I mean he´s often in the diner with me,but then he is in his play-pen or running after me, while I serve the customers or cook."
"Ask me. Since our princesses are here I hardly see him. When you come home in the evening Im too exhausted to play with him. These two are wearing me out. Rory is helping a lot and I couldn´t do it without her, but she can´t feed them. I had hope that because they are girls they will be not as greedy, but they are even worse, Laila especially. My boops are expanding more and more. I look like Ana Nicole Smith in her worst days." she joked.
"Im not complaining!" Luke grinned and kissed her.
"So you like my boops better if they are bigger,like right now. You think they were too small before?" she asked with raised eyebrows.
"I liked them before and I like them now!"
"Like not love?"
"Lorelai, can we please postpone this talk to another time when we are alone. I don´t feel comfortable that William hears the word "boops" all the time. I don´t want it to be the next word that he´ll learn!"
"Although I think it would be funny to see my parents reaction, I think you are right." she agreed, when they heard crying through the baby-phone.
"Raaa" William said and sat up.
"You now your sisters already, huh Will? I think Sara is hungry. Should mommy pick her up?" she asked him. He considered it for a second then pointed at Luke.
"Daddy!" he said.
"Daddy should pick her up?" Luke asked and William smiled, then lay back down on his mother.
"I can´t believe that our one year old son is telling us what to do!" he muttered to Lorelai but stroked over Williams head before he left the room.
"It´s your birthday so you have the right to be bossy, baby!" Lorelai said and closed her eyes until Luke came back with Sara and Laila.
"Both?" Lorelai asked.
"Laila was awake, too. So I brought her along. But she needs a new diaper first." he told her. Lorelai lifted Will and lay him on Lukes side of the bed, then unbuttoned her pyjama and opened her nursing-bra.
"Come to mommy, half-starved daughter of mine!" She took Sara, who latched on and stopped crying. William leaned over and squeezed her other breast with his little hand.
"Ow, William! Not this game again! It´s not funny when the whole bra gets wet, mister! If you don´t stop it I will throw you out, every time I feed your sisters!" Lorelai said annoyed and glanced at Luke who tried to hide his grin.
"Come William, we will change Laila´s diaper and then dress you and brush your teeth." Luke said and lifted him off the bed and then took his little hand in his big one and together they walked out of the room.
Luke walked with his two children into the nursery of the twins. The wall-cover had small pink flowers on it, the furniture held in white. Even the cribs, Luke had also made this time, were white. The names of his daughters engraved in the sides.
The cribs stood in the middle of the room, the changing-table on the left side, the small wardrobe and a dresser on the right side, all in white. A rocking chair stood in front of the huge windows, a quilt lay next to it on the floor.
The first pictures of the twins were pinned on a pink clad board over the dresser, together with the ultra-sound pictures, pictures of the pregnancy, one of Luke working on the cribs, one of Rory with William and another one were William was asleep on Lorelais huge pregnant belly.
Luke lay his daughter down on the changing table, then sat William beside her. William observed everything Luke did and Luke let him help, when he pointed to the things he needed and William handed it to him. When he was finished he stood William on the floor again, then took Laila and walked to Williams room. He laid the baby in Williams crib, but she started crying immediately, so he picked her up again and lay her on the changing table, after he had taken out the clothes for William, which Lorelai had already picked out.
Laila played with her fingers and chewed on them, while Luke dressed William. But in the end she started to fuss and began to cry when he had finished.
"I think your sister is jealous or hungry or both. Let´s bring her to mommy and then we´ll make breakfast!"
When Luke went back in the main bedroom Lorelai was still nursing her youngest daughter.
"Hand my greedy- monster over, that I will be able to dress some time today. Im hungry!" she whined, took Laila and placed her on her other breast.
"Were gonna make breakfast now. Any wishes?" Luke asked.
"No, same as usual." she smiled and then concentrated on her babies.
At eight o´clock the house was full of people. Sookie had brought the food and a huge birthday-cake at four and Jackson and the kids joined them at half past five, together with Kirk, Lulu, Miss Patty, Babette, Emily and Richard, Rory and Logan, Lane and her boyfriend, Morey, TJ and Liz and even Taylor and Mrs Kim. At 5.36 pm sharp they had all sung for William and had handed him his presents. He had ripped them all open and fled to his grandfather afterwards, when Patty wanted to play with him. Emily chatted with Rory and Logan and had Sara on her arm, while Lorelai sat with Sookie in the kitchen and cuddled Laila. Luke stopped the nosy people from running through the whole house and nearly threw Taylor out, when he complained about Williams screaming, when the boy panicked because he couldnt find his parents because of all the people.
"It´s all right, Will. Im here. Daddy is here. No need to cry!" he tried to soothe his son who grasped his shirt and buried his face in the crook of his fathers neck.
"How sweet. Mr Grumpy diner owner refers to himself as daddy!" Taylor said sarcastically.
"Shut up Taylor!" Luke said and walked into the kitchen to find Lorelai.
"See, Will, youre mommy is also here!"
"What happened?" Lorelai asked, stood up and took William, while she handed Laila to Luke, so that she could hold William tight.
"He played with Richard on the floor. When he looked up he couldnt see us, just feet and legs of the people and he kind of panicked and started to cry. Richard couldnt calm him. When I heard him screaming "mommy" and "Daddy" I knew something was wrong and picked him up."
"Maybe we should bring him upstairs for some time. He didnt take a nap this afternoon, so he might be tired as well. And I can tell that it´s feeding time for our other two."
"I will get Sara and we meet upstairs?" Luke asked.
"Yeah, lets do that. And tell Rory where we are, she should look after the guests!Kiss!"Lorelai said and Luke walked out of the room after he had kissed her.
"Oooh, sooo cuuute!" Sookie squeaked.
"What?" Lorelai asked confused.
"That you are so in love. And how Luke looks at you and the children. I knew that you are perfect for each other, I told you!"
"I know Sookie, I know. I cant imagine a life without him or the kids anymore. After what happened before Christmas our relationship intensified even more, because I can talk to him about everything. Not that I couldnt before, but I´m not scared of his reaction anymore. I know that he would never leave me. Sometimes we discuss or we argue, but we cant be mad for long, because then we just miss each other." Lorelai said with a sigh and a dreamy expression and then walked upstairs with William who still clung to her.
TBC