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Chapter 8: Fred and chocolate- pudding

"Daddy! Daddy!" William whispered loudly and shook his father awake. He was kneeling on Lorelai's side of the bed and had his hands placed on Luke's left shoulder. His father was lying on his side, facing away from him.

"Mmmh, Will?" Luke mumbled sleepily and rolled over, so that he was facing his son.

"Daddy, where is mummy?" Will asked and sat down on the bed.

"She is in a hotel with your grandmother, Rory and Sookie. You know that, we told you!" Luke yawned.

"When will she be back?" William asked.

"She just left two hours ago. She will be back in two days. But why are you up, Will? It's eight o clock in the morning. Go back to your bed and sleep!" Luke said after he had taken a look at the watch.

"No. I'm not tired anymore. And Sara and Laila are awake. They are wet!" William said matter of factly and pulled on his fathers hand.

"Ah, geez! The first day off in one year and then you´re waking me up. But let´s look after your sisters." Luke said, stood up and walked over to his daughters room, William followed him.

Luke could hear Sara's furious screams before he entered the room. When the twins saw him, they just jumped more in their beds.

"Wet! Mummy! Wet!" they both screamed.

"Hey, what's with the yelling? Calm down, there is no need for that noise! I will change you!" He walked to Sara's bed and took her out.

"Good morning, baby! Kiss!" he said and Sara kissed him.

"Mummy?" she asked then.

"Your mummy is on a trip. She will be back soon. And now let's get you changed!" he said and placed her on the changing table. When he wanted to slip of her pajama-pants, Sara started to kick.

"No! Mummy!" she said and kicked her fathers hands away.

"Your mother is not here. Please stop that Sara, I can't change you when you're kicking like that!"

"No, Mummy change!" Sara said and started to cry, while she still kicked Luke's hands away. Laila heard what her father said and joined her sister's crying.

"Mummy change!" she cried as well.

"Daddy, will Mummy dress me?" William asked while Luke still tried to hold his daughter's feet and get her out of her pants and change her diaper.

"Will, I told you that your mother is not here, she will be back on Sunday!" Luke said annoyed now, trying to get over the crying twins.

"But I want Mummy to dress me! She always dresses me!" William yelled.

"She is not here Will!" Luke yelled back, so that William could hear him.

"No, I want Mummy!" Will yelled back and rushed out of the room, slamming the door shut behind him.

"Mum, are we there?" Lorelai asked at the same time. She was sitting on the passengers-seat in her mothers car, Rory and Sookie in the backseat.

"God, you're more annoying than a three year old kid! I told you we will at least need one more hour! And you're constant coffee-breaks don't make us go faster!" Emily replied.

"Uuuuuh! Never say anything negative about coffee. And as you know I have a three year old at home, so I can tell you it can be worse! Much worse!" Lorelai shot back.

"Yeah, never blame coffee!" Rory said.

"By the way, is Luke okay now with you leaving for a weekend?" Sookie asked.

"How is that a "by the way"? But, no, he is still kind of angry. Just like me." Lorelai answered.

"But you're talking again?" Rory asked.

"Yeah, kind of. Things like: Good morning. I'm leaving, I'm back, Laila needs a new diaper..."

"So you didn't really talk about what happened last Friday?"

"Nooo, Mum. He came back into the house, we left, I put the kids into their beds, he checked up on the diner, when he came back I was asleep and he left to go to the diner the next morning before I was awake. So pretty much the same like the whole last half year." Lorelai answered and sighed.

"That's so sad! I never thought your marriage would be like that. It was supposed to be romantic, sparkly and happy and special, because you two are just perfect for each other!" Sookie said sadly.

"We are happy Sookie. Most of the time. Just not now, because we are arguing. But the romance left between nursing the twins and changing Will's diapers, the inn and the diner. We just don't have time for that."

"Just wait Lorelai. After this weekend he will see that you need to change some things. And then the romance will come back. Believe me, I've been married to your father for over 35 years now!"

"Yeah, Mum, just wait until we get back. I'm sure he will miss you so much that he will do everything you ask for!" Rory giggled.

Lorelai smiled, but remained silent. ´I already miss them´ she thought and looked out the window again.

"When will we be there?" she asked after a few minutes.

"Oh mum!" "Lorelai!" Rory, Emily and Sookie groaned.

"Daddy, Sara hungry!" the little girl said and pulled at Luke's jeans to get his attention.

"I will make you something, what do you want?" he asked and picked her up.

"Chocolate-pudding!" she decided.

"I'm talking about real food. Chocolate-pudding is no real food. Pick something else! What about soup or rice?" he tried.

"No, want chocolate-pudding!" she stated.

"Yeah, Laila pudding, too!" Laila said and looked up from her doll, with which she was playing on the living-room floor.

"No pudding! I will make some soup and something real for dinner." he decided.

Sara looked at him, thought for a second, then hit him on the shoulder.

"Hey! Why are you hitting me?" Luke asked her surprised.

"Want pudding, no soup!" she screamed.

"Eew daddy, no pudding! I want a cheese-sandwich!" William said when he entered the room, bringing Fred with him.

"Will, I told you that I don't want you to carry Fred downstairs! You can fall down the stairs!" Luke said to William, while Sara was still hitting his shoulder, screaming "pudding" every time, and Laila happily joined her screaming.

"I did not carry him. I throwed him down the stairs!" Will smiled proudly.

"But your mother has her plants on the stairs!" Luke said and looked horrified.

"They made Fred dirty!" William confirmed and pointed to the soil covered stuffed animal.

"Oh no!" Luke said, placed Sara on the floor, what caused her to yell "pudding" even louder, and ran to the stairs, which was now covered with sand, water, soil and leaves.

"This smells just disgusting, mum!" Rory said while she, Lorelai and Emily took a mud-bath, while Sookie had found a course of healthy-cooking, she just had to join.

"Yeah, but it's warm and relaxing..." Lorelai said and closed her eyes.

"It's been a good idea to go here, hmmm?" Emily grinned in Lorelai's direction.

"Stop grinning mum! And yes it was!" Lorelai answered without opening her eyes.

"And absolutely not-selfish of you grandma!" Rory said.

"Would you stop that Rory. I told you that it's not true!" Emily said, but her smile gave her away.

"What is not true?" Lorelai asked, opened her eyes and looked at Rory.

"Well, grandma organized this not only to relax, but also as her personal pay-back for dad, because he yelled at her and threw her out."

"Oh, I knew that something was wrong when you forgave him so easily! I can't believe you did that! You tricked me!" Lorelai screeched and winked with her hand, so that some mud flew in Emily's direction and landed on her face.

"Lorelai!" Emily yelled and was shocked for a moment, but then her self-contend smile came back on her face and she closed her eyes again.

"I say it for the last time now: Sleep!" Luke said when he walked into the twins room for the sixth time that evening. At first they wanted something to drink, then Laila had cried because she wanted a goodnight kiss from her mother, what had caused Sara to want one, too. Then Sara had decided she wanted another pajama and Laila didn't want to wear a diaper anymore. This time they just wanted attention and Luke felt so tired, that he just asked them what they wanted.

"Mummy!" Laila said for the thousandth time that day, before she started to cry.

Luke was too tired to explain them one more time that Lorelai was not there. So he just took both of his daughters out of their beds and took them to the master bedroom with him. It was already half an hour past midnight and he just wanted to sleep.

He had just lay down with the twins on top of him when he heard steps outside and seconds later the bedroom door opened and Will came in, again dragging Fred along with him.

"Daddy?" he sniffed while he climbed onto the bed and laid down on Lorelai's side again.

"Yeah?" Luke asked and ran his hand through Williams hair.

"Is it Sunday already?" William sniffed and then buried his head in Luke's shoulder.

"No, Will. One more day, then she will be back.

"I can't sleep. I miss mummy!" William mumbled already half asleep.

"I miss her too, Will!" Luke said and listened how William's breath became even.

At the same time Lorelai was lying in her bed in the hotel, starring towards the ceiling.

She had reached out for the phone several times, but had always decided against calling home.

"Lorelai, sleep already! You rolling around in that bed is driving me crazy!" Emily said into the dark. She insisted that she would share a room with Lorelai and Sookie and Rory would a share a room together as well.

"Sorry!" Lorelai said.

"They are already asleep Lorelai. Call him tomorrow!" Emily said and Lorelai sighed.

"I know mum. Goodnight!"

"Goodnight Lorelai! For the fifth time this night!"

Lorelai closed her eyes and tried to sleep. After ten minutes she opened them again and continued staring towards the ceiling.

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