I can't believe I haven't put pen to paper, or more correctly fingers to keyboard since the 29th of January. It is very shameful and for that I'm so so sorry. Life hasn't been treating me all too well. This week was a better week for me so I decided to sit and write while I could. I apologize in advance as I was tired when I wrote this, so not only do I feel this isn't my best work, but I ended up writing in the format I use on my story 'after all this time' and not in the script format I usually use for this story. My apologies. For all of you who are reading this and are still with me, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. So on with the story I guess.

Disclaimer: even after all this time, I am sad to report that I still have no connection to Gilmore Girls.

Previously:

Luke lowered himself to his knees in front of Lorelai, took one of Lorelai's hands in his, and held one of Williams with his other. This was his family, he was so proud.

Lorelai: What are you thinking about?

Luke: You, William and Rory. I don't know how I got so lucky to have all three of you in my life

Lorelai: I think we can all say the same for you

Luke lent up and kissed Lorelai before placing a kiss on his son's forehead. Falling back onto his knees, they fell into a comfortable silence and just enjoyed their time together.

There are days when life goes to plan and there are days when life feels like it is falling apart. Luckily for Luke and Lorelai today was one of the good days. After weeks of stress and unbalanced emotions, William was strong enough to come home. Rory waited out in her car while Luke and Lorelai finished up inside. The day William began to breastfeed was the big turn of events. His weight gain was greater that all the previous weeks. He had more energy and would spend hours wide-awake staring into the eyes of his mother and father.

Luke and Lorelai's relationship had blossomed too. They were both happier and more in love with each other. The gift of a child was the best either of them could have ever given the other. Members of the town weren't oblivious to the changes and they all did what they could to ensure things only got better.

Rory had been great in the last few weeks too. She did a lot of running back and forth with Sookie so that Lorelai didn't have to ever leave William alone, especially now while he was awake and alert. Lorelai didn't want him to feel abandoned, even though she knew there were always going to be doctors and nurses and even other families around.

Lorelai would reluctantly, if ever, admit that a down side to the last few weeks would have had to be the fact that Emily and Richard had not come to visit their new grandson. Ever since the disagreement on Williams's treatment, they had not phoned or checked in to see what progress William had made. Lorelai was never eager to have her parents around because her mood would always suffer for it, but she wanted her parents to be happy for her and she wanted them to love William like they loved Rory. Throughout the mess of getting pregnant at 16, Emily and Richard never ceased to love Rory, because she was their flesh and blood, she was a Gilmore. Now Lorelai had to wonder how much they must hate Luke, William, and possibly even herself, for them not to show that they cared and for them not to just suck up their pride and come to visit.

After the last few pages of Williams discharge forms had been signed and Lorelai had collected William and placed him in his car seat, Luke took the car seat in one hand, wrapped his other arm around Lorelai, and headed out the door. The goodbyes had been sad, as the doctor and nurses had become like family. They had all fallen madly in love with the dark haired blue-eyed miracle. Even other families had become friends and Lorelai hated to the leave them knowing that their children were still suffering and fighting for their lives. Lorelai has seen many a child pass away in the weeks William was in the hospital, and as she walked with her family to the car she knew they had been lucky.

Convinced not to let anything spoil this long awaited day, Lorelai shook all negative thoughts from her mind and hugged Luke tightly. They finished making their way to Rory's car and got situated. Luke rode up front with Rory, while Lorelai sat in the back with William who was now fast asleep.

'You're going home little boy' Lorelai whispered to her son even though she knew he couldn't hear her or that he couldn't understand her, it just made her feel more at ease.

The drive didn't seem to take long at all, maybe it was the excitement of going home or maybe the fact that they had travelled these same roads so many times over the past 6 weeks, but as they pulled into the driveway nothing else seemed to matter.

Strict warnings had been given to the town about throwing any sort of wacky bash on their first day home and the town agreed to hold off but Lorelai never expected to see what awaited her when she got home. Her house and lawn had been completed decorated with baby toys and colourful decorations. Stacks of flowers and toys filled the porch and lawn. After sitting in the car for a few minutes in completed shock, Lorelai unclipped the car seat and they all headed through the maze of extravagant looking gifts into the house that was equally well decorated.

William settled in quickly to his new surroundings, he slept almost all the way through the night. He still breastfed well and most of the time he was a happy chappy. Lorelai took him for walks in his stroller everyday and the town just loved him. Lorelai gave them the okay, after some extreme begging from Miss Patty and Babette, to throw William a party. It was scheduled to be that night so Lorelai stayed home with William in hopes to get him to sleep and eat before the party.

At 6pm Luke walked in the front door, looking tired and stressed from his day at the diner, but his features were quick to soften at the sight of Lorelai asleep on the couch with a very wide awake William on her lap. Luke quickly put his keys down, went over, and picked up his son. With the weight removed from her legs, Lorelai woke up.

'Hey, go back to sleep, I can look after William for a while' Luke told Lorelai.

'Its okay, I'm up.' Lorelai said standing up next to Luke. 'The party starts at 7, so I should get William ready' Lorelai puts out her arms ready for Luke to give William over to her.

'Has he been fed?'

'Yes, about half an hour ago'

'Okay then, I will give him a bath, and get him dressed, get in a little male bonding while you go have a hot bath or shower and freshen up'

'Are you sure you don't want me to look after William, you had to work all day and you were up with him last night and up with early deliveries this morning.'

'I want to get him ready, I love spending time with him, plus you have been with him all day, its my chance' Luke said, trying to convince Lorelai to leave him with William.

'Okay then, I think I will go take a bath, I haven't had time for one in forever'

'Good' Luke caught Lorelai's hand in his as she started to walk away. He pulled her softly towards him and placed a soft kiss on her lips.

'What was that for?'

'Aren't I allowed to kiss you?' Luke asked confused.

'Of course you are, just most kisses have a reason.'

'Well take that as a hello kiss then.'

'Hello back' Lorelai said as she leaned in a placed a slightly longer kiss on Luke's lips.

Once Lorelai had run her bath and got in, Luke cleaned William up and placed him in a cute outfit he had bought that day. Luke sat with William telling him stories of him and Lorelai and told him all about this big party the town was throwing and just how special it was going to be. When William started to drift off to sleep, Luke placed him in his stroller ready for when they were going out, instead of putting him in his crib and taking the chance he would wake when they moved him. Once William had completely nodded off Luke made his own way upstairs and started to get ready. He had a shower caught up with Lorelai on both of their days and got dressed. When he was finished and knew everything for the evening was set, Luke sat on the bed and spoke to Lorelai while she continued to get dressed.

They had become so comfortable around each other; it would probably seem to an outsider that they had been living with each other for years and not for only a few weeks.

At ten minutes past 7, they were all ready to head over to the town square. Rory was coming and was going to meet them there. After deciding to walk, Luke grabbed their coats, keys and the baby bag, while Lorelai found an extra blanket to drape over her sleeping angel, they certainly didn't want him getting sick after everything he had been through already.

Luke had seen the town setting up for the party all day and they were all kind enough to let him have his input, but for Lorelai she was once again shocked at how completely weird her town was. Everything she could have ever asked for was there. All her friends were there to officially welcome the new town member. Everyone was dressed up in bright colours, the square had been decorated like one big kids playroom and at the centre, in the gazebo, sat a table obviously for Luke Lorelai and William. After a few greetings and thank-yous, Lorelai pushed the stroller through the crowd and with the assistance of Luke; she lifted it up and parked it in the gazebo. Since it was early evening and the town was the safest place they knew, Luke and Lorelai left the stroller in the gazebo while they walked hand in hand around the square talking to all the guests.

It wasn't until they were half way across the square that they realised they hadn't seen Rory or Sookie yet. What was to be expected, they found Sookie by the food, but Rory was a little harder to track down. Lorelai was in for a shock when she did find her.

Rory was seated at a long table at the edge of the square. She was joined by none other than Emily and Richard. Lorelai immediately gripped Luke's hand tighter, and after an encouraging nod from Luke, they walked over to the table.

'Hey mom, hey Luke' Rory greeted them as soon as she saw them headed over to the table.

'Hey babe' Lorelai greeted excitedly. 'Mom, dad.' Lorelai greeted in a colder tone.

'Lorelai' Emily and Richard greeted in unison.

'The town has outdone themselves again I see, all for the honour of my gorgeous brother ……… that seems to be missing'

'Well your brother deserves the best, pity he locked himself in his room and couldn't join us' Lorelai said with a smile

'Lorelai!' Luke warned

'Sorry…. Rory he is sound asleep in his stroller which is conveniently parked in the gazebo where I can watch over him and still do the rounds.'

'Well I haven't seen him in a few days, so will you excuse me.' Rory got up quickly but before she left, she made a quick glance over to her grandparents who had not budged. Instead of saying anything, Rory went off on her own to visit her brother.

Noticing the pained expression on the Gilmore's face, Luke decided to but in.

'It was very nice of you to join us this evening Mr and Mrs Gilmore' Luke told them as sincerely as he could. He was only met with silence and a fake smirk on Emily's face

'Well we have guests that want to actually meet William, so I am going to see if I can get him away from his sister.' Lorelai stated, agitated now that her parents had even bothered to come at all.

'I will go get us drinks. Do you wants something to eat too?' Luke asked Lorelai as they walked away.

'Yeah, just something small for now.'

'Sure thing'

Luke walked off in the direction of the buffet while Lorelai spoke to Rory. After they drank and ate at their special table, the happy family made their way back into the crowd. The party had definitely started. Luke, Lorelai, and William hit the dance floor and danced slowly while most of the town just stood idly by. With a suspicious nod from Luke in the direction of Rory, Rory asked for the music to be switched off. Rory walked over to the dance floor.

'Can I take William from you?' Rory asked Lorelai.

'What's going on here?' Lorelai asked Luke and Rory.

'I just thought that you and Luke could have a little alone time and I could use the bonding time with William, he is growing up fast you know.' Rory answered quickly.

Lorelai turned to Luke and noticed that he was encouraging her to let Rory take William. Though she still thought something was up, and that everyone was acting weird, Lorelai handed William over and hugged Luke close. Rory walked back over to the table and sat down, ready to watch what Luke had planned.

'I have a surprise for you.' Luke whispered in Lorelai's ear as he started to lead her away.

'Dirty' she whispered back

'Ah jeez, its not dirty.' Luke couldn't help but smile. He had waited all evening for this one moment.

As they finished walking to their destination, Luke and Lorelai both had similar thoughts rolling around in their head. Life just doesn't get better than this.

Once again thank you to all of you who take the time to read my stories, there were probably a lot of grammar and spelling mistakes in this chapter, because I didn't get time to re-read it, but I hope they weren't to bad. This was going to be my last chapter, but I didn't want my ending to feel too rushed, so I ended it where I thought I could and I will try update again soon. I hope that it will be before I head back home to South Africa in April to visit my family. If I could be so forward as to ask, for my last chapter and even possible this one, I would really like a review from as many of you as I can, I would really like to be able to thank you all personally for the reviews that have cheered me up on some of my crappiest days.

Thanks again

Ronata