Welcome Home

"Okay, remember when Nurse Collins said that Luke could come home after two days? Well, she lied. She checked on him this morning, ran some tests, and then, the doctor came in...he said that he could go home today! The doctor also said that Luke is not to work until his cast comes off, which is in four weeks. This is also the amount of time that I will be away from the Dragonfly; they'll just have to survive without me, my husband is more important than working." I explain in to my cell to Rory.

"Wow, thats exciting mom." She says, Paris yells something in the background, but I couldn't understand it. "Look, I'm sorry, mom, but Paris has just called an emergency meeting for the Daily. Tell dad, that I'll see him when I come home. Love you mom."

"Ok, I will, love you too kid." we hang up and the nurse walks in.

"Ok, Mr. Danes, you need these to walk with, and I need you to sign here, and here." She tells him, as an orderly brings in a wheelchair.

"You ready to go home babe?" I ask him

He nods yes, then when Luke is done signing, he looks at the nurse, and points to the wheelchair. Then he says quite convensingly, "I don't need this, I can walk."

"Sorry, Mr. Danes, hospital policy." she says.

"Great, another reason for me to hate this place" he says, adding to the 'List-of-why-I-hate-hospitals' wow, that list is getting long.

"Luke, the sooner you sit down, the faster we can go home." I try to reason, which to my surprise, it works.

"Fine." he says stobornly.

We get off the elevator, and it dawns on Luke, "Hey, how are we gonna get home? You can't fit behind the wheel any more."

"Don't worry, I have it covered." we turn to go out the big automatic double doors, and my father is standing beside his car, my mother in the drivers seat. "Well, Luke, lets get you home."

"Ok. Uh, Lorelai, what is your dad doing here?" he asks, a bit confused.

"Well, remember yesterday when dad said let him know what else he could help with?" he nods. "Well, Rory knew that she'd be going back to school, so she asked if dad could drive us home, since your son wants to take up all my living space." I explain to him.

"Oh, well, this is nice of him." he says, as my dad opens the back door for Luke and myself to get in. "Thank you Richard."

"No problem Luke." dad helps Luke in the car, then turns to me, "Lorelai, do you need help also?"

"No, dad, I think I can get in." and without a problem I get in the back of the Mercedes. "Hi mom."

"Hello Lorelai. Luke, are you feeling any better?" mom asks.

"Now that I'm going home, and can do things for myself, yes." he replies.

"Well, lets get you home." mom says with a slight grin on her face. I don't think that I've ever seen my mother grin. She starts the car, and pulls out of the drive way to head back to Stars Hollow.

"Oh, dad, did you tell mom what I told you yesterday?" I ask.

"No, I thought you and Luke would want to tell her." he answers.

"Tell me what?" mom asks in a what-the-hell-are-you-hiding-from-me-tone.

"Well, mom, Friday, Luke and I went for the check-up on the baby. We found out that we will be having a baby boy. You're going to have a grandson." I tell her.

She looks at me through the rear-view mirror, and her smile could be in the Guines Book of Records 2006 because, I've never seen a smile that big before in my life. "I'm going to have a grandson?" she asks in disbelief. I nod my head. "Well, I'll be damned. What is his name going to be?"

"We're set on the name William Cade. After Luke's dad. Not the 'Cade' part, we just like the name 'Cade' because, 'Cade' is a cute name..." I ramble.

"Lorelai, quit saying 'Cade'. I think that name is perfect. Congratulations you two." Mom says.

"Thank you" Luke and I say.

The car ride from the hospital-this time- went by fast. We pull in to Stars Hollow, and I turn to Luke and say, "Welcome home, honey."

"Yeah. I leave one disgusting place, and come back to the Loony Bin." he says with a smile.

"Well, I don't care if you think you are in the Loony Bin or not, I'm just glad you're home and not dead." I say starting to get emotional. I've been much more emotional during this trimester than the last.

"Lorelai, don't cry, I'm just kidding." he says, and pulls me to him and kisses my head.

"I know, Luke. It's hormones." I tell him.

"Ok, here we are." Mom announces, and turns off the car. "Lorelai, give me the keys, I'll go unlock the door."

"Ok, here you go." I reach in my purse and hand her the keys. She gets out, along with dad, who walks over to Luke's side of the car, opens the door, and helps him out.

I then get out, and help my dad get Luke up to the door, then to our room.

"Ok, take it easy son, we'll see you later." dad says.

"I will. Thank you Richard. Mrs. Gilmore." he says.

"It's Emily." mom says. "Lorelai, if you need anything, you know that we'll help." she says turning to me.

"Yes, I do mom. Thank you."

With that, she and dad leave, and it's just Luke, William, and me.

sorry its short, i did the best i could, but i'll come up with a happier chapter when my writers block is cured. if you have any ideas, please, let me know. don't forget to review.