"Lorelai." Luke pushed open the door the Dragonfly's office.
"Hey Luke." She turned her chair around to look at him. "What are you doing here?"
"Do you have an hour I want to show you something?" Luke asked.
"What?"
"That would ruin the surprise." Luke crossed his arms.
"You didn't go and elope too did you?"
"No."
"I need to go to the bathroom first." Lorelai replied.
"I'll wait."
"And tell Michel I'm leaving."
"I'll take care of that." Luke offered.
Luke drove them to the house and parked outside then got out. Lorelai got out of the van and went and stood on the sidewalk next to him.
"What are we doing here?" Lorelai asked.
"What do you think?" Luke inquired.
"It's Old Man Twickham's house." Lorelai said.
"Well technically it's ours. The town elders accepted my offer this morning."
"Ours!" Lorelai repeated. "You bought a house?"
"I did."
"You bought a house without telling me."
"The house is too small for the twins; they're going to need a room each at some point. This way we have plenty of room and there will be enough room for Libby and Rory to have a room each as well if they want to stay over."
"How many bedrooms?"
"Five." Luke replied. "Plenty of closet space."
"You bought a house?" Lorelai looked at him.
"I stood in a sauna, with Kirk and the town elders in towels."
"You were naked in a sauna?" Lorelai questioned.
"No. Everyone else was apart from the towels."
"You wore your baseball cap and plaid shirt into a sauna?" Lorelai asked.
"Yes."
"Why was Kirk there?" Lorelai inquired.
"He wanted to buy the house. But the town elders voted that we should have it."
"Kirk has money to buy a house?"
"Don't ask." Luke suggested.
"Rory elopes, you buy a house? Why is everything suddenly changing?" Lorelai asked.
"If you don't want it, I'll let Kirk have it." Luke told her.
"We need the room." Lorelai conceded. "But what are we going to do with the house?"
"I hear in polite society that houses make good wedding presents."
"You want to give it to Jess and Rory?" Lorelai questioned.
"It has more room than their apartment, we know it's in a safe neighbourhood and it's keeping it in the family." Luke shrugged.
"You're serious?"
"Yes."
"This is a lot to take in." Lorelai said putting a hand on her forehead.
"You can think about it." Luke told her. "But since we're here do you at least want to take a look around? Taylor gave me the keys."
"Can we sit down on the steps for a few minutes first?" Lorelai inquired.
"Sure." Luke agreed.
"You and Rory really have good timing." Lorelai remarked.
"If you really don't like it we can stay put."
"Just tell me why." Lorelai requested.
"We need the room and…"
"And…?" Lorelai prompted.
"I've loved this house since I was a kid. It would be a great place to raise kids."
"You really want to live here?" Lorelai asked.
"I do. But only if it's what you want too."
"Just promise me that you'll talk to me before you make any more life changing decisions." Lorelai requested.
"I promise." Luke agreed.
"Let's see the house." Lorelai said. "You'll have to help me up."
TBC