A/N: Hey guys! Here's a short chapter about Luke's relationship with Audrey. It's cute and bittersweet and I like it. So I hope you guyus do too. Martie, with the IE is Sookie's daughter Martha.

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Chapter 32: Baseball with Dad

"Ok Audrey! Here it comes!" Luke called to his little four year old daughter Audrey Avery. He tossed the wiffleball and watched her take a swing.

Audrey Avery Danes stood in the batter's box covered in dust from the ballpark. Her once pristine white Sketchers were now forever stained the color of mud. As much as her mother, sister and grandmoter tired to keep Audrey in dresses, her father, would undoubtedly get her out of the silly dress and into a pair of jeans and a little flannel shirt and a backwards Yankee cap and roll in the dirt with her.

Audrey was defintely Daddy's Little Girl. The two were inseperable. Luke took Audrey to baseball games, fishing, camping. Along with all the tomboyish stuff Audrey did, Luke was the prefect pageant dad. He was front row center for every dance recital. Audrey could do no wrong in the eyes of her father.

As the wiffle ball flew past her, Audrey became a whirlwind of brown curls, flannel and dust. The ball hit the backdrop and made a delightful clang. Audrey landed in the dirt, laughing.

"I almost hit it that time Daddy!" she said getting up and running to him.

Luke scooped up his tiny daughter and they wiggled noses in their special thing. Luke got a look at his watch and saw that it was getting late. They were supposed to be in Hartford for dinner with the Gilmore's in about an hour.

"Let's go kiddo. We have to go see Grandma and Grandpa for dinner. I'll race you to the truck. Ready, set, go!"

He set down Audrey and let her get a good head start. He then chased after her and yet she still beat him there. They climbed into the truck and Luke let Audrey sit in his lap and help him steer. They arrived a few minutes later to their home and to a waiting Lorelai on the porch. She shook her head as her dirty little angel ran up the stairs.

"Audrey, how is that you leave this house completely dirt free, spend an hour with your dad and come back a complete mess?" Lorelai asked, guiding her daughter up the stairs and into the bathroom to start her bath. "So what did you and Daddy do today?"

"We played baseball at the park and Daddy let me drive the truck!"Audrey exclaimed as she splashed in the tub. "Daddy said tomorrow we're all going to go to Yankee game wiff Rory and Marty. Daddy said Tess might be coming too."

Lorelai laughed. "Jess, Audrey. Your cousin's name is Jess."

"Can Davey and Martie come too? And Auntie Sookie and Uncle Jackson?"

"I don't think Daddy has enough tickets," Lorelai said. "Come on, let's see if my little girl is under all that dirt."

Pressed and polished the Danes and Hanson family stood on the doorstep of the Gilmore Mansion. Audrey rang the bell and bounced impatinetly for the maid to answer the door. Lorelai barely got her out of her coat before she ran off to Richard's study. Emily showed the rest of the family into the living room.

It was a nice touch to have Rory and Marty home for the weekend. Rory was no longer teaching but she did get on with Time Magazine, thanks to Doyle and was spending a lot of time overseas. Marty worked an engineering firm in Hartford and kept the house that Luke had given Rory nice. They had happily been married for two years and the thought of children hadn't come into play. Rory wanted to wait and Marty didn't care as long as he had some, someday.

Audrey pulled her grandfather into the living room and climbed onto his lap. Audrey had brought joy back into the Gilmore Mansion. With both Richard and Emily getting older, the life and adventure that Audrey brought with her gave them a new strength. Emily never vocalized it but she was already planning Audrey's coming-out party. She was planning all the things that she never got to do with both Lorelais. With the unspoken plans that Emily had, Richard had his own. He had already set up Audrey's trust fund and had put money aside to send her Chilton, if she chose to go. Audrey was going to be their shining star.

"So Audrey what did you do today?" Emily asked the little girl snuggled in her grandfather's lap.

"I had breakfast with Mommy at Daddy's place, then I went to Story hour at Miss Patty's then had dance class with Miss Patty, cheerleading with Miss Patty, then I went to preschool. After school I played in my treehouse with Martie. Then had a snack at Aunt Sookie's then played baseball with Daddy."

"Wow busy day," Emily said. "What are you doing tomorrow?"

"We're going to New York to see Rory's job and then we're going to a Yankee game. First game of the season."

"Sounds interesting."

Dinner was funnier than it had been in the past because Audrey accidently dropped her plate and knocked over her water glass.

"Oops."

A/N: That's it for now guys. I'll try to write a little each day to keep this going. Enjoy.