Title: Wanting To Turn Back Time

The Aftermath


"There you are mom!" Rory called as Lorelai exited the diner. "What took you so long?"

Lorelai stayed silent and kept walking towards Rory's car.

"Mom? What happened?" Rory called walking after her mom.

"I don't want to talk about it." Lorelai said climbing into the car.

Rory frowned and climbed into the driver's seat. She looked over at her mom who was turned away, started the car and drove towards the crap shack.


When they arrived, Lorelai got out and walked straight into the house not saying one word. Rory looked confused. She got out, grabbed Kaleb from the back seat, and went into the house, laying Kaleb on the couch and walking up the stairs towards her mother's room. She put her ear up to the door and listened for any kind of noise. Loud sobs came from the other side. Rory gently opened the door and stepped inside.

"Mom?" She whispered.

"Go away Rory." Lorelai cried.

"What's wrong mom?" Rory asked sitting next to Lorelai. "Did something happen between you and Luke?"

Lorelai broke out in sobs. Rory put her arm around her mother and held her close letting her cry.


"Mom?" Rory called running into her mother's room. "What happened?" She asked sitting on the bed, next to Lorelai.

"Luke." Lorelai mumbled, laying under the blankets.

"What about Luke?" Rory asked putting her hand on her mother's arm.

"He's gone. He hates me. I blew it." She cried. "I blew everything."

"I don't understand. What happened?" Rory asked scooting down.

"I should've told him about Christopher." Lorelai cried.

"That was innocent." Rory stated.

"But I should've told him. I hid it. I shouldn't have hid it."

"Try to sit up."

"She got to him." She mumbled crying.

"To dad? Who did?"

"Mom." Lorelai cried. "She pushed him to ruin everything. And now their putting up ribbons."

"Ribbons? Who?"

"Taylor. The town. They hate me. They all hate me." Lorelai cried. "I wrecked everything."

"Mom, this isn't good. Come on, try to sit up." Rory said sitting up.

"He said he needed time to think, but I pushed him." Lorelai cried.

"He'll come around." Rory said.

"I pushed him. Now he's gone." Lorelai sobbed.

"He waited forever for you. He's not just going to walk away."

"It's over."

"Mom this isn't you, lying in bed like this. You should be up."

"You should go to school. Go back to school."

"I'm here. I'm staying."

"God, I really screwed up this time." Lorelai cried wiping her eyes.

"Ssshh." Rory whispered.

"He could've been the one." She cried.

"He'll come around." Rory replied. "Ssshh." Lorelai reached for Rory's hand. "Try to sleep."


Lorelai woke up the next morning to Rory, asleep next to her. She slipped out of bed, trying not to wake Rory, and started off downstairs. On the couch was a sleeping Kaleb. She walked over, sat next to him, and rubbed her hand over his face. Tracing his features, she noticed the little things about him, the way his nose curved down, more than up, or the way his eyes were rounded like her's. Her fingers stopped, when Kaleb began to wake.

"Hey Kaleb." She smiled. "You hungry?"

Kaleb shook his head sleepily.

"Let mommy get sissy up, and we'll go eat breakfast." Lorelai said rubbing Kaleb's head.

"Daddy's?" Kaleb whispered.

Lorelai looked away then back at Kaleb. "Uhh..."

"Yea, why not?" Rory asked walking into the room.

Lorelai turned around to find Rory. Her hair a mess, her clothes wrinkled.

"I mean, Luke would probably want to see Kaleb again."

"Well..."

"Please." Kaleb said giving that famous Gilmore pout.

Lorelai looked from Kaleb to Rory, then back to Kaleb.

"Fine." She said giving in.


The bell rang again. Luke looked up to find yet another crazy town weirdo. He sighed and went back to counting yesterday's tickets. His thoughts traveled to yesterday. He couldn't get his mind around what had happened. That was so out of character for Lorelai. I mean, they weren't together, they had broken up, over 3 years ago, then Lorelai runs off to New York, has his kid, never tells him, then comes back and he meets the kid, and when Lorelai comes over to talk they end up in bed. How? How could Mr. Responsible let this happen? He let his hunger for her take over.

The bell rang again, for about the millionth time that day. He looked up, but this time finding Lorelai, Rory, and his kid. His eyes met Lorelais'. She looked away quickly, and Luke felt his heart drop. She regrets it. He put down the tickets, picked up his order pad, and walked over to the table where they sat.

"Hey." Luke greeted.

"Hey Luke." Rory smiled up at Luke.

"What can I get you three?" He asked looking down at his pad.

"Scrambled eggs, with cheese, bacon, hash browns, and a large coffee." Rory replies.

"You shouldn't drink coffee when your pregnant." Luke mumbled. "The kid will be addicted."

"Fine." Rory pouted. "Chocolate milk."

"What about you?" Luke asks motioning towards Lorelai.

"Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, and a side of hash browns for Kaleb." Lorelai replied, not looking up at Luke.

"To drink?"

"The largest coffee in the diner for me. An orange juice for Kaleb."

"Be right back." Luke said walking off.

Lorelai watched him walk off. She missed him, but she wouldn't admit it. She wouldn't cry and beg for him. She wasn't that girl. She was strong. She took care of herself. And anyone else that came along, like Kaleb. She was Lorelai Victoria Gilmore, mother of two. She would make it on her own. Plus, she wasn't destined to marry.

"Here's your breakfast." Luke said sitting plates in front of them. "Hot plates."

Lorelai looked up into Luke's eyes. They both knew what each other was thinking.

"Hot plates." Luke stated sitting plates in front of Lorelai and Rory.

"See, he called me hot plates, he so likes me." Lorelai said to Rory smiling.

"Jeez." Luke mumbled walking away.

"Thanks Luke." Lorelai smiled.

As Luke started off, Lorelai spoke up.

"Hey Luke." Lorelai called.

"Yea?"

"After breakfast, Rory and I were going to go baby shopping, do you think you could keep Kaleb?"

Luke looked down at the little boy. He was taking a bite of hash brown. He knew he had to get to know him, after all it was his kid.

"Yea, sure. I mean if Kaleb...that's his name right?" Luke asked, receiving a nod from Lorelai. "If he want's to."

"Kaleb?" Lorelai asked looking down at Kaleb. Kaleb in turn looked up with his big blue eyes. "You want to stay with Daddy while Rory and I go shopping?"

Kaleb looks from Lorelai to Luke, then back to Lorelai. He shook his head yes, and went back to eating.

"I guess it's a yes." Lorelai said.

"I guess it is." Luke replied.


Rory made her way outside, leaving Lorelai and Kaleb inside. Lorelai got up and walked over to the counter, where Luke was.

"We're leaving." Lorelai said.

"Oh okay." Luke said coming around the counter.

"Listen, Luke. We need to talk, and I mean really talk."

"I know."

"About everything." Lorelai said referring to the other night.

"We will."

"This weekend, I'm going back to New York."

"Oh."

"Do you think, tomorrow night, we could go eat somewhere, and talk?" Lorelai asked looking up at Luke with hopeful eyes.

"Yea, how about Sniffy's? I'll pick you up at 7:00."

"Sure." Lorelai said kissing Kaleb on the head. "I gotta go. Bye Kaleb." She handed him to Luke. "He's potty trained, so don't worry about that."

"I wont."

"Bye baby." Lorelai said walking out, waving at Kaleb.

"So, Kaleb?" Luke said moving the boy higher on his hip. "You just ate, so what do you want to do?"

"Trucks." He smiled.

"Trucks?"

"Truck, mommy got them."

"You mean toy trucks?"

"Uh huh." Kaleb said shaking his head.

"Well, I don't have toys, but I do have..." Luke stopped. "I don't have anything."

"Oh." Kaleb said scrunching his eyebrow. He started the famous pout, Luke had grown to expect.

"But, I could go get some." Luke said to the little boy.

Kaleb smiled.

"Lane!" Luke called.

"Yea?" Lane replied walking out from the back.

"Could you run over to Lichfield, to Wal Mart, and buy some toy trucks?"

Lane looked confused. "Sure."

"Thanks." Luke said pulling out money and handing it to her.


Four and a half hours later, Luke was upstairs watching his son play with toy trucks.

"Boom!" Kaleb yelled crashing them into each other. "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Luke smiled. He had a son. A three year old son, by Lorelai. The love of his life.

Just then a knock came from his door. He got up and answered it.

"Hey Luke." Rory smiled from the other side. "I'm here to get Kaleb."

"He's playing with his trucks. Let me get him." Luke turned and walked over to Kaleb. He bent down. "Kaleb?"

Kaleb looked up at Luke with his big blue eyes.

"Rory's here."

Kaleb stood up.

"You want to take your new trucks with you?"

Kaleb shook his head no. "Stay here with you."

"Okay buddy." Luke said.

Kaleb ran over to Rory who picked him up. "Hey bubby." Rory smiled.

"Bye Kaleb." Luke called.

Kaleb pulled on his sister's shirt. "I want say bye."

Rory put Kaleb down, and he ran back to Luke.

"Daddy, bye bye." Kaleb hugged Luke's leg then ran back to Rory.

"Bye." Luke called smiling.


"There's my big boy!" Lorelai smiled as Rory came into the diner with Kaleb. "Did you have fun with daddy?"

Kaleb was all smiles. "Uh huh."

"What did you guys do?" Lorelai asked sitting Kaleb on a stool.

"Play trucks."

"Where did you get the trucks?" Lorelai asked ruffling Kaleb's hair.

"Daddy got them."

Lorelai smiled and looked up at Rory. Rory smiled back at Lorelai.


A/N: Here we go. Lorelai and Luke are going to have a talk in the next chapter, and I really mean talk. Lol! Anyways, Read and Review!