A/N: Lorelai got a new car because they needed more room with the babies coming and all. Luke still has his truck. Also, thanks to my reviewers! I love it when I check my mail and it says I have a review!

The drive to the hospital seemed to take forever. Rory was driving and Luke was in the back with Lorelai, holding her hand as she screamed with every contraction. He was stroking her hair and trying to calm her down best he could. Rory on the other hand was a mess. She was worried sick about her mother and freaked out at the same time. Jackson and Sookie dropped the kids off at Babette's and were following them. Emily and Richard had left as soon as they were told.

"I want them out! Aghhh! It hurts!" Lorelai screamed, tears rolling down her face.

Luke wiped her tears away and spoke to her softly.

"Shhh. We're almost to the hospital. They'll give you a shot to make it less painful."

Rory was concentrating very hard on the road to block out her mother's screams. About five minutes later, they arrived at the hospital and rushed Lorelai in. She was immediately taken to a room and examined.

"How far along is she?" the nurse asked Luke.

"Thirty-two weeks" he told her.

"Wow, that's a couple weeks early. I'm going to get Dr.Evans for you." the nurse said and left the room, soon to re-enter with Dr.Evans.

"Hello Lorelai." the doctor said. "My names Caitlyn Evans. So, you're thirty-two weeks?"

Luke and Lorelai nodded.

"Ok, well, I just want to take a look and see how far you're dialated." she said and then checked Lorelai. "You seem to be three centimeters. I'm just going to hook you up to some monitors to see how the babies are doing."

The doctor had the nurse get Lorelai hooked up to some monitors while she did a more thorough exam on Lorelai. Then she checked the monitors.

"Is everything ok?" Lorelai asked in a concerned voice.

"I'm going to do and EFM, or electronic fetal monitoring exam, to see how the baby's heart rates are." the doctor told her.

She stapped two elastic belts around Lorelai's abdomen. On the screen, it showed two heart rates.

"Is that good or bad?" Luke asked.

"Well, baby A is doing fine, that's the boy. But baby B's heart rate is dropping." Dr.Evans said.

"What!" Lorelai panicked.

"Lorelai It's best if you try to stay calm. Apparently the baby is in distress and we need to deliver these two as soon as we can. I'm going to give you and injection of syntocinon through your IV to help induce the labor."

"Are the babies going to be ok?" she asked.

"Baby A seems to be doing great. As for baby B, her heart rate is only dropping a little. And while that's still not good, it's not as bad as it could be. Right now, I want you to concentrate on staying calm. And dad, I want you to help her. The more calm you are, the less stress is put on the babies." the doctor told them. "I'll be back to check on you in about ten minutes."

When she left, Luke turned to Lorelai.

"Lorelai, do what the doctor says. We don't want anything to happen. I'm right here.s" he said soothingly.

"I know. But I can't help but worry. I'm scared, Luke."

"I know." he said, kissing the top of her head. "I'm going to go tell the others what's going on."

"Ok. Can you send Rory in?" she asked.

"Yeah." he said and left the room to find the others waiting in the lobby.

When they saw Luke they jumped up.

"Is everything ok?" Sookie asked.

"Where is she?" Emily asked.

How is she?" asked Rory.

Luke held up his hand to stop the questions.

"The boy is ok, but the girls heart rate is dropping." he told them.

"Oh my God." Emily said.

"Will she be ok? What about mom?" Rory asked.

"They've induced her labor and she's scared, but trying to stay calm. Rory, she wants to see you. She's in room 508." he told her.

"Ok, I'm going." Rory said and headed upstairs

"How far along is she?" Sookie asked.

"Three centimeters." he told her.

"Will she be alright?" Richard asked.

"The doctor didn't say anything, so my guess is that she will be." Luke told them all.

Richard sat down in a chair looking grave. Though he and Lorelai weren't that close, she was still his little girl. He didn't want anything to happen to her or his grandchildren. Emily sat next to him with a worried expression plastered on her face. Jackson had his arm around Sookie, trying to comfort her. They were all scared and thinking the worst. But the one most worried out of them all was Luke. His child's life was at stake and it could affect his wife. He couldn't bear for anything to happen to any of them.

Meanwhile, Rory entered Lorelai's room and ran to her side.

"Mom!" she cried out and hugged her.

"Rory! I'm so scared." she said, burying her face in her daughter's shoulder.

"I know. It's going to be ok. In a few hours you'll be in the delivery room holding two healthy babies in your arms. These kids are tough. They're Gilmore's and Danes' after all." she tried comforting her.

Lorelai smiled up at her. This is just what she needed. Her daughter here by her side making her feel better.

"I love you."

"I love you too mom." Rory said and squeezed her hand.

"Promise me that nothing bad will happen." she said.

"I promise." she told her.

Just then, the doctor entered, followed by Luke. Rory hugged her mother one last time.

"I'll see you soon." she told her.

"Bye honey."

Luke walked over by her, smiled, and sat down.

"Ok Lorelai, I'm going to check the babies heart rates again." she said and repeated the procedure.

They all looked at the screen. One of the heart rates was pretty much the same. The other one that had dropped had risen just a tiny bit.

"Ok, this looks good. But we still need her heart rate to rise a little more."

Lorelai was still worried, but was a little relieved. Luke squeezed her hand.

"Let's check you again to see if you've dialated anymore." Dr.Evans said as she checked Lorelai. "Five sentimeters, that's good. That injection is working. I'd say in about an hour, hour and a half, you'll be ready to deliver. Alright then, I'll be back in thirty minutes to check on you."

Lorelai nodded as the doctor left. Then another contaction hit and she grabbed Luke's hand until the pain subsided.

"Better?" he asked her.

"Yeah. Have my parents gotten here yet?"

"Yeah, they're in the lobby with everyone else."

"Ok," she said and smiled. "We're going to be parents in about an hour."

"Yes, we are. You think you're ready for this again?" he laughed.

"I think we can handle them. But if they turn out to be health freaks, then I'm totally jumping on you."

Luke laughed some more.

"Yeah, well at least they won't be junkies."

This made Lorelai laugh.

"And I still get that cup of coffee?"

"Well, the agreement was that you had to go nine months without coffee." he teased.

"Hey! Luke!" she said.

"I'm just kidding. Yes, you still get your liquid death." he laughed.

Lorelai hit him with her hand.

"Mean!"

"So, are we still sticking with the same names?" he asked.

"Unless you don't, then yeah."

"I like our names."

"I do too."

"Ok then. I'm just going to go and inform the others. I'll be right back." he said.

"Ok." she said and kissed him.

Luke walked back into the lobby and over toward where they all were.

"So?" Rory asked.

"The girls heart rate has risen, but just a little."

"Oh that's great!" Sookie said.

"Yeah, the doctor said she'll be ready to deliver in about and hour or an hour and a half."

"Naturally or c-section?" Emily asked.

"Naturally." he told her.

"Is she doing better now?" Rory asked.

"She's still a little concerned, but she's much better now."

"Good. Give her a kiss for me." Rory said.

"I will. Emily, Sookie, did you guys want to see her?" he asked.

"Is it ok?" Emily asked.

"Yeah." he told her.

"Ok." they said and walked upstairs.

Lorelai was lying down with her eyes closed when she heard a light knock on the door.

"Come in." she said.

Sookie and Emily entered.

"Hey honey! How are you doing?" Sookie asked and hugged her friend.

"I'm ok. You guys didn't have to come. I know it's really early."

"Are you kidding me? Miss the birth of my niece and nephew? No, it was required." she said and laughed along with Lorelai.

"Thanks," she said and turned to Emily. "Hey mom."

Emily just smiled, unable to speak. She didn't know what to say or do. She was just worried.

"Is dad here?"

"Yes, he's in the lobby." she told her daughter.

"Tell him I said hi."

"I will. So, have you decided on names yet?" she asked.

"Yes, for the boy it's going to be William Lucas Danes and for the girl it's going to be Lauren Lorelai Danes." she said.

"Oh! Those are cute names." Sookie said.

"Yeah, we chose them a long time ago but we didn't tell anyone except Rory because we didn't know if we'd change our minds."

"Cute, and I see you're keeping tradition alive." Sookie said.

"Yes, well, of course my daughter had to have my name." Lorelai said and laughed. "You're pretty quiet there mom."

"I'm just thinking. If you guys need any help I'll come over. Or babysit if you need a break."

"Thanks mom. That would be great."

Emily smiled.

"Well I'm just going to head back downstairs."

"And I'm going to go with her." Sookie said and hugged her one last time.

"Ok, I'll see you guys in a bit." she said and hugged Sookie back.

They left and Luke re-entered the room.

"So, are you doing ok?" he asked his wife.

"Much better." she said and smiled.

"Good."

The doctor re-entered and walked to Lorelai.

"How are you doing Lorelai?" she asked.

"I'm ok."

"Are you comfortable?"

"Yes." she said.

"Good, I'm just going to check you again." she said and did. "Seven centimeters, looking good. We'll have those babies out of you in no time." she said and smiled.

"Thank you Dr." Lorelai said, returning the smile as the doctor left.

"Do you need anything?" Luke asked.

"No, I'm good. Thanks though." she said.

"No problem."

The rest of the time went by slowly. Lorelai was eager to give birth so she could see her kids and make sure they were ok. Plus, she was hurting like hell. But Luke was right beside her the whole time. He held her hand and helped calm her when she got stressed. She was thankful for that. She didn't have this last time. No one to comfort her or hold her hand when she had a contraction. Now she did, and it was the greatest thing.

"Ok Lorelai, let's check you again." Dr.Evans said. "Ten centimeters! I think you're ready. I'm just going to have you taking to the delivery room and we'll get started.

Lorelai nodded, she was a little nervous. Luke walked beside her, still holding her hand as they brought her into the delivery room.

"Alright Lorelai, on the next contraction I want you to push. Are you ready?"

She nodded again and when she felt the contraction she squeezed Luke's hand hard and pushed.

"Good, good. Ok, again."

She pushed again and then fell back. She just wanted the babies out and out fast.

About ten minutes later, one of the baby's was almost out.

"Ok Lorelai, the baby is crowning. I want you to give me one big push."

Lorelai pushed her hardest and then heard a baby cry.

"And it looks like we have the boy!" Dr.Evans said and handed the baby to a nurse. "Ok, one more to go. Big push."

"Agh!" she yelled as she pushed again.

"Come on Lorelai, I know you're tired, you're almost done." Luke whispered and stroked her hair.

She pushed again.

Five minutes later the doctor said "Ok, one big push and you'll be through."

She pushed hard one last time and then fell back against the bed when she heard her daughter cry.

"And the baby girl looks like she's doing fine. We're just going to get her cleaned up and thenyou can see them both. You did great."

Lorelai closed her eyes. She was exhausted. Her face was red and her curls were damp. Luke stroked her cheek.

"You did great." he said.

"Thanks. Now I just need that coffee." she said and smiled.

Luke laughed.

"You'll get it soon enough."

"Ok, the boy weighs five pound, ten ounces. Born at two twenty-five a.m." Dr.Evans said and handed her the baby.

Lorelai took him eagerly as she looked down at the tiny little face.

"And the one who put up a fight, the girl weighs 5 pounds, six ounces. Born at two thirty a.m." she said and handed her the second baby.

Lorelai now held both of her kids in her arms.

"What are their names?" Dr.Evans said, holding a clipboard.

"William Lucas Danes and Lauren Lorelai Danes." Lorelai told her, not taking her eyes off of her babies.

"They're perfect." she whispered.

"Yeah, they are." Luke said, looking at his son and daughter.

"Hi there! I'm you're mommy. And this is your daddy." she said in a baby voice."You wanna hold them?"

"Sure." he said and took the babies carefully.

Just then, Sookie, Jackson, Rory, Emily, and Richard walked in.

"Hey mom. Ohhhh! They're so cute!" Rory whispered walking over to her parents and looking down at her baby sister and brother.

"Would you like to hold them?" Luke asked.

"Can I?"

"Sure." he said and handed over little Lauren and Will to their big sister.

"Oh, mom, dad, they're adorable!"

"Yes they are." Lorelai said.

The babies were passed around so that everyone got a turn.

"Oh, honey I'm so happy for you guys." Sookie said and hugged her.

"Thanks Sook." she said.

They all looked at Richard and Emily, who were holding the twins. Emily had Lauren and Richard had Will. They looked prouder than they ever had.

After a while, it was just Luke and Lorelai again with the twins. Luke had finally gotten Lorelai her coffee and she was gulping it down graciously.

"Oh my God! It's not as good as yours, but it does the trick." she said as she finished.

Luke, who would normally comment her on how coffee was just another form of death, just laughed. He was holding Lauren and she was holding Will.

Lorelai leaned over and kissed him and then looked back down at the twins.

They sat in silence as the watched the two babies look around. Nothing in the world was a problem at that moment. They had both their kids, safe and doing fine, here with them. That was all that mattered. Luke was proud and Lorelai was feeling better than she ever had. She finally had it. The whole package.

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Sooooooooo? Was it good, bad, sad, happy? lol. This was a hard chapter to write. Now, this isn't the end of the story. Like I promised, it's going to be long. I may end it on it's one year anneversary, I may not. But when I do, it'll either be on or after it's been a year. I know Emily and Richard didn't say much, but they were the hardest to do. And same with Jackson. I hope you guys liked it! I'm sorry I'm getting it to you late. Please review! And I'm officially 15 as of last Sunday! I got a Luke's shirt and coffee mug and a Yale hat and shirt. Thanks to those who wished me a happy early birthday! Another things, I've started a forum on here.