It was now two weeks after the Christopher incident. Lorelai was sitting in the twins nursery early Sunday morning rocking them. Tomorrow she would be going back to work, and she wasn't yet ready to leave the twins. She wanted to be with them, having them close to her, so she could know they were ok.

She knew that they would be ok with her mother, and she felt better that she didn't have to enroll them in daycare where a complete stranger would be taking care of them. But it was just one of those things that a mother went through. They felt they knew their children best, and felt better taking care of them themselves.

She was the one that knew when they needed to be fed, and when they needed their naps. She knew them like the back of her hand. The only one that knew them just as well as she did was Luke. It's not that she didn't trust Emily with them, she would just feel better if she were taking care of them.

"Hey." Luke said softly from the doorway.

"Hey." she said back, looking over at him.

"It's a little early for you to be up. And the twins don't need feeding until nine." he said, coming over and kneeling beside her, pushing a stray curl away from her face.

"I know. I just wanted to spend more time with the twins today since I have to go back to work tomorrow." she told him, looking down at the sleeping babies in her arms.

"Not ready to give them up yet?"

"No, I'm not."

"They'll be fine. Don't worry."

"It's just weired. When Rory was a baby, I just pushed her around in her stroller while I worked. I never had to leave her."

"I know. But your mother raised a kid before, she will do fine with Lauren and Will." he said, playing with her hair.

"She hasn't raised twins before."

"I know, but your mom handles so many things at one time, she shouldn't have any trouble with this."

Lorelai sighed. "I know, I just don't want to leave them."

Luke kissed her head. "Come on, I'll make you some breakfast.

He took Lauren from her and placed her in her crib and Lorelai did the same with Will. They walked into the kitchen and Lorelai made herself some coffee while Luke got breakfast started. Lorelai poured her coffee into a cup and sat down at the table. Luke noticed how quiet she was and knew she was still uncomfortable about leaving the twins. He made breakfast and handed her her plate.

"Thanks." she said and took the plate.

"So, what time is your mother coming by to pick them up?" he asked, taking a bite of toast.

"I have to be at the Inn at eight, so around seven or seven-thirty." she told him, pushing her eggs around her plate with her fork.

"Lorelai, you have to eat something."

She stopped pushing her eggs around and took a bite of pancake.

"Would it make you feel better if you just took them to work with you?" he asked.

"It would, but it would be so much easier without having to worry about feeding them and changing them and putting them down for a nap."

"You can always call and check on them."

"Yeah, I could." she said, that idea just popping into her head.

"But not every five minutes. Just every couple of hours or so."

"Why not?"

"Because, if you do that, your mom won't be able to watch them at all because she would be talking to you."

"Oh, yeah." she said, going back to playing with her food, taking a bite of this and that every now and then.

"Doesn't your mom have some kind of meeting every Wednesday?"

"Yeah, DAR meetings. Why?"

"Well, why don't you take the twins to work with you every Wednesday. Would that make you feel better?"

Lorelai thought about this for a minute. "Yeah, that would. Thanks."

Luke smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Ok, now stop playing with your food and eat."

She gave him one last smile and then started to eat, feeling better now.

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Sunday flew by fast. Lorelai and Luke spent the day at home playing with the twins and making home videos of them with the new video camera Richard and Emily had gotten them for Christmas. It had taken forever to figure out how to work it, but they finally figured it out after a while. They had a fun time and got loads of laughs.

After they had put them to sleep that night, Lorelai sat down and made a list of everything she thought her mother should know. The list ended up being three pages long and Luke tried to get her to narrow it down, but she refused.

"She needs to know all of this Luke."

"Lorelai, I don't think she needs a list of ten different numbers of people to call to get ahold of you or me."

"What if something happened and she couldn't get me on my cell?"

"Then she could try the Inn."

"And if she couldn't get me there?"

"She could call my cell. And if she couldn't get me there, she could call the diner."

"And if she still didn't get us?"

"Lorelai, she doesn't need Taylor's Soda Shoppe number. Anyone who would call Taylor is out of their minds."

"Still."

"Narrow it down to work, cell phones, and Sookie's cell. That should be good enough."

"Fine, fine." she said and scratched off the other numbers.

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Lorelai was running around frantically through the house. She was searching for anything and everything that she thought her mother might need. She had packed two diapers bags to their fullest with bottles, binkies, blankets, extra clothes, and so forth. The doorbell rang as she was straping in the twins into their carseats. She quickly buckled Lauren in and went to get the door.

"Hey mom. One quick sec, I'm just getting the twins ready."

"Ok." Emily followed her into the nursery.

Lorelai covered them up with a blanket, not wanting them to catch a cold in the chilly winter weather. She made sure their hats were covered over their ears and they were tucked in their blankets tightly and then kissed both their heads.

"Ok, now I made a list of some things for you to know. Um.. ok, the twins will need to be fed at nine o'clock and they won't take their nap until eleven-thirty. To get Will to sleep, all you have to do is rock him. But with Lauren, that doesn't always work, so if you can't get her to sleep, play this." she handed Emily a recorded tape of her daughters favorite song. "And I have a tape player if you need one."

"No, I have one. Really Lorelai, all of this isn't necessary. I have everything at home."

"I agree." Luke said, walking into the room to tell Lorelai and the twins bye. "They will be fine Lorelai."

"I just want to be sure."

"I know. Ok, well I'm off to work." he said giving her a kiss and then giving the twins a kiss as well and saying bye to Emily.

"Bye." she said and then turned back to Emily. "Ok, well, I have all their stuff in their diaper bags. I'll help you bring it out to the car." she picked up one of the diaper bags and and a carseat and walked outside.

Emily did the same and together they strapped the babies into the back seat of the car.

"Ok, I'll call to check up on them in a few hours. I also have a list of numbers for you to get ahold of us in case something happens."

"Lorelai, we will be fine. I have had a baby before in case you didn't know. Don't worry so much."

"Yeah, I know. Ok, well, I have to go. I'll pick them up around five or six." she said and gave the twins one last kiss. "Mommy will see you later. Be good for grandma." she said to the twins."Thanks so much mom for doing this."

"It's my pleasure."

"Oh, one more thing. I thought that since you have DAR meetings on Wednesday's, I would just keep the twins with me that day."

"It's ok, I can take them with me to the meetings."

"No, I'll just keep them. It would be less of a hassle."

"Ok, fine." Emily sighed. Her daughter was being pretty protective and worried. She wondered if she had been this way with Rory.

"Thanks, I'll see you later."

"Goodbye Lorelai." she said and got into her car. Lorelai did the same and the both drove off, going opposite directions.

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It was one in the afternoon and Lorelai had called twelve times since she got to work. She was on the phone now, waiting for Emily to pick up.

"Lorelai Victoria Danes, you have got to stop calling me. I told you everything was fine!" Emily told her in frustration.

"Are you sure? Did they eat? Did they take their nap? I tried not to call until I knew they'd be up. Is Lauren giving you a hard time? She can be a little fussy sometimes."

"Yes, they ate. And yes, they took their nap. Lauren was a little fussy, but she's ok now. Really Lorelai, everything is fine. I'm fine, the babies are fine. Stop worrying. If you keep calling me at this rate, I'm going to stop picking up."

"I just want to be sure."

"I know. I will talk to you later Lorelai." she said and hung up.

Lorelai sighed and hung up. She walked into the kitchen and sat on a stool beside Sookie. Sookie was happy that she was finally back at work. She said if she had to be alone with Michel any longer, she was going to put more turkey in his sandwhich than he asked for.

"Hey." Sookie greeted.

"Hi." she said back.

"Everything ok?"

"I'm just worried about the twins."

"Yeah, I was the same way with Davey and Lacey. It takes some time getting used to."

"I know. I'll be fine."

"Coffee?"

"No, I think I'll take my lunch break and go to Luke's. I'll get coffee there."

"Ok, see you in a bit." Sookie said and went back to stiring the soup she was making.

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"Hey." Luke said when Lorelai walked in the door.

"Hey." she said and sat down at the counter. "Coffee."

Luke poured her a cup of coffee and handed it to her.

"How are the twins?"

"They are fine. My mom said if I keep calling, she's going to stop answering."

Luke laughed and she glared at him. He reached for her hand and squeezed it gently.

"They are fine. And I wouldn't really blame your mom, I bet you've called more than ten times since she left."

She sat there quietly.

"How many times did you call?"

"Thirteen." she mumbled.

Luke just sat there shaking his head.

"Don't be so worried Lorelai. Trust me and your mom. They are fine. You'll see them soon."

"I know, I know."

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Lorelai pulled up in front of her moms house and got out and rang the doorbell. A maid answered and let her in.

"Hey there." she said, walking to where the twins were in the play pen and picking them up. "Did you miss mommy? I missed you." she said and held them tight. "Thanks again mom. Sorry I called so much."

"It's ok Lorelai. We had fun. I'll be around to pick them up same time tomorrow." she said.

"Ok, see you tomorrow."

"Goodbye." Emily said and kissed her grandkids goodbye.

Lorelai put the twins in their carseats and carried them and their stuff out to the car and strapped them in the back. She got into the drivers seat and drove home, happy she finally had her babies back.

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Later that night, Lorelai sat on a blanket on the floor playing with the twins when Lauren started to cough.

"You ok Laurie?" she asked, patting the baby lightly on the back.

Lauren coughed again and Lorelai put a hand on her cheek.

"Oh my God! You are burning up baby girl." she said and picked the baby up.

She carried her into the kitched and looked in the medicine cabinet for the baby themometer. She took her temperature and looked at it. When she saw it, she immediately called Luke on his cell.

"Hello?" she heard him say.

"Luke, I just took Lauren's temperature and it's 102.5." she said frantically.

"What? Is she ok?"

"She keeps coughing."

"I'll be over there in a minute." he said and hung up the phone and rushed home.

When he walked in the door, he heard his daughter crying from the kitchen. He walked in to find Lorelai walking around and rocking her, trying to get her to stop crying.

"What's wrong with her?" he asked and took her out of Lorelai's arms and put his hand to her forehead.

"I don't know." she said in a worried voice. "She keeps coughing and crying. I put a wet rag on her forehead to try and bring the fever down, but it's not working."

Luke bounced the baby up and down trying to quiet her.

"What about Will? Is he ok?"

"Yeah, he's fine. I put him in the nursery. Maybe I should call the doctor."

"Yeah, you do that and I'll try to get her to stop crying."

"Ok." she said, picking up the phone and going in the other room.

"Hey Laurie. What's wrong? Are you getting sick?" he talked to the screaming baby in his arms. He was starting to worry himself. She had never cried this much, or this loud.

Lorelai talked to the doctor on the phone and answered all his questions and asked some herself. She hung up and walked back into the kitchen.

"He said to watch her throughout the night and bring her by tomorrow morning at eight-thirty." she said, not wanting to wait that long.

"Ok, I'll go with you."

"Ok, having any luck?"

"No, she doesn't want to stop."

"Here, give her to me." she said.

He handed her over and Lorelai went to sit down on the couch. She stroked the baby's cheek, trying to calm her down, with no luck.

"God, I hope she's ok. I've never seen her like this." she said.

"I know. I hope so too." Luke said and sat beside her.

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Hey! Sorry I took so long to update. My cousin is in town staying with me for spring break so I've been hanging out with her. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. I made a website for this story. It has pictures of the twins nursery and Lorelai's wedding dress, and the twins themselves. If you want the link to the site, email me. Or you can just leave a review telling me you want it and I'll email you or send you a message with it. Remember, I love those reviews! Thanks to everyone who left me one for the last chapter. Love you guys bunches. xoxo