"I'll drop them off at five mom... uh huh… yes... ok... thanks, bye." Lorelai said as she hung up the phone.

"So?"

"She said she'd love to keep them. But she doesn't want us going all the way to Hartford late to pick them up, so she offered to keep them overnight and we could pick them up in the morning. If that's ok with you of course."

"That's fine with me. Do you think Lauren will be ok?"

"Yeah, she seems to be doing better."

"Ok, so drop them off at five?"

"Yup."

"Ok, well, I better get back to the diner. I just came to check on Lauren and bring over some lunch. I'll be home soon." Luke said and kissed Lorelai goodbye before walking out of the house.

It was Saturday, the day of their date. It had been so long since they had been out of the house together, and both were really looking forward to it. They did have a little trouble finding a babysitter at first, at least one they really trusted. Sookie had enough to deal with, with having two kids of her own. Lorelai had forgotten the fact that Rory, too, was going on her date with Jess Saturday night, so she was marked her off the list as well, and they wanted to keep Lorelai's parents as a last resort seeing as how they were already watching them during the week.

Lorelai was really looking forward to spending some alone time with Luke. It had been ages since it was just the two of them. They loved the twins, though. Along with Rory, they were the most important people in their lives. But, they did miss spending time with each other. A baby was time consuming, but two babies doubled that time consumption.

Lorelai heard the two cries of her two month old babies. She knew that they were hungry, it was just about their feeding time. She walked into the nursery and sat down in the rocking chair, the two babies in her arms.

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"Hey." Jess said, coming up behind Rory and wrapping his arms around her as she applied some mascara to her eyes.

"Hey." she said back.

"You almost done?" he asked her.

"Yeah, just let me put my earrings in." she walked over to the dresser and grabbed a pair of earrings out of her jewelery box and put them in. "Ok, all set."

"Good, let's go." Jess said, taking her hand and walking out the apartment with her.

They got into the car and drove to a little Italian restaurant fifteen minutes away. Jess got out of the car, walked to the other side, and opened the door for Rory to get out. He put his arm around her and walked into the restaurant with her.

They were seated and they both picked up their menus and browsed through the various dishes.

"What are you going to get?" Jess asked.

"I don't know. Either the chicken parmesan, or spaghetti. What about you?"

"I don't know. Both of those sound good. Why don't you get one, I get the other, then we can split."

"Ok, sounds good to me."

They ordered their food and sat down chatting for a while.

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"Lorelai, are you ready yet?" Luke asked.

"Yeah, let me just put my shoes on." Lorelai said, walking out of the bathroom while she put her earring in. She walked over to her closet and put her shoes on, grabbed her sweater, then walked back over to the bed where her purse was.

"Ok, I'm ready." she said.

"Finally! I don't see how it takes you three hours to get ready."

"Hey, I gotta make myself look pretty." she said, hitting him in the arm in mock offense.

"You're beautiful already." he smiled.

"Flattery will get you everywhere my friend." she smiled back.

"Yes, so I've heard before, and it worked."

She laughed. "Ok, let's go. We're going to be late for our reservations."

"And who's fault would that be?"

"You better stop, or else your chances of getting lucky tonight are going to decrease." she said teasingly and walked out.

They got into the car and drove to Sniffy's. Luke opened the door for her and she got out. He placed his hand on the small of her back and walked with her into the restaurant.

"Lucas!" Maizy said, coming over and hugging him.

"Hey Maizy." he said, hugging her back.

"And hello, Lorelai." she said, hugging Lorelai as well.

"Hi Maizy."

"How are the two of you doing?" she asked.

"We're doing just fine." Lorelai said.

"And the twins? How are they?"

"They're perfect." she smiled. "Lauren's got an ear infection, but she's doing better."

"Poor girl. I must come and see them soon. Here, I'll take you to your seats." she said, leading them to a booth.

"Well, hello you two." Buddy said, coming over and shaking Luke's hand then hugging Lorelai.

"Hi Buddy." Lorelai said.

"It's nice to see you two back here. Haven't seen you in a while."

"One of the many joys of having twins, they suck up all your time. And your energy." Lorelai laughed.

Buddy laughed and then asked how the babies were doing. After a few minutes of chit chat, the ordered their drinks. They didn't bother to order their food, knowing well that they'd just get something different.

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"Richard, can you get Lauren's medicine out of the diaper bag?" Emily asked, pacing the floor with a crying Lauren.

Richard searched through the diaper bag and found what he was looking for.

"Here you go Emily." he said, walking over to her.

"Can you look and see how much it says to give her and then give it to her?"

"Of course." he replied, filling the dropper with the pink fluid. Emily held the baby girl still while Richard squeezed the medicine into her mouth. Lauren swallowed most of it, but spit some out as well. Emily cleaned her up with a rag and changed her clothes.

"You know what I think, Richard?" Emily said to him, an idea formulating in her head.

"What is that?"

"I think we should open up a savings account for the twins. It would help pay for tuition if they go to private school, and college as well."

"Why, I think that is a lovely idea. I will see into it." Richard said and smiled. "But, we should ask Luke and Lorelai if it is ok first. They are the parents, after all."

"Yes, of course." Emily said, although a little reluctant with that thought.

True, it would be the appropriate thing to do by asking them first if it would be ok. But a little part of Emily wasn't so sure they would be thrilled about the idea. She knew how independent Lorelai was. She liked to do things on her own. And now that her and Luke were married, she would probably prefer everything in their lives to be in their hands and their hands alone. It was their family and they would want to be in control of it.

But, then, another part of her couldn't see why they would turn down an offer like this. This way, they wouldn't ever encounter financial difficulties. They'd be set and well prepared. Plus, sure, their jobs were successful, but it didn't pay the kind of money they could be receiving had they chosen different careers. Even with their money combined, they would never reach the same amount her and Richard had. They would need help along the way.

But Lorelai would wait until she was extremely desperate before going to her parents. She only ever went to them once before, when she needed help paying for Rory's tuition to Chilton. After that, she had no longer asked for anything. And it had been Rory who went to Emily and Richard asking them to pay for Yale, not her.

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"Maybe I should call her again." Lorelai told Luke.

"Lorelai, they are fine. Your mother said she was just putting them down for bed."

"I know.. but what if Lauren still isn't feeling well? Maybe we should bring them home tonight."

"If you call, then the house phone will ring and wake them up." Luke pointed out. It was hard getting the twins back to sleep once they where woken up.

Lorelai sighed. "Ok. You really think they'll be ok?"

She had been aprehensive about being away from them for a whole night. She wasn't sure if they were ready for that, if she was ready for that. But, Luke had promised they could wake up early and go get them. He had been feeling a little aprehensive as well, but Lorelai had been so busy and exhausted since the babies were born and he thought she needed some time to relax.

"I'm positive." he assured, squeezing her hand.

"Ok. I was thinking about just taking them to work with me from now on. It's just too much of a hassle for my mom to get up so early to come pick them up."

"If that will make you feel better, then it's fine with me. I'll even take them some days."

"I'll talk to her about it at Friday night dinner."

"Ok, you ready to go?"

"Yeah."

"Ok, I'll pay and then we can leave."

They payed, got in the car, and headed home.

"Did you hear about Kirk?" Lorelai asked Luke on the way home.

"No, what did he do this time?"

"Well, apparently he's planning on proposing to Lulu. But, this is how he wants to propose: he's going to paint edible chocolate body paint on his chest spelling out "Will you marry me?" and if she wants to, she has to lick it off." Lorelai said, bursting out with laughter.

"You've got to be kidding me." he said, a look of disgust spreading across his face.

"No, I'm afraid I'm not. I saw him testing it out on himself and was a little freaked out, so I asked him what he was doing and he told me."

"That's the most disturbing thing Kirk could do. He is so bizzare. He belongs in a zoo."

"Too damn bad the guys with the butterfly nets don't have them in bigger sizes to capture him with."

Luke shook his head. "Why the hell would someone propose like that?" he asked as he opened the front door of their house.

"Aww, is Luke jealous? Did you already have it planned to do that to me and happened to tell Kirk and you're upset he stole you're idea? Did he-"

Luke shut Lorelai up by kissing her. She immediately forgot what she had been babbling about and responded to the kiss. She ran her hands through his hair, playing with the curls on the back of his neck. He moved down to her neck and she let out a small moan and brushed his leather jacket off to the floor. He moved back to her lips and began backing her up towards the stairs.

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Later that night, Luke and Lorelai were lying next to each other in their bed. Her head was on his chest and his arm was draped over her shoulder, gently stroking her arm.

"I'd have to have lost my damn mind to propose the way Kirk did. So to answer your implausible rant: no, I was most definitely not planning my proposal to you by writing "Will you marry me?" in edible chocolate paint on my chest and having you lick it off."

"Aw, too bad. It would have been fun." she said, giving him a fake pout and he rolled his eyes. "So, you never told me how you were planning on proposing to me."

"Well, I, uh, I was going to wait until you came in late at the diner, like you usually do. That way it would have been just us without the crazy town... and you would have asked for coffee, as usual. So... I was going to get you the usual coffee mug you drink out of, turn my back to you and act like I was pouring in the coffee, then give it to you. You'd look down, and instead of seeing coffee, you'd see the ring. And then I'd ask you to marry me." he told her, looking down shyly and playing with her hands.

"Wow." she whispered. "Me and my damn big mouth."

"Huh?" he asked.

"Your proposal idea was so much better than mine! Although, I didn't actually plan it, it kinda just happened. But, that's beside the point. Oh man, I should have waited. That would have been one hell of a proposal. Why couldn't I just have-"

Luke, once again, shut her up by kissing her.

"I'm glad you liked my idea, but yours was just fine. It doesn't really matter who proposed or how they did it, it just matters that it happened."

Lorelai smiled at him. She really was lucky to have Luke. "I guess I can agree to that." she said, and in turn, kissed him back.

After the kiss, Lorelai lay her head back on Luke's chest and closed her eyes. He kissed the top of her head and closed his eyes as well and they both drifted off to sleep.

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I hope you liked this chapter. I'm really sorry it took me so long to update. I've been so busy with finals, applying for newspaper staff (which I made! yay!), and being a football manager. I need to brush up on my time management skills.. but, anyway, I'm out for the summer! I survived! As in I survived my first year as a freshman, which was a pretty good year. So, now I will have more time to update. Although, it may be a little hard to do so this month. I leave for Cali tomorrow, then I have ortho and dentist appts, I might go to Florida, spend a week with my cousins, and then I start drivers ed. But, I promise I will try to update more. And, I know I said I was going to end the story once it has been a year, but that date is nearing and I'm not reading to quit writing this fic. It was my first fic and it is going to be sad to end it. So, I'm going to keep going for a little while. I might even stick to the writing a sequel idea. But, only if you guys want that. If you think it's going overboard, then I won't. That's all for now. Bye!