If One of Us Had Been a Frog

Chapter Ten: Blame Booze

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Summary: Luke and Lorelai talk about the future.

A/N: Incase you haven't noticed, I'm not doing this in order. Where's the fun in that anyway?

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"Welcome to Earth, baby girl Belleville," Lorelai cooed into the little girl's ear. "She's adorable, Sookie," she told her best friend, who was holding the tiny baby.

"Thanks," Sookie said, with a warm smile. "Oh, hey, could you hold her for a bit? I have to go check on the loaves."

"You're not supposed to be cooking."

"Oh, it'll only take a second." She said, handing the baby over to Lorelai and dashing towards the kitchen before anyone had a chance to stop her.

Lorelai looked down at the baby and couldn't help but think about the baby she almost had. Well, not almost. She was never pregnant. It had been a mistake. The whole apple thing must have been her body telling her to eat better. But, she couldn't help but think about how things would have been if she actually had been pregnant.

"Let's go check on Luke, alright?" She asked the baby, before making her way towards the living room, where she left him.

When she saw him, she couldn't believe it. She stopped in the middle of the room and watched the scene in front of her for a second.

He was sitting on the couch, his eyes focused on the TV, but you could tell he wasn't too interested in the program that was on. Little Davey was leaning against him, in his dinosaurs t-shirt and blue shorts. His feet were swung over the arm rest, he was sucking on his thumb, and was completely engrossed in whatever was on the television.

She didn't have much time to watch them, because Luke noticed her after a few seconds.

"Hey," he said, with a smile.

"Hey you," she replied, and sat beside him on the couch. "They stuck you with a kid, too?"

"Yep."

"I think they're trying to tell us something," Lorelai joked. Luke smiled.

"So, what are you guys watching?" Lorelai asked.

"I don't know. It has something to do with a school bus and Miss Frizzy."

"Miss Frizzle." Lorelai corrected him.

"OK."

"It's the Magic School Bus." She told him.

"Well, he loves it. He hasn't said a word since it started." Luke told Lorelai.

Lorelai smiled. Luke yawned.

"Tired?" She asked.

"A little." He admitted.

"I'm sorry I made you come to this. We can leave soon." She told him.

"I don't mind." He told her, patting her knee.

"I know, but I feel bad."

"Why?"

"Making you go to these things that you hate, when you woke up early this morning, and you had to help cook, and set up… and now you're babysitting Davey."

"Look, it's fine. And I'm not babysitting. Jackson is outside for a minute, and Sookie's in the kitchen."

"And you're babysitting." She told him, pointing a finger.

He sighed. "I don't mind."

"Where is Sookie, my arms are getting tired," Lorelai whined, after a few minutes.

"Want me to hold her?" Luke asked, surprising Lorelai.

"Uh… Uh sure." She said, awkwardly handing the baby over.

He knew how to hold her and everything. That surprised her. She watched him, looking down at the baby, with Davey sitting beside him. Luke hated kids. They had jam hands, and they were noisy. What was up?

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"What? Like what?"

"I don't know… Like I just did something really weird."

"Well, you don't usually hold babies."

"Sure I do."

"Not once, in the 8 plus years I've known you, have I ever seen you voluntarily hold a baby."

"Just because you've never seen it, doesn't mean I've never done it," he told her, defensively.

"Okay…"

"OK." He said, sternly, turning back to look at the TV.

Lorelai continued to watch him, wondering what had gotten into him.

"God, I'm tired." Lorelai said, as she took off her jewelry and put it on Luke's dresser. They had stayed late, to help clean up. "I'm sorry we had to stay so late. You must be beat."

"Yeah." Luke said, sitting down on the bed, watching her, still in the same clothes he wore to the party.

"You OK?" She asked, turning around, after taking off her shirt.

"Yeah…" He said, unconvincingly.

She walked over to him, in her pink flowy skirt that reached her knees, and her red, lacy bra. "Are you sure?"

He reached out to her, and put his hands on her hips. "You don't have to apologize so much. I could have gone home if I wanted."

"I know." She said, feeling weird about the way he was looking at her.

"And you know, tonight- I didn't hate it- watching Davey. He's a nice kid, and he's quiet. He doesn't cry or throw up or anything. And holding Martha, I didn't hate that either. She didn't even spit on me or anything." Luke babbled on. Lorelai sat down on the bed beside him, and looked him in the eye.

"Okay…"

"I just, I don't want you to think I hate kids… because I don't. I mean, I don't want you to be completely surprised when you see me holding a baby or interacting with a kid under 12."

"Oh."

"You thought I hated kids." He said, bowing his head.

"No, Luke. I just… I guess I didn't really know where you stood on the subject." She said, wondering where all of this could be coming from. Maybe he knew about her scare. Maybe Rory told. Rory wouldn't tell though.

"Where is all this coming from?" She asked.

"I don't know." He said, not looking her in the eye.

"Yes you do." She told him.

"I was just thinking about things." He told her. "And today- you saw me with Davey and you look so surprised, and you automatically started apologizing because you thought I hated it… and then when I told you I'd hold Martha, I knew you were thinking that I'd drop her or I didn't know how to hold her… I have a nephew, you know."

"I know, Luke. I wasn't… surprised… Well, I was… I don't know."

"Exactly… Sometimes I just think you get the wrong idea about me."

"The wrong idea?"

"I like kids, you know. I mean, if we… if we ever, you know… got married. I mean, I'd want to think about it."

"Oh." She said.

He spoke quickly. "I don't mean that we'd have to have kids… If you didn't want to, then… that'd be fine. I'm just saying, that if you… did… want kids… Well, we could." He told her.

"Oh. OK." She told him, still wondering if maybe he knew about the scare. Maybe she should just tell him.

"Luke?" She asked, putting her hand on top of his. He looked up at her.

"Well… I have something to tell you." She began.

"What?" He asked, slowly.

"Well, you know the party for the Inn, right? Well, of course you do.. and you know… what happened afterwards…" She babbled on.

"Lorelai, what's going on?"

"So… well, we didn't exactly… use protection." She told him, and his eyes widened.

"What are you saying?"

"And then I kept eating apples, which you know, is weird for me… you know that… and well, when I was pregnant with Rory I kept eating…"

"Apples?" He guessed.

"Yeah, apples." She told him. "So… Well, I sort of thought that I was… pregnant." She told him.

He took a deep breath, as a smile slowly appeared on his lips.

"I didn't tell you because, well because I was at the hospital with Sookie, and the doctor said I wouldn't be able to tell for a few more weeks and I didn't want to freak you out or worry you, because… I thought you… you know, hated kids. I guess I could have told you because, as it turns out, you like kids. So, my mistake, sorry." She babbled on. "But it all happened so fast, and I don't know… I was scared, maybe. We just got back together and things are good, and I thought that maybe- maybe this could mess stuff up."

"Lorelai." He said, stopping her.

"But, I'm not pregnant." She told him, quickly.

He sighed. But it wasn't a 'oh I'm so relieved type of sigh.' It was something else. "Oh."

"I just thought that… maybe I should tell you. So, that's why I am… telling you, I mean." She said.

"OK." He told her.

"So, what do you think?" She asked.

"What am I supposed to think?" She asked him.

"I don't know. Are you mad?"

"Why would I be mad?"

"I didn't tell you." She told him.

"I'm not mad." He told her, and took her face in his hands and kissed her.

"Well…" She began, with her eyes still closed. "That's good." She said, her eyes fluttering open.

"You know, I wouldn't have left you… even if I did hate kids, you know that, right?" He asked her, looking into her eyes.

She smiled. "I know… I guess… I guess I was just worried that it would change things… and everything would get… complicated, you know?"

"Yeah."

"I mean, we're doing good, don't you think?" She asked, with a smile.

He smiled, too. "Yeah, we are." He told her.

He smiled widened, and she leaned in to kiss him again.

"Hey." He said, pulling away.

"What?"

"You know the Twickham, house?" He asked her.

"Yeah."

"It's for sale."

"Oh I know, Sookie told me." Lorelai answered.

"It's a nice house." Luke told her.

"I know, I wonder who will buy it." She said.

"I don't know." He shrugged, smiled, and kissed her again.

Well there you go… Sorry it's taken such a long time to get up. I've been sort of busy. I'm not really sure what I've been doing, but yeah… Just haven't had a lot of time to right. Plus my doctor gave me this pills to help me sleep, so I'm not staying up until like 4 AM every night.

Anyway, you know the drill.

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