"Sookie," Lorelai called, coming into the kitchen. "coffee."
"You didn't have any this morning?" Sookie asked, stiring her sauce she was going to be using for the ducks.
"Only one cup. Luke took more than long enough to even pour me some."
"Why didn't you just pour you some yourself?"
Lorelai shook her head. "No can do. Ever since the twins learnt to walk, he won't let be behind the counter anymore. He says if they see me going behind there, they might follow and then an accident could happen and he doesn't want that."
"Hm." Sookie said, shaking her head yes. "That's reasonable."
Sookie passed Lorelai a cup and Lorelai took it and poured coffee into it. She took a long, grateful sip. The Inn's coffee would never be as good as Luke's coffee was, but, it still did the trick.
"So, what time is the meeting?" Sookie asked.
"12:30."
"Got it."
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"Ok, what flavor do you want?" Rory asked her little brother and sister.
"Triple chocolate fudge!" Lauren said.
"I want want Napoleon Dynamite!" said Will.
Rory and Jess laughed.
"Ok, we'll have triple chocolate fudge, neapolitan, cappuccino chocolate chunch, and rocky road." Rory told Taylor.
The four of them were currently inside Taylor's Sodda Shoppe ordering ice cream. Jess suggested some ice cream to cool them down from being out in the heat all morning. Taylor got them their ice creams and handed them over. Jess wrapped the cones in a napkin and passed them over to his cousins.
"Thank you, Jess." Lauren told him.
"You're welcome." he said and then passed Will his cone before taking his own.
Rory licked her cappuccino chocolate chunk to keep it from melting as they made their way outside. She was enjoying spending time with her siblings. She didn't get to do it often. Jess was happy to be with them, too. He'd never been a kid kind of person, but he loved the twins. Also, he had a little sister now, so kids were starting to grow on him.
"Hey, do you guys want to go visit grandma and grandpa?" Rory asked them.
Both twins nodded their heads, still working on their ice creams. Rory and Jess took them to Jess's car and strapped them into their carseats, which Lorelai had let them borrow for the day.
xox
The four of them stood outside of the Gilmore mansion, waiting for the door to open.
"Hello." a maid said.
"Hi, we're here to see Emily and Richard Gilmore. We're their grandkids." Rory told the new maid.
The maid opened the door wider to let them in. Rory, Jess, and the twins walked inside and made their way into the living room.
"Rory, hello. This is a suprise." Richard said, getting up and hugging her.
"Yes, Rory, we didn't know you were coming. Come in. Sit, sit." Emily ushered.
They all took a seat at the couch.
"Well, hello, you two." Richard said, talking to the twins. "Come here."
The twins walked over to their grandpa and he picked them up, setting them on each knee.
"I'm watching Will and Lauren for mom today and we thought we'd swing by and say hello."
"Well, we are happy you did." Emily said smiling. "Would you like anything to drink?"
"I'm fine grandma, thank you."
"And you, Jess?" she asked.
"I'm fine. Thank you, Emily."
"So, what have the four of you been up to today?"
"We went to the park." Will said.
"And got ice cream." Lauren added.
"Sounds like you've guys have had a fun time." Emily said.
"So, Jess, how's your publishing company coming along?" Richard asked.
"Excellent. Business is great." he told him.
"We read your latest article in the paper, Rory. You are an marvelous writter, I must say." Emily complimented.
"Thank you, grandma." she said, smiling.
"I want to write like Rory and Jess." Lauren told them.
"I'm sure you would make a magnificent writter, Lauren." Richard said.
"I'm want to go to Yale." Will piped in.
"You keep that dream up, William. Yale is a wonderful school." Emily said, proud of her grandchildren.
Rory had been a big influence on Lauren and Will. They wanted to be exactly like their big sister. Rory was happy that her little brother and sister looked up to her. It made her feel powerful to know that she had such an impact on two three year olds. When she was little, her one and only hero was her mother.
They all chatted for a while and then Rory and Jess decided to head back to Stars Hollow to get the twins home. They said their goodbyes and left the house.
xox
"Hey, you guys." Lorelai said when Rory walked through the door.
"Hey mom." Rory said.
"Hey Lorelai." Jess greeted.
Will and Lauren went over to their mother and sat on each side of her on the couch.
"Hi mommy." they said.
"Hey, you two. I missed you guys today." she said, wrapping her arms around them.
"We had fun. Jess and Rory got us ice cream."
"And we went to visit grandma and grandpa." Will told her.
"Did you? Sounds like you guys had a good time. Were you good?"
"They were great." Jess said.
"Gave us no trouble at all."
"Did they fight?"
"Not once."
"Yeah, well, lets hope it stays that way."
"Well, we gotta go, mom. We'll see you next Friday." Rory said.
"All right, babe. Bye. Thank you both for doing this."
"No problem." Jess told her. "See you later."
Lorelai waved bye as her daughter and nephew left the house. Then, she turned her attention to her two youngest.
"Ok, lets get you two bathed and then daddy should be home to make dinner." she said.
She got up, took them to the bathroom, and gave them a bath. By the time she had gotten them into their pj's, she heard Luke come in.
"Hey, I'm home." he shouted.
"We'll be down in a second." she shouted back.
She took the twins hands and headed downstairs. They walked into the kitchen to find Luke already starting dinner.
"Whatcha making?" Lorelai asked.
"Spaghetti." he replied, beginning to brown the meat.
"Sounds good." she said.
"So, did you two have fun today?" he asked the twins.
"Yup. We got ice cream and saw grandma and grandpa." Will told his dad.
"Were you good?"
"Mhmm." Lauren said, nodding.
"You didn't decide to play hide and seek and run off, did you, Lauren?" he asked, eyeing his daughter.
"No, I didn't." she replied, innocently.
"Lauren." he said sternly.
"I didn't, daddy, I pwomise."
"Good. Remember what your mom and I told you about doing that."
A few months ago, Luke and Lorelai had been one of the towns festivals with the twins. They had told both of them to stay near and not to leave their site. Well, Lauren decided to do otherwise.
xox
It was the beginning of March and Stars Hollow was having its Spring Festival. Lorelai, Luke, and the twins were walking through the town square when Sookie, Jackson, Davey, and Lacey came over to them.
"Hey." Sookie said.
"Hey Sookie." Lorelai said, smiling at her friend. "What are you guys up to?"
"Oh nothing, just checking this out." Sookie said, looking around at everything that was going on.
"You didn't give Davey too much cotton candy this time, did you?"
"No, I think we learned our lesson the first time." Jackson told her.
"Lorelai." Luke said.
"Huh?" she asked.
"Where's Lauren?" he asked her.
"She's right..." Lauren looked to her left to find her daughter missing. "Oh my God! Where'd she go?" she asked, starting to panic.
"I don't know. One minute she was standing next to me, the next she's gone." Luke said, starting to panic as well.
"Will," Lorelai said, looking at her son who was holding her hand. "Did you see where your sister went?"
"Over there, mommy." he said, pointing towards the Gazebo. "But, then she went somewheres else."
"Oh God." Lorelai said, looking around frantically. "Sookie, watch Will, will you?" she asked.
"Sure. No problem." Sookie asked, concerned as well.
Luke and Lorelai searched the town square frantically, trying to find their daughter. Lorelai was about to dissolve into tears, when she heard Luke.
"Lauren!" he shouted, and ran into the direction of his daughter. He snatched her up and held her until Lauren took her from him.
"Lauren, don't you ever scare mommy like that again! You hear?" she asked, hugging her daughter close.
"I'm sorry, mommy. I was just playing hide and seek." she said.
Lorelai let out a breath of relief and wiped away a falling tear.
"No more hide and seek unless you tell us first, ok?" Luke said, putting his hand on the side of her head.
"Ok, daddy." she said.
After that, Luke and Lorelai decided to call it a day and head home. Enough excitement had gone on for them.
xox
After dinner, Lorelai and Luke put the twins down to bed after reading them a story.
"You guys let mommy sleep in tomorrow, ok? You can wake up your dad." she told them.
"They won't need to. I still have a diner to run, you know? I'll be awake before they are." Luke told her.
"One of these days. You just wait." she said.
Luke laughed and shook his head.
"Ok, goodnight you two." Luke said, and bent down to kiss his daughter on the forehead.
"Night daddy." she said.
"Night Will." Lorelai said, tucking him in and kissing his cheek.
"Night mom."
Luke and Lorelai switched places and said goodnight to their kids before turning the light out and walking upstairs. It was still early, concidering they put the twins to bed at nine. So, they decided to watch tv before nodding off themselves.
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A/N: Well, there's chapter two. It'll be a few chapters until the story finally gets to its point. But, never fear, that time will come eventually. You guys are probably hating me, wanting to know where I'm getting at, huh? lol Thanks for all the reviews in the first chapter. And, remember, Lacey is Sookie and Jackson's daughter. When I wrote Always Be My Baby, I wasn't sure what they named her, so I called her Lacey.
