A little later than usual because I'm at home and not at school.
Oh, and tomorrow I might not be able to update this until 2:30 or 3:00 pm because I have to work 6-2 sorry; either that or i'll update at 5am.
Go ahead and see why it's 'Sky'
"Star Wars!" Lorelai turned to look at them with a smile; she knew Luke couldn't wait any longer to know why they called him sky.
"Star Wars?"
"Luke Skywalker. His name is Luke! And my name is Luke!" Luke waited a little longer for the connection.
"I refused to call him Skywalker…" Lorelai said behind him. "… he refused to answer if I called him Luke, so we compromised on Sky"
"You like Star Wars, huh?"
"Yeah!"
"Aw, too bad you're a trekie" Lorelai teased.
"Mommy, he like's baseball!"
"I know" Lorelai smiled.
"I'm hungry" now that the big issue, baseball, was dealt with sky moved to more important things… food.
"Do you want a burger?"
"Yeah" he nodded eagerly.
"Go ask Rory if she wants one" Lorelai told him bringing him down from the counter.
"Ok" he ran off.
"Cheese burger, no mayo or pickles and regular fries for him"
"Ok" Luke nodded. "And you, your usual?" he asked casually.
"Yeah, please" she was not expecting him to remember what she liked, but she wasn't about to shot him down or embarrass him; she'd have to eat whatever he'd bring her, she was in for a surprise because Luke did remember and he ended up bringing her what she was actually craving.
"She said no but she wants a shake"
"Thank you, sky"
"Hey, do you have a glove?" sky asked Luke while climbing on a stool.
"Yes, I do"
"Can we play?" he asked excitedly shifting around on the stool.
"Honey, Luke has to work"
"Oh, ok" sky stopped shifting.
"Umm, Pete will be here in a while so… we could go after you finish, if you want?" Luke said.
"Really?" he started shifting again.
"Luke, you don't have to do that"
"It's ok; a couple pitches here and there, what's the big deal"
"Can we, Mommy? Please?"
"What time does Pete get here?" she asked Luke.
"In a bout an hour. I figured he'd eat and rest a little so he won't get sick"
"Mommy?"
"I don't know" Lorelai was thinking about it because if they stayed to play then they'd have to stay the night there, and she didn't have where, she'd have to go to the Inn and see if anyone was still working there.
"I still have the pull out couch, and you can have my bed" Luke offered knowing why she was debating it.
"What about you?"
"Don't worry about me"
"But…?"
"It's ok, really. I want to spend more that two hours with him, God knows when I'll see him again" Luke let the last part slip.
"Hey, no, we'll…" and that's when it hit her, she didn't live in Stars Hollow anymore, she lived over an hour and forty minutes, without traffic, away. "… we'll figure something out"
"Can we play?" sky pressed the matter and Lorelai thought a little more.
"Are you ok with us staying?" Luke nodded. "You have to eat everything, ok?" she told sky.
"Yeah!"
"Thanks" Lorelai mouthed to Luke and he smirked before heading to the kitchen.
.o0 Over an Hour Later 0o.
"Mom, why are we here?" Rory asked, all four of them were outside at the park.
"We're going to watch them play"
"No, I mean yes, but why are we here in this town? Kirk said you used to live here"
"He did?" note to self, kill Kirk.
"Yeah, and he said you two used to date"
"I never dated Kirk!" Lorelai sounded appalled.
"No, not Kirk. He said you and the Diner guy dated" Rory pointed to where Luke was giving a few pointers to sky before they started.
"Ah" Lorelai nodded also looking at guys.
"So?"
"Well the 'Diner guy', like you called him is Luke… and he's sky's Dad" Lorelai confessed still looking them play.
"What?"
"You were too young to remember, but we used to live here when you were a baby"
"We did?" Lorelai nodded. "So you two did date?"
"Yep" Lorelai said reminiscing.
.o0 Luke and Sky 0o.
Sky stood sideways, he shook his head several times before finally nodding and throwing the ball.
"Nice throw" Luke commented after catching the ball. "Are you ready?"
"Yeah!" sky jumped a little.
"Keep your eye on the ball, ok?"
"Ok!" Luke threw the ball slowly, sky tried catching it but it hit his glove weirdly and it bounced to the ground. "I got it" he bent down to pick it up and then threw it to Luke. Luke caught it and threw it back, again sky's glove wasn't set correctly and the ball bounced again. After several throws sky was still unable to catch a ball; Luke had been watching him and after a while he walked over to sky and taught him how to 'properly' use the glove. Lorelai had to smile when sky started catching balls after his talk with Luke.
.o0 Later That Night 0o.
When they walked back to the Diner, it was filled with people; and not people there to eat, people there to gossip about Lorelai's return and Lorelai's boy. Luke kicked them out and decided to close up early. He took Lorelai and the kids up to his apartment so they could settle in, and they could decide who would sleep where.
"Sky, stop that" Lorelai told him seriously. The moment they set foot in Luke's apartment sky noticed the baseball base Luke had on top of his desk and he whined until Luke brought it down for sky to see. Since then sky had set it on the floor and would jump on and off it.
"But Mommy…"
"Stop jumping" sky sat on the floor and traced his finger over the edge of the base. Rory had found Luke's book and she started going through them.
"Are you sure this is ok? Because I'm perfectly ok with the sleeping bag" Luke told her while bringing out linens for the pull out couch.
"Its fine, Luke; here, let me help you"
"No, it's ok, I got it" he started making up the pull out couch, and Lorelai said nothing; silence ruled between them.
"Why are you being so nice?" she blurted out and Luke stiffened.
"Lorelai…"
"It's ok if you're mad, if you want to yell"
"If I yell at you, sky will beat me up"
"Luke…"
"Not now" he told her seriously and she nodded, turned and walked towards sky.
"Come on, kid, let's get your pj's on" though she didn't exactly plan on staying more than that day, she did pack extra clothes for her and the kids.
"No sleep, Mommy!"
"I didn't say sleep, I just said we had to put your pj's on"
"Ok. But no sleep" he told her before following to the bathroom.
While Lorelai and sky were in the bathroom, Rory decided to approach Luke.
"Hi" Rory said quietly from behind Luke.
"Hey, Rory"
"This fell out of the book I was reading" she handed Luke a picture.
"Oh… umm, thanks" he took the picture and examined it.
"That's you, huh?" Luke nodded. "Is that me?" he nodded again.
"We used to read this book to you before you went to sleep; your Mom insisted we use the picture as a book mark" in the picture, Luke and Rory were both asleep on the couch; Rory on Luke's chest, and the book on the floor by the couch.
"How old was I there?"
"Three, we never finished reading the book because you left"
"I'm sorry I don't remember"
"Don't be, you were a baby…"
"Toddler" she corrected.
"… there's no way you could remember"
"Do you have more pictures?"
"I should, some where around here" Luke motioned around the apartment.
"Do you think I could see them, someday?"
"Of course"
"Thank you, umm…"
"Call me Luke"
"But…?"
"It's ok, call me Luke"
"Thank you, Luke"
"Can I have some milk?" Luke heard sky ask.
"Don't ask me, honey, ask Luke; it's his place" Lorelai told him.
"Ok" sky ran over to Luke and tugged at his flannel. "Can I have some milk?"
"Please" Lorelai told him.
"Please" sky added.
"Umm… sure" Luke tossed the picture on the made up pull out couch and walked the very short distance to the kitchen.
"I am so thirsty I can drink the whole gallon" sky exaggerated following Luke.
"The whole gallon, huh?"
"Yep"
"Why don't we start with a glass and go on from there?" Luke suggested and sky nodded.
"Luke, where did you get this form?" Lorelai asked her eyes on the picture.
"Rory found it"
"I can't believe you kept it"
"I forgot I had it" Luke shrugged it off; it was true, he forgot that thing was in the book.
"Sky, no, drink that over there" Lorelai told him when he had grabbed the glass and had started to walk a way from the kitchen area.
"But…"
"Sky" she told him in a stern voice and he just walked back to the kitchen.
"Mommy, I'm tired" Rory told her, she was already in dressed for bed.
"Go to sleep then"
"Where?"
"On the couch"
"Ok" Rory got under the covers and fell asleep before Lorelai got there to tuck her in.
Minutes later, Luke and Lorelai were sitting in the kitchen talking with sky asleep on one of the chairs.
"You could come visit us" Lorelai suggested.
"I guess"
"I don't mean every weekend, just the ones when we can't come here"
"I'm sure I could close the Diner a few days a month and…"
"You don't have to close it down"
"I don't want it to burn down while I'm not here" sky whimpered. "What was that?"
"Nightmare, I think"
"He's perfect" Luke blurted out.
"He's a mini you"
"You think?" Lorelai nodded, she got up and went to pick sky up so she could take him to bed. "I'll do that" Luke jumped to his feet.
"Thanks, he's getting heavier"
"No problem"
"Just put him in the middle" Lorelai, Rory, and sky were going to sleep on the pull out couch because Lorelai refused to Luke sleeping in a sleeping bag on the floor in order to give her his bed.
"Are you really sure you don't want to sleep on my bed, I can sleep on the floor, its ok; it's just like camping"
"I'm sure, Luke" Lorelai told him while getting her things, she turned just in time to see Luke tuck sky in and make sure Rory was covered as well; Lorelai couldn't help but smile.
It was the middle of the night and Lorelai was lying on her back, eyes wide open. In the distance she could hear Luke's deep even breaths; he wasn't snoring, he never did, the room was just that quiet. Luke was lying on his stomach, left arm under his pillow, and right arm hanging from the side of the bed. Lorelai turned to her right to look at sky and she saw the he was on his stomach, left hand under his pillow and his right arm thrown over her stomach; she couldn't help but smile.
You've been LoVeLu-ized
There ya go, now you know why it's 'Sky'
I hope you weren't expecting something better; sorry if you were.
Whatcha thunk?