2 Days Before Christmas

Luke sits at the airport, waiting for April's flight to arrive. This Christmas, April would get to spend a few days with Luke, Lorelai and Will, as she spent last Christmas with Anna. He sees her walking towards him, pulling her wheeled suitcase behind her. He stands up when she's a few feet away.

"Hi, Dad," She greets him and she lets go of her suitcase to hug him.

"Hi, April," He greets her and returns the hug. After a few seconds, April pulls back;

"How are Lorelai and Will?" She asks him.

"They're great, excited to see you and Rory is home also." April just smiles. "Come on, let's head home." He says and he grabs her suitcase.

An hour later, they arrive home. Luke brings April's suitcase up to one of the spare bedrooms. April finds Lorelai and Will in the family room. "Hi, Lorelai." She greets her.

"April! Hi, how are you, honey?" Lorelai gets up off the couch and walks over to April, picking up Will on the way.

"I'm good. Can I hold him?" She asks.

"Of course, here," She holds Will out and April takes him. Will looks up at her, curiously.

"He probably doesn't remember me since he was only eight months old the last time I saw him."

"But, look, he's smiling at you!" Lorelai exclaims. April looks down at Will, and sure enough, he's smiling at her. She smiles back at him.

"So, where's Rory?" She asks.

"Oh she's out visiting Lane, Zack and the boys."

April nods, "Oh… so Dad said that Will can walk now."

"Oh, yeah, he's fast too, always keeping us on our toes." April sets Will on his feet and sure enough, he starts walking. He walks right up to Luke, who's entering the room.

Luke scoops him up. "Hey, I was seeing how he could walk. He grown so much, it's amazing, really." April says. Luke smiles at her.

Lorelai looks at the clock on the wall. "I have to go take care of some last minute Christmas things at the Inn, I'll be back for dinner. See you two later." She picks up her purse and quickly kisses Luke and Will goodbye then walks out the front door.

Two days later, on Christmas morning, Lorelai, Luke, Rory and April exchange gifts. Lorelai gave Luke a new sweater, a new flannel shirt and a new watch. He gave her a pair of diamond earrings and surprised her with a framed picture of him and Will that he had taken one day when she was working. Lorelai gave Rory some new clothes and books that she had wanted to read. Luke gave Rory a bracelet that Liz had made. Lorelai and Luke gave April a telescope that she could use when she visited. April gave Luke another flannel shirt and a fishing lure, and she gave Lorelai a coffee mug and a pretty necklace. Rory gave Luke a new toolbox and Lorelai new shoes and April a book on astronomy. Will received lots of toys and some clothes from all of his family members.

Valentine's Day

Lorelai waited for Luke to come home. Liz had called him, asking him to come over for something she wouldn't say. Lorelai hadn't reminded Luke that it was Valentine's Day. She got him a card and she wasn't really expecting much in return, since she figured Luke had forgotten, and he didn't even really like Valentine's Day. She hears the front door open, so she gets off the couch. Luke comes inside; Lorelai notices he has one arm behind his back.

"Hey." He greets her.

"Hey back." She says.

"Um, I got you these, for Valentine's Day." He pulls his arm from behind his back to reveal a dozen red roses.

A huge grin breaks out on Lorelai's face. "Oh, wow. Luke… they're beautiful. Thank you." She takes them from him.

"You're welcome." He says simply. She sets the flowers down on the entryway table. She puts her arms around his neck and leans in to kiss him. He responds immediately and wraps his arms around her waist. They enjoy a couple sweet, lingering kisses. Lorelai pulls back, but only slightly. She moves her arms to his back and puts her head on his shoulder. He leans down, putting his chin on her shoulder. They pull apart after about twenty seconds pass.

"I got you a card; it's not much but…"

He interrupts; "It's alright, I don't need anything. Just being with you every day is enough." Lorelai gives him a sweet smile then walks away to get the card from the kitchen. She returns a minute later and hands him the card.

"Thanks." He says after he reads it.

"You're welcome. It's really mushy but it says the message, you know?" He just nods. "So, what did Liz want?" She asks.

"Oh well, she offered to take Will for the night actually. She said that we deserve to have a nice night off on Valentine's Day." He tells her.

"Oh, but what about her and T.J.? Don't they have plans?" She asks.

"She said they just want to spend the night with Doula and they wouldn't mind having Will too. I told her that they don't have to, but she insisted."

Lorelai nods; "Oh, well it would be nice to go out and it's really sweet of them to offer, but I think all of the restaurants will be reserved tonight."

"I thought so too, but I called Maisy at Sniffy's and she said she and Buddy would be happy to have us."

Lorelai smiles, "Really? Well we haven't seen them in forever. Did you tell them that we'd come?"

"Yeah, I said we'd come for dinner, is that okay?"

"Yeah, of course. It will be nice to have a night alone… the whole night."

Luke nods in agreement. "Yeah I kind of felt bad at first, but then I thought we deserve a night alone together, right?"

"Right," She agrees.

A couple hours later, Lorelai gets dressed to go out. She chooses a long pink dress that had a low neckline and hugged her curves. Luke comes into the bedroom, carrying Will. He sees Lorelai, looking at herself in the mirror. "You look… beautiful." He tells her.

"Aww, thanks hon." He hands her Will and goes over to the closet to get a dress shirt and pants. He quickly changes and Lorelai approves of his attire, telling him he looks handsome. They leave and drop off Will and Liz and T.J.'s place. Lorelai was a little sad to leave him, but she knows her and Luke deserve a night off. As soon as they enter Sniffy's, Maisy comes over to them. "Lucas, Lorelai, I'm so happy to see you two." She pulls Luke into a hug.

"We're happy to see you too, Maisy." Luke says after Maisy pulls away from him.

"Lorelai, you look lovely!" She says and she hugs her too.

"Thanks, Maisy. How are you and Buddy doing?"

"We're great. How's your little bundle of joy… oh I guess he's not so little anymore is he?"

"Yeah, he's over one now. We can't believe how fast he's growing up so fast!" Lorelai replies.

"Do you have a picture of him?" Maisy asks.

Before Lorelai could reach into her purse, Luke answers her; "Yeah, let me get it out." He removes his wallet from his pocket.

"You have a picture of Will in your wallet?" Lorelai asks him, sounding shocked.

"Yeah.", Luke replies simply. He takes out the picture and hands it to Maisy.

"Well, he certainly has gotten bigger. I think he looks more like you, Lorelai." Maisy says.

"Really?" Lorelai responds. She thinks that Will has Luke's eye colour, the exact same shade as him, but his facial features are more like hers, although she doesn't admit it, since she wanted him to look like Luke.

"Yes, he has your chin and your nose I think." Maisy says. Luke nods, he's noticed that Will looks more like Lorelai, but he doesn't care. Maisy gives the picture back to Luke and he puts it away, Lorelai watches. "Well, let's get you to your table." Maisy leads them to a table and tells them that she'll bring Buddy out to say hi.

"Hey, do you keep the picture of Will next to the horoscope?" Lorelai asks.

"As a matter of fact, I do." Luke replies.

"That's sweet." Lorelai grins and he smiles back at her.

Maisy returns with Buddy behind her. "Luke! Lorelai! How are you two kids doing?"

"Hi Buddy, we're great, thanks." Luke replies.

"And how about William, is he keeping you on your toes?"

"Yeah, he's a handful, but we couldn't be happier." Lorelai tells him.

Buddy smiles and Maisy says, "Well, we'll have your waitress bring back a special meal for you."

"Great, thanks." Lorelai replies.

An hour later, after dinner and dessert, Lorelai and Luke say goodbye to Maisy and Buddy and leave. They get home and Luke asks Lorelai what she wants to do. She playfully hits him and says; "Luke, we have the house to ourselves… we have the whole night alone." Before he can say anything, she grabs his hand and leads him to the bedroom. Once they're inside, she wastes no time and kisses him. He kisses her back and pulls her closer. After a few seconds, she pulls back. She quickly unbuttons his shirt and he slides it off. He puts his hand under her chin and brings her lips back to his. Her hands end up in his hair and his move to her back. They pull apart again and Lorelai turns around so Luke can unzip her dress. Once the dress is off her shoulders, he kisses her neck, then her shoulder. She pushes the dress off so it falls to the floor. She turns around to face him, wanting to see his reaction to the lingerie she's wearing.

"You like?" She asks.

"I love." He whispers. She pulls him back to her and they kiss passionately for a couple minutes before she reaches for the button of his pants and he reaches for her bra strap. They walk to the bed and Lorelai lies down and he joins her once he removes his pants.

Afterwards, they lie tangled up together, her arm draped across his middle, head in the crook of his arm.

"I love you." He says sweetly.

"I love you too, babe."

"Oh, I just remembered something." He mutters.

"Hmm… what's that?" She asks.

"Just wait here, I'll be back." He tells her and he moves away from her and gets up. She watches him pick up his boxer-briefs from the floor and slip them on. She doesn't say anything as he walks out of the room.

He returns five minutes later, carrying a small gift bag. "I got you another Valentine's gift. I was gonna give it to you at dinner, but I forgot." He says and he hands her the bag as he gets back in bed.

She grins at him and opens it to find a beautiful silver bracelet. "Oh, Luke it's so pretty."

He smiles, "I'm glad you like it."

She gives him a long, deep kiss and whispers, "Thank you. You're so sweet."

"You're welcome." He replies with a loving smile.