A few weeks later
It was a Tuesday, and Luke was spending the day at home with Will and Samantha while Lorelai worked at the Inn. After eating lunch, he decided to surprise Lorelai and bring the kids to the Inn for a quick visit. Lorelai left before anyone was awake that morning, so Luke and the kids hadn't even seen her that day.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the Dragonfly. Luke pushed Samantha in her stroller and Will walked beside him. "Why are we here, Daddy?" Will asks.
Luke looks down at him and smiles, "We're going to see Mommy." He replies.
"Yay!" Will shouts in response.
They get inside to find Lorelai talking to a guest, "I'll be sure to get some fresh towels delivered to your room, Mr. Blake" She tells the guest, and he smiles at her then walks away. Lorelai turns to see Luke and Will walking towards her.
"Luke? What are you doing here?" She asks with a huge grin on her face.
"Well, I thought it would be nice to surprise you with a visit." Luke replies.
"Hi, Mommy." Will says. He walks up to Lorelai and she bends down to give him a hug. Luke carefully takes Samantha out of her stroller. Lorelai lets Will go, stands up and takes Samantha from Luke, "Hi, bubby." She whispers. After holding her for a minute, Samantha starts to cry. "Aww, honey what's wrong?" Lorelai tries to soothe her, but she doesn't stop crying.
"Here, let me try." Luke says and Lorelai hands him Samantha. Luke holds her close and after about a minute, she stops crying.
"What? Do you have the magic touch or something?" Lorelai asks him sarcastically. Will reaches out and pulls on her hand.
"Mommy, can I have a snack?" He asks. Sookie walks in at that moment.
"Oh! Luke, hi! Oh, you brought the kids!" She walks over to Will and greets him with a hug which he returns. "I just baked a batch of cookies; do you want to try one?" She asks Will.
"But those aren't good for him." Luke mutters.
"Luke, its fine for him to have a treat every once and a while, it's not like we let him eat a Pop Tart for breakfast every day."
"Fine." Luke gives in. Sookie smiles at them and leads Will to the kitchen. Luke puts Samantha back in her stroller.
"Hey, hon." Lorelai says to get his attention.
"Yeah?" He asks.
"Thank you for bringing the kids, I missed them this morning."
Luke smiles softly at her, "Yeah, I figured you would want to see them since you were gone so early this morning." Lorelai smiles and reaches out to pull him into a hug.
After they pull apart, Luke smiles at her again. "I hate to cut this visit short, but I should get back to work." Lorelai tells him. They both go to the kitchen to get Will. Sookie is thrilled to hold her Samantha for the first time. A few minutes later, Lorelai says goodbye to her family, kissing Samantha, who has fallen asleep in her stroller, hugging Will again, and gives Luke a quick kiss.
On the way home, Luke stops at Doose's Market to pick up some groceries. Taylor is leaving when Luke gets there. "Oh, Luke, I was just heading to the diner for lunch." Before Luke can respond, Taylor speaks again: "Oh, this must be the new addition to the Danes household. May I hold her?" He asks.
"No. I don't have time to chat right now, Taylor. I've got to get Will home so he can take a nap and I've got to pick up some things first, so can you please just get out my way?"
Will looks up at Taylor and says: "Hi, Mr."
Taylor looks down at him and says, "Hello, William, how are you today?"
Luke groans and grabs Will's hand and gently pulls him towards the door of Doose's. "Come on, Will. We need to go shopping then we can go home." Will obeys Luke and follows him and Taylor steps outs of the way. Luke pushes the stroller with one hand and guides Will inside with the other.
Later that night at around 10 P.M., an exhausted Luke and Lorelai get ready for bed. "So, when I got home earlier, there was a message on the answering machine from April, she says she wants us to go to her high school graduation in a couple weeks." Luke tells Lorelai.
"Oh. I'd love to go, but it would be hard to get all the way to New Mexico with a newborn." Lorelai replies.
"Yeah, I know so I called her back and I told her that I could come, if you're okay with me leaving for a couple of days. I was thinking that maybe you could take a couple days off work to stay with the kids." Luke says.
"Yeah, that sounds good. I'm sure the staff can handle things for a couple of days. You should get to see your daughter's graduation. I can handle the kids, so don't worry about it." She tells him.
Luke smiles back at her "Okay, I'll tell April tomorrow." He yawns and Lorelai reaches over to the bedside table and turns off the lamp and Luke does the same on his side. Lorelai slides over and kisses him, twice. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight." He responds. He rolls over on his side and wraps an arm around her waist, the position they usually fall asleep in.
Author's note: Thank you everyone who read, reviewed and added this story to their favourites.
I watched the Gilmore Girls reunion video and it was great seeing the cast together again, but I'm sad that there isn't a movie or another season in the works right now, the fans obviously want one and the cast seem to want to do it, so I still have a little hope we'll get something one day! I just really want to see Lorelai and Luke married with at least one kid of their own!