Two Weeks Later
Luke had already said goodbye to his daughter. Now, he was saying goodbye to Lorelai and Will. Although he would only be in New Mexico for two days, he knew he would miss his family. Ever since he and Lorelai got back together, they had become one of those couples who hated being apart. During the time that Rory was reporting for the Obama campaign, Luke had spent every night at Lorelai's house, comforting her when she felt sad about Rory's absence.
"Give Daddy a hug." Lorelai tells Will, and he wraps his arms around Luke's leg. Luke smiles and bends down to pick him up. He holds Will in his arms for a minute and tells him:
"Bye Will. I'll miss you. Be good for Mommy when I'm gone." He sets him down and turns to Lorelai. Lorelai leans in and wraps her arms around his waist. He wraps his arms around her back and shoulders.
"Bye. Have a safe trip." Lorelai whispers in his ear. She pulls back a little, but Luke holds her hands in his and leans in to kiss her. They pull apart after two short, sweet kisses.
"Bye. Love you." He says.
"Love you too, doll."
He flashes her a quick smile then turns around and gets in his truck and drives away.
The next day, Luke attends April's graduation. After she receives her diploma, April finds Luke in the crowd of people.
"Dad! I'm so glad you could make it!"
"Of course I came, sweetie. I'm so proud of you." He pulls her into a hug. Luke thinks back to when Rory graduated from Chilton. He remembers that he teared up a bit, he was so proud of Rory and he was amazed at how fast she grew up. With April, he had cried more than he'd like to admit. He had only known her for a little over five years, and he had hated the fact that he had didn't get to see her grow up. He considered himself to be very lucky to have two kids with Lorelai.
"I have something exciting to tell you." April says, bringing Luke back to the present.
He smiles at her: "What's that?" He asks her.
"I got accepted to the University of New Haven and I'm going to go! I'll be living so much closer to you and Lorelai and Will and Sam!" She tells him.
"Wow! April, that's great! But what does your mother think?" He asks, thinking that Anna might be upset that April would be living so far away from her.
"Well, she was upset at first, but I told her what a great opportunity it would be for me, the program is amazing and I told her that living closer to you would just be a bonus and she gave in."
Luke just nods.
"Anyway, I should go find Mom. She's probably wondering where I am." April tells him and she gives him another quick hug.
"Okay, I'll come by to say goodbye to you before I leave tomorrow."
The next night, Luke arrives home late. On the way to his and Lorelai's bedroom, he passes Will's room and out of the corner of his eye, he sees Will sitting up on his bed. He steps in the room and asks Will what's wrong. Will immediately jumps off the bed and hugs Luke's leg. Luke picks him up and holds him close. "Did you have a bad dream?" He asks Will, remembering how he had one a few weeks ago. Will nods, tears streaming down his cheeks. "It's okay, everything's okay." Luke comforts him. He holds him for a minute, and then tries to put him back to bed but Will protests, "No!"
Luke sighs, "Do you want to come to Mommy and Daddy's bed?" He asks. Will nods. Luke carries him to the master bedroom down the hall and sets him down on the bed next to a sleeping Lorelai. He goes over to Samantha's crib and sees that she's sleeping. He hears Lorelai groan and turns around to find Will poking her.
"Will! Why did you wake Mommy up?" He asks. Will frowns and Lorelai sits up, awake.
"Oh, hey you're back." She says to Luke then she wraps her arm around Will and he snuggles up to her.
"Hey. Yeah, he had a bad dream so I told him he could sleep her I hope that's okay." Luke says.
Lorelai nods, and before either of them can say anything else, Samantha starts crying. Luke immediately leans down and scoops her into his arms. He gently rocks her to calm her down. Lorelai smiles at the sight. Lorelai gives Will an extra pillow and tells him to lie down. She gets up out of the bed and walks over to Luke.
"You're so good with her." She tells him, Samantha has stopped crying and is almost asleep. Luke turns his eyes to Lorelai and he gives her a shy smile. "Hi." She whispers and she leans in to give him a peck on the lips.
"Hi." He whispers back. They both look over at Will to find he's fast asleep. Luke puts Sam back in her crib and both he and Lorelai lie on the bed on opposite sides of Will. Luke reaches out and affectionately rubs Will's back. "Goodnight." Lorelai whispers.
"'Night." Luke replies. They fall asleep fast, comfortable and content next to each other.