Two Months Later- Day of Rory's Wedding

Lorelai was the Matron of honour, Will was the ring bearer and Christopher walked Rory down the aisle. At the reception, after Rory shared a dance with her husband then a father/daughter one with Christopher, she came over Luke and Lorelai's table.

"Rory!" Lorelai stood and pulled her daughter into a hug. "I can't believe you're married! Can you believe it?"

Rory shook her head, "It's surreal… I'm just so happy."

Lorelai smiled, "Aww, that's how I felt when I finally married this one." She gestures to Luke.

Rory smiles, "Actually I came over here to ask Luke if I can steal him for a dance."

Luke raises his eyebrows at Rory. "You want to dance with me?" He asks.

"Yeah, I thought I'd be nice." Rory smiles shyly.

"Sure." Luke replies. He lifts Will off his lap and sets him on a chair then follows Rory to the dance floor.

Lorelai watches them dance with a smile. After the song ends, Rory gives Luke a hug.
"Thanks, Luke… um you know I've never really said this before, but, I've always thought of you as a sort of second father to me."

Luke smiles softly at her, "Thanks Rory."

Rory smiles back, "And I know how happy you make Mom. Thanks for that too."

Luke just smiles again, not knowing what to say.

"Oh, I have to go tell the D.J. something." Rory says and she rushes off. Luke returns to the table.

A few minutes later, Rory announces something from the D.J. booth. "This song is for my grandparents, I wouldn't be where I am today without them. Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa." Wedding Bell Blues by The 5th Dimension began playing. Richard and Emily get up out of their seats and move to the dance floor.

After that song ended, Rory spoke again: "And now a song for my Mom and stepdad, you two are everything to me and your love inspires me every day. Thank you for always being there." Reflecting Light by Sam Philips began playing. Lorelai gasps and looks over at Luke. Luke grins at her and stands up and holds his hand out to her. "You wanna dance?" Richard comes over at that moment to take Will.

"Sure." Lorelai replies and she takes Luke's hand. She remembers when they first danced to this song at Liz's wedding. She was nervous then, but she also felt comfortable in Luke's arms. Now, she feels at ease and safe in Luke's arms.

A Few Weeks Later- Will's First Day of School

"Bye Will. Be good for your teacher." Lorelai tells Will as they stand in the doorway of the classroom. She picks him up and holds him tightly. After a few seconds, she puts him down and tells him to give Luke a hug. Will hugs Luke's legs and Luke ruffles his hair and says: "Bye, buddy. Have a good day." After that, Will turns around and walks into the classroom.

Lorelai and Luke stand and watch him for a few seconds.
"Ready to go?" Luke asks.

"Hmm… oh, yeah." Lorelai mutters, still watching Will.

"It's only a few hours. He'll be fine, Lorelai." Luke tells her as they start to walk away.

"I know." Lorelai responds. Luke looks at her face and sees tears welling in her eyes.

Once they get to the parking lot, Luke stops walking and Lorelai stops behind him.
"Come here." Luke says in a gruff voice and he reaches out and pulls her into his arms. Lorelai holds onto him and cries a little. She pulls back after about a minute.

"You okay?" Luke asks.

"Yeah. I'm just going to miss him… and he's so big…he's never going to be a little baby again… and time is going by too fast."

Luke nods. "I know what you mean. But it's good that he's in school, where he'll be around kids his own age. It's okay if you're sad though. I understand and I'm here for you."

Lorelai nods. "I know, hon. Thanks. Um can you drive me to the Inn? I almost forgot, I told Sookie she could have the day off. And the work distracts me from thinking about Will."

"Okay." Luke replies. They get in the truck and drive to the Dragonfly.

"Thanks for the ride." Lorelai says when they arrive.

"Anytime." Luke responds. Lorelai leans in a gives him a kiss goodbye.

Later that day, when Lorelai comes home, she immediately finds Will and asks him if he had fun at school. Will just nods and smiles. Lorelai smiles and kisses the top of his head. Luke enters the room, holding Sam in his arms.
"Aww there's my little girl." Lorelai says with a grin on her face. Luke passes Sam to her. "How was she today?" She asks.

"Good. She took a long nap, so I got some housework done." Luke replies. "How was the Inn?"

"Alright, not too busy. I went to the diner for lunch and let me tell you, Caesar's burgers or coffee aren't half as good as yours are."

Luke just responds with a nod, taking the compliment.

"Oh and Rory called to catch up a bit. It was nice to hear from her. She said that she'll visit for Thanksgiving this year." Lorelai tells him.

"Great. April's also coming, so the whole family will be together."

"Yeah that will be nice." Lorelai responds with a smile.

That night after they put the kids to bed, Luke and Lorelai enjoy some quality time together, cuddling on the couch together, watching a movie.

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