A Couple Weeks Later

Luke's cell phone is ringing. He looks at the caller I.D., its April. He answers:
"Hey, April."

"Hi Dad, how's it going?"

"Good, how about you? How's school?"

"I'm good. School's fine. How are Lorelai and the kids doing?"

"They're good."

"That's good… so Dad, I was just wondering, when was the last time you and Lorelai had a night alone?"

Luke frowns, thinking for a few seconds. "Um… I don't know. It's been a while I guess. Why?"

"Well, isn't your anniversary coming up?" April asks.

"Yeah, it's this Friday. It's our… sixth anniversary."

"Yeah… so I thought I could watch Will and Sam for a couple hours and you can take Lorelai out."

"Oh, um… I don't know… Well, I guess it would be nice to surprise Lorelai." Luke replies after thinking for a few seconds.

"Yeah, you two deserve to get out of the house every once and while. I know you go to Emily and Richard's house for dinner every other week, but that's not the same as being alone." April says.

"Okay. Do you want me to come and pick you up on Friday?" Luke asks.

"Yeah," April replies.

"Okay. I'll have Caesar close for me."

"Okay. I'll see you on Friday, Dad. Love you."

"Love you too. Bye."

Friday Morning

Luke wakes up first and goes to check up on Sam. He hears her crying as he walks in the hallway. When he gets to her room, he immediately walks over to her crib and picks her up. He holds her and calms her down. About half an hour later, after making breakfast, Luke goes back to the master bedroom to wake up Lorelai. He carries Sam, who is resting her head on his shoulder and holds a mug of coffee in his other hand. Luke sets the coffee on the nightstand and gently rubs Lorelai's shoulder to wake her up. Lorelai groans and opens her eyes.
"Morning." Luke whispers.

Lorelai gives him a small smile, "Morning." She gets up and goes to the bathroom.

Ten minutes later, Lorelai comes downstairs. "Hey, I forgot before, happy anniversary." She winks at Luke.

"Yeah, happy anniversary." Luke says with a nod.

Lorelai walks over to Will, who's eating breakfast at the table. "You almost done, buddy? It's time to get ready for school." She tells him.

"Done." Will says as he finishes his cereal and pushes the bowl away. He gets off the chair and Lorelai takes him upstairs to help him get ready. Ten minutes later, they come back downstairs.

"I'll drive him to school; it's on the way to the diner." Luke says.

"Oh yeah, I forgot that you're working today." Lorelai responds, sounding a little sad.

"I'll be home sooner than later." Luke tells her, although he would be going to pick up April later.

Luke kisses Sam's cheek and passes her to Lorelai. As soon as Sam is in Lorelai's arms, she starts crying.
"Aww, honey it's okay. Daddy will be back later." Lorelai tells her. Luke frowns and holds out his arms. Lorelai hands Sam back to him. Sam stops crying once Luke holds her close.

"I think she's attached." Lorelai says.

"I guess so. She's never really been clingy before though." Luke replies.

"She's daddy's little girl." Lorelai says with a smile. Luke smiles back then kisses Sam again. He holds her for another minute before handing her back to Lorelai. Sam cries again.

"It's alright, honey… shh." Lorelai whispers to her. Luke reaches out and runs his hand down Sam's short hair. Sam looks at her dad, still crying.

"Sammy, it's okay. Daddy will come home." Will says suddenly. Luke smiles down at him and bends down to pick him up. Will reaches out and pats Sam's head gently. Luke sets Will down and kisses Sam one more time. Her crying settles down a little.

"Just go, hon, we'll be fine. I'll cheer her up." Lorelai tells Luke. Luke nods and gives Lorelai two quick kisses goodbye.
Lorelai smiles, "Bye, have a good day at school, Will."

"Bye Mommy!" Will calls out as he walks out the door.

Later That Day

Luke returns home with Will and April. Lorelai comes to the front door, holding Sam.

"I was just about to call you… oh, April! I didn't know you were coming. How are you?" Lorelai walks over to April.

"Hi Lorelai. I'm good thanks, and you?" April replies.

"I'm good." Luke comes over and takes Sam from Lorelai as Will runs up and hugs her. Sam smiles up at Luke and Lorelai picks up Will.

"How was school?" Lorelai asks Will.

"Good." Will replies with a smile.

"Hey, Lorelai, April's here to babysit for us. Um, she offered to help so we could have a night out." Luke tells Lorelai.

"Oh, April. That's so sweet of you, but you don't have to." Lorelai says.

"I want to. Dad says that you two haven't had a night out in a while. I think you deserve one." April replies.

"That is true…" Lorelai admits.

Luke nods and says: "I kind of planned something too."

"Okay." Lorelai agrees to go. She hugs April. "Thank you, sweetie."

"You're welcome." April says when Lorelai pulls away.

"I should change first." Lorelai says, gesturing to her outfit, a t-shirt and jeans.

"You look fine. We're not going anywhere fancy anyway." Luke tells her.

"Oh, okay fine." Lorelai says. Luke hands Sam to April and Lorelai kisses Will and Sam goodbye. Luke thanks April before him and Lorelai head out the door.

They pull up to the diner and Luke gets out of the truck and walks to the passenger side to open Lorelai's door.

"Uh, the diner?" Lorelai asks, surprised.

"Um… yeah sorry, I didn't have a lot of time to plan something big. I thought we'd just have a nice dinner in the apartment if that's okay." Luke replies.

"Okay." Lorelai shrugs her shoulders and gives him a small smile.

After dinner, Luke gets up and walks over to the CD player which is sitting on the coffee-table. Lorelai frowns, wondering what he's doing, but she doesn't ask. She watches as he picks up a CD and puts in in the player and presses a few buttons. A song begins to play, and Lorelai recognizes it almost immediately. She gasps. Luke grins at her.

"Yeah, um Rory's wedding reminded me of this song… you wanna dance?" Luke says.

Lorelai gets up and walks over to Luke. "Who are you and what have you done with Luke Danes? When did you become so romantic?" She asks him.

Luke frowns, "Hey, I can be romantic sometimes… if I want to…" he reaches out and takes her hand. Lorelai puts her other hand on his shoulder and he wraps his around her waist. They slowly sway to the music.

"How did you get the song?" Lorelai whispers.

"Um… I asked Liz what the title was and April helped me burn it to a CD…" Luke mutters.

Lorelai just smiles and moves her head to his shoulder.

"Can you believe that we've already been married for six years?" Lorelai asks.

"No, I remember it like it was yesterday. And now Rory's married… I guess time really does fly by." Luke says.

"Yeah, I bet you still remember going to Rory's caterpillar's funeral too." Lorelai says with a giggle.

"Yeah I remember it a little…" Luke mutters.

The song ends shortly after that. Luke pulls away a little and looks Lorelai in the eye. She looks back. He cups her face in his hands and kisses her slowly. Lorelai deepens the kiss; they only pull apart to break for air.

"Can we… stay longer?" Lorelai asks.

Luke checks his watch, "I'm sure April is fine. Another half hour or so should be okay." He tells her.

Lorelai smiles and starts unbuttoning his flannel. Once the flannel and her t-shirt is off, he leads her to the bed. Luke holds himself over Lorelai and leaves a trail of kisses from her head to her belly button. She places a hand on his cheek to bring his lips back to hers.

Afterwards, they lie snuggled together. Lorelai lifts her head from his chest and says, "I love you."

"I love you too." Luke says. They lie in a comfortable silence for a few minutes before going back home.