The Following Year- Mother's Day
Luke woke up before Lorelai, as he usually did on Sundays. He went downstairs to make breakfast for Lorelai. When he's almost finishes cooking, he goes to wake the kids up. They all go to the master bedroom, Luke carrying a tray with the food on it and the kids holding cards that they made.
Luke gently taps Lorelai's shoulder to wake her up. She opens her eyes.
"Happy Mother's Day!" Will shouts, and Sam repeats him.
Lorelai smiles, "Thank you." Luke sets the tray on Lorelai's lap. "Aww, you're letting me have breakfast in bed?" She asks.
Luke just nods. "Give her your cards." He says to Will and Sam. They each hand their cards to Lorelai. She quickly reads them and smiles.
"Did you two make these at school?" She asks them.
They both nod and Lorelai reaches out to them. "Well I love them, thank you." She pulls Will then Sam onto the bed and hugs and kisses both of them. Luke smiles at the sight.
"Okay, let's let Mommy eat. I'll make pancakes for you guys." Luke says.
Sam jumps off the bed and follows Luke out the door. Will follows after he hugs Lorelai again.
About half an hour later, Lorelai comes downstairs to find Luke and the kids finishing breakfast. Luke clears the table and brings the dishes to the sink to rinse them off. Lorelai walks over to him and places a hand on his arm.
"Thanks for breakfast, hon. It was nice eating in bed for a change. I'm surprised you didn't complain about crumbs being in the bed."
"You're welcome." Luke says simply and Lorelai learns in to kiss him. They pull back after they hear Will say: "Eww, gross."
Lorelai laughs and reaches out to ruffle Will's hair. "You're going to like kissing girls one day, buddy." She tells him.
"Yeah, right," Will responds sarcastically.
Luke smirks, then goes back to rinsing the dishes. Sam gets up from the table and runs over to Lorelai. "Mommy, Daddy made me a cat shaped pancake!" She tells Lorelai.
Lorelai raises her eyebrows at Luke, but he isn't looking at her. "He did? I wish I could have seen that, but I bet you ate all the pancakes didn't you?" She teases Sam and reaches out to tickle her. Sam giggles. Luke turns around and Lorelai flashes a smile at him. He returns the smile. They all spend the rest of the day together. Rory and April both calls to wish Lorelai a happy Mother's Day.
Weeks Later
On Saturday nights, Luke, Lorelai and the kids usually watch a movie together. On this particular night, the kids were having a hard time deciding which movie to watch.
"I wanna watch Frozen." Sam announces.
"No. I don't want to watch that again, we watched it a couple weeks ago." Will complains.
"Will, it's your sister's turn to pick the movie." Lorelai tells Will in a stern voice.
"Well, I'm on Will's side. We've seen all of the princess movies too many times." Luke says.
Will grins at Luke, but Lorelai says, "It's Sam's turn to pick the movie. Besides I know you love that song, let it go, let it go." She jokes with Luke, singing the song.
Luke and Will both roll their eyes, but they give in. Lorelai turns the movie on and Will sits next to her on the couch. Luke sits next to them and Sam crawls onto his lap. Luke tickles her and she giggles, then says: "Daddy, stop." Through her giggles,
About fifteen minutes into the movie, there's a knock at the front door.
"I'll get it." Will says and he gets up. "Oh, hi Grandma," They hear him say after a minute. Emily follows Will to the family room.
"Hi Mom," Lorelai greets Emily.
"Hello, Lorelai. I came to drop off the stuffed animal that Samantha left at the house the other night." Emily says.
Sam turns when she hears her name, "Hi Grandma. Oh! My bear, I missed him!" She gets up and runs to Emily. Emily hands her the stuffed bear and Sam hugs her. Emily is surprised, but she pats Sam's back. Sam pulls away and looks up at Emily.
"Grandma, come watch the movie with us."
"Yeah, Mom, feel free to grab a chair. This movie is all Sam talks about so you should see it if you want to be kept in the loop." Lorelai tells her.
Emily looks down at Sam, who smiles at her. "Well I suppose I could stay for a little while."
Sam tugs on Emily's hand until she walks over to a chair and sits down. Sam climbs back on the couch and sits back on Luke's lap. Luke touches her hair affectionately.
"Luke, how are you?" Emily asks.
"I'm fine, thanks. And you, Emily?" Luke replies.
"I'm all right, thank you." Emily answers.
They watch the rest of the movie together, Emily asks a few questions about the movie, which gladly Sam answers. Sam falls asleep during the last few minutes. Emily gets up and heads to the door.
"Bye, Mom. Thanks for staying." Lorelai calls out.
"Goodbye Lorelai. I'll see you next week for dinner." Emily says. Will says goodbye to her and she leaves.
"Go get ready for bed." Luke tells Will and he does what he's told. Lorelai scoots over to Luke and looks down at Sam.
"We should wake her up so she can walk upstairs and get ready for bed." Lorelai says.
"No. I'll take her up and put her in bed." Luke responds.
Lorelai shakes her head, "You spoil her too much. She's a big girl, she can walk."
Luke has already picked up Sam. Lorelai sees him grimace suddenly, like he's in pain.
"You okay?" She asks, concerned.
"It's nothing. My back just started hurting." Luke tells her.
"Oh, see, Sam's too big for you to carry; you should stop and let her walk." Lorelai responds.
"It's fine." Luke replies in a serious tone. He walks away, heading upstairs. Lorelai follows him. She watches as he puts Sam in her bed and tucks her in then kisses the top of her head. After that, they check on Will and find him in his bed, almost asleep. They both get ready for bed and Lorelai watches TV in bed while Luke goes to sleep.
The next morning is Father's Day, Lorelai manages to wake up before Luke and she goes to wake up the kids. She takes care of the kids to let Luke sleep in. About half an hour later Luke comes downstairs. The kids both walk over to him and hug him. Lorelai shares a smile with him.
"Happy Father's Day," Will says and Sam repeats him.
"Thank you." Luke says and they both hand him cards. He pulls them in for another hug and tells them, "Love you." They both say it back. Luke walks over to Lorelai and kisses her cheek. "Thank you." He mutters.
"For what?" She asks with a smile.
"For… everything," He says simply.
Lorelai just grins and hugs him.