Two Weeks Before Christmas
Luke was awakened by the sound of the bedroom door opening.
"Sammy, you'll wake them up, don't go in there." He heard Will whisper. But it was too late, Sam steps inside the bedroom. She looks around until she spots Luke. Before she can speak, Luke whispers:
"Shh. Mommy is still sleeping." He points to Lorelai, who was fast asleep, her arm spread out, reaching for Luke. Sam glances over at Lorelai then walks over to Luke's side of the bed. Will enters the room and stands by the door. Sam climbs up on the bed silently. Once she's sitting next to Luke, she whispers:
"It's snowing! I wanted to tell Mommy."
Luke nods, "Okay, but let's let her sleep a bit longer." He tells her. Lorelai had a late night at the Inn last night. Sam frowns, but she slides off the bed carefully. Luke follows her and Will out of the room. As they walk downstairs, Will apologizes to Luke, tells him that he tried to stop Sam from going into the bedroom.
"It's okay. Mom didn't wake up. Your sister gets excited about the snow, just like Mom does. One time, Mom even woke me up in the middle of the night to go outside to see the first snowfall." Luke replies.
Will raises his eyebrows, "Really? You must have been mad."
Luke chuckles, "Yeah, I wasn't happy." He admits.
Will just smiles and shakes his head, "I don't really like snow as much as them. It's too cold. I'd rather stay inside and read or something."
Luke just smiles at him. The three of them go downstairs and Luke cooks breakfast.
"Daddy, can we wake up Mommy now and go outside to play in the snow?" Sam asks when they've finished eating.
"We can wait a little longer. How about you go get dressed?" Luke replies.
Sam just nods and runs upstairs. Will also goes upstairs. Luke starts loading the dishwasher and puts a plate of food in the oven to keep it warm for Lorelai. He heads upstairs after he finishes. When he enters the bedroom, Lorelai opens her eyes.
"Morning," She murmurs.
"Good morning. How'd you sleep?" Luke asks as he walks over to the bed.
"I slept fine. What time is it?" Lorelai blinks and rubs her eyes.
Luke looks at his watch, "It's almost ten."
"Okay. I'll get up. Did you get the kids up?" She asks. It was a Saturday, so Lorelai assumed the kids would want to sleep in late.
"Actually, the kids came in here and woke me up. Sam is excited because it snowed. She wanted to wake you up, but I told her not to." Luke tells her.
"Oh! It snowed! Wow, I can see why Sam's excited and why she wanted to wake me up. The first snow is magical, you know." Lorelai says excitedly as she gets out of bed and starts taking out clothes from the dresser.
"Yeah, yeah," Luke deadpans.
"We can make snowmen and snow angels and drink hot chocolate and just enjoy the snow!" Lorelai grins. She quickly gets dressed.
Luke just nods, he doesn't get her obsession with the snow, but he enjoys seeing her happy.
Lorelai kisses Luke's cheeks before she leaves the room and he kisses her back and teases her a little, calling her "crazy lady." She heads to Sam's room and Sam runs out as soon as she gets there. She grins from ear to ear when she sees Lorelai.
"Mommy! There's snow outside!" She shouts.
"I know! It's great! Are you ready to go outside and play?" Lorelai responds.
Sam smiles, "Yeah! Are Will and Daddy coming too?"
"I don't know. They don't exactly love the snow as much as we do." Lorelai says.
Luke walks over to them. "I'll stay inside and clean up the house a little and I can make hot chocolate so you can have it when you come inside." He tells Sam with a small smile.
Sam just nods and she and Lorelai go downstairs. Will comes out of his room.
"Are you going out with your mom and sister?" Luke asks him.
"Yeah. I'll go out for a bit." Will answers.
"Okay. Have fun." Luke responds.
After Lorelai eats and they all put their hats, mittens, coats and boots on, Lorelai, Will and Sam head outside. They build a small snowman together before Will heads inside. Lorelai and Sam make snow-angles and have a mini snowball fight before going inside. The four of them sit down together and Lorelai and the kids drink hot chocolate while Luke drinks tea.
A few days later, while Luke is out of town visiting Jess, Lorelai brings the kids to the Inn after school and Sookie bakes with them while Lorelai finishes up some paperwork. When Lorelai comes to the kitchen to get the kids, Sam's face lights up and she walks over to Lorelai.
"Mommy, Sookie says that you have a horse here. Can I see it?"
Lorelai raises her eyebrows, "We do have a horse here. I didn't know you liked horses, I would have showed you him before."
Sam nods and smiles, "I think horses are pretty and I want to ride one."
"Okay. Let's go meet the horse. Maybe one day you can learn how to ride a horse." Lorelai replies. She turns to face Will, "Are you coming with us, hon?"
Will glances at Sookie, and then looks back at Lorelai. "Can I stay with Sookie a bit longer? I want to see how our muffins turned out."
Lorelai smiles, "Sure. We'll come get you later." Sookie smiles at her before turning to Will,
"Do you really like baking? Because your dad is more into cooking and your mom couldn't cook to save her life."
Lorelai doesn't wait to hear Will's response, as she leaves with Sam.
Later, when Lorelai and the kids return home, they find Luke watching T.V. and eating pizza.
Lorelai gasps, "Who are you and what have you done with my husband?" She says a bit sarcastically.
Luke frowns, "What do you mean?" He says, although he thinks he knows what she means.
"Um you're eating pizza and watching T.V. You're like the spokesperson for eating healthily and you almost never watch T.V." Lorelai says as she sits next to him.
"Well, I was too tired to cook anything and this show looked kind of interesting." Luke replies, he gestures to the T.V., and episode of MasterChef is playing.
Lorelai just shrugs, "Okay, whatever." She gets up and goes to the kitchen to get plates and drinks for her and the kids. They all sit down and watch T.V. and eat together, Lorelai sits with her legs on Luke's lap.
Later that night, before they go to bed, Lorelai tells Luke how much Sam enjoyed seeing the horse at the Inn. Luke suggests the idea of the family taking a little vacation and going to New York, where they could take a horse drawn carriage ride through Central Park. Lorelai agrees that the kids would enjoy it and it would be nice to take a little vacation together. She also suggests they invite Sookie, Jackson and their kids, and Luke agrees.
About a week later, they all go to New York City. When they get to the horse drawn carriage ride, Sam is very excited. She pets the horses and even asks Luke and Lorelai if she can have her own horse for Christmas. Will also enjoys the ride; the driver gives him a couple carrots to feed to the horse. Sookie and Jackson's kids also seem to enjoy the ride, even though they are older.
Halfway through the ride, Lorelai slips her hand into Luke's and he gasps.
"Your hand is freezing."
"Yeah, sorry, I forgot my gloves at home." Lorelai tells him.
Luke just sighs softly and takes her hand in both of his and tries to warm it up.
"Well, it's nice to have a guy like you with big, strong hands to warm my hand up." Lorelai whispers.
Luke rolls his eyes, but he keeps holding her hand and his wraps his arm around her shoulders and quickly kisses the top of her head.
When they pass an ice skating rink, both Will and Sam get excited and ask if they can go skating. Luke says they might have time to the next day and Lorelai says:
"Hey, did I ever tell you about the time your dad built me my own personal ice rink?" She grins at Luke and he smiles back.
The next day, Rory and Jeremy show up for a surprise visit. The family appreciates spending Christmas time together. On New Year's Eve, Will and Sam fall asleep before midnight and Lorelai and Luke spend some alone time together. Before Lorelai even asks or leans in, Luke gives her a sweet, lingering kiss.
Lorelai giggles, "Love you." She says quickly.
"I know, love you too." Luke says with a lazy smile. Lorelai smiles back and leans in for another kiss.
Author's Note: Thanks for reading and as always, feel free to leave a review. The next chapter will be uploaded in 2016, I don't have an idea for it yet, but I will have one eventually I'm sure