A couple of weeks later Rory was home for the weekend. It was lunch time and Lorelai and Rory decided to go to Luke's for lunch, like always. Lunch rush was at full power and there was no empty seat in sight.
"Wow" Said Rory with an amazed face.
"I know" Lorelai said dryly and walked to the counter.
"Hey" said Luke when he came out of the kitchen with plates on both his hands and walk to deliver them.
"Ask a table to leave" Lorelai told him when he came back.
"What?" he asked the turned to add up recites.
"Rory and us…" she rubbed her growing stomach "are hungry. And there're no tables and we aren't gonna eat standing up"
"And I'm not gonna ask costumers to leave" Lorelai made a shock face, Rory was listening behind her laughing silently at them and their crazy discussion.
"You're gonna make the four of us just stand here and eat?" she faked a shock tone.
"Lorelai…" he said with a warning voice.
"Uuu I know! I'm gonna fake going into labor and you get everybody out and close the shields then you go to the kitchen and feed your hungry family…"
"Lorelai…"
"What you don't like the idea?" she said with a fake sad baby voice.
"If I didn't go with that idea last week what makes you think I'm gonna go with it now" he narrow his eyes towards her.
"The fact that we're hungry and there's nowhere to sit" she said in a 'duh' tone.
"Just like last week" he said teasing.
"So what now?"
"Take her upstairs" he turned to Rory.
"But…" Lorelai started but was cut of.
"Now" Rory grabbed her mothers arm and started walking towards the stairs. "I'll be up with burgers and fries in a minute" he told them.
"In one minute? Really it only takes one minute now?" Lorelai let out a small smile.
"Ok then several minutes…" he said in an annoyed voice the girls giggled "Now go" and he Laughed. They walked up to his apartment, he only had a few thing, because Lorelai decided to place an ad where it said that they were selling his old stuff. He only had the couch, the table, a couple of chairs and that was it; he was gonna convert it back into an office. They went to the couch to relax a little bit and talk.
"So how do you feel about going back to school?" Lorelai asked.
"I don't know, I really never actually left, cuz' of the paper and all"
"Yes I know, but now you're gonna have classes"
"Oh right that, well I'm ok I guess"
"Do you think we should do something?"
"What?"
"Well I was thinking that since we have two more weeks till' you have to go back to school, then we should take a trip or something" Lorelai was getting all giddy.
"You're pregnant"
"Really and here I just thought I swallowed a basketball, thanks for the heads up kid" Lorelai joked.
"I meant that we cant take a road trip like we used to because…"
"I'm pregnant, I know. But it doesn't have to be a road trip."
"It doesn't?"
"Nop, we can have it all planned out"
"Wow Luke is really getting to you, huh?"
"Well its better than driving aimlessly for days, and speaking of Luke I have an idea" she had a devilish smirk.
"What?"
"We should all go to Luke's beach house, I mean I've wanting to take you there, and it's the last time we're gonna be able to"
"Why exactly?"
"Because you start school, no free time, and then summers over, cold weather, and then next summer we'll have twins, so this is the perfect time" just then Luke walked in.
"Perfect time for what?" he sat 2 burgers on the table and 2 lemonades.
"A trip, is that a burger?" Lorelai said.
"Yes I figured you'd want one if Rory's having one so I brought you one. And what did you say about a trip?"
"Luke, where's my coffee?" wondered Rory.
"Umm funny story?"
"Amuse me please" Rory dared him.
"Ok see… since your mom doesn't drink it…I figured she'd annoy you to death cuz' you can and she cant…so I decided to save you the trouble and just not give you nay today"
"Good enough" said Rory and Luke sighted a relieve sight. While all of this was going on Lorelai starting eating.
"Hey take a breather" joked Luke.
"Oh hey" Lorelai said with a mouth full.
"Swallow first please" said Luke.
"Hmm…ok done. So Luke what do you feel, bout' a weekend in the beach house before Rory goes back to school?"
"Sure. I think it's a good idea"
"Yay!" screeched Lorelai.
"Ok, so I have to go to the diner now, be back up later" he gave her a quick kiss and rubbed her stomach.
"I think we need to go shopping" said Lorelai rather happy.
"For what?"
"Supplies"
"And that would be?"
"Food, and brand new clothes!"
"Thought so" after that they walked downstairs without any plates, but talking bout their plans for the trip and their afternoon plans, shopping of course.
"Hey I was just going upstairs" Luke told them.
"Yeah well we're kinda in a hurry" explained Lorelai.
"We're gonna go shopping" added Rory.
"Oh really?"
"Yes babe we're gonna get some supplies for our trip"
"Supplies meaning clothes?" asked Luke knowing the answer.
"How did you know?" asked Lorelai.
"I know you, more than you think"
"Good to know. So we're going, anything you need?" he leaned down and whispered into her ear, 'I need a new bathing suit remember?' Lorelai giggled while she remembered she just nodded and kissed him goodbye.
"Take it easy" Lorelai nodded "I mean it, Rory take are of them" and they were of. Luke kept taking care of the diner and the girls went to the Hartford mall.
"Good thing we decided to take your car" Said Lorelai getting out of Rory's passenger seat.
"Yeah, you guys really need to go car shopping soon" they were walking into the mall.
"Tell me about it" she said rubbing her growing stomach. "Ok so where to?"
"Don't know, did Luke needed anything?" Rory saw Lorelai's face lit up "What?"
"He needs a new bathing suit" that's all she said but with a small grin growing on her face.
"Do I want to know why your grinning?"
"Not really" Lorelai teased and pulled Rory to a store. They were looking at bathing suits for a while. "I have a great idea!" and she walked to a store manager. Rory couldn't hear what Lorelai told the lady but she left to the back and came back with a bag, Lorelai peeped in and gave her some money then headed back towards Rory.
"What did you do?" ask Rory noticing Lorelai's big smile.
"I got Luke his suit"
"Mom, please tell me you got him a normal one"
"Define normal ?" with that Lorelai walked out of the store and headed for the food court.
"Mom! Wait you're hungry again?" Rory caught up to her mom.
"Hey I'm eating for three here"
"Tell me about it, so do you mind if I go for a little while and wonder of"
"No, go wonder to your hearts contempt"
"Ok, be back in half an hour, ok?"
"Yes go" Lorelai headed from little shop to little shop just looking and waiting till the twins 'tell' her what they wanted, she stopped at the smell pizza, hot pepperoni, melting cheese and delicious sauce, made her mouth fill with water and her stomach grumble.
"Mmm" Lorelai said while eating her second 'big' piece of pizza.
"Wow, breathe mom" Rory said walking up to her.
"Hey let your mommy feed your siblings" and she kept eating. Rory went to grab a slice herself, she came back and ate in silence for a while. After they had eaten Lorelai convinced Rory to go to the baby gap with her. But Lorelai quickly regretted talking Rory to go into the 'gap' cuz' as soon as they stepped in Lorelai heard a very familiar voice, yelling at a young sales girl. Lorelai turned to leave when the sales girl also turned to leave right after yelling 'we don't do name's in baby's clothes!'.
"Mom?" Rory asked when Lorelai turned to leave, Emily got a glimpse of Lorelai's stomach before she left.
"Lorelai" yelled Emily as she walked up to Rory, Lorelai just walked faster.
"Mom!" Rory started after her mother but Emily grabbed her arm to stopped her.
"Rory what's wrong?"
"What are you doing here?" Rory asked turning her look from the door to Emily.
"Just thought I'd buy the twins something" she said in an innocent tone.
"The twins? How did you…?" Rory looked shocked.
"Know?..." Rory nodded "Well Richard told me, I didn't know it was a big secret"
"It's not" and Rory turned to leave.
"Rory wait!" Emily walked up to her.
"Why? I need to go find mom, I promised Luke I'd look after her" she left and started to look around for Lorelai and Emily kept following, they were now out of the gap.
"I want to talk to you,… wait you promised Luke what exactly?"
"You can talk all you want, it's my option to listen or not" and she kept looking for Lorelai, getting more worried by the minute.
"What's the matter with you?" Emily grabbed Rory's arm.
"You're kidding right?" Rory stopped to look at her.
"Well according to some people I never kid"
"Typical"
"I will not tolerate that type of behavior especially from you"
"Whatever"
"What is your problem"
"Well you and your attitude for one!" Rory exploded.
"Excuse me?"
"How dare you treat mom and Luke that way"
"What are you talking about" Emily didn't know where this was coming from.
"The way you reacted to mom's pregnancy…"
"Oh Rory whatever they told you I can swear half of it is false"
"Funny to know that cuz' all they're told me, was that Luke yelled"
"Well that is true" Emily had to give into that one cuz' even she didn't believe Luke would do that.
"I knew it"
"Knew what exactly?" Emily was again confused.
"You insulted mom!"
"What!"
"The only reason Luke would yell at someone is to defend mom and sometimes me like when he got into a fight with Dean but that's not important now what's important is that he doesn't yell if someone's insulting him so either you insulted mom, me or worse of both of us" Rory started to walk away once she noticed that Emily wasn't denying it. He fought Dean? He defends them and not himself? Emily was starting to see what a great guy he was she just hope it wasn't to late to make amends.
While Rory confronted Emily, Lorelai wondered aimlessly around the mall, she got her cell out of her purse and speed dialed, waited a second and then…
"Luke's" came an annoyed Luke.
"Luke?" she was almost crying.
"Lorelai what's wrong?" he just heard sniffs "Lorelai are you ok? Where are you? Where's Rory? What's wrong? Please say something" still just sniffs.
"Emily" was all she could get out.
"What?" Luke said containing his anger.
"She… in the store… and I…the sales girl…"
"Lorelai, where are you?"
"The mall" she kept sniffing.
"Stay there, call my cell as soon as I hang up, I'll go get you ok?"
"Mmm Hmm" they hung up and while Lorelai dialed Luke's cell he told Caesar to take over. "Luke?"
"I'm here" he answered his phone while getting in his truck.
"Good"
Rory was looking everywhere for her mom, when she couldn't find her she tried her cell but it was busy. 'Damn it! ' she kept looking. Lorelai's feet were killing her, for the past minutes Luke had managed to cheer her up a bit.
"Gah!" Lorelai said into the phone.
"What?" it wasn't easy driving and having Lorelai in his ear.
"My feet are killing me" she whined.
"Go sit for a while, I wont take to long I promise" he saw the Hartford exit.
"Done and done" she said sitting down. "Damn heels" she mutter hopping he didn't hear.
"You're wearing heels!"
"Umm I wanted to look pretty?" she pouted as if he could see her.
"Lorelai, don't pout I cant see you" God he's good she thought "And I told you no more heels"
"They're not bad for them" she said rubbing her stomach.
"I know they're not bad for them they're bad for your back"
"Ok, ok lecture me when you get here and I have a way to shut you up"
"Not fair" he said pulling into a parking lot.
"I'm never fair" she said with a devilish smile.
"Where are you?"
"Wow, way to change the subject mister"
"Lorelai…" Luke's patented warning voice.
"I'm in a bench"
"In a bench or on a bench?"
"Ha-ha. Where are you?"
"Parking lot"
"Oh, your fast why I'm in need"
"Yeah something like that. So where are you?"
"If I told you would you really know?"
"Probably?" they both doubted that.
"Tell you what. I'll go to the food court, you know how to get there right?"
"Yep…"
"Don't hang up!..." Lorelai said just in time before he did.
"Why?" she was getting up.
"Gah! Feet again, I think I'm gonna need a massage" she whined.
"Later, so why don't you want me to hang up?"
"Cuz' I'll miss you, o wait!..." Luke heard some weird noises "There all better"
"What did you do?" he asked half laughing.
"Took the heels of, they were killing me. Ok I'm here and it smells oh so good"
"Keep your pants on"
"Hey! If I had I wouldn't be in this situation" she said rubbing her stomach.
"True. Hey…"
"Yeah?" she looked down to her rubbing hand.
"Turn around crazy lady" he was standing there right behind her with a smirk on his face. When she turned she couldn't help but smile.
"Hey I have to go, there's this ridiculously handsome guy looking at me" she kept smiling and rubbing.
"Really?" he walked closer to her
"Yes" and with that she hung up and threw her arms around his neck. "Thank you" she whispered into his ear. And before he could say anything her phone rang. The id read 'Rory' "Hello?" while she answered Luke whispered 'no problem that's why I'm here for' and that made her giggle.
"Mom! Where are you! Are you ok! O my God! Where are you! Are you giggling! Why are you giggling?"" Luke could hear the screaming teenager. 'Answer her' he whispered again and this time it made her shiver. She just kissed him and closed her phone. Rory had a perplexed look and her. What the? Ok think Gilmore it sounded noisy there so she was… the whole damn mall is noisy. Where would mom go? Food court? Could give that a try again. And she wondered of to the food court, she wasn't far from it it took her like 3 minutes to get there. Once there she started looking but couldn't see her, Luke and Lorelai were waiting on a table to see if her daughter knew her well enough to go there, the had seen her since she started to get close to the food court, but Rory hadn't seen them, she was about to give up hope when her phone rang.
"Hello?" she didn't even care to look at the id cuz' she was to busy 'looking for her mom'
"You do know you suck at this game?" Lorelai's playful voice came on.
"What game!"
"Turn to the ice cream side of the court" and she did "OK now look towards your right" she did and she saw her mom and Luke.
"Is that Luke?"
"Hmm, flannel check, backwards baseball cap check, grumpy face check, haven't shaved in days check. Yes it all point to him being Luke"
"Mom!"
"What! ok-ok yes its him"
"Is he mad?" Rory asked while walking towards them.
"Why would he be mad?"
"Cuz I lost you in the mall"
"Honey I'm a grown and well growing person, I don't need a babysitter"
"I know but he said to look after you and I didn't"
"Yes you did hon, now hurry up so we could go get some dinner" Lorelai turned to Luke with loving puppy eyes, he just nodded.
They were out in the parking lot, Rory had apologized to Luke a million times.
"Ok so how are we gonna do this?" asked Lorelai.
"We need to only take one car" said Luke
"Yes but he have two" Lorelai.
"I know that. Ok I know, Lorelai you go with Rory and I'll just meet you guys there" he said.
"Where exactly?" asked Rory
"Sniffis?" Lorelai asked hopingly like a 2 year old. Luke just nodded. "Yay!"
"Where?"
"Oh but I wanna go with you" Lorelai whined to Luke and then turned to Rory as if asking for permission.
"Go with him, I'll follow you guys"
"You sure" asked Luke. She just nodded "Ok then Lorelai wait here, I'll go get the car" she was a bout to pout but Luke narrowed his eyes and she just agreed.
"So where are we going?"
"Remember I told you bout Luke's Luke's?"
"Hmm, yeah, where he took you your first date?"
"Yep. That's where were going" Lorelai was excited
"Cool I finally get to meet Luke's family. A bet they were thrilled when you guys told them bout the twins" Rory saw Lorelai's expression fall "Mom?"
"Oh my God! We totally forgot!" she started panicking
"What?"
"They don't know!"
"What!" Rory was shocked. Just then Luke came.
"What's wrong?" he asked Rory.
"Oh my mom will inform you, don't worry" Luke just looked at her with a weird expression, help Lorelai into the truck and gave Rory some directions or pointers on how to get to the restaurant. Once they were in the car.
"Ok, what's wrong?" he said starting up the car.
"We never told them! They don't know!" she started to freak out now.
"Who are you…" and then it hit him, buddy I never told him. Damn it, I was about to but stuff kept getting in the way, damn it Luke! "It's ok, they'll understand" he said trying to convince himself more than Lorelai.
"Really? They wont be mad?" he shook his head. "good, cuz' I miss the food" he just chuckle. They got there in a matter of minutes and so did Rory. They walked up to the door and Lorelai took a deep breath.
"Relax" said Luke as they walked in.
"Lucas!" yelled Maisy once she noticed who was sitting on the booth in the corner. Lorelai gave Luke's knee a hard squeeze. 'relax' he whispered. "Long time no see" Maisy said as he got up to give her a hug, "Lorelai hello you look good" the table was covering Lorelai's stomach "And you must be Rory"
"Yes I am" said Rory.
"Umm Maisy…"Luke started "we need to tell you something"
"You're getting married! Buddy get out here!" she yelled out to the kitchen
"Umm actually not exactly that" said Lorelai while starting to move out of the booth having a little trouble with her pregnancy. Lorelai stood up and put on hand on her stomach Luke placed one hand on her back. Maisy's jaw dropped.
"Oh my… buddy get out here now!" she yelled to the kitchen then turned towards Lorelai and pulled her into a hug "Wow! Congratulations!"
"Need air" said Lorelai and Maisy let her go. "Ok, Luke don't you wanna share something else with them?" she was teasing. Luke just gave her a death glare.
"What?" asked Buddy when he walked behind Luke and Lorelai.
"Lorelai's pregnant!" shrieked Maisy.
"With twins!" added Rory noticing that neither Lorelai nor Luke knew how to bring that up.
"What!" asked Maisy and Buddy at the same time. Lorelai just nodded. Buddy pulled Luke into a hug and padded his back. Maisy just gave Lorelai a quick hug before making her sit down.
"And you must be Rory" said Buddy while giving her his hand.
"Yes I am" she said with a polite smile.
"Umm sorry to interrupt but 'we hungry '" Lorelai whined.
"Oh yeah, is there something your not eating right now Lorelai?" asked Buddy.
"Hmm no, well maybe pickle" Maisy nodded and both of them headed towards the kitchen.
"I didn't order" said Rory.
"You don't have to, the bring whatever they want, that's part of the charm" Lorelai explained well at least tried to cuz' Rory's face had a big question mark on it.
"Ok" said Rory.
They ate and drove home, Rory said she was gonna go with Lane to catch up, and that she was gonna be sleeping at her place. Luke got all the bags out of Rory's car and Lorelai just plotted herself on the couch with her legs up on the arm rest and her hands rubbing her stomach.
"Well you're comfortable" Luke mocked.
"Shut up and sit" Lorelai said not moving, not even opening her eyes. Luke went to the couch slightly lifted her legs and sat under her legs.
"Scoot a little bit please" Luke told her.
"Why?" she whined
"Oh sorry I thought you wanted a massage" he faked getting up.
"No, no, I do, I do" and she scooted up a little bit, now her head was on the other arm rest and her feet were on Luke's lap. "God you're good" she moan.
"I know" he said still rubbing her feet.
"And modest two" she breathe heavily.
"I know" and he kissed her big toe.
"Mmm, what cha' got in mind?" all he did was put her legs down. He placed his left knee between her legs, his right foot on the floor, left arm next to her head, right hand caressed her cheek and he leaned down to kiss her passionately. They were like that for a while. Luke's right hand was now under her shirt and hers were taking of his flannel.
"Get up" Luke mumbled on her lips.
"It responds better with love not with orders" she mocked as he made his way down her neck. He pulled back to look her in the eye.
"I meant you, Lorelai, remember… the couch was never big enough" she just pulled him down for another long and passionate kiss.
"You're right" she said quickly when she suddenly pushed him off her and hurried him to go upstairs but he just sat there. "Hello earth to flannel man" he just looked at her and smirked. "What?"
"Nothing" he just looked up at her and smirked.
"Aja" she walked and stood right in front of him he looked up, she raised one leg and placed it next to one of his, he raised one eyebrow and the she placed her other leg next to his other leg, so now she was sitting on his lap.
"What are you…" he started but was interrupted by her lips on his in a long, lingering, passionate and wet kiss and it was then when she felt it, he was growing. Then she pulled back and started to get up. When she turned she saw his 'huh' face.
"So are you still not coming?" she asked walking up stairs. He just got up and ran upstairs.