FrIdAy MiDnIgHt
"Happy now?" Luke asked and Lorelai nodded with a content smile. "Wow was I that good?"
"MmmHmm" Lorelai said still nodding.
"I left you speechless" Luke said with a chuckle.
"I told you, it's the stage" she mumbled.
"Well that's the best pregnancy stage there is" Luke stated.
"MmmHmm" Lorelai said with a huge grin. Luke scooted down to place a hand on Lorelai's stomach.
"You guys ok?" he asked rubbing her stomach.
"They're fine" Lorelai reassured him, while running her hands thru his hair.
"You sure? Cuz' it got really wild there for a while" he said remembering.
"Look at you all proud" she teased and he chuckled.
NeXt MoRnInG
"I'm leaving" Luke whispered in Lorelai's ear and she mumbled something. "Don't exhaust yourself"
"MmHm"
"I'll be here in a couple of hours to set everything up" he kissed her forehead and started to leave.
"Love you" Lorelai mumbled and wiggled to get more comfortable.
"Love you too" he responded but she was already asleep, after all, they had stayed up until two A.M. just talking and it was now seven.
Luke was walking out the main entrance when someone called his name.
"Yeah?" he turned to see Rory walking downstairs.
"Did you make coffee?" she asked once she was downstairs.
"Good morning to you too" Luke teased.
"Sorry, good morning Luke. Did you made coffee?" she said happily, he chuckled and shook his head.
"Sorry but no coffee in this house" Luke said shrugging.
"You're kidding, right?"
"Nope"
"Daddy" she whined.
"I'll bring you a cup later" they were getting used to that. Rory knew Luke couldn't resist after she called him dad or daddy.
"Ok"
"Don't let your mom work to hard" Luke told her and he left. Rory went to the kitchen to grab a pop tart.
Around eleven Lorelai walked downstairs in Luke flannel and a pair of short shorts. It might be the end of September, but for Lorelai it's not cold. She walked into the living room and saw Rory watching Maury.
"So is he the father?" Lorelai asked pointing towards the screen while sitting next to her daughter.
"Don't know yet, their gonna tell the results on the next show"
"Hate when they do that"
"Yeah" Rory agreed and then silence fell upon them.
"So…" Lorelai started.
"So… what?" Rory turned to look at Lorelai.
"This guy you invited?"
"Julian" Rory corrected.
"Right, Julian. What's the deal there?"
"Well he's in one of my classes. And we've been flirting here and there for a while. He asked me to dinner and I said yes, so right now we're in that unknown territory" Rory explained.
"And you're bringing him here while you're on unknown territory?"
"Why? Was that not a good idea" Rory started to panic since she doesn't have experience in the whole dating world.
"No, I mean, you asked him to come to a BBQ with your family on a Saturday and he said yes"
"So?"
"He said yes"
"So?"
"I'm thinking its no longer 'unknown territory' honey" Lorelai said with a soft expression.
"What do you mean?"
"Well in my opinion, he wants something more… steady" Lorelai said and Rory's expression changed into a small smile.
"You think?" she asked enthusiastically and Lorelai nodded.
"What time is he getting here?"
"He's gonna come help set up" Rory said shyly.
"Oh he is so into you. He's trying to suck up to your parents" Lorelai cooed.
"Stop it" Rory whined. The front door opened, Luke and Jess walked in. "Daddy" Rory said going extra heavy on the whine.
"Leave her alone, Lorelai" was all Luke said while he past by the living rooms' entrance.
"Hey!" Lorelai yelled after him. "You're supposed to take my side, not hers" Lorelai said and Rory stuck her tongue at Lorelai. "Not fair" Lorelai mumbled.
At twelve thirty there was a knock at the door. Rory was at the diner helping Lane. Jess and Luke were outside setting some things up, and since Lorelai was upstairs getting ready (and the only one who heard the knock) she went downstairs to answer it.
"Hey Jake!" Lorelai said once opening the door. Jake was an old friend of Luke's. He and Luke often hang out.
"Hey Lorelai, how ya doin'?" he said coming in.
"Fine. The guys are outside"
"Guys?" Jake asked.
"Yep. Jess and Luke"
"Jess is helping out?" he couldn't believe it; actually nobody believed Jess had changed.
"Yes he is. Why don't you go join them. Oh, but before you go, grab a beer. Don't want to feel left out"
"Right. See ya Lorelai" with that he left to the kitchen, grabbed a beer and went outside. Lorelai went upstairs to finish getting ready. "If you put that there, where are we supposed to play football?" Jake said walking outside and noticing Luke and Jess putting a table in the center of the back yard.
"Hey Jake" Luke said leaving the table and shaking Jake's hand.
"That's what I told him" Jess said walking up to them.
"And you didn't listen to him?" Jake asked Luke.
"Jess! Samantha's on the phone!" Lorelai yelled from the balcony.
"Alright, thanks!" with that Jess ran inside.
"Talk about a short leash" Luke teased. When Jake came over, Luke was a completely different man.
"Luke! If you put that table there, where are you guys supposed to play football!" Lorelai yelled again. Jake started to laugh and Luke just mumbled something.
"Fine, we'll move the table" Luke said loud enough so Lorelai could hear him.
"Now who's on a short leash?" Jake teased him.
"Shut up and help me" Luke said, him and Jake moved the table onto the porch that went around the whole house.
ThE DiNeR
"… so he's coming here?" Lane asked Rory. The diner was slow since everybody was getting ready for the BBQ.
"Yep. He's picking me up here and then we're going home" Rory explained.
"So, Julian?..." Lane asked and Rory nodded. "…. He's gonna help set everything up?"
"Yeah, he offered to help and I said it was ok"
"He really likes you, huh?" Lane teased.
"Wow, you sound just like mom" Rory said and then the bells above the door jingled.
"Rory?" asked a male voice.
"Hey"
"Hi" he walked up to the counter. Rory and Lane were behind it. "So, this is your dad's diner"
"Yeah, I'm just helping while they get everything ready" Rory explained. "Oh! Julian this is Lane…" she motioned towards her friend. "…and lane this is Julian"
"Hi" they both said at the same time and shook hands.
"You're ok here, right?" Rory asked Lane.
"Yeah, you two go and tell Luke everything is under control" Lane said gesturing for them to leave with her hands.
"Luke is your dad right?" Julian asked and lane gave Rory a 'you have to tell him' look.
"Yeah, we need to talk" Rory said and they both left the diner. "See, Luke is my dad. But he's not my father"
"What?"
"My birth father is Christopher…"
"The guy from the wedding?" Julian asked and Rory nodded.
"Luke is… well, he is my dad by choice…"
"By choice?"
"Yes. He's always been there for my mom and me. And now that they're dating and having twins I asked him if I could call him dad and he was ok with it" Rory explained in one breath.
"That's very sweet" he said placing an arm around her shoulder.
"I know" she said and settled more comfortably. They left his car parked outside the diner because there would be no place to park it outside the house.
MeAnWhIlE At ThE HoUsE
Lorelai was outside watching how Luke and Jake got stuff ready when Jess walked outside.
"Hey Luke!" He called from the porch.
"What?"
"Can I borrow the car?"
"Why?"
"I need to go pick up Samantha" Jess admitted shyly.
"Man, she's got you whipped" Jake teased.
"No she doesn't!"
"Sorry Jess, but she does" Lorelai told him.
"Whatever. Keys please?" Jess asked again.
"Aw but only because you rhymed" Luke teased
"Aw gees" Jess said while catching the keys Luke threw at him.
"And he keeps on doing it" Lorelai also teased.
"You two are made for each other" Jess shot back.
"Aww you also think so?" Lorelai asked.
"Hey Jess and the way back stop at the tavern to see if they need a ride" Luke told Jess.
"I would, but they called before I came out here and said that they were on their way" Jess informed them.
"Damn it! I told buddy he didn't have to come and help" Luke grumbled
"Buddy is coming?" Jake asked and Luke nodded. "Alright!"
"Why?" Lorelai asked.
"Buddy is the best person to have in a party" Jake told her.
"Really?" Lorelai couldn't believe it, Jake nodded.
StArS HoLlOw StReEtS
Jess was approaching the diner when he saw Rory with a guy. He pulled up next to them.
"Want a ride?" Jess asked and that threw of Julian.
"What?" Julian asked.
"Julian this is my cousin Jess. Jess this is Julian" Rory introduced them before anything else happened.
"Hey" Jess said with a nod.
"Sorry about that" Julian said.
"Nah, it's ok. So do you want me to take you guys?" Jess asked Rory.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm gonna go pick up Samantha"
"So technically you're going in the opposite direction as us?" Rory asked with a giggle.
"Well, yeah. But I'd still take you"
"Don't worry Jess, we'll walk" Rory said.
"Fine…" Jess started but was interrupted by Julian.
"We will?" Julian asked looking at Rory.
"You don't want to?" Rory asked.
"It's just that I want to get there fast so I can help out" Julian explained.
"Oh, don't worry about that. Luke has Jake there and buddy said they're on their way" Jess told him. "And Jackson should be there soon"
"Buddy's coming?" Rory asked and Jess nodded. "So early?" Jess nodded again. "Luke had a fit, didn't he?"
"A small one, cuz' he said he told Buddy not to come and help" Jess said.
"In that case we better get there soon so Buddy wont have to help and your dad wont have a fit" Julian piped in.
"Ok, lets go" Rory said and they both got in the car.
A couple of minutes later Jess dropped Rory and Julian off at the house, then he drove off.
"Mom?" Rory called as soon as they walked inside. "Hello?" she tried again and was answered with silence. Then she heard laughs coming from the back yard. "And that's my mom" Rory told Julian.
"She sounds nice" he teased.
BaCkYaRd
"…it's not funny" Luke told them sternly. They had been hanging the 'stupid lights' and a hammer fell on Luke's toe; he made a funny noise and a weird face when it did.
"Yeah it is" Jake said laughing, Lorelai nodded.
"That's it, no more lights" Luke stated.
"No, no, no! Luke I'm sorry, your right, it's not funny" Lorelai quickly said and stopped laughing.
"Short leash" Jake said in a sing song voice. Lorelai looked at him with a weird expression and Luke just grinned.
"Mom!" Rory said coming out.
"Rory!" Lorelai got up from her chair and walked over to her.
"Mom, this is Julian" Rory said, Lorelai smiled.
"Nice to finally meet you, Miss Gilmore" Julian said politely.
"You too Julian. But please call me Lorelai" she begged.
"Ok I will, Lorelai"
"Thanks"
"Mom?..." Rory asked and Lorelai turned her attention towards Rory. "Why is Luke mad?" she said noticing Luke's facial expression.
"Oh, he dropped a hammer on his toe earlier and got mad because Jake and I wouldn't stop laughing" Lorelai said and started laughing again.
"He's mad?" Julian asked a little afraid.
"Oh, no. He's just cranky, but only at me and Jake" Lorelai quickly reassured him.
"Dad!" Rory said and Luke turned.
"Dad?" asked Jake, Luke nodded and walked over to Rory.
"Hey, I'm Luke" he said extending his hand towards Jake. Jake noticed how his mood changed.
"I'm Julian"
"I understand you're here to help?" Luke asked once he got his hand back.
"Yes sir"
"Luke" Luke corrected.
"What?" Julian was confused.
"Call me Luke"
"Ok then, yes Luke"
"Better. Now, follow me" Luke gave Lorelai a quick kiss told her to go inside for a while and then walked off. Julian smiled at Rory he put on a brave face and followed Luke.
"So… that's your guy" Lorelai said.
"Yep, that's Julian" Rory nodded. They went inside to watch some TV. Every once in a while they heard laughs coming from the outside, and that made both Rory and Lorelai happy.
"You never told me what Luke said about the whole Liz deal" Rory suddenly said breaking the comfortable silence they had been in.
"He wasn't thrilled"
"That's it? That's all your gonna tell me?" Rory asked after a little time. She was giving Lorelai time to elaborate, which she didn't.
"It just, it got ugly for a while but then everything was ok"
"How ugly?" Rory asked concerned.
"I ended up locked in the bathroom crying" Lorelai whispered.
"Aww mom…"
"But I blame it on the stupid hormones more that I do Liz" Lorelai quickly added.
"But everything's ok, right?" Rory asked concerned. It didn't seem like they were fighting. Although God knows they can hide everything pretty well Rory thought.
"It's more than ok. It's perfect" Lorelai reassured with a smile.
"Good…" Rory said and was interrupted by the door bell. "I'll get it"
Lorelai could hear Rory talking to a bunch of people, she was just about to get up and see who it was when they all walked into the living room.
"You guys came together?" Lorelai asked once she noticed that it was Buddy, Maisy, Sookie, Jackson, little Davy, and Baby Martha. She was four months old.
"No you silly" Sookie said walking up to Lorelai.
"We saw them pulling over, so we decided to wait" Buddy told her.
"Oh. Well, the guys can go outside" Lorelai said to Buddy and Jackson. "Us girls are gonna kill sometime here" Lorelai said getting more comfortable, if that was possible, on the couch.
"Sorry honey, but I need to get started" Sookie said pointing towards the kitchen.
"I told Sookie I was gonna help" Maisy said.
"Ok then, we can hang in the kitchen" Lorelai said getting up.
"Only if you promise not to help" Sookie said a little worried.
"What? Why?" Maisy asked.
"My mom can't cook" Rory stated while bouncing baby Martha; Davy was outside with the men.
"That's not true, everybody can cook" Maisy said. All the girls were walking towards the kitchen.
"Everybody but these two" Luke said walking in and pointing to Lorelai and Rory.
"Lucas!..." Maisy warned. "Be nice"
"Sorry, but it's true" he said walking up to Maisy and saying hi.
"Well, I'll just have to change that" Maisy said determined.
"Please don't, I don't want to have to rush someone to the ER" Luke mocked and Maisy slapped his shoulder.
"He's right" Sookie piped in.
"Fine, I'll teach you some other time" Maisy told Lorelai.
"Good luck. I got burned four times before I gave up" Luke told Maisy. Maisy turned to look at Lorelai who nodded shyly. Luke was now standing next to Rory "C'mere baby" he said to Martha, and then grabbed her. His fatherly instincts kicked in a lot earlier, ever since she was born.
"Have you asked him yet?" Sookie whispered in Lorelai's ear.
"Not yet" Lorelai said looking over at Luke with Martha.
"Do you want me to do it?" Sookie asked again.
"No, I'll do it" Lorelai said with determination.
"Wait, now?" Sookie asked when she noticed Lorelai walking over at Luke. She nodded, her eyes fixed on Luke.
"Hey, c'mon" Lorelai grabbed Luke and pulled him over to the living room.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked once Lorelai let go of his arm.
"Sookie asked me something, and now I have to ask you"
"Ask me what?"
"She wanted to know if we would like to be Martha's God-parents" Lorelai said in once breath.
"Really?" Luke was shocked and flattered. Lorelai nodded. "I'd love to" Luke said with a smile. Lorelai kissed him until she felt someone yanking at her hair.
"Ow…ow…ow" Lorelai said. Moving her head to where the little hand was pulling.
"Hey" Luke said and took Martha's little hand in his and made her let go of Lorelai's hair.
After Lorelai had accidentally 'dropped' the salt shaker into the mash-potato batch she was kicked out of the kitchen, and Rory had to go and buy more potatoes and salt. Lorelai was currently upstairs in her room sleeping next to Martha. Luke had told her to take a nap before people started getting there. She woke up when something, someone, was pocking her cheek.
"Hey, you woke up before I did" Lorelai said in a soothing baby voice. "Let's go down and see mommy, and daddy, and the food, and uncle Luke…" they were walking downstairs.
"Hi Lorelai. How've you been feeling?" Samantha asked. She was going into the kitchen from the living room.
"Great actually. When did you guys get here?" Lorelai asked, stopping at the bottom of the stairs with baby Martha in her arms.
"About half an hour" Samantha said.
"Wow, how long was I sleeping?"
"A little over an hour and a half" Rory told her.
"Is anybody else here?" Lorelai asked and at that moment a 'T.J don't!' was heard from outside. "Liz and T.J are here?" Lorelai asked and both Rory and Samantha nodded.
"They got here before we did" Samantha told her.
"Oh, Luke must be thrilled" Lorelai said then started walking over to the backyard door.
Outside were Luke, Jake, Jess, Jackson, Buddy, T.J and Davy. Luke had Davy move can by can of soda into the coolers, he thought that having him move the beer was not a good idea so he just told him about the soda. Everybody else was setting up the grills. They had three big grills; one was Luke's the other Jackson's and the last one was Buddy's.
"You guy's ok?" Lorelai asked through the opened door. Luke jogged over to her.
"Morning" he said.
"Hi. What did TJ do now?"
"He was gonna try and connect a gas tank to an electric grill" Luke said annoyed.
"Good thing you stopped him" Lorelai said thru giggles. Martha started to fuss. "Someone's hungry" Lorelai said in a baby voice.
"Go inside and get her a snack" Luke said. He kissed her then she went inside.
Lorelai walked into the kitchen where all the girls were at. Sookie and Maisy were cooking. Liz, Rory and Samantha were standing around the island talking.
"Hey Sookie, guess who's hungry" Lorelai said.
"Oh, is my baby hungry. Well of course she is, she just woke up" Sookie said in a baby voice walking up to Lorelai and gabbing Martha.
"I was talking about me" Lorelai whined.
"Here, taste this" Maisy said giving Lorelai a spoon.
"Mmm that's really good" Lorelai said thru a mouth full of some kind of goo.
"Mom, you just ate a spoonful of whipped broccoli and spinach" Rory said laughing.
"It's for my special dip" Sookie said.
"Eww! Gross!" Lorelai said and went to grab a glass of water.
"You didn't have to tell her what it was" Maisy said.
"But it's funny when she makes that face" Rory said still laughing.
"Look at you Lorelai" Liz said. "You look so… so… round"
"Liz!" Maisy said in her shock voice. Samantha and Rory burst into hysterical laughs.
"Gee thanks, I guess" Lorelai said after she drank the water that was in her mouth.
"I meant it as a compliment" Liz said.
"What did you mean as a compliment?" Luke asked walking into the kitchen with the other guys behind him.
"Your sister called me round" Lorelai said like a little kid, and walked over to hug Luke.
"Liz…" Luke said sternly then turned to look at Lorelai. "But she's right you know" Luke said and Lorelai hit his chest.
"Lucas!" this time Buddy used the sternly voice. "Ignore them Lorelai. You look absolutely gorgeous" he said. Lorelai detached herself from Luke and went over to hug Buddy.
"Careful or Maisy's gonna get jealous" Jake teased. Jake had known Maisy and Buddy since he was a little boy; he and Luke met at kindergarten and were inseparable since then until Jake went to college.
"Nah, hug him all you want darling" Maisy dismissed then.
"I just feel so loved" Buddy said.
At 3PM
Somehow everybody had decided to show up a two thirty instead of five-ish. The house had all the entrances open and the grills were on. Most of Stars Hollow was already there, and whoever was missing were bound to be there in an hour or so.
Lorelai was talking with Julian outside.
"…Luke is not gonna like that" Lorelai told him.
"And why's that?" Julian has been getting along with everybody he's met so far, even Jess. They actually have some things in common.
"Cuz' he's a Yankee man"
"So?" Julian said chuckling.
"You're a Sox man"
"So?"
"Those are two very different kinda men, man" Lorelai said and Julian laughed.
"Lorelai darling…" Miss Patty called walking up to them.
"Run" Lorelai mumbled towards Julian but he ignored her.
"Who is this gorgeous young man? Did Luke finally let you have a toy?" Miss Patty said eyeing him.
"Patty, this is not my toy, he is Rory's toy" Lorelai corrected. Julian blushed.
"Oh" you could hear the disappointment in her voice. "Well, she always had good taste" Julian blushed and Lorelai noticed.
"Oh, hey Julian? I think I heard Rory calling you…" he turned to see Lorelai with a thankful face.
"Oh yeah. Do you know where she is?" he said playing along.
"I think she's inside" Lorelai said with a smile. With that Julian left Miss Patty and Lorelai alone.
"Look at him go" Miss Patty said.
"Patty!" Lorelai said giggling.
At 5:30PM
"Luke!" Kirk whined.
"Not now Kirk!" Luke yelled back. He, Lorelai, Rory, Jess, Jake and Samantha were all sitting together eating.
"Why not!" Kirk whined again.
"Because I'm eating!" Luke was getting tired of this. They had been arguing about the same thing every three minutes.
"You eat too slooow!"
"That's cuz you wont stop bugging me!" every time they started the fight the girls and Jake would laugh, but Jess would just grumbled just like Luke.
"Kirk! If you don't stop annoying us I'll… I'll. I'll make you cry in front of everybody here!" Lorelai told him. The panic look on Kirk made everybody laugh. Kirk just looked to the floor and said he was gonna go pick up Lulu.
"Poor guy" Samantha said. "Is he drunk or something?" she asked Jess.
"Nop, he's always like that" Jess told her.
"And it's very annoying" Luke added.
"Mom…" Rory said, and once she got Lorelai's attention she pointed over to the kitchen door.
"Mom, dad!" Lorelai said almost chocking on her burger.
"Oh Uh" Jess said into Samantha's ear.
"Yep" replayed Samantha. Julian saw and remembered the stories Rory had told him about her grandparents.
"Wow! Where did my burger go?" Jess said getting up and leaving the table.
"Careful with the grill! Why don't I go help you?" Samantha said and followed Jess, but instead of going towards the grill they went on the opposite direction of her grandparents.
"Sorry, but that means you guys have to stay here" Luke told Rory and Julian.
"It's ok" Julian said but Rory told him not to be too enthusiastic.
"Hi grandma, hi grandpa" Rory said getting up to hug them both.
"Hello Rory" Richard said politely.
"Rory, you look nice" Emily said.
"Thanks grandma" Rory said with a smile. "Oh, here…" Rory nudged Julian "… this is Julian"
"Well nice to meet you" Richard said.
"Do you want something to drink Richard?" Luke asked.
"Sure, but I'll go get it. You enjoy your dinner"
"Thanks. Oh, the coolers are right over there…" Luke pointed "… behind Taylor and Babette"
"I'll be right back" Richard said and then he left. Lorelai nudged Rory.
"Oh! Umm… Julian can you umm get me another coke" Rory said, Julian gave her a weird look and then left.
"Who was that?" Emily asked taking the seat where Samantha was.
"He is Rory's friend" Lorelai said.
"Your friend?" Emily asked Rory.
"Yeah, my very, very good friend" Rory said.
"Oh" was all Emily said. "I want to be properly introduced" she stated.
"And you will" Rory said really fast. Just then Richard and Julian walked back, and they were talking.
"Here you go" Julian said handing her the soda.
"Hey, c'mere" Rory pulled Julian to where Emily was.
"This is not gonna be good" Lorelai whispered in Luke's ear.
"Grandma this is Julian, Julian this is my grandma"
"Nice to meet you" the both said at the same time and shook hands.
"I already met your husband" Julian added.
"Julian where did you meet Rory?" Emily asked.
"We are in a same class together" Julian said politely with a goofy grin.
"So you're a Yale man?" Richard asked happily.
"It's the only way to be a man" Julian teased.
"And just like that he won over the grandparents" Lorelai whispered again.
"Shh" Luke told her.
"Lorelai!..." Emily suddenly said.
"Yes mom?"
"What are you wearing?"
"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Lorelai asked 'offended'.
"It's not what you're wearing, it's what it says" Emily said disgusted.
"What's wrong with it?" Lorelai asked looking down at her shirt. It said 'mom I found the beach ball' and it had an arrow pointing to her stomach.
"It's not funny, Lorelai" Emily said sternly.
"Oh, I beg to differ" Lorelai said laughing.
An HoUr LaTeR
All the guys were making teams to play football for a while. The teams were separated into Luke's team or Jake's team. On Luke's team were Jess, Buddy and Al. On Jake's team were Julian, Jackson and TJ. Since Kirk wanted to play he needed to get another person to play and he couldn't find anybody.
"Kirk, you have two minutes to find someone" Luke told him and then walked inside to find Lorelai. And strangely enough she was in the kitchen with Sookie.
"Hey are you starting?" Lorelai asked once she saw him.
"In a little while" Luke told her. He garbed baby Martha from Lorelai's hands.
"Hey Luke?" Sookie asked.
"Yeah?" he kept his eyes on Martha's smile.
"Did Lorelai tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"About being Martha's…" Sookie started but was interrupted by Luke.
"Godparents? Yeah she told me" he said with a smile.
"And…?" she still didn't know the answer.
"I'd love to" Luke told her.
MeAnWhIlE OuTsIdE
"…please, I really want to play" Kirk begged.
"No!" Taylor told him.
"But you're like a father to me…" Kirk insisted.
"Oh God" Taylor mumbled.
"If you don't play, I wont be able to play either"
"Ask someone else" Taylor said annoyed and tried to walk away.
"There's no one left. I promise you wont' have to do anything…" Kirk continued.
"Kirk…" Taylor sighted.
PlAyBaLl!
They were playing touch football. They had been playing for a while, and since they started not Kirk nor Taylor had touched the ball. Kirk was in Luke's team and Taylor was in Jake's. Everybody was watching the game and cheering for their team, the party had separated in half. Sookie and Lorelai were sitting on a little bench in the porch. Lorelai held a sleeping Martha in her arms and Sookie had a sleeping Davy. As soon as the game ended they were gonna take Davy and Martha up to Lorelai's bedroom so the noise wouldn't wake them.
Luke's team was wining by one. Jake's team had the ball, not only did they had the ball but Jake had a plan. Jake was going to hand the ball to Taylor, that way the other team would be thrown off. Taylor was supposed to through the ball at Julian and he would give it to Jackson so he could score. Luke, however, knew Jake and how he thought so he anticipated the ball being given to Taylor. So, the play started. And just like Luke thought Taylor had the ball. Luke ran towards Taylor, he got scared gave a little 'yelp' and threw the ball as hard as he could… right thru a window.
"Taylor!" Luke growled. The loud bang scared Lorelai and Sookie, and it woke up Davy and Martha. The ball died because of the sharp glass.
"Oh, look at the time" Taylor said and started to leave.
"You're paying for that!" Luke yelled after him and then Taylor was gone. Just like Kirk, since he was the one who convinced Taylor to play. Now that Taylor and Kirk were gone the party really started. Except for the fact that Luke was taping up the kitchen window. Now that Davy and Martha were woken up, they didn't want to fall asleep again.
EiGhT ThIrTy
Half of the people were gone. Liz and Lorelai were talking in the dining room. Luke walked down the stairs and stopped at frame of the living room entrance looking inside. In the living room Rory and Julian were baby-sitting Martha. Lorelai saw Luke not moving, just staring into the living room.
"I'll be right back" Lorelai suddenly said interrupting Liz' rant.
"Sure, go, go. I have to go check up on TJ, cuz' God only knows what he's up to" Liz said and go up to leave.
Lorelai walked up behind Luke and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"What are you doing?" she whispered into his ear.
"Right now having a heart attack" Luke whispered back harshly.
"Sorry" Lorelai said giggling. "But, other than that?"
"Looking…" he said motioning with his head towards a laughing Rory and Jake taking care of Martha.
"Like what you see?"
"Yes and no" he said turning around in her arms.
"No? Why not?"
"It scares me" Luke said honestly.
"Why?"
"I don't know, it's just… they look so comfortable with the baby that it… it freaks me out a little" Luke said shyly.
"Freaks you out how?" Lorelai didn't know if he was talking about the boys or something else.
"Rory is too young" Luke said suddenly. Ok so its not about the boys Lorelai told herself.
"Too young for what?" even though now she knew it was not about the twins, she was still not getting it.
"To have a kid" Luke blurted out.
"What! Do you know something I don't?" Lorelai looked him in the eye.
"No! I was just thinking out loud. I mean it's ok if she wants kids, I just don't want her to think it would be nice to have one now" Luke explained before Lorelai misinterpreted what he said.
"I don't know where this is coming from. But I assure you, Rory is ok" Lorelai said placing a hand on his cheek. "Us, on the other hand" Lorelai teased placing the other hand on her stomach. Luke smiled and also placed a hand on her stomach, it was received by a strong kick.
"Hey babies, having fun?" Luke asked her tummy while stroking it.
"Look at you. Mister 'bachelor for life, I'm like my uncle Louis, jam hands hater' being all smushy"
"Lorelai…" Luke threatened and Lorelai giggled.
"No, seriously. Who would've thought you, Luke Danes, would be a great stepfather, future God father to a gorgeous baby girl, and soon to be the father of twin boys. I mean, that's like all the fathers there is" Lorelai said with a smile.
"There's one missing" Luke said seriously.
"Oh yeah? Which one?" Lorelai asked still smiling.
"Father to a gorgeous baby girl" he said looking straight into her eyes and then looked down.
"Luke?" Lorelai asked wanting to know if he was serious. "Luke" she reached for his shin and made him look at her.
"Look I know Rory is my daughter and I lover her, but I was thinking… and… if we're having twin boys… then… our family is not balanced…"
"You're serious?"
"It's not like a want a daughter as soon as the boys are born, or that I need to have one. I was just thinking out loud, but if you don't…" his rant was cut short by her lips on his.
"I would love a daughter" Lorelai said quietly once she pulled back.
"Really?" Luke never expected her to say yes.
"Yeah" Lorelai said shyly. "But what if we have another boy?"
"Then I'll just have to spoil Rory" Luke stated.
"Really? No 'we'll try until we have on'? man thing"
"Nop, if we don't get it, then we stop" Luke said firmly.
"That's why I love you" Lorelai said and then she kissed him again.
TeN at NiGhT
Luke, Buddy, Jake, TJ and Jackson were playing poker in the dining room. Jess had left to take Samantha back home. Rory walked Julian back to his car and he was gonna drive her back to the house. Sookie, Lorelai, Maisy and Liz were in the living room talking. Davy and Martha were in Lorelai's bedroom asleep. Everybody else had left.
"I'll be right back" Lorelai said. She left the other girls talking about… whatever it was that they were talking about. She hadn't been paying attention. She was thinking about her previous conversation with Luke, and she couldn't stop picturing how perfect her family would be, mommy, daddy, daughter, twin boys, and daughter. Perfect she kept repeating to herself.
Lorelai walked past the dining room into the kitchen to grab a bottle of water. She walked back but lingered behind Luke for a while. She placed the now opened bottle of water next to Luke on the table, and placed her arms on his shoulders.
"That's not fair…" Jake said "You can't have your lucky charm with you"
"Ooh lucky charms. We need to buy some" Lorelai said padding Luke's chest.
"Thanks man" Luke told Jake. They kept playing and Lorelai still stood there, giving Luke a shoulder and chest massage. It felt so good that he didn't mind not winning ever since Lorelai got there.
"Thanks Lorelai" Jake said, once he won again.
"Anytime" Lorelai said still massaging Luke.
"Umm… Lorelai?" Luke suddenly said. She knew what that meant, not so much because of the words but of the tone he said it in.
"I'll be in the living room" Lorelai said, she grabbed her water, gave Luke a quick kiss and left.
"No Lorelai, don't go" Jake begged, Lorelai turned back and stuck her tongue at him. God stupid denim, it has no give. Why haven't they invented stretchy zippers yet? No, wait. I should be able resist her by now, I mean it was only a massage, a shoulder massage. I blame those rest days the doctor gave us. Damn! I lost again, Jake must be enjoying this. Luke thought.
TwO AM
Everybody had left by one and they decided not to clean up until tomorrow, that's why they went to bed right away. Luke, Rory, Jess, Liz and TJ fell asleep right away, but not Lorelai, nop, she was still wide awake.
"Rory" Lorelai whispered and nudged her.
"Mmm" Rory mumbled not moving.
"Wake up" she nudged her again.
"No" she whined.
"Please"
"Arg fine" Rory said and then sat up, Lorelai was already sitting on the bed. "What's wrong?"
"Luke and I talked…"
"And…?"
"We want to have a baby" Lorelai said happily.
"Good because you're seven months pregnant, with twins" Rory said.
"No, I'm not talking about the boys" Lorelai said with a little laugh.
"Your not?"
"Nop. Luke said he wants a baby girl" Lorelai said, without thinking if it would have an effect on Rory.
"Oh" was all Rory said of course he wants a daughter, a real daughter. I have my own dad, no matter how much we pretend, Luke's not my dad Rory thought.
"Yeah, he said he want to have two boys and two girls. You know: daughter, twin boys, and daughter" Lorelai said happily.
"Really?" Rory asked happy now so it's not just pretend, he really does see me as a daughter.
"Yep, although he said that if the baby turns out to be another boy then… he's just gonna have to spoil you"
"I like that idea"
"Aww your so a 'daddy's little girls', aren't you?" Lorelai teased and pinched Rory's cheek.
"Mom" Rory threatened.
"Wow, you're even starting to sound like Luke"
"Out!..." Rory said and scooted back down to a lying positing.
"See right there, just like Luke"
"Please close the door on your way out" Rory said and turn on the side to get more comfortable.
"Night babe" Lorelai said and kissed Rory's forehead.
"Night mommy" Rory mumbled back.
Lorelai walked back to the bedroom and got in bed.
"Had fun today?" Luke whispered.
"It was great" Lorelai mumbled getting more comfortable and in Luke's embrace.
"Good" Luke said hardly understandable.
"Go to sleep baby" Lorelai said and caressed his cheek.
"Love you" was the last thing he mumbled.
"Love you too" Lorelai said and kissed his lips softly, then went to sleep.
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