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FRiDaY eVeNiNG
"No" Luke said for the hundredth time. He was sitting on the floor of the nursery putting together the second crib. Lorelai was sitting on the rocking chair, hugging a bear, while looking at Luke work, for the past hour.
"But…" Lorelai tried again.
"No Lorelai. I'm not going to Miss Patty's costume Halloween party! I don't care how much you bug me. Go with Rory…"
"She's taking Julian" Lorelai said sadly.
"Go with Samantha, Jess is gonna be working that night"
"She doesn't want to go, she's too tired lately" she said caressing the bear's head.
"She's pregnant" Luke stated.
"I know. And Sookie is busy planning Martha's christening"
"When's that?" Luke asked lifting his eyes from the little white sticks.
"The weekend after Halloween" Lorelai reminded him. "Luke, you have to come with me to the party, I don't want to go alone" she whined again.
"Then don't go, stay here and watch movies with Sam" Luke said annoyed.
"But we do that all the time, I don't want to stay here and watch movies on Halloween" she said like a little kid and Luke sighed, he placed the wrench he was currently holding on the floor. Luke got up and walked over to the rocking chair and squatted down in front of her.
"I get to pick my own costume…" he began and Lorelai started to smile. "…we go for two hours tops" he said with a small grin.
"Really?" her eyebrows shot up.
"No more than two hours, you need to rest" his grin turned into a smile.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she said fast and pulled him a little up so she could kiss him. "I'm gonna go call Rory! Help me up" she extended her arms he stood up and helped her. "Thanks" she kissed him again and walked over to their room though the adjoin doors.
In middle of the wall that was between the master bedroom and the nursery was the head board of their bed, to each side of it was a door. In the nursery's side, in the middle of the wall, were going to be the two cribs. That way both Luke and Lorelai had faster access to the boys in the middle of the night.
DoWNSTaiRS iN THe KiTCHeN
"Here" Jess handed a plate over to Samantha.
"Jess, this is sweet and all but… I'm not eating this" she said pushing the plate back. It had a salad and tuna sandwich.
"You need to eat right" he pushed the plate back.
"I don't like salads and tuna makes me squeamish" she pushed it back.
"Tough luck" Jess pushed the plate towards her again. "This is good for you, and what's good for you is good for… you know"
"You can say it Jess" Samantha said in a sing song voice.
"…my baby…" Jess said with a big sigh.
"There you go. Now, I'll take this up to Luke and you'll make me something else for lunch" she said grabbing the plate and standing up.
"But…"
"And no fish related foods" she added before leaving the kitchen
MeaNWHiLe iN THe MaSTeR BeDRooM
"Hey Mom" Rory answered her phone.
"I broke him!" Lorelai exclaimed happily.
"What?'' Rory said with a small laugh.
"Luke is going to the party with me!"
"How did you do that?"
"Oh, you know me and my charm" Lorelai was sitting on the bed with her back resting on the headboard.
"She's been bugging me for hours!" Luke called from the other room.
"Mom, did you bug Luke until he said yes?"
"Yes I did" Lorelai said proudly.
"Good for you, I'm so proud" Rory teased.
"You're still coming right? You need to check out the nursery…" Rory was going to go home for that weekend.
"It's not done yet!" Luke said from the next room.
"I'm not talking to you!..." Lorelai told Luke. "So, you coming?"
"Yes, I'm coming" Rory said laughing at their banter. "I still need to pick out a costume though"
"Oh! We should go shopping. I need my costume also"
"I thought you already knew what you were gonna be"
"I do, I just need some stuff for it" Lorelai said in a whisper.
"Oh, ok"
iN THe NuRSeRY
"Here" Samantha handed Luke the plate with food.
"Thanks, did you do this?" he asked grabbing the plate.
"No, Jess did. He made it for me but it looks gross" she said just as Luke was gonna take a bite out of it. "Oh! It's fine, it just looks gross. To me" she added the last part when he wouldn't bite the sandwich. "It is good, trust me" she gave him the puppy eyes, Lorelai told her that was the only way to get to Luke and Jess.
"Lorelai! Stop teaching people how to do that!" Luke said frustrated and took a big bite, Sam smiled and left the room.
BaCK iN THe MaSTeR BeDRooM
"What did you do now?" Rory asked.
"Nothing, I think Luke just went bonkers"
oN THe STaiRSCaSe
Jess was going upstairs to find Samantha while she was walking downstairs.
"Hey" Sam said.
"Hey, I was just coming to find you"
"Oh, did you finish my lunch?"
"I don't have time, I have to get to the diner" Jess said and walked down the remaining stairs.
"You don't have time to make me a sandwich?" she followed him down.
"I made you a sandwich, you just didn't eat it" Jess stated.
"I don't like tuna" Samantha said in a whisper.
"That's not true. You like tuna, you just feel like annoying me" Jess also whispered but more harshly.
"That's not true! And why can't you be a few minutes late? You work for Luke, it's not like he's gonna fire you"
"I already am a few minutes late because I was making you lunch! The one you didn't want!"
"Fine, go!" she said and turned to run upstairs, a couple of seconds later the door of the room slammed shut. Jess sighed, dropped his chin down to his chest, but still he left to the diner.
MeaNWHiLe iN THe MaSTeR BeDRooM
"Ohuh" Lorelai whispered over to Rory.
"You should check that out" Rory told her.
"I know, see you later, bye kiddo"
"Bye Mom" and they both hung up, Lorelai went over to Jess' old room, now Jess and Samantha's room. She knocked on the door.
"Go to work!" Samantha yelled, although you could easily tell she was crying.
"I would but Luke would get mad" Lorelai said sympathetically. Inside the room Sam sighed, she got up and walked over to unlock the door. "Honey, what's wrong?" Lorelai asked once she saw her tear strained face.
"Jess is and ass" she stated and walked over to the bed.
"Wow, you guys are crammed in here" Lorelai said looking around the room.
"Yeah" Samantha plopped herself down on the bed.
"Why is Jess an ass?" Lorelai sat down on the edge of the bed, but not before closing the door.
"Cuz' he is"
"Ok"
"He's a guy" Samantha said as a more explicit explanation.
"Oh, see that's better" Lorelai mocked.
"This is not gonna work" Samantha said after a long pause.
"What's not gonna work?" Lorelai was getting a bad feeling about this.
"Him…me…us" she said and then began to silently cry.
"What? Why?" Lorelai didn't get it, they were ok this morning.
"He can't even say the word baby!"
"That's why? Honey you have to give him time, this is big"
"I know, and it's not just that, there are a lot of little things and you know what they say: 'it's the little things that make the big problems'" Lorelai laughed lightly at that.
"And who says that?"
"I don't know" Sam shrugged.
"Don't you think that if that was true Luke and I would've been over a long time ago?"
"Maybe" was all Sam said.
"Just talk to him"
"I can't because he's at the diner" Sam said defeated.
"So? Is there a force field around it?" Samantha smiled at that.
"Not that I know of" Samantha felt like playing along to Lorelai's craziness.
"Then go talk to him otherwise you'll be a downer tonight at movie night and tomorrow shopping" Lorelai offered with a smile.
"He needs to cool off first, and I'm hungry"
"Then you're in luck. We have a chef-type-person in the house" Lorelai stumbled over her words and Samantha laughed.
"A chef-type-person?" Samantha kept laughing.
"Yes, a chef-type-person" Lorelai said more sure of herself.
"Thanks but I'll pass. I like cooking. I'll go make something myself"
"You sure about that?"
"I know how to cook" Samantha stated and walked over to the door. "If you want I can make something for you"
"Thanks but I think I'll exploit my chef-type-person" they both laughed at that. They left the room. "Talk to him" Lorelai said before heading over to the nursery.
"I will, tonight" Samantha said before walking downstairs to the kitchen.
aT THe DiNeR
Though Jess might deny it, he has a lot in common with Luke. One of those things is that when he is angry with the one he loves he becomes more of a crank. Especially towards the town.
Jess didn't burn the order just because Caesar was cooking but he did throw people out and yelled at them, he broke stuff. He was all in all in a foul mood, and it was all his own fault how much could 1 more sandwich take. I was already late for work, and she's right: it's not like Luke would fire me. Jess kept beating himself up. The more he thought about it the worst his mood got.
BaCK aT THe HouSe
"I thought you said you cooked" Lorelai said when she saw Samantha sitting in the living room with a ham sandwich.
"I said I liked to cook, I know a little also, but I was just in the mood for a ham sandwich that's all"
"Oh, you didn't leave a mess in the kitchen, did you?" Lorelai asked and Samantha shook her head mid bite. "Good because Luke is gonna cook for me and he doesn't like dirty dishes"
"You're supposed to clean while you go"
"What?" Lorelai asked laughing that sounded wrong.
"When you're cooking and you've finished using something, you're supposed to wash it right away"
"Oh, that's useful, since I cook everyday"
"Fine, just think of it as a 'street smarts fact' better?" Samantha said with a smile.
"Don't mock, I'm pregnant" Lorelai pouted.
"Ha! so am I" Samantha said.
"Yeah, well… …I'm pregnanter"
"Pregnanter?" Luke asked walking past the living room.
"Yes, that's the medical term for when you're having twins" Lorelai said pointedly.
"No it's not!" Samantha said laughing.
"You're crazy you know that?" Luke was also laughing.
"Don't laugh at the woman who is carrying your boys or I'll brainwash them against you" Lorelai threatened and both Luke and Sam just laughed harder.
"Mean" Lorelai pouted again.
"Stop pouting. What do you want to eat" Luke asked.
"Humph!" Lorelai said and turned her head the other way.
"Fine, I'll just go take a nap" Luke said turning to go upstairs.
"No! No! I forgive you!" Lorelai said and walked over to where Luke was.
"Gee thanks, I feel much better" he said with a grin.
"Shut up" Lorelai playfully slapped his chest then pulled him over to the kitchen. Samantha just stared at them if they can handle twins we can handle this she told herself.
A FeW HouRS LaTeR
Rory was driving into Stars Hollow and decided to stop at the diner for some coffee since Luke had banned all coffee from the house.
"…damn-it Kirk! If you want a grill sandwich so much, go ask your Mommy for one!" Jess yelled from the counter over to where Kirk was, at the corner table. Kirk whimpered a little before running out of the diner.
"Jess?" Rory asked approaching the counter.
"What!" he hadn't seen Rory. "Sorry, what?" he asked more nicely once he noticed who had called him.
"You just yelled at Kirk" she simply stated.
"Kirk annoys me"
"Kirk cries. What wrong?"
"Nothings wrong. What makes you think something' wrong?" Jess shot back, Rory gave him a pointed look. "Ok, there's something wrong" he said defeated.
"And that is?"
"Sam" was all Jess said.
"What did you do?" Rory said knowingly.
"What makes you think I did something?" Jess acted offended before giving in. "I was an ass" he said after letting out a big sigh.
"Wow, that bad?"
"Wha…?"
"It takes a lot for you to admit you were an ass"
"Yeah, well…" he trailed off.
"Go make up with her" Rory told him.
"I'm working" and as to prove it he began wiping the counter.
"I'll cover for you"
"Tsk, you'd just drink coffee"
"You don't trust me?" she gave him the baby face.
"With a lot of things but not with coffee"
"Jess…" she said sternly. "Go make things right" she took the little wiping thingy out of his hand.
"Fine…" he sighed big. "But if Luke yells at me because you drank all the coffee, you'll pay" he said before opening the door.
"He won't do anything to me" she said with a smile.
"He won't but I will" he said and then he left.
aT THe HouSe
"…normally I'd put beer on it for flavor but we have pregnant women in the house so that's a no" Luke told Samantha, Lorelai was craving steak so they were all eating steak.
"No wonder it's been tasting different" Lorelai whined.
"No beer, not even here" he pointed to the steaks on the grill. Oh! Cuz' Lorelai didn't want normal steaks; she wanted them on the grill. So now the trio was out on the back porch.
"Luuuuke"
"No, Lorelai, I won't budge so stop" he said sternly.
"Would you look at that, he does have a firm hand" Samantha said laughing.
"Do you want to cook your own dinner?" Luke asked amused.
"Sorry" Samantha said a little more serious but still laughing, Lorelai was laughing her ass off now.
"Thought so" Luke mumbled and continued cooking.
"Hey" Jess whispered from the glass sliding door.
"If you're here then…" Luke said wondering who was at the diner.
"Rory" Jess quickly said anticipating Luke's question. "Can we talk?" he turned to look at Sam, she looked down but nodded. "I'll be upstairs" Jess said knowing she needed to gather herself before coming up.
"You ok?" Lorelai asked Sam, she nodded, and Luke had a confused face the whole time. "You shouldn't make him wait to long"
"I know" she said, got up, and went inside.
"What happened?" Luke asked Lorelai, she just smiled at Luke's innocence or clueless-ness.
uP iN JeSS' RooM
He was sitting down by the foot of their bed we need to get a bigger bed, what are you thinking of? Focus man! Just then Samantha walked in and closed the door behind her, she leaned against it.
"Hey" she said so he would notice her presence.
"Hi" he said and scooted a little so she would sit next to him, she didn't, she just stood in front of him so he looked up to see her. "I'm sorry" he said softly.
"For what?"
"The way I acted…"
"Look Jess if this is too much for you then…"
"No, it's not too much" he quickly stopped her and wrapped his arms around her hips and pulled her closer. "It's not too much" he mumbled again, his cheek now against her stomach.
"Jess…" she said doubtfully.
"It's not, it's big and life changing but it's not too much. We can do this, together" he emphasized the together.
"You can't even say it Jess" she sounded defeated.
"So? That doesn't mean anything" he pulled a little back and looked up at her.
"You don't have to be a part of this if you don't want to, I'm not forcing you" she said softly.
"I know you're not, and I do want to be a part of this" he said forcefully.
"Jess…"
"Trust me. Look" he let go of her and made a quick run to his bottom drawer. He pulled out a plastic bag and inside the bag was a box. "Here" he gave it to her.
"What's this?" she asked.
"Open it" Jess said eagerly.
"Jess?" she was practically breathless once she saw the contents of the bag.
"It's for our daughter" he said with a big grin.
"Daughter?" she kept looking at all the pink inside the box. Onesies, pacifiers, bibs, little shoes, little pair of jeans with a big flower on the butt, pink little shirts, there was even one shirt with daddy's girl´ on it.
"I wanted to give it to you for Christmas, I still need to buy more stuff" Jess said shyly. "Say something" he told her after a little bit of silence, Samantha had her hand over her mouth and she was still staring into the box.
"It's all pink" she finally whispered out.
"I know" he walked over to where she was.
"What if it's a boy?"
"It's not" he stated.
"Jess…"
"I know it's a girl. My baby girl" he added the last part quietly.
"You said it" Samantha was amused.
"I just need time to get used to the idea" it sounded like he was pleading. "I swear I'm not scared and I'm not running. I just need time"
"We still need to talk…" she said and Jess nodded quickly. "You don't even know about what" she laughed lightly.
"I don't care"
"And the baby might be a boy" Samantha reminded him but Jess just shook his head.
"Trust me, it's a girl" he said and that just reminded Sam of what she was holding.
"This stuff is great Jess. It's our first baby stuff…" she looked at everything again. "When did you get this?"
"Oh, that for me to know and you to wonder"
"Thank you" she placed the box on the bed and went over to hug him.
"For what?" he was confused but still he hugged her tightly.
"Anything, everything, you pick something" she whispered.
"OK" they kept hugging for a little while. "Let's go eat and then we can come up and talk"
"About what?" she pulled back.
"I don't know, the future, our planes, our daughter, you pick. You said we needed to talk" he went and opened the door.
"Sure but I get to pick" she said before leaving the room.
"I don't know why but I'm afraid all of the sudden" he said as he walked behind her.
ouTSiDe
Lorelai had told Luke was she and Sam had been talking about earlier. Although she had tried to explain to him the concept behind 'Jess is and ass cause he's a guy' theory he still didn't get it and thought they were being sexist. He was a little worried about them. They knew Jess wasn't gonna bail, he just needed some time to deal with it. So when Samantha and Jess walked back outside smiling and laughing they were both relieved.
"How did it go?" Lorelai asked, only she can be so blunt about important things like these.
"He bought the baby a bunch of gifts" Samantha said with a big smile.
"Geez! Don't go public with that" Jess complained.
"You got your kid presents but you haven't bought anything for your cousins?" Lorelai narrowed her eyes at Jess.
"Well, this is my kid. Besides the boys have clothes and toys to last them a lifetime" Jess stumbled over his words.
"I was just kidding, breath" Lorelai smiled.
"You're mean" Luke said passing them by while he moved the cooked steaks over into the dinning room.
"Just a little bit" Lorelai shot back before also walking in.
"Hey set the table…" Luke told Jess. "I'm gonna call Caesar and tell him to send Rory over and close up" Luke went over to the phone.
"He's gonna close early?" Lorelai wondered out loud while grabbing herself a drink from the kitchen.
"Wow, it's like Christmas came early this year" Jess mocked causing both Sam and Lorelai to start laughing.
"If you keep laughing you'll pay for it later" Luke said coming into the dinning room.
"Oh is that a threa…" Lorelai suddenly gasped loudly and dropped the glass she was holding, it fell on the kitchen floor and broke into millions of tiny pieces.
"Lorelai?" Luke asked worriedly while rushing over to where she was.
"I'm fine, your boy's just got me off guard there" she said placing a hand on the side of her stomach.
"Sure?" you could easily hear the panic in Luke's voice.
"Yes I'm sure. Let me clean this up and then we can eat"
"You go eat, I'll clean this" Luke told her, gave her a kiss in the forehead and a slight push towards the dinning room.
"You ok?" Jess asked and Lorelai just nodded before getting some food on her plate.
LaTeR THaT NiGHT
Luke was cleaning up after dinner while Lorelai and Rory watched a movie. Upstairs Jess and Samantha decided to talk instead of watching a movie.
"You seriously want to know that?" Jess asked. He and Samantha were lying in bed talking.
"Yes, what are you going to do after you graduate?" she repeated the question.
"I'll get a job" he stated.
"Nah you don't say" she mocked. "That's a given, Jess, I meant what kind of job?"
"Then you should've asked that"
"Ok, what kind of job would you look for after graduating?"
"A teacher" Jess said simply.
"Really?" Samantha was surprised; she never thought Jess wanted to teach.
"Yeah. Don't ask me why because I don't know. I just think that teaching would be good"
"And where would you like to teach?" Samantha turned so she was resting on her stomach and played with his t-shirt covered chest.
"What? Do you mean like what school? Or what town?"
"The second one" she said shyly.
"I was actually thinking on staying here"
"Really? I thought you hated Stars Hollow" she teased.
"I don't hate it. Besides I think this is a great place to raise our daughter"
"Again with the daughter thing. You would be ok if we had a boy right?" she asked nervously.
"Of course I'd be ok. But we are having a daughter, you'll see" he said very confident. They stayed in silence for a while. "What about you?"
"What about me?" Samantha had rested her head on his chest and now she lifted it up to look at him.
"What do you want to do?"
"Well… I always liked cooking and my parents had always said that cooking was not a career so I stopped doing it. I was gonna start again but now… I'm gonna be a Mom" she sounded a little defeated.
"So? You can still cook"
"Humph"
"Really. You could work with Luke, or with Lorelai, or maybe get your own place"
"I can't do that"
"Why not?"
"Because I don't know the first thing a bout cooking for a lot of people…"
"Luke can help"
"Yeah right. He's not gonna help someone become their competition" she scoffed.
"He won't see it that way. And you know he'll do it"
"Yeah I know…" she sighed. "But I don't want to cause him more trouble"
"More? When did you cause him trouble before?" Jess was confused.
"We are living in his house, rent free. We use his stuff, eat his food, and he is gonna build us an apartment…"
"He like building stuff" Jess joked.
"Jess…"
"I know, but that's how he is. He likes to help and if were being a pain he'd tell us, trust me, he used to tell it to me all the time" he said and Samantha laughed.
DoWNSTaiRS
"No! No! Eww!" Rory yelled at the TV.
"I think I'm gonna throw up" Lorelai said in a disgusted tone.
"Oh my God! How can he do that! That's so gross!"
"Oh God!"
"What? What's wrong!" Luke rushed into the living room in a frenzy.
"Do you have any idea what's blended into that shake?" Lorelai asked him pointing towards the screen.
"What?"
"It's hissing cockroaches, fish heads and coagulated pig's blood" Lorelai told him in an amused tone.
"What the hell are you watching?" Luke asked grossed out.
"Fear Factor" both Rory and Lorelai said at the same time.
"Why are you watching that? It's so degrading" Luke said walking over to sit with them on the couch.
"Because it's fun to see what people would do for 50,000 dollars" Rory told him.
"But they only pay that to one person, meaning that the other five did it for no reason" Luke retorted.
"Look at you, knowing how many contestants there are" Lorelai said and pocked him in the ribs.
"Stop with the pocking" he said while grabbing her hand. "And I only know because of that time you made me watch it"
"You like it admit it" Lorelai teased.
"I do not" he scoffed.
"Then why are you still here watching it?"
"I'm not here watching it I'm here spending time with my family" he defended himself.
"Give it up! We know you're here for the show" Rory told him while holding back a laugh.
"Whatever" Luke said and got up.
"Ohuh" Rory said but Lorelai just waved it off. "Aren't you going over to talk to him?" she asked when she heard the bedroom door close.
"Nah he's fine, he's just teasing. Oh gross!" Lorelai said.
"Ok. Tomorrow we're going shopping right?"
"Yeah, but after brunch"
"Brunch?" Rory said amused.
"Yes brunch. I know eat brunch" Lorelai stated proudly.
"You do?"
"Yeah well, I always did, the only difference is that now I call it by it's name and not just 'a snack' before lunch"
"Oh. Look he's gagging!" Rory pointed to the screen.
A LiTTLe LaTeR
Rory had gone up to bed right after the 'eating' portion of Fear Factor was over. She walked passed Jess' room and since there was no sound she opened the door and saw them sleeping, she turned off their light, closed their door and head off to bed herself. Lorelai stayed watching the show until the end. When it was over she gave all the channels a quick glance then turned the TV off. She checked everything downstairs before going up; she saw no light coming from under Rory or Jess' room so she assumed they were sleeping. Lorelai closed the nursery's door before walking into her own bedroom. Luke was flat on his stomach asleep in his t-shirt and jeans. Lorelai walked into the bathroom she changed into her PJ's, and washed her face and teeth before walking beck to the room. Since Luke was in the middle of the bed with both his arms extended there wasn't much place for her and the growing boys.
"Luke?" she whispered from afar and he didn't even flinch. She walked closer and tried again. "Luke" she whispered, nothing. She decided to have some fun.
Lorelai walked closer to the bed and kneeled on it. She carefully moved one leg over to the other side of him and crawled up his body, careful to not touch him, yet. Once she was hovering over his butt she slowly sat on him, Luke stirred a little but didn't wake. Lorelai smiling started to run her hands over his lower back as far as her stomach would let her. Luke was still in wonderland. She slowly lifted his t-shirt and started kneading his exposed skin. Luke sighed.
"Luke? Lukey" Lorelai whispered in a playful voice.
"Hmm?" he mumbled. Ha! You are awake! Either that or your in the magic land of almost conscious where you'll answer truthfully to anything. "What are you doing?" he asked in a slur. aww so long magic land Lorelai though sadly.
"What, you don't like?" she pouted, he couldn't see it but he could hear it.
"I love" he said and then sighed again.
"Are you mad at me?"
"What?"
"Because of earlier, with Fear Factor, are you mad?"
"No, I was just teasing you" he said and shifted a little to get more comfortable.
"Good"
"MmmHmm"
"Luke?"
"Hmm?"
"Are you tired?" she asked in a flirty voice.
"Nope" he said in his monosyllabic form, and lifted his waist a little to tell her to get up a bit. She lifted herself on her knees again and Luke turned over to lay on his back.
"Huh, you're wide awake" she teased, and he placed his hands on her thighs.
"Pretty much, yeah" he said with a smirk and began moving his hands up and down.
"Guess we should entertain you now that you're awake" Lorelai played.
"Guess we should" and Luke played along.
LaTeR THaT NiGHT
"You're really good at that" Lorelai said after a little silence. Luke was flat on his back and Lorelai was slightly on her side propped on her right elbow and playing with the hairs on his chest with her left hand.
"I know" Luke said and Lorelai smacked his chest. "Hey watch it!" he said with a smile.
"That's what you get for being cocky" she said and then started laughing. "Hey Luke?"
"Hmm" the movements of her hand on his chest were making him fall asleep quicker.
"Could you run downstairs and grab me something?" she asked like a little girl.
"What?" he thought she was kidding.
"Please? I'm hungry" now she pouted.
"But…"
"And since you got me pregnant in the first place, you're supposed to satisfy all my cravings"
"I thought we just did that" Luke might be half asleep but he can still argue.
"Ha-ha. Move your ass" she said and began pushing him off the bed.
"Fine. Stop pushing" he sat up. "What do you want?" he asked as he pulled his sweatpants on.
"Hmm…"
"You don't even know what you want?"
"Shush you!" she said and began rubbing her stomach as if trying to read the babies minds.
"They're not gonna tell you" Luke pulled on his shirt. Lorelai just gave him a glare. "Fine, just hurry up"
"Oh! Cheetos and…."
"And?" Luke asked grossed out enough.
"Yes. And… Oh, I know!..."
"About time" Luke mumbled and Lorelai just ignored it.
"Strawberry jelly!"
"You're kidding, right?" Luke asked with a weird face.
"Sorry, but that's what I want. Now hustle!"
"You're so unbelievably disgusting sometimes" he mumbled walking out of the room.
"Tell that to your unborn children!" she said to his retrieving back.
NeXT MoRNiNG 10aM
Rory walked into the house and up the stairs to her Mom's room carrying a Styrofoam container.
"Mom?" Rory knocked on the door lightly. There was no answered so she opened the door slightly please be wearing something, please be wearing something… Rory repeated over and over in her head. "Mom?" she peeked inside and Lorelai was wearing a flannel shirt, not that you could notice since she was tangled in a sheet. Rory opened the container and the smell of pancakes invaded the room.
"Mmm pancakes" Lorelai said without opening her eyes. "You don't have to repay me for last night you know"
"Mom! Gross!" Rory shrieked.
"Rory!" Lorelai's eyes shot open. "Oops" Lorelai said with a small grin.
"Eww" Rory placed the pancakes on the nightstand next to Lorelai and left the room.
"Oh c'mon! How do you think I got pregnant with twins in the first place!" Lorelai yelled loudly to make sure Rory heard her no matter where she was.
"Oh God!" Rory's mumbled voice was heard, Lorelai just laughed. The stereo downstairs started blaring.
"Aww now that's what I call a good morning" Lorelai mumbled before stabbing the pancakes with a fork.
DoWNSTaiRS
Rory had just plopped down on the sofa to try and forgot what her Mom had just said when Jess walked into the living room.
""What the hell were you and Lorelai talking about?" Jess asked with a weird expression.
"Ugh, nothing" Rory quickly said.
"Really? Cuz she just yelled something that…"
"We weren't talking about anything! Especially that. She was just being Lorelai and decided to traumatize me before breakfast" she said with a smile.
"Did it work?" Jess asked with a smirk.
"Don't I look traumatized?"
"A little bit, yeah" Jess said with a nod.
"Yeah well, just wait until I see Luke, then I'll be more traumatized"
"Aw Geez!" Jess said finally getting what Lorelai had said to Rory. Jess' face made Rory laugh.
"Thanks I need a distraction" Rory said with a smile then left the living room to go get ready.
"You're paying for my shrink!" Jess yelled up the stairs.
"Bill me!" Rory said before entering her room.
oVeR aN HouR LaTeR
"Thanks for covering this morning" Jess said. Jess, Rory and Sam where in the dinning room waiting for Lorelai to finish getting ready. Jess and Rory were talking and Sam had her head on the table and only grunted in response when she was asked something.
"It's ok, I like being in the diner" Rory said with a smile.
"I'm almost done!" Lorelai yelled from upstairs.
"It's ok!" Rory yelled back up. "Right Sam?" Samantha didn't move, she just grunted. "Are you ok?" Rory was getting concerned; she only got another grunt as an answer.
"Morning sickness" Jess informed Rory.
"Oh. In the bright side there's less than and hour left of morning" Rory said happily and Sam scoffed.
"Morning sickness doesn't actually occur only during the morning" Jess translated Samantha's scoff.
"Oh" Rory acknowledged. "You're gonna be ok to go shopping with us?" Samantha grunted again, Rory turned to Jess for a translation.
"She will, just as long as you keep quiet for a while"
"Wow, a grunt says more than a thousand words" Rory mocked and was quickly hit by a piece of bread that was on the center of the table, Samantha had thrown it. "Hey!"
"At least you got hit by bread, I was hit by a shoe" Jess mumbled, and Rory suppressed a laugh.
"You get the shoe because you're the one who put me in this position" Samantha said.
"Wow you must be feeling better" Lorelai said walking into the room.
"She threw a piece of bread at me" Rory said like a little kid and pouted.
"Were you annoying her?" Lorelai asked raising her eyebrows; Rory pouted more and shook her head.
"Yes you were" Jess said with a grin.
"Shut up or I'll tell on you two" Rory pouted.
"To who? You're Mom is here and she did nothing" Jess said now laughing.
"My Dad" Rory said a 'duh' tone and stuck out her tongue at Jess. "Not so cocky now, are we" she mocked.
"Enough kids. Girls get ready to go" Lorelai said in her motherly voice.
"Fine" Rory said and dragged her feet upstairs, Jess laughed.
"Shouldn't you be heading over to the diner?" Lorelai asked Jess.
"Fine" he said and dragged his feet outside. "Bye Sam have fun!" he called before closing the door behind him.
"Kids, they'll never behave" Lorelai said shaking her head, and Sam joined her also shaking her head until Rory came downstairs.
"I'm ready! Why are you shaking your heads?" she asked weirded out.
"To see if you'd ask" Lorelai quickly said and Samantha started laughing.
"Ok. Lets go" Rory said walking outside, Lorelai and Sam followed her laughing.
THe MaLL
They had spent a good ten minutes going round and round the parking lot looking for a decent parking spot. Now they were just walking through the main entrance.
"Where to?" Rory asked turning to look at her Mom.
"Why don't you two go off looking for costumes and I'll catch up in a little while" Lorelai said.
"No can do. Luke said to keep an eye on you" Rory told her.
"When did he tell you that?"
"This morning when I went over to help him"
"But I want my costume to be secret" Lorelai whined.
"It's not a secret" Rory told her.
"Yeah, we all know you're going as Luke" Samantha said as a matter of fact.
"Everybody knows? Even Luke?" Lorelai sounded sad.
"No, he has no clue" Sam said.
"Good. But finding a good flannel will take forever and by the time we get to you costumes, they'll be nothing left"
"Fine, but I'll come looking for you in forty-five minutes" Rory said sternly.
"But Mom" Lorelai teased.
"Forty-five minutes" Rory said wagging her index finger but smiling, Samantha laughed.
"Fine" Lorelai said and laughed. "I'll be in here" she pointed to a store to her right; the store was right by the entrance.
"We'll be looking around" Rory said and then they left Lorelai.
"Ready to go shopping boys?" Lorelai asked with her hands on the side of her stomach, she felt a kick. "Good, let's go look for a flannel" Lorelai turned to go into the store but bumped into someone on the way. "Oh sorry"
"Sorry" a lady said at the same time. "My goodness I'm sorry…" she said when she saw Lorelai's stomach.
"It's ok, I wasn't paying attention" Lorelai said with a smile.
"You really are glowing" the lady said out of the blue.
"Thanks, I guess"
"Oh! Sorry. It's just that people always say that pregnant women have a certain glow but I'd never saw a glow before, until now"
"Oh. No, I'm still confused" Lorelai laughed oddly.
"Sorry, I'm just talking nonsense here. You must be exited"
"Yeah, we can't wait" Lorelai said placing a hand on her stomach why am I still talking to her? Lorelai asked herself.
"Well it doesn't look like there's much waiting left"
"Oh! There is. I'm due December" Lorelai said and saw the expression the lady had, it's the expression most people have when they hear she's not due for like two months. "Twins" she patted her tummy.
"Sorry" the lady said, Lorelai didn't know what she was sorry for.
"Mom!" Rory came running.
"What? It hasn't been forty-five minutes yet, has it?" Lorelai wondered I knew I should've brought my watch.
"No. But we have no money, so I came here for the credit card" Rory said with a smile and extending her hand towards Lorelai. The lady now had a disgusted look on her face.
"Here, oh! But this one is Luke's so don't go too crazy" Lorelai said with a smirk.
"Not fair…" Rory slightly pouted. "Wait, doesn't this one have more credit than yours?" Rory asked and by the face Lorelai made Rory knew she was right. "See ya!" Rory called while walking away quickly.
"Wait! I'll trade cards!" Lorelai called after Rory but she only shook her head and kept walking again. "Meanie!"
"Was that your daughter?" Lorelai nodded with a smile. "Either she grew up quickly or your plastic surgeon works miracles"
"Actually, neither" Lorelai said getting angst-y, she hated this part of the conversations, people always judged her for having Rory at 16 why am I talking to her? Oh right, we bumped into each other.
"Excuse me"
"I had her when I was younger, much younger" no need to tell her the story of my life.
"Oh…" was all the lady said.
"Yeah well, I better get going; I'm on the clock here"
"Sorry, go, go" the lady gestured with her hands. Lorelai smiled and walked into the store. The lady saw Lorelai walk in and then she left.
aN HouR LaTeR
After finding what she was looking for, Lorelai, called Rory's cell phone to tell them she was going to be in the food court. The girls said they need five more minutes and told Lorelai to get a table.
Lorelai put both her shopping bags on the table while she waited for Rory and Sam. Lorelai heard laughter before see both girls walking up to her table.
"Having fun without me?" Lorelai pouted.
"Always" Rory said.
"Never" Samantha said at the same time.
"I think you need to work on your story there girls" Lorelai said laughing. "Ok, so here's the plan: you girls wait here while I go get something to eat" Lorelai said making a move to stand up.
"But…" Sam started but Rory cut her off.
"Fine but hurry up" Lorelai left.
"Hey!" Sam pouted.
"You've really spent way too much time with my Mom" Rory said laughing.
Lorelai was walking back to her table, tray in hand, when she saw the lady from earlier walking with a purpose towards the girls.
"Samantha!" they lady said once she was close enough to the table. Both Samantha and Rory jumped up startled. Lorelai saw this and hurried her pace a little.
"Can I help you?" Rory asked when she noticed Sam was a little pale.
"Was I talking to you?" the lady snapped at Rory.
"Hey!" now it was Lorelai's turn to snap. "Who do you think you are?" she placed the tray on the table with force.
"This is none of your business" the lady said coldly.
"It is my business when you snap at my kid!" Lorelai said crossing her arms.
"Sam?" Rory whispered and shook Sam's shoulder a little, she snapped out of her little trance.
"L-Lorelai? That's…umm… my Mother" Sam whispered.
"What?" both Rory and Lorelai said at the same time and turned to look at Sam.
"Her Mother, so stay out of it!" the lady snapped. "This is what you want to be, Samantha!" she pointed to Lorelai.
"Hey!" Lorelai said.
"That's all you have to say? You don't even want to know where I'm living or how I'm doing?" Samantha finally reacted.
"You will not talk to me like that young lady"
"I can talk however I want to, you kicked me out!"
"Because you were a little tramp" the lady said snootily.
"That's enough" Lorelai said sternly.
"Stay out of this. You let this happen!" the lady said.
"Excuse me?"
"You let that little hoodlum of yours sleep with my daughter…"
"I let? No, no, no I didn't let them do anything, they chose to do it"
"They chose? They can't choose! They're children"
"They're not children, they're over twenty" Lorelai said calmly If Luke knew what my Moms was doing right now, he'd freak. Rory thought.
"Look who's talking" they lady scoffed. "How old were you when she was born" she pointed to Rory.
"That's none of your business" Lorelai said sternly.
"Thought so" the lady eyed Lorelai from head to toe.
"Stop it!" Samantha said.
"Sam it's ok. Girls get your stuff we'll get something on the way home" Lorelai turned to Rory and Samantha.
"Home? You're living with her?" the lady asked, Sam turn and was about to say something but Lorelai stopped her.
"Sam, now" Lorelai said sternly, Sam grabbed a few bags and turned to leave, Rory followed. "She's a good kid" Lorelai said softly. "Stay away from her" she warned before following the girls.
The lady stood there amazed at how much say Lorelai had in Samantha and who did she think she was, telling her to stay away from her own daughter. I guess I had that one coming; after all I did kick her out. She sighed and left the food court. People were staring.
iN THe CaR
They had placed the bags in the back and sat inside quietly. Lorelai didn't start the car. Rory was sitting in the backseat since she drove and Sam rode shotgun on their way to the mall.
"You ok?" Lorelai asked Sam.
"Yeah" she said quietly. "I was just not expecting that. Not at the mall"
"That's over now" Rory said.
"Yeah"
"Did you get your costume?" Lorelai asked Rory and she nodded. "How bout you?" she asked Sam.
"I'm not going. Jess has to work" Sam said quietly.
"Well, I think I can change that" Lorelai offered with a smile.
"Really?" Samantha cheered up a little bit.
"Of course, after all I am sleeping with his boss"
"Mom! Geez!" Rory leaned back against her seat and turned to look out the window with a pout.
"Sorry kid" Lorelai said, she and Samantha were laughing. "But yeah, I can get Jess off of work for the party"
"Thanks" Sam smiled.
"Now, we need to get you a costume. But first, food!" Lorelai started the car.
"Mom, Luke is gonna kill me if he finds out I let you drive" Rory said turning her focus away from the window.
"Aw c'mon, just to the restaurant" Lorelai whined.
"But Lorelai, if Luke gets mad at you then he won't let Jess off of work" Samantha whined.
"You have been spending why too much time with me" Lorelai said turning off the engine.
"Yay!" Rory jumped out from the back seat and opened Lorelai's door.
"Whatever" Lorelai mumbled while getting out of the car.
ThaT NiGHT
Rory and Samantha were having a movie night, Jess was out in a junk food search, and Lorelai and Luke were in their room.
"What do you want, Lorelai?" Luke asked as he changed clothes.
"What makes you think I want something?" she asked like a five year old. She was sitting on the bed, back to the headboard, playing with a Bop it keychain.
"I know you" he stated.
"Fine. I was thinking if you could close the diner early" she stopped then.
"When and why?"
"For Miss Patty's party. Everybody is gonna be there anyway, so the diner is gonna be empty all night…"
"Why?"
"Because they'll all be at the party" she said in a 'duh' voce.
"Why do you want me to close up, not why would it be empty" Luke clarified.
"Because I want Jess to take Samantha to the party"
"He can take her, I'll cover for him" Luke offered.
"Nice try but you already said yes" silence "C'mon, I already told Sam I could get Jess off" she whined.
"Why would you do that?"
"To cheer her up, of course"
"Cheer her up?"
"Yeah, her Mom showed up at the mall and there was this big fight and…"
"You were in a fight! Are you ok?" Luke got worried and went over to where she was sitting.
"Yes I'm fine; she was a little down so I told her I could get Jess to take her to the party"
"You got into a fight" Luke said once it finally sunk in.
"It wasn't a fight, it was an argument" Lorelai clarified. "Much like this one" she mumbled.
"Still you…"
"Luke, please drop it, I don't want to fight. I'm tired, I'm cranky, and I'm hurting everywhere" she pleaded, Luke took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"Do you want a massage?" Luke asked with a smile.
"I'd love one" she perked up.
"Good" they got settled. Luke sitting behind Lorelai, he began massaging her back.
"That feels so good. Hey, about the Jess thing?"
"I'll close the diner" Luke sighed.
"Thanks honey" Lorelai said sweetly. Luke continued the massage. After a long while. "You know what would be really good right now? A foot massage"
"Sure, let me just take my shoes off" Luke teased.
"Hey!" Lorelai moved her hand behind her to slap him.
NeXT aFTeRNooN
"You don't even know what you're gonna be do you?" Lorelai asked Luke.
"I have no idea" Luke said defeated.
"I know! You can go as Fonzi!"
"You're kidding, right?"
"Fine. Oh! How about John Travolta in Grease. You only have to wear a white shirt and your jacket" she offered.
"I'll think about it"
"Oh! And I can do your hair!" Lorelai said excitedly.
"Ok, then I'll think about another costume"
"Mean!"
HaLLoWeeN DaY
Halloween had landed on a Saturday so Rory was gonna be home for the whole weekend.
"I'll come pick you up after closing" Luke said before leaving.
"Don't be late" Lorelai warned him.
"Wouldn't think of it" Luke teased, he kissed her then left.
LaTeR aT THe HouSe
"Where's my hat?" Lorelai called out to the house.
"You left it here!" Rory called from her room.
"Be a doll and bring the hat to your Mommy"
"Be a doll?" Rory asked as she entered her mother's room. "Since when do you say that?"
"Since I thought it would get you over here faster" Lorelai said with a smile. "Thanks" she took the hat from Rory. "How do I look?" she did a little twirl.
"Like Luke swallowed a beach ball"
"Meanie" Lorelai pouted.
"You look great, Mom. Can I go change now?"
"Sure, go" Lorelai dismissed her and turned to look in the mirror. Rory left. Lorelai was looking in the mirror, she turned sideways and placed a hand on top of her stomach and the other under it, she smiled, and then a little more seriously she mumbled 'stay in there'.
"Mom, phone!" Rory yelled funny I didn't here the phone ring Lorelai thought as she walked over to the night table.
"Hello?"
"Hey, I'm gonna be a little late so why don't you catch a ride here with Rory and bring me my costume?"
"But we are going to the party, right?"
"Yes, I just got a little swamped earlier and now I have to clean up" Luke said exasperated, he was tired of her asking him that everyday, several times.
"Ok, see you later"
"Love ya" Luke said before hanging up, Lorelai just smiled God, I love when he says that.
LaTeR
Julian had stopped by the house to pick up Rory, and now Lorelai, he was dressed as Mr. Doom (from The Fantastic Four) meaning he was wearing a suit. Rory and Lorelai mocked him until they were crying; his only defense was lack of originality. Rory just grabbed her 'dance-marathon' dress and went 'old-fashioned' to the party.
"Do you want us to wait for you?" Julian asked Lorelai once she got off of his car.
"No, I'm going with Luke"
"I doubt you will once he sees your costume" Julian teased, he was slowly getting that stick out of his ass, as Lorelai had once described his attitude.
"Funny" Lorelai said in a non-amused tone. Rory just laughed.
"Bye Mom, good luck" with that Julian drove off. Lorelai takes a deep breath and walks through the diner door and it's 'closed' sign. The lights were off except in the kitchen, the chairs were on top of the tables, and the stools on top of the counter. She walked past the counter and stood at the doorway.
"Give me a minute" Luke said without turning.
"Want to see my costume?" Lorelai asked in a flirty tone. She had a pair of jeans on, a grey thermal under a red flannel shirt, black shoes, and a blue baseball cap.
"Umm…" Luke stretched the word while finishing cleaning the stove. "…yeah" and he turned, Lorelai was smiling proudly and did a little twirl. "Aw Geez!"
"You like?" she asked as she cocked her head to the side.
"That button is gonna pop" he pointed to the button that was right on top of her, now, outtie bellybutton.
"I'm gonna unbutton it at the party" she dismissed it.
"You're seriously gonna wear that?" his face scrunched up, Lorelai nodded proudly while slightly biting her bottom lip.
"You don't like it?" she pouted.
"I like it, that's why I wear it all the time" he stated walking closer.
"Funny, I meant on my"
"I let you wear it to sleep every night, don't I?" he pushed down, with his index finger, the button that was about to pop. Lorelai giggled "I love your new bellybutton. It's so soft" he pushed again.
"If you keep doing that, you're gonna wake them up" she said giggling.
"Sorry" he said but nevertheless he pushed once again.
"Hey!" Lorelai screeched and Luke smirked. "I love you, you didn't give me time to tell you earlier" she said with loving eyes.
"Sorry bout that, I was busy"
"Kiss?" she asked and pointed to her pouting lips. Luke smiled before leaning in to kiss her.
"Let's go get this night over with" he said once he pulled back.
"We don't have to go"
"You bugged me, for God knows how long, and now you said I don't have to go? You like torturing me huh?"
"A little bit" she said with a smile and signaling with her thumb and index finger just how much.
"Nice"
"I was just thinking. If the kids are gonna be at the party, we can have a peaceful night at the house"
"We won't have a lot of those in the future" Luke thought out loud and Lorelai shook her head. "Do I still have to dress up?" Lorelai nodded. "Well, it beats going to the party" he said with a smile.
"Yay! Just let me call Rory and let her know. Oh! And ask her to go trick or treating for a little while" Lorelai went over to grab the phone.
"Crazy" Luke mumbled while shaking his head.
"Just imagine how our kids will come out" Lorelai mocked. "Hey Rory…?"
That's for now, hope you liked. Thanks for your patience
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