A/N: Perfectly on schedule, the next chapter. Thanks for reading and reviewing the last chapter and thanks to LorelaiAkaCoffeeAddict for proofreading!
Starting my second internship tomorrow, so I have to travel back and forward every weekend now, as it's about 3 hours apart by train. I'm starting tonight and won't be back until Friday afternoon. I thought I had internet at my room, but I forgot to ask if it was a DSL line. I assumed it was, thinking everybody has fast-speed internet nowadays, at least in the Netherlands, but of course I was wrong. Stupid me. At least I'll be able to check my email at the hospital during the week and if necessary do it at my room, but I can't stay online long because that'll cost a lot. Which means I won't have normal internet access until I'm home during the weekends. So if I'm reading your stories and don't review as much as I did the past week and half, you know why. As for updating, I'll have my laptop with me and write whenever something comes to me and I feel like writing so the updates should be as they are right now. Okay, enough said. Start reading the chapter and, of course, don't forget to review once you're finished!

Chapter 13 Talking some more

The next Friday night dinner, Luke and Lorelai decided to tell Richard and Emily the news about the twins. "We have some news." They were all sitting down, with drinks in their hands. Everybody turned to look at Lorelai, Rory smiled, knowing what was coming.

"We had an ultrasound a few days ago, and there's not one baby in here, but two. Luke and I are getting twins."

"Really?" Emily started smiling. "I'm getting two more grandchildren?"

"That's what I'm saying mom."

"That's wonderful. Congratulations." Spontaneously Emily stood up, walked towards her daughter and gave her a hug, surprising everybody else, including Lorelai who needed a few seconds to regain from the shock before she hugged her mother back.

"Wow." Lorelai smiled, when her mother finally let her go.

Emily walked to Luke and shook his hand, deciding against giving him a hug as well. Then she sat down while Richard stood up and followed her example. When everybody was sitting again, Emily started thinking. "Say, Lorelai?"

"Yes mom?"

"Wasn't your OB-appointment in about 2 weeks from now?"

Lorelai looked at her mother, knowing she had to tell most of the truth now. "Yeah, it was."

"Then why did you have an ultrasound earlier this week? Is something wrong with the babies?"

"No, the babies are just fine. I was in the hospital after I fainted and they decided to check the baby as well, did an ultrasound, and found out we are getting twins. End of the story."

"Slow down there. You fainted?"

I was at the inn to tell Sookie that I'm pregnant. One thing I know is that I'm telling Sookie I wasn't sick, but having morning sickness, next thing I know is that I'm lying on the floor with all sorts of people around me. Later at the hospital they told us that it's not uncommon to have a low blood pressure early in a pregnancy, and that causes dizziness and sometimes fainting. Nothing to worry about. Normally you just wake up a few seconds later, no problem. I hit my head when I fell down however, so I was out a little longer. They called for an ambulance and took me to the hospital. I only have a mild concussion, so you don't have to worry. It causes nausea which I already have anyway, and a headache. But it's getting better."

"And when were you planning on telling me this Lorelai?" Emily was hurt they waited a few days before they told her.

"Now, I just did. Look, there was nothing to worry about and we didn't want to worry you so we didn't tell you immediately. I know that was wrong, I'm sorry." Lorelai hoped she was able to leave out the true reason, for both her and for Luke.

Emily looked at her daughter, trying to figure out if there was something else she was not telling her. The old Emily would have done everything possible to get that information out of her daughter at the exact moment, but now she decided to let it go, and to go by for a visit later and talk to her daughter. Now was not the time.

-xxxxxx-

Luke was at the diner, and Lucan was taking his afternoon nap, while Lorelai was hanging out in front of the TV the following day. Rory and Warren were staying at school to study that weekend. Lorelai was about to turn of the TV, frustrated that there was nothing good, when the doorbell rang. Pleased to have something else to do she turned the TV off and walked towards the front door. She was surprised when she saw her mother standing on the other side. "Mom, what are you doing here?"

"Nice to see you too, Lorelai."

"Sorry mom. Hi. You want to come in?"

"Yes please."

Lorelai took Emily's coat. "Do you want some coffee or tea?"

"Tea's fine."

"Okay, make yourself comfortable, I'll be right back." Lorelai walked into the kitchen. She filled the kettle with water and put it on the stove. While she waited for the water to boil, she took two cups from the cabinet and took out the tea box. Walking into the living room she asked. "Do you want some of the herbal tea Luke always drinks or some normal tea? We also have fruit flavored. Strawberry, orange or peach."

"Herbal tea, please."

"Okay." She walked back into the kitchen and took one bag of herbal tea and one bag of strawberry flavored from the box, put them in the cups, and put the tea box back in the cabinet. Then she took a tray where she put on the cups, a dish and the sugar pot. By the time she was done the water boiled. She poured it into the cups, then picked up the tray and walked into the living room. She put the tray on the table so that the right cup was in front of Emily. Sitting down next to her mother she asked. "Do you want to tell me why you're here now? Not that I mind you being here, because I don't. It's just that we've seen you yesterday and you didn't mention coming by."

"I just wanted to talk to you Lorelai."

"Okay…" She stretched the word. "About what?"

"About what you told me yesterday. I had the feeling that you left something out."

"I told you I fainted, that we went to the hospital, that I have a mild concussion and that we found out I'm pregnant with twins. What do you think I left out?"

"I don't know, you will have to tell me."

Lorelai looked at her mother. She didn't want to tell her mother what happened, afraid she was going to hate Luke again, just like she did when she just started seeing him. Things were better now, and she didn't want that to change.

"I've got a feeling you're not telling me everything. What happened after you found out you're getting twins?"

Lorelai closed her eyes and sighed. "Luke left me."

"What?" Emily turned to look her daughter in the eyes. "He did what?" She didn't sound mad, only surprised.

"He freaked out at the idea of getting two kids at the same time, so much that he ran away. He forgot about me. I know what you're thinking right now mom, but everything is okay now. It was a very bad day, one I really want to forget about soon, but we solved everything that same day. We're okay now. I promise."

"He left you at the hospital? How did you get home?"

"I called Rory. She picked me up, drove me home, and spend the day with me until Luke came home."

"And you just forgave him when he did?"

"No, I didn't. Of course not. I was so mad at him for leaving me in the hospital without any money. And I was afraid, afraid he wasn't going to come back. He called me after a few hours to apologize, but that only ended up in a fight. A few hours after that he came home, after I specifically told him not to. There was another fight, but after bringing Lucan to bed I calmed down enough to listen to what he had to say, and he was so sorry for what happened. I didn't want to just forgive him, and I didn't. But I understand and I know how much he hates himself for the things that happened. And really, I'm just glad that he came around and that we're going to do this together. It was a lot of work raising one kid by myself, and I don't think I could have handled raising three at a time."

"But you don't have to."

"Fortunately not. Tell me what you're thinking mom. Do you hate him now?"

"Do you hate him?"

"No, of course not."

"Then neither do I."

"Really?" Lorelai wasn't convinced.

"I know that when you first started dating, I wasn't very fond of Luke. But in the past year and a half I started to see what a good man he actually is. I always wanted the wrong things for you Lorelai, things you didn't want. But honestly, I knew how much Luke meant to you and I was afraid to lose you."

"Why?"

"He was everything you ever wanted, whether you knew it at that moment or not. For years I've seen you falling in love with him, and when you finally got together, I knew it would be forever. This was the guy you were settling down with and starting your own family with at some point. I know Rory was your family, and that you raised her without our help, but you came to us when you needed money. At that point I was finally able to help you and had to come up with a solution to see you on a regular basis. So that's when Friday night dinner started. I knew that you those dinners and that I was forcing you to go. But I knew that if I didn't do it, I would never see you or Rory. I knew that we were still paying for Yale, and that Friday night dinners were still on. But this was Rory's deal and even though you came, you didn't really have to. And I was afraid that when you and Luke started dating, at some point you'd stop going and I'd never see you again. I knew that you wouldn't even need me for money anymore. As much as I think that a diner owner doesn't make very much money, you'd have two incomes and that's good enough to safe money to pay for schools when your kids would grow up."

"So you tried to break us up?"

Emily closed her eyes for a few seconds before opening them again. "That is the most selfish thing I have ever done, and the thing I most regret. I was turning into your grandmother. I can't believe how low I sank at that time, and I still can't believe that you forgave me. Lorelai, I'm so sorry that that ever happened, and if there was a way to make it undone, I'd do it right away."

"What's done is done. It was probably the most difficult time in my life, but we moved past it and in the end Luke and I came out of it a lot stronger."

"I was a fool, thinking you were supposed to be with Christopher. He hurt you and Rory so many times, and still I wanted the two of you to be together, as if it was right. I've never been more wrong in my life. When I see you and Luke together, I know you are meant to be together. I now realize that if you hadn't gotten pregnant with Rory, Christopher would already be out of your life."

Lorelai smiled. "I haven't seen him in years, and to be honest, that's fine by me. The only reason I kept in contact with him was for Rory. He's her father and she wanted him in her life, which automatically meant my life. Even Rory hasn't seen him in years, and she told me several times she's fine with it. If he doesn't want her, she doesn't want him. She says she already has another father, a real one."

"Luke."

"Yeah. He's been there for her the whole time. From the day we met him, he's always been there for us. You know I've been teasing him for two full years, calling him Duke instead of Luke?"

"Why would you do that?"

"Honestly, I don't know anymore. At the time I thought it was funny, but now I think it's childish. Even then he was there for us, fixing stuff around my house, helping out with Rory when I needed help. And we got closer and closer and from my best male friend, he became my boyfriend and then my husband. I've known him for eleven years now, that's half of Rory's life so yeah, he's been more a father to her than Christopher ever was and will ever be. Even if he suddenly decides to show up he's never going to make up for the lost time. Although I doubt if she will ever let him in again."

"He doesn't deserve to be let in again."

"No he doesn't. I know that Luke and I fight sometimes, but that's normal right?"

"Of course. Your father and I fight too. They say that you fight when you care, and if you stop fighting, you don't care enough."

"Then we must have really cared about each other all those years." Lorelai smiled and Emily smiled back. "But I guess that's more a husband/wife sort of thing, not a mother/daughter thing. This feels way better. Thanks for stopping by today mom."

"You're welcome Lorelai."

"To be honest I was afraid to tell you."

"Why?"

"Because I was afraid you'd be mad at Luke. I know he deserves it, but it's something between him and me."

"I know, and I respect that. I know that if this would have happened two or three years ago, the situation would have been different, but I learned a lot in between."

"I know. I did too."

"I'm glad you told me, because you could have just denied that there was something else and I would have believed you."

"Yeah, right. You can see right through me when I lie. Otherwise you wouldn't have shown up on my doorstep in the first place."

"I am still your mother you know, even though you're almost 40 years old."

"Don't say that, it takes another year. I'm not ready for that yet."

Emily smiled. "Time goes by fast enough. I still remember when you were a baby and I held you in my arms for the very first time. Sometimes it feels as if it was yesterday."

"I know what you're talking about. It's like one moment they put Rory on my stomach for the very first time, and now she's almost graduating college."

Emily looked at her watch. "As much as I'm enjoying this, I have to go. Your father and I have to go to a dinner party and I have to do some things before we can leave. As much as I don't want to go, I still have to."

"I understand. Then I'll go see if my son is awake and pay my husband a visit at the diner."

Emily stood up and they walked to the hallway, where Lorelai helped Emily into her coat.

"Thank you for the tea Lorelai."

"You're welcome mom. We should do that more often."

"Yes we should." With a big smile on her face, Emily walked towards her car.

-xxxxxx-

When Lucan woke up about an hour later, Lorelai decided to go to the diner. It was cold, the world was white, covered in snow, but the sun was shining which made it very pleasant to be outside. Lorelai dressed herself warm, and did the same with her son. Once she was outside she took a deep breath, taking in the fresh air.

The walk to the diner didn't go as fast as she wanted though. The town heard what happened with Lorelai a few days ago, and that an ambulance had taken her to the hospital. She hadn't been outside since, and somehow they had respected her privacy and stayed away from her house. But now she was throwing herself in front of the lions without even realizing it. All she wanted was to see Luke and spend some time out of the house.

Miss Patty saw Lorelai coming from far. "Lorelai, I heard you were taken to the hospital by an ambulance a few days ago. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Thanks for asking." Lorelai tried to walk further, but Miss Patty stood in front of the stroller. Before Lorelai realized what happened, Babette joined them as well.

"Lorelai sugar, are you okay?"

"I'm fine Babette."

"But I heard they took you to the hospital. You haven't left the house in a couple of days. Even Luke hasn't."

"Luke's at the diner now Babette."

"No, he's not sugar. We just came from there."

"What?"

"What happened?" Miss Patty insisted on getting some more information.

"I fainted, hit my head and someone called an ambulance. I have a mild concussion, nothing serious. Just a little head-ache but that's all. I promise."

"You fainted? How did that happen?"

Lorelai hadn't told them about the pregnancy yet. Knowing she couldn't put off telling the town much longer, she decided to tell the truth. "They say it's not uncommon early in a pregnancy."

Both women stared at Lorelai in shock. "You're pregnant?"

"Sure am. With twins."

"You and Luke are getting twins? That's great sugar."

"Thanks Babette."

"Congratulations Lorelai."

"Thank you Patty. Now, if you don't mind. I was on my way to the diner and Lucan here's getting cold."

"Sure, go sugar. We don't want that to happen."

Lorelai watched how both women ran away, probably informing the rest of the town about her pregnancy. She wondered why they said Luke wasn't at the diner. Knowing she wouldn't get any information standing on the street, she started walking again.

Jake looked up when he saw Lorelai entering the diner. "Hey Lorelai."

"Hi Jake. Is Luke here?"

"No, he left a few hours ago. Had some errands to run or something. He said he'd be back before dinner rush." He looked at his watch. "I think in about an hour. Can I get you some coffee?"

"Don't tell me Luke didn't tell you not to give me any coffee for the next seven months."

Jake looked at the wife of his boss. Not knowing what kind of reply she was expecting. Suddenly it hit him. "Because of the pregnancy. Of course, I forgot. No coffee for you."

"Luke didn't tell you, did he?" She looked at him with a sad expression.

"Of course he did, I just forgot. It's been busy today so my brain isn't fully functioning anymore."

Lorelai could tell Jake was lying to cover for Luke.

"Can I get you something else? Luke said herbal tea is good for you."

"No thanks. I'll just go home. Don't tell Luke I was here okay?"

"Uh… sure."

"Come on buddy, let's go home." Lorelai looked at her son.

"Dadda."

"You're dad's not here kiddo. But I promise mommy will do something nice with you once we're home." Jake helped her with the door, when she pushed the stroller out of the diner. She didn't notice the snow anymore. The world suddenly seemed a lot less bright as it did only half an hour ago.

-xxxxxx-

It was already 8 o' clock when Luke came home that night. Lorelai was watching TV and Lucan was already asleep. "Hey."

Lorelai didn't look up. "Hey."

"How was your day?"

"Gee… I wonder how I could describe it."

"What happened?" He was instantly alarmed. He sat down on the coffee table in front of her, hoping to get her attention that was still focused on the television.

"You're blocking my view." She moved to the other side of the couch so she could see the television again.

Luke followed her moves. She seemed angry. He wondered what he did wrong. "Lorelai talk to me?"

"I just had a bad day okay. Nothing to worry about."

"Okay." He raised his eyebrows. Figuring it was better to leave her alone for a while, he stood up. "Did you eat already?"

"I ordered a pizza."

"I'm making dinner. Do you want something else?"

"Nope."

He walked into the kitchen, wondering how he had deserved this treatment. He thought they had solved all their issues a few days ago and that they were doing fine right now. Obviously he was wrong. The best thing to do right now was to give her some space until she was willing to talk about what was bothering her. Normally he would have made himself a sandwich, but to gain some extra time he decided to cook himself a full meal.

Half an hour later his dinner was finished and he walked into the living room and sat down on the couch next to Lorelai, his plate in his lap. He knew it was better to stay away from her while she was angry, but he didn't like to be pushed away. And part of him hoped that she wasn't angry anymore. But when she didn't even look up when he sat down, he knew that was false hope. He took a few bites before he couldn't take her silence anymore. "Are you going to tell me what I did wrong, or do I have to guess?"

For the first time since Luke came home, Lorelai turned to look at her husband. "As if you don't know what's wrong."

"If I knew I wouldn't ask."

"Where were you today?"

He looked at her in confusion. "I was working."

"Don't lie to me Luke. I was at the diner and you weren't there."

"You were at the diner? Jake didn't tell me you were there."

"Because, I told him not to tell you. Now, where were you?"

"I was running some errands. Last time I checked I didn't have to tell you everything I do during my working days."

"I don't ask you about everything you do, I asked you where you were."

"Like I said, I was out running some errands."

"That's the most vague answer I can think off." Anger was obvious in her voice and could be read of her facial expression.

"Come on. I don't understand why you're so mad."

"What if I needed you?"

"I had my cell phone on. You could have called me."

She picked up the remote that was laying on the couch next to her, hit the pause button and threw the remote towards Luke. "Whatever." She ran upstairs and a few seconds later he heard their bedroom door slam shut.

He took a few more bites of his dinner, but wasn't hungry anymore. With a sigh he stood up and walked into the kitchen, disposed his dinner of in the trash and put his plate and fork in the dishwasher. After that he leaned against the counter, thinking back to the previous days. He caused Lorelai enough stress already, and suddenly he was worried. Even though he knew it was better to let her cool off, he climbed the stairs towards their bedroom. First he checked on Lucan to see if the noise woke him up, but he was sound asleep. With a small smile on his face, he closed the door and walked towards their bedroom. Before opening the door, he listened. He heard Lorelai sniffling and knew she was crying. Hating that he caused this, he knocked on the door.

"Go away."

He sighed and opened the door.

"I said go away." She tried to hide her face so he wouldn't see that she was crying, but she should have known better, knowing he always knew no matter how hard she tried to hide it.

He sat down on the bed and placed a hand on her shoulder. She flinched at his touch so he pulled his hand away, slightly hurt. "Listen, I'm sorry."

"Just leave me alone okay. I want to be alone for a while."

"No, I'm not leaving you like this. I want to tell you where I was. First I went to Woodbury for a meeting with our architect. I gave him the blueprints of the house and told him what we want to change and how. We talked through some ideas and he promised to make the first drawings and give them to us next week. He has some very good ideas. He said that if we add to the bottom floor, it might be nice to add to the top floor as well, to create some extra space there. He'll come up with different plans so we can decide what we want. You always wanted a bigger bedroom with a walk-in-closet, so I figured that was possible now. And it's possible to make Lucan's room bigger as well, although I personally think it's fine the way it is. After the meeting I went to the hardware store and picked up some paint samples. I know that it will take a few months to rebuild everything, but I thought it was nice to talk about how we want everything to look and I know it makes it easier to visualize for you."

She wiped at her eyes before she turned to look at him. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because, I wanted to surprise you with the drawings of the bigger bedroom."

She closed her eyes. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be. I could have told you that I had a meeting with the architect today and still surprise you with the drawings later. I'm an idiot."

"No you're not. You're sweet. I'm sorry for not trusting you."

"What do you mean, not trusting me?"

She turned to look away from him, not wanting to see his face when she told him this. "I walked towards the diner this afternoon. First I ran into Miss Patty and Babette who asked me what happened at the inn the other day. I figured it was a good time to tell them about the twins. While I mentioned I was on my way to see you, they said you were not there. I immediately came up with the worse scenarios in my mind, but figured I'd better go to the diner to see for myself. When Jake said you were gone for a few hours to run some errands, without further explanation those scenarios came back. Especially when he offered me coffee."

"Huh?"

"You didn't forbid him to give me coffee. When I was pregnant with Lucan you made sure nobody in Stars Hallow would give me coffee. Not even decaf because you wanted to control my intake. I figured you just didn't care this time."

"Why would you think that? Of course I don't want you to drink coffee, but I trust you in that decision. I know how happy you were when you found out you're pregnant and you voluntarily started drinking tea. I just figured I didn't have to tell them not to give you any coffee because I know you won't ask for it. Nothing more, nothing less. But if it makes you feel better I'll call every coffee place in Connecticut to make sure they won't give you coffee, and even all the surrounding states if you want me to."

A small smiled appeared on her face. "Thank you for trusting me. But I don't deserve it. You know where I thought you were?"

"No." He shook his head.

"With your girlfriend." Her voice was so low he didn't even know if he heard her right.

"With my what?"

"Girlfriend." Her voice was just as soft as the first time.

He softly turned her around and made him look in her eyes. She closed them when she saw the hurt in there. "Why would you think that?"

"Because it's easier. That way you don't have the responsibility to take care of three children below the age of two, you don't have to worry about my adult daughter and most importantly, you wouldn't have to deal with your hormonal, soon to be fat, wife."

He suddenly realized that even though she had forgiven him for what he did, he gave her more than enough reasons not to trust him anymore and to come up with crazy scenarios like this in her mind. "Open your eyes."

Hearing the softness in his voice she did what he asked her. She expected to see an angry look on his face, or at least a hurt one, but all she saw was sympathy.

"Lorelai, I'm so sorry for what I did. If there was any way I could change what I did, I would. I promise you, I won't ever leave you. I didn't think I was capable of loving a woman the way I love you. I didn't think I would be a husband or a father, until I met you. And for the past few days I've hated myself for jeopardizing what we have. You have every reason not to trust me right now, and I honestly don't know what I have to do to regain your trust. But believe me, I would do anything possible to accomplish that."

"I didn't even know I didn't trust you until today. I hate myself for not trusting you Luke. You're the only man in my life I have ever trusted and I thought nothing could ever change that. Even when all of this happened, deep in my heart I still trusted you and I don't know when that changed." Her eyes filled with tears when she spoke the words out loud.

"Don't hate yourself Lorelai." He wiped away her tears with his thumb. "I know it will take time, but I promise everything is going to be okay."

"But you don't deserve this Luke. All you did today was being nice for me and you come home tired and you have to deal with me."

"I do deserve it. I still don't believe how easily you forgave me."

"I wasn't planning on forgiving you, but I realized that you were sorry for what you did and I was tired of fighting."

"But you're partially still mad at me."

"I'm not mad at you Luke. I'm just disappointed."

"I don't know what's worse."

She smiled slightly. "I did forgive you. We have to move past this and it will just take a while before I learn to fully trust you again. Just make sure not to give me a reason not to trust you. Then I think we'll be okay."

"Why does that sound so complicated?"

"Probably because it is. Don't try to surprise me. Just tell me if you're going somewhere and don't keep any secrets for me."

"I can try to do that."

"Okay, then we'll be fine." She kissed him with a smile. "You better stay away from the town tomorrow. I'm sure everybody will bug you with questions about the pregnancy."

He made sure she was looking directly into his eyes when he replied. "I don't care if they bug me about it every single day for the rest of the pregnancy, I'll be proud to answer all the questions."

"Even about how these two got here in the first place? I'm sure they'll ask questions like if it took extra effort to make twins or other questions like that."

"We do live in Stars Hallow, don't we? Okay, so I know some questions will annoy me, I would reply that it's none of their business how these two got in there. All that matters is how proud I am that they are."

"Really?"

"Really."

-xxxxxx-

"Luke?" Kirk ran into the diner the next morning.

Lorelai was sitting at a table back in the diner, feeding Lucan breakfast when she heard the bell jingle. She looked up to follow the conversation between Kirk and her husband.

"Yes Kirk?"

Kirk, who didn't notice Lorelai, focused all his attention on Luke, while he sat down on one of the stools. "I heard Lorelai is pregnant with twins."

"You heard right Kirk."

"Good."

"What can I get you Kirk?"

"Actually, I came here for some advice."

Lorelai started smiling, knowing what was coming next. She put another spoon of oatmeal in Lucan's mouth so he wouldn't make any noise and blow their cover. She learned to block out the scent and feed Lucan breakfast without getting nauseas.

"Advice about what?" Luke saw Lorelai looking at him and knew she heard every word of their conversation.

"Lulu and I were talking about kids the other day. She said she would really like to have twins. She thinks it's cute to have two kids who look completely the same, plus that way she has to be pregnant once to get two kids. Now I went online and tried to find information about how you can get pregnant with twins, but I didn't really find anything specific. Only about one egg and two eggs but that was not where I was looking for."

"And what do you want from me?"

"Well, you know. What did you do different this time compared to when you got Lorelai pregnant with Lucan."

"Kirk." Luke looked at him annoyed. He saw the big smile on Lorelai's face that obviously told him 'I told you so.'

"Come on Luke, I have to know."

Luke sighed. "There was no difference. It has nothing to do with how you do it, it's a miracle you can't influence."

"Are you sure?"

"I was there Kirk."

"Oh….."

"But you might want to think very clearly about having a baby in the first place Kirk. They're not just fun. They cry a lot, especially during the night. They take away all your free time. You can't go out anymore, you hardly have time for yourself. They're a big responsibility."

"I know that Luke. But you're right. I'll think about it again. Thanks for talking to me."

"Anytime, Kirk." With a smile he watched how Kirk walked away. He shook his head, then picked up the tea pot and walked towards Lorelai. He refilled her cup and sat down next to her. "Before you doubt my honesty about how I feel about those two babies in there, I said those things to Kirk, because I feel sorry for the kid who's going to have him as a father. I think a lot of people who shouldn't have kids, get them, and if there's any way I can get Kirk to think about this a little more and prevent that he's ever going to have kids, I will. But that has nothing to do with how I feel about having kids, because even though I like sleeping during the night, I don't mind waking up because my kid needs me. And even though it gets easier once they are bigger, I really liked the stage where Lucan completely depended on me. Every day he learns something new and I love seeing that, but it also makes me realize that he doesn't need me as much."

Lorelai smiled. "It will take a long time before they don't need you anymore, trust me. I like to believe that even Rory still needs me, even if it is for different things than when she was a kid."

"That's good."

"And even if there comes a day that neither of our kids needs us anymore, I'll still need you."

"You don't need me. But I like that thought. Thank you." He kissed her.

"I told you someone would come in here and ask you about that."

"Yeah yeah, and I'm sure you knew that someone would be Kirk."

"He is kind of predictable."

"Yeah he is."

"I still can't believe you pushed him to ask me out all those years ago. What were you thinking?"

"I don't think I was." He tried to safe himself.

"Dada." Lucan tried to get Lorelai's attention. His plate still wasn't empty.

"Yeah yeah." Lorelai said, ignoring Lucan.

"I swear. If I was thinking I would have asked you out myself. Plus, I knew you would never say yes to him anyway."

"So you thought it's nice to make fun of me huh."

"Dada." The boy stretched his arm towards Lorelai and grabbed the sleeve of her shirt.

Lorelai turned to look at her son. "I'm mamma and I'm talking to your daddy right now. You have to wait a little honey." She turned back to Luke.

"I was not making fun of you."

"Oh please."

"Okay I admit, I did think it was funny. I honestly didn't think he was even going to ask you in the first place. And I was kind of hoping that if he was, he would do it in here so I could see the look on your face. I'm sure it was priceless."

"Thank you." She stuck out her tongue.

"I'm sorry. But why should we fight about that now? It worked out fine. We're married right now, have an amazing son and two kids on the way. And Kirk… well, he's still Kirk."

"You're right." She leaned in to kiss him. Right before her lips touched his she whispered. "It worked out perfectly." Then her lips landed on his.

"Mam…ma." Lucan screamed, annoyed he wasn't getting his mother's attention.

Lorelai pulled away from Luke by instant, turning around to look at her son. "What did you say?"

"Mamma." The boy smiled, happy he finally got his mother's attention.

Lorelai smiled and turned towards Luke. "Did you hear that? He can say it!"

"I definitely did." He kissed her lips lightly before he stood up and kissed his son on the top of his head. "You made your mommy very happy son. Good job." Then he stood up and walked back to the counter where a customer was waiting for him. From the corner of his eye he saw how Lorelai focused on feeding Lucan again, her smile bigger than he'd seen in days.

T.B.C.