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.o0 Liz' Apartment 0o.
"So what are you guys doing?" Liz asked, Jesse was still sitting on her lap with a sweet smile looking at TJ because he was fighting with the TV remote.
"Luke is dragging us to the baseball game" Lorelai groaned.
"It's not my fault you told the boy's we were going to a Yankee's game for Luka's birthday" Luke told her.
"No, I said 'his Daddy would take them' I never said I'd go" Lorelai corrected.
"You want me to take both boys to the Stadium?"
"What? You're not telling me you wouldn't keep an eye on them because you're the most paranoid person I know"
"Am not" Luke grumbled.
"You practically bubbled-wrapped the house and the Diner when the boys started walking"
"There are a lot of sharp edges…" Luke defended.
"Paranoid" Lorelai sing-sung and Liz laughed.
"Why don't us girls go shopping while the boys are at the game?" Liz suggested.
"Nuh-huh, no way am I baby-sitting all three kids" Luke spoke up.
"What three kids?" Rory asked, and Luke nodded towards TJ still fighting the remote.
"Oh don't worry, big brother, he has to work anyhow" Liz told him but she was looking down at Jesse.
"Come on Luke, please" Lorelai begged with big puppy eyes.
"Please, please, please" Rory also gave him the eyes and he sighed.
"No way are you using my credit card" he grumbled.
"Eeek!" Lorelai squealed and hugged him, awkwardly since they were still sitting down.
"Gampa?" Jesse asked since Lorelai's squealed had freaked him a little.
"That was just your crazy Grandma" Luke told him and Jesse cuddled against Liz again.
"Ahem" Lorelai 'cleared her throat'.
"Gama" Luke corrected. Lorelai had said 'gama' sounded better than 'grandma' it seemed less old.
"Mommy!" Luka ran towards Lorelai, he couldn't stop laughing since TJ was 'running' after him after Luka had taken the remote from him. "Mommy, Mommy!"
"Come here you" TJ called, Jesse sat up again to have a better look. TJ picked up Luka over his head for a few seconds making the boy laugh harder, and then he brought him back down to his chest to take the remote back. "I'll take this" with that he placed Luka back on the ground and the boy went to his Mother for some good cuddle time.
"Me!" Jesse said getting off of Liz and walked over to TJ with his hand on the air.
"Wha…?" TJ looked down at the boy, confusion written all over his face.
"Throw him in the air like you did Luka, Hon" Liz told him and TJ nodded before lifting up Jesse; the boy squealed delighted. After three tosses up in the air, Jesse walked over to Luke.
"Gampa…" Jesse looked up at Luke, even though he was still sitting on the couch. "Bsbll"
"Bsbal! Bsbal! Bsbal!" Luka cheered on.
"We still have time guys, don't worry" Luke told them with a smirk, both boys nodded.
.o0 Little Later 0o.
"You sure you're ok?" Lorelai asked a little worried because Luke was going the stadium, alone, with two toddlers.
"We're fine" he assured while getting on the driver's side, boys safely strapped in the back.
"Bsbll gampa!" Jesse yelled form the back.
"Bsbal!" Luka cheered on.
"We're going, we're going" Luke mumbled. "You'll be careful?" Lorelai nodded. "You won't go crazy and leave us bankrupt?"
"Can't promise you that, Hon, sorry" she had a flirtatious smile.
"I'll call you when the game is over" he promised. "Call if you need anything" he told her seriously and she nodded with a loving smile; he always worried.
"Could you two stop?" Liz called form her car, Rory giggling in the back seat.
"Keep your pants on!" Lorelai called back.
"No, you keep your pants on" Liz yelled laughing and Luke couldn't help but blush and give Lorelai a final goodbye kiss.
"You're mean" Lorelai grumbled getting into the passenger side of Liz' car while Liz and Rory kept laughing at her.
.o0 Stadium, Two Hours Later 0o.
Luke had Luka on his shoulders and Jesse walking by his side, as they went in search of their seats; both boys were carrying a small popcorn bag while Luke had their drinks.
Apparently the bigness of the stadium frighten Luka a little since he refused to get away, or off, Luke; when they found their seats Luka insisted in sitting on Luke's lap while Jesse quietly took a seat next to Luke, he was too busy with his popcorn to notice his surroundings.
.o0 Two Hours Later 0o.
"Yea! Yea! Yea! Yea!" Luka was jumping in place as he watched the players on the field; his fear forgotten, though he still stood close to Luke. Jesse had fallen asleep a little while ago so now Luke had to carry him; he could swear his arms would fall off before the day was over.
"You tell him, kid" a guy sitting next to Luke told Luka who just smiled and went closer to his Daddy, where he proceeded to cheer some more. Luke smirked at his boy; he noticed he had spent most of the game looking at the boys and their reaction towards everything, than he had focused on the game.
"Daddy" Luka tapped the top of his head and turned to look at Luke with longing eyes.
"I know, we're going to go get you caps in a little while, don't worry" Luke assured. "Look at the game"
"Daddy!" Luka pointed excitedly at the ceiling of the stadium when a player hit the ball; Luke carefully stood up to get a better view when everybody had stood up. Luka whined when he couldn't see anymore; Luke struggled a bit but finally was able to pick him up without waking up Jesse.
"Those weekends suck, huh?" the guy sitting next to Luke commented after the inning had ended and everybody was sitting down again.
"Excuse me?" Luke frown, it had taken a few seconds before he realized the guy was talking to him.
"Alimony is a bitch but its just money right? But taking care of the kids every other weekend is just ridiculous, whose idea was that?" Luke couldn't believe this guy; he was pissed that some one would think like that.
"I'm not divorced" Luke stated with an even voice, barely giving the guy a once over.
"Then why are the munchkins with you?" the guy asked with a chuckle.
"Because I wanted to bring them to a baseball game"
"Daddy" Luka tugged at Luke's sleeve and tapped his head with his other hand.
"Let's go get you a hat" Luke told him with a smile and Luka smiled back. The guy scuffed and turned back to the game, Luke had no intention in returning to his seat. "Get Jesse's cup"
.o0 Minutes Later, Shopping 0o.
"Hi Hon, is the game over?" Lorelai was in the dressing room.
"It us for us" Luke mumbled while walking to the car.
"Why? Did the boys get whiney?"
"No, the boys were great. Jesse fell asleep a little while ago and Luka was really enjoying it, he got to see a homerun" Lorelai could tell he was smirking. 'mommy!' Lorelai heard Luka's happy shriek.
"He sounds happy"
"He is"
"So, why are you leaving?"
"This guy sitting next to us bugged me, so I figured we should just leave; besides Jesse is asleep and so is my arm now"
"Aw, you were carrying him" Lorelai had a goofy smile. "What did the guy next to you do? Did he boo your team?" she giggled.
"Nothing, he just… he bugged me" Luke sighed. "Have you guys eaten yet?"
"No, we were gonna go grab something after we were done here, why?"
"Think we can join you?" Lorelai sighed loudly.
"If you have too" she teased and Luke chuckled.
"I'll go back to Liz', meet you guys there"
"Love you" and with that Lorelai hung up.
"Hey guys, we're…" Luke looked at the boys threw the rearview mirror and they were both asleep. "Ok then, its nap time" he declared turning the car on and tuning the radio to the game.
.o0 About Half an Hour Later 0o.
Liz had given Luke a key to the apartment for the day so he just let himself in and went to put the sleeping boys in the master bedroom, he went to the living room and turned the TV on to see if he could catch the end of the game.
By the time all three girls walked into the apartment, carrying various bags, it seemed like Luke had fallen asleep.
"Shh, it's nappie time" Lorelai mumbled walking over to Luke to set the bags down.
"I'm not napping" Luke grumbled.
"Oh God!" Lorelai wasn't expecting a response from him. "You idiot, you scared me half to death" he just chuckled.
"Mommy?" Jesse asked with a little scared voice, he walked into the living room rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Good morning" Rory cooed picking him up. "How was your day out with grandpa?" Jesse just lifted his thumb since he was very comfortable cuddled up with his Mommy.
"Did you get us something?" Lorelai asked plopping down next to him.
"Yep, caps and shirts are in the car"
"New outfit" Lorelai sing sung towards Rory.
"Outfits" Rory corrected.
"Aw man, how much crap did you buy?" Luke groaned.
"No too much, Rory didn't let me" Lorelai pouted.
"Thanks" Luke told Rory and she just smiled though he couldn't see her.
"Hon, go get Luka so we can go eat" Lorelai patted Luke's leg to get him going and he did.
"I never would've thought he'd be so good with kids" Liz said once Luke left the living room.
"I knew" Lorelai told her with a smile and a dreamy face.
"Have you guys considered having more?" Liz asked and Lorelai was a little stunned for a couple seconds. "Because that boy of yours is a handsome one, I can just imagine what your girl would look like" Liz kept going without noticing Lorelai or Rory.
"He's up and he's grumpy" Luke stated walking into the room carrying a crabby Luka. Lorelai was grateful for the interruption, Luke had no idea what was going on, Liz had no idea she was intruding; Lorelai hoped she'd drop it and not ask when Luke could hear.
"Come here buddy" Lorelai cooed taking the grumpy boy from Luke.
"I hit a nerve, didn't I?" Liz asked in a whisper towards Rory.
"Kind of" Rory nodded and Liz left it at that.
"Ah, grumble, grumble, grumble, you sound just like your father" Lorelai playfully grumbled at Luka and Luke rolled his eyes but still ran his hand over the boys' back to sooth him; that put mayor points on Rory's mental pro-con list and that put a huge smile on her face, her mind was made.
.o0 That Nigh, The Drive Back 0o.
"Rory, leave the boy alone, it's pointless" Lorelai said taking a glance at the back seat where Rory was running a washcloth over a sleeping Jesse's face.
"What kind of lipstick does she wear? It doesn't come off" Rory mumbled trying to take the makeup off of Jesse's face; Liz had gotten emotional at their goodbye.
"It'll come off with his bath" Lorelai dismissed it and turned her attention to Luke. "What did the guy at the game do?"
"Who?" Luke frowned not taking his eyes from the road; he never did when he had the boys or Rory with him, he sometimes did with Lorelai when she deserved an odd look.
"The guy you said bugged you so you left"
"Oh. Nothing, he was just being a jerk" Luke dismissed it.
"To the boys?"
"No, he actually encouraged Luka when he was cheering for our men" Luke teased knowing how much Lorelai liked when he said it like that. "He just thought I was there because it was my weekend to take the boys, and then he went on about how ridicules it is for guys to have to pay alimony and then have to spend weekends with their kids"
"Aw Hon, you're such a softie"
"Gah" Rory groaned from the back seat.
"Give it a rest or you'll make his cheek turn red"
"Fine" Rory huffed and sat back with her arms crossed over her chest. She used to pout the same way when she was little and Lorelai couldn't help but remember; her mind playing games with her, for a moment she thought Rory was a little girl again, and they were all just a five member family coming back from a trip, which they were.
.o0 Stars Hollow 0o.
"You guys are staying here, right? Because I don't want you driving this late" Luke told Rory while they unload the car from bags and boys.
"Yeah we're staying, no need for a speech" Rory mumbled.
"I heard you" Luke told her.
.o0 Next Morning, Kitchen 0o.
"Ok, what's going on?" Luke asked taking a seat on the kitchen table next to Lorelai and across from Rory.
"I need to discuss something" Rory said very properly while crossing her arms over the table.
"Ah-ha" Lorelai nodded. "It's pretty serious, huh?"
"Why do you ask?" Rory frowned; she had been so meticulous, hadn't she?
"Because you have Babette baby-sitting" Lorelai pointed out. "Oh my God! You're moving aren't you?" she accused. "Out of the state? Out of the country? Oh my God, you're moving out of the country!"
"What? No, I'm not moving" Rory said quickly and Lorelai let out a breath, so did Luke but he would never admit to it; he couldn't take being away form Rory and Jesse.
"But it is serious, isn't it?" Luke asked.
"Kinda" Rory nodded. "I know it's none of my business…"
"That's not a good start" Lorelai mumbled near Luke's ear.
"… and that you two have already discussed this…" Rory continued not having heard Lorelai. "… and, although you won't admit it, you've made pro-con lists and decided to take the safest route"
"Hon, what are you talking about?" Lorelai frowned.
"I think Luka should be a big brother" Rory said flatly.
"What!?" Lorelai chocked out; Luke had nothing to say, he was shocked that Rory would say that, or that she would even think about stuff like that. "Rory we…"
"I know you two have discussed it, and decided the risks were too high for both Mom and the baby but…"
"But?" Luke frowned. "There's no 'but' Rory, we've already discussed this and, sorry, but it's not your business" he stood up. "I'm gonna go get the boys"
"What if there were no added risks to Mom or the baby?" Rory called after him before he left the kitchen, he stopped and turned to look at her.
"Have a time machine on you, kid?" Lorelai teased, she hated this topic; she and Luke had waited so long in getting it right, that by the time they actually got it they couldn't have a family like they wanted; not that they didn't like how things were now.
"No, but I have a solution" Luke frowned but said nothing, Lorelai was intrigued. "You guys aren't that old, guys can have kids until they're… well, older than Luke. And you're still…" Rory gestured wildly at Lorelai. "… still viable"
"Gee, thanks" Lorelai deadpanned.
"Rory…" Luke started but was interrupted by Rory.
"I want to be your surrogate"
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Oh, and this is not the chapter I had in my mind (the one that started this story). That chapter can go well with either way this story goes.
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