"So who's ringing the doorbell?" Lorelai asked as she, Luke, Rory, and Jess much to his chagrin stood in front of the elder Gilmore's door. Friday night dinners had been much better since the attack and trial.
"I will," Rory said.
"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore are in the living room. May I take your coat?" the maid offered.
"Thank you," Luke said. Silently nodding the maid took their coats before ushering them into the living room.
"Good evening," Richard greeted jovially as they stepped into the room.
"Hi, Dad," Lorelai responded.
"What does everyone want to drink?" Richard asked heading for the drink cart.
"Soda for me, Grandpa," Rory answered.
"Me as well," Jess added.
"You want a soda Lorelai, a Martinni Emily?" Richard confirmed. Both women nodded. "What would you like, Luke?"
"A beer, please." Richard nodded as he prepared the drinks then distributed them. Casual conversation flowed easily until the maid announced it was time for dinner.
"Thank you, Sandy," Emily said crisply.
"It's Sally," the girl answered timidly. Emily just kept walking into the dining room ignoring the woman's response. Dinner was going smoothly and conversation was focusing on how Rory and Jess were doing in school. The two teenagers and Richard had just struck up a lively debate about a book they'd been reading when Emily turned to her daughter.
"You found out what you were having today at your appointment, didn't you?" Lorelai nodded she had just gone to her 20 week appointment earlier that morning. Conversation stopped at Emily's question and a wide smile crossed Luke's face as he reached for Lorelai's hand.
"Well I suppose we can tell everyone now," Lorelai said.
"It's about time, they wouldn't tell me. They said I had to wait until dinner tonight," she complained to her grandparents. Richard chuckled at his granddaughter.
"In about four months you'll have another granddaughter," Lorelai said excitedly.
"I'm getting a little sister?" Rory exclaimed.
"You got it, kid," Luke answered. A happy squeal escaped the young girls lips as she ran over to first her mother then Luke and gave them each a huge hug.
"That's wonderful," Emily beamed. Lorelai nodded in agreement.
"Any ideas for a name?" Jess asked.
"No, not yet," Luke told him.
"Well this calls for dessert, Sally, you can bring in the dessert now," Emily called.
"Yes, Mrs. Gilmore," the maid answered as she carried in an iced cake which the girls all dug into with gusto. Richard and Jess ate much smaller portions and Luke politely declined any at all. The rest of the evening was spent discussing the new baby and what plans Luke and she had for a nursery. After much discussion the previous month Luke and Lorelai agreed that it was time for him to move in. Rory embraced the idea with open arms so now they were all one big happy family. Jess was living at the apartment above the diner with strict rules that if he messed up he'd be moving into the house with the rest of them. A yawn from Lorelai drew everyone's attention to just how late it was.
"I think we'd better be going. Thank you for a lovely evening, Emily," Luke complimented.
"Your quite welcome, I'll walk you out," Emily said walking them to the foyer.