Thank you so much for your support and reviews so far! :) Just a heads up that I might not be able to update until Sunday after this as I'm going to my Grandma's on Friday as it's my birthday on Saturday. :) Here's the next chapter, probably the one you've all been waiting for.

Chapter 3

Lorelai looked across at Luke as they sat in the truck which was parked outside the Nardinis' house. "Are you ok?" She asked softly.

Luke glanced at her, giving her a small smile. "I don't know." He admitted. "I have seen Anna in like, god it must have been 14 years." He said.

"I can wait in here if you want." Lorelai said.

"No." Luke said adamantly. "I need you in there with me. I've only plucked up courage to do this because I know I have you."

"Ok." Lorelai smiled softly. "You ready?"

"No time like the present." Luke said.

They then both got out of the truck and walked up to the front door. Luke took a deep breath before ringing the doorbell. The door soon opened and Anna was stood there. She let out a knowing breath. "Hello stranger." She said with a small smile.

"Hi.." Luke said awkwardly.

"I was wondering when you'd show up." Anna admitted.

"Yeah well it would have been 12 years ago had I known..." He said gruffly.

"Luke.." Lorelai said softly.

Luke sighed. "Sorry...Uh Anna, this is Lorelai. My fiancee." He said.

"Hi." Anna gave her a forced smile.

"Hi." Lorelai said politely.

"I guess you should come in." Anna said stepping aside to let them in.

"Is she...?" Luke started to ask looking around.

"April's not here at the moment, no. She's tracking a grub migration at school. To be honest, my interest stopped after the word grub." Anna joked.

Luke just nodded.

"Would you like some tea?" Anna asked.

"Tea would be good." Luke nodded.

"Ok. Lorelai?" Anna asked civilly.

"Uh, coffee would be good if you have it?" Lorelai said.

"Sure." Anna nodded and headed to the kitchen.

Lorelai glanced at Luke who was just looking around, pacing a little. "So..uh..you have a lot of stuff here. Do you sell clothes?" Lorelai asked, trying to make conversation.

"Yeah but other things as well. I run sort of a one off, unique boutique like shop." Anna said.

"Cool. It's nice stuff." Lorelai said.

"Thanks." Anna smiled tightly as she brought in the tea and coffee and then they all sat down. "So..." She said.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Luke suddenly said.

"Luke..." Anna said.

"It was one call. I've been in the same place for years. It's not like you didn't know how to reach me." Luke said.

Anna sighed. "We'd broken up before I'd even found out. Besides, I knew what you thought about kids."

"What do you mean how I felt about kids?" Luke said.

"You hate kids." She said.

"I do not hate kids." Luke said defensively.

"Uh...you kind of do..." Lorelai said, earning herself a glare from Luke in return. "Sorry." She said quietly.

"I don't hate kids. What about Rory?" Luke pointed out to Lorelai.

"Yeah you like Rory. But any other kids, you find annoying and loud." Lorelai said.

"Lorelai..." Luke warned.

"Sorry. Not helping." Lorelai said.

Luke sighed. "Ok maybe I wasn't the biggest kid fan but I'm not like that now and I definitely wouldn't have been like that with my kid." He exclaimed. "I would have been there for April. I would have helped out."

"I'm sorry." Anna said sincerely seeing how hurt Luke was.

Luke let out a breath. "I just...I want to get to know April. She's my flesh and blood. She's my daughter and I know nothing about her. We want to get to know her. And maybe she can even come to our wedding." He said gesturing between him and Lorelai.

"Whoa hang on!" Anna said suddenly tensing up. "I'm happy with you getting to know April but I don't want her getting attached to anyone else at the moment. You can see April but just you."

"No." Luke shook his head angrily. "Why the hell do you think you can keep calling the shots? You've kept April from me for 12 years! I'll introduce her to anyone I like."

"Luke..." Lorelai said softly, placing her hand on her arm trying to calm him down.

"No this is stupid! We're engaged! We're getting married! Lorelai's going to be April's stepmother!" Luke said angrily.

"Engaged isn't married." Anna said stiffly. "I'm sorry but I'm her mom and what I say goes. Take it or leave it." She said getting up and storming into the kitchen.

"Anna!" Luke exclaimed attempting to follow her.

"No." Lorelai said holding her back. "Let me. You go get some air and cool down. I'll talk to her."

"But.." Luke protested.

"Go. I'll be fine." Lorelai assured him.

Luke sighed but nodded.

Lorelai cautiously went into the kitchen and found Anna furiously scrubbing some pans in the sink. "Anna? Can I talk to you?" She asked.

"I meant what I said." Anna said stiffly.

"Look, I understand why you're saying all this. I get it. I'm a single mom too." Lorelai said cautiously. "My daughter's dad started dating this woman and she was pretty full on. She pretty much demanded to spend time with Rory and I didn't like it." She admitted. She noticed Anna's scrubbing had slowed down so she continued. "I was afraid that Rory would get attached to her and that she would like her better than me."

Anna turned round slowly. "And?"

"She didn't. She liked her. This woman, she was nice enough. She even ended up having a kid with Rory's dad. But Rory made me realise that our bond was too strong for anyone to get between it. She was right. A mother daughter bond is for life." Lorelai said softly. "April will always love you. Now I know I might be totally lovable and of course I would welcome April into our home and make sure she felt comfortable." She joked. "But you're her mom. I get that. And April will never forget that." She said seriously.

Anna sighed. "It was nothing against you, I swear." She said.

"I know." Lorelai nodded.

"It's been me and April for 12 years. Just me and her against the world." Anna said.

"Luke would have been there." Lorelai pointed out.

"I know. I know it was my fault." Anna admitted. "I know I made a mistake not telling him but it happened and it's just been me and April. I guess I'm just not that good at sharing. I'm not used to it."

"It was like that for me and Rory too." Lorelai said. "I didn't have the best relationship with my parents when Rory was growing up but over the years, I learnt to let people in. And then I met Luke." She shrugged.

"How long have you two been together?" Anna asked.

"About a year and a half." Lorelai smiled. "But I've known him for years. He's been great with Rory. Her dad was never around much so it was nice for her to have that male role model." She said.

"He was never good with kids when we were dating. I wasn't making that up. I honestly thought he wouldn't want anything to do with kids." Anna said.

"He is still like that. With other kids. I don't know what it was with Rory but she won him round and they grew close." Lorelai smiled. "I know he's never been good with kids but he would have been there for his kid. He would have been different."

"Yeah I'm starting to realise that now." Anna admitted. She sighed. "It's just hard for me to let her go. Obviously I know Luke has the right to get to know her but it's hard knowing she will be meeting lots of other people as well."

"I get that." Lorelai nodded. "But you'll always be her mom. That will never change."

"I didn't even know she was doing the DNA test until after she'd done it." Anna said.

"Luke said she seemed bright. He told me about the science project and the big report she wrote." She said.

Anna smiled. "April's always been into science. She's so bright. She's so driven and determined to do well in everything but she's always been into science." She said, pride evident in her voice.

Lorelai smiled. "Sounds like Rory. Well she was never into science but she loved English and reading. I swear she'd read all the books in the world by the time she was 10." She joked.

"How old is she?" Anna asked.

"22. She's currently in her second year at Yale." Lorelai said, her turn to sound proud.

"Wow!" Anna said surprised. "You do not look old enough...Sorry that was rude of me.."

"It's fine. I had her when I was 16." Lorelai admitted.

"Oh." Anna said surprised. "And you raised her by yourself?"

"Pretty much. I had a lot of help from everyone in Stars Hollow. And Luke as well." Lorelai said.

Just then they heard the front room door open and voices. "Sounds like April's back." Anna said heading into the living room.

Lorelai followed her and had to smile when she saw April talking at Luke and Luke trying to think of something to say.

"Hi sweetheart." Anna smiled at her daughter. "Good day at school?"

"It was really good! The grub migration was so interesting!" April enthused.

Lorelai smiled listening to her, thinking about how much she reminded her of Rory going on about her favourite book.

April stopped after a moment and looked between everyone. "So I guess you've been talking..." She said.

"Yes, Luke...uh...your dad...came over to talk to me." Anna said glancing at Luke. She then glanced at Lorelai. She took a deep breath but then put on a smile. "And this is Lorelai, his fiancee." She said.

Lorelai was surprised at being introduced but smiled warmly at April. "It's lovely to meet you, April." She said.

"You're getting married?" April asked surprised looking between Luke and Lorelai.

"Yeah." Luke nodded finding his voice.

April frowned. "You two are getting married?" She asked again.

"Yeah..." Luke said suddenly feeling nervous.

"But you're so quiet and she seems like she would be the total opposite." April said bluntly.

"April!" Anna admonished.

"Sorry." April said.

Lorelai just laughed though. "Luke, you can tell she's your daughter. She says exactly what she thinks just like you do." She joked. She smiled when she was certain she saw the pride in his face. She turned back to April. "But I can assure you we're getting married." She said.

"Ok." April said. "Well, it's nice to meet you." She said somewhat more shyly.

"So..uh..I better get our supper on." Anna said, glancing at Luke. "But..uh..I'll call you ok? Maybe April could come to Stars Hollow one day?"

"Really?" Luke asked surprised at her sudden change of mind.

"If April wants to?" Anna said glancing at her daughter.

April nodded slowly.

"Well then...I'll call you." Anna told Luke.

"Are you sure?" Luke asked. "Before...you said..." He frowned.

"I was wrong to say what I did. You were right, you have the right to introduce April to anyone." Anna said quietly.

"Uh...well thanks." Luke said.

"We better get going." Lorelai said.

"Yeah.." Luke nodded. "Uh..I'll talk to you soon then."

"Bye Luke." Anna nodded.

"Bye April." Luke said.

"Bye." April smiled.

Luke and Lorelai then left and headed back to Stars Hollow and parked up outside the Crap Shack. "Ok what happened? What did you say to her to make her change her mind?" Luke asked as they walked up to the porch entering the house.

"I just told her I understood how she felt." Lorelai shrugged. "It's been her and April for 12 years. She's just a bit protective."

"But I'm her dad! And I would have been there!" Luke exclaimed.

"I know. And Anna knows that now." Lorelai assured him. "I think it will just take Anna some time to get used to it."

Luke sighed and collapsed onto the couch. "I'm so glad today's over." He said.

Lorelai smiled and sat down next to him. "I'm proud of you." She said softly.

"What?" Luke said confused.

"Sure you got angry a couple of times and you had every right to be but you got through it and you'll get to see April. I'd call that a pretty good result right?" She smiled.

Luke smiled. "Right." He said softly. He looked at Lorelai lovingly. "Thanks for today..."

"Oh you don't have to..." Lorelai waved it off.

"I do. You've been amazing. Ever since I told you about April, you've been so supportive. How did I manage to end up with you?" He said sincerely.

"Because you have the coffee. And you know I can't function without the coffee." Lorelai grinned.

Luke rolled his eyes. "Yeah that's it." He said dryly.

Lorelai grinned and snuggled into him. "It also goes down to the fact that I love you." She said softly.

"I love you too." Luke smiled.

"Want to watch a movie?" Lorelai asked.

"Go on then but please don't shout at me if I fall asleep." Luke smirked.

"No promises!" Lorelai grinned grabbing the remote and turning on Casablanca.

So I know it might not be exactly what you thought it would be like with Anna actually being civil but please keep with me! I never really thought Anna was mean, just really protective over April. However, you do know I like to have some drama in my stories so I hope you will stick with me. Please keep the reviews coming as I love reading them! Thanks! :)