After they come up from under water, they are not happy. "Which one of you did this?"
"It was him"
"It was her"
Kelsey and Brendan say at the same time, pointing at one another
"It was both of them" Katrina says
"He made me do it."
"How'd he do that?"
"He told me that if i didn't push you in that he would take me to the deeper end where i cant swim and leave me there"
"Kels, since when can you not swim in the deep end?"
"I don't know. Bren also said that he would dunk me under the water"
"Oh he did, did he?"
"Yes she did."
Luke then comes over with Jake still in his arms
"You girls okay?" He asks, putting his arm around Lorelai's shoulder
"Yeah...we're fine. Kelsey, tell me, why'd you really do that to us?"
Kelsey motions for Lorelai to come closer to her because she doesn't want to say it in front of everyone else
Lorelai moves closer
"I don't like her. She is the reason you and daddy split up the last time and now she is here again. She probably wants daddy back."
"Oh, honey." She takes Kelsey's hand gently and they go to the other part of the yard. "Rachel is not here to take your daddy away from you again. You don't have to worry about that."
"Okay."She says and looks to the ground
"I'm sorry i pushed you in mommy. i was just mad that you were talking to her"
"Baby thats okay. Come here, give me a hug." She opens her arms and grabs her before she could get away. Giving her a big, wet hug. Kelsey laughs and wiggles to try and get away.
"Mommy, stop it."
"Payback sweetie. Don't do it again, promise?"
"I promise" She says and turns around, giving Lorelai a real hug.
"You aren't going to ground me are you?"
"Ohh yes, I'm going to ground you like you've never been grounded before."
Kelsey looked at Lorelai with big eyes as if she would cry and then gets out of her hug and looks to the ground.
Lorelai rarely had to punish kelsey, so she knew she was in trouble
"I'll go change right now and go my room"she says sadly
"Hold it, I didn't say you were grounded right now. Go outside and play. Enjoy the outside while you can."
"but I was mean mommy. i don't deserve it" The eight year old says to Lorelai
"Kels, I know you don't. But what you did wasn't horrible. You did something because you were mad. You go outside and play, then later you, daddy and I will talk."
"Only if you come play in the pool with me." She says
"Okay, sure I will."
Lorelai takes her hand and they walk back to the pool
As they walk past Rachel, Kelsey gives her an evil look. Lorelai notices. "Kelsey." She says sternly. Then walks her over to Rachel. "say you are sorry to Rachel."
"I'm sorry Rachel" Kelsey says
"That's okay sweetie"
"Good girl." Then Lorelai goes in the pool with her. Meanwhile Luke takes Jake out of the pool and he runs over to Rachel.
"Hey, hey, no running buddy." rachel tells him once he gets to her.
"Water too cold." He tells her and makes a cute shiver sound.
"oh yeah?" She asks as she takes a towel and drapes it over him
"Did you have fun with daddy though?'
"Uh huh." He tells her, she sits him on her lap all wrapped up in a towel. Luke walks over to them and sits down.
"Hey. jake really had fun"She says
"Yeah it was fun. Thanks for coming over"
"No problem, it was a lot of fun."
"I'm sorry you got wet."He says sort of laughing.
"Oh thats really alright."
"Colin and Kelsey never act that way. I'm not sure what has gotten into them."
"Luke I'm the women that took their dad away from them. Of course they are going to hate me. Its natural."
"I know, but they don't usually act that way"
"I believe you. I'm sure they were just upset."
Luke nods and then it becomes silent
"Rachel"
"Yeah?" She says
"I'm sorry how things went with us. I never meant to hurt you."
"It's okay, you didn't hurt me Luke."
"Rachel." He says knowing he did
"okay you did a little, but it's okay. I'm over it. I have Jake."
"Yeah, but just don't wait to long to be happy again or to find that one guy." He says being supportive
"I'm sorry I can't be that guy for you, but I love Lorelai."
"I know, and I completely understand. I've dated once or twice, but its hard to do that with Jake."
"Good. I want you to be able to find that someone who makes you happy and is of course nice to Jake. If you ever need someone to watch him, I'm here now."
She smiles. "Thanks Luke." Rachel looks at her watch. "Well I better get going, Jake has afternoon daycare while I go to work."
Luke nods
"I'll see you later okay buddy?"Luke says to Jake.
"Bye bye." He waves to Luke. Rachel and Jake say goodbye to Lorelai and the kids, then leave. After they leave Lorelai walks behind Luke and wraps her arms around his waist.
"Have I told you how great you look when you are being a dad?"
He turns around so he is facing her and puts his arms around her waist as well
"No, you haven't, but thank you. Thank you for that comment and for being nice to Rachel today and for being supportive of this situation"
"Anytime. I did it for you. It doesn't mean I wasn't thinking of the pushing her into the pool just like Kelsey did." She admits with a smile.
He smiles, brushing a stray wet hair away from her face
"Let's not be harsh on her punishment. i mean she is expressing how she feels." Luke admits
"Luke if you let kids get off just because they are expressing the way they feel then they aren't really learning anything from the experience."
"I know, but i feel bad, but she has to be punished. in the mean time, let's just enjoy this time as a family." luke says and leans in to kiss her lightly
"Come on, lets go in the pool"Luke says, taking her hand.
"Alright." They go in the pool and have fun.
About an hour later they were all out and the kids were playing volleyball while Luke and lorelai were laying out in the sun.
"so, i still don't see how this is fun"Luke said, referring to 'getting a tan'
"If you don't see the fun in it then why are you doing it?"
"because you begged me to"he reminded her
"You look fine by the way. you don't need tanned"
"I know I do." She smiles.
"Then why on earth are you laying in the sun to begin with if you know you don't need a tan?"
"Because its fun and relaxing. Duhhhhh."
"Well at least put lotion on and not that oil. you are going to burn and get melanoma." he says teasing her
"Luke, I never put oil on. I always put lotion on, plus I barely go tanning. Chill out dude."
He laughs at his self "your right, I'm sorry." He says and lays down next to her
"This was a fun day"
She lays on her side and moves closer to him. "Yeah...hey luke, you know the real reason I begged you to come out here and lay with me?" He says no, what.
"Because we haven't done this in awhile."
"What? Lay in the grass getting dirt and bugs in our hair?" He answers dryly and sarcastic.
Lorelai rolls her eyes. "No, just..having time to hang out together, like we used to when we first started dating years ago. Everything's so different now."
"Yeah i know what you mean, but we can have time together and alone still. We may have kids now and it may be hard, but we can manage one night a week or something that we spend alone." he says moving over closer to her as well.
Her smile widens. "Really? You mean that?"
"of course. Why would I not mean it?"
"It was a rhetorical question hun."
"so one night a week is dedicated to you."
"That sounds like a good idea."
He smiles and places his hand on her side of bare skin and leans in and kisses her
"Luke, I lov-" She's interrupted by Kelsey.
"Mommy, does me being grounded mean I'm grounded from acting too?"
Lorelai and Luke sigh in frustration and stand up. "I don't know honey, I'll think about it. Now its time to go inside, let's go."
"Oh man" She says as they go inside
"I'm going to change out of my bathing suit" she says and runs to her room
"Alright." Then Lorelai and Luke get pulled in two different directions, Luke to Colin who is calling for him from upstairs and Lorelai with Katrina who is asking if she can have her three best friends over for a sleepover.
"Can they come over mom?"
"Sure they can honey, we don't have a lot of snacks though. You want to go out to doose's with me before they come over? We could get some junk food for you guys?"
"That would be awesome!"She says
Katrina and lorelai have been becoming more closer now that katie was older
"Great, so call 'em up and if I need to talk to their parents I can. They can come over anytime after 3. Gives us some time to clean up a little."
"Kay." Katrina goes to call her friends and Lorelai goes upstairs to Luke, who is now in a strange conversation with their four year old son. she stops at the door to listen for a minute.
"But what if the boogeyman could see through your door?"
"Colin the boogeyman is not going to get you or me or mommy" Luke says