A few weeks later, Liz comes to the Diner with Doula for a visit. She asks Luke what's happening with Anna. Luke tells her the plan he came up with to try and have April for every other holiday, a month in the summer and a few weekends. Liz tells him that he should get a lawyer. Luke doesn't want to get a lawyer, lawyers just waste time and money. Liz gets distracted by Doula and says that she's going to leave Doula with Luke.
"You can't just leave her here. I can't watch her." Luke tells her. Liz tells him that Doula will just sleep the whole time. Liz leaves before Luke can convince her that it's a bad idea to leave him alone with a baby. He's never been alone with a baby. This can't turn out well.
Doula sleeps for the next half hour. When she wakes up, she doesn't cry, she doesn't seem upset in any way. Luke decides to take her for a walk. It's a nice day outside, not too cold. As he walks past Doose's, Lorelai comes out. She hesitates before she greets him. He greets her back. She asks him who Doula is and he tells her she's Liz's baby. Lorelai congratulates him on becoming an uncle again. He thanks her. Lorelai looks at Doula and comments on the fact that she looks like T.J.
"Hopefully she will grow out of that." Luke responds, he noticed that too and it doesn't please him. But Lorelai also says Doula is adorable and sweet and she asks what her name is.
"Doula." Luke tells her.
"What?" Lorelai responds.
"Doula." Luke repeats.
"Oh, is that…"
"Weird name." Luke finishes for her.
Lorelai agrees, but she also says its special, one of a kind, distinctive. She asks if she can hold Doula. She smiles at Luke and he almost smiles back.
"Oh, sure, of course." He tells her. Lorelai picks up Doula and holds her. She asks how old she and how Liz is doing. Luke answers her questions while looking at Doula, occasionally glancing at Lorelai. Lorelai notices that Doula has long fingers.
"Yeah, I noticed that too." Luke tells her. He finds himself smiling, looking down at Doula. But he's also happy to be in Lorelai's company. Doula spits up a bit and Luke and Lorelai gawk at her as she tries to take Luke's finger in her mouth. The moment is interrupted by Christopher's voice, "Hey."
Luke immediately lifts his head to see Christopher standing in front of Doose's. He immediately lets the grin fall from his face.
"Hey… uh looks its Liz's new baby." Lorelai tells Christopher.
"Cute." Christopher responds.
"Yeah." Lorelai turns to face Luke. "Well, thanks, um, for letting me…" She mutters and Luke notices she seems nervous. He touches his hand to her back a second to comfort her before realizing that it's inappropriate. "Yeah." He says.
"Hold her. And tell Liz congratulations for me, okay." Lorelai finishes as she puts Doula back in her stroller.
"Will do." Luke tells her.
"Alright see you." Lorelai says.
"See you." Luke replies, glancing at Christopher one last time before him and Lorelai walk away.
Luke covers Doula with her blankets so she won't be cold. As he walks down the street, he has a thought. That could have been us. Lorelai and I could have had a baby together. We should be happily married by now. We could have been if I didn't let her walk away. He enjoyed seeing Lorelai with Doula. It made him happy. But as soon as Christopher appeared, it reminded him that Lorelai is married to him.
That weekend ,Luke has plans to spend time with April. But when she appears to be late, he phones Anna. He asks her if April's on the way. Anna tells him that April's not coming. Anna says she's not comfortable with April being with him right now. Luke hangs up, angry. So now I can't even see April until things are settled? That's ridiculous.
Luke decides that hiring a lawyer isn't such a bad idea. But what the lawyer tells him isn't what he wants to hear. He says that there isn't much of a chance that the court will side with him. This worries Luke; he was hoping they could settle this without having to sue Anna. This is going to get ugly. It's worth it. He tells himself. April is the only thing that brings joy to his life right now.
When Luke returns to Stars Hollow and gets out of the truck, he sees Christopher across the town square. He glares at him. Great, another thing to make my day worse. Christopher starts walking towards Luke. What? Does he want a fight? Good, 'cause he's got one. Luke starts walking towards Christopher, slipping off his jacket on the way. They meet in the square and Christopher takes the first swing, but Luke ducks. Luke punches Christopher in the face and he falls down. Wow, only one hit? Luke knocks Chris into a Christmas display and Chris finally gets a hit in, tackling Luke. They both hit the ground and wrestle a bit until Chris pushes Luke off him. Then, they both get up and wrestle some more until Luke gets the upper hand and punches Christopher, twice. After a few seconds, Chris gets up and charges at Luke. They knock over a Christmas tree. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" begins to play. They wrestle a bit more then get up and circle each other. "Deck the Halls" is now playing. They glare at each for a few seconds before leaving. I think I won. Luke tells himself. But he still has Lorelai, so I didn't really win.