A few weeks later, Lane and Zach invite Luke over for dinner. It's a nice evening; Lane and Zach are nice kids and they tell Luke that they feel really close to him, he says he feels the same way. But Luke wonders why they invited him over in the first place; they mention that they don't have much family. Luke asks if they need money, thinking that they're having financial problems.
"Lane and I would like you to be Godfather to our twins." Zach tells Luke.

Luke is surprised, "Oh really? Godfather?"

"We just want to make sure we have a strong, parental person for our boys." Lane says.

Luke isn't sure. He doesn't really see himself as a being a good parental figure. He's only been with April for a year and a bit. Lorelai would probably be better for the role, she's a great mother. But, they're asking me so they must feel like I'm the right person.

"Yeah, okay, sure." Luke agrees.

The next day, the diner is busy and Luke notices that Zach is really talkative, he seems to be nervous. Luke pulls him aside and tells him not to worry about becoming a father.
"Listen, the first time April turned up in my life, I didn't know squat about being a father, but eventually, it came to me." He tells Zach, remembering how overwhelmed he felt at the time. But after a few months, he really started to enjoy being a father; it had become a rewarding experience for him. "Okay I found my dad mode, and you will too." He tries to convince Zach. At least you get to bond with your kids from birth; I didn't meet mine until she was twelve. Luke thinks, still a little bitter about the fact that Anna kept April from him.

That night, Lane calls and tells Zach that her water broke. Zach freaks out and Luke realizes he needs to take charge. He offers to drive. Hours later, Lane delivers the twins. Zach comes out to the waiting room and asks Luke if he wants to hold one of the babies.

"Oh, no, that's okay. You two should spend time with them, bond with them. I should be getting home." Luke says.

"Come on, I'm sure they want to meet their Godfather. And don't use the excuse that you don't like babies, I've seen you with Doula." Zach replies.

"Okay, fine." Luke agrees. He follows Zach to Lane's room. Lane is in the hospital bed, holding one baby and Mrs. Kim is sitting in a chair, holding the other one.

"That's Steve." Zach points to the baby Mrs. Kim is holding. "And that's Kwan." He points to the one Lane is holding. Zach walks over to the bed and takes Kwan from Lane. Luke sits down in the chair next to Mrs. Kim.

"Here you go, Kwan. Meet your Godfather." Zach says as he carefully passes Kwan to Luke. Luke looks down at Kwan and smiles a little. He has the same thought he had when Lorelai met Doula. This could have been our baby. Lorelai and I… we might have even had twins, like in that dream she told me she had.

A few weeks later, April comes to visit for spring break. She brings back a bracelet for Luke and although, he doesn't really like it, he wears it anyway. He wears it because he loves April and he wouldn't want to see her upset if he told her that jewelry isn't really his thing. The next day, Luke takes April to the town meeting. When April sees Lorelai come in, she practically runs over to her to hug her. Luke is surprised; they only saw each other twice in the past year, when Lorelai "met" her and at her birthday party. He's shocked that April is so friendly with Lorelai, but he's happy to see that they get along. He knows Lorelai cares about April, since she seemed to be worried when April had her appendix removed. Maybe I shouldn't have kept them apart. He thinks. Lorelai asks Luke how the diner is. He tells her it's the same as ever. I just wish you would come in for coffee someday.

The day after that, while on his way to find Zach to give him an order he forgot, he runs into Lorelai in the hay maze. Lorelai gasps when she notices the bracelet.
"Oh! April gave it to me." He explains.

Lorelai seems amused, "You have a bracelet on your wrist."

Luke laughs, "It's just one of those crazy phases. I was just getting used to the fact that I had a daughter. Now all of a sudden, I have a teenager. It's wild. Time just goes by." He says aimlessly.

"Luke." Lorelai says, clearly wanting to get his attention.

"Yeah," He responds.

"I'm sorry." She says, looking directly at him.

He looks down for a second then looks back at her. He knows what she's apologizing for. "Yeah, I'm, uh… I'm sorry too." He says in a low voice.

"No, no let me go first." Lorelai says.

"Okay." He agrees.

"I messed up. That night I went to Christopher… I'm sorry." She keeps eye contact with him.

He doesn't take look away either, he whispers "Yeah." He can tell that she's sincere and he appreciates it.

"I mean I never admitted it to you that it was wrong what I did, and it was, and I'm really sorry." She tells him.

"Okay. Thanks." He says with a small nod, accepting her apology.

Lorelai sighs and admits that she doesn't know why she didn't say that before.

"Ah, you know…" Luke says, looking away again, thinking. I need to apologise too. "I'm sorry, too, 'cause… I don't know, it's just… now that I've had April it's… you know, I've learned a lot, and I… I was crazy to think that I had to fix everything in my relationship with April before I could really be with you. And that's just not how you fix things. I mean things just don't stand still. They're always changing." He admits.

"Yeah," Lorelai replies.

Luke continues, "I guess I was… compartmentalizing? If that's what you call it. I mean I should have opened my compartments. I should have gotten your help."

"I wanted to help." Lorelai tells him.

"I know." He sighs, sorry that he hurt her. "And I'm sorry. And I'm sorry, also, because I think I kind of used April to push you away." He admits, coming to this realization himself.

"You did, huh?" Lorelai asks.

"Yeah, I think so. I was afraid, and…" He loses his train of thought. "I'm so sorry." He feels the need to apologize one more time.

Lorelai smiles at him, "It's really okay." She says. Luke is comforted by her smile and he smiles back.

"I'm glad." He tells her sincerely.

"Me too," She replies with a small nod and another smile.

"Well, I got some fries that are getting cold." He says, remembering them suddenly.

"Oh, yeah, well, I got to find my way out of here." She tells him.

"By the way, you're really close. Just go left, two rights, and you're out." He gives her the directions.

"Thanks." She replies with a grin. Luke just nods a little and she walks away. Luke walks a little farther into the maze before stopping. That was… okay. We didn't shout or get angry at each other. It was good that we both apologized. We both were able to admit that we made mistakes. Hopefully, now or sometime soon we can go back to being friends. I'd like that.

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