Nearly 10 months later Lorelai arrived back in Stars Hallow, she was nervous to contact Luke but knew that having the time away was for the best. Once she had unpacked and settled in, she picked up the phone. Her nerves made her feel sick whilst she was dialling Luke's number.
"Hello, Luke's diner. Luke speaking, can I help?"
"Luke, it's me, Lorelai. I just wanted to let you know that I'm back in Stars Hollow, I wanted to tell you before the gossip train did".
"Oh well thanks for that I guess. I'll see you around then"
"Luke, please don't be like that",
"Like what Lorelai? You tell me you have feelings for me, we, you know and then you leave and I don't hear from you. Suddenly you're back and you expect me to be here waiting with open arms, well you're too late",
"Please don't say that. I can explain everything. Please give me a chance to explain. Can you come over?"
"You're a real piece of work, you know that right Lorelai?",
"So I've been told before. Please?"
"Fine, I'll come by after closing",
"Thank you Luke, I know I don't deserve anything from you so thank you. Oh and Luke, do you mind……"
"I'll bring the coffee Lorelai, you don't have to ask".
Lorelai smiled to herself, although that was a difficult conversation it could have gone a lot worse.
9pm arrived and there was a knock at Lorelai's front door and she raced to open it. When she opened the door and saw Luke she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tight but she couldn't help but notice that he wasn't holding her back. She apologised for the hug and they went to sat in the living room. He handed her the coffee and she took the biggest sip.
"So Luke, how have you been? You look good"
"Good? Good how? Honestly I don't even know how I'm feeling right now. It's been 10 months Lorelai. How could you leave me that day? After everything? I don't understand. Why didn't you return my calls or messages? Where were you?",
"Please let me get this all out and I'm going to preface this by saying that I still love you, I'm still in love with you and that hasn't changed whilst I have been away. So the morning that I woke up in your bed was like a trigger in my head, the night before Christopher basically implied that I was a slut who was just juggling the same men around and that morning I felt like he was right. I couldn't think straight, I needed to clear my head so I went to see Mia. I had planned to stay there for a few weeks but something happened and I ended up staying for longer",
"What happened Lorelai? Are you ok?, did you get ill?",
"Just remember that I love you when I tell you this next part please Luke. After I was there for around 6 weeks I found out I was pregnant. I was shocked and disappointed in myself because well I didn't know if the baby was yours or Christopher's. In my heart I hoped the baby was yours and in my head I thought so too because I always used condoms with Chris but that night you and I spent together we didn't use any protection. So the pregnancy progressed and the only people that knew were Mia, Rory and Sookie. Even my parents didn't know, well they still don't know. I couldn't imagine telling anyone, especially my parents that I didn't know who the father of my baby was, I have already disappointed them in the past and I didn't want to do that again"
"I understand about your parents Lorelai, but why didn't you tell me? I had a right to know",
"I couldn't tell you Luke, I couldn't face the thought of maybe breaking your heart down the line if the baby wasn't yours. It would have killed you Luke so I decided to break my own heart by staying away. Once the baby was born I contacted Christopher and asked him for a DNA test and it was the most humiliating experience and I got the results two days ago. The baby is yours Luke, well ours…..I have never been so happy which is why I've rushed home, to you…"
"Wait, you have a baby? We have a baby? Where is it?"
Lorelai stood up and walked into Rory's old room and returned with a beautiful sleeping baby in her arms.
"Luke, here is our son William, but I call him Liam for short, I wanted to stick with the L theme but I wanted to name him William after your dad……….please say something…."
"This is, this is, I don't think I can breathe…..I just can't believe that I have, that we have a …..this is, I don't know. Can I hold him?"
"Of course you can. You're his daddy, he needs his daddy Luke. He's only two weeks old but he knew a part of him was missing. I felt like he was always looking for you",
"And now he has me, oh, he's beautiful. Like his mum. Honestly I don't know what happens from here but thank you Lorelai, thank you for the most amazing gift".