at the beginning of Season Four. Lorelai and Alex had been dating for a year and now they are getting married. (She was never engaged to Max.) Alex has two kids from a pervious relationship. Hillary and Jeff. Jeff is 9-years old, while Hillary is 6. Luke's situation is the same as in the show. He went on the cruise, and now he is back. Lorelai and Rory went on the trip to Europe, but now they are back. Alex technically lives with Lorelai. He still has his apartment in Hartford, but usually he stays over with Rory and Lorelai.
" We're home!" Rory shrieked.
" Finally! I thought we were never getting off that Van." Lorelai muttered.
" Oh be serious mom. It wasn't that long."
" It was longer than-" someone yelling her name cut off Lorelai.
" Lorelai." Lorelai turned and saw two little kids running toward her.
" Hillary! Jeffie!" She yelled back and dropped her bags and run up to them and hugged then.
" How was your trip Rory?" 6-year old Hillary asked.
" Great! How was your summer with Daddy?" Rory asked.
" Fun! We went to the town festival the other day." Jeff smiled.
" Sounds great!" Lorelai smiled. " How about we go find Daddy and watch a movie." Lorelai suggested.
" Willy Wonka!!" Hillary yelled.
" No! Star Wars!" Jeff yelled as they ran back to the house. Lorelai and Rory walked toward the porch as Alex stepped out of the house.
" Hey Alex." Rory smiled.
" Hey How was the trip?" Alex asked.
" Great." Rory nodded.
" That's good! Tell me more about it later." Rory nodded and gave him a quick hug and walked inside.
Alex walked down the steps and stood in front of Lorelai.
" Hey" He whispered putting his hands on her waist.
" Hi." She smiled and kissed him on the lips.
" I missed you." Lorelai whispered.
" Same here."
" Now that I am back, we can start planning the wedding." Lorelai told him.
" I can't wait." Alex smiled. "Now, did I hear something about a movie night?" Alex asked with a smile.
" Let's go." Lorelai said grasping his hand and walking inside.
Next Day
Lorelai and Rory are trying to figure out how to take the gifts to everyone. Alex and the kids are sitting and watching with amused faces.
" Okay here is the plan gang." Lorelai started. "Today we get these gifts out to everyone, and then we hit the mall this afternoon. Tomorrow, we watch three of the bad movies out there and then we go to bed." Lorelai grinned.
" Actually-" Rory cut in. "We have dinner with the grandparents." Lorelai sighed.
" No." Lorelai pouted.
" Alex and the kids are going too, so don't pout." Rory told her.
" Fine, then the next day we hit New York!" Lorelai told them.
" Yay!" Hillary and Jeff cheered. Alex just laughed.
" Pizza at John's, see a few art galleries, hit the strand." Rory told them.
" Then, on Sunday we're going to pick up everyone's school stuff, and then the Barbeque at Sookie's. Monday, us girls will go get mani/pedi, facial, haircut, while the boys go fishing. Tuesday. Godfather I, II, and III." Lorelai told them.
" Sounds good." Alex nodded.
" Okay let's go." Lorelai cheered.
" Can we go to Luke's, Lorelai?" Jeff asked.
" Yes! This is our week!" Rory told Jeff.
" I wonder if Luke went on the cruise with Nicole." Lorelai wondered.
" Why wouldn't he?" Alex asked putting his arm around Lorelai. She just shrugged they continued walking toward Sookie's.
" He needed a vacation, so I sure hope he did." Alex agreed with Rory.
Lorelai, Alex, and Jeff were walking to the Diner. Hillary had gone with Rory to Lane's. Lorelai was still thinking about what Sookie had said. Something happened on the cruise? Oh, maybe they broke up. I bet that's what happened. I should feel sad for Luke, but Nicole was evil. She was his girlfriend though. He really did like her. Oh god, what if he proposed. She could've said no. But what if she said yes. Oh god! Lorelai argued with herself
" Lorelai. We're here." Alex told her pulling out of her train of thought. She looked up and Alex was holding the door open for her.
" Why thank you." She grinned as she walked in with Jeff by her side. Jeff took a seat next to Lorelai while Alex sat on the other side.
" Hey." Luke grunted as he walked up to him. " How was Europe or wherever the hell you went?" Luke grumbled. Jeff gasped.
" Luke! You said a naughty word! Didn't he daddy? He has to pay me a dollar!" Jeff informed everyone.
" What's he talking about?" Luke said leaning over the table toward Alex.
" Well. He caught me saying some words, and since then I told the kids if they heard me say a bad word I would pay him a dollar." Luke nodded.
" Hey Jeff, how about this. I give you an extra piece of pie." Jeff agreed to this deal.
" So How was Europe?" Luke asked again.
" Beautiful! We told the lovely Ladies about you." Lorelai winked.
" Oh?" Lorelai nodded
" Of course you're a taken man." Lorelai laughed.
" Ha. Yeah." Luke shifted uncomfortably.
" Oh, speaking of Nicole. How was the cruise?" Alex asked.
" Oh. You know." Luke said throwing the rag on the counter backing up toward the kitchen,
" Um... I don't know. I have never been on a cruise." Lorelai said.
" It was fine." Luke told her.
" Fine?" Lorelai asked
" We got on the boat. We drank, we ate, we saw plays, a magic show, and performances. Things like that." Luke said.
" So you and Nicole got along?"
" Yes." Luke snapped a little. " Sorry" He muttered.
" Lorelai." Jeff called. Lorelai looked down at him. " Is Nicole the ugly skinny blonde your always yelling to daddy about?" He asked.
" What?" Lorelai asked with wide eyes. " I have never said that about her." Lorelai told Luke.
" Right." Luke muttered. " You sure you want this to be the mother of your kids?" Luke asked Alex. Lorelai glared at Luke.
" I never called Nicole ugly. Skinny Blonde yes, but not ugly." Lorelai muttered. Luke just shot her a glare and went to get their food. After a minute or so Luke came back with their plates and practically threw Lorelai's in front of her. She looked up at him with hurt in her eyes and shook her head.
" I am not hungry anymore." She pushed her plate forward and threw a little box at him. " We got you that in Europe." She told him. She walked out of the Diner with Jeff running after her.
" Good Luck with her." Luke muttered. Alex stood their confused for a second.
" I am going to go..." Alex pointed toward the door. Luke nodded. Alex pulled out his wallet and placed the money on the counter and left.
Lorelai walked down the street upset and hurt at how Luke was treating her. Something must've have gone wrong, Lorelai figured. Or else he would not have been such a jerk to her. Lorelai turned the block and came face to face with Rory and Hillary.
" Hey Mom, What's wrong?" Rory asked.
" Nothing." Lorelai mumbled. Rory looked a little peeved too, so Lorelai decided to change the subject.
" Well, the town officially hates me, and replaced me." Rory said glaring at her future step-sister.
" What happened?" Lorelai questioned.
" Well… Kirk and Taylor crowned me as Ice Cream Queen, but since I can't do it considering I am going to Yale, I turned down the offer. However, they didn't seem the care one bit. They simply shrugged and asked Hillary to be the queen." Rory pouted.
Lorelai smiled. " Hillary! You're the Ice Cream Queen." Hillary nodded with a smile as she grabbed the crown off her head.
" See!" She squeled.
Lorelai laughed. " Yep."
Later that night the four walked into the house.
" Jeez! That took longer than expected." Rory said.
" Yeah! No more presents for anyone." Lorelai laughed.
Lorelai walked up the stairs with Alex by her trail. Rory turned to her little brother.
" How long do you think they will be up there for?" She asked. He simply shrugged. Rory sighed. " Oh well." She said as she grabbed a stack of mail and began opening it.
" LORELAI!" Both kids yelled. " Rory is opening her mail." They tattled.
" Snitch." Rory told them. They smiled and stuck their tongue at her. She smiled back and looked toward her mother who was running down the stairs.
" Rory. You traitor." Lorelai crossed her arms.
" I am just opening a couple." Rory defended herself
" But now your out in the real-world and I am still here in vacation-land." Lorelai pouted.
" As long as you aren't in la-la-land" Rory quipped.
" Where she is all the time." Jeff cut in.
" Hey." Lorelai pouted. Rory shot her an amused look as she opened a letter.
" Oh no no no no no!!" Rory yelled.
" What's wrong?" Alex asked.
" NO! No! NO!" Rory screamed as she ran to her room.
" Daddy, Rory is going crazy like Lorelai." Hillary said faking being scared. Jeff started laughing and jumped on the couch. Hillary did the same. Alex followed Lorelai into Rory's room.
" What's up?" Lorelai asked.
" My Yale Orientation. It's Wednesday." Rory panicked.
" I thought it was next Saturday." Alex said confused.
" I thought so too! I must've wrote the date down wrong." Rory frowned.
" Okay. This isn't too bad. I mean we still have like five days of fun." Lorelai said.
Rory shrugged. " I guess."
" We can still have our fun." Alex reassured. Lorelai agreed.
" Okay. Thanks." Rory nodded.
" Right now, let's go watch a couple movies… then tomorrow we can go shopping and do fun shopping and school shopping. Get it outta the way." Lorelai told her.
They entered the living room and they all sat down. Alex and Lorelai on the couch with Hillary laying her head on Lorelai's lap. Jeff and Rory were sitting on the floor.
Luke's Apartment.
Luke sat in his apartment thinking about today. He had in front of him, the box Lorelai threw at him.
Luke had been staring at it for 30 minutes. He sighed and opened the box and pulled out a small envelope.
Dear Luke,
Europe was great, but it would've been better if my other half was there. The whole time I felt like something was missing. I really hope you had a great time with Nicole on the cruise.
Love, Lorelai
Luke put the note down and the box down. He didn't want to look inside the box. He had enough. What did this note mean? Luke wondered. He shook his head. She was engaged.
He finally sat back where he was and pulled out the actual gift.
It was a half a coffee mug. He rolled his eyes 'Of course', he thought. He turned to look inside, and engraved at the very bottom were the words.
Luke & Lorelai
Best friends forever
He frowned, and walked over to his nightstand and placed it in the drawer. He couldn't stand to look at it, knowing that the person that gave it to him was laying in bed with some other guy.