Chapter One

Tap tap tap, Luke heard coming from behind him as he finished cleaning the coffee pot at the end of the day. "We're closed," he shouted, knowing it would make no difference. There was only ever one person who knocked on his door after hours wanting coffee. Although, she usually has better timing, he thought to himself. Usually, the coffee pot still holds mostly hot coffee when she comes traipsing in.

"Luuuuke. Come on," Lorelai whined from the other side of the door. "It's coldish out here and I neeeed coffee! It's been a long day." She'd said the last bit a little quieter than the rest of her lament, but Luke heard it just the same. He turned around and walked over to the door, unlocking it and opening to let her in. "Bless you. You have no idea."

She took her seat at the counter and Luke walked behind it to put on another pot of coffee. He made it strong, knowing she needed it by the extra weight she seemed to be carrying in her steps and the evident tiredness in her voice. "So what happened?"

"What do you mean?" she asked with her forehead on the cool surface.

"I mean you're a little worse for the wear tonight. Did something happen?" He poured her steaming hot cup of coffee into an extra large mug and placed it in front of her.

She lifted her head and looked at Luke with grateful eyes. "Nothing really." She was pretending not to want to talk about it, but Luke knew it would come eventually. About seven seconds passed and, "Actually," she began. Yep, Luke thought, it always comes out eventually. "Sookie was very talkative today."

"Talkative about what?" he prompted, wanting her to know he was willing to listen. Needing a break after a long day and knowing Lorelai needed a friend, he walked around the counter and took a seat next to her.

"Talkative about everything 'Jackson'. After they got over their little 'four in four' fight, they became all gung ho about this baby makin' thing. She put in every detail. All. Day. Long."

"Ouch."

"And, I don't know, I'm happy for her, but…"

"But what?"

She took a deep breath and sighed. "It makes me really miss that whole relationship thing. I want to find that guy and get married and have 2 and a half kids with a white house and blue shutters and a big backyard. And I would like to have it now."

"I get it." He turned his seat to face hers and she followed suit. "And I know what you mean," he admitted quietly.

"You mean, you've thought about it too?"

"Well, yeah."

"But, I thought you didn't like kids."

"Other people's kids, you know, except Rory. I'd like my own. I mean, if the opportunity ever came up."

"Right." She looked down at her hands and sniffed a little.

"Hey, are you okay?" He asked, putting a hand on her knee.

A little shocked at the feelings Luke's hand sent through her, she looked up at him and smiled nervously. "Yeah, I'm okay." She looked back down at Luke's hand and began to think. Suddenly, it dawned on her. Her future was sitting right in front of her. "Yeah, I'm definitely ok. Especially since I just got the greatest idea ever," she said as she stood from her seat.

"What?"

She started pacing as her plan started unfolding in her head. "Just hear me out, okay? Just hear me out before you freak out."

"Okay, those are never good words to start with." He turned his chair to look at her so he wouldn't miss a word of what was bound to be the craziest thing he would ever hear.

"You and I, I mean, me and you," she stopped her pacing right in front of him. "We can get pregnant."

"What?!" He was right, she was totally crazy, completely nuts. "Are you crazy?" He stood and started pacing where she had just moments before.

"No! I'm not crazy! We'd both be crazy not to. I get pregnant, we have a kid, and there's no emotional baggage. I mean, obviously, both of us suck at relationships, so kids in the traditional way don't seem to be happening for either of us in the near future. So, we do it the non traditional way. We have a kid together and raise it together and it'll be a lot like families where the parents are separated or divorced except we won't hate each other and the kid will see us together all the time. It's so genius!" Lorelai finished in a rush to get everything out before Luke collapsed in disbelief.

"You are the nuttiest person I have ever met. This could never work." He stopped pacing right in front of her and put his hands on his hips.

"Yes, it could." She sighed and took his hands in hers. "Come on, Luke. We can be happy. We can help make each other happy again. This is a good idea."

Luke couldn't believe he was beginning to cave. "You know this means we're going to have to know each other for the rest of our lives now, right?"

"Well, you're my best friend. I was kinda planning on knowing you for the rest of my life anyway," she replied with a gentle shrug.

He sighed. "Fine. Ok. We'll, uh, have a kid together." He couldn't believe he was saying it.

Lorelai let go of Luke's hands and began jumping for joy. She hugged him tightly and Luke hesitantly reciprocated at first, but held her tighter after a moment, reveling in the feeling.

"Oh, Luke, you have no idea how happy you just made me. Believe me, you won't regret this. I promise." She held on a moment longer until she finally decided she had to let go.

She stepped back from Luke, her grin not failing to reach his eyes. "I gotta go. Rory's at home waiting with a pizza. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah tomorrow."

"And we'll talk about this more then. We'll set ground rules or something."

"Yeah. Come in after closing and we'll talk."

"Ok, great. I'll be here." She leaned in an gave Luke a kiss on the cheek, sending shockwaves down to his fingertips. She skipped over the door and turned around throwing a wink and a "Bye, Luke" at him before walking out the door and practically floating home.

Luke removed his baseball cap and ran a hand through his hair. I can't believe I'm having a kid with Lorelai Gilmore, he said to himself. Well, if that's all I can get from her, I guess I'll have to take it.

TBC

What did you think?! I want your input! It's a bizarre idea I got from reading another story that I thought was going to go in this direction but didn't, so I decided to do it myself. There MIGHT be a ratings boost if I decide to actually put the baby making in the story, but I haven't decided yet. Give me your input on that too!