Fate: Part 1
Section 1: Just Friends
Chapter 1
The End of The Beginning
Disclaimer: I do not own any thing involving Gilmore Girls except the DVD's .
1984
It was a cold September evening when a 16 year old pregnant Lorelai Gilmore wobbled into the waiting room of Hartford Memorial Medical Hospital. She sat down into an empty chair and picked up a seventeen magazine and started flipping through it. Just then a young man that looked to be 18 years old sat down in the seat next to her. He was holding a bag of ice to his head.
"What happened to your head?" She asked shutting the magazine and turning towards him
"Huh." He looked up at her with a confused look.
"Your head." She points to the ice pack. "What happened?"
"Oh. This." He sighs. "I got hit in the head with a baseball."
Lorelai began to chuckle. He looks back over at her.
"What's so funny about getting hit in the head with a baseball?"
"Nothing" She keeps chuckling. "Nothing at all."
"Whatever. I'm too tired to figure you out."
He puts his head down and presses the ice pack on his head. Lorelai smiles.
"I'm Lorelai. Lorelai Gilmore."
She sticks her hand out to him. He raises up and shakes her hand.
"I'm Luke Danes."
"Nice to meet you."
"Same here." He looks down and sees her stomach. "Oh, your pre.."
"Pregnant. Yeah I kinda figured that out when I started gaining weight."
Luke laughs.
"Oh so you think being pregnant is funny?"
She begins to laugh.
"No. Sorry."
They sit there laughing together forgetting their reasons for being there.
"Lorelai Gilmore?" the nurse calls from the waiting room doors.
"That's me." She gets up and walks towards the nurse. She pauses and turns around. "I hope to see you again Luke Danes."
She then turns around and walks through the doors and the nurse follows. Luke sits there with a smile on his face.
"Keep pushing. One more time."
16 year old Lorelai was giving birth. The nurse was telling her to push. Then she pushed as hard as she could and a baby began to cry.
"You have a beautiful healthy baby girl."
The nurse takes the baby from the doctor and makes her way to Lorelai. She lays the baby into her arms.
"What's her name?" the nurse asks politely.
"Lorelai Leigh."
The nurse turns away and Lorelai cuddles her baby. Lorelai Leigh looks up at her mother and smiles.
"Lorelai?"
Lorelai looks up from her baby to find her mother and father.
"Mom. Dad." Lorelai says shocked to see her parents.
"Lorelai." Her mother replies looking around the hospital room.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Were here to see our daughter and granddaughter."
"I know that mother, but how did you know I was here?"
"Christopher."
"Chris. How did he know I was here?"
"He called. He had got a call from the hospital. They told him that you were in labor. Then he called your mother and I." Richard says taking a step closer to Lorelai and the baby.
"Hey."
Lorelai looks over at the door. She sees Chris standing there.
"Chris."
"We'll let you two talk." Emily says happily.
Richard and Emily turn from Lorelai and walk towards Christopher. They smile at Chris and Richard pats his shoulder. After Richard and Emily leave Christopher walks over to Lorelai and Rory.
"How you doing Lor?"
"I'm fine Chris." She pauses "Do you want to hold Rory?"
"Rory?"
"Yeah. That's her nickname."
"What's her name?"
"Lorelai. Lorelai Leigh Gilmore."
"Gilmore?"
"Yes Chris. I'm letting her have my last name."
"Oh."
"Well do you want to hold her?"
"Sure."
Lorelai hands Rory to Chris. Chris takes her in his arms and rocks her gently. Then a nurse walks in.
"I need to take Lorelai to the nursery."
The nurse takes Rory from Chris and walks out of the room. Chris sets down in the chair next to the hospital bed.
"Lorelai. I need to know if were getting married."
"No Chris. I'm not getting married. I don't want the life I have. I want to earn my life."
"Lor..."
"Just go Chris. You saw Rory and now it's time for you to leave."
"Lorelai please." Christopher begs.
"Go Chris."
Chris gets up and walks out of the room. He walks down the hall pass Richard and Emily and out the front doors. Richard and Emily look upset and they get up and walk to Lorelai's room.
"What did you say to Chris?" Emily asks rudely.
"Mom I don't want to hear you right now."
"What did you say to his proposal?"
"I said no."
"Why? You two are young, but you have a child so you have to get married."
"No mom. I don't want your life. After I get out of here I'm leaving. I don't know where I'm going or what I'm going to do, but I'm taking Rory and were leaving."
"You are not young lady!"
"You can't do anything about it mom. All my stuff is already packed and I have it all with me. I'm leaving as soon as were released and I'm not coming back."
Emily turns around and storms off. Richard looks at his daughter with tears in his eyes. He turns around and walks out the door.