Prologue:

Young Lorelai Gilmore sat alone on her bathroom counter staring in disbelief at the contents of her hands. A pregnancy test; and it read positive. She wasn't sure what to do or who to tell but she was scared. She stood up, meandered over to her phone and picked it up dialing the familiar number of her childhood best friend and current boyfriend, Christopher Hayden. As it began to ring she hesitated and put it back on the receiver. Taking a few calming breaths she picked up and tried again, this time he picked up on the first ring.

"Chris?" she spoke slowly into the phone, trying to keep her voice even.

"Hey Lor…are you okay? You don't sound too good." He said, truly concerned.

"We need to talk. It's really important, and I'm not sure what to do or who to talk to but I think you deserve to know first. Can you come over?" she rushed, wanting to get this over with as soon as possible.

"Yeah, I'll be there soon. Are you okay? Can you tell me now?" he responded.

"Ummm…I can't tell you now. Not like this. Just hurry." She spoke quickly, hoping he wouldn't push it much further.

"Okay, I'm on my way." He said, and with that the line went dead.

She paced her room worriedly and finally settled on the bed to clear her mind. She wasn't thinking too well. Just then the doorbell rang. That must be him.

She brought him back to her room and she just sat there, staring at him in the silence and trying to approach the topic cautiously. Suddenly she just blurted it out.

"I'm pregnant."

"What?" he said, was this one of her bits?

She told him all about the previous events in her bathroom and as she explained the tears began to fall.

Thankfully he was understanding and did his best to comfort her. As he took her into his arms he whispered, "Don't worry Lor, it'll all be okay. We're going to figure this out." He said into her hair.

Breaking the news to her parents wasn't easy. Rich socialite families like theirs had lots of freedom. They were free to drink, party, and do whatever they wanted as long as they didn't embarrass their families. And pregnancy definitely qualified as some level of embarrassment. Richard insisted that they be married immediately and that Christopher come to work in the insurance firm. Straub agreed, although it was his desire for his only son to attend Princeton. Emily and Francine simply sat there, staring into space.

After the worst was over and everyone adjusted to the idea that Lorelai was pregnant and there was nothing they could do Emily had the brilliant idea to enlist her daughter into a teen pregnancy support group. Lorelai, of course, was not too happy about it.

The first day of the group arrived and she sat in a room full of teenage girls like herself whose stomachs were ever expanding. She looked around thinking 'How in the world did I get myself into this?'

She scanned the room, looking for someone who might be thinking the same thing. Her eyes crossed over many girls and stopped at one in particular. She was blonde, probably about her age, and looked nervous as hell.

An older woman, by the name of Jane slowly approached the group and sat down. She introduced herself as the group leader and initialized some icebreaker games for the group to get to know each other.

Class ended that afternoon and Lorelai watched the blonde get up and begin to gather her things. Cautiously, Lorelai approached her.

"Hi there." She said, as the girl looked up at her.

"Um…hi." She responded.

"I'm Lorelai Gilmore!"

"Marie Vanderbilt, how many months are you?"

Marie's sudden want for knowledge surprised Lorelai. "Two…I think." She said with a laugh. "Hey, do you want to go grab a cup of coffee or something, I could really use a friend right now. Just because I'm pregnant everyone seems to think I'm Rosemary Woodhouse or something."

At this Marie giggled, "Rosemary's Baby huh? Good movie. Yeah, coffee actually sounds great."

With that the two girls walked out of the building chatting amicably. They were instant friends.

The next seven months passed in a flurry of doctor's appointments, baby clothes shopping and drinking coffee by the gallon. Within weeks of each other they delivered two bouncing baby girls. Lorelai Leigh Gilmore the Third and Stephanie Marie Vanderbilt.

This was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.