Story prompted by - roganjalex: Lorelai never ran away from Society married Christopher but a few years later went to Yale was in the LBD. As a result, Rory grew up in met Logan as a kid.
Did We Do That?
Chapter 1 – That Stupid Stick
Lorelai sat on the bathroom floor, stick in hand begging the powers unknown please no, please no, only to learn it was yes. She looked in the mirror forlornly, I am only 15 and now my life is over before it began. She went over things in her head, she liked Chris, a whole lot, she found him sexy, and that's why she was here now. Did she Love him though? She had no clue, in truth she had just wanted to know what it was all about. You know sex, what was the big deal? It had taken a whole bottle of tequila to get her in the mood; she remembered the hangover the next day accompanying the soreness. The next few times had been easier and she thought it could even become fun with practice. Now she knew what it was about and got more than she bargained for. Oh God, what was she going to do, what was Chris going to say. Her parents would probably kill them both. She sunk to the floor and cried it was there her mother found her with a tear stained face, curled up in a ball.
She leaned over her child, "Lorelai, wake up, why on earth are you on the floor, what is that you are holding? Oh my God what have you done?!"
Lorelai awoke disoriented to her mother's questioning and saw that damned stick in her hand and began to cry all over again.
Emily pulled her up, "Get off that floor and stop crying this instant! Tell me what this means Lorelai, you tell me right now young lady, what have you done?!" She urged her to her room and set her on the bed and stood waiting with the stick in her hand.
"I'm pregnant mom, that's what that means. I, your total screw up of a daughter, have really done it this time. I am pregnant. Is that what you wanted to hear? I can't be a deb, or go to college, I will have to drop out and become a mom. Are you happy now to know what a complete and utter failure I am?" Lorelai yelled at her stunned mother.
"This is that boy's fault, I told you you were spending too much time with that Hayden boy, he is a bad influence and now look at you. He has ruined everything because he couldn't control his urges. Well let me tell you this young lady, you will not drop out, you will not be ashamed, you will marry that boy. Do you understand? You two wanted to play grown up, well now you can be grownups!" Emily ranted loudly.
"Emily, whatever are you going on about? Do you have any idea how your voice carries? What can you possibly need to be this upset about?" Richard had entered Lorelai's room deciding to put an end to the shouting.
Emily thrust the hateful stick to her husband, "This, look what those two fools have gone and done! I told you Richard, that boy was no good. Now look what he has done. They simply have to get married, that's all there is to it!"
Richard looked sadly at his daughter, "Well, what's done is done. I will go call Straub and Francine and we can get this behind us. We need to get them married before she begins to show. Emily, call the doctor, she will need to be seen immediately to determine how far along she is and begin the proper care. They may have made a mistake but the child is not to blame."
Lorelai curled up in a ball on her bed as her parents yelled over her. She was 15, her debut was to be in 6 weeks just after her 16th birthday and now instead of celebrating sweet 16 she would be getting married. She pulled the throw from the foot of the bed over herself and fell into a fitful sleep. She was awakened by the maid who informed her it was time to get up, shower and get dressed for dinner with the Hayden's. She nodded numbly and exited to her bathroom. She looked at her red rimmed eyes and sighed. She showered and did her best to brighten her face; she put in some eye drops then chose a blue shift dress and reviewed her profile in the mirror.
"Well, little no-name, I am sorry for doing this to you and I promise to be the best mommy I can be." She patted her still flat tummy and went to join her family in the lounge.
"Lorelai dear, don't you look lovely." Francine approached her and gave her a small hug. "Please sit by Christopher, I am sure you know what this dinner is about and we have informed Christopher of his duty, he has agreed."
Christopher took her hand in his and gave her a sorrowful glance. "Looks like we are getting married next week in Virginia, then we will live with your Aunt Hope in the South of France until we graduate, we will return to attend Yale where we will have a house off campus and a nanny will care for the child so our futures do not suffer." He quoted dutifully.
Lorelai looked to her parents with their forced society smiles and sighed. "OK, that sounds like a plan."
That would be the plan, Lorelai would be protected from the prying eyes of Hartford and she and Christopher would go on to fulfill their family responsibilities. The child would not be ostracized and when it came time he or she would receive the finest education and be accepted as one of the Hartford elite. After dessert was done and they were excused Lorelai and Chris went to her room to talk. The damage was done the parents decided; there was no reason to keep them apart now.
They stood together on the balcony outside her room and he wrapped his arm around her. "I am sorry about all of this Lore, I know we were careful, but I guess not careful enough. I should be escorting you at the DAR ball in six weeks instead I will be your lawful husband and escorting you to France to hide out with your aunt until the scandal blows over. I promise you this though, you will never regret marrying me. I will take the best care of you and our little baby, you will see. We won't be like our parents, we won't abandon our child. I do love you Lore and I did see us married one day. I mean obviously not this soon, but hey as long as we are together we can work it out."
"Do you really believe that Chris, we can do this? Do you really think we can stick through this and stay together? I mean we are so young and I can't stand the idea you might cheat on me or I you. Are we really doing the right thing?" She looked at him with her blue eyes sparkling with unshed tears.
"Lore, I promise, I will never cheat and if you do I will always forgive you. I know this isn't the dream but", he dropped to one knee and took her hand in his "Lorelai Victoria Gilmore, will you do the honor of marrying me, not because of the baby, but because I promise to love, honor and cherish you all the days of our life." He held a ring out to her.
"Oh Chris, that is so...Yes I will marry you and not just for the baby, but because we love each other and I will never cheat on you ever." She pulled him up and they kissed with a sense of forever.
They pulled away from each other and he placed the ring on her finger. That was it, they had made their bed and they would lie in it for the rest of their lives.
France had been the perfect place for the young newlyweds; they had fallen into a routine of school and becoming a family. They had maintained excellent grades and in the time after school they would take little Lorelai known to all as Rory sightseeing or Aunt Hope would keep her so they could be alone as a married couple should. They had both been accepted to Yale and would be returning to the Harford life of society parties and gossip. Hopefully the gossip about them would be long forgotten. It was sad to say goodbye to Aunt Hope, she had been so good to them these last few years, but duty called and Yale waits for no man.