Author's note: For those who are wondering, me having a new fanfiction doesn't mean I am going to stop writing on my other fanfic. I had this idea on my mind for a long time already and it's time to make a start with it, as I write for my other fanfic as well. I already planned this fanfic for already 20 chapters and I'm not even at the end of the fanfic yet so at least expect twenty chapters for this fic and some more. Don't know how much will follow after that but who knows? XD Well enough chit chat, here's the first chapter!

Also a small note, Lorelai and Luke aren't together yet. I had a nice idea of bringing those two together in this fanfic. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: What to expect?

Millions of things were going through her mind and she had no idea where to begin. She couldn't even remember the last time when Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore was so stressed out about something.

Was it the truth or was it false alarm? What was her future going to be like from now on if it does become reality? How would her mother take or more importantly, how would Logan take it? What would her grandparents think of her? Was she able to pull something off like this? Could she do it on her own? Would she have enough money to manage this?

Just a few of the many questions that had been bugging her the entire day. And yet, she only had an answer to one of them. Well the answer was right there in the bathroom, waiting for her. It had been waiting for her, for like thirty minutes already. And she wasn't afraid to admit it, she didn't have the guts to see what the result was. That one moment could change her entire future. The future she has been planning since since was a little girl. Her dreams of becoming an overseas correspondant like Christian Amanpour, to build a carriere on her own as she had found her prince charming and was ready to build her own family. All things she had planned out, first carriere then the whole family thing she really wanted would be in her life.

And now? Everything seemed to be falling apart or at least not in its place anymore. If the result did came out positive, her life as she knew it would be over. She would have to quit college, find a job and she would have to stop drinking coffee. Because it was a fact, drinking coffee was bad if you're pregnant.

"Pregnant."

She had finally said the word. These last few hours, she couldn't even say it. Only the thought was too much for her already. It would become so real, so life changing and so unexpected.

But what was she worrying about? What if she didn't turn out to be pregnant. All those hours of acting like a zombie would have been for nothing. All those thoughts of what her life would be like, would be for nothing. Ever since she had checked the agenda that morning and noticed she was late, her mind hadn't been set on anything else. She had been to classes but couldn't remember, she could have bumped into the president but she wouldn't have noticed. Her eyes were solely focused on one thing.

But she did fear one thing, if the test did came back negative. It would be a disappointment. These last few hours, she had gotten used to the fact that the possibility of her, holding a baby in her arms in about nine months, could become reality. Logan's child.

How was Logan going to react? He wasn't the commitment guy, he had told her that several times. And yet she had to become pregnant of him, the guy that couldn't or didn't want to commit to her. He was the Hugh Hefner of Yale and she might have made him a daddy. But yet she couldn't imagine how he was going to react. Would he be furious for the fact that she could ruin his life like this or something she would totally not imagine, be happy? She really couldn't tell.

She really didn't know how things were between her and Logan. Ever since the night that Marty told her he liked her and she slept with Logan, things were being nice, but no strings like. They kissed when they met, he paid her coffee and they were spending a lot of time together and already a month had passed since that one night. How could this have happened? They were safe and she was on birth control, how could this have happened? It wasn't supposed to happen.

"Rory are you in there?" a voice said on the other side of the door. It appeared to be Paris, her room mate and one of her best friends. Even if they started out like enemies in Chilton, they became friends and ever since they attended Yale together, they had become closer, this year even more when it was just the two of them and both of them had their guy troubles.

"Yes I am," Rory confirmed. "Just a minute. I'll be right out!"

"You already had like 30 minutes in there! Give me one minute and you can have it back!" Paris called out. "I really need to go!"

"Just a sec," Rory said once again as she realised it was really time now. She had to see if all of today's thoughts were becoming reality or not? She walked closer to the sink where she had put the test stick as she had been waiting on the toilet seat for thirty mintues. She grabbed the instructions to see what the stick would say if she was pregnant or not. She grabbed the stick and read the instructions several times.

"Positive," Rory mumbled as she sighed.

"Rory!" Paris yelled once more.

"Yeah yeah," Rory said slightly annoyed as she put the test and the box under her shirt and walked out of the bathroom and past Paris.

"What are you keeping under your shirt?" Paris asked suspiciously as she noticed the square shaped figure underneath Rory's shirt.

"Nothing," Rory said simply as she walked away.

Suspiciously, Paris looked at Rory and saw how pale she was. She knew Rory was hiding something but she knew better then to push her. She decided she would ask later to see what was really going on, because she was really worried about her and besides she really needed to use the bathroom.

As Rory walked past Paris, she quickly moved to her bedroom and put the box for the test and the test stick in her closet underneath a pile of towels she had lying there. Quickly she closed the door and leaned against the closet as she let out a deep sigh. She definately needed some coffee, decaf of course.

As Rory walked out of her bedroom, she noticed the stare Paris was sending her and she quickly avoided her gaze. Murmuring a bye, Rory walked out of her dorm room and walked over to the nearest coffee cart.

"Just a regular cup of coffee, decaf please," Rory ordered as she grabbed her money from out of her purse she had grabbed when walking out of her bedroom.

"Decaf?" the coffeecart salesman asked her. "Not the usual order?"

"Not today, I'm in a decaf mood today," Rory simply lied as she smiled slightly at the fact of how her mother would react to that. Her mother detested decaf and hated it when Luke sometimes tried to give it to her.

The guy gave her the coffee and she paid him as she walked away from the cart. She took a sip of the coffee and realised she knew why her mother was complaining so much about it. It did taste aweful, she was glad her mother never gave it to her, her entire life.

As Rory was so caught up with her thoughts, she didn't notice that a blond curly haired girl had been calling out for her and had caught up with her and was now walking next to her. Not until, the girl was tapping her shoulder, trying to catch her attention. Rory looked next to her and noticed that Stephanie, a good friend of Logan was walking next to her.

"Hi Steph," Rory greeted her as she took another sip of her coffee.

"Hey, how is it going?" Stephanie asked as she was a bit worried about Rory. They didn't know each other well but from the stories she had heard from Logan or Colin and Finn and from that one time they had met, she knew Rory was a sharp person and always alert. But today she wasn't, she hardly reacted and she looked worringly pale.

"Good, you?" Rory asked politely.

"Good too. Are you sure you're okay? You look a bit pale!" Stephanie exclaimed worried.

"Fine, really. Been studying all night, that's all," Rory lied once again.

"Yale does tend to do that to you sometimes," Stephanie smiled and Rory slightly smiled back in return. "So are you going to Finn's party as well?"

"Finn's party?" Rory asked.

"Yeah his birthday party. He's having a themed party, a Quentin Tarrantino night," Stephanie told her. "You should come. It's fun!"

"I don't know, I wouldn't have a date and I really don't like to go there on my own as I hardly know anybody there," Rory said, trying to think of a good excuse not to go.

"No sweats, neither do I. Finn just called me like thirty minutes ago, saying he was having a party. He always calls me last minute," Stephanie said slightly annoyed by that fact. "We can go alone together!"

"I don't think that the words alone and together should be put in the same sentence together," Rory pointed out.

"Doesn't matter. So you in or out?" Stephanie asked as Rory instantly remembered those words. The same words Logan had asked her if she did or didn't go with him on the LDB event and agreed to his terms. She was ready for a risk back then, so why not now?

"I'm in," Rory gave in and Stephanie smiled back at her.

"Great! I'll you pick at your dorm around seven and we'll walk to the guy's dorm together, okay?" Stephanie asked her and Rory nodded in return. "Cool! See you at seven!"

And with that Stephanie stormed off, leaving Rory behind in the hallways of Yale as she sipped on her coffee.

Time slowly passed by for Rory. The thoughts about her unborn child kept floating through her mind as she took a shower and prepared herself for Finn's birthday bash. At promptly seven o'clock there was a knock on the door and she opened it, to reveal Stephanie.

"Hey party girl!" Stephanie greeted happily. "Ready for some fun?"

"Ready!" Rory told her with a smile as Stephanie looked at her worringly. Rory seemed to be even paler then earlier today and she was really becoming worried. It wasn't like she and Rory were best friends but she did like her, finally she wasn't the only girl anymore when she spend time with Logan, Colin and Finn.

Rory grabbed her purse and keys and together with Stephanie they walked to the guy's dorm room. When entering the hallway, music could be heard along with some yelling and cheering. The door was open and as they entered they noticed that the room was already filled with people who were dancing and mingling.

As Rory looked around, she noticed that a lot of people she remembered from the Life and Death Brigade event she attended, were here. She then noticed a familair blond haired guy at the other side of the room in company of a blond haired girl, Colin and Finn.

"Come on!" Stephanie said happily as she dragged Rory over to where Logan and his friends were. A place she definately didn't want to go to right now, maybe later tonight but not right now. She didn't want to face Logan as she knew she was having his baby and he had no clue. Besides, there was that blond haired girl, she definately didn't want to see. She knew this was no strings fun with Logan, but she hated to see him with another girl.

"Hey Steph!" Logan greeted his friend and then he noticed Rory. Looking beautiful as ever, he started to feel guilty. Ever since they started their no strings deal, he didn't want her to see him with another girl. And there she was as he was spending the night with another girl. "Hi Rory, didn't know you were going to be here."

"Sort of last minute!" Rory replied politely as she turned to Finn. "Happy birthday Finn!"

"Thank you love," Finn thanked her. "Truly a surprise you're here. Didn't know Stephanie was bringing you along."

"It's not like I had time to find a male date," Stephanie snapped at Finn. "Like Rory said before, it was kind of last minute!"

"Come on Steph! You've known me for ages, you knew it was my birthday!" Finn pointed out as he drank his glass filled with scoth down in one shot.

"Yet an invitation would have been nice," Stephanie said, knowing Finn just made a point. He was good at that when he became or was drunk.

"And yet you didn't invite me," Rory said with a fake pouting face, as she received a thankful smile from Stephanie. "I guess you didn't remember me anymore. Not that it's anything new but not really flattering either."

"I'm sorry love!" Finn shouted as he kneeled in front of her as a blush crept up Rory's face. Ever since they pulled that prank a few weeks earlier in professor Bell's class, he had remembered how easily she could become emberassed about a situation. "Forgive me!"

Rory was emberassed as she noticed how all the people in the room were looking at her but she wouldn't let him win this game. She was going to do it very simple, she would play along.

"You know I'm not a person who forgives so easily," Rory said simply as she looked into Finn's eyes. "Especially not when people don't remember who I am."

"What can I do to get you to forgive me?" Finn asked her as he remained kneeling in front of her.

"Buy her coffee!" Logan told Finn as Rory couldn't help but smile at his comment.

"Not going to work today," Rory remarked which shocked Logan.

"What Ace? No coffee?" Logan asked a bit shocked about this. He didn't know much about Rory Gilmore but one thing was sure. Rory never turned down coffee, because like she always said it was the elixir of life!

"People like Finn who have no memory of me, can't buy my forgiveness with coffee! It's unethical!" Rory rambled on as she had no idea what else to say to everybody.

"And that made no sense," Colin remarked as he spoke up for the first time.

"Really Colin," Rory said. "That was very logical if you compare it to what my mom once said about a black pair of pants she once saw in the stores. She said it had the color of coffee and I was not going to buy it! I was young so I believed my mom, and yet the next day she bought those pants. She said that coffee was her life and that she obligated to buy these trousers because coffee was the most important thing in her life!"

"More important then you?" the blond haired girl spoke up.

"At that point yes, of course my mom will deny it at all costs but I know she cared more about those pants at that moment then me," Rory said seriously as she tried to hold back the laughter heavily as she looked at the people who just stared at her in disbelief. Then Finn broke the silence!

"When did the topic change away from me! It's my birthday!" Finn exclaimed.

"And yet you kneel in front of a girl on your birthday, shouldn't it be the other way around. Some girl begging for your affection?" Stephanie commented. "Really Finn, you're loosing your touch."

"What can I say, Gilmore drives me crazy!" Finn remarked as he received a glare from Logan but he quickly turned back to Rory. "But is offering you a drink a good way of earning at least a tiny bit of forgiveness?"

"It's a start," Rory remarked as she moved to a chair, she really felt dizzy and her head felt like it weighed a few ton.

"Good! Champagne or a nice surprise mix from me?" Finn offered.

"Just some soda please," Rory told him with a smile.

"No booze?" Colin asked. "It's a party you know."

"No booze," Rory copied Colin as she really didn't want to continue it any further. Finn seemed to accept it as he walked off to the bar in the corner of the room to get Rory and himself a drink.

"You okay?" Stephanie whispered in Rory's ear as she also noticed the concerned look Logan send Rory's way. Stephanie knew that both Rory and Logan were acting stupid with this no strings deal since it was clear that they both liked each other a lot and it was going to backfire in the end if it would continue any longer. But she had to say that she liked the new Logan. The old Logan was all about sex and dates and didn't care about Yale in general. But every since Rory had attended the Life and Death Brigade event earlier this year, she had seen Logan change slowly. He had been working some more for the Yale Daily News and his classes and he dated less and from what she heard from Finn and Colin he always got back home early from his dates. He never stayed over anymore, it was clear, Rory Gilmore had a lot of effect on him and Logan was falling as was Rory, she was sure.

"Fine," Rory replied as it broke Stephanie's thoughts and Finn returned to them with a soda for Rory and a new glass of scoth for himself.

The rest of the party went quickly. Rory danced a few times with Finn and Colin and even with Stephanie. The blond haired girl, whose name was still unknown to Rory, tried to make conversation with her but Rory really didn't feel like it. She talked a little with Logan but it was mostly some casual talk, like both felt uncomfortable at the party as Logan's date was nearby.

But most of the time, Rory was on the bar stool, looking at people and mingling with Stephanie who was really a lot of fun. She wasn't like other high class girls who spend their parents' money. Of course Stephanie did that too but unlike other girls she remained down to earth. And next to that, she was feeling nauseous, a feeling she had all day which was most certain caused by the pregnancy but it seemed to have gone worse by all the dancing and heat in the room.

At the end of the night, Rory was happy she was lying in her own bed with her own sheets. She curled up and as the events of the day flashed by her, she drifted off to sleep. She was just too tired to analyse it all, that was for tomorrow!

When Rory woke up the next morning, she woke up with a bad feeling. She sat up and quickly covered her mouth with her hands and moved to the bedroom where she threw up. She was happy that she didn't have any classes till early in the afternoon and that Paris was already gone. She just didn't want to see Paris' concerned looks and her constant pre-med talk about what could be the cause of the vomoting.

She then knew she had to tell somebody. She hadn't told anybody yet and it she wasn't going to be carefull she would spit it out to the first person she would see. But who would she tell first, Logan or her mother Lorelai? She told her mother everything and most of the times immediately but then again now there was Logan, the father of her unborn child, their unborn child.

Realisation then hit upon her, Logan was the father, he had to know first. It was his right. And tonight she would tell him, right after classes.

When she stopped vomiting for that morning, she decided to take a shower, just to freshen up a little bit before she would head to classes. Around 1, she headed for her first class of the day and around four o'clock she finished her last class for the day but she couldn't say she remembered much from her classes. When going back to her dorm, avoiding Paris' concerned looks and moved to her own bedroom. She was surprised to see that Paris hadn't come barging down her door to demand what was wrong with her.

As minutes passed, Rory could feel her becoming more nervous. She was going to tell Logan, the guy she was dating in a no strings deal, that he was becoming a father in nine months. It was already eight o'clock and she realised she had to be quick before it would become too late and she would have to postpone it to the next day. She then moved off her bed, out of the dorm towards Logan's dorm, as she was still anxious. She had no idea how Logan was going to react? But he didn't seem like the guy that would yell at her, at least she hoped he wouldn't do it.

When arriving at his door, she knocked twice before the door was opened by none other then Logan himself.

"Hey Ace, what'cha doing here? Had a spontanious moment again?" Logan joked as Rory smiled slightly.

"You could say that," Rory said as Logan opened the door more widely to let Rory inside. It seemed that Finn and Colin were not there and it was just the two of them, which was most likely the best.

When Rory turned around to face Logan, she noticed how close they were standing to each other and before she knew it, Logan cupped her face and moved closer to her and he brushed her lips softly with his own. Logan tried to deepen the kiss and as much as Rory wanted the same, she decided that this was not the moment and broke it off.

"No Logan, we can't do this, not right now," Rory exclaimed. "We need to talk."

Talk? Logan thought. Was his fear coming true now? Was Rory going to break off their no-strings deal? He knew he had started to fall for this girl and even after how much he denied it to his friends, he knew he wanted to be with her in a committed relationship. Why didn't he have the guts to tell her this? He cared deeply for her and didn't want to lose her and he had a feeling that she also cared deeply for him.

"About what?" Logan asked suspiciously.

"About a few things, but one important thing in general," Rory said trying to start the conversation she had been planning in her head all day now.

"Shoot," Logan said as he took a seat in the couch and motioned for her to take a seat too, next to him.

"'I'll just keep standing here," Rory declined his offer. "I have to tell you something important. I'm not sure if you will like or not."

"If you want to break off our agreement," Logan started but Rory immediately interfered.

"No no, it's not about that," Rory assured him as she wished it would have been that simple. Even though she always knew that if she wanted to have that conversation with Logan it would be hard but it seemed like a piece of cake compared to the conversation they were going to have now.

"Okay," Logan said unsure about what was the issue Rory wanted to discuss so badly.

Rory remained silent for a few moments and she could see it was getting Logan on his nerves as he began tapping his foot on the floor.

"What I am trying to say is that...," Rory started but was unsure how to continue this. Did she have to tell him straight away or with a nice way around it. "I am..." and Rory remained silent again as she kind of lost her voice.

"You're what?" Logan asked her as he began to feel worried about her. She began to look pale and she seemed to have troubles with saying it. And with previous conversations that were going like this, it could only mean bad news. "Are you sick? Is something wrong at home? Having trouble with Yale?"

"It's nothing like that, it concerns us," Rory regained her voice and she knew she had to say it now. "I am pregnant. You're going to be a dad."

And silence filled the room, she could see Logan's eyes just look at her in awe. And the thing that killed her the most was the silence, he didn't say anything. What was he thinking? Was he happy or disappointed?

Logan was just shocked as he heard the words pregnant and dad come out of her mouth. He was going to be a dad, a father, a role model. He didn't really know how he felt about it, it was just not something he ever thought about, him being a father. On one side he was releaved that at least Rory was carrying this baby, at least not one of his conquests that only dated him for his money. No, Rory cared about him and he cared a lot about her. On the other side he was terrified, how was he, no how were they going to raise this child? They were both still in college, had no money, except for his trust fund, he didn't really know if Rory had any money of her own. But he just couldn't say how he felt about this news, but one thing was sure, he didn't feel anger towards Rory for doing this to him. That's what surprised him the most, he was certain that if anybody else told him this, he would have yelled at her for how could she do this to him and wonder if this was a way to get him into a commitment with a girl that he disliked, but he knew Rory wasn't like that. And looking into her blue sapphire eyes he knew she had trouble with progressing this herself too.

Rory became afraid when Logan didn't speak. No reaction from him. Was he mad, thrilled, shocked, horrified? She had no clue and it frightened her as thoughts came upon her that what if he might not help her with raising this child? She could feel that she was getting nauseos and under the current circumstances she did what she always did when things got hard or uncomfortable. She ran!

She quickly ran to her car, forgetting about the rule "Gilmores do not exercise!" She needed to run, run away from all the things that happened to her in these last 24 hours. She needed to be home.

Within thirty minutes, Rory passed the sign 'Welcome to Stars Hollow' and soon arrived at her house, the house she happily grew up in. She then knew she could do this on her own, her mom managed to do so and she was certain that her mom was going to help her get through this. She opened the front door and noticed that nobody was downstairs but that there was light burning upstairs.

"Mom!" Rory called out as she threw her jacket and purse on the sofa. "Mom!"

"Coming!" Lorelai called out from upstairs and within a few seconds, Lorelai ran down the stairs. "What are you doing here? Don't you have classes tomorrow! It's already past ten."

"I don't care," Rory said as the tears finally streamed down her face. Lorelai walked up to her daughter and swept away the tears as she held her daughter in her arms.

"Hey, it's okay," Lorelai soothed her. "What's going on hun?"

"Everything is going wrong. Logan hates me, I won't finish Yale, I don't have any money to do this and I'm sure grandma and grandpa will hate me for becoming this," Rory rambled on as she held her mother tightly.

"What do you mean you're not finishing Yale and can't afford something?" Lorelai asked concerned. "Did you go gambling in Vegas and lose all your money or something like that?"

"No," Rory stated simply.

"And why would Logan hate you? From what I heard the guy adores you," Lorelai said. "And many other girls of course." She silently added as she hated the guy for playing with her kid like that. Rory kept telling her that this no strings deal was her idea, but it didn't seem like Rory at all. She was the commitment girl, she always had been and now all of a sudden she was the casual dating girl? The pieces just didn't seem to fit together.

"I heard that last part you know," Rory told her mother.

"I'm sorry. I just hate it that he is playing with you like that. Even though you keep telling me this was al your idea, I still don't like it that he is doing this to you."

"He's not doing this to me, we both did and now he hates me!" Rory said angrily.

"Not following hun," Lorelai said. "So why would Logan hate you?"

"Well because," Rory started as she let go of her mother and moved over to the couch as Lorelai sat down on the coffee table in front of Rory. "I'm pregnant."

"You're what?" Lorelai yelled as she was shocked. She rose from the coffee table and started pacing in the living room. "How did this happen? I know how it happens but just how? You were safe weren't you?"

"We were," Rory confirmed.

"And yet you're pregnant. This is not how things were supposed to happen," Lorelai said, trying to make a point but she just failed.

"I know," Rory said silently as she sobbed.

"You were supposed to have more then me," Lorelai continued as Rory remained silent. "You were supposed to be finishing Yale, get hitched and then get knocked up!"

"Nice way to tell me how you planned my future," Rory said sarcastically.

"This is not a time to play jokes with me, young lady," Lorelai told her daughter. She was livid on one side, Rory wasn't supposed to become a mother at the age of twenty while still going to college. She was going to live life the normal way like everybody did. She was supposed to graduate, get married and then get pregnant. Not the other way around where she would get pregnant before graduation, most likely not getting married and no graduation at all.

"You think I like this? It's not like how I planned my life either," Rory defended herself. "Especially not with a guy I'm casually dating as he dates other girls and who hates this child!"

"He told you he hated this child?" Lorelai said as she could feel that her temper was rising.

"Not in so many words, but he didn't say anything to me when I told him," Rory defended herself once more.

"Can you blame him? It's not like he expected this to happen either? I don't think he ever thought of having a family in the near future? Maybe in ten years but not now!" Lorelai said as she defended Logan which surprised her, she hated the guys' guts then why did she defend him?

"Well I," Rory started again but was cut off by Lorelai.

"And you just ran off? That's so typical you Rory, you want this child to grow up without a father too?" Lorelai continued her ramble.

"That's not fair!"

"Life isn't fair! Deal with it!" Lorelai snapped back. "I"m sorry hun, but you totally handled this the wrong way!"

"Well it's not like I had the perfect example to tell me how to handle this!" Rory said but immediately regretted the words that came out of her mouth. "I'm sorry."

"That's okay. You're right, I wasn't the right example but you should have learned from my mistakes, this wasn't supposed to go this way Ror," Lorelai said as she was shocked by the words that came out of her daughter's mouth a minute earlier. But she knew Rory was partially right about her not being the perfect role model. But throwing that at her like that was just unfair of Rory. "You should have awaited Logan's response and not have run. What do you think he's thinking right now when he realises you've run off?"

"You know mom, I really thought you would support me in this and not throw things at me just like that, this is hard for me too you know. You act like Logan's the victim here and I'm the one who committed the crime!" Rory said angrily. "Okay, it wasn't good that I ran off at Logan's but I freaked out. He didn't say a word and just stared in front of him. I got scared and I hoped you would be here to comfort me and instead you just yell at me that I am screwing up my life! So fine, if you don't want to help me, then I'll find somebody else who can!"

With that Rory stormed out of the room, leaving a bedazzled Lorelai behind who was still progressing everything Rory had said in her short speech. Rory ran into the streets of Stars Hollow as Lorelai sped to the door but Rory was nowhere to be seen.

"Rory come back!" Lorelai yelled but there was no response. As Lorelai could only hope she hadn't lost her daughter tonight. It has been an eventful year with the Dean affair and all of this was definately not helping to restore their relationship. Their relationship was fragile and this might have torn down the last piece...

Author's note: I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I did enjoy writing it so I hope you enjoyed reading it. Please review!

Next chapter: Luke was there
Well Luke is going to be in the next chap XD!