Summary: What if Lorelai's pregnancy scare hadn't been a false alarm? Picks up from episode 5.21 after Lorelai's and Rory's phone call. LL

-this is my first ever fanfic, so please review and be as evil or kind as necessary to get your point across.

-Disclaimer- I own nothing whatsoever; some dialogue borrowed from episode 5.21

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As she hung up the phone, Lorelai thought about what Rory said. Maybe it is nothing…maybe she's right. Lorelai kept going over these thoughts in her head in order to stay calm because if she didn't, she would have one of her classic freak outs and melt down right here in the waiting room.

When she had gotten herself closer to under control, Lorelai thought about one person and what he would think about this whole thing. Oh, God! Will he run? Will I ever see him again? Should I tell him at all until I'm sure? Does he even want this? Where will this take our relationship? As these questions and many more flooded through her head, she decided that the only thing that would calm her down would be coffee. Determined to rise above her strange and unexplained apple craving, she threw the half eaten fruit in the nearest trash can and marched off to find herself some coffee.

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The next morning:

As Rory was preparing for a meeting, her cell phone went off and she quickly pulled it out to look at the caller I.D. When she saw her mother's name, she smiled and opened it to find out the latest news about Sookie and specifically, Lorelai.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Well," Lorelai answered, "Sookie and Jackson have added a beautiful little girl to their family, name to come, and everyone here is doing great."

"A little girl, that's great!"

"Yeah"

Rory noticed a slight distraction in her mother's voice and realized it could only be about one thing.

"So, how is everything with you?"

Lorelai caught the questioning tone in Rory's voice and automatically knew what she wanted to know.

"No news yet," she replied regretfully. She just wanted this whole thing to be a complete false alarm and get past it. It's not that she never wanted another kid; it just wasn't the right time right now.

"Maybe you should go buy a test; just so you know," Rory suggested.

"In Stars Hollow? You're kidding, right? Luke would know the results before I did! Hell, you would know the results before I did, and you're in Stamford! That is not an option."

"You're in Hartford. Don't they have drug stores in Hartford?"

"I hope so; otherwise I feel about ten times worse for my mother's maids than I already did because aspirin is a must when dealing with Emily Gilmore."

"Mom, I'm being serious."

"I know, I'll go find a drug store. It will definitely take the pressure off. That is, unless it's positive. Then I'll have a whole other problem."

"Thank you. Call me when you find out."

"You'll be the first to know. Bye hun," as she hung up the phone she sighed and grabbed her purse and keys before telling Sookie and Jackson that she had to run an errand and she would be right back.

As Lorelai drove through the streets of Hartford, looking for the first drugstore she passed, she began to picture what her and Luke's child would look like. She imagined a little boy with chocolate brown hair and bright blue eyes, wearing a tiny flannel shirt and backwards baseball hat.

As she slowly came back to reality, Lorelai spotted a small drugstore on the side of the road. After pulling her jeep into the parking lot, and parking in a space right out front, she had to convince herself to go in and not chicken out. After a few minutes, she pulled the key out of the ignition and slowly opened her door, getting out of the car.

It will be best to know. It will be best to know, she kept thinking in her head to prevent herself from turning around and running for the car. As she walked through the aisles of random things stocked on shelf after shelf, she had trouble finding what she was looking for. When she got to the last aisle, she finally found the whole purpose of this trip: the pregnancy tests.

She picked up one of the digital tests, figuring that would require the least amount of focus; then grabbed a regular one also, deciding she would take two; just to be sure she got the most accurate results possible.

"Where is the restroom?" Lorelai quietly asked the cashier after she had paid for her purchases. The teenager behind the counter gave her a blank expression and pointed to the back of the small store. Lorelai turned around and made her way, slowly, but surely to the back of the store.

About 15 minutes later:

Lorelai came out of the small restroom looking sort of confused, but without much more emotion in her facial features. She walked out of the store and got into her car, but before she put the key into the ignition, she pulled out her cell phone and dialed the familiar number of Rory's cell phone.

"Hello?"

Lorelai stayed quiet, not sure if her mouth would allow her to make any sound at all, let alone form whole words.

"Mom? Is that you? Say something…please…you're scaring me. Did you take the test?"

Lorelai opened her mouth attempting to say something…anything to her daughter, but the words just wouldn't come out. After a few seconds passed, Rory spoke again.

"Okay, if you took the test, jingle your keys around next to the phone so that I can hear them."

Lorelai, thankful to Rory for coming up with a form of communication that didn't involve Lorelai actually speaking, grabbed her keys and held them up next to the phone and jingled them around softly.

Rory heard this and continued. "If the results were positive, jingle your keys again."

Lorelai hesitated before repeating the jingling of her keys. This time so that Rory could barely hear her.

"Oh my God," Rory muttered so that this time Lorelai could barely hear.

"Uh-huh," Lorelai answered, finally being able to talk.

"Are you sure…I mean did you take more than one?"

"I took two," Lorelai said, her mouth back in full function.

"You have to tell Luke, mom. He has to know," Rory encouraged her.

"What if he bolts?" Lorelai asked, near tears just imagining being without Luke.

"Luke would never do that to you, mom. He loves you so much. He does everything in his power to make you happy. He would never hurt you, and you know that."

"I know…I'm just…I'm just scared."

"Don't be. He might even be excited. You guys can officially start your life together. You love Luke and he loves you. There is no reason this can't be a good thing."

"You're right. That Yale place is making you too smart for your own good. Thanks hun."

"Anytime, now go tell him. The sooner the better."

"I know, bye. Love you."

"You too. Congratulations!"

As Rory hung up, she turned to Logan who was sitting next to her with a curious look on his face, only hearing Rory's side of the conversation. "My mom's pregnant," she said, still in a daze.

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-thanks for reading and hopefully you will continue to do so. The next chapter will be up soon because I'm on spring break and have no life whatsoever!! Yay!