Author's notes: Thank-you so much to all my reviewers! Chloe2007, Jeremy Shane, Lizzy-Lou-who, rollsdownhill, pjt-gg, LukeLorelai4life and GilmoreGirl235!! I'm really glad you all enjoyed the first chapter, and here's an answer to some questions and comments:
-I agree with rollsdownhill, the scenes are a bit too short. The reason for this was simply because I'm used to writing very long chapters in my stories so yeah. I am unsure why but I wanted to have the chapters of this story a bit shorter. Although, the short chapters were actually only in chapter one and after that things were longer. But I have and still am going through the entire fic and checking everything is lengthly, even if it makes it a bit bigger. I used to get people saying my fics were a bit too long but meh, I guess you guys prefer an extra page instead of too short scenes :P So thanks a lot rollsdownhill cuz it was a major help!
-As for LukeandLorelai2life's interest towards seeing Luke's reaction, I'm sorry but that doens't really take place until the 3rd chapter...but this chapter leads up to it so yeah. I want to deal with the Lorelai/Rory issue before the Luke/news issue :P. I just felt that Lorelai would want Rory to know before uke, and her suport system isn't very high at the moment.
-Also, Gilmoregirl235, Yes...I can going to continue this fic for many more chapters!
Sorry for the ramblings lol, my reviewers are important to me so I felt you all deserve a thanks and to get a response to your questions/main comments. Also, I hope my updating isn't too soon. Past reviewers for fics have stated that I update too soon, like every few days. If this is an issue for you for whatever reason, please let me know and I will make it once a week instead of every few days.
Now, on with the story! There are some spoilers for 'Fight Face' and a few past that, the stuff involving Rory's arrest and yeah.
Chapter Two: Breakdown, Meltdown
Lorelai groaned and rolled over the next morning as she heard a sound that was much louder than her dreaded alarm clock. She covered a pillow over her head but it noise still wouldn't go away.
'Urgh!' she snapped and got up, seeing it was almost six in the morning. She went over to her bedroom window and glanced outside to see a large garbage truck parked out the font…and Kirk walking towards it with her trash.
'Oh no' she gasped. 'No no, no, no, no!' she grabbed a coat and raced downstairs. Lorelai ran across the lawn and blocked Kirk's way.
'Hey Kirk' she smiled but wasn't very happy to see that he had her trash in one hand, in which he'd clearly stolen from her house. How he got in was another story, but Lorelai knew her positive pregnancy test was in that trash bag…and she had to get it back.
'Hi, I'm Kirk. And I now have the best garbage service in Stars Hollow' he said in his business tone.
'What's it called?' Lorelai asked curiously while her mind was racing with ideas involving getting her trash back and also possible ways to kill him.
'Kirk's garbage service' Kirk replied and tried to get past her but she blocked his path again. 'Surely you don't want this? It is trash after all and you put it in your trash-'
'Kirk, I'm not done with it' she told him quickly.
'It's full' he stated, holding it up but then had to wrestled with it since Lorelai had grabbed it. 'Let go!' he said in annoyance.
'It's my trash!' Lorelai said back and refused to let it go. If just one person in Stars Hollow found out that she was pregnant, it would be all over town by noon. Unless that person was Miss Patty or Babette…then it would be out in a matter of minutes.
'Kirk, please' she said again and he let it go.
'Why? Are you hiding something?' he asked as he grabbed it again and yanked it open. 'Ha!' he yelled and pulled out a banana peel. 'Oh' he frowned and grabbed for something else, which was unfortunate for Lorelai. 'Oh my god' he stared at the box. 'You're pregnant?'
Lorelai closed her eyes and counted to ten before grabbing the box off him and closely whispering into his ear.
'If you tell anyone, and I mean ANYONE…'
'You'll grab a chainsaw and cut my heart out from my chest before feeding it to the wolves?' he yelped.
'Ew…ah, yes!' Lorelai decided that was a good enough threat, even though the thought of it made her nauseous.
'I'll come another day' Kirk nodded and gave her trash back before hurriedly leaving in his truck.
Lorelai breathed in relief and headed back to the house, only to bump right into Tom the contractor.
'Hey, sorry to come so early, but I think we…' Tom then saw the pregnancy test box in her hand. 'Oh, congratulations?' he shrugged, unsure.
Lorelai stuffed the box back into her trash bag in annoyance. 'Please Tom, don't tell anyone' she pleaded.
'I didn't see anything, heard nothing' he nodded with a shrug and then pointed to the side of the house. 'Now, about this particular section of the foundation…'
Lorelai sat in the driver's seat of her car and just stared at the steering wheel in dread. It was Friday night and that meant dinner with her parents. She and Rory weren't talking but Rory was going to be there. Lorelai wasn't sure why she decided to come tonight and it was very last minute. But she just needed to see Rory, even if she wasn't going to talk to her. Whenever something big happened in her life, she could always count on Rory to be there for her but now Lorelai was feeling lonely and very lost without her. Not that she was going to make nice anytime soon.
Lorelai took a deep breath and got out of her car. She stood in front of the door but then jumped as it opened before she could even knock or ring the bell.
'May I take your coat ma'am?' the nervous maid asked.
'How did you…? Sure' Lorelai handed over her coat and stepped inside. 'Mum? I'm here!' she called out.
'Well hello Lorelai, what a surprise' Emily said but wasn't upset to see her, she'd thought Lorelai was never going to see or speak to her ever again. 'May I asked what inspired you to want-' she was then shocked to the fact that Lorelai instantly cut her off.
'No mum, please…just enjoy my company' Lorelai sighed and followed Emily into the living room.
'Martini?' Emily offered, attempting to be rather civil.
Lorelai sat down and avoided looking at her father and Rory, whom were deep in discussion about some book they'd read recently.
'Ah no…no drinks for me' Lorelai sighed.
'Oh' Emily raised an eyebrow. 'Okay' she sighed and sat down, feeling a bit awkward now. Usually she and Lorelai were able to be a bit comfortable by her getting drinks but since Lorelai didn't want one, Emily wasn't sure what to do until a proper conversation started up.
Rory and Richard finally looked up to see Lorelai there, but Rory instantly looked away guiltily.
The four of them all sat in silence for several more minutes until the maid came in and announced that dinner was ready.
'Right on time' Emily commented, trying to decrease the silence between everyone.
'Indeed' Richard nodded. But Lorelai and Rory remained quiet.
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Lorelai sat down and saw her dinner plate, pulling a face.
'Something wrong?' Emily asked, noticing Lorelai's weird reaction to the very fresh and nicely cooked fish.
'Fish, urgh' Lorelai frowned again, felling very sick at the sight of it.
'You like fish' Emily said, confused.
'Urgh' Lorelai said again.
'Okay fine, how about some chicken then?' Emily rolled her eyes and summoned the maid.
'Chicken, urgh' Lorelai pulled an even more grossed out expression.
'Oh Lorelai, honestly' Emily sighed, rolling her eyes at her daughter.
'Take it away' Lorelai pleaded with the maid and she did.
'Well what are you going to eat?' Richard asked, a bit confused at Lorelai's strange rejection towards food that she'd happily eaten all her life.
'Mm' Lorelai eyed the new fruit bowl in the center of the table, which made Rory glance up in concern.
'I don't believe this' Emily stated. 'That is not dinner'
'Is for me' Lorelai took the entire bunch of grapes and started eating away.
'I didn't know you liked fruit' Richard frowned, he couldn't remember the last time he'd seen Lorelai eat anything resembling a fruit.
Rory placed her fork down and watched her mother in concern, she knew only one thing that could make Lorelai Gilmore eat and enjoy fruit in such a way. Plus it was only several weeks ago that Lorelai had told her she might be pregnant…but wasn't that just a false alarm?
Lorelai ate another grape but then noticed the look Rory was giving her.
'Um, how…how are things?' she asked Rory, since Lorelai knew Rory was sensing something but it was also that she needed her daughter so much. The best way to start would be to stop ignoring her.
'Fine' Rory replied, but still wasn't in a very forgiving mood. Plus she was shocked her mother was suddenly talking to her. Although as Rory looked closer she realized the expression hidden in her mother's eyes. Lorelai was lost, confused and in a desperate need of a friend.
'Things are fine' she tried again.
'Good' Lorelai nodded and turned to her father. 'How's work dad?'
'Work is going very well Lorelai' Richard nodded and smiled.
Emily felt relieved but noticed that Lorelai still hadn't spoken to her so maybe…
'Mum? Is everything fine with you?'
'Yes Lorelai, everything is very well with me' Emily smiled at her. 'Are you okay? You seem strangely pale'
Lorelai shrugged and picked up another grape. 'Don't worry about me' she replied but then stood up rather clumsily. 'Excuse me' she said hastily and left the room. The moment she was clear from sight, Lorelai raced upstairs and found the bathroom.
'Excuse me too' Rory told her grandparents and went after her mother.
'Well, this evening is very…odd' Emily said to Richard.
'Yes, very odd indeed' Richard nodded, wiping his mouth with a napkin.
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'Mum? Are you okay?' Rory asked as she knocked on the bathroom door.
'I'm fine' Lorelai said and opened the door, looking the same as she did two minutes ago. 'Say goodbye to your grandparents for me, I have to go' she told Rory and searched for her coat.
'Mum-'
'Bye!' Lorelai waved and left. She got into her jeep and drove off towards Stars Hollow again, trying to fight her seasick feeling. But after another five minutes, Lorelai had to pull over and get out, as her stomach was too queasy.
The next few days went by without any drama or clues for Lorelai, which motivated her to get another test, in hope that maybe it was just some weird thing that was misinforming her. Lorelai didn't hate the idea of having another child, nor that it was with Luke…but it just didn't feel like the right time to. That she was so unprepared for this. Plus her engagement with Luke is still young and who knows if it will survive such a dramatic change to their lives, to everything.
Lorelai sat on her couch and stared at the second test…the test that also read positive. She wiped another tear from her face and reached for the phone. After everything that had happened, she still could not deny that she really needed Rory right now.
'Hello? Gilmore Residence'
'Ah' Lorelai sniffed and cleared her throat. 'I need to speak with a Rory Gilmore'
'May I ask who's calling?' the maid requested.
'Her mother' Lorelai replied and tried to keep it together while the maid went to get Rory from the pool house.
'Hello?' Rory answered a few minutes later and Lorelai almost lost it completely at her daughter's voice. 'Mum?'
'Rory' Lorelai sniffed and wiped away another tear. 'I know we're not…we're not talking and I do not at all support your decision to drop out of Yale…but I…I need you hon' she sniffed and her voice started to break.
'What happened? Are you alright?' Rory asked in concern once she heard the way her mother was talking and that she was obviously crying.
'Can you come over?' Lorelai asked. 'I need to see you Rory. I wasn't going to call but I need you, I always need you'
'Sure, I'll be right there' Rory nodded and hung up. She knew that it must be very huge if it made Lorelai put their argument aside to call like this...
'Mum?' Rory called out the moment she opened the front door.
'H-here' Lorelai sniffed and wrapped her arms around her knees but was still staring at the positive pregnancy test.
'Mum, what-' Rory found her and then saw the test. 'Oh my god, are you...? You're pregnant?'
'I'm sorry Rory' Lorelai cried, wishing she hadn't been fighting with her daughter because it was their rough times in which she realized how much she needed her.
'No, shhh' Rory sat beside her mother and hugged her tightly. 'I'm sorry, what I did was stupid. I'm so sorry' she continued to hug her.
Both girls just sat there for a while until Lorelai was able to regain herself a bit.
'Does Luke know? I mean...it is Luke, isn't it?'
Lorelai nodded. 'But he doesn't know'
'Well, how far along are you?'
'A month, I don't know' Lorelai shrugged. 'This is my second test. Kirk knows, Tom knows...but they said they won't tell...or Kirk gets a chainsaw, heart, wolves...'
'Shhh' Rory said again. 'It's okay mum, everything's gonna to be okay' she bit her lip and knew how messed up her mother was right now. And if Luke didn't know then it was a very high possibility that all Lorelai had at this point was her daughter. Rory felt very protective and responsible of her mother right now.
'It's going to be okay mum, because I'm going to go back to Yale' she said, doing it for Lorelai's sake but also because she now felt that her recent problems were nothing compared to what her mother must be going through right now.
'You are?' Lorelai wiped her face and looked at Rory in relief. 'When?'
'As soon as I can, okay?' Rory kissed her forehead. 'And we're gonna to get through this. I'm going to be around more to help out, we're going to figure out how to tell Luke…mum, I'm here now' Rory said.
'Rory' Lorelai sniffed again but she was less sad now. 'I love you hon' she hugged her.
'I love you too mum, but you know what we have to do, don't you?'
'What?' Lorelai asked, trying to act clueless but was feeling a sense of dread.
'You have to tell Luke, he has the right to know' Rory said firmly. 'He needs to know'
Author's notes: Are the scenes better now? :P I hope this was what could really solve that kind of arguement between Rory and Lorelai cuz this was the only thing I could really see fixing their fight since Rory cares so much for her mother and knows she needs her. Anyways, please let me know what you all think of this chapter, the characterisation, scenes...anything!! Next chapter, Luke finds out...for sure! So yeah...Please review!! They make my day and help with the fic! I'm also happy to answer any questions etc you may have. And one more note: this pregnancy will not be rushed and the baby won't be born in a chapter or two...there is so much that can happen in nine months, why skip it all? Please review! :)
