Lorelai, Emily and Richard were having diner when Lorelai said out of the blue:

"I'm not going to go along with headmaster Cohen's condition or suggestion, what ever you want to call it. And you can't make me."

"Excuse me?":Richard said, suddenly reminded of his daughter's presence at the table.

"You heard me!"

"Yes, we heard you, we just wanted to make sure.": Emily said, and after a pause she raised her voice and said: "Have you lost your mind?"

"Mom, I am not going to let some nanny or actually nannies would be the more appropriate term raise my kid. I want her to know me, I want to be the one to play with her and teach her to talk and walk. I have made my decision and it is my decision, not yours not Christopher's but mine."

"Young lady, and how do you think are you going to be able to get an education, how do you think you are going to go to college?" Richard asked her.

"I'm going to take time off school and go back to get my GED when she is older. I'm going to get a job that does not require a college degree and take care of her on my own.": Lorelai answered her father's question.

"Lorelai," Emliy said in a high – pitched voice: "Don't you think that you have humiliated the family enough in the past few months. First getting pregnant out off wedlock and then quitting school and not going to college. There are certain things one has to do if they want to or not, have you ever thought about what we are going through right now? You are our only daughter, for heaven's sake."

"How could you do this to your mother and me? Don't you care about our feelings at all? You always have to have things your way. At first I thought it was just a phase, but apparently it was not. I am deeply disappointed in you, Lorelai, I want you to know that.": Richard added and left the table.

Lorelai just sat there unable to respond to any of the things that had just been said. After a few minutes of silence between her mother and her, Lorelai got up, shot her mother a glance and said quietly: "Sometimes I wish you would ask me how I feel about the situation. I'm 16 and pregnant which is pretty damn scary and the society we live in doesn't make it any easier. Believe it or not, I didn't mean for this to happen and I did not mean to humiliate you, but I just can't follow the plans you had in mind for me, I have the responsibility of another life now, and I'm going to do everything in my power to protect my child and care for it. I know you mean well, and I'm sorry but I just can't. By the way, if you did not notice it before, I'm having a girl." and with that she left the table, grabbed her bag and went to school.

When Emily heard the front door close behind Lorelai, she sighed and tears ran down her cheeks.

When Lorelai entered the school and went to her locker, she noticed whispering and muttering all around her. She looked around and saw people staring at her with the pity look on their faces. Lorelai went over to Caroline, who was standing with her friends in front of the vending machine: "Hey, girls. What is going on here? Did I miss something?": Lorelai asked. The other girls just grinned at her, and Caroline said with a smirk on her face: "Is it true?"

Lorelai looked at her puzzled: "Is what true?" "What I am asking that stupid question? Of course I know what is wrong!!! I just don't understand how it got out so quickly ... well to be honest it is not surprising. At least one person is always gossiping."

"Come on, Lorelai. You know what I am talking about. The weird tension between you and Christopher for weeks, your absence for a few days, the headmaster and staff meetings. People just counted one and one together. At least now, everybody has an explanation where the tension between you two cam from." Caroline looked at her with an triumphant look on her face.

Lorelai took a deep breath and then blurted out: "Ok, since you all seem to be so unbelievably interested in my life, I'm going to fill you in so that you can continue talking about it and judging me, but this way I can make sure you are you have the accurate facts. I am four months pregnant, yes it is true. And now you can all stop bugging me."

Everybody stood in silence for a few minutes after this outburst, but as soon as everybody realized that Lorelai was finished, the buzz started again, leaving an uncomfortable looking Lorelai in the middle of it.

As the bell rang, everybody started going to class, but Lorelai walked out of the school and sat down on a bench: "I can't believe everybody knows. It was one thing handling my parents, but the entire school and soon the entire town. Christopher is good off ... I mean I'm sure everybody suspects it is his but at least he won't have to walk around with the prove of our actions under his shirt. I'm not sure I can take this."

Lorelai had been sitting on this bench for at least 40 minutes when she noticed somebody sitting down next to her. "You ok?": Marilyn asked and put her hand on Lorelai's arm.

"What do you care?": Lorelai mumbled and not even looking at her.

Madelyn felt uncomfortable: "I just wanted to make sure you were all right. Ms. Kennedy was asking where you were."

"I'm fine, ok. So would you please just leave me alone. I don't need your pity."

Marilyn sighed, got up and went back into the school. She walked over to her locker, when she spotted Christopher standing in the hallway talking to his friends. She walked over to him: "Hey Christopher, could I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure Marilyn, what's up?": Christopher said.

"Have you seen, Lorelai?": she blurted.

"Umm ... why?": Chris responded, obviously uncomfortable and knowing in what direction this conversation was going.

"Because she is sitting on a bench outside the school, crying and skipping class.": Marilyn explained.

Chris looked at her as if he did not know what she saying.

"Come on, Christopher don't you think you should go talk to her?"

"Why would I want to go talk to her? You go talk to her. I'm sure it is a girl problem she is upset about." Christopher tried.

Marilyn shook her head in disbelief: "I tried, but she would not talk to me. So I thought you as her boyfriend and the one who got her pregnant might have a better shot."

Christopher looked at her in shock: "You know? How do you know? I mean who else knows?"

"Geez, Chris are you blind and deaf at the same time? The whole school is buzzing about it. And this morning, Lorelai made it official by yelling it through the hallway. I think some of the guys made some not so nice comments, that's probably why she decided to skip first class. Look, I really tried talking to her but she just told me to leave. You guys have been friends for a very long time and I really think she needs someone to talk to.": Marilyn tried to reason with him.

"All right." Christopher finally gave in.

Christopher slowly walked over to the bench, where Lorelai was sitting.

"Hey." He said and then looked at his feet on a loss on what to say. He wasn't just to seeing her crying. Usually, she was such a lively person and even when something was bugging her, she covered it up with a sarcastic remark.

They sat in silence for a while.

"Marilyn told me you were upset, so I came over here, in case you want to talk about it.": Chris tried to start the conversation.

But Lorelai continued sitting there, her knees pulled up to her chest and tears streaming down her face.

Chris looked at her and then said quietly: "I'm sorry, Lor for what I said the other day. I seriously can not imagine what you are going through, but I guess with your parents and the school and your body ... well ... you know changing, the last thing you can use is my stupid remarks." When Lorelai still did not respond, he continued: "I just ... I just don't know how to help you or support you. I know nothing about all that stuff and my parents are really giving me a hard time." A few minutes passed, before Lorelai said so quiet that Chris could barely hear her:

"Could you just hold me?"

"Of course, I can.": he said, moved closer to her, put his arms around her shoulders and let her bury her head in his chest. As she felt his arms closing around her, she started to sob even harder without even trying to hold back. Chris just stroked her hair, trying to calm her down.

It felt like they had been sitting there forever when Lorelai's sobs slowly subsided.

"You feeling any better?": Chris asked.

"Yeah, thanks. I needed that.": Lorelai said with a shy smile on her face.

"Don't worry about it." Chris smiled back. "What are you gonna do about school? I mean, I heard rumors but who ever know if they are true or not."

"Well, I had that meeting with the headmaster yesterday and he said that I could definitely finish this year and that I can take time off after the summer unitl the baby is born. And then after that he offered me to come back but only on the condition that I would never bring my child.": Loelai told him.

"What are you gonna do?": Chris asked.

"Well, my parents gladly agreed with him, but I decided not to go along with it. I just can't leave my baby with someone else I barely know. I am going to be the one that is going to raise her not some nanny. By the way, I am having a girl." Lorelai said with a smile on her face.

Chris looked at her: "A girl. That's cool." After a little break he added: "So what you are saying is that you will not finish high school?"

"Yeah. I have responsibility for another life now and no matter what my parents or you or the school are saying, in the end it is my decision." Lorelai said with a tone in her voice that told Chris not to argue with her.

"You want me to come with you when you talk to Mr. Cohen?" Chris asked.

"That would be great. Thanks, Chris." Lorelai smiled at him.

They both stood up and walked back to the school holding hands.

When Lorelai came home that afternoon, her parents were away at some kind of function and had only left her the message, that they were going to be home late and that the maid had prepared something for diner for her.

"Thank god, nobody home,"Lorelai thought and let herself fall onto the couch:" I wonder if they already heard about my talk with the headmaster. It had gone better than I had imagined. Mr. Cohen had tried to convince me but in the end he had to accept her decision not to come back to school. He even wished me all the best for my future but I guess, he has to say that. That is just good manners ... god I hate that sentence!"

Lorelai woke up when someone knocked on her door later at night. She turned around in her bed, and noticed that she was still dressed: "I must have fallen asleep watching TV."

The door opened and her mom walked in, apparently surprised to see her in bed: "I did not mean to wake you." Emily said a little embarrassed.

"It is ok, I have to get changed anyway. Anything wrong? You don't usually come in to check on me when you got home.": Lorelai said.

"Well ... no everything is all right, I just wanted to make sure you were ok. Have you eaten diner?": Emily asked.

"Yeah, I have, Rosa made pot roast for me.": Lorelai answered still stunned by her mother's concern.

"Ok, good. It is important that you eat properly and regularly, especially when you are having a baby. Good night, Lorelai. I see you in the morning.": She gave Lorelai a last look and then shut the door behind her.

"Good night, Mom.": Lorelai mumbled: "Ok, that was just plain weird and the first time she actually acknowledged that I am having a baby. Strange ... very strange."

Lorelai went into the bathroom, changed, got into bed and fell asleep almost instantly.

A\N I'm sorry the chapters get shorter every time, I just dont want to let you guys wait too long for every update. Hope you like this one! Please review, and let me know what I can improve.