Chapter Four
After Rory's phone call Lorelai had practically flew from her parents house. The idea of Friday Night dinner and the painful and tense conversation with her parents seemed like nothing to her now. Which was strange given how much emotion she placed on it only a short time ago. Her baby girl was in pain and nothing else know mattered.
She managed to make it back it to Stars Hollow in record time and pulled into her drive barely stopping the Jeep before she jumped out of it and made a run for the door.
Barrelling into her living room she spotted her daughter on the couch, she was laid down on it completely distraught.
Lorelai ran over and picked Rory up pulling her head up onto her lap and slowly started to rub her back.
"What am I going to do Mom?" Rory chocked out through her tears.
"Don't worry about it now. We will go to Chilton on Monday and see the headmaster. We need to speak to the staff there before the rumours get to strong within the school and over power the truth."
"But everyone is going to think I am a slut. They are not going to think that I got pregnant when I lost my virginity. They are going to think I have done it with every boy they have seen me with me."
"It doesn't mean you have to listen to them Rory. You know exactly how it happened and that is all that matters. I know that this is not exactly how wanted it to come out but you knew it had to come out at some point. We'll deal and I am certain the school will help as well."
Rory pulled herself up and smuggled into her Mom's shoulder.
"I'm sorry Mom, for making you deal with all of this. This news has blown your life apart as well. You shouldn't have to be dealing with this. I should have known better to get pregnant. You shouldn't have to see you daughter repeating the same mistake as you did."
"I will say this once more Rory. Whilst it may not have been my plan to get pregnant at sixteen I have never viewed you at any time from them to this moment in time as a mistake. And you shouldn't feel that way about you pregnancy. It happened and I will help you deal with it."
Lorelai took a deep breath. She couldn't believe that her daughter was viewing herself as a mistake in her life. She may not have been planned and she may have born earlier in to Lorelai life than what she planned when she thought as growing up that she would have children.
"I need to tell him." Rory said breaking the silence.
"Need to tell who Sweetie?"
"Tristan. I need to tell Tristan."
Thankfully for Rory she had Tristan's pager number. One of the things that happened due to her constantly being paired with both Paris and him in school projects. She hadn't put anything in the message to state what was going on. It was just a message to tell him just to meet her and a time and a place.
Rory stood by the stairs of Chilton Academy, it had been the only place she could suggest to meet Tristan. Kind of like neutral territory. She wasn't even sure he would even turn up.
"Mary" Tristan called out. "Or should that be Magdalene now."
Rory looked up at Tristan.
"I've guess you have heard."
"Well you know once gossip hits the hallways of the school that it will make the rounds extremely quickly. "
"Thanks for coming Tristan. I wasn't sure if you would."
Tristan moved over to where Rory was standing.
"Of course I am wondering why you wanted to see me. It's not like we are best friends. More like mortal enemies."
"Considering what has just come out. I thought you might have worked it out."
"OH." Tristan stood there stunned as all the pieces fell into place. "I just assumed that it was your ex boyfriend who had got you knocked up."
"It might be a shock considering the news that I am not that type of girl. I've only slept with one person, you. That night you took my virginity and and know as it seems you also fathered our child this night."
Tristan sunk down to the stairs and let out of deep breath.
"This can't be possible. Are you certain?"
Rory sat down next to him.
"I certain Tristan. I've been to the Doctor and he has confirmed it. I'm six weeks pregnant and you are this baby's father."
"What are you planning to do?"
"I'm planning to keep it. I plan to give birth to this baby and raise it like my Mom did with me."
"And what about me?"
"I'm not going to make the decision for you Tristan. You need to make a decision if you want anything to the do with this baby. You are under no obligation." Rory said thinking back to her own father and there relationship she had and what her mother had organised with him. Access to her regardless, an open door policy.
Whilst Rory and Tristan where having there conversation Lorelai was at Sookie's house talking. Whilst Rory was still embarrassed and didn't want the people of Star Hallows to find out until it was painfully obvious. But Lorelai needed someone outside of the family to talk to and Sookie was someone she could really confide in. She hadn't asked Rory if it was okay to talk to someone else about it but she need someone to talk with.
Lorelai was seated in Sookie's living room as her friend rang around crazily preparing food.
"Sookie, Please sit down." Lorelai pleaded
"I'm sorry Sweetie." Sookie said sitting down at the chair nearest to Lorelai "What's up?"
"It's Rory." Lorelai let out with a sigh.
"What about Rory?" Sookie asked.
"She's pregnant, my baby girl is pregnant."
"What? How?" Sookie was stunned.
"Sookie, you know how. And you didn't mishear me. Rory is pregnant."
"Oh Sweetie. How are you coping?"
"I'm keeping strong for Rory. I just keep on thinking things over, I never wanted this for Rory. I didn't want her to have my life. For Gods sake as much as I love Rory I do regret getting pregnant at sixteen. I would have a different life, the life that I wanted Rory to have. The opportunities I didn't"
"Of course you do, nobody who knows would think you would want that. They know that you want Rory to go to college, follow her dreams. You didn't plan to get pregnant with Rory Lorelai. And I am guessing Rory wasn't planning to. Things happen. As for as you knew you didn't even know that Rory was having sex with Dean"
"The Baby's not Dean's."
"What do you mean it's not Dean's?"
"She had a one stand with a boy from Chilton. He happened just after she broke up with Dean. It was her one and only time."
"Oh."
"She is with him now telling him. A girl from her school find out about the pregnancy. God knows how. And has told the entire student body, we hadn't even told the school about it yet because we were waiting to see she would get through the first trimester okay. Rory has been freaking out about the situation, she hadn't planned to tell him just yet but she had to bring it forward before inevitable rumour mill kicked in.
"She's keeping it then?"
"That's the plan. Rory has categorically said she doesn't want to have an abortion. She pretty much said straight out that she wanted to raise her baby. And it's not like I can dissuaded her if I wanted to. I didn't run away from my responsibilities when I became pregnant with her and she is so like me. This is her child and she will raise it regardless of how she might lose her dreams."
Sookie reached out and placed her hand on top of Lorelai's who who visible starting to shake.
"Lorelai, sweetie. Please calm down. Rory is sensible. She is a smart kid and she will make this work."
"I hope so Sookie. I hope so. Of course because of this I am going to end up in the record books. I must be the worlds youngest grandma on record.." Lorelai reliased a bit of tension by letting out that joke.
Suddenly Lorelai's phone rang and she rang over to get it.
"Hello" Lorelai said down it, hoping it was not her mother.
"Lor." Christopher said down it. A tone in his.
"Christopher!" Lorelai exclaimed. "This is unexpected. I have been meaning to call you."
"I presume to tell us that our daughter is pregnant. How could you let this happen!"
R/N: Please accept my abject apologies on the delay on updating this story. Real life got in the way leaving me no time to write or the energy to do so. Hopefully I should have time now. So read and review people as I work on the next chapter and hopefully a new fic for you.