Thank you so much for the reviews, I really really appreciate them! Chapter 4!


-a moment or so later-

"Crap."

"Mom it'll be ok. Just breathe."

"Urm Mom, Dad, Sookie? Could you just go outside a moment, I need to talk to Rory and the doctor alone..."

The trio left the room, and Lorelai turned to the doctor,

"I'm sorry I shouted," she said meekly.

"An unknown pregnancy is always a shock. I can handle the shouting, don't worry." He added with a wink.

"I'm sorry what was your name again doctor? I must have missed it?"

"My name is Doctor Jenkins, Miss Gilmore. Now are there any questions you have about either yourself or the baby?"

"Well, urm, how far along did you say I was?"

"16 weeks."

"So four months?"

"Approximately yes."

"And the baby is...?"

"Perfectly healthy. An estimated due date is about March 3rd but that'll be confirmed later. Ok? If there are no more questions then I'll make my exit."

"No thank you Doctor Jenkins, for everything! Maybe I'll name my kid after you! Hey Jenky, time for breakfast, hey Jenky brush your teeth! What'cha think?!"

"I'm very flattered Miss Gilmore, now just call if you need anything"

The Doctor begged a hasty retreat and Rory turned to her mother.

"So... 16 weeks huh... about the time you and Luke broke up... and you slept with dad... which makes the father...?"

"I don't know... I really don't know."

-outside the room-

"I think we should go find Luke. He deserves to be kept in the loop. I mean if it weren't for him, Lorelai could still be lying there." Sookie finally said to end the awkward silence.

"You're right Sookie. I haven't properly thanked him yet for what he did for my daughter. So let's all split up. Emily you check the lower floors, Sookie you check the cafeteria and the parking lot and I'll check the upper floors, meet back here in 30 minutes."

The three of them set off in their varying directions, but it was Richard in fact who located Luke Danes, in the maternity wing, looking at all the sleeping babies. Richard had suspected that this is where he would be and wasn't shocked to see him staring at the new-borns.

"Luke?"

"Ooohhh... Urm Mr Gilmore sorry, I, I didn't see you there. Is everything ok? Is Lorelai ok? Is it the ba...?" the last word choked in his throat.

"No Luke, everything is fine. Lorelai is awake and Rory's in with her now. I was just checking on you."

"Me sir? Why?"

"Well you've just become a father, again," he added, "that's a lot of new information to process."

"You don't know, err, all of the information regarding mine and Lorelai's break up, do you Mr Gilmore?"

"Well, I know that you two were in different places in your lives and it just didn't work out."

"Did you also know that on the night of our break-up your daughter spent the night at a certain 'Mr Hayden's' house?"

"Aaahh... No... I did not..."

"I thought not..."

"So you mean, the baby might be Christopher's, again?"

"Yep. Faaaaaantastic eh?"

"Luke, I am truly sorry."

And as Luke looked into the elder Gilmore's eyes, he knew that Richard honestly meant it.

-Lorelai's hospital room-

"I do have one question though Mom... how did you not realise you were pregnant for 4 months?! You've even got a bit of a belly!"

"I do not!" Lorelai looked down at herself and realised there was in fact a slight bump "Gah! When did that get there?!"

"The stork probably brought it..."

"Ha ha ha. Very amusing. And as for the not noticing... Well... I've been working a lot recently and I haven't really stopped to think..."

"What that several biological processes have also stopped?!"

"Rory! And no I obviously hadn't noticed."

"Mom? What are you going to do now?"

"I don't know kid."

"Well are you going to get a paternity test done before or after the birth, when are you going to tell dad and when are you going to talk to Luke?! The poor man's been here for hours!"

"Yes well why is he here? He's not a part of my life now. He made it clear he didn't want to be anymore."

"Mom! It was Luke you rang to say you'd fallen!"

"No I rang Sookie!"

"No you rang Luke and you left him a voicemail about how you'd hit your head and needed help. He then ran straight over, calling me, Sookie and an ambulance. He then broke into our house and cradled your body for 20 minutes which is why he's covered in your blood. Oh and apparently according to Sookie you kept mumbling his name. I guess that means there are two names that can be added to the 'Not over each other' list huh?"

"Luke, saved me?"

"Yes Luke, our Luke, the town Luke."

"I thought he hated me."

"Everyone knows that Luke could never hate you, he loves you too much."

"Rory? I think I need to speak to Luke."

-outside the room-

Emily and Sookie have both arrived back and after revealing their failure to find Luke, have fallen into an awkward silence that is eventually interrupted by Rory leaving Lorelai's room.

"Hey, urm, has anyone seen... Luke! Aaahhhh Luke perfect timing! Mom just wants to talk to you for a sec... is that ok?"

Luke looks over at Richard who gives a small nod, unnoticed except by Luke and Emily.

"Urm yeah sure..." he mumbles before letting himself into the room and shutting the door behind him.

Emily Gilmore turned to her husband,

"And what was that little look about may I ask?! And where were you two?!" she hissed under her breath.

"He loves her Emily. He truly loves her."

-inside Lorelai's hospital room-

"So, urm, Rory said you wanted to see me? Is everything ok?" Luke muttered, trying desperately not to make eye contact.

"Luke..." Lorelai whispers softly, almost as she had earlier when she was unconscious, although obviously only Luke is aware of this, "Luke, please? Please look at me."

Eventually he does look up and he realises she's nearly crying.

"Luke, thank you. For coming to help me. Thank you."

"Lorelai, please. I mean you would have done the same thing for me, it's nothing."

"No Luke, it is something. I truly appreciate everything you've done. And I'm so sorry about your clothes!" she suddenly takes in the sheer amount of blood on him, "I'm so sorry! Do you think they're ruined?!"

"Lorelai it's fine! You mean much more to me than my clothes."

"I... I do?"

"I mean my clothes don't matter... urm... I... So... you're looking a lot better now so I should probably be off now... I'm glad you're ok, truly."

"Luke? One more thing... The pregnancy... I swear I didn't know! I wouldn't have kept it from you knowingly ever and..."

"Is it mine?"

"I... I..."

"Is the baby mine or is it... his...?"

"I... I don't know."

"Well, we'll have to do a test then won't we? How soon can it be scheduled?"

"Well, urm I don't know, but urm, Luke? Are you sure you want to do this? What will you do if it's not yours, and well I mean what will you do if it is yours?!"

"Well if it isn't mine then we go back to the way things were before, and if it is mine then... well I want to be a part of it's life and we'll see what happens..."

"See what happens with what?"

"With... with us Lorelai."

"Oh."

"Yes well urm, I'll be off now anyway, urm goodnight Lorelai. I'll be back to visit tomorrow ok?"

"No please Luke stay! I don't think I'll be able to sleep on my own! Rory needs to go back to Yale, Sookie needs to go home to her family and you can't leave me with my parents! Luke please!"

He tried to resist. He tried not to look into her eyes, but he found himself drawn in anyway. He even found himself answering, his mouth moving without his brain telling it too.

"Err, sure I suppose if that's what you want..."

"It is." Lorelai answered, a small smile lighting up her face.

-a few hours later-

The other four had gone to their respective homes, and it was just Luke left now. Rory had left with the promise of an early visit the next day and Caesar had dropped some clean clothes off for Luke. Luke settled himself into the chair by the bed, and looked over at Lorelai. She was already beginning to drift off and he couldn't help but think if she ever looked more beautiful than when she was about to fall asleep. The rest of the evening had gone swimmingly, except for when Lorelai asked Rory to call Chris and catch him up to speed, but after a few moments of tension it'd been forgotten. He looked over at Lorelai and realised she'd already fallen asleep, chuckling to himself he leant over to give her a quick goodnight peck on the cheek but at the moment she twisted her head, her eyes half open, and instead of his lips meeting her cheek, they met her lips instead. Both of their eyes opened widely but neither pulled away. It was short, soft and sweet and just as Luke was leaning back in for another kiss the door to the room swung open abruptly letting in a ray of sharp, bright light -silhouetting the person standing in the doorway.

"Lor? I came as fast as I could."


There's only one person who calls her "Lor"... uh oh!