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Disclaimer: I keep closing my eyes and wishing to own it, but the stupid star must be broken or something!

A/N: Ok, I just wanted to say, the whole "long-lost daughter" thing is stupid. Gilmore Girls is not a freaking soap opera! This thing better not mess anything up, because now Rory is back and April is going to mess things up! Stupid Anna Nardini! Stupid April for coming back! Someone needs to call up Amy Sherman Palladino and set her straight! Where is the good-hearted comedy? I'm going to toilet paper her house if things keep heading this way! Who's with me! Well, here is the next chapter. The title may or may not make sense…Thanks for all the reviews! Review some more!


Don't need no daisies…

Previously on That Damn Stella

Luke sighed, frustrated, and looked at the floor. "My nephew is coming here. Liz says he's being a bit of a problem and she's sending him to me. Why! Because she's Liz! Of course, when she can't handle something, she throws it at me, because I'm the big brother!" Luke started to rant.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm down…" Lorelai placed her finger on his lips. "How old is this nephew of yours?" Lorelai asked. Luke sighed. "16…"

"Oh……" Lorelai said.


Luke stood by the bus stop, waiting for the bus. As it pulled up, he waited to see a teenager walking off. A dark-haired boy holding a big bag and book in his hands.

"Jess…"

"Luke…"


"Well…I called to say, what if you and Jess came over for dinner this Saturday. It could be a 'Welcome to Stars Hollow, no we're not all recently released mental institute patients' party," Lorelai quickly said.

Luke thought for a second. "Yeah, that sound okay," he said.

"Good…good…Well, see you Saturday. Don't forget the men in white coats!" Lorelai joked as they said their goodbyes.


Lorelai opened the door and there stood Luke and a dark-haired boy she assumed was Jess. "Hey…" she forced a smile. Tonight, she would tell him…

"Hey…" Luke said as him and Jess entered the home.


"Hey, I'm Rory…" she smiled at him. Jess nodded. "Figured…" He looked around her room and spotted a bookcase of books. "Well, aren't we hooked on phonics?" He joked. Rory stood up, "Yeah, well I read a lot…Do you read much?" She asked.

"Nah…not much…" Jess answered as he picked up her Howl book.

"I can lend you that, it's really good…" Rory said.

"Nah…" Jess responded.


"I-I'm, p-pregnant…" Lorelai whispered. She wasn't sure what Luke's reaction would be.

Luke's mouth fell open; he stared at her for a moment.

He shook his head and took Lorelai into his arms. "Lorelai, I love you, and we'll raise this baby together," Luke said. Lorelai smiled and snuggled into his chest. "I love you too…"


"Hey…" Rory said as she heard a screech of happiness from inside. Sookie…she smiled. "Hey…" Jess didn't even look at her. "Too cool for us, huh?" Rory joked. Jess turned to look at her. "Yeah…well…I'm not a big fan of Tupperware parties…"

"Ok…" Rory said as she went inside. Jess sighed, frustrated.


And Now...

The door jingled loudly as it slammed open. The customers barely turned to look, knowing the familiar voice, screaming, "COFFEE!"

Luke came out of the storage room at hearing his girlfriend's voice. "Coffeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Lorelai shouted a second time into his face. She sat at the stool and lowered her face down, putting her head on her shoulders.

"I can't give you coffee…" Luke said.

"I hate you," Lorelai mumbled into the counter.

"I'm touched…" Luke sarcastically mumbled as he served Lorelai her usual weekend breakfast.

"You did this to me! I blame you!" Lorelai pointed at him. She pushed away the plate. "I'm not hungry…" she muttered. "Me want coffee!" she whined.

"No coffee…" Luke sternly said.

Lorelai groaned. "Please…" she said looking up at him. "I'll cut down…" she made the puppy face. "Please……I swear I will…" Lorelai whimpered playfully. Luke rolled his eyes, trying not to be pulled in by her big blue eyes. "Fine…he grumbled.

"I swear it…" Lorelai smiled at him and stuck out her pinky. "Promise…" she said.

"Is there something wrong with shaking on it…?" Luke grumbled more.

"Shaking's out, pinky's are in," Lorelai flashed another smile at him. Luke reluctantly pinky promised as Lorelai straightened up and gave him a peck. "Now, my one cup of coffee pease…" she smiled again. Luke poured her a cup, but not before warning her not to break her promise.

Rory soon entered the diner. "You woke me up…" she glared at her mom. Lorelai put on a face of fake shock. "I did nothing of the sort!" She gasped.

"With the sickening splats you did…" Rory said. Lorelai smiled, feeling better from her morning sickness. She looked over to Luke quickly and gasped. "Today is Danish day!" She gleefully clapped her hands together. "Danish me!" Lorelai smiled. "I want one too!" Rory smiled as well.

"I thought you said you weren't hungry…" Luke looked confused.

"Well the hunger is back baby, so Danish me!" Lorelai smiled, holding out the plate of food, waiting for her Danish. Luke rolled his eyes again, putting two Danishes in front of the Gilmores.

"Watch the eye rolling or your eyes will pop out," Lorelai smiled brilliantly at him as Rory coughed on her food, laughing, as Luke muttered something about, 'this crazy lady.'

(I know Danish day was on Monday, but oh well, because didn't they have the dinner on Saturday?)


"Ugh, kill me now…" Lorelai grumbled as she walked into the living room and collapsed on the couch.

"Yeah, thanks a lot for using the bathroom I use," Rory sarcastically said coming out of the kitchen. "I've gotta go to school, are we going to Luke's?" Rory asked going in and out of her room, grabbing things.

"Can't…get…up…" Lorelai said.

"I'll send over reinforcements…are you going into the Inn later?" Rory asked giving her mom a kiss on the cheek.

"When I can get up…" Lorelai moaned.

"Ok, bye mom, I'll send Luke over with food," Rory headed out.

"Mock me in my time of sickness!" Lorelai yelled out as she heard the door close.

Lorelai laid back on the couch and drifted off to sleep.


Lorelai heard the door open and close, and heavy footsteps. She blinked at sat up slowly, rubbing her eyes when she saw Luke come in. "Hey…" she sleepily mumbled.

"Hey, I brought food over," Luke said, sitting down next to Lorelai. He put the bag on the table and gave Lorelai a peck. Lorelai sighed, contented. "How are you feeling," Luke asked.

"Like I'm gonna be carrying 8 lbs of baby in a couple of months," Lorelai sighed and put her head on Luke's shoulder. Luke put his hand over hers as he took out a burger.

"You hungry or what?" He smiled at Lorelai. She smiled back and sat up taking the burger from his hands. She was slowly eating it when Luke spoke.

"What are we gonna tell the town?" He unexpectedly said. Lorelai put her burger down.

"Do you want them to know?" She asked. Luke shrugged. "I…guess it would be nice…" Luke said. Lorelai smiled and put her hand on her stomach. "Junior wants them to know," Lorelai smiled, letting Luke know she was okay with it. Luke smiled back at her. "How do you suppose we let them know," Luke asked, entwining their fingers together.

"Weeelllll, I suppose my fat ass stomach will give them a clue," Lorelai bantered. Luke grumbled playfully at her sarcasm.

"I could wear a pink shirt that says mommy, and yours would say daddy," Lorelai joked. "Only yours would be blue, because pink would be way too gay-" Lorelai continued, but was cut off when Luke sweetly kissed her.

"We could just tell them at the next town meeting," Luke logically said. Lorelai rolled her eyes, smiling.

"Fine, lets do things the simple way," Lorelai smiled at him. She kissed him again and continued to eat her burger.


Luke hung up the phone angrily, annoyed at Taylor for accusing Jess at stealing the bridge money, but he also wasn't sure if Jess had really done it. He threw the rag down and stormed out of the diner. "Take over Caesar!" He yelled as he headed towards Doose's to see if Jess was there. He spotted the dark haired boy walking towards the back of the school, which was emptying out. Jess had not been enrolled into the school as it was the last week. Luke stormed towards him, and caught up with him walking off the bridge.

"Luke…" Jess dully said, not looking up from his book.

"Did you steal the bridge money?" Luke came right out and asked angrily.

"What?" He quickly looked up.

"I just got a call from Taylor and he said you stole the bridge money," Luke quickly said.

"And you believed him?" Jess said, looking back to his book.

"Did you?" Luke asked again, more mad now.

"Look, you come here, you accuse me of stealing some money from some stupid thing, what do you want me to say! You drag me here to this stupid town, filled with crazy maniacs, and you accuse me of some stupid things and you're angry with me! I don't want to be here; I don't want to be in this damn town, so why don't you go back to your little diner and just leave me the hell alone!" Jess said, turning to go back to the diner.

"Fine!" Luke said, now furious with this rebellious boy.

"Fine!" Jess repeated. They started furiously walking down the bridge, and in the middle of the bridge, Luke angrily pushed Jess into the water. He continued to storm off the bridge as Jess stood up in the shadow water, staring at Luke with a half glare, half confusion. Jess pulled himself out of the water and stormed off in another direction, not wanting to face Luke at this moment. He was dripping wet, and he glared at all the townsfolk who stared at him.

Rory sat on a bench, where she had sat down for a second, but she had taken out her book and was still reading, ten minutes later. Jess, dripping wet, walked by and Rory looked up. "Jess?" She said, confused. Jess combed his fingers through his hair, his face glaring with anger. Rory stood up, following him. "What happened?" She asked him as he stormed into the diner, hoping Luke wasn't there.

"Luke…" he grunted.

"What did Luke do?" She asked, following him up the stairs.

"Stupid, damn him, lake, bridge, Taylor," he muttered as he opened the apartment door with a slam.

"The lake?" Rory was not sure, but thought possibly Jess fell into the lake.

"Luke pushed me into the lake," Jess said, shuffling through his clothes and grabbing a shirt.

"He did what?" Rory asked, now confused.

Jess started to pull of his shirt, calming down now, and Rory turned around suddenly, blushing furiously. He quickly changed his shirt, leaving his pants wet. He ran his fingers through his wet hair again, and Rory looked behind her, turning around.

"Nice disappearing act," she said, still blushing a bit.

"What?" He asked.

"Saturday," she said, smiling slightly. Jess nodded, understanding what she meant, and he looked over to his stuff, searching around and picking up a book. He handed it to Rory.

"Howl? You bought one? I told you I could lend you mine…" she said smiling.

"It is yours," he said, smirking.

"Mine?" Rory opened the book and looked at the notes scribbled in the margins. "You stole my book! You stole my book and you wrote in the margins," she playfully said.

"Just some random thoughts," Jess said.

Rory continued to read the margins, grinning widely. "It's a federal crime to steal," she tried to put on an angry face, but her smile succumbed it.

"I gotta go," Rory said, looking up at a smirking Jess.

"Yeah," Jess slowly nodded. "See you later," he calmly said, hiding his disappoinment. Rory waved to him quickly as she skipped back down the stairs, never taking her eyes off the book.


Lorelai sat at the kitchen table, looking through a magazine and cursing Luke for not being at the diner at the moment. In the bored state she was in, she was liable to do something crazy, like drink coffee, which of course she had already drank the limit Luke had put on her. A quick knock sent her flying up, opening it in hope for some excitement.

Luke came in, a nervous look on his face that immediately deflated Lorelai's perky smile. "I pushed Jess into the lake…" he said, before Lorelai could get out a word.

"What?" Lorelai asked, now dreading the excitement she had wished for.

"I pushed him in! I was just so angry, and Taylor had called, and blamed Jess, and the bridge, and we were walking, the money, next thing I know, I pushed him in!" Luke ranted.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, is he ok?" Lorelai asked, being the calm one for once.

"He's fine…but I pushed him in! I can't believe I pushed him in! If I was like this, how am I going to be for our child? Am I gonna throw our child into the lake? Am I randomly going to throw kids into the lake when I'm going on a crazy lake throwing in kids spree? I'm going to throw our kid in? That's sure gonna win me a father of the year award! And the father of the year is Luke Danes, who threw his son into a lake!" Luke sarcastically said, panting now.

"Who says it's going to be a boy?" Lorelai said, breaking through his rant.

"Huh?" Luke asked, still in his ranting state.

"Who says I'm having a son? What if it's a girl?" She smiles at him.

"I think it's going to be a boy…" Luke says, the lake incident forgotten.

"No…" Lorelai slowly says, smiling, "It's going to be a girl…Who you will not throw into the lake." Luke frowns at remembering this. Lorelai takes a step toward him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "You are going to be a great dad…our daughter will love you very much…me on the other hand, I will be a crappy mother…" She smiles brilliantly at him.

Luke smiled back at her. "You're going to be a great mom too…and it's going to be a boy," he says, smirking now.

"Girl." Lorelai huffs playfully. "But you will be a great father…as long as you don't throw anymore kids into the lake. What would the neighbors say?" Lorelai smiled again, gently pecking Luke on the lips. Luke grinned back at her.

"Now why did you throw Jess into the lake?" Lorelai asked him, raising an eyebrow. Luke frowned again at this.

"Taylor says he stole the bridge money…" Luke replied.

"Did he?" Lorelai asked him.

"I dunno…" Luke shrugged. The door opened quickly and Babette rushed in.

"I'm sorry dolls, am I interrupting anything?" Babette quickly asked, breathlessly.

Lorelai and Luke unwrapped their arms from around each other, and Luke was blushing deeply as Lorelai smirked at him.

"No Babette, anything wrong?" Lorelai asked her, still smiling.

"Yea," Babette nodded quickly, "I can't find Rufus! He's missing from my garden! I've looked and looked…have you seen him anywhere?" Babette frantically asked.

"Rufus?" Luke asked, confused.

"My gnome doll, my gnome!" Babette exclaimed, still frantic.

"Of course…" Luke looked away, rolling his eyes.

"No Bab, but just relax…if we find him, I'll call you, ok?" Lorelai said in a calm voice. Babette nodded. "Thanks sugar, I'm gonna go look for him now…" Babette turned and left quickly.

Lorelai turned to Luke, smiling. "12 shades of purple!" Her smirk grew. "What's wrong?" She asked a strange look on Luke's face.

Luke turned to her, his face determined. "I think I know what happened to Rufus…" he said, giving Lorelai a peck and rushing out the door.

"No more throwing kids in lakes!" Lorelai yelled out, laughing.


"O daughter of mine, come!" Lorelai called Rory into the living room. Rory walked into the living room, holding a warmed up container of leftover Chinese food. Lorelai sat on the couch, looking through a box.

"Hey, is that my baby box?" Rory asked, seeing the familiar T-shirt jumper. Lorelai held up the tiny jumper. "Do you think Luke would like if the baby wore this?" She smiled brightly. Lorelai took the food and Rory smiled, looking through the box. "And what do we have here?" Rory held up a ripped paper with a phone number.

Lorelai smiled. "Those are John's digits. He told me to call him when I got my figure back," she said, laughing at the memory.

"Very smooth," Rory smiled, tucking the paper into the bottom of the box. "Yeah, its best Luke doesn't see this," Lorelai grinned.

"Well, I'm sleeping at Lane's, see you at Luke's tomorrow," Rory said, standing up and kissing Lorelai's cheek. "I'll be the one dead on the floor from a coffee deprivation!" Lorelai shouted as Rory was at the door. "It's not my fault he broke in and took away all the coffee!" Rory shouted, smiling as she left.


Luke burst threw the open door, making Jess flinch a bit. "Where is he?" Luke bellowed.

"It might help if you emphasized on the 'he' and the 'where' and the 'is'," Jess calmly said, his eyes still on his book. But as he saw Luke searching through the closets, he looked up. As Luke opened the one Jess had feared he would, Jess flinched again, groaning.

"You will tell me where you are going, you will work here, you will be nice to Lorelai and Rory, and you will return Rufus to his garden!" Luke held up the gnome as he stated all this. Jess groaned angrily as the gnome was thrust into his chest. Toppling it onto the ground, he started to walk angrily towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Luke asked, mad.

"Out," Jess yelled back, closing the door with a slam.

Luke grumbled at this, but thought, well at least I asked.


Rory headed out towards Lane's, and looked at her phone and realized she would be early. Feeling like reading, Rory headed towards the bookstore. Walking in, she greeted Andrew and headed towards the back, where her favorite seat was. In her normal seat, she found a familiar dark-haired boy reading the same book she held in her hand.

"How do you like Rand so far?" She asked. Jess looked up from The Fountainhead, and smirked at her. "Just re-reading it…" he said. She sat down next to him, looking over his shoulder.

"Trying to understand it…I still haven't gotten through it…" Jess said, smirking at her. Rory playfully gasped. "What? Rand is the best writer…" she says, flashing him a smile.

"Hemmingway is a much better writer. Totally understandable," Jess said. Rory looked at Jess, rolling her eyes in a joking manner.

"No way…" she quickly bantered.


Lorelai slowly walked down the street, a good atmosphere around her. She was in a good mood, and heading for Luke's only made her feel better. As she passed the gazebo, she stopped for a minute to look at it, smiling. It was all lit up, and she wondered what special occasion there was. Yep, good feeling still here, Lorelai smiled.

As she walked into the diner, Luke came down from the stairs, and Lorelai flashed him a smile. He looked up, his eyes filled with anxiety as he came over to the counter. "Could we talk?" He hesitantly asked. Lorelai's smile faded, as she wondered what was worrying Luke so much. Ok, good feeling gone, she thought as she nodded and followed Luke out. He led them to the gazebo as Lorelai went through every possible scenario in her head at his behavior.

"Luke?" She asked a bit worried as they sat down.

"Look, Lorelai, I just wanted to talk to you…about, the pregnancy…I know—you know I'm going to be there…but…I want to be there as more than just, you know, well, so, I'm not going to be like Christopher! I'm going to be there, and that's why I think we should get married…not just because of the baby, but because I love you, and I really want to get married—"

"Did you just propose to me?" Lorelai quickly asked, shocked.

Luke got off the bench and got down on one knee, pulling out a velvety box. Lorelai's eyes filled up with tears of joy, knowing what was coming. "Lorelai Victoria Gilmore, will you marry me?" He asked her, opening the box. Inside, a beautiful diamond ring shone brightly.

"Yes!" Lorelai exclaimed happily. As Luke stood up, she grabbed his shirt and passionately kissed him. They broke apart only as they heard a squeal of delight as Babette and Patty took off running. Lorelai smiled brightly at Luke.

"How did you get Taylor to light up the gazebo," Lorelai asked, her smile growing wider.

"Bribed Kirk with $20 and free burgers for a month," Luke smiled back at her. At this, they heard another cry.

"KIRK! What are those lights doing on in the gazebo!" They heard Taylor scream wildly as Kirk, who was standing some feet away holding a light box, stood up.

"Luke gave me $20…" Kirk replied, a bit frightened. Patty and Babette still whirled around the square, telling everyone in sight.

"The whole town will know within the hour," Luke said in a playful grumble. Lorelai smiled and gave him another peck, then gasped. "Rory!" She exclaimed wildly as she grabbed Luke's arm and started sprinting toward the Kim house. She turned the knob, as if expecting the door to fly open. Knocking quickly, Lorelai mumbled, "This is Stars Hollow, there's no need to lock doors, it's not like anyone would break in."

Mrs. Kim opened the door. "It is rude to bang on peoples doors like that," she said with a frown.

"I'm so sorry Mrs. Kim, but I need to talk to Rory," Lorelai stood on tiptoe, peering over Mrs. Kim's head, though she didn't have to stand on tiptoe.

"Mom?" Rory and Lane appeared at the door simultaneously.

"We're getting married," Lorelai enthusiastically said, jumping up and down. Rory and Lane soon joined her, hopping around in a circle as Luke smiled at them shyly. Rory grabbed Luke and hugged him tightly. She smiled at him and rejoined Lorelai and Lane in their crazy dance.

"Who else knows?" Rory stopped hopping around.

"They will know soon enough," Lorelai laughed.


Lorelai and Luke entered the dark house. Luke flicked on a switch, flooding the room with light.

"Well, I've gotta get back to the diner. I don't see why you made me escort you home…" Luke started, but Lorelai grabbed his arm.

"No, stay…" Lorelai put on a puppy face.

"I shouldn't leave Jess alone, who knows what he might do," Luke said logically.

"Jess Shmess…Tess…Less…Ress…Kess…Fess…mess, ness, stress, wow, there's a lot of words that rhyme with Jess…" Lorelai smiled at Luke, acting surprised.

"I really should-"Luke started, but Lorelai gently kissed his neck, playing with the buttons on his flannel.

"This shirt seems uncomfortable…lemme take it off for you," she murmured softly, slowly unbuttoning it. Luke pulled her into a fierce kiss, sending groan and moans flying.


"Ok, where is-" Lorelai bent down and looked in the cabinet, moving things around. She stood up and threw her hands up in the air in disappointment, letting out a grunt of anger.

"Luke's rubbing off on you…" Rory said, entering the kitchen. Lorelai turned around and smiled. "Dirty!"

"Hey hon, when'd you get home?" Lorelai asked, kissing her daughters cheek.

"A few seconds ago, didn't you hear the door?" Rory asked, a smile on her face.

"Hmm…this pregnancy must be making me deaf. Speaking of pregnancy, are you supposed to have sex when you're pregnant?" Lorelai asked.

Rory put her hand to her face as if it would stop the mental image in her brain. "Ugh, don't speak of that to me! And how am I supposed to know, I've never had sex with anyone…" Rory answered wisely.

"Aha! You're pregnant!" Lorelai joked.

"How are you supposed to be pregnant if you never had sex?" Rory logically replied to Lorelai's remarked.

"Magical alien powers when they spit into your food as they pass by and you never notice," Lorelai shrugged playfully.

"Now I can never eat again…" Rory sarcastically said. "What are you doing?"

"Looking…for my…coffee," Lorelai said, searching through the drawers now. "I bought some yesterday and hid it…" Lorelai said. She stood up and both her and Rory thoughtfully looked up.

"How does he do it?" Rory playfully joked, a smile on her face.

"Who knew I was marrying a magical man," Lorelai grinned widely.

"You're getting married…" Rory said, excitement building up in her voice,

"I'm getting married…"Lorelai smiled brilliantly as they joined hands and jumped around enthusiastically again.

"What are you doing?" Luke asked them as if they were crazy.

"Getting out the screams we missed yesterday…" Lorelai smiled at Luke.

Luke nodded as if he should have known. "Of course," he sarcastically said. Lorelai smiled at Luke again and tenderly kissed him.


Rory bounded into the diner, happily skipping to the counter, where Jess was wiping the counter off, continuously mumbling something under his breath. At seeing Rory, he smiled slightly at her.

"Did you hear? Did you hear? DID YOU HEAR?" Rory said, smiling at Jess.

Obviously, everyone had heard as they had been loudly whispering and muttering things to each other before Rory had bounced in.

"You have coffee?" Jess asked, seeing how hyper she was.

Rory shook her head and Jess was surprised. "Nope! I'm on a natural high! Besides, Luke broke into our house and stole our coffee." Rory now grumbled.

"Well it will be his house soon," Jess said, serving some coffee into a cup.

"That's what me and mom were discussing earlier," Rory smiled at him. She took a sip of coffee. "Mmm, God bless you," she flashed him another brilliant smile.

"Dunno about that," Jess smirked. They silently gazed at each other for a moment before Rory jumped up.

"Oh, I'm gonna be late for school," she smiled at him again and next thing he knew, she was bounding out of the diner.

Miss Patty watched the young pair, silently watching their movements with a sly smile on her face.

A/N: End of Part 7. Wow, that sounds weird! So Lorelai and Luke are engaged, the Rory Jess thing is going forward…but there are problems to still arrive! So please review the story. Sorry I took so long to update, but at least this one was longer, right? Well, review and tell me what you think! Remember, reviews are like a barrel of monkeys…I actually have no idea how they relate, but oh well, review!

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