Hey, people! Just wanted to tell you: At this point April is about a month (5 weeks) and Rory is about 3 months (12 weeks) pregnant. Right now, it's like mid-December.

"Hello, Lorelai. This is your mother."

"Oh, mom, hi," Lorelai said, surprised by her mother's phone call. She or Rory had hardly seen Emily since Lorelai's wedding, which was coming on one year in a few weeks. Thanksgiving was the last dinner they had together and before that the last time they saw each other was the wedding. After the wedding Friday night dinner sort of fell a part because they had their honeymoon and Rory had had her new job. Emily also didn't know about Rory's pregnancy.

"I would like to have dinner with you on Friday. And Rory, Jess, and Luke. Is that okay?" Emily asked. Lorelai knew there had to be something behind this.

"Well, mom, April is in town for awhile and--"

"That's perfectly alright. She can come. Any particular reason she is in town?"

"No mom, not…really," Lorelai hesitated. No, she thought, it's okay; they'll explain everything at dinner.

"Great, I'll see you Friday at 6:30 sharp. Goodbye, Lorelai." Lorelai hung up the phone and groaned. Luke walked in with a confused look.

"Everything alright?" Luke asked.

"Ugh, my mother. We have to go to Friday night dinner. And, I'm sorry, I got April roped into it." Lorelai looked at Luke with her puppy-dog eyes pleading for him not to be mad.

"That's fine. Actually, April has a doctor's appointment today. Rory's taking her, but I want to tag along to see the first sign of my grandchildren. Wanna come too?" Luke asked. Lorelai knew how much it would mean if she went, and she knew he needed support going into a hospital because he was so deathly afraid.

"Of course I'll come. I want to take Rory maternity clothes shopping because she's really starting to show, and I don't want my mother to know right when we walk in the door. We can go after and I'll take April too," Lorelai told Luke. Luke nodded in agreement and went upstairs.

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"April Nardini?" A doctor called from the doorway. April stood up. "Great, come this way." The doctor smiled and lead April, Rory, and Lorelai into a large white room. The doctor asked April to lie down on a long white bed with one end propped up for her head. Rory and Lorelai sat down in the chairs next to the bed. Luke hadn't come in because they knew he would nauseous from the sight of anything medical. So, they left Luke in the waiting room, staring at his feet.

The doctor smiled at April. "Ready?" she asked. April nodded and took a deep breath. She had gotten one other ultrasound in New Mexico to confirm her pregnancy. The doctor squirted a gel on April's stomach and April flinched. The gel was wet and cold. The doctor took the transducer he machine next to her bed and rubbed it against April's abdomen. "Well, there's no traceable heartbeat at 5 weeks, but for now your baby looks healthy. You'll need to come back in 2 weeks to check back up and you should be able to hear the heart beat by then." The doctor put the machine away wiped off April's still flat abdomen.

"Thank you, doctor," April told the doctor on her way out. They emerged into the waiting and saw Luke, still staring at his feet. Lorelai went up to go make another appointment for April. "Okay, well that was nice. Shopping anybody? This can be the calm before tomorrow night's storm of Emily Gilmore." The girls got into Rory's car and drove away from the hospital.

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The girls were silent most of the way to the mall. Luke had gone back to the diner, not wanting disturb their "girl time". In the car, April looked kind of disappointed, and Rory wondered why.

"Hey, April," Rory said turning around to the backseat. "Is something wrong? I think the appointment went fine."

"Yeah it was fine. I just wish I could have heard Payton's heartbeat."

"Aw, hon, it'll be okay. Next time you'll hear it, and it'll be the best sound you'll ever hear. Trust me, it doesn't seem like it's that important, but Rory's heartbeat when I first heard it was like a little symphony of angels," Lorelai told them. Rory giggled. "Wait a second, did you say Payton?"

"Yeah, I like that name. And, I thought it would work if the baby was a boy or girl," April informed them.

"I like it too. Jess and I have hardly discussed names for our little boys. Of course he's mentioned wanting to name one Jess, but I like Casey or Evan." Rory liked thinking of baby names. It made her feel like the baby's are really real. As if the nausea and growing stomach weren't enough.

"Speaking of Jess, Rory, tell me about the proposal!" April said. Rory told them the whole story of how Jess had made dinner and decorated the apartment romantically. Then she showed them the ring.

"Wow, that's so beautiful," said April admiring the ring. "I hope I have a boy in my life someday that will be that romantic. Anyway, congrats!" Rory smiled. Lorelai parked the car in front of the mall. They went in a bought many clothes. Rory bought a white dress with pink flowers on it that nicely hid her enlarging stomach. April got a bunch of outfits in preparation for a stomach like Rory's. Lorelai noticed April's happiness she hadn't seen in days. She hoped Emily Gilmore couldn't find a way to break the happy spirit tomorrow, but that was just wishful thinking.

This was not how I wanted it to turn out! I'm not very happy with it, but I have writers block! Next chapter will be the dinner! Reviews are love! And I love suggestions!! They would help me update faster!

;- ) Happy Reading!!