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Chapter 8
"Oh Lorelai…" Luke said in a mock sing-song voice as he walked through the door of his apartment to a still sleeping Lorelai.
"Did you get me coffee? Cause without coffee you mean nothing to me." Lorelai mumbled into her pillow.
"Yes I got you coffee…" And like a trigger, Lorelai shot out of bed and wrapped Luke's flannel around her body buttoning up the 4 bottom buttons, and was in front of Luke taking the coffee out of his hand in a matter of seconds.
"Wow, you'd think we were at the Kentucky Derby…" Luke said his voice soaked in sarcasm.
"Luke you know I love you right?" Lorelai smiled and kissed him on the lips with a now three-fourths empty coffee cup.
"Well I just thought you should know, when I walked downstairs right now, about the whole town was down there…" Luke started to explain but Lorelai chimed in.
"Was Ms. Patty down there?"
"Yes."
"And there is still a right butt cheek?" Lorelai smiled at her joke and took another sip of her coffee.
"Lorelai…" Luke warned.
"Sorry…anyways you were saying?" Lorelai said, urging Luke to continue.
"Yes, I was saying, and about the whole town was down there, and they saw me getting coffee and when I was on the way back up the stairs, more specifically, at the top of the stairs, the diner cheered. Yes the diner, cheered." Luke pre-ranted.
"The diner cheered?"
"Yes."
"Like, the diner, itself, cheered? Like Pee Wee Herman's magical playhouse cheered or like, Cheers?"
"What?" Luke asked obviously confused to Lorelai's references.
"Never mind. So the people, in the diner, cheered?" Lorelai cleared up for him.
"Yes, what do you think I meant?" Luke asked lost, again.
"Forget it. So what that the people cheered? What's your point?" Lorelai asked not getting the gist of Luke's comment.
"Me, wearing a limited amounts of clothing, pouring a cup of coffee, and bringing it back upstairs? Oh yeah that's not suspicious at all." Luke said raising his eyebrows at Lorelai.
"Oh…so you mean…they know?"
"Either that or, the Socks just won the World Series. Either way, the town is just cheery." Luke said walking into the kitchen and pouring himself a glass of orange juice.
"So what?"
"So what? You mean you don't care that the town is now in on our personal business?" Luke asked confused by how Lorelai could be so calm about this.
"Yeah. I mean, it's not like they were going to find out anyways." Lorelai said trying to calm Luke down, even though she loved seeing Luke rant, she didn't like to see him so shook up.
"Well…I guess." Luke admitted hanging his head in defeat.
"Yeah…hey, look at me." Luke lifted his head to look Lorelai in the eyes, "I love you." Lorelai leaned in and kissed him on the lips.
"I love you too." Luke said as they pulled away his eyes still closed.
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2 months later…
That morning Luke did his usual thing during the morning lunch, he worked. Served coffee, took orders, cooked food, but he couldn't shake the feeling that the whole town's eyes were on him, they had been for the past few weeks since the...incident.
He was so relieved to see Lorelai walk into the diner around early-mid afternoon, during the afternoon lull.
"Hey…how's your day going?" Luke asked turning around and grabbing a coffee mug and setting it front of Lorelai.
"Horrible. Ugh. Do I look sick to you?" Lorelai asked rubbing a hand against her cheek.
"Hmm…" Luke pressed the back of his hand to her forehead, "No, you don't seem to have a fever, why?"
"Well...this morning I spent about 30 minutes at the inn talking to Patty."
"Patty?" Luke asked confused.
"Yes, that's what I named my new friend for the past week, the big chunk of porcelain with a hole in it where a face should not be." Lorelai picked up her mug expecting there to be liquid heaven in it, but nothing. "Hey! Coffee!" Lorelai whined.
"Fine." Luke said defeated, hoping she wouldn't notice. Amateur. Lorelai thought. Luke poured the coffee into the mug and set the pot back on the burner.
"So how come you haven't told me you've been feeling sick?" Luke asked rubbing her arm comfortingly.
"Well it's just been kind of off and on, nothing big, you even said so yourself." Lorelai said, but deep down something was nagging at her gut. "Hey I'm gonna go ahead and take this in a to-go cup I have a few errands to run."
"Okay, you sure?" Luke asked concerned.
"Yeah." Lorelai said taking the to-go cup Luke had handed her. Lorelai was about to lean in to give Luke a kiss but...
"I'll take rain check." Luke said and kissed Lorelai on the cheek.
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Lorelai couldn't believe she was doing this again, the last time she was this impatient was about 20 years ago, and under much different conditions. She watched the egg timer impatiently waiting for the buzzer to ring, which seemed like took it hours, it finally did.
She walked into the bathroom to discover the stick that she had peed on for the second time in her lifetime had turned, pink. Pink. The color she had dreaded, not that she didn't want to have Luke's kid it was just...they had only been together for 2 months and...she didn't want to scare him off just yet.
Accepting reality she just rolled the stick up and threw in the thrash can under the sink. She looked up at her reflection in the mirror and just stared at herself for a second...then her eyes fell to her stomach. She was carrying Luke's child. This thought caused a smile to take over Lorelai's face and now she couldn't help but be excited, at least she would be much happier if another round of nausea hadn't overcome her again and her head was back in to toilet.
As soon as she was done puking her guts out, she decided she needed to tell Luke. Right then. So she made her way out of the house grabbing her coat on the way out.
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Lorelai walked over to the diner to give her some more time to think about what she was going to say to Luke. Several statements crossed her mind.
Luke! I'm knocked up! Didn't seem appropriate.
Aw shucks Luke, it's your turn, boy Christopher should be jealous. She thought it might make tension between her and Luke.
Luke...we're having a baby...and it's going to have beautiful eyes..." Seemed about right.
She walked up the steps to the diner finding the door, as usual, unlocked, and she simply walked through the door eliciting bells to jingle above her head announcing her presence.
"Hey!" Luke said looking up from his receipts since he was happy to see her because he hadn't seen her since lunch. He had been worried about her all day hoping she was feeling alright.
"Hey..." Lorelai said softly.
"What's up?" Luke asked noticing something different in Lorelai's behavior.
"Well...actually, I came here to to tell you something." Lorelai said trying to be serious but she couldn't ignore the nauseas feeling she was beginning to get.
"Shoot." Luke said and noticed her face suddenly turn green and she made a run for the bathroom.
Luke followed close behind her to the bathroom but the door was shut. Lorelai didn't want Luke to have to see her in this pathetic state before she delivered the biggest piece of news she had to in their relationship.
"Lorelai, I'm going to be out front, call for me if you need me." Luke called through the door feeling horrible that he couldn't be there to comfort her, and hold her, and make her feel better.
"O-okay..." Lorelai stuttered between dumping her guts.
Luke reached the counter and Nicole entered the diner. The one person he had no desire to see again. She was carrying 2 of his flannel shirts that he had been missing.
"I brought you something." Nicole said like it was no big deal taking a seat at the counter.
"Thanks." Luke said uncomfortably.
"Um...do you..." Nicole didn't let him finish, Do you mind leaving? I'm kind of in the middle of something. Luke finished up in his head.
"Yes I would love some coffee." Nicole answered his unfinished sentence.
"Oh. Sure." Luke said and grabbed a mug and poured her some coffee.
"So, how are things?" Nicole asked trying to strike up a conversation.
"Uh...things are..." Luke again wasn't able to finish his sentence as Lorelai had finished emptying her food from the day and had walked back into the diner.
"Anyways, sorry Luke, but I have to finish telling you..." Lorelai started but then noticed who was sitting at the counter. Shocked, Lorelai mumbled barely audible, "Nicole? What're you doing here?"
"Well...uh...obviously I wasn't welcome." Nicole walked over in front of Lorelai. "But you know what, I don't really care how you feel about me. I love Luke and I know deep down Luke loves me too so I think you should be the one leaving."
Lorelai didn't know if it was the pregnancy mood swings or if it was just out of pure amusement, but Lorelai just started laughing at this statement. She thought it was so funny how Nicole could come in here and tell her this. She, after all, was pregnant with Luke's child, not Nicole. Her.
"What is wrong with you?" Nicole asked clearly taken aback by Lorelai's sudden outburst. Luke was also taken aback but he didn't want to step in afraid Lorelai might punch him in the face for getting between her and Nicole.
"I'm pregnant." Lorelai choked out because she was laughing so hard now.
"What did you say Lorelai?" Luke spoke up wide-eyed.
"What...did you say?" Nicole asked clearly surprised.
"Lorelai, we're having a baby?" Luke asked walking over to Lorelai grabbing a hold of her upper arms to steady her. Tears were now streaming down Lorelai's face, partly from laughing so hard, and partly because of the situation.
"Yes. Luke. We're having a baby." Lorelai smiled.
"Oh gosh. I'm so happy." Luke said and kissed Lorelai on the cheek.
"Excuse me?" Nicole interrupted trying to bring attention back on her presence.
"Nicole, if you haven't gotten the hint, I think you should leave now." Luke suggested pointing towards the door.
"I can't believe you chose that, slut, over me." Nicole said disguisted and walked out of the diner.
"Yeah, well, apparently I love a loose woman." Luke joked and smiled.
So…what did you think? And don't forget, review and tell me if I should make this much longer or end it in the next few chapters. Thanks!
Kati.
