Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls.
Nine months after Lori's sixth birthday, Lola and Devin realized they had a problem conceiving. They had been trying for a year and several months for another baby, but it just wasn't happening.
"Mommy and Daddy are sad," Lori informed Lorelai one day. Lori was being watched by her great-grandmother for once, instead of her parents or grandparents.
"Why?" Lorelai asked, curious. She knew that Lola and Devin had needed some time alone.
Lori shrugged. Her parents weren't telling her why they were sad, and they were making her sad.
"Can we go watch a movie now?" Lori whined to her great-grandmother. Lorelai nodded, smiling as she followed her great-granddaughter.
When Lola and Devin returned, they were still depressed, but hiding it from their daughter. They had just been told there was a chance they could never conceive again.
The couple now had to discuss their options, and they were still reeling from the news.
"I love you," Lori sing-songed to her parents. They smiled despite their inner sadness.
"We love you too, Baby," Lola assured her daughter. She wasn't sure how to react to the fact that she would only be able to have one child.
"Can we go to the zoo tomorrow?" Lori asked her parents, skipping to the car her parents owned.
"We'll think about it," Devin assured his daughter. He was sure he could be happy with only one child, but he wasn't sure about Lola.
After Lori went to bed, Lola and Devin began to discuss their options.
"We could adopt," Lola told her husband. She would love to give children without families a home.
"We could also use a surrogate mother," Devin pointed out. He wouldn't mind using a surrogate, although it would be weird if his wife wasn't the pregnant one.
"We could be foster parents," Lola suggested, although she knew that she would want to adopt every single kid she fostered. Her mind went slightly off track as she wondered if fostered was a word.
"You won't want to give the kids up," Devin told her, knowing his wife like the back of his hand.
"You're right," Lola admitted sheepishly. Her husband knew her so well, and Lola loved him so much for that.
"We can still keep trying for a baby and hope it works," Devin suggested, wondering how his wife would react to that idea.
"Let's try for another year and see how it goes. After that, we can discuss our options," Lola agreed. She didn't want to think about not being able to conceive. She wanted to try for a little while longer.
"Okay," Devin told her, smiling. He didn't want to get their hopes up, but Devin hoped trying for a baby for another year would work.
Trying for a baby for another year wouldn't work, but the couple didn't know that yet.
Lori started first grade shortly after Lola and Devin resumed trying for a baby, and she loved it. The couple was happy that their daughter hadn't been scarred for life by their problems. They loved their daughter, and hoped they could give her a sibling.
Everything was great for the DuGrey family, for now at least.
TBC
I would have updated earlier, but I was having brief writer's block and I had to schedule my college classes today. I can't update tomorrow, because I'm going to Wal-Mart and getting the Journey Greatest Hit CD(We have it, but it's skipping because of age, and the CD is only 5) and a Sims 2 expansion pack. (Hopefully Seasons. The website is telling me that the closet one doesn't have it, but the next closest one does.)
I promise that things will eventually get better for the DuGreys, but it'll be a long time before they do.
