"Aren't you excited?" Lorelai asked Luke as they sat in the doctor's office about a month after he had found out. Lorelai was now four months pregnant and she and Luke were waiting to find out the sex of the baby.
"I guess," he said, wiping his forehead and looking towards the ceiling.
"What's wrong? We're not even in a hospital. We haven't seen a single person with a screwdriver in his head and we're not going to. This isn't that kind of place."
"It's not?"
"No. The only thing you're gonna see here are pregnant ladies. You might see a contraction here or there, but that's about it. So chill, and get excited! We're gonna find out what it is so we can stop calling it It and give it a name!"
"I guess that is pretty exciting," Luke said, smiling warmly down at Lorelai, who lay shivering in a thin paper gown on the bed.
"Hi, Lorelai. This must be the infamous Luke. I'm Doctor Brandin," the doctor said, offering her hand to Luke.
"Luke," he said smiling as he shook her hand.
"Well, let's get started." Dr. Brandin smeared the cold blue gel on Lorelai's slightly rounded stomach and they were on their way.
A few minutes later, when the doctor had gotten a picture on the sonogram machine, Luke excused himself to use the little boy's room.
"Hey doc, any chance you'll tell me while he's out of the room so I can come up with a fun way to tell him what it is on my own?"
"Sure. What do you think?" Dr. Brandin asked, pointing to the screen.
"Well… I don't think I see any… foreign objects. So I'm going with a girl."
"Are you sure?"
"Not at all."
"Well, Lorelai, congratulations. It's a-"
Luke and Lorelai were on their way home, and Luke was still upset that neither the doctor nor Lorelai would tell him the sex of his unborn child.
"Don't you want it to be a surprise?"
"No. I want to be able to decorate the nursery the right way, not in some green and yellow neutral colors. I want it to be pink for a boy, blue for a girl. Wait, scratch that, reverse it. Just tell me!" he said, hitting the steering wheel with one hand.
"You're cute when you're angry," Lorelai said, smiling.
Luke couldn't help but smile back. "Just promise me you'll tell me before it's born."
"I promise," she said, as she crossed the fingers of her right hand so Luke couldn't see. "Hey, can we take a walk?"
"But we're already home."
"Please? I'm feeling restless," Lorelai said, with a pout.
"I think I can take care of that upstairs if you'd like," Luke said seductively.
"Lucas Danes! Did you just try to seduce me?"
"I think I did."
"Just because it worked last night doesn't mean it'll work right now... Try again after our walk."
"Fine."
Luke parked the truck outside the house and got out and walked around to help Lorelai out. Lorelai smiled as he took her hand and eased her out of the truck gently.
They walked hand in hand until they got to the square. The walked up to the gazebo to sit down for a minute when they ran into none other than... Babette.
"Lorelai! Luke! It's so great to see you two kids so happy."
"Hi Babete. How are you?"
"I'm great! Apricot did the most darlin' thing this mornin'. She-"
"I'm sure it was absolutely adorable," Luke interupted, not exactly interested in hearing the rest of the story.
"Lorelai, have you been eatin' too many bon bons lately? You're lookin a little rounder than noraml," Babette said, genuinely concerned.
"Well," Lorelai looked up at Luke to see if he thought this was the right time. When he smiled back down at her, she knew it was time for the town to know. "Actually, Babette, I've been eating a lot healthier these days, but not on my own will."
"Uh..." Babette was obviously confused. Lorelai reached behind her and pulled her shirt tighter around her stomach to reveal her rounded stomach. "I don't think those greens are doin you any... Oh my god! You're pregnant!" she shouted so the whole town could hear.
"Yes, Babette, she is," Luke provided.
"PATTY!" Babette screamed as she ran towards the dance studio.
"So, I guess they know," Lorelai smiled up at Luke.
"I guess so."
When the couple walked through the front door about an hour later, Lorelai immediately ran for the phone to call her (for now) one and only.
"Hi, you've reached Rory Gilmore. I'm not available to take your call at the moment. Please leave your name, number, and a brief message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks! Have a great day."
Lorelai sighed. "Have I taught you nothing?! You know better than to leave a boring voice mail message like that one. Spice it up and call me back!" Lorelai hung up the phone and walked into the kitchen to see Luke making dinner. She walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her head on is shoulder.
"What's cookin'?"
"Beef roast, mashed potatoes, and some green things you won't eat."
"Sounds delicious."
"Even the green things?"
"Oddly enough, yes. Unfortunately, it seems that little no name here is going to be a healthy eating like his or her father."
"Am I his or her father?"
"Wouldn't you like to know."
"Yes I would," Luke said, turning around but still in Lorelai's embrace, crossing his arms over his chest.
"That's good to know. When will dinner be ready?"
"When you tell me what we're having."
"Easy. We're having beef roast, mashed potatoes, and some green things that I will eat."
"Not funny."
"Very funny."
Luke sighed. "It's ready now."
"Good! I am starving."
Just then, the phone rang. Lorelai broke away from Luke and dashed into the living room to answer it. "Offspring of whose existence was a surprise?"
"Aren't all your offspring's existences a surprise?" came Rory's amused voice.
"Not speaking to you anymore," Lorelai said with mock hurt.
"Did you need something?"
"Yes I did. We found out what the baby is today!"
"Not we! Your mother! She won't tell me!" came Luke's voice from the kitchen.
"Was that Luke?"
"It was. He went to the bathroom when the doctor told me and now I'm getting great amusement out of not telling him what it is. I'm planning a cute yet fun way to tell him eventually."
"So… what is it?! I assume I'm allowed to know."
Luke quietly walked to the foyer to listen in on Lorelai's conversation to see if he could catch her telling Rory what the baby was.
"Yes you are. It's a-" but all Luke heard was a few mumbles as Lorelai whispered into the phone.
"Evil!" Luke shouted.
"Lucas Danes! Were you listening in on my conversation?"
"Yes! I was! I want to know what my baby is, goddammit!"
"Luke sounds cute when he's angry," Rory said to her mother.
"You have no idea," Lorelai said, smiling up at her Luke.
Tbc.
So, you'd think I would be able to update a lot over Christmas break since I had to school work or anything. But, the idiot that I am caught scarlet fever, so I was miserable for awhile. Sorry for the wait. REVIEW!!! please?
