Chapter 9: You, me and the Baby!
"Rory wake up," Logan called out to Rory but there was no response.
Fortunately a maid had seen what happened and walked to Logan and the still unconscious Rory.
"I called an ambulance, they're on their way," she informed him and Logan thanked her in return.
"Come on Rory," Logan said as tears filled his eyes. "Wake up!"
That was the last thing Logan could remember from when he was at her grandparents' house. He had followed the ambulance in his car where he also contacted Lorelai to fill her in on what happened. And now he was waiting at the Hartford Memorial Hospital. Waiting for any news about Rory and the baby, waiting for Lorelai to come, waiting for something.
One thing he also knew is how his parents or how her grandparents hadn't followed him to the hospital. Though he knew better then to blame them, but he couldn't help it. He blamed them for doing this to Rory, she hadn't deserved this. She hadn't planned to get pregnant or to skip a year of school. But yet here they were, Rory was expecting his child and that's it. Nothing can be done about it nor did he want anything to be done about it.
But all he could do right now was to wait for Lorelai to arrive or for one of the doctors to arrive with news about Rory and the baby. He was already waiting for more then 15 minutes and it seemed like eternity. He was afraid of what might come. What if something had happened to the baby? Rory had made a pretty nasty fall and who knows what might have happened to the baby. What if it hadn't survived the fall? Everybody knew that the baby wasn't planned, everybody who went to Yale knew as did everybody in Hartford and Stars Hollow. But when thinking about it right now he didn't want to loose the baby. He had begun to love this child, something which had amazed him. He didn't know the child, heck it wasn't even born yet, but he couldn't imagine a life without it. He loved the child that Rory was carrying, a woman he had started to care deeply for in the last few months.
These last few months had changed his life completely. And his feelings for Rory became deeper and depper. He had started to know a lot about Rory in these past few months from her little quirks to the things she loved and hated. He cared more about her life and their child's then his own life. He wanted to give up on his life if someday that might be able to help Rory or their child's life. And that's a feeling he had never felt for a girl. And he hated to admit it, but it scared him. Never had he been afraid of anything, after all he could take up any challenge. But this was scaring the hell out of him.
"Logan?" a voice interrupted his thoughts.
Logan looked to his right where he saw Lorelai and Luke looking at him. Lorelai with slight tears in her eyes as Luke was just being there for her though he did think that he saw Luke's eyes tearing up a little too.
"Lorelai, Luke?" Logan wondered, still a bit bedazzled by his thoughts.
"Yeah, any news?" Lorelai asked.
"Nothing yet," Logan replied as Lorelai took a seat next to him as Luke walked off to get some coffee for everybody.
"So how are you holding up?" Lorelai asked.
"Fine," Logan lied.
"And the truth now," Lorelai commented.
"Terrible," Logan admitted. "I'm afraid I might loose the both of them."
"You're not going to loose them," Lorelai assured him but just hoped that she was telling the truth. "Rory is a strong woman and your kid is a Huntzberger and a Gilmore with parents that don't give up so easily. Believe me, this kid will follow its parents' footsteps."
"Thanks Lorelai," Logan thanked her.
"No problem," Lorelai smiled slightly. "So what happened tonight?"
"Diner was horrible," Logan started. "Seemed like my parents and your parents were still not accepting it. So Rory got all mad and walked off. When I todl them all the truth about how they treated Rory, I saw that Rory was still behind me and then she fell. I guess all this stress was getting to her. That's the only explanation I can think of. The doctor had said last week that Rory and the baby were perfectly healthy. But the last few days, Rory has been stressing a lot and..."
"Slow down kid," Lorelai interrupted him. "You've been hanging out with Rory way too much."
This caused Logan to smile a little bit.
"You really care a lot about Rory, don't you?" Lorelai asked him all of a sudden.
"What?" Logan's response was, caught off guard by Lorelai's sudden question.
"Your eyes betray you," Lorelai continued. "I can see it in your eyes that you think about her or just the way you look at her."
"I guess," Logan responded.
"It's scaring you isn't it?" Lorelai asked and Logan nodded in return. "I know all about it. For years it scared me to love or really like a guy. But I foundthe one person that I really want to spend my life with."
"Luke?" Logan asked but he knew what the answer was.
"Yeah," Lorelai confirmed with a smile on her face. "In the beginning I was scared. A little while later I was scared that he might not feel the same way as I did. Then I got scared that one day hemight leave me, which unfortunately did happen but we're back together again. And now I'm not afraid anymore, because I know that me and luke will get through it together."
"That's great Lorelai," Logan smiled.
"You know, I was trying to make a point," Lorelai pointed out.
"I know," Logan said. "And you made a good one. I was scared for all those things too."
"Was? Like in present tense?" Lorelai asked curiously which Logan only nodded to in response, causing Rory to smile.
Then Luke came back with a few cups of coffee.
"Hey stranger, what took you so long?" Lorelai asked.
"A lot of bleeding people down that hall," Luke responded which was enough for Lorelai to know.
They drank their coffee as they waited for the doctors to arrive with some news.
About fifteen minutes later, two doctors walked up to them. One of them was Dr. Mitchells and the other one was a dark haired man, about the same height as dr. Mitchells.
"Mr. Huntzberger?" the doctor asked and Logan rose from his chair.
"Hello doctor," Logan greeted him. "This is Rory's mom Lorelai Gilmore and her boyfriend Luke."
"Nice to meet you," the doctor replied. "I have news about miss Gilmore."
"And?" Lorelai wondered, getting anxious to know what was wrong with her daughter and grandchild.
"Your daughter is fine," the doctor assured Lorelai. "The only problem is a high blood pressure. That's why we want to keep her here tonight and she can go home tomorrow. But it's important that she is calm for the next few months, since stress seems to tbe the cause of her unconsciousness. But other then that she's fine, no damage to the head or anywhere else. She's really lucky."
"And the baby?" Logan asked concerned.
"Well," dr. Mitchells began. "the baby seems to be fine. There's no sign of fractures or anything like that and the heart beat is perfect."
"That's good right?" Logan asked just to make sure.
"That's good," Dr. Mitchells confirmed. "Miss Gilmore and the baby are really lucky."
"That they are," the other doctor confirmed. "We should be going. If you have any questions just tell the nurses and they'll page us."
"Thank you doctor," Logan thanked both of them.
"You're welcome. You can go see her, she's awake," the doctor said. "But no more then two visitors."
"Okay, thanks," Lorelai said as the two doctors walked off. "So Logan, ready to go inside?"
"You and Luke should go first," Logan said. "You two have work tomorrow, don't you? I'll stay here tonight."
"You sure?" Lorelai asked him and Logan nodded in return. "But don't you have work tomorrow too?"
"I already called work when waiting and said I took a day off," Logan explained. "I already took care of that. Now go!"
"Thanks Logan," Lorelai smiled as Luke patted him on the back.
"Thanks for earlier too, Lorelai," Logan thanked her. "It made a lot of things clear for me."
"You're welcome," Lorelai said as a nurse lead Lorelai and Luke to Rory's room as Logan remained waiting in the waiting room.
"Mom!" Rory said as her mom entered the room along with Luke. "Hey Luke!"
"Hey hon!" Lorelai said happily as she hugged her daughter and Luke did the same. "You really scared all of us."
"I'm sorry," Rory said sadly.
"Don't be," Lorelai replied. "This time we can really blame something on my parents." This caused Rory to smile a little.
"Where's Logan?" Rory wondered.
"He's waiting outside," Lorelai said.
"Why?" Rory asked confused. "Is he mad?"
"No, he's not mad, at least not at you. Maybe at his parents or your grandparents but not you," Lorelai assured her.
"Then why isn't he coming in?" Rory asked again.
"Per doctor's orders," Lorelai explained.
"Huh?" Rory said confused.
"Only two visitors at the same time," Luke explained some more.
"Thanks Luke," Rory smiled. "So grandma and grandpa aren't here? What about dad? Does he know?"
"Calm down sweety, again per doctor's orders," Lorelai said. "I'll call your dad tomorrow right away and no your grandparents aren't here. Guess you scared the hell out of them. I've tried that for years, but you fruit of my loins have accomplished what started 21 years ago."
"You're welcome mom," Rory smiled.
"We should be going," Lorelai said. "I'll see you tomorrow when you get home. I'm positive Logan will take you home!"
"Sure," Rory smiled as they hugged one more time. "Thanks Luke for coming."
"Anytime," Luke said as he hugged Rory once more before both him and Lorelai walked out of the room.
In the hallway they spotted Logan who had just gotten himself a cup of coffee.
"She's all yours," Lorelai said with a smile. "You'll bring her home tomorrow?"
"No problem," Logan said. "Thanks Lorelai, Luke."
"With that, Lorelai and Luke walked off, heading back home as Logan walked to Rory's room. He silently knocked on the door and entered the room where he saw Rory lying in bed.
"Hey Ace," Logan greeted her as he sat down on a chair next to the bed. "How are you feeling?"
"Better," Rory said with a smile. "I'm so sorry Logan."
"Hey, this is not your fault," Logan assured her. "Your grandparents and my parents had no right to treat you that way."
"But still if I," Rory started but was cut off by Logan.
"No Rory," Logan interrupted her. "You're not blaming yourself for this."
"Okay," Rory surrendered.
"You look tired," Logan commented.
"I am," Rory confirmed.
"Why don't you go sleep for a while then?" Logan suggested as Rory nodded in return.
"You aren't going to leave are you?" Rory asked him.
"I'll stay if you want me to," Logan said as Rory just nodded in return, causing Logan to smile. "Goodnight Ace."
"Night Logan," Rory said as she drifted off to sleep as did Logan in the chair.
The next morning, Rory woke up, not knowing where she was at first, but then she remembered. She was in the hospital. She looked to her right where she saw Logan still asleep in a chair. She smiled at the sight in front of her until a knock on the door broke her thoughts. A nurse entered the room, causing Logan to wake up as well.
"Hey, goodmorning," Rory said with a smile as Logan stretched out.
"Hey yourself," Logan said. "How do you feel?"
"Good," Rory responded as the nurse began to speak.
"I am going to remove your IV so you can clean yourself up a bit and you can eat a bit before you head home," the nurse informed Rory. "The doctor will arrive later to do the last check ups."
"Okay," Rory said as the nurse did her tasks. She removed the IV and left the room, leaving the two of them alone.
"So," Rory said. "I'm sorry if I scared you last night."
"You did scare me," Logan confirmed. "But I'm glad you're okay" and he moved closer to Rory and sat down on her bed. "and that the baby is okay."
"I'm glad you're glad," Rory said with a smile.
"You know Rory," Logan said seriously. "Last night you scared the hell out of me. I thought I was going to loose you and the baby."
"I'm okay," Rory interrupted.
"I know but still. It killed me when I thought that I might loose you," Logan confessed. "What would I do without you?"
"Logan," Rory tried to interrupt him as tears started to appear in her eyes.
"I'm sure Finn, Colin and Steph would try to cheer me up," Logan rambled. "But without you I would feel lost. You really mean a lot to me Rory."
Rory smiled as she swept away her tears.
"I love you Logan," Rory told him as she took his hands in hers.
"What?" Logan said dumbfounded by Rory's sudden confession.
"I love you," Rory repeated and she meant it. The last few months she had come to realise that every day she saw a new side of Logan and she loved it. There was no doubt in her mind when these words left her mouth.
"I love you too," Logan responded with a smile.
"You do?" Rory asked him.
"I love you Rory," Logan said once again and he couldn't help but think how right those words sounded. "I want you with me now and forever. I want to be with you through this all. Together I know we can make it. Just you, me and the baby."
"And mom and Luke," Rory said with a smile.
"Sure," Logan said, not knowing why Rory smiled about that.
"And Lane, Paris," Rory continued. "Taylor, Miss Patty, Babette, Doyle and Kirk."
"Rory," Logan interrupted her as he smirked.
"Just you, me and the baby," Rory confirmed as she moved closer to him and kissed him. Logan of course returned the kiss.
Then Rory broke off the kiss after a while, as she put her hands on her belly.
"What?" Logan asked confused. "Is something wrong?"
"No it's perfect," Rory said with a smile as she took Logan's hands and placed them on her belly. He felt a slight kick when his hands were placed on Rory's belly and he smiled.
"It's kicking?" Logan asked with a smile on his face.
"Yeah," Rory said also with a smile on her face and couldn't help but think how perfect this moment was.
A few hours later when the doctor checked on Rory and the baby for the final time, they headed home. Logan opened the door to his car for her as Rory stepped inside.
"You already got me, no need for chavalry now," Rory teased him.
"What can I say Ace, I want to please you in any way that I can," Logan smirked as a blush crept on Rory's face. He loved it when he made her blush, it made her even more beautiful. "Ready to go home?"
"In Omnia Paratus!" Rory smiled as did Logan. He closed the door to the car and moved over to his side of the car and stepped inside, ready to head back home.
Author's note: Thanks for the reviews I received. I'm glad with the reviews and I enjoy them a lot.Next chapter: Blame it on love
Stress is hitting Logan and his friends call for Rory to help them cope with a stressed out Logan. But Rory has a plan..
