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Ch. 11: Coming Home

Luke stood outside the nursery, watching Rory Gilmore squirm around in her bed. He smiled as the newborn slowly closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep. It was seven in the morning and Rory had been alive for only three hours, but Luke already loved her. She looked just like Lorelai, except for the hair color, which he guessed was Christopher's.

Christopher. Luke balled his fist. He hated that guy. He didn't deserve to live. After getting Lorelai pregnant and ditching her. The thought made Luke even angrier. But Luke also felt a twinge of jealousy as he looked at the small baby sleeping soundly. She has half of his DNA. Even when I adopt her, she'll never be completely mine.

Luke turned and started back to Lorelai's room. She had fallen asleep an hour ago and he wanted to make sure she didn't wake up alone. He walked into her room and smiled. She looked just like an angel when she slept. Her dark hair cascading around her pale skin. The only thing missing were her bright blue eyes.

Luke made his way over to the chair that was next to the bed and sat down, careful not to wake her. Lorelai turned to the side and Luke heard her mumble "Mia". Luke stood up. Mia! No one knew about the baby. He raced out of the room and to a pay phone past the nurses' station. He called collect and within seconds Mia's voice filled the earpiece. "Mia Holloway."

"Mia it's Luke." Luke said.

"Luke, what's wrong?" Mia's voice filled with concern.

"Nothing, actually everything's great." Luke broke out into a big grin. "Lorelai went into labor last night."

"She did? Is she okay? Are you at the hospital?"

"Yeah, she's fine. Exhausted, but fine. The baby was born about three hours ago."

"Oh my goodness. I'm coming down right away."

"No Mia. You don't need to come down right now. Stay there and get some work done. Lorelai will probably sleep for a few more hours. I'll call back later."

Luke heard Mia sigh on the other end. "Alright, but call me the moment she wakes up. I want to meet that little girl."

"Great, oh Mia, could you maybe let the town know? But tell them not to visit yet. Lorelai is going to be cranky enough."

"Of course. I'll come by later."

"Thanks Mia bye." Luke hung up and blew out a breath. That's the easy part. Luke made his way back to Lorelai's room. He settled himself into the chair and fell into a deep sleep.

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Lorelai's eyes fluttered open. At first she couldn't place her whereabouts. Then she looked down at her hospital gown and remembered. I had the baby last night. I'm a mother. Lorelai glanced at Luke and smiled. He was sitting in the chair, but bent over so his head was on the bed. She silently removed his ball cap and began stroking his hair.

Luke began to stir. "What's wrong." He mumbled.

"Luke. I'm a mother." She whispered.

Luke lifted his head up and smiled. "Yeah you are. She's gorgeous too."

"Don't go falling in love with her." Lorelai mock scolded.

"Too late. I love her. She's beautiful. Like her mother."

Lorelai smiled and kissed Luke's scruffy cheek. "Thank you for being here. I know the delivery room was probably the last place you wanted to be."

"Don't worry about it." Luke sat up and stretched. "What time is it?"

Lorelai checked the clock on the wall. "1 in the afternoon."

"Wow. I don't think I've ever slept that late."

"Well, You probably weren't up until six in the morning either."

"Yeah. Oh I have to call Mia." Luke stood up and made his way out of the room.

Lorelai laughed and settled back into the bed. A knock interrupted her quiet time. "Lorelai?"

She looked up and smiled at the doctor. "Hello."

"Hi. Well you and Rory seem to be doing very well. We want to keep you one more night, but you can go home tomorrow afternoon."

"Great."

"Is there anything the nurses can get you?"

"I'd like my baby please."

"I'll call the nursery." The doctor left and moments later a nurse entered with a little bassinet.

"Hi Rory." Lorelai cooed as she picked her up. The baby merely gurgled, but it made Lorelai's heart swoop anyway. "Oh, you are such a beautiful baby."

A knock on the door interrupted the moment and when Lorelai looked up her heart sank. "Christopher." She said as he entered the room and stood by the chair.

"Hey, Lore." He said quietly, staring at Rory. "Your mom called."

Lorelai gritted her teeth, "I see."

"It's great to see you Lorelai."

"Sure."

"Really. I've thought about this long and hard, and I've decided to forgive you."

Lorelai scoffed, "Forgive me?"

"Yeah for running away, hooking up with that lumberjack, ignoring my phone calls."

"You are unbelievable."

"Lore."

"No Chris. If anyone should do the forgiving it's me. I should forgive you for getting me pregnant, trying to break up me and Luke, which didn't work."

"You're still with him?" Christopher yelled. "I don't believe it! You leave me, the guy you've known your entire life and stay with this guy you've known for less than a year!"

"Well, that guy, Luke by the way, loves me."

"I love you."

"No, you don't. You like me, but you don't love me. If you loved me, you would have ran away with me back in March, but you didn't. I wish you loved me Chris. That first night, I cried myself to sleep wondering, 'Why doesn't he love me? What did I do?' but I realized that it was for a reason. Because the next day, I met Luke. And he was the best thing that ever happened to me. Well until this," she said, nodding to Rory "happened. Even though I will regret getting pregnant at sixteen, but I will never regret having this baby, who unfortunately shares have of your genes."

"Lore."

"Just go Chris. I don't need or want you anymore."

Chris bowed his head and stalked out of the room.

Moments later Luke came back in and sat down on the bed. "You okay?"

Lorelai looked up and smiled, "I have never been better." She said looking down as Rory gently drifted off to sleep.

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Lorelai fell back against the bed, exhausted. "Man, who knew that one little baby would be so popular?"

Luke tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and smiled. Ever since Luke had called Mia yesterday to tell her about Rory, it seemed every person in Stars Hollow had come to see the new baby. "Well, considering her mother is the new object of town gossip, I'd say that baby is pretty popular."

Lorelai groaned, "Oh, did you hear the latest story?"

"No, what?" Luke smiled, as he took Rory from Lorelai's arms.

"We met at a New Year's Party, got drunk, had sex, then forget about each other until I come begging at your diner for coffee, carrying your child." Lorelai smirked.

"Seriously, after I screamed at that meeting that I wasn't the father, they still won't believe it."

"Well, you can't blame them babe. She does look a lot like you." Lorelai said, nodding to Rory.

Luke looked down and smiled, "She does look a little like me, doesn't she."

"You bet." Lorelai stroked his arm and smiled at the little Hallmark moment in front of her. "Tomorrow." She whispered.

Luke looked up and nodded, "Tomorrow."

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The next morning, Luke finished packing while Lorelai filled out the discharge papers. Luke looked up as he finished packing and stared at Rory. "Hey, beautiful." He whispered. He moved over and picked up the small baby, gently. Lorelai and the nurses had spent over an hour teaching Luke how to hold the baby correctly, and he was still trying to get the hang of it. "You have the greatest mothers around. Sure she may be young, but as they say, age is just a number."

Lorelai wiped the tears down her face as she entered the doorway, hearing everything.

Luke lowered Rory into the bassinet and walked over to Lorelai, "What's wrong?"

Lorelai shook her head and kissed Luke, "I love you."

Luke smiled, "I love you too."

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An hour later Luke, Lorelai, and Rory made their way back to Stars Hollow in Luke's truck. As Lorelai saw the Welcome to Stars Hollow sign she sighed, "Look Rory, here's your home."

"Lorelai she's asleep."

"Ah, Rory you're supposed to stay awake for the big tour of the town." Suddenly Rory popped her eyes open. Lorelai broke into a huge grin, "Good girl, I'll feed you then we'll take you on a tour of the town."

Luke parked in front of the diner and looked at Lorelai. "Are you up for this? It's the lunch rush and everyone is in there. Patty, Babette, Taylor."

"I'll be fine Luke. I'm proud of Rory. She's beautiful and I don't care what anyone says."

"Alright. Let's go."

Luke got out and Lorelai followed with Rory in tow. The couple walked into the diner and was bombarded with people.

"Oh, Lorelai she's beautiful. Look at those blue eyes. She's the spitting image of you." Patty said as she pushed her way to the front of the crowd.

"Thanks, Patty. She needs to eat, but if you want you can hold her."

"Would I?" Patty immediately swooped Rory into her arms as Lorelai fiddled with the giant diaper bag she carried. "Aha!" She said as she pulled out a bottle. "Here you go Patty."

"Thanks Lorelai. Come on Rory." She said excitedly as she carried the infant to the table where Babette sat waiting.

Lorelai walked over to the counter, taking her usual seat. Luke walked over. "You know we're never going to get her back."

"Eh, don't worry, once she needs to be changed I'll have her back within 5 seconds. Oh, speaking of 5 seconds, I'd like some coffee."

"No."

"But Luke, I'm not pregnant anymore, the evidence of that is being smothered by Patty and Babette."

"You should go off it completely."

"But then I wouldn't be the ravishing creature before."

"I think you'd be even more ravishing if you gave up coffee." Luke whispered.

"Lucas Danes, are you trying to seduce me into giving up coffee?" Lorelai gasped.

Luke leaned back startled, "N-no." He shifted his eyes to Kirk and went to refill his cups, but Lorelai saw the blush creeping up his face.

"Aww, Lukey's embarrassed." Lorelai cooed.

"No, I'm not."

"Lorelai," Patty's voice erupted through the diner, causing the couple to turn to see Rory squirming out of Patty's grasp.

"Careful Patty," Luke dropped the pitcher he was holding on the table and all but flew to the table, picking up Rory carefully. "You need to be really careful."

"I'm sorry dear, she just wiggled out of my grasp."

Through the commotion no one noticed Lorelai sneaking around the counter and pouring herself some coffee.

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"Okay, Rory are you ready to see your home for the first time?" Lorelai said excitedly as she unlocked the front door.

"Lorelai can you just unlock the door, I'm freezing."

"Okay okay, here we are. Ta Da!" Lorelai exclaimed as she threw open the door.

"Wow, it looks the exact same as the last time I saw it, can I put this stuff down now?"

"Yes, oh Rory, look this is your crib." Lorelai said as she carried the infant over. "And here is the kitchen where daddy makes food. And this is the most important room in the house the living room."

"You do know she's asleep right?"

"What?" Lorelai looked down and saw that Rory's eyes were closed. "Uh, Rory, you were supposed to stay awake while I gave the tour."

Must have gotten bored."

"Lies, I'm not boring. Whenever I talk it becomes pure entertainment. In the seventh grade I had to do a research paper on the Founding Fathers, most boring thing ever. So I drank 5 cups of coffee before I went and I spoke so fast that everyone had to stay awake because they were trying to figure out what I was saying."

"Are you sure they weren't waiting for the guys with the strait jacket to come get you."

"Possibly. Oh, well. Rory we will finish the tour later." She laid her in her crib then walked over to Luke. "Thanks for everything." She whispered as she put her arms around his neck.

"It's no trouble. You're my girlfriend remember?"

"Yeah but it was still sweet." She kissed him sweetly.

They parted after a moment and Lorelai looked up at them. "Can you stay tonight? Rory will be out for at least another three hours." She said with a devilish grin.

"As nice as that sounds, I do need to go. I have early deliveries in the morning."

"Okay," Lorelai sighed.

"Bye, I'll see you tomorrow." Luke pecked her on the lips then left.

Lorelai watched him go and smiled at the crib, "I can't wait for him to be your dad."

Yay! I'm done after a two month hiatus. (Sooo sorry. I had musical rehearsals.) But expect more chapters coming your way as long as I get reviews. Oh and check out my new story "If I Told You" It's a Literati fic (Rory and Jess) so a word of warning, if you don't like literati, that's fine, just don't tell me. It will be better if no one tells me their preferences. Anyway, bye!