A/N: SO I GUESS EVERYONE LIKED THE NAME? WELL IF YOU DIDN'T, SORRY. NOW THIS CHAPTER IS ABOUT THANKSGIVING. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE FIGURING OUT IF I HAD THE TIME RIGHT WITH THANKSGIVING AND HOW FAR ALONG LORELAI IS, SO JUST GO WITH ME ON THIS.
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Lorelai Gilmore was overly excited for Thanksgiving this year. It was one of those days where you just ate and ate, and now that she was eating for two, it was going to that much better. Lorelai was also extremely excited because they had been invited to Mia's house for a few days over Thanksgiving. Mia still knew nothing of Luke and Lorelai being married, or even that Lorelai was expecting. When Mia had called, Lorelai had told her it would be three of them for the stay, but wanted to surprise Mia with Luke. The family's first stop would be the Kim's and next was Sookie's, which of course was followed by the elder Gilmore's. After Lorelai's parents, they were going up to spend a few days with Mia in North Carolina. Luke had told Lorelai to be packed by the night before Thanksgiving, in hopes that maybe she would be done before they were ready to go to Mrs. Kim's. That didn't work.
"Lorelai come on. You were supposed to be done last night." Luke yelled from the bottom of the steps.
"Luke, you gave me a deadline like I'm a child. 'Susie, clean your room by 5:30 or you are not going out!' I am not a child Luke. What are you going to do, punish me?" she asked walking down the steps, hands flying a mile a minute.
"I could think of a few ways to punish you." Luke said pulling her closer to him and kissing her.
"Hm, maybe we should just go back upstairs." Lorelai said in between kisses.
"Nope." Luke said after he stopped kissing her abruptly.
"That was so mean!" Lorelai said picking up a bag to carry to the car.
"Hey, what did I say? I'll do the carrying." he said sternly.
"Okay, sorry. Although I don't see how carrying a suitcase is going to hurt me. What is lifting going to jiggle the baby out?"
"Would you not argue with me and just get in the car." Luke said pointing to the door.
"Where's the fun in that?" she asked giving him a look.
"Go. Call Rory and tell her we'll be there in 20 minutes."
"More like 30, I want some coffee."
"There's decaf in the pot."
"No Luke, I don't think you heard me. I want coffee."
"And I said there's decaf in the pot." Luke told her carrying another bag out the door.
"You
better come out soon Amelia. Mommy's going to go insane without her
coffee."
"Too Late!" Luke said coming up behind her, causing
her to jump.
"I don't like you anymore." she said walking out of the kitchen towards the car, but not before sticking her tongue out at him.
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"Rory, I know you and your mother want to talk and dilly-dally, but we really need to get going."
"He just said dilly-dally!" Rory said, turning to her mother.
"Say it again!" Lorelai squealed.
"Lorelai." he said looking at his wife. "Lorelai." he said looking at his daughter. "Both of you in the car right now."
"Aw man" Lorelai said pouting, standing still.
"You are making it harder Lorelai."
"Ha, funny, that's the same thing you said last night."
"Aw jeez" Luke said, turning 6 shades of red.
"MOM!" Rory squealed.
"You're right; we should get in the car." Lorelai said walking out of Rory's room, leaving Rory and Luke to look at each other.
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"Mom, can you pass the gravy?" Lorelai asked Emily, which was the longest sentence she had said all night.
"Ah, she speaks!" Emily said sarcastically.
"Rory, can you pass the gravy?" she said looking at her daughter, who of course passed it.
"So, Grandma, when do you and Grandpa get back from your trip?" Rory asked, trying to get rid of the awkward silence.
"We get back the 3rd of January."
"That sounds like fun." Rory said.
The rest of the dinner was spent in mostly silence, but at the end of the dinner, Richard asked to see Lorelai in his study.
"Lorelai, I know your mother has had a sour attitude about this whole thing, but I never want that to keep me from seeing you. I have let Emily drive you away enough times, but I will not let that happen again." Richard said.
Lorelai smiled. "I don't want it to keep you from seeing me, but I can't promise that I'm going to come around much more, because I can't deal with these comments, they just upset me, which isn't good for the baby."
"I understand, so I would like you to call me, whenever you feel you can't make it to dinner, and then you and I can set something up so I can see you."
"That sounds good. Thanks dad."
"My pleasure. Now am I correct that you'll be out of town for the next couple of days?"
"Yes, North Carolina. We'll be back on Monday."
"Call my cell phone when you return. We can 'do lunch' or whatever it is kids are saying these days. Your mother and I will still be in town."
"Great, I will." Lorelai said laughing.
"Lorelai." Richard called as she was walking out. "Happy Thanksgiving."
"You too Daddy." she said walking out to the foyer.
"Goodbye Lorelai." Emily said coldly, but Lorelai just looked at her and walked out to the car where Rory and Luke were waiting.
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"Come on Luke, I really gotta pee!" Lorelai said.
"Okay, I'm looking for a place to stop Lorelai. Would you like me to pull over so you can go on the side of the rode?"
"If you must."
"Look, there's a gas station right there."
"Okay, well go!"
"I'm going, I'm going."
"So, you suddenly decided that you going to drive like an 80 year old man who hasn't slept in weeks?"
"Very nice." Luke said.
"Yeah well, my bladders about to burst!"
"We're here, go." Luke said, but Lorelai was already out of the car.
"She's insane." Rory said from the backset.
"Hey, I thought you were asleep." he said.
"Nah, I was just listening to you and mom."
Luke's face turned red. "Uh, for how long."
"Not that long. Don't worry Luke."
"Okay." he said, sighing with relief.
"Hey can I ask you something." Rory said after a moment or silence.
"Shoot."
"Uh, would it totally freak you out if I called you Dad? I mean, mom and I have talked about it and stuff, and you practically are my dad, so it just seems right."
"What about Christopher." Luke asked.
"Well the way I see it, he's my father, you know he gave me life or whatever, but I define a Dad as someone who's always there, and well, that's you."
Luke thought about it for a minute. "I would love it if you called me dad Rory."
Then it was Rory's turn to let out a sigh. "Good."
"Good" Luke returned. "What is taking your mother so long?"
"Hey, she's your wife."
"Yes, for reasons I will never understand." Luke joked and Rory laughed.
A few minutes later they saw Lorelai walking out of the gas station with three bags full of food in her hand. Luke reached over and opened the door for her.
"What the hell did you buy?"
"Food. Your child is hungry." Lorelai said putting her hands on her stomach.
"Now she's my child."
"Yep" Lorelai said leaning over to kiss him.
"So Mommy, did you get anything good?"
"Of course!" Lorelai said passing Rory a bag.
"So, Rory and I had a nice talk while you were gone." Luke said as he merged back onto the highway.
"Oh yeah?" Lorelai asked looking back at Rory for a silent conformation.
"Yep. And Luke said it would be good if I called him Dad." Rory said smiling.
"Good." Lorelai said, sounding very happy. Then she rubbed the back of Luke's neck as he looked over and smiled at her.
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"Wow, she has a beautiful has." Luke said as they pulled into Mia's driveway.
"She really does!" Rory agreed.
"Luke, come help me out." Lorelai said.
"Coming." Luke told her as he walked around to her side or the car. Just as he pulled the car door open Mia walked out.
"OH MY GOD. IS THAT YOU LUCAS?" Mia asked causing Luke to walk over to her and leave his wife stuck in the car.
"Hey Mia! Happy Thanksgiving." Luke said.
"What on earth are you doing here?" She asked him.
"Uh, actually, Lorelai and I got married this summer."
"Get out of here!"
"LUKE!" Lorelai yelled from the car.
"Oh coming." he said walking over to her his pregnant wife out of the car.
"MIA!" Rory squealed, running to her.
"Oh, my baby." Mia said hugging Rory tightly.
"Hi Mia." Lorelai said once she was out of the car.
"Oh my dear. You're expecting! This is so exciting!" Mia said wrapping Lorelai in her arms.
"I know." Lorelai said, sounding a bit chocked up.
"Now, I want to hear everything, including why I was not informed of any of this."
"Well, we have plenty of time." Luke said taking Lorelai's hand as Mia led them into the house.
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"So," Mia started.
"Sew buttons on ice cream and watch the slide off!" Lorelai sang, interrupting her.
"So, tell me everything. Leave nothing out."
"Okay, well Luke and I started dating when we had the test run for the Dragonfly. We were together for just about a year before we got engaged, and we got married in July, and now we're having a baby." Lorelai said.
"When are you due dear?" Mia asked.
"May 5th." Luke said, jumping in.
"And what are you having?"
"A little girl." Lorelai said grabbing Luke's hand.
"Name?" Mia asked.
"Amelia." Rory said.
Mia looked at Lorelai for a minute and smiled. "May I ask what your mother thinks of the name?"
Lorelai let out a little chuckle. "Uh yeah, she and I aren't on the best of terms right now because of it."
"Well, give her a chance Lorelai. Don't shut her out, she needs you."
"She has a very weird way of showing it."
"Give her time."
"I'm getting really tired, would you mind if I went to bed?" Rory said.
"Oh no, of course dear, right down the hall." Mia said pointing to the bedroom down the hall. "Lorelai, Luke, you're right across from her."
"Thanks Mia. Night Mom" Rory said kissing her mother. "Night Dad." she said also kissing Luke.
"Night kid." Lorelai replied.
"Night Rory." Luke said as they watched her until the door closed.
"So, Dad?" Mia questioned, looking at Luke.
Luke just smiled at Mia, then looked at his wife, winking at her.
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OKAY SO IT OCCURRED TO ME AFTER I WROTE THIS THAT THERE IS NO WAY MIA WOULD NOT KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF, BUT WHATEVER IT'S MY STORY.
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