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Chapter 14

Friday came quickly and Lorelai was dreading the dinner. He didn't want her mother to scare Luke off. She was also nervous about the baby. She knows her mother can notice anything.

Luke looked across at her as they were driving to Hartford. "You ok?" He asked.

"Just promise me something." Lorelai said.

"Anything." He said.

"Promise me whatever my mom says, you won't leave me." She said.

Luke reached over and squeezed her hand. "I'm all in." He said.

Lorelai gave him a small smile. "Thanks."

They drove into the driveway of the Gilmore Mansion and saw Rory's car already there. "She must have gone in already." Lorelai said.

"Well let's go then." Luke said.

They went and rang the doorbell and Emily greeted them at the door. "Ah here you are! You're late." She said.

"Sorry mom. Bad traffic." Lorelai said.

"Well come on through. Rory's already here." She said.

Lorelai rolled her eyes at Luke and then followed Emily through to the living room.

"Mom!" Rory smiled getting up and giving her a hug.

"Hey hon." Lorelai smiled.

Rory then surprised Luke and most of all Emily by giving him a hug too. "Hey Luke!" She smiled.

"Hey Rory." He smiled.

"So what would you like to drink?" Emily asked. "Lorelai, martini I expect?"

"Actually mom, I think I might just have a soda today. My stomach's not been feeling great the last couple of days." Lorelai said.

Emily looked at her suspiciously but got her a soda. "Luke, would you like a beer?" She asked sweetly, saying beer like it was a foreign word.

"Beer would be great, thanks Mrs Gilmore." Luke said sitting down next to Lorelai.

"So Luke, Lorelai told me you own a diner?" Emily said.

"Um yes, it used to be my dad's hardware shop but I converted it into to a diner after he passed away." Luke said.

"I see." Emily said. "I went to a diner once. It sold roadkill." She said with disgust.

"Well there's no roadkill at mine." Luke said uncomfortably.

Emily was watching Lorelai out of the corner of her eye and saw her absently put her hand over her stomach. "Is your stomach hurting again, Lorelai?" She asked.

"Um, no, I'm ok." Lorelai said removing her hand.

Emily watched her suspiciously, not being able to believe what she was thinking. "So how long have you two been dating?"

"Um about a month." Lorelai said.

"I see." Emily said. "I thought you said it was early days."

"Well it is." Lorelai said.

"So Rory how's Yale?" Luke asked changing the subject. Lorelai smiled at him gratefully.

"Yeh it's good. Paris has decided to go speed dating." Rory said.

"Wow!" Lorelai laughed.

"Her life coach is making her." Rory grinned.

"Well good luck to her." Lorelai grinned. "How's Tristan?"

"Yeh he's good." Rory smiled.

"Tristan?" Emily asked.

"Um yeh, Tristan Dugrey. He was at Chilton with me. He transferred to Yale this year." Rory said.

"I see. And are you dating?" She asked prying.

"Yeh. We are." Rory said awkwardly.

"Well that's great. The Dugreys are a very respectable family." Emily said pointedly.

Lorelai felt herself feel a bit nauseous suddenly. Luke noticed. "You ok?" He asked concerned.

"Um yeh, I'm just going to go to the bathroom for a minute." She said quietly, getting up and leaving the room.

"How long has she had this stomach bug?" Emily asked suspiciously.

"Just a couple days." Luke said uncomfortably. He wanted Lorelai to tell her about the baby but he respected her wishes.

"I see." Emily said.

"So Luke, any Stars Hollow gossip?" Rory asked trying to relieve the awkwardness in the room.

"Oh yeh because when you want gossip in our town, people come to me." He joked.

Rory grinned. "Come on, you must have heard something!"

"Kirk's had an argument with his mother again. Been sleeping in the gazebo." Luke chuckled.

Rory laughed. "Aw poor Kirk!"

Lorelai came back down just then.

"You ok?" Luke asked.

"Yeh I'm ok. Just needed the toilet." She assured him.

Emily looked at their secretive glances. "Are you pregnant?" She asked suddenly.

"What?" Lorelai asked surprised.

"Come on, Lorelai, even when you have a stomach bug you always manage to have alcohol here." Emily said.

Lorelai sat there like a rabbit caught in headlights.

"Oh my god you are!" Emily said in horror. She hadn't wanted to believe it but her daughter's reaction had just confirmed it. "How irresponsible can you be, Lorelai?!" She demanded.

"It wasn't planned." Lorelai said quietly.

"Oh well they never are, are they?" Emily said snidely.

"Hey that's not fair!" Lorelai snapped.

"Really Lorelai, I thought you had more sense. Do you really just sleep with the first man who'll have you? You did it with Christopher and now you've done it with him!" She said gesturing to Luke.

"He has a name." Lorelai said gritting her teeth.

"You just did this to get at us!" Emily said. "Did you think about how this will come across? Our daughter is pregnant again out of wedlock! You really are something else, Lorelai!"

Luke saw the tears welling up in Lorelai's eyes. "That's enough." He said angrily.

"You did this to spite us! Find a man that you know we wouldn't approve of and then sleep with him!" Emily snapped, ignoring Luke. "You never think of us at all. I mean what were you thinking Lorelai? And think of Rory! How will she explain this to her friends?" Emily exclaimed, gesturing to Rory who was sat there uncomfortably.

"I have to go." Lorelai said quietly, getting up.

"I'm not finished yet!" Emily snapped.

"Well I don't particularly want to hear you call me a disappointment again. I'm sorry you can't be happy for me. This was why I didn't want to tell you. I knew you would react like this. You're never happy for me, ever! You judge Luke just by his background without getting to know him. If you did, you'd know that he's one of the most decent, loveliest men. He loves me and I love him. Yes this pregnancy was a surprise but we're happy about it. If you can't accept Luke or our baby, don't think we'll be coming back here." Lorelai shouted. She wiped some tears and then rushed out the room and they heard the front door close behind her.

"Honestly..." Emily scoffed.

"How could you?" Luke said angrily.

"Excuse me?" She exclaimed.

"How could you say all those things to your own daughter?" Luke said angrily. "Say anything you want about me but I won't sit here and watch you attack your daughter! She's one of the most amazing women I've ever met. If you actually got to know her instead of bringing her down the whole time, you might actually know that. She's brought up Rory all on her own and look at her! I think you'll agree, she did a great job there!" Luke said gesturing to Rory.

Emily couldn't say anything then.

"And she did that while holding down a full time job as well. It's pretty impressive!" Luke said.

"As a maid!" Emily retorted. "She could have been so much more than that!"

"Maybe so but she did it all herself and she worked through the ranks. She owns her own inn now! You were there at the test run. You saw the inn!" Luke said. "Now normally I would encourage Lorelai to keep contact with her family because, believe me, I know how important family is but after today I'm not so sure. You're going to have another grandchild and you don't even seem to care." He said angrily. "Well mark my words, if you continue to treat Lorelai like this, I will make sure you never get to see our kid. I mean it." He said. Luke then let out a big breath. He looked at Rory. "I'm sorry, Rory."

"It's fine." She gave him a small smile. She had to admit she was shocked at how her Grandma had spoken to her mom.

"I'm going to find your mom. Are you coming home tonight or back to Yale?" He asked.

"Um I was going to go back to Yale." Rory said.

"Ok well I guess I'll see you soon then." He said, going to leave.

"Wait!" Rory said. "I'm leaving too." She said.

"Rory!" Emily exclaimed.

"I'm sorry but I can't stay after tonight. I'll see you next week." She said following Luke.

They walked out together and they saw Lorelai sat in the truck.

"I'm going to go but look after her, won't you?" Rory said quietly.

"Always." Luke said.

Rory gave him a hug. "And for what it's worth, that's one of the best rants I've heard from you." She gave him a small smile.

Luke sighed. "I didn't mean to do that infront of you."

"No it's fine. Really. Just go look after mom." Rory smiled.

"I will. Drive safely." He said.

"I will. Bye Luke." She said.

"Bye." Luke said and watched Rory drive off. He then headed to his truck and drove them both back to Lorelai's.

They got there and Lorelai still hadn't said anything. They went inside and Lorelai just stood in the living room for a moment.

"Lorelai?" Luke said softly.

Lorelai turned around and Luke could see the tears threatening to spill over again.

"Hey, come here." He said softly holding out his arms.

Lorelai walked into his embrace. "I knew she'd react like that. I knew it."

"I'm sorry." Luke said.

"It's not your fault." Lorelai said giving him a tremulous smile. "I wouldn't change anything."

"Me either." He said.

They went and sat down on the sofa and Lorelai snuggled into Luke. "Rory gone back to Yale?"

"Yeh."

"Was she ok?" She asked.

"A bit shocked I think but she's ok." He said.

"Ok good." Lorelai said. "What happened after I left?" She looked at him.

Luke looked a bit embarrassed. "I sort of shouted at your mom."

"What?" Lorelai asked surprised.

"I'm sorry. I just got so mad." He said.

Lorelai smiled and leaned up to give him a kiss. "Thank you." She said softly.

He smiled. "I couldn't sit there and say nothing."

"Whatever my mother said tonight, I do love you. I don't regret anything." She said.

"I don't either." Luke said. "I meant it when I said I was all in." He smiled.

Lorelai smiled and they sat in each other's embrace for a while. "I can't believe you Taylored my mother!" She joked.

Luke chuckled. "I think she was a bit shocked."

So a typical Friday night dinner! Review and let me know what you thought! :)