*1 month later.
*Luke and Lorelei are back for another weekend visit
5:am Rory wakes up to the sound of Jess talking.
Rory Rolls over noticing Jess' absence. She yawns, "Jess?"
"Shh…" Jess replies.
Rory looks up to see Jes sitting in the rocking chair her grandmother had bought her and there in his arms lay Jacob Dodger.
"What are you doing?" She whispered, seeing that Jacob was wide-awake and that there was no sign of a bottle anywhere.
"Well, he woke up crying, so I fed him…and burped him, he wasn't dirty or anything but he would go back to sleep, so I thought I'd read to him." Jess answers quietly.
Rory gets up and walks over to the chair, leaning on its armrest she asks, "What are you reading?"
"A collection of classic by A.A. Milne." He says matter-of-factly.
"Well, go ahead continue," Rory replies running her fingers through his hair.
*3 hours later.
*Lorelei is heading to the bathroom as she passes Rory and Jess' bedroom. Looking through the half open door she laughs quietly as she spots Jacob's eyes moving eagerly around the room, while his parents sleep peacefully beside him in the rocking chair.
Luke hears her giggle and approaches her from behind, "What's so funny?"
"That." She says frankly.
"Oh…do you think we should, uh do something?"
"Yes…go get hm."
"I can't, I'd make too much noise you do I—
"I have to pee, I can't go on a rescue mission with an overflowing blatter…its just not done Luke." Lorelei replies before running into the bathroom.
Luke sighs heavily and then enters the room. As he approaches the rocking chair, Luke becomes aware of how tightly Jess is holding him. Carefully he pries Jess' fingers away. In one careful swoop Luke grabs Jacob. Uncomfortably he wraps his arms around him and heads for the door.
"See, that wasn't so hard was it?"
"Be quiet." Luke replies agitated.
"Hey, give that baby to me."
"No, you're too strung out on caffeine, it's not healthy for him to be around that…besides I got him out, he's mine." Luke smiles at Lorelei.
*20 minutes later
*Jess wakes up abruptly, his shoulder knocking into Rory.
"Ow!" She mumbles, rubbing her neck.
"Wh—I'm sorry, babe I didn't mean t—where's Jake?"
Rubbing her eyes, "My mom probably kidnapped him."
"I can't believe I fell asleep."
"Believe it." Luke's gruff voice fills the room.
Jess stands up, "Well good morning to you to."
"Come on, breakfast is on the table." Luke says, half way down the hall way.
"How long are they staying until again?"
"Jess…2 more days. Be nice."
"I am, I'm just cranky."
"I only have enough patience for one infant so knock it off." Rory says sternly entering the kitchen. "Coffee!"
"Morning sleepyheads!" Lorelei exclaims holding up Jacob.
Jess walks over to the couch and takes him from Lorelei, "Hey, buddy."
"Dear,. Dear old friend, how I've missed thee." Rory say distantly addressing her coffee mug.
"It's only a drink, calm down." Luke says gruffly.
"How dare you dismiss coffee like that…coffee is much more than a drink, he's a member of the family…a member I haven't been allowed to see for 9 months." Rory answers crossly.
"You tell him, sweets." Lorelei smirks at her daughter.
*2 days later—12pm
*Lorelei and Luke are going back to Stars Hallow, Jess, Rory and Jacob of saying goodbye.
"…Maybe I shouldn't go! I mean they don't really need me at the inn or anything and it can get pretty hectic with a new born." Lorelei says desperately.
"Mom, we'll be fine." Rory replies.
"But, Jess goes back to work tomorrow…"
"Mom I can handle it, and I'll call you later and I'll email you pictures, and in two weeks we'll be down to see you."
"Promise?"
"Absolutely."
"Here, you go." Jess says handing Lorelei Jacob.
Lorelei makes a puppy-dog-like face, "Goodbye, Jacob Dodger…Grandma loves you."
Luke reaches over her and takes Jacob, "Bye, kid."
*Within moments they are gone leaving Jess, Rory and Jacob completely alone for the very first time.
"So, what should we do now?" Jess asks.
"Something we haven't done in weeks." Rory smirks.
"Rory…I don't think we can…"
"What? We have to! I feel so empty, I haven't done it in forever." Rory pleads.
"I'm sorry…I don't feel right about it…I thought we were fine just the way we were…"
"Jess, come on…. I need to do laundry!"
"Fine, go ahead, we'll be in the living room, watching tv."
"Bums." Rory mumbles following Jess inside.
*Next day—11am. Jess has left for work. Jacob is sitting in carrier, watching tv while Rory irons.
*There is a knock at the door.
"Come in. Oh hi." Rory says as Tristan enters the apartment.
"You should be more careful…next time you might just tell a serial killer to come in.'
"Yes, well fortunately you're the only serial killer who has our door code."
"True, very true." Tristan answers. "Here." Tristan says placing a box of cherry pie on the table.
Rory's eyes light up, "You really do know the way to a woman's heart."
"Yea, well what can I tell you?"
Rory shuts off the iron, "So what are you doing here?"
"Just seeing how you guys were, how little Jakey's holding up." Tristan answers approaching Jacob. "Do you mind?"
"Be my guest."
Tristan picks up Jacob and walks back towards Rory. "Wow, did he put on some weight?"
"Why are you here?"
"I told you…"
"Yes you did…now tell me the real reason you're here."
"That is the truth."
"Didn't Laura move in with you this week? Why didn't you bring her with you?"
"Monday…and she was busy."
"Busy huh? So busy that she had time to call me and talk to me for half an hour this morning?"
"What did she tell you?" Tristan asks suspiciously.
"She didn't TELL me anything, she was just calling to see how Jake was doing…you know like you're doing now." She answers shortly.
"Rory…"
"No, I get it, you've jumped into this whole thing way to fast and now the mere sight of this poor girl makes you sick, right? Same old Tristan…it's all great until you get bored—
"Rory…"
"What?!" Rory replies agitatedly.
"She's pregnant." Tristan says simply.
"See I knew it typical…what?"
"She found out yesterday." Tristan answers handing Jacob to Rory.
"Oh my God, I'm sorry I didn't mean to be so…She just sounded upset this morning…now I know why." Rory answers putting Jacob back into his carrier.
"Can, can we go somewhere?"
"S-sure, just give me a minute to back him up."
*15 minutes later—Coffee shop
*Rory, Jacob and Tristan are seated at a table at the coffee shop.
"So…what are you guys going to do?" Rory asks stirring her coffee.
"We're getting married."
"Is that what you want?"
"Yea…I do. I wanted to marry her the day I met her, I just think it's all a little much for her."
"Oh…"
"God, I feel like I've ruined everything!"
"Well, what did she say when she found out?"
"Nothing…not really. She told me and then went to bed and locked the door."
"Locked the door?"
"Yea, I spent the night on the couch."
"What about this morning, did she say anything to you?"
"Well, she was still asleep when I got up, so I went out for a while…haven't been back since."
"Tristan! You have to go talk to her, you can't just walk away from this."
"I don't want to…it just seems like she doesn't want anything to do with me."
"Look even if that's true, you'll never know until you talk to her. Go!"
"Ok…" Tristan says Standing up to leave. "Bye, Rory."
*30 minutes later—outside Tristan's apartment building.
*Tristan slows down, noticing Laura sitting on the steps.
Sitting down besides her he says, "Hey…"
"Hi." She says quietly, her eyes fixated on something far away.
Nervously Tristan rubs his hands together; otherwise there is silence.
"5 hours."
"What?"
"You've been gone 5 hours."
"I thought you were still asleep."
"How could I sleep?" Laura questions, her face flushed.
"Well, I wouldn't know, you locked me out…" Looking at his watch, " 13 hours ago."
"You just don't get it…"
"No, I don't. I thought you would have at least talked to me."
"I was scared."
"So was I."
"What if this doesn't work out?"
"It has to."
"Tristan, be realistic, it was one thing for me to move in with you quickly and even agree to marry you, because there was no real solidity to that…but now bringing a child into that instability…"
"Laura, this is the most stable relationship I've ever had…"
"I'm sorry, I just don't know…"
"Don't know what? Yes, it's a very scary thing, but you're not doing it alone…and even, knock on wood, if we don't end up living happily ever after, I'll always be there for you…and our child."
"Yea?"
"Yea." Tristan says taking Laura's hand in his. "Look, you don't want to get married, that's fine. We can just do the whole Susan-Sarandon-Tim- Robbins-thing."
"I want to just…"
"Not now. I can deal with that."
"It wasn't supposed to be like this you know."
"…Yes it was, don't ever question this, everything happens for a reason." Tristan replies. "And this isn't such a bad thing… mean look how happy Jake has made Jess and Rory…I mean that wasn't just an isolated incident."
"We're nothing like them, Tristan…We aren't ready for this like they were." Laura says as tears roll down her cheeks.
He kisses her face, drying her tears, "We will be, I promise. I'm not going to screw this one up."
"It's not you I'm worried about…"
"There's no way in hell you could ever do anything wrong, you're perfect."
Laura sniffles, "So, are you happy about this?" She explores his face, her eyes tearing again.
"More than I ever felt possible." Tristan replies, brushing Laura's hair out of her face.
*Luke and Lorelei are back for another weekend visit
5:am Rory wakes up to the sound of Jess talking.
Rory Rolls over noticing Jess' absence. She yawns, "Jess?"
"Shh…" Jess replies.
Rory looks up to see Jes sitting in the rocking chair her grandmother had bought her and there in his arms lay Jacob Dodger.
"What are you doing?" She whispered, seeing that Jacob was wide-awake and that there was no sign of a bottle anywhere.
"Well, he woke up crying, so I fed him…and burped him, he wasn't dirty or anything but he would go back to sleep, so I thought I'd read to him." Jess answers quietly.
Rory gets up and walks over to the chair, leaning on its armrest she asks, "What are you reading?"
"A collection of classic by A.A. Milne." He says matter-of-factly.
"Well, go ahead continue," Rory replies running her fingers through his hair.
*3 hours later.
*Lorelei is heading to the bathroom as she passes Rory and Jess' bedroom. Looking through the half open door she laughs quietly as she spots Jacob's eyes moving eagerly around the room, while his parents sleep peacefully beside him in the rocking chair.
Luke hears her giggle and approaches her from behind, "What's so funny?"
"That." She says frankly.
"Oh…do you think we should, uh do something?"
"Yes…go get hm."
"I can't, I'd make too much noise you do I—
"I have to pee, I can't go on a rescue mission with an overflowing blatter…its just not done Luke." Lorelei replies before running into the bathroom.
Luke sighs heavily and then enters the room. As he approaches the rocking chair, Luke becomes aware of how tightly Jess is holding him. Carefully he pries Jess' fingers away. In one careful swoop Luke grabs Jacob. Uncomfortably he wraps his arms around him and heads for the door.
"See, that wasn't so hard was it?"
"Be quiet." Luke replies agitated.
"Hey, give that baby to me."
"No, you're too strung out on caffeine, it's not healthy for him to be around that…besides I got him out, he's mine." Luke smiles at Lorelei.
*20 minutes later
*Jess wakes up abruptly, his shoulder knocking into Rory.
"Ow!" She mumbles, rubbing her neck.
"Wh—I'm sorry, babe I didn't mean t—where's Jake?"
Rubbing her eyes, "My mom probably kidnapped him."
"I can't believe I fell asleep."
"Believe it." Luke's gruff voice fills the room.
Jess stands up, "Well good morning to you to."
"Come on, breakfast is on the table." Luke says, half way down the hall way.
"How long are they staying until again?"
"Jess…2 more days. Be nice."
"I am, I'm just cranky."
"I only have enough patience for one infant so knock it off." Rory says sternly entering the kitchen. "Coffee!"
"Morning sleepyheads!" Lorelei exclaims holding up Jacob.
Jess walks over to the couch and takes him from Lorelei, "Hey, buddy."
"Dear,. Dear old friend, how I've missed thee." Rory say distantly addressing her coffee mug.
"It's only a drink, calm down." Luke says gruffly.
"How dare you dismiss coffee like that…coffee is much more than a drink, he's a member of the family…a member I haven't been allowed to see for 9 months." Rory answers crossly.
"You tell him, sweets." Lorelei smirks at her daughter.
*2 days later—12pm
*Lorelei and Luke are going back to Stars Hallow, Jess, Rory and Jacob of saying goodbye.
"…Maybe I shouldn't go! I mean they don't really need me at the inn or anything and it can get pretty hectic with a new born." Lorelei says desperately.
"Mom, we'll be fine." Rory replies.
"But, Jess goes back to work tomorrow…"
"Mom I can handle it, and I'll call you later and I'll email you pictures, and in two weeks we'll be down to see you."
"Promise?"
"Absolutely."
"Here, you go." Jess says handing Lorelei Jacob.
Lorelei makes a puppy-dog-like face, "Goodbye, Jacob Dodger…Grandma loves you."
Luke reaches over her and takes Jacob, "Bye, kid."
*Within moments they are gone leaving Jess, Rory and Jacob completely alone for the very first time.
"So, what should we do now?" Jess asks.
"Something we haven't done in weeks." Rory smirks.
"Rory…I don't think we can…"
"What? We have to! I feel so empty, I haven't done it in forever." Rory pleads.
"I'm sorry…I don't feel right about it…I thought we were fine just the way we were…"
"Jess, come on…. I need to do laundry!"
"Fine, go ahead, we'll be in the living room, watching tv."
"Bums." Rory mumbles following Jess inside.
*Next day—11am. Jess has left for work. Jacob is sitting in carrier, watching tv while Rory irons.
*There is a knock at the door.
"Come in. Oh hi." Rory says as Tristan enters the apartment.
"You should be more careful…next time you might just tell a serial killer to come in.'
"Yes, well fortunately you're the only serial killer who has our door code."
"True, very true." Tristan answers. "Here." Tristan says placing a box of cherry pie on the table.
Rory's eyes light up, "You really do know the way to a woman's heart."
"Yea, well what can I tell you?"
Rory shuts off the iron, "So what are you doing here?"
"Just seeing how you guys were, how little Jakey's holding up." Tristan answers approaching Jacob. "Do you mind?"
"Be my guest."
Tristan picks up Jacob and walks back towards Rory. "Wow, did he put on some weight?"
"Why are you here?"
"I told you…"
"Yes you did…now tell me the real reason you're here."
"That is the truth."
"Didn't Laura move in with you this week? Why didn't you bring her with you?"
"Monday…and she was busy."
"Busy huh? So busy that she had time to call me and talk to me for half an hour this morning?"
"What did she tell you?" Tristan asks suspiciously.
"She didn't TELL me anything, she was just calling to see how Jake was doing…you know like you're doing now." She answers shortly.
"Rory…"
"No, I get it, you've jumped into this whole thing way to fast and now the mere sight of this poor girl makes you sick, right? Same old Tristan…it's all great until you get bored—
"Rory…"
"What?!" Rory replies agitatedly.
"She's pregnant." Tristan says simply.
"See I knew it typical…what?"
"She found out yesterday." Tristan answers handing Jacob to Rory.
"Oh my God, I'm sorry I didn't mean to be so…She just sounded upset this morning…now I know why." Rory answers putting Jacob back into his carrier.
"Can, can we go somewhere?"
"S-sure, just give me a minute to back him up."
*15 minutes later—Coffee shop
*Rory, Jacob and Tristan are seated at a table at the coffee shop.
"So…what are you guys going to do?" Rory asks stirring her coffee.
"We're getting married."
"Is that what you want?"
"Yea…I do. I wanted to marry her the day I met her, I just think it's all a little much for her."
"Oh…"
"God, I feel like I've ruined everything!"
"Well, what did she say when she found out?"
"Nothing…not really. She told me and then went to bed and locked the door."
"Locked the door?"
"Yea, I spent the night on the couch."
"What about this morning, did she say anything to you?"
"Well, she was still asleep when I got up, so I went out for a while…haven't been back since."
"Tristan! You have to go talk to her, you can't just walk away from this."
"I don't want to…it just seems like she doesn't want anything to do with me."
"Look even if that's true, you'll never know until you talk to her. Go!"
"Ok…" Tristan says Standing up to leave. "Bye, Rory."
*30 minutes later—outside Tristan's apartment building.
*Tristan slows down, noticing Laura sitting on the steps.
Sitting down besides her he says, "Hey…"
"Hi." She says quietly, her eyes fixated on something far away.
Nervously Tristan rubs his hands together; otherwise there is silence.
"5 hours."
"What?"
"You've been gone 5 hours."
"I thought you were still asleep."
"How could I sleep?" Laura questions, her face flushed.
"Well, I wouldn't know, you locked me out…" Looking at his watch, " 13 hours ago."
"You just don't get it…"
"No, I don't. I thought you would have at least talked to me."
"I was scared."
"So was I."
"What if this doesn't work out?"
"It has to."
"Tristan, be realistic, it was one thing for me to move in with you quickly and even agree to marry you, because there was no real solidity to that…but now bringing a child into that instability…"
"Laura, this is the most stable relationship I've ever had…"
"I'm sorry, I just don't know…"
"Don't know what? Yes, it's a very scary thing, but you're not doing it alone…and even, knock on wood, if we don't end up living happily ever after, I'll always be there for you…and our child."
"Yea?"
"Yea." Tristan says taking Laura's hand in his. "Look, you don't want to get married, that's fine. We can just do the whole Susan-Sarandon-Tim- Robbins-thing."
"I want to just…"
"Not now. I can deal with that."
"It wasn't supposed to be like this you know."
"…Yes it was, don't ever question this, everything happens for a reason." Tristan replies. "And this isn't such a bad thing… mean look how happy Jake has made Jess and Rory…I mean that wasn't just an isolated incident."
"We're nothing like them, Tristan…We aren't ready for this like they were." Laura says as tears roll down her cheeks.
He kisses her face, drying her tears, "We will be, I promise. I'm not going to screw this one up."
"It's not you I'm worried about…"
"There's no way in hell you could ever do anything wrong, you're perfect."
Laura sniffles, "So, are you happy about this?" She explores his face, her eyes tearing again.
"More than I ever felt possible." Tristan replies, brushing Laura's hair out of her face.
