Chapter 15
"Good afternoon Lukey." Lorelai smiled as they entered the diner and found Luke standing behind the counter as usual.
"Don't call me that," he warned pointing his finger at her.
"Sorry Lukey." She smiled and he gave her a look. "Sorry, that was the last time."
"Luke, could you get me some water? I have a craving for water," Rory told him as she took a seat at one of the tables.
"How could you crave water? It has no taste," Jess asked as he took a seat across from her and Lorelai pulled over a chair.
"It does too," Rory objected, as Luke placed her drink in front of her.
"Whatever you say."
Rory smiled as she went to take a sip in mid air. "Owww," she screamed as the glass went flying to the ground and crashed.
"Rory, sweetie. What's wrong?" Lorelai questioned, standing from her chair.
"I don't know. It hurts," she yelled, gripping the table.
"Oh my God!" Lorelai shouted. "Luke!! Luke get over here." She waved feverishly.
"What? What is it?"
"I think Rory's in labor!!" Excitement filled her voice.
"WHAT!?" Jess and Rory asked in unison.
"Are you sure? Shouldn't we get her to the hospital?" Jess asked nervously, standing from his chair.
"Oh, I'm sure we have plenty of time," Lorelai calmed him down. "Luke, give me your watch," she ordered, grabbing his arm. "It's 5:20 and your contraction just stopped."
"Why are you tell me this?" Rory questioned, holding her stomach.
"Because we have to see how far apart they are," Jess replied.
"How the hell did you know that?" Luke gave Jess a funny look.
"I did some research."
"Wow, Jess. That's very responsible of you." Lorelai smiled. "Did you read 'What To Expect While You're Expecting'? I heard that's a really good one."
"No, I read 'Your Baby and You' and 'The Ins and Out's of Labor'," he told her. "I watched 'A Baby Story' on TLC too."
"Aww. Yeah. That's a really cute show. With da wittle baby's" Lorelai gushed. "How about 'A Personal Story'? That one's good too."
"Did you see last week?" Jess questioned.
"The plastic surgery." They smiled in unison.
"HELLO!" Rory yelled. "It's great that you two have something in common, but I'm having a baby here!"
"Oh sorry sweetie," Lorelai apologized and took her hand, Rory began to squeeze. "Oh owwww. owww," Lorelai cried as she bent to the ground from the pain Rory was inflicting upon her hand. "Time Luke," she struggled, as Rory's grip began to lighten. He looked at the clock nervously.
"Come on Luke!" Jess ordered as he paced quickly around the table.
"5:24," he yelled.
"So that's one...two...oh God, I can't count. The pain!" Lorelai sighed as she pulled her hand from Rory's death grip and kissed it.
"That's 4 minutes. We need to get her to the hospital." Jess walked over to Rory and helped her up.
"Okay, okay, well go in my car," Luke announced.
"No, your car is at their house. I left it there because I walked with them."
"Great," Luke sighed. "Okay, I'll run down there and get it, you guys be ready." He grabbed the keys from Jess, then looked around at the customers in the diner. "We're closed! Get out," he yelled before leaving.
**Luke's car**
"Drive faster!" Lorelai ordered.
"I'm going as fast as I can," he yelled nervously as they sat in traffic.
"Get off the exit and take the back roads," Jess told him, as Luke turned the cars into the emergency lane and drove down the exit. "What road is it on?" Luke questioned after a few minutes.
"Ross," Lorelai answered and pointed. "It's right there. TURN TURN!" she yelled, Luke was about to speed right by it but stopped short, causing them to fly forwards. "Now I know where Jess got his driving skills from."
"Not to mention his sense of direction," Rory added.
"Hey, you're supposed to be in labor. Don't talk," Jess joked, as they pulled into the emergency entrance. Jess helped Rory out of the cars and into a wheelchair.
Luke began to get out. "Sir, you can't park there," One of the nurses told him.
"But...she's in labor," he protested.
"Are you the father?"
"Ewww, no! Do I look like I would be?"
"You have to the park in the parking garage, sir," she repeated before pushing Rory inside.
"Just hurry Luke," Lorelai sighed, as a tear fell from her eye.
"Lor, are you okay?" he questioned. "What's wrong?"
"My baby's having a baby," she replied before leaving to find Jess.
"Good afternoon Lukey." Lorelai smiled as they entered the diner and found Luke standing behind the counter as usual.
"Don't call me that," he warned pointing his finger at her.
"Sorry Lukey." She smiled and he gave her a look. "Sorry, that was the last time."
"Luke, could you get me some water? I have a craving for water," Rory told him as she took a seat at one of the tables.
"How could you crave water? It has no taste," Jess asked as he took a seat across from her and Lorelai pulled over a chair.
"It does too," Rory objected, as Luke placed her drink in front of her.
"Whatever you say."
Rory smiled as she went to take a sip in mid air. "Owww," she screamed as the glass went flying to the ground and crashed.
"Rory, sweetie. What's wrong?" Lorelai questioned, standing from her chair.
"I don't know. It hurts," she yelled, gripping the table.
"Oh my God!" Lorelai shouted. "Luke!! Luke get over here." She waved feverishly.
"What? What is it?"
"I think Rory's in labor!!" Excitement filled her voice.
"WHAT!?" Jess and Rory asked in unison.
"Are you sure? Shouldn't we get her to the hospital?" Jess asked nervously, standing from his chair.
"Oh, I'm sure we have plenty of time," Lorelai calmed him down. "Luke, give me your watch," she ordered, grabbing his arm. "It's 5:20 and your contraction just stopped."
"Why are you tell me this?" Rory questioned, holding her stomach.
"Because we have to see how far apart they are," Jess replied.
"How the hell did you know that?" Luke gave Jess a funny look.
"I did some research."
"Wow, Jess. That's very responsible of you." Lorelai smiled. "Did you read 'What To Expect While You're Expecting'? I heard that's a really good one."
"No, I read 'Your Baby and You' and 'The Ins and Out's of Labor'," he told her. "I watched 'A Baby Story' on TLC too."
"Aww. Yeah. That's a really cute show. With da wittle baby's" Lorelai gushed. "How about 'A Personal Story'? That one's good too."
"Did you see last week?" Jess questioned.
"The plastic surgery." They smiled in unison.
"HELLO!" Rory yelled. "It's great that you two have something in common, but I'm having a baby here!"
"Oh sorry sweetie," Lorelai apologized and took her hand, Rory began to squeeze. "Oh owwww. owww," Lorelai cried as she bent to the ground from the pain Rory was inflicting upon her hand. "Time Luke," she struggled, as Rory's grip began to lighten. He looked at the clock nervously.
"Come on Luke!" Jess ordered as he paced quickly around the table.
"5:24," he yelled.
"So that's one...two...oh God, I can't count. The pain!" Lorelai sighed as she pulled her hand from Rory's death grip and kissed it.
"That's 4 minutes. We need to get her to the hospital." Jess walked over to Rory and helped her up.
"Okay, okay, well go in my car," Luke announced.
"No, your car is at their house. I left it there because I walked with them."
"Great," Luke sighed. "Okay, I'll run down there and get it, you guys be ready." He grabbed the keys from Jess, then looked around at the customers in the diner. "We're closed! Get out," he yelled before leaving.
**Luke's car**
"Drive faster!" Lorelai ordered.
"I'm going as fast as I can," he yelled nervously as they sat in traffic.
"Get off the exit and take the back roads," Jess told him, as Luke turned the cars into the emergency lane and drove down the exit. "What road is it on?" Luke questioned after a few minutes.
"Ross," Lorelai answered and pointed. "It's right there. TURN TURN!" she yelled, Luke was about to speed right by it but stopped short, causing them to fly forwards. "Now I know where Jess got his driving skills from."
"Not to mention his sense of direction," Rory added.
"Hey, you're supposed to be in labor. Don't talk," Jess joked, as they pulled into the emergency entrance. Jess helped Rory out of the cars and into a wheelchair.
Luke began to get out. "Sir, you can't park there," One of the nurses told him.
"But...she's in labor," he protested.
"Are you the father?"
"Ewww, no! Do I look like I would be?"
"You have to the park in the parking garage, sir," she repeated before pushing Rory inside.
"Just hurry Luke," Lorelai sighed, as a tear fell from her eye.
"Lor, are you okay?" he questioned. "What's wrong?"
"My baby's having a baby," she replied before leaving to find Jess.