This is the last chapter. I know it took a while but i haven't been getting any inspiration so this chapter isn't as good as all the others.
Chapter 16
Lorelai paced back and forth in the waiting room. "Lorelai, sit down. You're making yourself a nervous wreck," Luke told her, patting the chair beside him.
"Sit down? You. Want. Me. To. Sit. Down?!" she yelled (not in a mean way), as she stopped her pacing and stared at Luke.
"On second thought, it probably better if you stay over there," he changed his mind. "I feel safer that way." Lorelai sighed and took a seat beside Luke, slamming her forehead on his shoulder." Do you always do the opposite of what people tell you?"
"What's taking so long? They've been in there for 4 hours already." Lorelai asked. " That means that I have gone 4 hours without coffee. FOUR HOURS!"
"That explains the moodiness," Luke whispered to himself. "I'm sure everything's fine," he comforted her.
"Are you sure or just pretty sure?"
"Lorelai."
"Okay, I'm stopping my craziness right now," she sighed, then added, "At least for the night."
"I knew it was too good to be true," he laughed and received a little slap on his chest.
**20 minutes later**
Lorelai was asleep with her head resting on Luke's shoulder. Luke was staring off into space when the delivery room doors swung open and the doctor walked out."Lorelai, get up," Luke called and she sat up, suddenly wide awake.
"How is she? Is the baby here yet? Boy or girl? How much does it weigh? What did they name it?" She fired off questions at the doctor.
"Whoa. Rory's fine, she had the baby, and they instructed me not to tell you the sex yet. It's 5 pounds 6 ounces and they haven't picked a name yet," he replied. "Any more questions that you missed?" The doctor laughed at her urgency.
"Ummm...Rory, baby, gender, name, weight," Lorelai read off her list to herself. "Nope, I don't think so."
"Is the baby healthy?" Luke added.
"Ohhh, good question," Lorelai remarked, then turned her attention to the doctor.
"That baby is perfect." He smiled. "All right, well I have to get back in there." He began to walk back into the waiting room.
"Wait, one more." Lorelai called to the doctor. "When can we see them?"
"Very soon," he replied before entering the doors again. The doctor walked by the delivery room to find the Jess sitting beside Rory, holding his baby.
"He's soo cute," Jess gushed. "I think we did a pretty good job, Ror," he smiled and nudged her with his elbow. She stared up at him with a huge smile on her face. "What?"
"Nothing," she replied. "It's just...it's amazing how much you've changed over the last 9 months."
"I know I went from trouble maker to daddy in a split second." He laughed. "It's kinda pathetic when I think about it."
"It's not pathetic at all," she corrected. "Now our baby is going to have the father he deserves."
"Believe it or not...Dean is the reason why I changed."
"DEAN?"
"Yeah, that night when you were in the hospital and he said that I would end up a deadbeat dad... that really made me think," he admitted reluctantly. e"I decided then and there that I was going to be the dad that I had always wanted."
"Well, you've done a great job so far."
Jess was a little embarrassed about what he had just told her, so he decided that a change in subject was needed. "So what do you wanna name him?"
"I don't know. Throw out some suggestions."
"What about...Butch."
"Butch? He doesn't look like a Butch," Rory laughed.
"Sure he does. Look at him. He's a weight lifter waiting to happen."
"I was thinking more like...William or Jonathan or Daniel."
"No way, he needs a tough name, how about Duke?" he suggested.
"I have the perfect name." She smiled slightly and looked up at Jess. "Dodger."
"Dodger Christopher Mariano"
"Christopher?" Rory repeated, surprised at his choice.
"Yeah, I figured we should use his grandfather's name somewhere," he explained as Rory took Dodger from him.
"I was thinking something else."
"What were you thinking?"
"Dodger Lucas Mariano." She smiled as she said it. " If it weren't for Luke, Dodger wouldn't even exist, because you never would have come to Stars Hollow."
Jess nodded his head."I hate to think what my life would be like if I didn't come here. I'd probably be in jail or dead or on drugs and worst of all I would never have known you."
"Oh, aren't you sweet," Rory joked.
"And besides, Luke has been like a father to me."
"Me too." She smiled and rested her head on his arm.
"So I guess it's settled then." Jess announced. "Dodger Lucas Mariano."
"Should we tell them to let my mom and Luke in now?" Rory laughed at the thought of how crazy her mom must be going in the waiting room.
"Maybe we won't need to." Jess grinned as he heard Lorelai from down the hall.
"That's it. I have waited long enough. I need to see my daughter before I lose my mind," Lorelai's voice echoed. "Which room is she in?" Rory laughed as she watched her mother storm right past her door. Luke was following behind her slowly, pretending not to be with her.
"Luke," Rory called as he walked past the door.
"Rory. Jess." He beamed when he saw the baby in Rory's arms. "LORELAI! You walked right past them."
Rory heard her mother's shoes clicking on the tile at she ran back towards the room. "Hey," Lorelai greeted, not knowing what to do or say. She stood in the doorway.
"You can come in, you know. He won't hurt you," Rory told her as Lorelai and Luke entered the room and walked toward the bed.
"He?" Luke questioned.
"So it's a boy." Lorelai smiled as she peaked into the blanket that Dodger was wrapped in. "Oh Rory. Jess. He's beautiful."
"I know," Rory beamed.
"So...?" Lorelai questioned.
"So................?" Rory repeated with exaggeration.
"I think she wants to know the namem" Luke told her with a laugh.
"I know. It's funny to watch her get frustratedm" Rory joked.
"Well, what is it?" Lorelai pushed.
"Dodger Lucas Mariano," Jess replied.
"Dodger? What kinda name is that?" Lorelai made a face.
"Wait, his middle name is Lucas?" Luke wondered if her had heard it right. "I don't know what to say."
"Don't say anything," Rory smiled and looked down at Dodger. "Do you want to hold him Luke?"
"Me? Ummmm...I don't know. I don't wanna drop him."
"You won't drop him," Rory laughed.
"Hey, you never know, I dropped Jess when he was born...well actually he was a few months old, but still."
"The explains a lot," Lorelai snorted with a laugh. "If he doesn't want him, I do." Lorelai leaned down and took the baby from Rory's arms. "Hey sweetie,"sShe cooed. "You're a cutie. Yes, you are," she gushed in baby talk as Luke leaned over and looked at Dodger. A smile spread across Luke's face. "Wow, a smile," Lorelai pointed out excitedly. "This is one special kid."
"He definitely is." Rory agreed and linked her hands with Jess's.
The End
Chapter 16
Lorelai paced back and forth in the waiting room. "Lorelai, sit down. You're making yourself a nervous wreck," Luke told her, patting the chair beside him.
"Sit down? You. Want. Me. To. Sit. Down?!" she yelled (not in a mean way), as she stopped her pacing and stared at Luke.
"On second thought, it probably better if you stay over there," he changed his mind. "I feel safer that way." Lorelai sighed and took a seat beside Luke, slamming her forehead on his shoulder." Do you always do the opposite of what people tell you?"
"What's taking so long? They've been in there for 4 hours already." Lorelai asked. " That means that I have gone 4 hours without coffee. FOUR HOURS!"
"That explains the moodiness," Luke whispered to himself. "I'm sure everything's fine," he comforted her.
"Are you sure or just pretty sure?"
"Lorelai."
"Okay, I'm stopping my craziness right now," she sighed, then added, "At least for the night."
"I knew it was too good to be true," he laughed and received a little slap on his chest.
**20 minutes later**
Lorelai was asleep with her head resting on Luke's shoulder. Luke was staring off into space when the delivery room doors swung open and the doctor walked out."Lorelai, get up," Luke called and she sat up, suddenly wide awake.
"How is she? Is the baby here yet? Boy or girl? How much does it weigh? What did they name it?" She fired off questions at the doctor.
"Whoa. Rory's fine, she had the baby, and they instructed me not to tell you the sex yet. It's 5 pounds 6 ounces and they haven't picked a name yet," he replied. "Any more questions that you missed?" The doctor laughed at her urgency.
"Ummm...Rory, baby, gender, name, weight," Lorelai read off her list to herself. "Nope, I don't think so."
"Is the baby healthy?" Luke added.
"Ohhh, good question," Lorelai remarked, then turned her attention to the doctor.
"That baby is perfect." He smiled. "All right, well I have to get back in there." He began to walk back into the waiting room.
"Wait, one more." Lorelai called to the doctor. "When can we see them?"
"Very soon," he replied before entering the doors again. The doctor walked by the delivery room to find the Jess sitting beside Rory, holding his baby.
"He's soo cute," Jess gushed. "I think we did a pretty good job, Ror," he smiled and nudged her with his elbow. She stared up at him with a huge smile on her face. "What?"
"Nothing," she replied. "It's just...it's amazing how much you've changed over the last 9 months."
"I know I went from trouble maker to daddy in a split second." He laughed. "It's kinda pathetic when I think about it."
"It's not pathetic at all," she corrected. "Now our baby is going to have the father he deserves."
"Believe it or not...Dean is the reason why I changed."
"DEAN?"
"Yeah, that night when you were in the hospital and he said that I would end up a deadbeat dad... that really made me think," he admitted reluctantly. e"I decided then and there that I was going to be the dad that I had always wanted."
"Well, you've done a great job so far."
Jess was a little embarrassed about what he had just told her, so he decided that a change in subject was needed. "So what do you wanna name him?"
"I don't know. Throw out some suggestions."
"What about...Butch."
"Butch? He doesn't look like a Butch," Rory laughed.
"Sure he does. Look at him. He's a weight lifter waiting to happen."
"I was thinking more like...William or Jonathan or Daniel."
"No way, he needs a tough name, how about Duke?" he suggested.
"I have the perfect name." She smiled slightly and looked up at Jess. "Dodger."
"Dodger Christopher Mariano"
"Christopher?" Rory repeated, surprised at his choice.
"Yeah, I figured we should use his grandfather's name somewhere," he explained as Rory took Dodger from him.
"I was thinking something else."
"What were you thinking?"
"Dodger Lucas Mariano." She smiled as she said it. " If it weren't for Luke, Dodger wouldn't even exist, because you never would have come to Stars Hollow."
Jess nodded his head."I hate to think what my life would be like if I didn't come here. I'd probably be in jail or dead or on drugs and worst of all I would never have known you."
"Oh, aren't you sweet," Rory joked.
"And besides, Luke has been like a father to me."
"Me too." She smiled and rested her head on his arm.
"So I guess it's settled then." Jess announced. "Dodger Lucas Mariano."
"Should we tell them to let my mom and Luke in now?" Rory laughed at the thought of how crazy her mom must be going in the waiting room.
"Maybe we won't need to." Jess grinned as he heard Lorelai from down the hall.
"That's it. I have waited long enough. I need to see my daughter before I lose my mind," Lorelai's voice echoed. "Which room is she in?" Rory laughed as she watched her mother storm right past her door. Luke was following behind her slowly, pretending not to be with her.
"Luke," Rory called as he walked past the door.
"Rory. Jess." He beamed when he saw the baby in Rory's arms. "LORELAI! You walked right past them."
Rory heard her mother's shoes clicking on the tile at she ran back towards the room. "Hey," Lorelai greeted, not knowing what to do or say. She stood in the doorway.
"You can come in, you know. He won't hurt you," Rory told her as Lorelai and Luke entered the room and walked toward the bed.
"He?" Luke questioned.
"So it's a boy." Lorelai smiled as she peaked into the blanket that Dodger was wrapped in. "Oh Rory. Jess. He's beautiful."
"I know," Rory beamed.
"So...?" Lorelai questioned.
"So................?" Rory repeated with exaggeration.
"I think she wants to know the namem" Luke told her with a laugh.
"I know. It's funny to watch her get frustratedm" Rory joked.
"Well, what is it?" Lorelai pushed.
"Dodger Lucas Mariano," Jess replied.
"Dodger? What kinda name is that?" Lorelai made a face.
"Wait, his middle name is Lucas?" Luke wondered if her had heard it right. "I don't know what to say."
"Don't say anything," Rory smiled and looked down at Dodger. "Do you want to hold him Luke?"
"Me? Ummmm...I don't know. I don't wanna drop him."
"You won't drop him," Rory laughed.
"Hey, you never know, I dropped Jess when he was born...well actually he was a few months old, but still."
"The explains a lot," Lorelai snorted with a laugh. "If he doesn't want him, I do." Lorelai leaned down and took the baby from Rory's arms. "Hey sweetie,"sShe cooed. "You're a cutie. Yes, you are," she gushed in baby talk as Luke leaned over and looked at Dodger. A smile spread across Luke's face. "Wow, a smile," Lorelai pointed out excitedly. "This is one special kid."
"He definitely is." Rory agreed and linked her hands with Jess's.
The End