A/N Skipping right to the visit to Chris's: Rory's now 6 months pregnant
Sherri is 8.
Side note Yes, Lane is pregnant again we will not be focusing on that
except that she and Dave are happy about it and are there to support Rory
and Jess.
*May 6th:11 Am.
"Alright, remember everyone is going to behave." Rory reminds the group as they exit the car.
Jess climbs out of the back seat first, followed by Rory.
"Ready?" He asks.
"Oh yeah." Rory smirks as Chris appears at the door.
"Hey guys." Chris greets stepping outside.
"Hi Chris." Lorelai grins.
"Oh my God Rory sweetie, you look amazing." Chris says hugging Rory.
"Uh, thanks Dad."
"So how are you feeling?" He asks.
"Fine, I just wish everybody would stop asking that, I'm not broken just having a baby." Rory mutters.
"You're right, I'm sorry..Sherri hates when I ask her that too.... but really, you look great." Chris replies. "Hi Jess, how's it going?"
"Um, ok."
"Why don't you all come inside, it's burning out here....we just got central air put in last month, so it's a nice 45 degrees inside."
"Where is the little woman?"
"On the couch, not feeling too good today....some more of those contractions.
Rory send Jess a nervous glance, he squeezes her hand tenderly.
Luke, Lorelai Jess and Rory follow Chris inside.
"Rory!" Sherri exclaims.
"Hi." Rory smiles awkwardly.
Lorelai nudges Jess, "Wow you weren't kidding, I never expected double chins."
Jess scoffs.
Luke stares at them sternly.
Lorelai moves away from Jess, Jess puts his arm around Rory's waist.
"Well have a seat would anyone like some ice tea?" Sherri asks happily, standing up.
"Sher, have a seat I'll take care of it."
Sherri sighs but takes a seat, "Really Christopher, I'm fine." Sherri pats the seat next to her, "Come on Rory, us mom's to be need to stick together."
Rory rolls her eyes, but sits down next to Sherri, taking Jess with her.
"Jess! Rory!" Georgia runs into the living room.
"Hey, George!" Jess exclaims.
Georgia stops short in front of Rory, "Wow Rory, you really are having a baby!"
"What did you think we were lying?" Jess nudges the now 9 year old.
Georgia blushes, "No, it's just that well you could tell that mommy was having a baby right away."
Sherri gives her daughter an irritable look.
"But, even when we saw you a few weeks ago you looked the same as always."
"Well it's true, I'm having a baby, just like your mommy." Rory replies with a grin.
"Why don't you have a seat, Gigi?"
"Mo-om, I told you I don't want to be called that anymore."
"Fine Georgia, take a seat."
"There's no place else to sit." The girl frowns.
"Yes there is." Jess says picking Georgia up and sitting her on his lap."
Sherri sighs, but says nothing sitting back on the couch.
"6 ice teas, one coffee." Chris says handing Lorelai a coffee mug.
"Thank you." She says with a smile.
Chris passes the rest of the drinks out, "Here Hon."
Sherri shakes her head, "No thank you."
Chris looks at her oddly, "You ok?"
"Fine, just tired...you know it comes with the whole being 8 months pregnant thing." Sherri retorts.
"Sorry." Chris mutters.
"So um Lorelai what's new?"
"Nothing really." Lorelai replies.
"Mom."
"What? Nothing is new."
Chris grins, "Something I need to know?"
"Mom and Luke are having puppies."
Georgia giggles.
"Is that so?"
"Yep, turns out that Duke's and Miss patty's dog's play dates were very successful."
"They'll be here by June! And Miss Patty said we could keep two!" Lorelai exclaims.
"I told you we are not having two more dogs, that dog eats enough on his own."
"What kind of dogs are they?" Sherri asks, biting her bottom lip.
Rory watches Sherri carefully.
"Well Duke's a basset hound and Miss Lulu is a greyhound."
"Interesting mix." Sherri replies, clenching her fist.
"Sherri, are you ok?" Rory asks warily.
"Y-yes, just been sitting far too long, I think I need to stand up for a minute."
Chris turns to look at Sherri.
"So how are things at the Inn Lorelai?"
"Great, Sookie's son Spencer has started working there are on weekends, he's so cute he's 5 now and he really annoys Michel. Last week I let him answer the phones, and he did a way better job then Michel and now Michel thinks he's going to be fired..." Lorelai rambles.
"Ha, that's, ow......funny." Sherri replies putting a hand to her stomach."
Lorelai looks up horrified at Sherri.
Chris walks over to Sherri, "hon come on I think we should call the doctor."
"What?" Sherri says taking a deep breath. "Why?"
"To let him know I'm bringing you in."
"What?" Rory asks.
"Sweets, I'm pretty sure that was just a contraction." Lorelai answers.
"Oh,.....oh!" Rory says, her eyes becoming wide.
"No, it's probably just a premature contraction we're not supposed to leave until they're 10 minutes apart, besides my water hasn't even broken yet."
Jess looks over at Rory's horror-stricken face.
"Alright babe, I want you to come over here and sit down." Chris says to Sherri, helping her over to the love seat.
"Ok, ow." She says sitting down.
"I'll be right back." Chris says.
"Really Christopher this is nothing, just like last month I'm fine."
"Look I'm just going to get you some ice to chew on until these stop or we have to go to the hospital." Chris says before walking into the kitchen.
Lorelai follows after him.
*In the Kitchen:
"Do you really think this is it?" Lorelai asks, truly concerned.
"It might be." Chris says gravely.
"But isn't she like a month early."
Chris shakes his head, "We never really got a definite conception date....All we knew was that she was late."
Lorelai grimaces.
Chris takes a cup and puts it to the icemaker; his hand is shaking.
"Here let me take that to her, just take a breath and calm down, like she said you've still got plenty of time no need to panic."
"Y-you're right." Chris breathes. "Tell Sherri I'll be out in a minute."
Lorelai enters the living room where Luke and Jess are avoiding looking at Sherri, Rory's eyes are glues to her and Georgia's are glued to Jess.
"Um, Luke Jess why don't you take Georgia inside.....Georgia don't you want to show Uncle Luke and Jess your computer?" Lorelai asks.
'Yeah!" Georgia says excitedly. "Come on!" Georgia runs off dragging Jess with her.
Luke follows behind after mouthing, "Thank you." to Lorelai.
"Here you go." Lorelai says handing the cup to Sherri.
Sherri smiles faintly, "Thank you Lorelai, honestly men get freaked out so quickly, honestly it's not a big deal, only a woman would understand that." Sherri continues taking hold of Lorelai hand.
Lorelai nods, quickly pulling it away. "You know all that coffee, now I have to um, use the ladies room, where is it?"
"Down the hall 3rd door on the left." Sherri smiles.
"Oh and Chris will be out in a few, I told him to take a breather."
"Thanks."
Sherri watches Lorelai leave, her fist clenching again as the bathroom door closes.
Rory drums her fingers uncomfortably.
Sherri makes a small noise.
Rory looks up mortified.
"Mark this down Rory, these little premature contractions are no picnic."
Rory nods, although she's unsure why.
"But they last two or three seconds and go away."
Rory nods again, this time she looks as though she may cry.
Lorelai exits the bathroom and heads for Georgia's room, trying to escape talking to Sherri.
*5 minutes later:
Sherri is leafing through a magazine from the coffee table, Rory is drinking her ice tea, Lorelai Luke and Jess are still in Georgia's room, Chris in the kitchen.
"So, um Sherri." Rory says nervously, "Have you finished the nursery? I know me and Jess had a time with working on ours."
Sherri's eyes bulge momentarily.
Rory continues shakily, "Man you would not believe,"
"HuAhhh." Sherri pants.
"Shelves are really hard to put up." Rory says on the verge of tears.
"Oh boy that was a tough one."
Rory stares at Sherri with her mouth open slightly.
"Something the matter Rory?"
"Do they just come and go like that?"
"What? Oh contractions?"
Rory nods excessively.
"Yep, some are harder than others, to be honest I've been having them the last month, my doctors says these little clusters of contractions are common with women over 30 having babies........he also said they can be more severe in women who are of smaller build, bad news for us." Sherri winks at Rory
Rory blinks anxiously.
"..oh but their nothing to worry about, they happen, then they're through and you get a baby out of it, alls well that ends well. But enough about that, what about shelves?"
Rory nods, "Luke, couldn't even get them up at first."
Sherri sits up, "Luckily we finished ours a few months ago along with the guest room, we redid that room, it used to be Chris' office but he never used it very much so we redecorated it and presto guest room."
Rory smiles nervously
*Chris reenters.
"Hey sweetheart." Sherri says to Chris.
"How we doing?"
"Fine, Rory's taking care of me."
"Of course she is; she takes care of all of us." Chris grins.
"Chris sweetie would you mind grabbing my purse I want to show Rory the before and after pictures of the guest room."
Chris nods and Rushes off as Sherri clenches her fist again.
Rory glances down at her watch, it reads 12:43.
Sherri hums to herself as Rory picks up her drink again.
"Hon, they're not in your purse." Chris calls out.
Sherri grunts and then takes a deep breath before speaking, "Check on the nightstand, if they're not there they are in the bottom of my brief case."
Rory stares at her hands trying to ignore the emanating fear that is rushing through her veins.
Sherri sighs with relief, unclenching her fist. "Thank God, not too much longer....this little girl will definitely be our last."
Rory smiles awkwardly.
"Could you imagine having three kids God what a handful!"
Rory looks down at her shoes.
"Oh Rory, but of course that's just me...I mean if I was younger I'd probably want more kids, you and Jess would do great with three or maybe more if you did the one every 18 months thing." Sherri forces a smile.
"Well Jess and I haven't really discussed the whole multiple kid issue, right now we're just concentrating on the one."
Sherri makes a small noise.
Rory looks at her watch again, 12:49
"Right, well you really shouldn't, oh...wait too long to discuss it, you really need to plan this stuff out early." Sherri says biting her lip.
Rory looks at Sherri with alarm, "Sherri a-are you having another..."
Sherri puts her hand up to stop Rory from speaking, closing her eyes and panting quietly.
"S-sherri, it hasn't even b-been 7 minutes." Rory stammers.
Sherri lowers her hand and takes a deep breath, "Uh Rory, sweetie I hope you'll excuse I just want to use the bathroom real quick." Sherri says quietly.
Rory nods mechanically.
As soon as Sherri disappears Rory makes a mad dash to Georgia's room.
*Georgia's room:
"And see this is where Mickey mouse comes in and they have to fight to free him, but don't worry it's not scary." Georgia tells Jess who is sitting next to her on the computer chair. Luke and Lorelai are seated on the bed.
The bedroom door swings open.
Jess turns around as a disheveled Rory enters.
"Rory!?" He says standing up and rushing over to her.
Rory's lip is quivering.
"Sweets? What's the matter?" Lorelai says standing up.
Luke follows suit, putting is arm on Lorelai's shoulder.
Rory goes to speak but is cut off.
"CHRISTOPHER!" Sherri yells.
Chris darts out of the bedroom.
Luke, Lorelai and Georgia run out of the bedroom, Jess stays with the quivering Rory.
"My water just broke." Sherri says quietly as Chris approaches her.
"Alright lets go." He says nervously.
Luke watches as Chris' arm trembles.
"Uh, maybe he shouldn't drive." Luke mutters to Lorelai.
"But we were only supposed to stay until 1 and then make an excuse to leave." Lorelai whispers.
"Lorelai."
"Fine." Lorelai groans. "Hey Chris, why don't we take you in Luke's car?"
Chris smiles faintly, "Thanks Lorelai, Luke. Chris nods at Luke.
"But someone's got to stay with Gigi." Sherri pants.
Jess steps out of the bedroom, "We'll stay with her."
Sherri frowns.
Chris mutters to Sherri, "Sher if we wait much longer we're going to have to buy new carpet."
Sherri nods reluctantly.
"Alright, we'll call you as soon as we get there." Lorelai says to Jess.
Jess nods.
"Take care of my baby." Lorelai says referring to Rory.
Jess nods.
"Lorelai lets go." Luke barks as Sherri begins to writhe in Chris' arms.
*2 minutes later: Luke's car pulls away.
Georgia grabs onto Jess' leg.
Jess looks down and smiles at her.
"Rory's crying." She says with a pout.
Jess ruffles her hair, "Tell you what, go into Rory's purse....there's a present in there for you, and take your boom box." Jess says handing Georgia her radio, "into the living room."
Georgia's eyes light up, "Is it a new cd?!"
Jess nods.
"Is it Metallica?!"
"I don't know, but I think you better go crank it up." Jess grins.
A moment later the words of Metallica roar through the house.
Jess enters Georgia's bedroom.
"Rory?"
Rory sniffles.
Jess wraps his arms around Rory who is standing in the middle of the room trembling.
"What's the matter?"
"D-did you see her face?"
Jess' grip on Rory tightens, "Ror-"
"I mean I knew it was bad, I just...I guess I never thought that day would come." Rory gulps.
"Rory it's going to be ok."
Rory shakes her head and sobs.
Jess sighs, stroking Rory's head.
"I-I c-can't do it, I just can't."
"Yes you can." Jess says fiercely.
"You didn't hear her Jess, or see her eyes bulge out.....oh my God, I feel sick." Rory squirms free of Jess' grabs and tries to Run but Jess puts his arm out, preventing her from moving.
"Jess, please."
"Rory you'll get through it, honey you're as prepared as you can be. I mean we're taking those classes, you've read the books, there's nothing you can do, it's too late you have to do this."
Rory sits down on the edge of the bed, "I do." Rory sobs.
Jess bends down to Rory's level, "You're going to be fine."
"I-I'm so scared."
Jess kisses her hand.
"I've never been good with pain, remember on our honeymoon at that beach in Italy I got stung by a jellyfish and threw up on the spot."
Jess makes a disgusted face. "Yes what a memorable day, we spent the rest of the day in the hotel room icing you feet eating soggy saltines.
"And when I stubbed my toe on mom's cabinet last year, I cried for an hour.....I can't even handle a bruised toe how, how am I supposed to deal with this."
Jess squeezes her hand, "You will, when the time comes you'll deal with it, don't stress out over it now."
Rory swallows hard, ".......all that pain God I don't think I can do it."
Jess' muscles stiffen, "Think about me, I'm going have to watch you go through that....." Jess' eyes get wide, "Man, Rory I s wish I could take this away right now, put all the pain on me....God I don't want to see you like, like that." Jess points towards the door referring to Sherri.
"Oh no! You can't get freaked out about this, y-you're not allowed how am I supposed to get through this with out you."
Jess looks at Rory determinedly, "You will never be going through this alone."
Rory sobs, Jess takes her up in his arms, cradling her shaking form.
* A few minutes pass without a word between them.
"Rory, we're going to get through this....we have to."
Rory nods, swallowing her tears, pulling out of Jess' embrace.
"Oh my God."
"W-what?"
"3 months from today, we may have our baby." Jess says smiling through his own tears.
Rory puts her hand to her mouth, "The end justifies the means."
Jess smiles at Rory's quote. "Come on let's get out of here, we need to stop freaking out."
Rory nods walking towards the door.
Jess pulls her back, "But remember, you're not going through this alone..I will always, always be here.""
*3 hours later.
Rory is sitting on the couch gazing out the window; Jess and Georgia are watching cartoons.
The phone rings, Rory jumps, Jess answers it.
"Hello."
"Jess!" Lorelai squeals.
"Lorelai?"
"The babies healthy!!"
"Wait, she had it already?"
"Uh huh! She barely made it into delivery." Lorelai announces.
"Oh my God, she's ok though, right?"
"Oh sure, she's fine...hey guess what I saw the head!"
"Ew, how the hell did that happen."
"Uh it was gruesome. We hit a bit of traffic and half way to the hospital she started wailing when we finally got there they rushed her upstairs, they made Chris fill out paper work, so she was wailing that she couldn't go in alone, and just as me and Luke went to take our seats in the waiting room she grabbed onto me and took me with her."
"Whoa."
"Yeah and apparently today was the day for every pregnant woman in the boston area to give birth because all the delivery rooms were filled, they had her on a gurney in the hallway for like 15 minutes...."
Jess face contorts causing Rory to tense up. Jess opens his arms; Rory climbs into his lap like small child.
"So there I was just me and Sherri , she was hysterical, I was oddly pleased by this, but anyway so she was grasping my hand so tight p.s. I now have a broken pinky so the doctor rushes over just as she starts screaming at the top of her lungs, I move out of the way, moved a little too far down got a peep show......it wasn't as bad as I thought it was be, but it still made me kind of ill. Luckily one of the nurses ran and got Chris, they told him he could finish the paperwork later. He ran in and they were about to move her into what one of the nurses referred to as a make-shift delivery room, you know that they use for emergencies...and I went to go run out and then the nurse went to push the gurney but the doctor, who looked like a very old Charles in Charge said "No, we can't move her it's too late."
"Ew, so she just gave birth in hallway."
Rory's eyes go wide.
"Yep, and the weird part was it was just like those baby stories on tv, you know you never want to see them giving birth but the second they say, "It's time." You're just glued in place."
"You didn't."
"I couldn't help it, I mean I was right by the door and everything, but I just couldn't move......you know I think birth is much more enjoyable when you're not the one giving birth."
"Don't tell Rory that." Jess says stroking Rory's hair.
"So anyway it seriously was amazing, kind of scary though because I mean Sherri was screaming like a ban chi, Chris was like holding on to her so tight, p.s. he's in x-rays right now for a broken wrist. And then I heard the baby cry and it was great, the nurse took the baby off to get cleaned up, The doctor was walking away to get cleaned up before they got Sherri a room for the night, Suddenly out of no where I heard Chris groan, apparently he let go of Sherri's hand just as she went to grasp it, she ended up pulling him by the collar.....apparently Sherri was pregnant with twins."
"What?!"
Rory looks up with concern.
"That's right the one was hiding behind the other when they did the sonograms, So Sherri had to do it all over again."
"Wouldn't it just like happen all at once?" Jess asks awkwardly.
"That's what I said, but the doctor said that sometimes there's like a five or ten minute delay, so anyway another 25 minutes of screaming" Lorelai says happily, "baby number 2 met the world."
"Wow."
"It was horrible, I seriously think she did damage to that poor doctors ears, I mean once she had Chris by the color, the doctor went up and pried Chris free and then explained to Sherri the mix up, she went nuts saying how she couldn't go through it again go couldn't push anymore blah blah blah.....luckily they managed to get her into an actual delivery room that time and she kind of calmed down, and everything worked out."
"Whoa."
"What?" Rory asks.
Jess puts his hand over the phone, "Sherri had twins."
Georgia turns away from the tv and grins.
Rory lays down again, resting her body against Jess.
"So everyone's ok though?"
"Yeah, Luke and I are in the waiting room right now, Chris is in x-ray and Sherri's sleeping. The babies are fine."
"Do they have names?"
"Savannah and Zachariah."
"Ew."
"I know; they really should take that woman's right to name things away."
"Well anyway if you guys want to come up and see them......."
"Uh, I don't know.."
"Come on, you're going to have to drive Chris' car up anyway....he's insisting on staying over."
"Wait, if he's staying over than who's staying with Georgia?"
"Sherri insisted that you take the newly redecorated guest room."
Jess groans.
"Ok well my batteries running low, see you in 15." Lorelai says happily.
Jess hangs up the phone.
"What's going on?" Rory asks.
"We're staying over." Jess replies.
Rory moans, sitting up.
"Come on George, go get your shoes on."
"Where are we going?"
"To see your new baby brother and sister!"
Georgia squeals.
*Maternity Waiting Room: 6:30pm
"Rory!" Lorelai exclaims hugging her daughter.
"Mom." Rory say unenthusiastically.
"Don't look so unhappy, they might mistake you for an incoming patient if you get my drift."
Rory frowns, walking over to Luke.
"Ok, sorry no jokes." Lorelai looks at Jess uncertainly.
"Long day." He mutters.
"Aunt Lorelai guess what!" Georgia exclaims.
"What?"
"I have a new baby sister AND brother."
"I know, I've already seen them."
"No fair!"
"Well we'll take you in to see them and your mommy in a few minutes."
"I want Jess to take me."
"Ok."
*10 minutes later: Chris enters the waiting room with his wrist in a cast.
"Daddy!"
"Hey, Gi!" Chris says taking his daughter in his arms.
"You ready to go see mommy?"
The 8-year-old nods.
Lorelai watches as the two disappear behind the swinging doors. She turns to Rory is crumpled in the chair next to Luke. Grabbing hold of Jess' arm, Lorelai pulls him towards the hallway.
"We're just going to go raid the vending machine, anybody want anything?"
Luke and Rory shake their heads.
*Hallway:
"Ok, so what's going on?" Lorelai raises and eyebrow at Jess.
Jess runs his fingers through his hair, "Seeing Sherri like that, it freaked her out."
"Oh my God! I was so stupid why did I leave her out there alone for so long?!"
"It was just a big reality check, and then once you guys left I went in to comfort her and I ended up freaking out which freaked her out even more...plus she heard the whole phone conversation, and I think it just completely scared her to death."
"Poor baby."
Jess nods.
Lorelai kicks the machine as the snickers she ordered gets stuck.
Jess looks down at his shoes.
Lorelai gives him a concerned glance, "So what about you, are you still freaked out?"
"God yes, I mean I've already put Rory through so much pain, and now I'm actually going to have to stand by and watch her go through more pain for tens of hours."
"Jess...."
"You know I can't handle her crying, and this there's nothing I can do to make her feel better, she'll be lying there for 23 hours screaming and crying and I'll be just standing there."
"First of all you're NOT going to be just standing there, second of all it may not take that long."
"The book says, first babies always take 20+ hours to be born."
"Please tell me you didn't read the books."
"Of course I read them, that's what I do read!"
"Those books are total crock based on majority statistics, their soul purpose is to freak you out!" Lorelai exclaims.
Jess bites his nails, "This is jut so scary....and I mean what if this happens to us, what if we get there and it turns out that Rory has twins."
Lorelai scoffs, "Believe me that will not happen.....have you ever talked to Chris and Sherri, Sherri's gyno is one of those hippy dippy new age specialists, he took one sonogram 2 months into it and that was it on the sonograms, Rory's had four twins would have shown up by now."
Jess sighs with relief.
"And as for the whole watching Rory go through pain, don't worry you'll have enough of your own, you think a fractured wrist is a big deal...Rory's got way better grip than Sherri ever will." Lorelai smiles reassuringly at Jess.
"Thanks Lorelai." Jess says sweetly.
"It's going to be scary, but it'll be worth it....I had 23 ½ hours with Rory and I never regretted it, pain goes away."
Jess nods, taking Lorelai's hand and walking back towards the waiting room. When they enter they see Rory's face buried in Luke's jacket.
Luke coughs; Rory looks up and pulls away, "Thanks Luke, I feel a lot better."
Lorelai and Jess exchange glances.
Chris reenters the waiting room, "Ror, Sherri's asking for you?"
Rory looks solemnly at Jess.
"Come on." Jess says taking her hand.
*Sherri's hospital room.
"Hey Gi, let's go see your new brother and sister." Chris says causing Georgia to leave the room.
"Rory! Come in." Sherri says weakly.
"Congratulations." Jess says awkwardly.
Sherri motions for Rory to sit down at the chair next to the bed.
"Well I guess you're going to find out what a handful is." Rory says a smile playing on her lips.
Sherri sighs, "I know, can you believe that.....I mean I'm happy, Chris got his boy finally it's just our whole plan will have to be reorganized."
Rory nods.
"Uh so I guess you won't be going back to work then?" Jess asks.
"How can I?" Sherri asks sadly.
"Um, Jess why don't you wait outside."
Jess nods.
"Thank you Rory, I just don't want to even think about my lost career right now....I'll tell you it's been four hours and I'm still exhausted."
"Well that's expected."
Sherri shrugs, "Well with Georgia you'll remember I was up 2 hours later making business calls."
Rory nods.
Sherri groans, "Ugh just between you an me, I mean I know your mom must have told you about how I just bit my lip and beared it, but I was dying, I mean I didn't scream not even once but boy did I want to......and I mean the whole thing was just such a shock, of course but I handled it with grace and dignity."
Rory smirks to herself.
"Of course the one I really feel bad for is you, I mean being so tiny and all....and I'm guessing you're a screamer, just remember just because you're in pain does not mean you have to put everyone else in pain."
Rory grits her teeth, "Well I should probably go, I haven't even seen zach and annah yet, and we have an early day tomorrow." Rory smirks as she Christens her new siblings with nicknames.
Jess is standing outside against the wall, "You ok?"
"Fine."
"Did she freak you out?"
"No, not in the least."
Jess takes hold of Rory's arm, "Wow what did Luke say to you to make you so calm, I've been trying for four hours."
Rory sighs, "He just told me that everything was going to be ok, and that once it's all over we'd all be a real family."
"Ends justify the means." Jess whispers.
"...And he said that he and mom would be right there with me, waiting...... outside."
Jess laughs, "You ready to go see the guests of honor?"
Rory nods, hand and hand they walk down to the nursery.
"Hey babe." Chris greets them.
"Rory look! That's them in the back, Vannah's in the purple and Zach's in the green!" Georgia taps the glass.
Chris pulls Georgia back so Rory can move closer, She watches silently as her siblings wail. Jess drapes his arm over Rory's shoulder taking her hand in his.
"Alright, kiddo let's go say goodnight to mommy you're going to go home with Aunt Lorelai and Uncle Luke."
"Yay"
"We're going to have one of those soon." Jess whispers in Rory's ear.
Rory nods turning around to face Jess, "Hey Jess do you think we should be considering whether or not we have anymore kids, I mean Sherri is right your really have to start planning in advance..."
Jess kisses Rory square on the lips, "I think we should just let things happen."
Rory smiles at him, "Ok."
"Let's go, if we stay here much longer they're going to have to admit you too."
Rory rolls her eyes, "Ok, I'm ready to go."
*Chris and Sherri's home:
Jess is tucking Georgia into bed; Luke is watching the baseball game on tv. Rory and Lorelai are in the guest room chatting.
"So, uh Jess said you were pretty upset today."
"Yeah, but I'd rather not talk about it....Luke talked to me and I feel better, I just need to take my mind off all that for a week or so."
"Ok, ok. So Luke talked to you.....he's pretty Good at that huh?"
"Yeah?"
"Who would have known, ten years of single words sentences and here is giving pep talks."
Rory giggles.
"Well anyway I talked to your Dad he said he's going to come by and pick Georgia up at 9, so we can leave here by 9:30, and we'll drop you and Jess home and then we'll head back ourselves."
"Mom, when are you guys going to come back up?"
"In another two weeks probably, just for the day...."
"Luke said you be there for when I have the baby."
"Well that is if you want us here, I mean I know the last thing I wanted when you were born was for my mother to be there."
"Mom, please I need you..and Luke to be there."
Lorelai smiles, "Ok we'll be here...a week in advance." Lorelai smirks at her daughter.
"Good." Rory replies, "So Jess says that Sherri flipped out on everyone..."
Lorelai grins, "She even cursed at the nurse..."
A/n This chapter has gone on long enough, again working on character development so I thought the graphicness of this chapter was necessary and I don't know if it's a believable chapter but it works for the story and it gave a little insight into how Sherri, in my opinion is very two-faced i.e. lying to Rory about her actions. So I'll probably do a filler chapter next and then the birth..or I may have Rory go into labor in the next chapter, I haven't decided yet but I'm telling you now it's coming. And then I'll do a closing chapter or two and that will be the end of this story. I thank you for all the positive reviews I've gotten, the constructive criticism and the great suggestions. Please continue to read and review thanks again.
*May 6th:11 Am.
"Alright, remember everyone is going to behave." Rory reminds the group as they exit the car.
Jess climbs out of the back seat first, followed by Rory.
"Ready?" He asks.
"Oh yeah." Rory smirks as Chris appears at the door.
"Hey guys." Chris greets stepping outside.
"Hi Chris." Lorelai grins.
"Oh my God Rory sweetie, you look amazing." Chris says hugging Rory.
"Uh, thanks Dad."
"So how are you feeling?" He asks.
"Fine, I just wish everybody would stop asking that, I'm not broken just having a baby." Rory mutters.
"You're right, I'm sorry..Sherri hates when I ask her that too.... but really, you look great." Chris replies. "Hi Jess, how's it going?"
"Um, ok."
"Why don't you all come inside, it's burning out here....we just got central air put in last month, so it's a nice 45 degrees inside."
"Where is the little woman?"
"On the couch, not feeling too good today....some more of those contractions.
Rory send Jess a nervous glance, he squeezes her hand tenderly.
Luke, Lorelai Jess and Rory follow Chris inside.
"Rory!" Sherri exclaims.
"Hi." Rory smiles awkwardly.
Lorelai nudges Jess, "Wow you weren't kidding, I never expected double chins."
Jess scoffs.
Luke stares at them sternly.
Lorelai moves away from Jess, Jess puts his arm around Rory's waist.
"Well have a seat would anyone like some ice tea?" Sherri asks happily, standing up.
"Sher, have a seat I'll take care of it."
Sherri sighs but takes a seat, "Really Christopher, I'm fine." Sherri pats the seat next to her, "Come on Rory, us mom's to be need to stick together."
Rory rolls her eyes, but sits down next to Sherri, taking Jess with her.
"Jess! Rory!" Georgia runs into the living room.
"Hey, George!" Jess exclaims.
Georgia stops short in front of Rory, "Wow Rory, you really are having a baby!"
"What did you think we were lying?" Jess nudges the now 9 year old.
Georgia blushes, "No, it's just that well you could tell that mommy was having a baby right away."
Sherri gives her daughter an irritable look.
"But, even when we saw you a few weeks ago you looked the same as always."
"Well it's true, I'm having a baby, just like your mommy." Rory replies with a grin.
"Why don't you have a seat, Gigi?"
"Mo-om, I told you I don't want to be called that anymore."
"Fine Georgia, take a seat."
"There's no place else to sit." The girl frowns.
"Yes there is." Jess says picking Georgia up and sitting her on his lap."
Sherri sighs, but says nothing sitting back on the couch.
"6 ice teas, one coffee." Chris says handing Lorelai a coffee mug.
"Thank you." She says with a smile.
Chris passes the rest of the drinks out, "Here Hon."
Sherri shakes her head, "No thank you."
Chris looks at her oddly, "You ok?"
"Fine, just tired...you know it comes with the whole being 8 months pregnant thing." Sherri retorts.
"Sorry." Chris mutters.
"So um Lorelai what's new?"
"Nothing really." Lorelai replies.
"Mom."
"What? Nothing is new."
Chris grins, "Something I need to know?"
"Mom and Luke are having puppies."
Georgia giggles.
"Is that so?"
"Yep, turns out that Duke's and Miss patty's dog's play dates were very successful."
"They'll be here by June! And Miss Patty said we could keep two!" Lorelai exclaims.
"I told you we are not having two more dogs, that dog eats enough on his own."
"What kind of dogs are they?" Sherri asks, biting her bottom lip.
Rory watches Sherri carefully.
"Well Duke's a basset hound and Miss Lulu is a greyhound."
"Interesting mix." Sherri replies, clenching her fist.
"Sherri, are you ok?" Rory asks warily.
"Y-yes, just been sitting far too long, I think I need to stand up for a minute."
Chris turns to look at Sherri.
"So how are things at the Inn Lorelai?"
"Great, Sookie's son Spencer has started working there are on weekends, he's so cute he's 5 now and he really annoys Michel. Last week I let him answer the phones, and he did a way better job then Michel and now Michel thinks he's going to be fired..." Lorelai rambles.
"Ha, that's, ow......funny." Sherri replies putting a hand to her stomach."
Lorelai looks up horrified at Sherri.
Chris walks over to Sherri, "hon come on I think we should call the doctor."
"What?" Sherri says taking a deep breath. "Why?"
"To let him know I'm bringing you in."
"What?" Rory asks.
"Sweets, I'm pretty sure that was just a contraction." Lorelai answers.
"Oh,.....oh!" Rory says, her eyes becoming wide.
"No, it's probably just a premature contraction we're not supposed to leave until they're 10 minutes apart, besides my water hasn't even broken yet."
Jess looks over at Rory's horror-stricken face.
"Alright babe, I want you to come over here and sit down." Chris says to Sherri, helping her over to the love seat.
"Ok, ow." She says sitting down.
"I'll be right back." Chris says.
"Really Christopher this is nothing, just like last month I'm fine."
"Look I'm just going to get you some ice to chew on until these stop or we have to go to the hospital." Chris says before walking into the kitchen.
Lorelai follows after him.
*In the Kitchen:
"Do you really think this is it?" Lorelai asks, truly concerned.
"It might be." Chris says gravely.
"But isn't she like a month early."
Chris shakes his head, "We never really got a definite conception date....All we knew was that she was late."
Lorelai grimaces.
Chris takes a cup and puts it to the icemaker; his hand is shaking.
"Here let me take that to her, just take a breath and calm down, like she said you've still got plenty of time no need to panic."
"Y-you're right." Chris breathes. "Tell Sherri I'll be out in a minute."
Lorelai enters the living room where Luke and Jess are avoiding looking at Sherri, Rory's eyes are glues to her and Georgia's are glued to Jess.
"Um, Luke Jess why don't you take Georgia inside.....Georgia don't you want to show Uncle Luke and Jess your computer?" Lorelai asks.
'Yeah!" Georgia says excitedly. "Come on!" Georgia runs off dragging Jess with her.
Luke follows behind after mouthing, "Thank you." to Lorelai.
"Here you go." Lorelai says handing the cup to Sherri.
Sherri smiles faintly, "Thank you Lorelai, honestly men get freaked out so quickly, honestly it's not a big deal, only a woman would understand that." Sherri continues taking hold of Lorelai hand.
Lorelai nods, quickly pulling it away. "You know all that coffee, now I have to um, use the ladies room, where is it?"
"Down the hall 3rd door on the left." Sherri smiles.
"Oh and Chris will be out in a few, I told him to take a breather."
"Thanks."
Sherri watches Lorelai leave, her fist clenching again as the bathroom door closes.
Rory drums her fingers uncomfortably.
Sherri makes a small noise.
Rory looks up mortified.
"Mark this down Rory, these little premature contractions are no picnic."
Rory nods, although she's unsure why.
"But they last two or three seconds and go away."
Rory nods again, this time she looks as though she may cry.
Lorelai exits the bathroom and heads for Georgia's room, trying to escape talking to Sherri.
*5 minutes later:
Sherri is leafing through a magazine from the coffee table, Rory is drinking her ice tea, Lorelai Luke and Jess are still in Georgia's room, Chris in the kitchen.
"So, um Sherri." Rory says nervously, "Have you finished the nursery? I know me and Jess had a time with working on ours."
Sherri's eyes bulge momentarily.
Rory continues shakily, "Man you would not believe,"
"HuAhhh." Sherri pants.
"Shelves are really hard to put up." Rory says on the verge of tears.
"Oh boy that was a tough one."
Rory stares at Sherri with her mouth open slightly.
"Something the matter Rory?"
"Do they just come and go like that?"
"What? Oh contractions?"
Rory nods excessively.
"Yep, some are harder than others, to be honest I've been having them the last month, my doctors says these little clusters of contractions are common with women over 30 having babies........he also said they can be more severe in women who are of smaller build, bad news for us." Sherri winks at Rory
Rory blinks anxiously.
"..oh but their nothing to worry about, they happen, then they're through and you get a baby out of it, alls well that ends well. But enough about that, what about shelves?"
Rory nods, "Luke, couldn't even get them up at first."
Sherri sits up, "Luckily we finished ours a few months ago along with the guest room, we redid that room, it used to be Chris' office but he never used it very much so we redecorated it and presto guest room."
Rory smiles nervously
*Chris reenters.
"Hey sweetheart." Sherri says to Chris.
"How we doing?"
"Fine, Rory's taking care of me."
"Of course she is; she takes care of all of us." Chris grins.
"Chris sweetie would you mind grabbing my purse I want to show Rory the before and after pictures of the guest room."
Chris nods and Rushes off as Sherri clenches her fist again.
Rory glances down at her watch, it reads 12:43.
Sherri hums to herself as Rory picks up her drink again.
"Hon, they're not in your purse." Chris calls out.
Sherri grunts and then takes a deep breath before speaking, "Check on the nightstand, if they're not there they are in the bottom of my brief case."
Rory stares at her hands trying to ignore the emanating fear that is rushing through her veins.
Sherri sighs with relief, unclenching her fist. "Thank God, not too much longer....this little girl will definitely be our last."
Rory smiles awkwardly.
"Could you imagine having three kids God what a handful!"
Rory looks down at her shoes.
"Oh Rory, but of course that's just me...I mean if I was younger I'd probably want more kids, you and Jess would do great with three or maybe more if you did the one every 18 months thing." Sherri forces a smile.
"Well Jess and I haven't really discussed the whole multiple kid issue, right now we're just concentrating on the one."
Sherri makes a small noise.
Rory looks at her watch again, 12:49
"Right, well you really shouldn't, oh...wait too long to discuss it, you really need to plan this stuff out early." Sherri says biting her lip.
Rory looks at Sherri with alarm, "Sherri a-are you having another..."
Sherri puts her hand up to stop Rory from speaking, closing her eyes and panting quietly.
"S-sherri, it hasn't even b-been 7 minutes." Rory stammers.
Sherri lowers her hand and takes a deep breath, "Uh Rory, sweetie I hope you'll excuse I just want to use the bathroom real quick." Sherri says quietly.
Rory nods mechanically.
As soon as Sherri disappears Rory makes a mad dash to Georgia's room.
*Georgia's room:
"And see this is where Mickey mouse comes in and they have to fight to free him, but don't worry it's not scary." Georgia tells Jess who is sitting next to her on the computer chair. Luke and Lorelai are seated on the bed.
The bedroom door swings open.
Jess turns around as a disheveled Rory enters.
"Rory!?" He says standing up and rushing over to her.
Rory's lip is quivering.
"Sweets? What's the matter?" Lorelai says standing up.
Luke follows suit, putting is arm on Lorelai's shoulder.
Rory goes to speak but is cut off.
"CHRISTOPHER!" Sherri yells.
Chris darts out of the bedroom.
Luke, Lorelai and Georgia run out of the bedroom, Jess stays with the quivering Rory.
"My water just broke." Sherri says quietly as Chris approaches her.
"Alright lets go." He says nervously.
Luke watches as Chris' arm trembles.
"Uh, maybe he shouldn't drive." Luke mutters to Lorelai.
"But we were only supposed to stay until 1 and then make an excuse to leave." Lorelai whispers.
"Lorelai."
"Fine." Lorelai groans. "Hey Chris, why don't we take you in Luke's car?"
Chris smiles faintly, "Thanks Lorelai, Luke. Chris nods at Luke.
"But someone's got to stay with Gigi." Sherri pants.
Jess steps out of the bedroom, "We'll stay with her."
Sherri frowns.
Chris mutters to Sherri, "Sher if we wait much longer we're going to have to buy new carpet."
Sherri nods reluctantly.
"Alright, we'll call you as soon as we get there." Lorelai says to Jess.
Jess nods.
"Take care of my baby." Lorelai says referring to Rory.
Jess nods.
"Lorelai lets go." Luke barks as Sherri begins to writhe in Chris' arms.
*2 minutes later: Luke's car pulls away.
Georgia grabs onto Jess' leg.
Jess looks down and smiles at her.
"Rory's crying." She says with a pout.
Jess ruffles her hair, "Tell you what, go into Rory's purse....there's a present in there for you, and take your boom box." Jess says handing Georgia her radio, "into the living room."
Georgia's eyes light up, "Is it a new cd?!"
Jess nods.
"Is it Metallica?!"
"I don't know, but I think you better go crank it up." Jess grins.
A moment later the words of Metallica roar through the house.
Jess enters Georgia's bedroom.
"Rory?"
Rory sniffles.
Jess wraps his arms around Rory who is standing in the middle of the room trembling.
"What's the matter?"
"D-did you see her face?"
Jess' grip on Rory tightens, "Ror-"
"I mean I knew it was bad, I just...I guess I never thought that day would come." Rory gulps.
"Rory it's going to be ok."
Rory shakes her head and sobs.
Jess sighs, stroking Rory's head.
"I-I c-can't do it, I just can't."
"Yes you can." Jess says fiercely.
"You didn't hear her Jess, or see her eyes bulge out.....oh my God, I feel sick." Rory squirms free of Jess' grabs and tries to Run but Jess puts his arm out, preventing her from moving.
"Jess, please."
"Rory you'll get through it, honey you're as prepared as you can be. I mean we're taking those classes, you've read the books, there's nothing you can do, it's too late you have to do this."
Rory sits down on the edge of the bed, "I do." Rory sobs.
Jess bends down to Rory's level, "You're going to be fine."
"I-I'm so scared."
Jess kisses her hand.
"I've never been good with pain, remember on our honeymoon at that beach in Italy I got stung by a jellyfish and threw up on the spot."
Jess makes a disgusted face. "Yes what a memorable day, we spent the rest of the day in the hotel room icing you feet eating soggy saltines.
"And when I stubbed my toe on mom's cabinet last year, I cried for an hour.....I can't even handle a bruised toe how, how am I supposed to deal with this."
Jess squeezes her hand, "You will, when the time comes you'll deal with it, don't stress out over it now."
Rory swallows hard, ".......all that pain God I don't think I can do it."
Jess' muscles stiffen, "Think about me, I'm going have to watch you go through that....." Jess' eyes get wide, "Man, Rory I s wish I could take this away right now, put all the pain on me....God I don't want to see you like, like that." Jess points towards the door referring to Sherri.
"Oh no! You can't get freaked out about this, y-you're not allowed how am I supposed to get through this with out you."
Jess looks at Rory determinedly, "You will never be going through this alone."
Rory sobs, Jess takes her up in his arms, cradling her shaking form.
* A few minutes pass without a word between them.
"Rory, we're going to get through this....we have to."
Rory nods, swallowing her tears, pulling out of Jess' embrace.
"Oh my God."
"W-what?"
"3 months from today, we may have our baby." Jess says smiling through his own tears.
Rory puts her hand to her mouth, "The end justifies the means."
Jess smiles at Rory's quote. "Come on let's get out of here, we need to stop freaking out."
Rory nods walking towards the door.
Jess pulls her back, "But remember, you're not going through this alone..I will always, always be here.""
*3 hours later.
Rory is sitting on the couch gazing out the window; Jess and Georgia are watching cartoons.
The phone rings, Rory jumps, Jess answers it.
"Hello."
"Jess!" Lorelai squeals.
"Lorelai?"
"The babies healthy!!"
"Wait, she had it already?"
"Uh huh! She barely made it into delivery." Lorelai announces.
"Oh my God, she's ok though, right?"
"Oh sure, she's fine...hey guess what I saw the head!"
"Ew, how the hell did that happen."
"Uh it was gruesome. We hit a bit of traffic and half way to the hospital she started wailing when we finally got there they rushed her upstairs, they made Chris fill out paper work, so she was wailing that she couldn't go in alone, and just as me and Luke went to take our seats in the waiting room she grabbed onto me and took me with her."
"Whoa."
"Yeah and apparently today was the day for every pregnant woman in the boston area to give birth because all the delivery rooms were filled, they had her on a gurney in the hallway for like 15 minutes...."
Jess face contorts causing Rory to tense up. Jess opens his arms; Rory climbs into his lap like small child.
"So there I was just me and Sherri , she was hysterical, I was oddly pleased by this, but anyway so she was grasping my hand so tight p.s. I now have a broken pinky so the doctor rushes over just as she starts screaming at the top of her lungs, I move out of the way, moved a little too far down got a peep show......it wasn't as bad as I thought it was be, but it still made me kind of ill. Luckily one of the nurses ran and got Chris, they told him he could finish the paperwork later. He ran in and they were about to move her into what one of the nurses referred to as a make-shift delivery room, you know that they use for emergencies...and I went to go run out and then the nurse went to push the gurney but the doctor, who looked like a very old Charles in Charge said "No, we can't move her it's too late."
"Ew, so she just gave birth in hallway."
Rory's eyes go wide.
"Yep, and the weird part was it was just like those baby stories on tv, you know you never want to see them giving birth but the second they say, "It's time." You're just glued in place."
"You didn't."
"I couldn't help it, I mean I was right by the door and everything, but I just couldn't move......you know I think birth is much more enjoyable when you're not the one giving birth."
"Don't tell Rory that." Jess says stroking Rory's hair.
"So anyway it seriously was amazing, kind of scary though because I mean Sherri was screaming like a ban chi, Chris was like holding on to her so tight, p.s. he's in x-rays right now for a broken wrist. And then I heard the baby cry and it was great, the nurse took the baby off to get cleaned up, The doctor was walking away to get cleaned up before they got Sherri a room for the night, Suddenly out of no where I heard Chris groan, apparently he let go of Sherri's hand just as she went to grasp it, she ended up pulling him by the collar.....apparently Sherri was pregnant with twins."
"What?!"
Rory looks up with concern.
"That's right the one was hiding behind the other when they did the sonograms, So Sherri had to do it all over again."
"Wouldn't it just like happen all at once?" Jess asks awkwardly.
"That's what I said, but the doctor said that sometimes there's like a five or ten minute delay, so anyway another 25 minutes of screaming" Lorelai says happily, "baby number 2 met the world."
"Wow."
"It was horrible, I seriously think she did damage to that poor doctors ears, I mean once she had Chris by the color, the doctor went up and pried Chris free and then explained to Sherri the mix up, she went nuts saying how she couldn't go through it again go couldn't push anymore blah blah blah.....luckily they managed to get her into an actual delivery room that time and she kind of calmed down, and everything worked out."
"Whoa."
"What?" Rory asks.
Jess puts his hand over the phone, "Sherri had twins."
Georgia turns away from the tv and grins.
Rory lays down again, resting her body against Jess.
"So everyone's ok though?"
"Yeah, Luke and I are in the waiting room right now, Chris is in x-ray and Sherri's sleeping. The babies are fine."
"Do they have names?"
"Savannah and Zachariah."
"Ew."
"I know; they really should take that woman's right to name things away."
"Well anyway if you guys want to come up and see them......."
"Uh, I don't know.."
"Come on, you're going to have to drive Chris' car up anyway....he's insisting on staying over."
"Wait, if he's staying over than who's staying with Georgia?"
"Sherri insisted that you take the newly redecorated guest room."
Jess groans.
"Ok well my batteries running low, see you in 15." Lorelai says happily.
Jess hangs up the phone.
"What's going on?" Rory asks.
"We're staying over." Jess replies.
Rory moans, sitting up.
"Come on George, go get your shoes on."
"Where are we going?"
"To see your new baby brother and sister!"
Georgia squeals.
*Maternity Waiting Room: 6:30pm
"Rory!" Lorelai exclaims hugging her daughter.
"Mom." Rory say unenthusiastically.
"Don't look so unhappy, they might mistake you for an incoming patient if you get my drift."
Rory frowns, walking over to Luke.
"Ok, sorry no jokes." Lorelai looks at Jess uncertainly.
"Long day." He mutters.
"Aunt Lorelai guess what!" Georgia exclaims.
"What?"
"I have a new baby sister AND brother."
"I know, I've already seen them."
"No fair!"
"Well we'll take you in to see them and your mommy in a few minutes."
"I want Jess to take me."
"Ok."
*10 minutes later: Chris enters the waiting room with his wrist in a cast.
"Daddy!"
"Hey, Gi!" Chris says taking his daughter in his arms.
"You ready to go see mommy?"
The 8-year-old nods.
Lorelai watches as the two disappear behind the swinging doors. She turns to Rory is crumpled in the chair next to Luke. Grabbing hold of Jess' arm, Lorelai pulls him towards the hallway.
"We're just going to go raid the vending machine, anybody want anything?"
Luke and Rory shake their heads.
*Hallway:
"Ok, so what's going on?" Lorelai raises and eyebrow at Jess.
Jess runs his fingers through his hair, "Seeing Sherri like that, it freaked her out."
"Oh my God! I was so stupid why did I leave her out there alone for so long?!"
"It was just a big reality check, and then once you guys left I went in to comfort her and I ended up freaking out which freaked her out even more...plus she heard the whole phone conversation, and I think it just completely scared her to death."
"Poor baby."
Jess nods.
Lorelai kicks the machine as the snickers she ordered gets stuck.
Jess looks down at his shoes.
Lorelai gives him a concerned glance, "So what about you, are you still freaked out?"
"God yes, I mean I've already put Rory through so much pain, and now I'm actually going to have to stand by and watch her go through more pain for tens of hours."
"Jess...."
"You know I can't handle her crying, and this there's nothing I can do to make her feel better, she'll be lying there for 23 hours screaming and crying and I'll be just standing there."
"First of all you're NOT going to be just standing there, second of all it may not take that long."
"The book says, first babies always take 20+ hours to be born."
"Please tell me you didn't read the books."
"Of course I read them, that's what I do read!"
"Those books are total crock based on majority statistics, their soul purpose is to freak you out!" Lorelai exclaims.
Jess bites his nails, "This is jut so scary....and I mean what if this happens to us, what if we get there and it turns out that Rory has twins."
Lorelai scoffs, "Believe me that will not happen.....have you ever talked to Chris and Sherri, Sherri's gyno is one of those hippy dippy new age specialists, he took one sonogram 2 months into it and that was it on the sonograms, Rory's had four twins would have shown up by now."
Jess sighs with relief.
"And as for the whole watching Rory go through pain, don't worry you'll have enough of your own, you think a fractured wrist is a big deal...Rory's got way better grip than Sherri ever will." Lorelai smiles reassuringly at Jess.
"Thanks Lorelai." Jess says sweetly.
"It's going to be scary, but it'll be worth it....I had 23 ½ hours with Rory and I never regretted it, pain goes away."
Jess nods, taking Lorelai's hand and walking back towards the waiting room. When they enter they see Rory's face buried in Luke's jacket.
Luke coughs; Rory looks up and pulls away, "Thanks Luke, I feel a lot better."
Lorelai and Jess exchange glances.
Chris reenters the waiting room, "Ror, Sherri's asking for you?"
Rory looks solemnly at Jess.
"Come on." Jess says taking her hand.
*Sherri's hospital room.
"Hey Gi, let's go see your new brother and sister." Chris says causing Georgia to leave the room.
"Rory! Come in." Sherri says weakly.
"Congratulations." Jess says awkwardly.
Sherri motions for Rory to sit down at the chair next to the bed.
"Well I guess you're going to find out what a handful is." Rory says a smile playing on her lips.
Sherri sighs, "I know, can you believe that.....I mean I'm happy, Chris got his boy finally it's just our whole plan will have to be reorganized."
Rory nods.
"Uh so I guess you won't be going back to work then?" Jess asks.
"How can I?" Sherri asks sadly.
"Um, Jess why don't you wait outside."
Jess nods.
"Thank you Rory, I just don't want to even think about my lost career right now....I'll tell you it's been four hours and I'm still exhausted."
"Well that's expected."
Sherri shrugs, "Well with Georgia you'll remember I was up 2 hours later making business calls."
Rory nods.
Sherri groans, "Ugh just between you an me, I mean I know your mom must have told you about how I just bit my lip and beared it, but I was dying, I mean I didn't scream not even once but boy did I want to......and I mean the whole thing was just such a shock, of course but I handled it with grace and dignity."
Rory smirks to herself.
"Of course the one I really feel bad for is you, I mean being so tiny and all....and I'm guessing you're a screamer, just remember just because you're in pain does not mean you have to put everyone else in pain."
Rory grits her teeth, "Well I should probably go, I haven't even seen zach and annah yet, and we have an early day tomorrow." Rory smirks as she Christens her new siblings with nicknames.
Jess is standing outside against the wall, "You ok?"
"Fine."
"Did she freak you out?"
"No, not in the least."
Jess takes hold of Rory's arm, "Wow what did Luke say to you to make you so calm, I've been trying for four hours."
Rory sighs, "He just told me that everything was going to be ok, and that once it's all over we'd all be a real family."
"Ends justify the means." Jess whispers.
"...And he said that he and mom would be right there with me, waiting...... outside."
Jess laughs, "You ready to go see the guests of honor?"
Rory nods, hand and hand they walk down to the nursery.
"Hey babe." Chris greets them.
"Rory look! That's them in the back, Vannah's in the purple and Zach's in the green!" Georgia taps the glass.
Chris pulls Georgia back so Rory can move closer, She watches silently as her siblings wail. Jess drapes his arm over Rory's shoulder taking her hand in his.
"Alright, kiddo let's go say goodnight to mommy you're going to go home with Aunt Lorelai and Uncle Luke."
"Yay"
"We're going to have one of those soon." Jess whispers in Rory's ear.
Rory nods turning around to face Jess, "Hey Jess do you think we should be considering whether or not we have anymore kids, I mean Sherri is right your really have to start planning in advance..."
Jess kisses Rory square on the lips, "I think we should just let things happen."
Rory smiles at him, "Ok."
"Let's go, if we stay here much longer they're going to have to admit you too."
Rory rolls her eyes, "Ok, I'm ready to go."
*Chris and Sherri's home:
Jess is tucking Georgia into bed; Luke is watching the baseball game on tv. Rory and Lorelai are in the guest room chatting.
"So, uh Jess said you were pretty upset today."
"Yeah, but I'd rather not talk about it....Luke talked to me and I feel better, I just need to take my mind off all that for a week or so."
"Ok, ok. So Luke talked to you.....he's pretty Good at that huh?"
"Yeah?"
"Who would have known, ten years of single words sentences and here is giving pep talks."
Rory giggles.
"Well anyway I talked to your Dad he said he's going to come by and pick Georgia up at 9, so we can leave here by 9:30, and we'll drop you and Jess home and then we'll head back ourselves."
"Mom, when are you guys going to come back up?"
"In another two weeks probably, just for the day...."
"Luke said you be there for when I have the baby."
"Well that is if you want us here, I mean I know the last thing I wanted when you were born was for my mother to be there."
"Mom, please I need you..and Luke to be there."
Lorelai smiles, "Ok we'll be here...a week in advance." Lorelai smirks at her daughter.
"Good." Rory replies, "So Jess says that Sherri flipped out on everyone..."
Lorelai grins, "She even cursed at the nurse..."
A/n This chapter has gone on long enough, again working on character development so I thought the graphicness of this chapter was necessary and I don't know if it's a believable chapter but it works for the story and it gave a little insight into how Sherri, in my opinion is very two-faced i.e. lying to Rory about her actions. So I'll probably do a filler chapter next and then the birth..or I may have Rory go into labor in the next chapter, I haven't decided yet but I'm telling you now it's coming. And then I'll do a closing chapter or two and that will be the end of this story. I thank you for all the positive reviews I've gotten, the constructive criticism and the great suggestions. Please continue to read and review thanks again.