Title: Surprising Family 7/?

Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.com) and Krystal (krazystar15@aol.com) If you want a quick response from Christen as in during this week email her at (23405@sjamail.net)

Disclaimer: These Characters belong to Gilmore Girls and General Hospital except anyone you do not recognize. (oh and just to tell we picture Sarah Brown playing the part of Carly)

Distribution: Take it, but let me know. If you have any of my other fics, go ahead.

Comments: email me all you comments and suggestions (hint here on what's going to happen look at who the main people are in each chapter there is theme!!!) Ok I need the people who reads this to help me: if anyone can please email any past history on Carly, you know where she grew up, where she was born, who her adoptive parents were, when she found Bobbie and how…. That would all be very helpful just email it to me)

Richard headed down stairs and sat down at his desk. He looked at the picture he had sitting on his desk. It was of him and Emily when they were first married. It wasn't long after that that she became pregnant with the twins. That was one of the happiest times of his life. Emily and him had been so close while she was pregnant. She needed him so much then and he wanted to be there for her. It was sad to look at that picture because he knew they were never and would never be that happy again. Richard had been a nervous wreck while Emily was pregnant. Every time she opened her mouth to say something or called him, he thought she was in labor. He had driven her insane but it was the only thing he knew how to do. Richard was drawn out of his thoughts by a knock at the door. "I told you, you could go home!" Richard screamed thinking it was the nurse. As he opened the door, he was shocked to see Lorelai and Rory sanding there. "I told you not to come." He said mad.

"I wanted to come, I was worried about grandmother." Rory said.

"Why were you worried about me?" Emily asked as she came down the stairs.

"Emily, you're up." Richard said shocked.

"Why wouldn't she be up? You said she was fine." Lorelai asked confused as she came in.

"I had taken a rest that's all." Emily said. "You didn't bring Carolina or Michael. Why?"

"Carly wanted to check out schools for Micheal."

"I hope the school's near here, so we can see him." Emily said.

"Mom, you barley know him. I asked Carly if she knew you two and she said that neither her biological mother nor her adopted parents knew you two." Lorelai said confused.

"She's adopted?" Emily asked shocked. "Why didn't you tell me this earlier!" She said mad.

"I just found out, why does that even matter?" Lorelai asked.

"You wouldn't understand! Richard, did you hear what she just said?" Emily asked Richard hopeful.

"That doesn't mean anything." Richard said.

"What are you two talking about?" Rory asked confused.

"Richard, we should tell them." Emily said.

"No, we shouldn't. Remember we agreed along time ago not to tell them." Richard said.

"Not tell us what?" Lorelai asked.

"That…" Emily started to say.

"Emily!" Richard yelled. "You know what Lorelai, I was wrong she's not doing well you should go." Richard said leading them to the door.

"What? Why?" Rory asked.

"Bye, we'll call you later." Richard said as he pushed them out the door. When he closed the door, he turned to Emily. "What were you thinking? You can't tell them anything."

"Richard, she deserves to know that Carolina is her sister."

"You don't know that. Look Carolina is dead, Emily. She's been dead for years now."

"No, I never believed that and I still don't. How can you believe that?"

"Because it's the truth."

"You don't know that, we never buried a body remember? So how do you know if she's really dead?"

"Because Emily, she is and believing that she isn't, is not helping you or I move on."

"Move on? Is that what this is? I don't think I've moved on and either have you."

"Yes, I have I accepted she was dead from the moment they told me."

"Well I'm glad it's that easy for you. Maybe it's so easy for because you didn't carry her for nine months and give birth to her but I did and I can't just let her go."

"I'm not asking you to, you've had years to do that and I would think by now you would have."

"And I would think by now you would have accepted the fact that I loved her and I will never forget her." Emily said as she started to walk up stairs.

"Lorelai, here's a present from your grandmother." Richard said handing a box to a six-year-old Lorelai.

Lorelai ripped into the box and pulled out a porcelain doll. 

Emily took the doll. "I'll put it on the shelf."

Lorelai frowned. "Can I play with it?"

"No, you'll break it." Emily said.

Lorelai was not very happy with this but when she saw the other box, she smiled. "Who's that one from?"

"That's not for you." Emily said as she put the doll up.

Lorelai walked over to the box. "To Carolina from Grandmother." Lorelai read. "Who's Carolina?" Lorelai asked Richard.

"Your grandmother made a mistake. We don't know a Carolina." Richard said picking up the box and handing it to Emily.

"When is your mother going to stop this?" Emily asked Richard mad.

"I don't know. Just put it with the rest." Richard said. "So Lorelai, are you ready for your cake?"

"Cake!" She screamed as she ran into the dinning room.

"Lorelai, don't run!" Emily screamed after her.

"It's her birthday, let her be happy." Richard told her.

"Yeah well your mother isn't letting me be happy." Emily said rolling her eyes.

Richard dialed a number and waited for the person to answer.

"Hello?" The man on the other in asked.

"It's Richard Gilmore, I need your help."

"Sure, what is it I can do?"

"I need some research done on a girl named Carolina Spencer, she's from Port Charles."

"Can I ask why?"

"No, just make sure no one knows your doing it."

"Of course, no one ever does. So what all do you want?"

"I want Adoption Papers, Marriage Licenses, School records, what ever you can find."

"What do you need it?"

"As soon as possible."

"Richard, I know this may be none of my business but does this have anything to do with the death of the your baby?"

"You're right it isn't."

"It's just the last time you called me was to research that and a person with the same name seems a little too much of a coincidence."

"This conversation is over, I'll pay you when ever I get the information." Richard said hanging up the phone.