A/N: NO! Rory and Jess didn't have sex. I wouldn't write something so inappropriate!

Sorry. That came out harsher than intended. But believe me, I wouldn't write something like that and I'm sorry what I did write was unclear. I've changed it.

** Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Gilmore Girls. If I were that all powerful then Jess would be staying put! So, in summation... Please don't sue me!**

Jess closed the hotel room door and brought the tray of food over to the bed.

"Your breakfast is here." He smiled softly at Rory.

She looked over at him and smiled.

"Great."

He placed the tray on the bed and lifted the metal cover from one of the plates.

"Look good?" He asked.

"It looks fine." She nodded, picking up the fork and trying a mouthful of the scrambled eggs.

"Taste good?"

"Not as good as it looks." She smiled and put the fork down so she could pour herself some coffee.

Jess sat on the bed and watched her eat for a few minutes. He was worried about her. She hadn't said much since she woke up.

"Do you want to stay here again tonight?"

"I don't mind. We could go to that place… the one in New Orleans." She said, not looking up from the plate of food in front of her.

Jess could read the look on her face, and he could tell from her voice that she'd rather stay where they were. At least for another night.

*****

"No, it's ok. I want to stay… we're… she's… I'm her boyfriend." Said Luke finally. It was the first time he'd actually said that out loud to anyone.

The doctor nodded and he and Luke walked back into Lorelai's room.

"What's up doc?" She asked casually as Luke sat beside her and took her hand in his again.

"Well, we got your labs back." He smiled and she nodded.

"So, what's the verdict? Will I live?" She joked, trying to stop Luke worrying. It didn't work.

"Yes, you'll live." Chuckled the doctor.

"So, what is it… what's wrong with her?" Frowned Luke.

"Nothing." Said the doctor.

Lorelai and Luke looked at one another and frowned.

"So… why have I been throwing up? And why did I faint? Is it stress?" She asked.

"No." The doctor looked down at her chart and then up at her. "It's pregnancy."

Lorelai sat and stared at the doctor for a moment and then laughed.

"Eh, that's a good one!" She said, clapping her hands a couple of times. "Yeah, see… I don't even know where kid number one is…" She said through her laughter. "You and the nurses think this one up on your lunch break?"

Luke didn't say anything.

"Um… maybe I should give you two a minute." Smiled the doctor.

"Hey now… come back here. I want my real test results!" Lorelai called after him. She turned to Luke. "Can you believe that? Me… us, pregnant!" She burst out laughing again.

"Lorelai, I don't think it's a joke." He said quietly.

"It's gotta be a joke!" She giggled. "Luke, come on!" She said, her smile fading. "Think about it… me and you, having a kid?!"

"Yeah, I'm thinking about it." He said, getting up and rubbing his neck.

"Well stop it, you're freakin' me out here!" She sighed.

"Lorelai, the man was being serious!" Luke said.

"It's not possible." She said, still in denial.

"Why?" He said, throwing his arms in the air. "I'm not aware that I have… problems in that area! And as far as we know, you aren't exactly barren…" He said.

"Couldn't put it any more delicately?!" She asked raising her eyebrows.

He took a deep breath.

"Ok, can we just… for one minute, 'pretend' that the doctor guy out there was being serious."

"But he wasn't."

"But lets say he was!" Sighed Luke.

"Ok. For arguments sake, impending law suit doctor was serious." Said Lorelai, rolling her eyes.

"So…?" He looked at her. "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking he's lying!"

"Lorelai!"

"Ok, alright. I'm thinking… that… if I can find and capture the first one before this one pops out, then I might not be such a bad mother." She shrugged.

"So… you're happy about this?" He asked gently.

"Yes Luke, I'm happy about the non-existent fetus. Now can we please get Doctor Idiot back in here so he can tell me I have food poisoning or something!" She sighed impatiently.

Luke got up and went to find the doctor.

Lorelai looked down at her stomach and frowned. She was sure that she couldn't be pregnant. Technically she could… but she was certain she wasn't.

Luke and the doctor returned.

"So, I take it the two of you have discussed this?" He asked, looking at Lorelai who was sitting with her arms folded.

"Yeah, now… what's really wrong with me." Asked Lorelai.

The doctor looked at Luke who shook his head and shrugged.

"She won't listen." He said quietly.

"Hello? Still here!" Lorelai glared at him.

"How about… we do an ultrasound?" The doctor offered.

"But I'm not pregnant." She sighed. "I don't have time for all this." She looked at Luke, pleading with him.

"It'll only take a minute… I'll go get the machine, bring it down here and we'll find out once and for all." The doctor smiled.

"Fine, go get your ultrasound machine. And when it says I'm not pregnant then you can pay my hospital bill, how's that?" She said, giving him a fake smile.

The doctor smiled at Luke and left.

"You could be a little nicer." Said Luke.

"Don't talk to me right now. I don't like you much either." She pouted, folding her arms across her chest and slouching in the bed more.

*****

Lorelai's mouth fell open when the doctor finally found her baby on the ultrasound.

"There it is." He smiled, looking at her.

"That's… our baby?" Luke asked, not taking his eyes off of the screen.

"Yep." The doctor smiled. He looked back at the screen and studied it for a moment. "I'd say you're at least 10 weeks along." He nodded to himself.

"Lorelai?" Luke looked away from the screen finally. Lorelai was silent. She stared in awe at the screen, tilting her head to one side.

"That's… it's head?" She whispered, pointing at the ultrasound.

"Yes." The doctor smiled.

"It looks just like a tiny human!" Lorelai mused, tears coming to her eyes.

"It is a tiny human." Luke chuckled, holding her hand.

"Is it ok?" She asked. "Is it… is the heart beating?" She asked suddenly.

"Yeah, see…" The doctor pointed to the area where the baby's heart was and Lorelai watched the small thumping motion for a while. "Would you like to hear it?" He asked, seeing that she was still anxious.

"Can we?" Asked Luke eagerly.

The doctor picked up another piece of equipment, a small speaker with a probe attached to a cord.

"Where'd you get that? 'Toys R Us'?" Lorelai laughed gently.

"I know it doesn't look like much, but trust me." The doctor smiled and placed the probe against Lorelai's belly.

There was a distant thumping noise, and he moved it around slowly until it developed into a loud and fast thump-thump-thump.

Luke and Lorelai looked at each other and smiled.

"Is that normal… it's so fast." Asked Luke, concerned.

"It sounds just fine." The doctor reassured him.

Lorelai lay back on the bed and closed her eyes, listening to the heartbeat.

*****

Jess looked at Rory. She was sleeping on the bed, and had been sleeping on an off all day. She had been making less and less conversation, but when she did talk to him she insisted that she was fine.

He sighed and rested his head in his hands. He didn't know what he could do for her. He'd tried comforting her, but felt that he was smothering her. He'd tried giving her space, but felt that he was ignoring her.

After 12 hours of watching and feeling helpless, he was ready to give in to what he knew he had to do.

He got up and quietly left the hotel room. He headed down stairs to the lobby and over to the pay phones in the corner.

He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and stared at the smudged text on it. Then he dialed.

The phone seemed to ring for an eternity. He was about to hang up when someone finally answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's me." He sighed.

"Jess?"

"Yeah."

"Are you ok?"

"I'm fine." He looked down at the floor.

"Where are you?"

Jess didn't answer for a moment. He looked around him and then over to the elevators.

"Baton Rouge, Louisiana." He said finally.

"Address?"

"The Marriott on Hilton Avenue. It's like… 2 miles from the city center."

"Ok…" There was a pause. "Stay where you are."

"Ok." Jess agreed reluctantly.

The line went quiet and Jess hung up.

*****

"Hey, I'm looking for Jess Mariano. Can you tell me what room he's in?"

"I'm sorry, I can't give you the room number, but I can call the room and tell him you're here." Smiled the lady at the front desk.

"Ok, can you do that then? He's expecting us."

The lady nodded and picked up the phone.

Jess grabbed the phone after only one ring. He held his hand over the mouthpiece for a moment, looking to see if Rory had woken up. She hadn't.

"Hello?"

"Mr. Mariano, you have some guests waiting in the lobby."

"Thanks, I'll be right there." He said, hanging up.

He snuck out of the room and hurried to the elevators. The whole way down he stared at the red 'stop' button, weighing out the pro's and con's to using it.

When the doors opened at the lobby, he took a deep breath and stepped out.

"Hey." He said nervously.

No one spoke for a moment.

"I don't know whether to hug you or hit you."

"You can do both." He smiled softly.

"Come here!"

Lorelai pulled Jess into a tight hug, surprising him. He hugged her back and then she let him go. She was crying.

She swung her purse at him, hitting him in the arm.

"That's for running off with my daughter!" She laughed gently through her tears and then hugged him again.

"I'm sorry."

"We know." Sighed Luke.

"Where is she?" Asked Lorelai, wiping her eyes and walking towards the elevators.

Jess grabbed her arm firmly but gently and pulled her back.

"First… I have to tell you something." He said, looking away from them both. "It's why I called."

"You didn't just get tired of running?" Frowned Luke.

"No. I mean… neither of us wanted to go, but… we would have kept going." He said apologetically.

"So what do you have to tell us?" Asked Lorelai.

"Rory… Something happened to her the other night."

"Something? What something?" Cried Lorelai, panicking.

"We were at this crumby gas station, and when I went in to pay, this guy… he…" Jess paused, trying to find the right words. "He tried to… assault her."

"Tried to?" Asked Luke.

"Yeah. I stopped him before he could do anything. I think he mostly just scared her. But she doesn't want to talk about it." He sighed and looked at the floor. "She says she's ok, but I don't think she is." He looked at Lorelai. "I think she needs you. That's why I called."

Lorelai nodded and gave Jess a small smile to let him know she was grateful.

"Ok… can we go see her?" She asked eagerly.

"Sure."

Jess led them over to the elevators and up to the room he and Rory had been staying in.

He slid the key card into the door and opened it.

"She's asleep." He whispered. "Or she was when I left."

"Maybe you should go in alone." Luke said, looking at Lorelai.

Jess nodded in agreement and Lorelai stepped inside, closing the door behind her.

Lorelai walked carefully around the bed. The room was dark, but lights from the parking lot outside threw a faint glow through the window.

She knelt down beside the bed and looked at Rory for a moment. She started to cry again.

"Babe…" She whispered, stroking Rory's hair gently. "Wake up."

Rory's brow creased into a frown and she slowly opened her eyes.

"Hey." Lorelai smiled gently.

Rory looked panicked. They'd found them, and now Jess was going to have to go back to New York.

"It's ok… Jess called us." Lorelai said reassuringly when she saw the fear in her daughter's eyes.

Rory sat up slowly and looked at Lorelai.

"I'm so sorry, mom!" She cried, flinging her arms around her and hugging her.

Lorelai hugged her back protectively.

"I know. It's ok. It's over now." She sighed, relieved to have her daughter back.