Lorelai lay on her couch flipping through a magazine waiting for Rory to
get home. She wasn't really paying attention, as she was trying to figure
out how Rory would react to what she and Luke had decided, and wondered
what her parents would say when they found out. She had decided earlier not
to let them know until she was pregnant, but she was still stressing over
the rejection and condescending remarks they would have. She didn't need
their support she thought, it wasn't like she had ever sought it before but
still, it would be nice.
As she was mulling this over, she heard a car pull up in the driveway and jumped up and ran out to great Rory. Rory jumped out of the car and meet Lorelai half way, launching herself into her arms. They hugged, as Christopher pulled her bags out of the trunk, and brought them inside the house, not saying a word. He cleared his throat, causing Rory and Lorelai to pull apart. Rory turned to Christopher.
"Bye Dad, I had a great time in Boston. Thank you so much." Rory said hugging her father.
"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. Maybe you can come back next month?" he asked
"I don't we'll see. Next month is going to be hectic. It's wedding month at the inn, and your finals are coming up next month also. " Lorelai cut in.
"Moms right Dad. We'll have to see what next month brings. I do have an awful lot coming up. But if not next month, then first thing the month after that." Rory said
"Sounds okay to me I guess." Chris said not believing what they had said. Rory picked up on this.
"It's the truth Dad, I swear." She said truthfully.
"Yea. I'll call you later this week. See you" Chris said walking back to his car, where Sherry was inside waiting impatiently.
"Bye Dad." Rory said waving, as he got in and drove off. "Why were you so stand offish with dad?" Rory asked when Chris had driven away.
"Because I'm very angry with him at the moment, and want nothing to do with him." Lorelai said angrily.
"Why? Because of what happened a few days ago? I know he had no right to make those remarks, but he was surprised Luke was living here, that's all."
"I don't care if he was surprised. I'm pissed at the way he treated Luke. He had no right, especially since he is a guest when he is here and Luke is like family!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"But mom, Dad IS our family." Rory said, confused.
"Not in my books he's not. He abandoned us, more importantly you for the first sixteen years of your life, and left me sixteen years old to raise a kid by myself. So what I didn't want to marry him, he could have stuck around, he could have helped he could have been there for you, for me. But he wasn't. The second he got a chance he was across the country in California, while I was doing all I could to keep us feed clothed and being able to have someplace to sleep at night. Don't you sit there and tell me to go easy on him, because I won't. I'm sick of it. Now this rant is officially closed, we are going to go to Luke's in a little while, because he has something to tell us." Lorelai said, finally taking a breath.
Rory looked shocked. All she could do was nod her head and follow Lorelai inside. "I.I'm sorry mom. I had no idea you felt this way. I'm so sorry." Rory looked really upset, and Lorelai smiled weakly at her.
"Its okay hun. Now, I'm gonna go take a shower. Then you can fill me in with the details of your trip. We have to be at Luke's around closing time."
"Okay. Um, what exactly does Luke want to tell us?" Rory asked curiously.
"Well, more of him and I want to talk to you. But you'll just have to wait." Lorelai smiled at Rory one last time before heading up to take a shower.
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That night, Lorelai and Rory walked into Luke's as his last customers were leaving. They walked up to the counter were Luke was adding up the totals for the day. Luke looked up at them and smiled at Lorelai. He walked out from behind the counter, and led them over to a table. Then he poured them each a cup of coffee and sat down next to Lorelai, the two of them facing Rory, who was across the table.
"So Rory, how much did your mom tell you?" Luke asked.
"Not much, just that you two wanted to talk to me about something." Rory said shrugging.
"Rory, Luke and I, well more of I than Luke had an idea. One that will affect you, so we want to know your opinion." Lorelai said.
"We put a lot of thought into this, and we both think it's. well know it's something we want." Luke said, taking Lorelai's hand in his own.
"Oh my god. Oh my god!" Rory yelled excitedly. "You're getting married!"
"What? No! No, Rory sweetie, let us talk first okay?" Lorelai said.
"What is it then?" Rory asked.
"Well, your mother and I want to."
"We decided we want to try and have a baby together. And don't say anything just yet. Just listen still okay?" Lorelai said. All Rory was able to do was nod her head, completely in shock.
"After taking care of Kiera, we decided we made pretty good parents together. Then one night I was thinking about how sad I'm going to be next year when you go to college, and well another kid just seems...I don't know, right. So I talked to Luke, and he thought about it, and I thought about it some more and we decided that yes, we want this, and we want it together. Okay, your turn to talk." Lorelai said looking at Rory nervously.
"Um, I don't know what to say. I.are you sure I mean you two have never even dated, I mean yea you worked well together as parents.I guess but god. This is just..are you positive you want this?" Rory asked.
"Yes Rory, we are positive. We talked about this. And your mother didn't lie; we thought it over and worked out some sketchy details. We decided we will do this no matter what anyone says, but we are asking what you thin, and hope your okay with it." Luke said.
"Well then I guess if you're both positive you want this, then I'm fine with it. I mean no offence Luke but the idea of you and mom. and a half sibling that's your is still seeming a little strange right now, but I guess after a while it'll become just second nature. Wow." Rory said still looking absolutely stunned. Luke chuckled slightly.
"No offence taken. But, are you really okay with this?" Luke asked.
"Yep. Happy even now that the absolute shock of it is wearing off." Rory said. She looked up at the two of them, and looked back and forth between them for a second. Then giggled. "Aw. A little Luke and Lorelai, it'll be so cute." Rory said smiling. Luke and Lorelai both breathed a sigh of relief, and blushed slightly at Rory's last comment as they had not really thought over that whole aspect of it, only the fact they wanted a kid.
"Good Rory, we're glad your okay with this." Lorelai said smiling. Rory got up and hugged both of them. "Oh, and Rory, not a word of this to anyone, especially not Lane. We are gonna tell everyone when I'm actually pregnant."
"Sounds good to me." Rory said. "Okay, I'm gonna head home now, got to unpack, plus I have school tomorrow."
"Yep. We'll come to soon." Lorelai said as Rory headed for the door.
"Okay see you at home." With that Rory left. Luke and Lorelai looked at each other, and smiled.
"I'm really glad she was okay with that." Lorelai said.
"Yea. Me too." Luke said. They smiled at each other again, their eyes looking. They lent forward slowly and their lips meet in a sweet kiss.
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A/N: Well, you got your kiss. Please review. I'm not sure how true to character Rory's reaction was, as hers is not one of my favorite characters. Tell me what you think!
As she was mulling this over, she heard a car pull up in the driveway and jumped up and ran out to great Rory. Rory jumped out of the car and meet Lorelai half way, launching herself into her arms. They hugged, as Christopher pulled her bags out of the trunk, and brought them inside the house, not saying a word. He cleared his throat, causing Rory and Lorelai to pull apart. Rory turned to Christopher.
"Bye Dad, I had a great time in Boston. Thank you so much." Rory said hugging her father.
"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. Maybe you can come back next month?" he asked
"I don't we'll see. Next month is going to be hectic. It's wedding month at the inn, and your finals are coming up next month also. " Lorelai cut in.
"Moms right Dad. We'll have to see what next month brings. I do have an awful lot coming up. But if not next month, then first thing the month after that." Rory said
"Sounds okay to me I guess." Chris said not believing what they had said. Rory picked up on this.
"It's the truth Dad, I swear." She said truthfully.
"Yea. I'll call you later this week. See you" Chris said walking back to his car, where Sherry was inside waiting impatiently.
"Bye Dad." Rory said waving, as he got in and drove off. "Why were you so stand offish with dad?" Rory asked when Chris had driven away.
"Because I'm very angry with him at the moment, and want nothing to do with him." Lorelai said angrily.
"Why? Because of what happened a few days ago? I know he had no right to make those remarks, but he was surprised Luke was living here, that's all."
"I don't care if he was surprised. I'm pissed at the way he treated Luke. He had no right, especially since he is a guest when he is here and Luke is like family!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"But mom, Dad IS our family." Rory said, confused.
"Not in my books he's not. He abandoned us, more importantly you for the first sixteen years of your life, and left me sixteen years old to raise a kid by myself. So what I didn't want to marry him, he could have stuck around, he could have helped he could have been there for you, for me. But he wasn't. The second he got a chance he was across the country in California, while I was doing all I could to keep us feed clothed and being able to have someplace to sleep at night. Don't you sit there and tell me to go easy on him, because I won't. I'm sick of it. Now this rant is officially closed, we are going to go to Luke's in a little while, because he has something to tell us." Lorelai said, finally taking a breath.
Rory looked shocked. All she could do was nod her head and follow Lorelai inside. "I.I'm sorry mom. I had no idea you felt this way. I'm so sorry." Rory looked really upset, and Lorelai smiled weakly at her.
"Its okay hun. Now, I'm gonna go take a shower. Then you can fill me in with the details of your trip. We have to be at Luke's around closing time."
"Okay. Um, what exactly does Luke want to tell us?" Rory asked curiously.
"Well, more of him and I want to talk to you. But you'll just have to wait." Lorelai smiled at Rory one last time before heading up to take a shower.
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That night, Lorelai and Rory walked into Luke's as his last customers were leaving. They walked up to the counter were Luke was adding up the totals for the day. Luke looked up at them and smiled at Lorelai. He walked out from behind the counter, and led them over to a table. Then he poured them each a cup of coffee and sat down next to Lorelai, the two of them facing Rory, who was across the table.
"So Rory, how much did your mom tell you?" Luke asked.
"Not much, just that you two wanted to talk to me about something." Rory said shrugging.
"Rory, Luke and I, well more of I than Luke had an idea. One that will affect you, so we want to know your opinion." Lorelai said.
"We put a lot of thought into this, and we both think it's. well know it's something we want." Luke said, taking Lorelai's hand in his own.
"Oh my god. Oh my god!" Rory yelled excitedly. "You're getting married!"
"What? No! No, Rory sweetie, let us talk first okay?" Lorelai said.
"What is it then?" Rory asked.
"Well, your mother and I want to."
"We decided we want to try and have a baby together. And don't say anything just yet. Just listen still okay?" Lorelai said. All Rory was able to do was nod her head, completely in shock.
"After taking care of Kiera, we decided we made pretty good parents together. Then one night I was thinking about how sad I'm going to be next year when you go to college, and well another kid just seems...I don't know, right. So I talked to Luke, and he thought about it, and I thought about it some more and we decided that yes, we want this, and we want it together. Okay, your turn to talk." Lorelai said looking at Rory nervously.
"Um, I don't know what to say. I.are you sure I mean you two have never even dated, I mean yea you worked well together as parents.I guess but god. This is just..are you positive you want this?" Rory asked.
"Yes Rory, we are positive. We talked about this. And your mother didn't lie; we thought it over and worked out some sketchy details. We decided we will do this no matter what anyone says, but we are asking what you thin, and hope your okay with it." Luke said.
"Well then I guess if you're both positive you want this, then I'm fine with it. I mean no offence Luke but the idea of you and mom. and a half sibling that's your is still seeming a little strange right now, but I guess after a while it'll become just second nature. Wow." Rory said still looking absolutely stunned. Luke chuckled slightly.
"No offence taken. But, are you really okay with this?" Luke asked.
"Yep. Happy even now that the absolute shock of it is wearing off." Rory said. She looked up at the two of them, and looked back and forth between them for a second. Then giggled. "Aw. A little Luke and Lorelai, it'll be so cute." Rory said smiling. Luke and Lorelai both breathed a sigh of relief, and blushed slightly at Rory's last comment as they had not really thought over that whole aspect of it, only the fact they wanted a kid.
"Good Rory, we're glad your okay with this." Lorelai said smiling. Rory got up and hugged both of them. "Oh, and Rory, not a word of this to anyone, especially not Lane. We are gonna tell everyone when I'm actually pregnant."
"Sounds good to me." Rory said. "Okay, I'm gonna head home now, got to unpack, plus I have school tomorrow."
"Yep. We'll come to soon." Lorelai said as Rory headed for the door.
"Okay see you at home." With that Rory left. Luke and Lorelai looked at each other, and smiled.
"I'm really glad she was okay with that." Lorelai said.
"Yea. Me too." Luke said. They smiled at each other again, their eyes looking. They lent forward slowly and their lips meet in a sweet kiss.
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A/N: Well, you got your kiss. Please review. I'm not sure how true to character Rory's reaction was, as hers is not one of my favorite characters. Tell me what you think!