Chapter Seven
Rory didn't sleep well that night, not for any emotional reason, she was just beginning to experience the side effects of being pregnant, mostly her back hurt. Shaya was up late though and by the time she was up the neighbor girl, Gillian, stopped by to see if Shaya wanted to play at her house for the day and Rory agreed to let her go, deciding that she could get some work done at the paper that she had neglected in the last week because of the wedding. After dressing for work Rory decided that she wanted to stop for coffee, instead of making it and she walked to Luke's.
Jess was sitting at the counter when she walked in to order her coffee. "Good morning." Rory greets.
"Morning." Jess responds turning to face Rory, "you look tired."
Rory shrugs, "the last week must be catching up with me. Shaya slept in at least."
Jess smiles, "I guess you get what you can take, huh?"
Rory laughs and nods, "with kids, you do."
"What are you doing tonight?" Rory asks unexpectedly.
Jess gives Rory an odd look, "nothing, I guess."
"Well would you like to come over for dinner? Shaya would like to see you again. I won't poison you or anything."
Jess nods, "sounds okay to me."
Rory smiles good, "I get off work around 4:30, why don't you stop at the house around 5:30?"
Jess nods, "all right, sounds cool."
Rory's to-go cup of coffee arrives and she states, "I should get going. I'll see you tonight."
"Hey." Lane looks up from her computer when Rory walks into the newspaper office, "I thought you weren't coming in today?"
"Shaya is playing at a friends for the day so I had nothing to do so I decided to come in and catch up."
"Well we're fine you don't have to stay." Lane states.
Rory shakes her head, "I want to. Besides I wanted to talk to you."
"What about?" Lane turns in her seat as Rory takes a seat at her desk behind her.
"I told Jess everything about Michael." Rory states straight out.
Lane looks mildly surprised, "wow. So that's what you guys were doing last night."
Rory nods, "I kind of freaked out on him, I felt he deserved an explanation."
Lane nods, "well I'm glad you feel more comfortable talking about it now."
"I guess." Rory shrugs, "I also ran into him today, I invited him to have dinner with me and Shaya tonight."
Lane's dark eyes go wide, "oh really? Rekindling a little fire huh?"
"We're friends. " Rory states.
"Oh really? Because last time you were just friends and that didn't end well." Lane states and then laughing adds "if you weren't pregnant I would say be careful."
"Oh my God, Lane." Rory throws an eraser at her best friend and then turns around to face her computer.
"What?" Lane questions from behind her, "you never know."
"I do know." Rory responds, "even if Jess and I were like that, which we're not, Shaya will be home."
"Riiiight..." Lane laughs and finally the two fall silent and continue working on their articles.
When Jess arrived that evening Rory was still in the process of making dinner so he follow her into the kitchen, "so I thought when you said that you weren't going to poison me you meant you would be ordering out."
Rory shakes her head, "nope. I can actually cook, when Mom and Sookie opened the inn Sookie offered cooking classes once a month there, and I attended all of them and picked up on cooking talents I didn't even know existed in Gilmore blood."
"So then what's for dinner?" Jess questions lifting the top off of a pot of boiling noodles.
"Chicken fettuccini alfredo, I hope that's all right."
"Sounds great to me."
"Good, it's almost ready if you want you can help Shaya set the table. She's just learning and she likes doing it so I plan on taking advantage of it until she realizes she hates to help."
Jess smiles and nods, "sure."
"So why'd you learn to cook anyway?" Jess asks at dinner, after complementing Rory on the food.
Rory shrugs, "I don't know, I was getting married and there are no Luke's anywhere but Stars Hollow. I realized that, unlike Mom, I would have to learn to cook sometime instead of counting on the local diner owner to provide me with 3 square meals."
Two hours later Rory excused herself to tuck Shaya in stating, "it might be awhile. She tends to never want to go down."
Jess looks over at Shaya who, two minutes ago, had been enthralled with the newest Disney movie and now looked asleep on her feet. "It can't be that hard."
"Mommy, can Jess tuck me in tonight?" Shaya asks.
Jess and Rory's eyes meet and Rory shrugs, "sure sweetie."
"I don't know, I'm probably no good at it." Jess backtracks quickly.
"I thought you said it couldn't be that hard?" Rory teases.
"Well I guess I'll find out."
Jess returns to the living room 20 minutes later looking slightly tired, "I had to tell her a long story, she insisted and it couldn't be someone else's it had to be my own."
Rory laughs, "she's usually like that. She gets bored with old stuff easily, she's very original, even at four."
"And she's smart, like her mom."
Rory blushes and shrugs without responding and after a few minutes of silence the two launch into a conversation about some political situation and by the time either of them look at the clock it's nearing 3:30. As Jess stood to go Rory followed his movements until she doubled over in pain griping Jess' arm tightly.
"What's wrong?" Jess asks quickly staring concerned at Rory.
"I, I think I need to go to the hospital. I think the baby is coming early." Rory gasps for breath doubling over and clutching her stomach.
"Um all right, what do you want me to do?" Jess asks quickly.
Rory eases herself onto the couch, "could you bring me the phone?"
"The phone? What are you doing calling an ambulance, cause I can take you."
Rory shakes her head, "I'm calling my next door neighbor to see if she can come and stay with Shaya, while you take me to the hospital." 15-minutes the call was completed and Jess and Rory were out of the house and on the way to the hospital.
Rory didn't sleep well that night, not for any emotional reason, she was just beginning to experience the side effects of being pregnant, mostly her back hurt. Shaya was up late though and by the time she was up the neighbor girl, Gillian, stopped by to see if Shaya wanted to play at her house for the day and Rory agreed to let her go, deciding that she could get some work done at the paper that she had neglected in the last week because of the wedding. After dressing for work Rory decided that she wanted to stop for coffee, instead of making it and she walked to Luke's.
Jess was sitting at the counter when she walked in to order her coffee. "Good morning." Rory greets.
"Morning." Jess responds turning to face Rory, "you look tired."
Rory shrugs, "the last week must be catching up with me. Shaya slept in at least."
Jess smiles, "I guess you get what you can take, huh?"
Rory laughs and nods, "with kids, you do."
"What are you doing tonight?" Rory asks unexpectedly.
Jess gives Rory an odd look, "nothing, I guess."
"Well would you like to come over for dinner? Shaya would like to see you again. I won't poison you or anything."
Jess nods, "sounds okay to me."
Rory smiles good, "I get off work around 4:30, why don't you stop at the house around 5:30?"
Jess nods, "all right, sounds cool."
Rory's to-go cup of coffee arrives and she states, "I should get going. I'll see you tonight."
"Hey." Lane looks up from her computer when Rory walks into the newspaper office, "I thought you weren't coming in today?"
"Shaya is playing at a friends for the day so I had nothing to do so I decided to come in and catch up."
"Well we're fine you don't have to stay." Lane states.
Rory shakes her head, "I want to. Besides I wanted to talk to you."
"What about?" Lane turns in her seat as Rory takes a seat at her desk behind her.
"I told Jess everything about Michael." Rory states straight out.
Lane looks mildly surprised, "wow. So that's what you guys were doing last night."
Rory nods, "I kind of freaked out on him, I felt he deserved an explanation."
Lane nods, "well I'm glad you feel more comfortable talking about it now."
"I guess." Rory shrugs, "I also ran into him today, I invited him to have dinner with me and Shaya tonight."
Lane's dark eyes go wide, "oh really? Rekindling a little fire huh?"
"We're friends. " Rory states.
"Oh really? Because last time you were just friends and that didn't end well." Lane states and then laughing adds "if you weren't pregnant I would say be careful."
"Oh my God, Lane." Rory throws an eraser at her best friend and then turns around to face her computer.
"What?" Lane questions from behind her, "you never know."
"I do know." Rory responds, "even if Jess and I were like that, which we're not, Shaya will be home."
"Riiiight..." Lane laughs and finally the two fall silent and continue working on their articles.
When Jess arrived that evening Rory was still in the process of making dinner so he follow her into the kitchen, "so I thought when you said that you weren't going to poison me you meant you would be ordering out."
Rory shakes her head, "nope. I can actually cook, when Mom and Sookie opened the inn Sookie offered cooking classes once a month there, and I attended all of them and picked up on cooking talents I didn't even know existed in Gilmore blood."
"So then what's for dinner?" Jess questions lifting the top off of a pot of boiling noodles.
"Chicken fettuccini alfredo, I hope that's all right."
"Sounds great to me."
"Good, it's almost ready if you want you can help Shaya set the table. She's just learning and she likes doing it so I plan on taking advantage of it until she realizes she hates to help."
Jess smiles and nods, "sure."
"So why'd you learn to cook anyway?" Jess asks at dinner, after complementing Rory on the food.
Rory shrugs, "I don't know, I was getting married and there are no Luke's anywhere but Stars Hollow. I realized that, unlike Mom, I would have to learn to cook sometime instead of counting on the local diner owner to provide me with 3 square meals."
Two hours later Rory excused herself to tuck Shaya in stating, "it might be awhile. She tends to never want to go down."
Jess looks over at Shaya who, two minutes ago, had been enthralled with the newest Disney movie and now looked asleep on her feet. "It can't be that hard."
"Mommy, can Jess tuck me in tonight?" Shaya asks.
Jess and Rory's eyes meet and Rory shrugs, "sure sweetie."
"I don't know, I'm probably no good at it." Jess backtracks quickly.
"I thought you said it couldn't be that hard?" Rory teases.
"Well I guess I'll find out."
Jess returns to the living room 20 minutes later looking slightly tired, "I had to tell her a long story, she insisted and it couldn't be someone else's it had to be my own."
Rory laughs, "she's usually like that. She gets bored with old stuff easily, she's very original, even at four."
"And she's smart, like her mom."
Rory blushes and shrugs without responding and after a few minutes of silence the two launch into a conversation about some political situation and by the time either of them look at the clock it's nearing 3:30. As Jess stood to go Rory followed his movements until she doubled over in pain griping Jess' arm tightly.
"What's wrong?" Jess asks quickly staring concerned at Rory.
"I, I think I need to go to the hospital. I think the baby is coming early." Rory gasps for breath doubling over and clutching her stomach.
"Um all right, what do you want me to do?" Jess asks quickly.
Rory eases herself onto the couch, "could you bring me the phone?"
"The phone? What are you doing calling an ambulance, cause I can take you."
Rory shakes her head, "I'm calling my next door neighbor to see if she can come and stay with Shaya, while you take me to the hospital." 15-minutes the call was completed and Jess and Rory were out of the house and on the way to the hospital.