Chapter Eight:
The drive to the hospital seems to take forever for both Jess and Rory. Jess keeps glancing over at her worried as every couple of minutes Rory wraps one arm around her stomach and grips the door handle with the other.
"Are you all right?" Jess asks for what must have been the 30th time in the last 10 minutes.
"Jess!" Rory exclaims, "stop asking me! I'm in labor, it hurts, that's just the way it goes. Stop asking me before you drive me insane." The most recent contraction having passed Rory grabs the cell phone she had barely remembered to grab and hit the first speed dial. Getting Lorelai's voice mail Rory states, "Mom, it's Rory, I'm sorry to interrupt you're honeymoon, but I think I'm in premature labor. Listen Jess is with me and I will call you when I get to the hospital and know more. For all I know it could be Braxton Hicks...." As another contraction hits Rory hits end and doubles over and ordering to Jess, "please hurry."
Once they reach the hospital Jess quickly parks the car as close as possible and then rushes over to Rory's side and helps her out, wrapping a strong arm around her waist. "Can you walk?" Jess questions."
Rory nods, "yes, just hurry."
Leaving Rory at the entrance Jess hurries to the nurses station and nearly yells, "she's having a baby! You have to help her!"
The nurse looks sympathetic, "all right. Calm down. How far along is she?"
"Just over 28 weeks." Rory states coming forward.
The nurse looks concerned for a millisecond to long for Jess and he asks, "is she going to be all right?"
The nurse smiles, "I'm sure everything is fine. What I need you to do is fill out these insurance forms and I will go find you a doctor who can see you now."
Twenty minutes later after a few simple tests Rory's doctor announces, "you are, in fact, in premature labor."
"Is everything all right?" Rory asks quickly as Jess paces nearby.
The doctor nods, "it appears to be. But the labor is progressing quickly and there is no way to delay the labor, so we are going to take you straight to the delivery room and welcome your new baby to the world."
"Is he, or she, going to be all right?" Jess asks.
"I can't make any guarantees but nothing appears to be out of sorts, just that your little one wants to make an appearance a few weeks early." The doctor insists, "so let's get you to that delivery room."
As everyone, the doctor, a nurse and Rory head to the delivery room, without thinking Jess follows her and before he knows it he is standing next to Rory as they prep her for delivery.
"Why is everything moving so quickly?" Rory asks.
"You've had other children, correct?" The doctor questions.
Rory nods, "two."
"That's probably it then. What I need you to do is relax as much as possible, there is no need to worry, unless I let you know that there is a problem. Now I'm going to go get scrubbed up, because from the looks of it you are about to deliver."
With those words Jess realizes the mistake he had made in follow Rory in, "I should go."
"What?" Rory asks shocked.
"I could call your grandmother." Jess offers.
"She's in Hartford, she won't be here in time."
"Sookie then."
"Jackson has to make runs for work at four, Sookie can't just leave her kids."
"Well Babette then..."
Rory grabs Jess hand, "Jess please stay."
"Rory..."
"Jess, please stay."
Rory's requests seems to scared that Jess finally nods, "all right. I'll stay."
Jess isn't sure how much longer Rory's labor lasts, it seems like forever to him as Rory grips his hand throughout her pain. And while the earlier parts of the labor seemed to go by quickly the actual birth seemed to be long and painful from Jess' point of view and he couldn't even imagine Rory's. B ut as she had tears slipping down her cheeks and whispers the words, "I don't think I can do this." Jess leaned over and kissed her on the forehead whispering his own words of encouragement.
"It's going to be all right Rory. I know you are strong enough to do this, you're one of the strongest people I know, so don't give up."
And it seems like time goes more quickly after that and the doctor finally announces, "it's a boy!" And everything seems to move super speed then, it becomes painfully aware right away that he isn't breathing right away and the nurses and doctor move quickly.
Jess squeezes Rory's hand then offering support, as he finds that he, himself, has stopped breathing until the little boy's cries fill the air. The doctor seems to check the baby over once more and finding nothing else wrong he turns the boy over to the nurses who set to clean him and then wrapping him in a blue blanket.
And within minutes of his birth the nurse hands the baby to Jess saying, "Daddy gets to be the first one to hold him."
When Jess starts to say something about him not being the father Rory shakes her head adamantly and he shuts up. He stares down at the baby then, for the first time, and he can immediately see the Gilmore look in him. He has a head full of dark hair and baby blue eyes that will undoubtedly turn the beautiful color of Shaya and Rory's.
"He's so small." Jess states in aw as he gently sets the baby in Rory's anxiously waiting arms. And once again he watches enthralled as Rory gently cuddles her new baby close and kisses his forehead and then his tiny fists.
Rory looks up at Jess then, "thank you so much."
"For what?" Jess asks taken aback by Rory's statement.
"For getting me here and then for staying with me." Rory responds.
Jess shrugs, "sure."
The drive to the hospital seems to take forever for both Jess and Rory. Jess keeps glancing over at her worried as every couple of minutes Rory wraps one arm around her stomach and grips the door handle with the other.
"Are you all right?" Jess asks for what must have been the 30th time in the last 10 minutes.
"Jess!" Rory exclaims, "stop asking me! I'm in labor, it hurts, that's just the way it goes. Stop asking me before you drive me insane." The most recent contraction having passed Rory grabs the cell phone she had barely remembered to grab and hit the first speed dial. Getting Lorelai's voice mail Rory states, "Mom, it's Rory, I'm sorry to interrupt you're honeymoon, but I think I'm in premature labor. Listen Jess is with me and I will call you when I get to the hospital and know more. For all I know it could be Braxton Hicks...." As another contraction hits Rory hits end and doubles over and ordering to Jess, "please hurry."
Once they reach the hospital Jess quickly parks the car as close as possible and then rushes over to Rory's side and helps her out, wrapping a strong arm around her waist. "Can you walk?" Jess questions."
Rory nods, "yes, just hurry."
Leaving Rory at the entrance Jess hurries to the nurses station and nearly yells, "she's having a baby! You have to help her!"
The nurse looks sympathetic, "all right. Calm down. How far along is she?"
"Just over 28 weeks." Rory states coming forward.
The nurse looks concerned for a millisecond to long for Jess and he asks, "is she going to be all right?"
The nurse smiles, "I'm sure everything is fine. What I need you to do is fill out these insurance forms and I will go find you a doctor who can see you now."
Twenty minutes later after a few simple tests Rory's doctor announces, "you are, in fact, in premature labor."
"Is everything all right?" Rory asks quickly as Jess paces nearby.
The doctor nods, "it appears to be. But the labor is progressing quickly and there is no way to delay the labor, so we are going to take you straight to the delivery room and welcome your new baby to the world."
"Is he, or she, going to be all right?" Jess asks.
"I can't make any guarantees but nothing appears to be out of sorts, just that your little one wants to make an appearance a few weeks early." The doctor insists, "so let's get you to that delivery room."
As everyone, the doctor, a nurse and Rory head to the delivery room, without thinking Jess follows her and before he knows it he is standing next to Rory as they prep her for delivery.
"Why is everything moving so quickly?" Rory asks.
"You've had other children, correct?" The doctor questions.
Rory nods, "two."
"That's probably it then. What I need you to do is relax as much as possible, there is no need to worry, unless I let you know that there is a problem. Now I'm going to go get scrubbed up, because from the looks of it you are about to deliver."
With those words Jess realizes the mistake he had made in follow Rory in, "I should go."
"What?" Rory asks shocked.
"I could call your grandmother." Jess offers.
"She's in Hartford, she won't be here in time."
"Sookie then."
"Jackson has to make runs for work at four, Sookie can't just leave her kids."
"Well Babette then..."
Rory grabs Jess hand, "Jess please stay."
"Rory..."
"Jess, please stay."
Rory's requests seems to scared that Jess finally nods, "all right. I'll stay."
Jess isn't sure how much longer Rory's labor lasts, it seems like forever to him as Rory grips his hand throughout her pain. And while the earlier parts of the labor seemed to go by quickly the actual birth seemed to be long and painful from Jess' point of view and he couldn't even imagine Rory's. B ut as she had tears slipping down her cheeks and whispers the words, "I don't think I can do this." Jess leaned over and kissed her on the forehead whispering his own words of encouragement.
"It's going to be all right Rory. I know you are strong enough to do this, you're one of the strongest people I know, so don't give up."
And it seems like time goes more quickly after that and the doctor finally announces, "it's a boy!" And everything seems to move super speed then, it becomes painfully aware right away that he isn't breathing right away and the nurses and doctor move quickly.
Jess squeezes Rory's hand then offering support, as he finds that he, himself, has stopped breathing until the little boy's cries fill the air. The doctor seems to check the baby over once more and finding nothing else wrong he turns the boy over to the nurses who set to clean him and then wrapping him in a blue blanket.
And within minutes of his birth the nurse hands the baby to Jess saying, "Daddy gets to be the first one to hold him."
When Jess starts to say something about him not being the father Rory shakes her head adamantly and he shuts up. He stares down at the baby then, for the first time, and he can immediately see the Gilmore look in him. He has a head full of dark hair and baby blue eyes that will undoubtedly turn the beautiful color of Shaya and Rory's.
"He's so small." Jess states in aw as he gently sets the baby in Rory's anxiously waiting arms. And once again he watches enthralled as Rory gently cuddles her new baby close and kisses his forehead and then his tiny fists.
Rory looks up at Jess then, "thank you so much."
"For what?" Jess asks taken aback by Rory's statement.
"For getting me here and then for staying with me." Rory responds.
Jess shrugs, "sure."