Chapter 15

It had been 3 weeks since that night in the garage with Luke. Lorelai woke up early with a feeling. She just knew that she was going to get news today at her check up with her doctor. She got out of bed careful to not wake Luke who was still sleeping. She showered got dressed...and kissed Luke on his head and left a note for him on the table. She wanted to get to the Inn early so she could leave early for her appointment. She walked into the kitchen of the Inn 15 minuets later.

"Morning Sook." she said with a big smile. "You are in a good mood this morning...get a little..." Sookie made a very award wink wink, nudge nudge,face. "No, I just have had a good morning. I have a good feeling about today."She said. "I had a good morning too, Davey didn't take his shoes off once I got them on and Gwenny didn't swallow any foreign objects. So I am marking it down as a banner day." She said. "Is she still putting everything in her mouth?" Lorelai said. "Everything, you can't put her down...she crawls around until she finds the most dangerous thing on the floor and that is what she puts in her mouth. That girl is an accident waiting to happen." Sookie said. "Just like her mommy, fire in the hole Sook." Lorelai said pointing past Sookie at the flames rising behind her on the stove.

"Damn!" Sookie shouted.

"I'll be in my office if anyone needs me." Lorelai said. "Ok..." Sookie shouted distracted by the now chared dish. As Lorelai walked to her office she suddenly realized that she didn't feel well. She thought she would just sit down at her desk for a while and it would go away. She had just drank her third cup of coffee with no breakfast, something that Luke wouldn't have allowed if she had woke him up. She sat at her desk and started going through bills,
invoices and payroll. Her stomach turned. She shot up from her chair and ran to the staff bathroom by the kitchen. She heard Sookie already in the bathroom already puking. The sound alone was enough to make Lorelai lose her stomach. After the two played a new tune comparable to Dueling banjos the both walked out of their stall.

"That is weird." Lorelai said.

"Yeah...I mean both of us." Sookie said. "Have you been feeling bad?" Lorelai asked. "Not really."

"Maybe it's the coffee?"

"I don't see how...I haven't had any."

"Hmmm that is just weird. I feel..." Lorelai stopped,

her bout with this bug was not over. Sookie held her hair back. "This is not right." Sookie said. "We must have some kind of bug." Lorelai said. "We must..."

"Listen take the rest of the day and go home and rest." Lorelai said.

"We can't afford to be sick with the Holidays coming up."

"All right. You are going to go to though right?" Sookie said.

"Yeah...I mean I am just going to go ahead and go to my appointment...maybe they can give me a flu shot or something." Lorelai said. "Ok..."Sookie said turning green again. Lorelai left her to puke in peace. If she saw Sookie throw up she was going to again. Lorelai met Luke at the Doctors at 10:00 am. "Hey are you ok?" Luke said.

"I called the Inn and they said that you and Sookie had both left sick."

"It's ok, I think we just have some kind of bug. I was weird. We both puked at about the same time." Lorelai said.

"That is strange but, I mean you guys work in the same place you are exposed to the same things. I see how it could happen." Luke said. "Yeah I guess so."

"So, uh...what are we waiting for." Luke asked.

"They took some blood, and then they left...so...we are waiting for I guess...hormone levels that kind of thing like always." Lorelai said. "Did you tell them about your stomach?"

"Yeah I said that Sookie and I had been sick, he said he'd see about getting me something to treat it."

"Good."

Just then her doctor walked into the room.

"Well Mrs. Danes...I don't know about your friend...but you don't have the flu at all." He said. "You are pregnant. Congratulations." Luke looked at Lorelai, she eyes filled with tears. "Are you sure?" She said. "Yes. About...3 weeks by my closest guess." He said. "What about Sookie, I mean we were both..."Lorelai said. "Just a fluke I guess." The doctor said. "We're having a baby." Luke said still in shock. "We are having a baby." Lorelai said kissing him. They hugged, the doctor explained some things to them, the do's and don'ts of pregnancy if you will. Luke was happy when he told her no coffee as well. Lorelai didn't care that she would be caffeine free for the next nine months she and Luke were having a baby. The doctor said they could expect the new baby Danes around May of the next year.

As soon as they got in the car Lorelai got on the phone and dialed Rorys number.

"Hello." Paris said.

"Hi Paris...is Rory there?" Lorelai said. "Rory...Rory...let me think...do I know a Rory?" Paris said. "I take it she isn't there?" Lorelai asked. "No, she isn't." Paris said cross. "Something the matter Paris."

"No, not unless you call never seeing your roommate wrong." Paris said.

"Well honey, I mean...school is getting harder, I am sure your schedules aren't the same...it's hard." Lorelai said trying to comfort Paris. "Oh our schedules are nearly identical, she is just never home, and when she is home he's here, and when she isn't home...which is most of the time she's there...at his house. I just can't stand him. He can't possibly as perfect as he is making her think he is." Paris said. "Paris...not to uh...imply in anyway that you are jealous...but uh...do you think it might not be him you are mad at...I mean you and Rory are close...maybe you should tell her how you feel. Let her know, ya know that you miss her, and you want to hang out." Lorelai said. "Oh and get a pitty party? No thanks." "All right then...well if you see her, tell her I called will you." Lorelai said. "Sure...what does she look like again." Paris said. "Bye Paris." Lorelai said hanging up the phone. "Not there huh?" Luke said. "No and apparently according to Paris she hasn't been in a while. That is one passive aggressive pissed off person there." Lorelai said dialing Rorys cell. "Hello." Rory said. "Hi hon...I just called your house...Paris said you were out." "Yeah I stayed at Logans last night." She said. "Yeah I heard...so you have been staying over there a lot lately huh?" Lorelai said. "He is closer to campus so I stay when I have an early class.."

"Oh...uh huh...so uh, hon, not to boss you around or anything but I think that Paris misses you, you might, I dunno spend some time with her, ya know...hang out, cram or something." She said.

"Paris dosen't really like Logan."

"Well hon, I mean he doesn't have to be there does he?"

"I guess not. She has just been so crazy lately. I mean it has been over a year since Asher died and it is still all she talks about."

"She sounds like she really needs you hon."

"Yeah...I guess so. I will figure something out." Rory said.

"So is that why you called or..."

"Oh yeah...um...I got some good news today..." Lorelai said.

"What did Gieko call and you saved a bunch of money on your car insurance?" Rory joked. "No...better." She said. "Ok I'm tapped what." Rory said. "I'm pregnant." Lorelai said.

"Luke and I are having a baby." She said and shirked. Rory almost dropped the phone. She didn't know what to say.

"Ror, you there hon?" Lorelai asked. "Yeah, I " Rory said. "Isn't it great." Lorelai said beaming. Luke put his hand on her knee as they drove. "Yeah...mom, I mean wow, you've been trying for so long, I ...wow. That is great. I uh, I will come home tonight and we can celebrate ok." Rory said. "Hello earth to Rory...it's Friday." Lorelai said. "Oh, right...I will see you at grandmas then." Rory said. "All right hon, see you soon." Lorelai said. "Bye. Give Luke a big hug for me, tell him congratulations." She said. Lorelai hung up the phone and gave Luke a hug. "What was that for?" He asked. "Rory said to hug you and to tell you congratulations." Luke smiled.

Over the last few moths he was impressed at how close he and Rory had become.
They were close before sure, but now they had times when it was just the two of them, if Rory was home for the weekend...and Lorelai wasn't home yet or if he was in her area he would stop in buy her lunch slip her a twenty. It was as if he had always been in her life,
because well he was. They talked about things. About the way it was when she was growing up and she always thought that if anything ever went wrong Luke would fix it. He became like a super hero to her. She also told him that she felt closer to him than to her own father, a point that all at once made him feel honored and sad. Now they were going to add another member to their happy family. He for one couldn't wait.

They pulled up in her parents drive at a quarter to seven.

The rang the door bell and Emily answered.

"Well...you're early." She said. "No, traffic." Luke said putting his hands in the air.

"Well good, come in sit down." She said.

Emily had taken a real liking to Luke, he was so much different than the men she typically new. He was good with his hands, he made things, he fixed things. At last Fridays dinner the garbage disposal stopped working, so Luke fixed it. Emily was impressed by his handy work, and at how he seemed to keep her daughter in stride, they were both so in love, it was a refreshing change in the Gilmore house.

"Richard." She yelled up the stairs. "Yes." "Luke and Lorelai are here." She said. "She put you first..see I knew she liked you more." Lorelai whispered to Luke. "Well who wouldn't." He joked. "I'll be down in a minute." Richard called. "Well come come, what can I get you to drink?" Emily asked. "I'll have a water." Luke said. "Me too." Lorelai said. "What...no Martini, now white wine?" Emily asked. "No, mom not tonight." Lorelai said. Just then the door bell rang. "That must be Rory." Emily said walking off to greet her granddaughter. "Saved by the Bell." Lorelai said. "Yeah, that was close...when are we telling them?" Luke whispered. Rory rushed into the room.

"Mom!" she said giving her mother a big hug.

"Well you act as if you haven't seen her for weeks." Richard said walking in with Emily. "You haven't told them yet." Rory said. "I was waiting for you." Lorelai said. "Didn't tell us what?"Emily said. "Well mom...Luke and I ..." Lorelai said looking at Luke as if to cue him. "We're having a baby." He said. Richard and Emily looked at eachother then at Luke and Lorelai. "Oh this is a special night." Emily exclaimed. "Congratulations!" Richard said shaking Lukes hand. Emily hugged and kissed Lorelai.

"We're going to have another grand child." Emily said pulling away, she had tears in her eyes.

"You sure are." Lorelai said. "Well mom, Luke tell us all about it. When is this bundle going to be here." Rory said giddy as a school girl. "Well the doctor seems to think that it will be sometime in May." Luke said. "Or the first part of June." Lorelai said. "But he is leaning towards May." Luke said. "That is so great!" Rory said. "I will be out of school and I can come home, help take care of the baby, help out at the Inn." She said. "Hon, you don't have to do that." Lorelai said. "No, I want to..I want to I mean this will be the last summer I really have to not have to do anything...I mean...I really want to be there when this baby comes home." Rory said. "Ok, I mean, of course you can, you are always welcome." Luke said. "Luke, son...would you like a cigar...this is reason to celebrate..." Richard said digging a Cuban out of the humidor. "I don't really sm...ahh why not...it is a happy day." Luke said. "If you ladies will excuse us, us gents are going to have a cigar on the terrace." Richard said

patting Luke on the back and walking him out to the terrace.

"Mom, you are awfully quite." Lorelai said.

"What are you thinking about."

"I was thinking about how...uh...how much I was going to love having a baby around again. It seems like so long ago with Rory."

"You're telling me..."Lorelai said. Then Lorelai realized what the troubled look in her mothers eyes was about.

"Don't worry mom, it will be different this time...I'm not 16, I am not going anywhere, you will know this baby before it turns 16." Lorelai said assuring her mother. Emily smiled. "If they get cigars...grandma you and I should have champagne." Rory said breaking the tense moment. "Yes of course!" Emily said jumping from her seat.
Richard and Luke came back in just in time for the to

ast.The five of them celebrated the coming 6th member of the family. Made predictions as to who the baby would look like, if it would be a boy or a girl.Talked about when Lorelai and Rory were babies. It was the perfect way to share the news. Rory came back to Stars hollow that night and she and Lorelai looked through all of Rory's old baby things, and talked about what they were going to do that summer when the baby came. Lorelai was glad that Rory was going to be there, she couldn't imagine it any other way.