Chapter 16- Pink or Blue and Sookie too.
It had been three weeks since Lorelai and Luke found out the good news. Lorelai had only a few more bouts with morning sickness, but a very large amount of battles with caffeine with draw. They still hadn't told everyone in town. In fact outside of their own families no one knew...not even Sookie. They just wanted to wait until she was a little further along to tell everyone. At six weeks today was that day. Lorelai walked into the kitchen to tell Sookie the good news and found her preparing the lunch special.
"Who told you." Lorelai said.
"Told me what?""Ahhh Sookie Luke told you didn't he. I wanted to tell you!" Lorelai said.
"This is me...not knowing what you are talking about over here.""Come on Sook...small bird, baby corn and carrots.You know." Lorelai said.
"I know...well, yeah I know...why I did it, how do you know?""Sookie." Lorelai said.
"I'm pregnant." They both said at the same time."You're pregnant!" Sookie said jumping and hugging her friend."Wait a second." Lorelai said breaking from the hug."You're pregnant?" Lorelai said."I just found out yesterday." Sookie said."I've known a while I was..." Lorelai stopped."You're pregnant? Again?" Lorelai said."Four in four." Sookie said. The women hugged.Michel walked into the kitchen."What is going on in here?" He said in his discussed at the world tone.They women looked at eachother and smiled."We're pregnant."
"What." Michel said.
"Sookie and I are both pregnant Michel.""Ohh... no... no no no no no." Michel said.
"Yes...yes yes yes." Lorelai said."Not both of you, not at the same time." Michel said." 'Fraid so frenchie." Sookie said."No." Michel said."Sookie, you already have two babies, you aren't having another are you." Michel begged.
"Sure am." Sookie said pleased that Michel was looking ill."What am I going to do?" Michel said getting angry."Whoa Michel...hold on a sec, what do you mean?""I mean if you two are both pregnant now you with both have babies at the same time. Who is going to help run the Inn." Michel said.
"Oh." Lorelia stopped smiling."Oh." Sookie said sitting down."Well Sookie when are you due?""First of Junish." Sookie said.
"I am due end of May..." Lorelai said."My point is made." Michel said."Well...uh...Rory will be home to help, and she said that she would help out around here. And Sookie you said that Peter was getting to be as good as you, so you can train him for the next few months and he can take over in the kitchen while you are gone. And I mean,...I will come in a couple times a week with the baby, or you know Luke could keep it and we will...it will be fine. We will work it out." Lorelai said deciding not think about that and focus on the growing family at the Inn."Yeah...so Uncle Michel... you need to lighten up." Sookie said."I despise you." He said to Sookie and walked out of the room.The women both laughed."He's taking it better and better each time." Sookie said.They laughed.Lorelai arrived home that night to fine Luke in the nursery with about 10 cans of paint.
"Honey...what are you doing?" Lorelai said."I wish we knew if we needed to paint it pink or blue." He said."Well, in a few weeks we can find out." Lorelai said."No...I mean...we don't want to know right?" Luke said.
"Well if you want to know...we can find out." Lorelai said."No..like you said it is one of lifes few great surprises." Luke said kissing her head and rubbing her tummy."So...I have some news." She said."Oh yeah...""So it seems that uh, Sookie...is pregnant again." Lorelai said.
Luke stood back."Sookie too?" He said."Yeah.""Again? Is that even physically possible? Gwenny isn't very old."
"She is 9 months and that is plenty of time to get another bun in the oven." Lorelai said.
"So...when is she due?" Luke said."First of June.""That like...almost...the same time..." Luke said.
"I know.""What about the Inn...I mean...you can't both be gone." Luke said.
"We are working it out, we will be fine." Lorelai said.Luke put his arm around his wife."I thought you hated painting." She said to him."I never had this good of a reason to paint before." He said looking at her."I love you." She said to him.
"I love you too."Lorelai walked through the lobby of the Inn humming Santa Claus is coming to town. She glided almost danced through the rooms, straightening decorations,adding the last touches for the Holidays. It was snowing outside and it was her favorite time of year.
This year was going to be really special. Her belly was growing, she had a wonderful husband,
a great daughter and every reason to be extra happy this Christmas. She was standing on a chair trying to hang missile toe when Rory walked in to the Inn.
"Fine, you win." She said stepping down off the chair and handing over the missile toe.
Rory climbed up onto the chair and attached it with no problem then got back down.
"There." She said.
"Now get over here and give your mother a kiss." Lorelai said."We missed you at Thanksgiving." She said.
"How was Logans parents house?"
"Well, if when you say parents house, you mean the literal building...it was amazing. If you actually mean the two robot like humans that reside in it...creepy." Rory said.
"That bad huh?" Lorelai said."I don't know how Logan can be related to them, they are so....stale...and...I don't know...they were nice. I shouldn't say bad things about them...but lets just say I am glad I am me and you are you." Rory said."Awe...see a little perspective never hurt anyone.""So." Rory said touching her mothers small round belly.
"Yeah...I know...isn't it weird." Lorelai said.
"Kinda yeah...I mean. I never really though about this...but at one point...that was my house."Rory said in a baby like voice.
"How do you like my old room? It is so odd that, I lived...inside you. See now...no matter how much you know that...like to be a fact...when you really think about it...it's kind of creepy." She said.
"No...what's creepy is the thought that I came out of my mother." She said."How are things going? I mean...you guys still aren't going to find out if it's a boy or a girl." Rory said."I don't think so." Lorelai said."We want it to be a surprise."
"You hate surprises."
"Well you were a surprise and I don't hate you." Lorelai said wrapping her arm around her daughter and walking into the kitchen with her.
"Hey Rory!" Sookie said icing what had to be the largest Ginger bread mansion she'd ever seen."Ahh...and you too!" Rory said. Hugging Sookie."I can't believe that you two are having a baby at the same time!" Rory said."Yeah about that hon, if you are thirsty you might want to wait until we get back to the house...there is something in the water here." Lorelai joked."So..I heard you went to the boyfriends for Thanks giving. Things are getting serious?" Sookie asked.Rory sat up on the counter."I guess so." Rory said."Uh oh." Lorelai said."No, no, nothing like that. I mean yeah they are...but...I don't know. We are kind of starting to settle in you know...it isn't as...fun and new as it was. But there are advantages to being comfortable." Rory said."Ahhh yes, peeing with the door open." Lorelai joked."No! Gross mom, and I hope for Lukes sake you don't mean that. I mean like...now I don't sneak out of bed in the morning to make myself pretty and sneak back in to make him think I wake up perfect.""He caught you didn't he." Sookie said.
"Yeah...but I would have stopped anyway." Rory demanded."Sure you would have." Lorelai said."And he...isn't as concerned with...I guess wooing me anymore, cause well he has me so why keep trying." Sookie and Lorelai each put an arm around Rory."Welcome to the Club." They said."Honey I am so proud, I want to take a picture.You're first adult relationship. And so young...you have always been advanced hon, but this is truly impressive." Lorelai mocked."No! This can't be it.""Sorry to say it hon, but the honeymoon is over." Sookie said.
"Yep, it's all beer guts and baseball from here on out." Lorelai added."But it's only been a year." Rory said."Wow, has it been that long?" Lorelai said."Well, kinda sorta...I mean..grr..it was right before your accident that we first got together, then it wasn't until your wedding that it was official so, I mean a year in the making, but only 7 official months." Rory said."Official months huh? Was there a notary present at the signing of the contract?" Lorelai said.Rory gave her a look."It's good to have you home hon." Lorelai said."So do you need some help around here?" Rory asked.
"You can start tomorrow honey, lets you and I go home now and have big daddy make us a couple burgers." Lorelai said.
"Remember when I was little and I always wanted a McDonalds in our house. Having Luke...is like...that dream come true." Rory said."Why do you think I married him? I mean he wouldn't make the diner 24 hours what else could I do?" Lorelai said."Night Sook." They said as they walked out of the kitchen.
"Night!" She called behind them.