I would like to thank everyone that's been keeping up with this story...you're feedback has been wonderful and I truely appreciate it. This is the last bit of the story...if more is wanted then I'll consider writing more or doing a sequel...but that is up to you readers. Once again thanks for your support. It was a lot of fun to write this. -forensicgeek

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Rory was packing up her clothes- both dirty and clean- when she heard a knock at the door.

"Coming." She called going to the door. "Hey."

"Now is that a proper way to greet your boyfriend who will be out of town all week?" Logan asked.

"Of course not, my fault." She said kissing him.

"Much better Ace. Now what are you up to?"

"Just packing."

"Your entire wardrobe I see. What are you going to wear a different outfit every hour?" Logan teased.

"No, most of them I'm taking home to wash. The rest I'm trading with my mom."

"Ok, easy Ace, I was just curious. When are you leaving?"

"Well I was thinking I'd surprise everyone by showing up tonight." Rory said.

"Well then, let me help you take these to your car." Logan said picking up a bag.

"Thanks." Rory said kissing him again. "I knew I liked you for a reason."

At eleven Rory pulled into the driveway at her Stars Hollow home. Taking a deep breath she grabbed a suitcase and headed up the walk.

Meanwhile, inside, Luke and Lorelai were sitting on the couch having a deep conversation.

"I'm just worried about her reaction." Lorelai said.

"It will be fine. She's almost twenty." Luke reassured.

"That's my point."

"Lorelai, listen. You did a wonderful job raising her. She has grown into a smart, and understanding person. She will be happy for you."

"I don't…"

"Hey mom, I'm home." Rory yelled from the front door. Walking into the living room she saw her mom's head lying on Luke's lap. "Everything ok?"

"Everything's great." Lorelai said slowly sitting up. "You're home early."

"I thought I'd go ahead and come over tonight. I'm sorry I should have called first but…."

"Rory this is your home, your welcome here anytime--- day or night." Luke said giving her a hug. "We're glad your home."

"Me too." Rory said watching her mother touch her stomach then lean on Luke to sit down. "Mom are you ok?"

"I'm just a little out of it. The doctor said that I'd be fine."

"You went to the doctor? What's wrong?" Rory asked concerned. She knew her mom never went to the doctor unless it was absolutely needed.

"Nothing's wrong. I just haven't been drinking enough water lately." Lorelai said receiving a questioning look from her daughter.

"That's it?"

Lorelai debated, she didn't want to lie to her daughter, but she wasn't sure that she wanted to get into it now. She made up her mind when she felt Luke squeeze her hand. She might as well tell her now.

"Mom? What else did the doctor say?"

"Well the doctor said that I needed to be drinking more water."

"And?"

"And that being sick came with the territory."

"Huh?"

"I'm pregnant." Lorelai said holding Luke's hand a little tighter.

The silence felt like an eternity to Lorelai. Luke was just praying for Rory to be ok with it. And Rory was just trying to process what her mother had just told her.

Then it clicked. Rory ran to her mother and gave her a hug and screamed. "I'm so happy for you."

"Really!"

"Of course. Why wouldn't I be? I'm going to be a big sister." She said giving her mom another hug and then hugging her step-dad. "Congratulations."

"Thanks." Luke said smiling.

"So is that why you're redoing the upstairs room? How long have you known?"

"We actually just found out today. And the room was for just kind of hoping." Lorelai said now smiling.

"How far along are you?" Rory asked.

"About eight weeks."

"I'm so excited for you." Rory gave her mother another hug.

"Good. But honey as much as I'd like to sit up and talk. I'm extremely tired. And your new sibling got Luke's up early gene."

"Don't blame it on me." Luke said getting up. "I'll see you upstairs. Good night Rory, welcome home."

"Night Luke."

"So you're ok with this?" Lorelai asked after Luke ascended the stairs.

"Extremely." Rory said. "Now get to bed. We have lots to do tomorrow, I'm sure."

"Ok. Goodnight. Love ya."

"Love you too." Rory said going into her room and shutting the door.

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The next morning Lorelai was up once again at 3. This time, however, Luke was kneeling with her holding back her hair and rubbing her back.

After rinsing her mouth she gave Luke a hug and a whispered thanks. She then let herself be led back to bed where she immediately fell back asleep. Luke however, was now wide-wake; he quickly got dressed and headed downstairs.

As he entered the kitchen he was surprise to see Rory seated at the table drinking out of a mug and looking through a magazine.

"Rory?"

"Luke! I'm sorry did I wake you up?"

"No I was up with your mom. What are you doing up?" Luke asked.

"I couldn't sleep. Too much on my mind."

"Care to share?" Luke asked taking a seat across the table from her.

"It's… I don't know. Just a lot is happening right now. School is getting pretty hard; the paper is up for an award so we have been working ten times the normal pace and at a hundred times the pressure. And now I find out that mom's pregnant. Not that it's a bad thing; it's just new."

"Wow that's a lot." Luke said amazed at the stress.

"Yeah." Rory agreed. "Until now everything was going ok. But tonight it just kind of seemed to hit me."

"Maybe this week off will do you good. I know your mother has been looking forward to it."

"It is nice to be home." She said looking around. "Boy or girl?"

"What?"

"Which do you want, boy or girl?"

"I don't know. I've never really thought about it." He said.

"I kind of hope it's a boy. I mean I already have a half-sister. But I never see her. So I guess either would be ok."

"Well I'd better get going. You should try to get back to sleep."

"Ok, thanks Luke." Rory said going into her room.

After watching Rory shut her door he grabbed his jacket and headed to the diner.

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When Lorelai woke up for the second time that morning the sun was already well up in the sky. Downstairs she heard the faint hum of her daughter's radio. After showering she went to see what her daughter wanted to do today.

Knocking, then opening the door she saw Rory seated at her desk working on some homework that was due the next week.

"No, and I repeat, no homework today."

Rory turned around to face her mother. "You seriously have no clue how much I have to do before I go back."

"No I don't, but I also know that you need to relax. Come on we'll go to Luke's for breakfast; then the day is yours. Whatever you want to do, besides work."

"Deal, just let me finish the sentence and I'll be ready."

Hand in hand, mother and daughter, walked to their favorite spot in town. As they entered the diner several people called out hello to Rory.

"What's up with everybody?" Rory asked her mom.

"I'm not sure." Lorelai replied as they took a seat. "So what do you want to do today?"

"I don't know. It's been a long time since I've had free time."

"Well we can shop or go to the Inn and take a walk. Anything you want."

"How about we go shopping for baby stuff?" Rory suggested.

"Really?" Lorelai smiled.

"Sure. It'll be fun."

"Ok." She said as Luke walked up.

"Good morning." He said kissing Lorelai.

"Morning sweetheart. How's your day going?"

"Ok. Not too busy."

"That's good."

"Are you guys ready to order?"

"Yep; I'll have pancakes and a glass of O.J." Lorelai said.

"I'll have the same." Rory agreed thinking how good Luke's pancakes are.

"Be right out." Luke said going to get his family's food.

"I forgot how much I miss it here." Rory said looking around.

"It is nice." Her mother agreed.

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"What about this one?" Rory asked holding up a blue jumper.

"What if it's a girl?"

"Girls can wear blue…anyway if it's a boy then it be perfect." Rory said trying to coax her mother into getting it. Growing up Rory had never really been around babies so this was as much fun for her as it was for her mom.

"How about we skip the clothes this trip and focus on a crib. When we know if it's a boy or girl then we'll shop for clothes."

"Deal." Rory agreed finally feeling relaxed from all the stress that had been building up. "So when is the room going to be ready to move stuff into?"

"Well we finished painting last week. So really anytime we want."

"Ok. Then lets find a crib…"

After finding one they both liked and one they thought Luke would agree on, Rory carried it out to the jeep. They then headed right back into the mall to eat some lunch. After a meal of pizza, Chinese, pretzels, and fries, they continued their tour of the mall. Stopping here and there to look at things in the windows, and going into a few of their regular stores they were finished by three and headed back to the house for a movie night.

After unloading their purchases Rory asked what time Luke would be home tonight.

"Actually he has to close tonight so it is just going to be us for a while."

"Ok. Are you sure you don't want to wait for him."

"Positive…he still hasn't fully come to understand the thrill of movie nights." Lorelai said as they sat on the porch swing enjoying the spring weather.

"Hello dolls!" They heard from across the lawn. Soon a short lady with blonde hair stood in front of them. "I thought I heard you two. How are things going?"

"Good. Rory's home for the week." Lorelai said smiling.

"It's good to have you back doll. The whole town really misses you."

"Well I miss it too, Babette." Rory said.

"So how are things with you Rory?"

"Good, school is keeping me busy."

"What are you doing tomorrow?"

"I'm not sure, why?" Rory asked slightly concerned at her neighbor's line of questioning.

"Well see there's this dance for all the young folk like yourself, and my friend's son is staying with us and, well, I was hoping you could show him around then take him to the dance."

"I don't know…I mean."

"You don't have plans do you?"

"Well no, but…."

"Good, then I'll send him over around one tomorrow afternoon. You can show him the town, and then go to the dance. Thanks Rory." She said quickly the waddled back over to her house.

"Well looks like you have a date tomorrow." Lorelai said trying to suppress the laughter that was welling up insider her.

"Don' t say it, don't even think it." Rory warned against the smart comment she knew her mother would come up with.

"Not a word…" She said before the laughter burst out.

"Mom…"

"Sorry…it's just 'A friend's son'? Come on…that is so lame."

"Well…it could be."

"Sure…just hope he's cute and not a total bore. Otherwise your afternoon won't be very enjoyable."

"I'm going to Luke's." Rory said getting up.

"Come back! Mommy promises not to make anymore wise cracks about your date."

"Well…I don't know…I'm sure Luke could use some help at the diner."

"No…"

"Then again…isn't there a town meeting tonight? I'm sure I could hang there, maybe even spread the word about the soon-to-be Dane's children."

"You wouldn't." Lorelai said in disbelief.

"What are you just gonna wait till you're a couple sizes bigger and let them figure it out?"

"Actually…" Lorelai realized that they hadn't discussed how they were going to tell the town. In fact she really wasn't sure she wanted to.

"Mom?"

"Well…how about we not tell anyone anything just yet ok? We haven't talked it out but I would like to wait for a while."

"I guess, so what movie did you get for tonight?" Rory asked giving in.

"Well I'd thought we'd go back to the classics tonight." Lorelai said as they walked back into the house.

"Titanic and Two For The Road?" Rory questioned.

"Ok so maybe not good classics but hey this pregnancy thing is messing with my mind."

When Luke came home that night he found Lorelai asleep on the couch. He covered her up and turned off the TV, laughing slightly at the whole scene. Sometimes he really couldn't believe that this was his life. And now he was going to be a dad. He couldn't have been happier then he was at that moment. But he also realized that these next couple months were not going to be easy. Especially with the crazy town they lived in. The town…they were going to have to tell the town…or at least tell a couple key people. It's going to be interesting…it always will be with these Gilmore girls. Luke reached over and turned out the light and with a glance at his girls and son he headed up the stairs.

The End