Lorelai stared at the young girl in shock but quickly recovered and hugged her. "Oh honey." She was silent for a while and just looked at the young girl on her lap.
"When did you find out?" "Today." Lorelai sighed. "You have to tell your parents." "They're gonna go wild." "I won't let them." "I can't tell them." "Ssh." Lorelai told the sobbing girl.
"We'll tell them together." "Thanks Grandma." "Tomorrow night." "So soon?" Lora objected. "You should've told your mom first." "I couldn't do that to her." "Have a little faith in her."
"Did you tell your mom when you found out?" Lora stared into her grandmother's eyes. "That's different." "I don't see the difference." Lorelai sighed. "You and your mom have a good relationship, the only thing I did with my mom; was fighting."
Lora knew all this, but she couldn't care less. "It's gonna break their hearts." She confessed to the woman, that was what this was all about.
"Yeah." Lorelai wasn't really the type to lie about these things. "But they'll get over it."
"You are sure you want to do this, right?" Lora stared at Lorelai in disbelief. "You, of all people, you're not asking me to reconsider?"
"I just want you to know that whatever decision you take, I'll support you, but I know that being a teen mom is hard." "I know." The answer came in a soft whisper. "But I can't give it up, I just can't."
"As long as you're sure." "I'm sure." "Good. But why did you have to be so much like me?" Lorelai asked. "Because you're great and everyone loves you." Finally a smile reappeared on Lora's face.
"That's my girl. I can't stand crying granddaughters." "Who's crying?" They both looked up and saw Luke standing in the doorway.
"Hey honey." "Hey grandpa!" Lora jumped up, wiped the rest of her tears away and went to hug Luke. "Hey Lora, I didn't know you were coming." "Neither did I." The girl confessed.
Luke looked around searching for Rory or Jess, but there wasn't a sign of them anywhere. "Did you come here alone?"
"No, I brought Jen." Luke frowned, but then Lora went to Rory's old room and pulled a young girl out of it. Jen, her best friend, right.
"Hi Mr. Danes." The girl put out her hand. "Nice to meet you Jen." He shook her hand. What was going on here? He looked at his wife.
"Lora and Jen are staying over, we are having a movie night." Lora looked at her grandmother gratefully, she had once more solved an awkward conversation, well, at least postponed in this case.
Luke saw too that there was something else going on, but if Lorelai didn't tell him, she had her reasons.
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"Rory, can you take it?" Jess yelled from his shower. His wife sighed and picked up the phone.
"Mariano." "Gilmore, honey, your name is Gilmore." Rory grinned. "Hey mom. How are things going there?"
"Great." Lorelai lied, but it was only half a lie. "I was wondering if you and Jess could come to dinner tomorrow."
Rory frowned. "There's a reason you're asking us isn't there." "Don't jump to conclusions, hun." "I'll take that as a yes. Can you hold on for a sec?"
Rory put the phone on the table and went to the bathroom. "Mariano, we're having dinner in Stars Hollow and maybe we can even take our daughter with us." Some sort of mumbling came from the bathroom. "Good." Rory answered.
She took the phone. "We'll be there." "Good. 7, be there or be square." "Tell Lora I love her." "I will. I love you too." "Thanks. Love ya." Rory put down the phone.
Jess came out of the bathroom, his hair as messy as it had been for the last thirty years. "What was that all about?" "I have no clue." Rory told him.
He planted a soft kiss on her lips. "What's wrong?" She had the worried-look. "Our baby is in trouble." Jess frowned. "Why would you think that?" Rory shrugged. "Mother's intuition."
Jess pulled her into his arms. "Hey. Everything's gonna be okay." Rory put her head on his chest. "I hope so."
"You know, Lora is staying in Stars Hollow, that means we have the place all to ourselves." Jess remarked with a grin. "Dirty." His wife answered.
He swooped her off her feet (literally) and carried her to the bedroom. "A girl could get used to this, you know." Jess smirked. "Tell that to your daughter."
"No gory details!" The yelled in choir. No matter how old she got, Lora still couldn't stand her parents talking about the gory details…
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"What are we watching?" Luke asked his wife who was sitting in the couch with Lora lying against her and Jen against Lora. "Willy Wonka." She replied smirking.
Luke sighed. "When will you ever get tired of that movie?" "Never. Besides, Jen has never seen it." "I'm not surprised she hasn't, it was made 50 or something years ago."
Lorelai shook her head. "That's the whole point of a classic movie." "I give up." The two girls grinned.
Luke sat down beside his wife who put the movie on. "What are you hiding from me?" He whispered in her ear. "I'll tell you tomorrow night. Just sit back and enjoy." Luke frowned but then did as she told him, he was more than happy with his beautiful wife lying next to him.
"Are you having a movie night without me?" Everyone looked at Lucas who had entered and was standing before the couch. He shot an eye at the screen. "Willy Wonka, mom?"
Luke couldn't help but grin. "Don't argue with her son, lord knows I've tried already." Lucas nodded and sat down before the couch. "Just pass me the popcorn."
