Lorelia's doctors appointment was scheduled for Friday at 5:00. She left work around 4:30 and swung by Luke's to pick him up. He got in the car and kissed her and then he kissed her belly. The whole ride there Luke was talking about how we couldn't wait to see their baby on the screen, and how he'd love to have a daughter because he could teach her how to cook. He also talked about how much he wants a boy because he could teach him about tools, and they could make another boat together. Lorelai informed him that this wasn't the only baby that they were going to have together so there was a chance that he could get a son and a daughter. Then Luke joked about how Lorelai could be having twins. He received a slap for that comment, and then a kiss which made it all better. After a long car ride they were finally there. The walked into the waiting room and sat down. Within five minutes they were in the examining room.

"This is so exciting!" Lorelai shrieked.

"I know it is, but sush you might scare the baby." Luke said in his baby voice.

"Ok this is your baby, I don't see a penis you're having a girl!"

"Oh my god! Were having a Laci!" Luke yelled as he jumped. He kissed Lorelai on the head and then rubbed her belly. "Hello Laci."

"Wait. We're having a what?" Lorelai asked.

"We're having a Laci!"

"Laci, that's really cute. We're having a Laci!" Lorelai said with excitement.

"Lorelai?' Luke asked.

"Yeah."

"Me and Rory came up with a code. When you go to dinner tonight you have to say 'Mom, your curtains are very lacy.' When you say that Rory will know that it's a girl, and I'm pretty sure she told your dad the code, so they both will be able to tell what you're talking about."

"That's very smart Luke. What was the code if for a boy?"

"Well, you were supposed to say 'Boy oh boy am I hungry. What's for dinner mom?'"

"I love you Luke. You're a genius!"

Lorelai drove home with Luke and changed for dinner. She kissed him one more time, and she actually left for dinner happy. It was the first time ever that she was happy before going to see her mother. She got there on time, but she still arrived after Rory did, which was ok for her.

"Hello Lorelai! Let me take your coat."

"No thanks mom, I'm good."

"Lorelai give me your coat!"

"Mom, I'm cold. If you don't mind I would like to keep my coat on."

"But…"

"Leave her alone Emily." Richard interrupted.

"Wow mom, your curtains are very lacy."

"No there not."

"I know, they really aren't."

"Oh my god. Really?" Rory screamed.

"Yes Rory really." Lorelai said annoyed thinking that Rory was about to give it away. "Oh mom, I can't come next week. I've got tons of work."

"What else is new?" Emily said sarcastically.

Two weeks had passed since they found out the sex of the baby. It was Friday and Lorelai and Luke had both taken the day off. The day had gone by very fast and before they knew it, it was that time again.

"Hello Lorelai. Let me take your coat." Emily greeted Lorelai with her 'I rule the world voice'.

"No mom. That's ok. I'm good."

"Lorelai, let me take your coat! Your father's not here to save you today."

"Mom, I would like to keep it on."

"Just give me your coat Lorelai!" Emily Screamed.

"No mom. Listen I need to tell you something important."

"Fine, give me your coat and then we'll talk."

"NO. I have to tell you this first."

"GOD DAMNIT LORELAI GIVE ME YOUR COAT!"

"I'm pregnant." Lorelia said as she let her coat fall to the ground. "Surprise!"

"OH MY GOD! LORELAI GET OUT! GET OUT!"

"Mom please let me explain." Lorelia asked crying.

"GET OUT! GO LORELAI!"

"Can we just talk about it mom."

"NO! I WANT YOU TO LEAVE!" Emily yelled as she started to cry.

"I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN! THAT'S WHY I WAITED FIVE MONTHS TO TELL YOU, SO YOU WOULD HATE ME AFTER PAYING FOR YALE AND NOT BEFORE!"

"Hold on mom, I'm going to come with you." Rory said almost in tears.

"NO RORY. YOU'RE STAYING HERE WITH ME!" Emily shouted.

Lorelai woke up crying in Luke's arms. She had no idea what happened. The last thing she remembered was that she was at Friday night dinner and Emily found out about the baby and she wouldn't let Rory leave.

"What happened? Where's Rory? She has Rory!" Lorelai cried.

"Who has Rory?" Luke asked.

"My mom. She's keeping Rory, because I didn't tell her about the baby."

"That didn't happen. You were dreaming Lorelai."

"I can't go back. This baby was a bad idea. My mother hates me. She hates me Luke. I should have told her right when I found out. Who cares about the money? I should have told her."

"Lorelai stop. This baby was a good idea and your mom doesn't hate you."

"She's going to flip Luke." Lorelia cried. She was now hysterical. "I hate his baby. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! Stop kicking me you stupid thing!"

"Stop it Lorelai. You don't mean what you're saying. You know I still haven't felt her kick yet. May I?" Luke put his hand out toward her stomach.

"If you must."

"Wow! I think we have ourselves a soccer player!"

"Yeah, she is a good kicker."

"I know what will cheer you up. Let's go shopping for the nursery."

"I don't want to. I'm sorry. I really just want to stay here."

"Please Lorelai. It would mean a lot to me."

"I'm sorry but I don't feel up to it."

"You don't have to cry Lorelai. I'm here for you. Will you please let me take you out to get your mind off of this?"

"No." Lorelai said still crying.

"Please?"

"Ok. Luke?"

"Yeah."

"I'm fat."

"Your not fat Lorelai."

"Yes I am. My mom thinks so."

"Your mom doesn't know that you're having a baby. Come on I'm going to take you out now."

"Ok. Let me call my dad first."

"Ok"

Lorelai had stopped crying and she got up to get the phone. She dialed Emily and Richard's number. She was disgusted to hear Emily's voice on the other end of the phone when she picked up.

"Hello!"

"Hi mom. Can I talk to dad?"

"Yes. Hold on Lorelai."

"Hello. Richard speaking."

"Hi dad."

"Hello Lorelai. How are you?"

"I'm ok dad. Can you do me a favor and get me out of dinner for the next few weeks."

"Sure. We were planning a trip anyway. We'll just go sooner. I'll take her away for about a month, and when we come back I'll send the check into Yale."

"Thank you dad, not just for this, but for everything you've done for me ever."

"You're welcome Lorelai. We'll see you in a few weeks. Tell Luke I say hi."

"Ok dad. Dad?"

"Yes Lorelai?"

"I love you."

"I love you too Lorelai."

Lorelai hung the phone up.

"I'm ready to go Luke."

"The baby made you closer to your dad."

"I know she did. So where are we going anyway?"

"I was thinking you could come to work with me for awhile."

"Ok…to do what?"

"Work."

"That's your idea of cheering me up. You know we well Luke. I love your diner. Let me go get changed!"

Lorelai came downstairs in a camisole which made her belly look big, a pair of jeans, one of Luke's flannel shirts, flip-flops, and of course a backwards baseball cap.

"Very funny Lorelia." Luke joked.

"I know, the perfect outfit for working at Luke's."

They arrived at Luke's and he made Lorelai go upstairs to his old apartment with him. She was surprised to see that Luke had taken down the door. In its place was a safety gate. She struggle to open it, and Luke told her not worry, because she would get the hang of it eventually.

He brought her into the kitchen area and she saw a reclining highchair. "This is for when I'm watching Laci at work and she needs to eat." Luke said. Then he opened one of the cabinets where there were four cans of infant formula and about five bottles. "These are for when Laci is hungry, but can't sit up in the highchair yet." Luke took Lorelai's hand and guided her to the bathroom.

"Oh my god there's ducks on your walls!" Lorelia joked. "Yes there are. There are also ducks on the shower curtain, the rug, and the light switch." He pointed out. Luke pulled back the shower curtain and showed Lorelai an infant bathtub with infant shampoo and body wash. "This stuff is for when Babett or Miss. Patty get lipstick all over Laci. I'll bring her up here and bath her with this stuff. And under the sink there are infant towels with hoods, and washcloths. Come on there's more."

Luke brought her into the main area. There was a crib in the corner closet to the kitchen. The crib had a purple and pink bedding set and a flower mobile. "This is for Laci to sleep in when I'm watching her and the people downstairs are being too loud. Oh and look, I bought a baby monitor, the other one is downstairs. This is so I can hear her when she wakes up." They walked over a few feet to a matching changing table with clothes, wipes, diapers, baby powder, baby lotion, and a diaper genie. "This is for when she needs her diaper changed or when she spits up on her clothes. I can just come up here and change her." Luke took her hand and brought her to a couch.

"This is for when you come visit me at work and you get too tired and don't feel like walking home, or when Taylor annoys you. You can come up here and sleep or hang out. Look it's a pull-out." Then he pointed to a television with a dvd and vcr. "This is so we, not Laci, we can watch movies together on the nights we decide to stay here. Oh here, this is for you. It's a $75 Best Buy card. I want you go buy as many movies as you can with it. We'll watch one every time we sleep here."

Then they went to a section of the room that had very soft carpet. It was almost too soft. Around this section was another safety gate. The gate went all the way around it, not one section wasn't enclosed. Inside were an infant swing, a bouncer chair, an exosaucer, a baby gym, and tons of infant toys. "This is for when Laci is awake. I will put her on this carpet or in one of these things. She will have tons of fun, and of course I will have the baby monitor with me, and near her." "Oh my god. This is amazing Luke!" Lorelia said. "Wait, there's more." He replied.

They went to a closet. Inside the closet were baby coats and snow suits and hats. "These are for when I bring Laci to work when it's hot out, and then it gets cold at night. I'll put one of these on her." He said. On the floor of the closet were two pack n' plays. "One of these is for you to keep at the Dragonfly for the days that you have Laci, and the other one is for me to keep downstairs for when I have her and she's awake." There was a stroller and a front carrier also on the floor. "Oh, this stroller is for when you come to get Laci and you get here and realized that you walked and you have nothing to put her in. You can just put her in the stroller and walk home. The front carrier is for when I need some more food for the diner. I just have to put her in here, and I'll run…." "No, you'll walk." Lorelai corrected. "I'll walk over to Taylor's with her attached to me, and I won't have to worry about leaving her alone."

"Thank you so much Luke!"

"Your welcome."

"Wait, you painted? The apartment is pink, and purple. You have butterflies and flowers on your walls. You did all this for Laci?"

"Yes. I love her Lorelai. I feel like she's here already."

"I can't believe you did all this. How long did it take?"

"Well two weeks, since we found out she's a girl."

"Thank you again Luke. Can I go play? This stuff is so cool."

"Yeah. It really is. Come look at this exosaucer. It sings!"

"No way?"

The rest of the day went good for Lorelai and Luke both. They enjoyed each others company, and Lorelai figured out how to open the gate!