Chapter 2: seven months pregnant

Lorelai lay on their bed in the major bedroom upstairs when she heard Luke coming home.

"Lorelai!"

"Upstairs hon. Bedroom!" she shouted back.

Seconds later he stood in the bedroom, looking concerned. "You're ok?" he asked.

"Yes, just tired. Long day at the inn." She smiled and he smiled back, then sat next to her on the bed and took her hand.

"Hi," he said and gave her a peck on the lips.

"Hey, is that a way to greet your pregnant wife?" she asked and pouted. He laughed at that.

"I thought you were tired?" he said and squeezed her hand.

"Not that tired Mister!" She smiled and kissed him deeply. When she slipped her tongue in his mouth he knew that she wanted more than just a kiss.

He broke the kiss and looked at her. "Lorelai do you really want to..." He could not finish his sentence because she kissed him again, more passionate than before and started to unbutton his shirt. His baseball cap was already lying somewhere in the bedroom.

Lorelai knew that he was really concerned when it came to sex since she was pregnant. Even the doctor telling him that it was okay didn't really change that.

But then he began to unbutton her blouse and she knew that she had won.

Afterwards she lay in his arms with her head on his chest. He had placed his right hand on her belly and caressed it softly with one finger.

"Hey baby. You're fine? I hope so! But your mother wanted it and she had really good arguments!" He said.

Lorelai placed a kiss on his chest and then lay her hand on top if his. "Good arguments, huh? But the second time you didn't really needed to be convinced." She laughed and then snuggled closer to him.

"How was your day?" She asked.

"Busy. And Kirk stayed the whole afternoon in the diner asking me if we had decided if we would hire him as a nanny or not. I told him we would not. And then he started to annoy me when he went on and on about all the books that he read about babies and that he takes some kind of nanny- classes now, and that it would be unfair that only women can breast-feed babies, because otherwise he would learn how to do it..."

"Urgh! Kirk nursing our baby is really not what I would like to think about right now. Or ever... I hope it wasn't that bad!"

"Well, when he started to lift up his shirt to show me, with a doll he brought along, how he would do it I threw him out!" Luke said still making a face at the thought.

"Oh my poor husband!" Lorelai giggled and kissed him.

"And how was your day? Anything special?" Luke asked after he broke the kiss.

"No, nothing. Sookie is still touching my stomach every time she sees me and then starts squeaking, till I leave the room. We are totally booked and Michel still leaves about five to ten messages a day saying that my mother called." When she told him the last part the smile left her face.

"She still calls everyday? I thought that stopped about two weeks ago?" Luke raised his eyebrows and looked into her eyes.

"Yeah it stopped. For two days. Then my dad started to call, but because I didn't want to speak to him either, she started to call again."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want to upset you. The last time I told you about it you called her and told her to stop and then when you screamed at her you nearly told her that I'm pregnant!"

"But we have to do something! I mean it annoys you and that's not good for the baby."

He was worried about her and the baby and Lorelai loved him even more for that.

"As long as she doesn't find out my new cell-phone number or our phone number here at home it's ok!" Then she started to giggle. "Actually you should see Michel's face when he has to talk to her! That's pretty funny! And his comments afterwards. The next time I'll get it on tape for ya!"

Luke had to laugh at that. He could imagine Michel's comments since Lorelai had started to make a list with all the things he said when he was upset.

But then he turned serious again and after some minutes he said "Maybe we should just tell them!"

Lorelai looked confused. "Who do you want to tell what?" she asked.

"Your parents about the pregnancy."

Lorelai nearly jumped out of the bed, but Luke caught her arm and pulled her back down. From the look on her face he knew that she did not like his idea. But he knew that before.

"Are you crazy? You know what happened the last time when we told them something! She called you and told you that you're ruining my future and that Rory would be ashamed of you being her step-dad. And then she sent Chris, who cornered me here in the house for nearly the whole day, until I succeeded to call you and you threw him out. Wasn't that enough?"

"I remember exactly what happened, but what can they do this time? You are pregnant and there is nothing they can do about that. And it's not good for you or our kid when they upset you everyday."

"Hmm, what could they do? They could call twenty times a day and tell me what a failure I am and how stupid I am to have your baby. Maybe that's a possibility. Or worse: They could come here and tell me that."

"They don't know that you moved!" He tried to calm her.

"Oh, Luke! The Dragonfly, they sure know where that is!"

"You're right. I'm sorry. I just want this to stop!" He said quietly.

When she looked at him she calmed down immediately. He just wanted her to be happy.

"I know hon!" She told him and kissed him before she slid her head back on his chest and started to play with his fingers.

Everything could be perfect if her parents wouldn't destroy everything. She hadn't seen them for nearly a year now and although she had been sad that she had to marry the love of her life without them and their baby would never have grandparents; she did not want to go back to them. They gave Rory a hard time every Friday night when they tried to get some information about Lorelai out of her, and for Lorelai that was just the confirmation she needed that she did not want them back in her life.

Then another thought came on her mind. "Hey sweetie!" She said and kissed Luke on his cheek. He had been nearly asleep. "Hmm?" Was the only thing he managed to say when he opened his eyes.

"We still don't have a name for the little person inside of me!" She told him.

Luke lifted his head and looked at the clock on the bedside table. "Lorelai, it's half an hour past midnight and you want to discuss names? Go to sleep!"

"Oh my god! That late? The greetings must have taken pretty long then," she laughed and nudged him in the side.

"Ah Geez!" Luke grumbled but then placed a kiss on her forehead. "Night Lorelai!"

"Hey who said I wanted to sleep!" she asked him and she did not sound tired at all. "I want a name for our baby! Please! Luke! My pretty and sexy husband, pleeease!"

Luke knew he had no chance at all. "You won't stop until I give in, will ya?" He asked.

"You know me so well!" she giggled.

He sat up and looked down at her. "So any suggestions?" He asked.

She also sat up, so that she could snuggle against him again. "I think the name for a boy is pretty obvious, don't ya think!" She said.

"Oh no, Lorelai. I told you I won't name that kid after me! No way!"

"Isn't there someone a little sure of himself? Who said I would like to name our kid after you!" She teased him.

"You did! About a million times in the first trimester of your pregnancy!" Luke shot back.

"No. I mean, yes I did, but that is so not what I'm talking about right now. I'm talking about naming the kid after your father, if it's a boy. If you're okay with that!"

Luke had to clear his throat before he was able to speak. She had caught him totally off guard.

"I would love that!" He told her and then kissed her long and sweet.

"And do you have any ideas for a girl's name?" She asked him.

"Well..." He started. "Well...?" She looked curious.

"Some time ago you read that book about those sisters and one of them was very ill. I think their stepmother was from Spain.."

"You mean 'I'm with you'? The book I read during our honeymoon?"

"Yeah exactly. And I think they had very pretty names!" He explained.

"I don't remember at the moment, help me!"

"I just remember two of them: Sara and Laila."

"Yeah, now I remember. Sara was the one who always cared for her younger sister Rana. And Laila was the shy one. And you are right, those names are pretty. Which one do you want?"

"I don't know. Maybe we should just wait and she what she looks like and then decide!" He suggested.

"Ok deal. So it's William if it's a boy and Laila or Sara if it's a girl. Wow, we have decided on the names! That was easy!" She smiled.

"So can we go to sleep now?" He asked and slid back down on the bed.

"No, I have to call Rory!" She screamed excitedly and jumped out of the bed.

"Lorelai, it's nearly one o'clock in the morning. You can tell her tomorrow!" The last part he had to scream because she was already out of the bedroom and on her way downstairs.

But she had already dialed and waited for Rory to answer the phone with a huge smile on her face.

To be continued...