Again, thanks for the nice reviews! I really appreciate it!

And now one of the questions will be answered: Where is Logan--> here he is, although he is not really my favorite character.

Tell me if you like this chapter (or not), I had some trouble writing it (although it´s not that long it took me nearly three hours!).

And Suz22: Ich hoffe du hast die Email bekommen! Musste es leider in dem Format schicken, ging nicht anders!Sorry!
Chapter 7: Where is Rory?

"Oh, good you´re back already. The doctor was here. He told me about the results of our boy here!" Lorelai greeted him when he entered the room and sat down on her bed again.

"And?" Luke asked, suddenly feeling very nervous.

"Like they already told you, he is healthy. He is actually pretty big not only for being born three weeks early, but also in general. I maybe would have had some problems during the delivery, if he would have come on time. But because he´s a smart boy, he knew and decided to come earlier", she smiled when she looked down at her son, then repositioned him, so that he could suck on the other breast.

"So the contractions had nothing to do with your mother? I mean, you havent told me what happened, but I´m sure she upset you, she had a very guilty look on her face." he looked her directly into the eyes.

"Nobody knows Luke. But I don´t think that she was the reason for the contractions. I also thought so at first, but now I have to admit that I felt a kind of pain the whole morning."She broke their eyecontact and looked down.

"You were in labor the whole morning? Why didnt you tell me?" Luke was upset now
"Sweety, please calm down! I really didn´t realise that I was in labor. When I was in labor with Rory it hurt like hell from the very beginning on, but this time it felt like my back was aching. Luke, you know that I would have told you, don´t ya?" she asked and met his eyes again.

"Of, course I know, I´m sorry!" he told her a small smile appearing on his face.

"Speaking of Rory, where are you hiding my daughter?" she tried to joke, but Luke heard the uncertainty in her voice.

"I´m sorry, but she is not here. Your mother tried to cll her, but she didn´t answer neither her cell nor the phone at her dorm. Emily left her a couple of messages and instructed Sookie to keep on trying".

The smile left Lorelais face the moment he told her that her daughter was not there.

"Oh" she whispered and bit her bottom lip.

"Don´t be sad, Lorelai. I´m sure she will come here immediately when she checks her mailbox."

Luke tried to lighten up her mood and encourage her.

"Yeah, sure she will. Where is my cellphone?And my purse and the book?" Lorelai couldnt remember when she had seen these things for the last time. At the mall on the bench? In he car?

"Your mother gave the nurse all this stuff, but I don´t think you´re allowed to use your cellphone in here." He knew exactly what she was planing.

"Oh Luke, you know I´m not allowed to use my cell in your diner either. Did that ever stop me? I want Rory to meet her brother! Don´t you want them to meet?" she finished her sentence pouting, as usual.

"Okay, you won again, I´m gonna get your stuff. But after you called Rory you will tell me what happened with your mother. Every little detail!" he reminded her of their deal.

"You´re the best!" she said sarcastically, but then smiled.

"Rory this is your grandmother. Please come to the Hartford hospital immediately. You´re mother is having the baby. She had a breakdown t the mall"

"Oh my.." Rory said and untangled herself from Logan, who had been placing kisses down her neck when she checked her mailbox.

"Rory this is your grandmother again. Where are you? Please come to the hospital or call your mothers cellphone."

"Rory it´s Paris. You´re grandmother left a message on the answering machine that your mother is having the baby. She is in the hospital at Hartford."

"I hate these machines! You´re grandfather is coming to the hospital, call if he should pick you up somewhere."

"Hey Rory, it´s me. I´m lying here in a hospital bed with your beautiful sibling in my arms. I´m sure you wanna know if it´s a boy or a girl. So come and find out!"

"Honey, it´s me again. The little one is now three hours older, than since my last call. I know it´s getting late, but come as fast as you can, no matter what time. You´re brother wants to meet you!"

"My mother had the baby, I have a brother" Rory told Logan with an unreadable expression.

"Wow, that´s great Ace" he said and hugged her.

"Yeah... I think so" Rory answered, but did not hug him back.

"Come on, let´s get dressed and head to the hospital. I´m sure she wants to see you." he stood up and wanted to give her a hand to pull her up, but she didn´t take it.

"It´s pretty late and I´m sure she´s exhausted. I will visit them tomorrow." Rory said with a sad look on her face.

Logan was not sure what this was all about, but he didn´t like it.

"Then call her at least! I´m sure she is waiting." he sat down beside her.

"Maybe you´re right, I will call her." she didn´t sound convinced, but dialled her mothers number.

"Rory? Where are you? Why you´re not here?" Lorelai answered the phone.

"Sorry mom. My cellphone dropped dead because of the battery and so I couldn´t check the mailbox" Rory lied and Logan raised his eyebrows questioningly.

"Then hurry up now! I can´t wait to see ya!"

" It´s too late already mum. I will stop by tomorrow."

"Um, okay. See ya tomorrow then kiddo!" The disappointment was obvious in Lorelais voice.

"Yes, see ya tomorrow!"

The second the call ended Lorelai burst out in tears. Luke found her sobbing in her bed when he returned from the nursery, where William was sleeping now.

"She´s not coming Luke!" Lorelai blurted out when she saw him standing in the doorway looking concerned into her direction. He shut the door and hugged his wife. She buried her head against his chest and he lid his chin on top of her head.

"Why not?"he asked gently.

"I...I don´t know. She said it´s too late."

"Well, she´s right!"

"No it´s not! It´s not to late for a Gilmore Girls to visit her new born brother and her mother!"

"Oh, Lorelai.." he did not know what to say.

"And she didn´t even ask how we are or if everything is ok with him. She just told me that she would visit tomorrow because today it´s too late. Why is she doing that? Doesn´t she care? The old Rory would have climbed a tree and sneak in through the window to see us!" she sniffled.

"I dont understand her anymore Luke! She is soo different and I can´t even tell when she changed. When she slept with Dean? When he broke up with her? When she met Logan? When she dropped out of Yale or stayed at her grandparents house? I just dont know!" she cried harder.

"Lorelai calm down! I´m sure she will visit tomorrow and I´m sure she wants to see Will. She would be very stupid if not, because he is the most beautiful baby ever! She sure doesn´t want to miss that!"

Lorelai had to laugh a bit at that.

" She will visit and it will be fine. Look, maybe she was just overwhelmed and did not know what to say. Remember when you thought she wasnt happy about our marriage or the pregnancy, because she was so quiet. But then it turned out that she was over the moon about it. Maybe it´s the same this time?"

"Mmmh,maybe" she mumbled against his chest. Then she pulled back and looked up.

"Stay here tonight! Please!" she asked.

"I can do that. But you have to sleep now, it´s been a long day!" he said and tried to stand up, but she pulled him back down.

"Good idea!" she said sleepily and laid her head on his chest again.

"Oh, really, Lorelai. I can´t stay in this bed with you!" he grumbled.

"Sure you can. I´m sure the nurse won´t think that we did something dirty when she will find us tomorrow morning! There is no chance of getting lucky for you tonight, or in the next weeks! I hope you know that! But if you get lucky in your dreams, with me of course, that´s okay. And in some weeks you can tell me what we did in your dreams and then..."

"Sleep!" Luke ordered, his face in different shades of red. Lorelai just giggled.

He put of his shoes and then slid down next to her under the covers. She snuggled so close to him, that she was nearly lying on top of him.

"Night, darling, I love you!" he whispered and kissed her hair.

There was no answer because Lorelai was already sound asleep.

It was at the same time, that Emily was still sitting on the bed in Lorelais old bedroom. The card Luke had given her right hand.

She went to the room after they arrived at home. She had no idea where Richard was, but she didn´t think about that.

She would never forget the look on Lorelais face when she had looked up to her, sitting on that bench. It had been shock, fear,guilt, anger and disbelieve. Not at all emotions that a daughter should feel meeting her mother at the mall.

And just seconds before Lorelai had looked so happy. Smiling because of a picture in a book.

The book.

Emily realised then that she still had it in her left hand. Her own one. The one she had bought when she saw Lorelai entering the bookstore.

She opened it to a random page. And began to read.

"Rana lay on the ground, coughing. She didnt had the force to stand up. Desperately Sara tried to pull her up, but because of the heavy coughing it wasnt possible for her to get her five year old sister back to bed. The little girl already had blue lips and Sara did not know what to do. "Rana, come on, stand up!Please, Rana, please!" she begged and pulled on her sisters arms."Daddy,come!" she whispered and started to cry. But of course she knew that he wouldn´t come. He was on a business trip, her other brothers and sisters were at school. She was alone with her little sister and the nannies. "Rana, you have to get back to bed. You can´t lye here on the ground!" but Rana just coughed, harder this time. Sara let herself fall down on the floor also and stroked her sisters hair. When Rana felt her sister calming down, she also did. After half an hour Sara managed to get her off the floor and over to her bed. Rana lay her forehead against Sara´s and in that position they were found by one of the nannies hours later..."

"Emily what are you doing in here?" Richard asked her angrily and interrupted her reading.

I...I ..." she stuttered, but then composed herself. "This bedroom was never Lorelai. This here,all of this is not her. I never realised, Richard. Until now. Maybe if I would have spent more time with her, I would have known. And now it´s too late. I just hope she´s happy now." Emily sad with a blank expression, stood up, walked past Richard and out of the room.

For a second he looked around, wondering what she was talking about. Then he shook his head and followed her.

TBC