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"Look at what we did. I think it's a boy," Lorelai said, squinting at the ultrasound picture in her hand, "We can buy little flannel shirts and little baseball hats that he can wear backwards. What do you think?"
"The doctor said it was too early to tell," Luke said without taking his eyes off of the road.
"I don't care what the doctor said, its my body and I say it's a boy."
"Your just mad because she said you had to cut back on coffee."
"Ha like she knows what she's talking about. You probably paid her to say that," Lorelai said as she went back to looking at the picture in her hand.
"Look at him," Lorelai handed the picture over to Luke while they were stopped at a red light, "Isn't he perfect?" Luke couldn't help but smile at her excitement.
"Yeah," Luke said as he looked down at the picture. It was possible to make out the baby's arms and legs even though it was tiny. The baby was perfect.
"The light changed," Lorelai said as she took the picture back from him. As Luke continued down the road that lead to Stars Hallow.
"Do you need to go to the inn? Or do you want to come back to the diner?" Luke asked as they passed the welcome to Stars Hallow sign.
"I probably should go to the inn, but not right now I'm hungry."
"When are you not?"
"True but now I'm eating for two," Lorelai said with a smile as Luke turned the truck down the road to the diner.
Luke and Lorelai made their way into the diner. The lunch rush had just ended and there was only a few people scattered through out the diner. Lorelai went to her usual seat at the counter, while Luke went to put her order in.
"Do you think it's a good idea to be looking at that in here?" Lorelai jumped slightly at Luke's voice.
"I know somebody could see it. I just can't seem to stop looking at it. I know it seems weird but this makes real. You know?" Lorelai said with a shy smile.
"I know," Luke said looking down at the picture in her hands.
"Do you want to tell the town? I mean after we tell Rory and Liz," Lorelai asked.
"I guess, they will end up finding out at some point."
"Good, so where's my food burger boy? "
"It should be up in a minute."
"Who's cooking? Please tell me Ceaser isn't the one cooking."
"No Ceaser is not cooking. Jess is."
"Maybe I can get Manny to make me something at the inn" Lorelai said as she went to get up.
"Stay. Give him a chance."
"Fine but its bad then I get as much coffee as I want for a week,"
"No,"
"Ok fine two days. And that's my final offer,"
"Fine but you can't say its bad just to get your coffee."
"Would I do something like that?" Lorelai batted her eyelashes innocently. Luke rolled his eyes at her, "I am hurt that you would think I would do something like that," Lorelai said as she began to pout.
"Don't give me that you know its true," Luke said as he went to the kitchen to grab her food. Lorelai was just about to yell something after him when her cell phone started ringing.
"Hello?"
"Mom?"
"Rory hey honey how are you?"
"Ok I guess. I need you to come get me."
"Ok where are you?"
"You have to promise not to freak out ok?"
"No I will not promise not to freak out. Now tell me where are you?"
"I'm in jail," Rory was met with silence on the other end of the line. "Mom are you still there?"
"Yeah I'm here. Does this have anything to do with Logan?"
"Mom I don't want to get into it right now. Can you just come get me? I'm at the police station in Hartford I have to go now my times up. Bye."
"Ok bye"
"I can not believe that little punk," Lorelai muttered as she went to grab her purse.
"What did Jess do now?" Luke asked walking over to the counter.
"What?" Jess asked as he walked up to the counter with Lorelai's food.
"Huh? Oh no not Jess. Logan." Lorelai said as she tried to process what Rory had just told her.
"Who's Logan?" Jess asked not really sure if he wanted to know. He knew there had to be someone in her life.
"Rory's boyfriend" Lorelai said still lost in thought. She missed the brief look of hurt that washed over Jess' face before he covered it. Lorelai grabbed a fry off of her plate popping it into her mouth, as she went to get up.
"Now I have to go bail my daughter out. God I never thought I would have to say that," Lorelai said rubbing her forehead with her hand trying to keep her headache at bay.
"What?" Luke asked trying to figure out if she was joking or not.
"It seems that my daughter has decided to embrace her wild side. I have to go bail her out. She's being held in the Hartford jail," Lorelai said as she gathered her things trying to eat a few more fries. She really was hungry.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Luke asked still in shock.
"No I think I need some alone time with her. I need to get the whole story out of her. Thanks for offering I need to go. I'll be back later for my food." And with that she was gone leaving a shocked Luke and an equally shocked Jess behind.
Lorelai made her way to Hartford trying not to speed too much. As she pulled up in front of the Hartford police station, Lorelai took a minute to calm down before she had to face her daughter. Lorelai made her way into the police station and over to the front desk.
"Hi I'm here to get my daughter, Rory Gilmore can you tell me where I can find her?" Lorelai asked the officer.
"No Rory Gilmore. I have a Lorelai Gilmore."
"That's her she goes by Rory."
"Ok her bail is set at $500."
"Can you take a check?"
"Yeah," The person at the desk replied. Lorelai wrote out a check and handed it to the officer.
"Have a seat over there and she will be out in about ten minutes."
"Ok thanks."
Ten minutes later Lorelai spotted Rory coming around the corner. She looked tired and lost. All of Lorelai's anger left when she saw her daughter. She walked over to her and wrapped her arms around her.
"Hey kiddo, How's my little jailbird doing?" Lorelai asked with a small smile.
"Mom," Rory groaned as she pulled away from Lorelai.
"Ok fine I guess it is a bit too soon for jokes, lets go. I want the whole story on the way home," Lorelai said as she pulled Rory with her to the door.
"Ok spill," Lorelai said as she started the car and headed in the direction of Stars Hallow.
"There's not really much to tell. We took a yacht. Got arrested and here I am," Rory said with a shrug of he shoulders.
"Well there are more holes in that story than in Swiss cheese. Would you like to fill in the blanks for me?" Lorelai asked as she pulled off the highway towards Stars Hallow.
"Not right now. Can we just talk about some thing else please?" Rory asked her voice breaking slightly.
"Well let's see, Jess came back last night. He's going to be staying with Luke for awhile."
"Oh,"
"Oh? Is that all you have to say? I mean are you okay with him coming back?"
"I don't know. I think I'm on overload right now. It's been a really long day I just want to go home and take a nap. If that's ok?"
"That's fine. I'm going to stop at Luke's. Get us some lunch to go. Then we can go home and veg out in front of the TV," Lorelai said as she pulled up in front of Luke's.
"Sounds good to me."
"Do you want to come in with me?" Lorelai asked as she turned to look at Rory.
"No I think I'll just wait here." Rory said looking out the window.
"Ok I'll be back in a few minutes." Lorelai said as she got out of the Jeep.
Lorelai made her way inside to get their food.
"Hey," Lorelai said as she went over to the counter to take a seat.
"Hey where's Rory?" Luke asked while wiping down the counter.
"She's waiting in the car," Lorelai said leaning against the counter.
"Is she okay?"
"Yeah I think she is," Lorelai said as she leaned in closer to give Luke a quick kiss.
"What happened? Why was Rory arrested?"
"I don't really know yet. She's not being very forthcoming with the details. I'll tell you when I find out."
"Ok. What can I get you?"
"Burgers, chili cheese fries and pie."
"Coming right up," Luke said as he went to put in her order.
"Can I get two coffees to go too?"
"You can order one for Rory," Luke said, smirking.
"What about me?" Lorelai asked with a pout.
"You know why your not getting any," Luke realized what he said after seeing Lorelai's face light up, "Don't say it."
"Dirty," Lorelai said with a smirk.
"Ahh Geez I'm going to go check on your food," Luke returned a few minutes later with two bags of food. And went to fill a to go cup of coffee.
"Here. Did you tell Rory about the baby?" Luke asked leaning in to whisper the last part.
"Not yet but I think she's going to know something's up when I don't have my own cup of coffee," Lorelai said as she stood up. "Maybe you should give me one, you know, just in case she gets suspicious."
"Well maybe you should just tell her then," Luke said with a smirk as he handed her the bags and cup of coffee.
"Mean," Lorelai said with a pout.
"I know. So will I see you later?"
"Probably not. I think I should stay home with Rory. I'll see you tomorrow though," Lorelai said before leaning across the counter for a quick kiss.
"Ok see you then."
"Bye, Luke," With that Lorelai left the diner.
"Where's your coffee?" Rory asked as Lorelai handed her the cup of coffee.
"See? I told Luke you would ask about that," Lorelai said as she pulled the jeep onto the road and started towards their house.
"That still doesn't answer my question. Did Luke finally cut you off?"
"Well kind of," Lorelai said as they pulled into the driveway and got out of the Jeep.
"Mom will you just tell me already?" Rory asked as she followed her into the house.
"Fine do you remember when you were little and you asked me for a little brother or sister for Christmas?"
"Yeah but I don't see what that has to do with you not drinking coffee," Rory said
"You know for someone that goes to Yale your not very smart," Lorelai said with a smirk.
"Wait are you uh are you pregnant?" Rory asked.
"Yeah, I am. See?" Lorelai pulled the ultrasound picture out of her purse and handed it to Rory.
"Wow is this the baby?" Rory asked as she studied the picture in front of her.
"Yeah we went today for the ultrasound. I just found out yesterday. I was waiting until you came home for the weekend to tell you."
"So when are you due?"
"December 14th. Are you ok with this?"
"Yeah I'm really happy for you,"
"Really?" Lorelai asked close to tears.
"Yeah I think its great. I'm finally going to have a little brother or sister," Rory said jumping up and down.
"I'm really glad you feel that way. How about we have lunch and you can feel me in on what happened with the yacht while we eat?" Lorelai asked as she moved over to sit on the couch.
"Ok but there really isn't much to tell," Rory said as she sat down next to Lorelai.
Later that night...
Lorelai slipped out of the house careful not to wake Rory. She made her way to Luke's pulling her jacket tightly around her, in the chilly midnight air. She grabbed the spare key from above the door and went into the diner careful to lock the door behind her. She made her way quietly up the stairs. She knew he was sleeping but she needed to see him. She grabbed the second spare key and unlocked his apartment door making her way over to his bed.
"Luke?" Lorelai whispered as she pushed on his shoulder.
"Luke come on wake up," Lorelai said a little louder as her eyes began to feel with tears.
"Lorelai? What's wrong?" Luke asked as he rolled over to look up at her."Are you ok? Is the baby ok?"
Lorelai smiled at his concern. He was worried about her, even when he was only half awake. There was a feeling that over took her; it was something she'd wanted since she could remember. She almost had it with Christopher and almost with Max, but she could never actually gain the feeling of contentment until Luke.
"We're both ok. I just needed to see you," Lorelai said as a few tears managed to slip down her cheek.
"Come here," Luke said as he sat up in bed pulling Lorelai down to him. Lorelai curled up against him letting the tears fall. Luke did the only thing he could he held her gently rubbing her back. After awhile Lorelai started to calm down.
"What happened?" Luke asked pulling back slightly to look at her.
"You want to know why Rory was arrested?" Lorelai asked not waiting for him to respond she continued.
"She was arrested for stealing a yacht of all things. And do you want to know what the worse part is?" Lorelai was getting upset allover again.
"What?" Luke asked not really sure if he wanted to know.
"She said she doesn't even know why she did it. How the hell can you steal a yacht and not know why?" Lorelai asked her voice rising towards the end. As more tears found there way down her cheeks.
"I don't know what to say. Is there anything I can do?" Luke asked as he cupped her cheeks in his hands and used his thumbs to wipe away her tears.
"Your already doing it," Lorelai said as she settled against his side again. They stayed that way for awhile. Luke's arms wrapped around her. Lorelai's head resting against his chest.
"I should get going. I don't want Rory to worry," Lorelai said not bothering to move.
"Yeah," Luke said as he tightened his arms around her.
"Maybe I can stay. If I get up early and get home before she wakes up," Lorelai said with a yawn. As she snuggled closer to him.
"Yeah get up when I do," Luke said as he closed his eyes.
"Mmm Hmm" Was her only reply. They were both sound asleep within minutes.
Jess lay in bed trying to digest what he has just heard. It's not like he was listening on purpose, but Lorelai had woken him up when she was trying to wake Luke up. Besides he wanted to know why the hell Rory was arrested in the first place. He was worried about her. And then when Lorelai started to tell Luke what happened he couldn't help but listen. He couldn't believe Rory would do something like that. That wasn't who she was, he was the screw up not her. He was pulled out of his thoughts by something that sounded oddly familiar to Jail house rock. He followed the sound over to Luke's bed and realized it was Lorelai's cell phone. Neither Luke nor Lorelai moved so Jess grabbed the phone.
"Hello?"
"Jess?"
"Rory?"
"Yeah is my mom there?"
"Yeah."
"Can I talk to her?"
"She's sleeping. Do you want me to wake her up?"
"No. It's ok. I just woke up and she wasn't here and I didn't know where she was. But now that I know she's ok and she's with Luke. I think I'm going to try to go back to sleep." Rory was babbling now and she wasn't really sure why.
"Ok. Hey Rory?"
"Yeah?"
"Umm how are you?"
"I've been better. How about you?"
"I'm ok"
"Did my mom tell you what happened?"
"Kind of"
"Well ok then. I think I'm going to go to bed now."
"Ok"
"Bye Jess"
"Bye Rory"
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