As soon as Rory's classes were finished on Friday, she raced back to her dorm room, grabbed the bag she'd already packed, left a quick note for Paris explaining that she'd be in Stars Hollow for a while, then went to her car and started her journey home. When she finally made it home, she was surprised to find that no-one was there. She let herself in anyway and put her stuff in her old room. On the kitchen table she found a note:

Rory-

We're at the doctor's for a checkup. Should be home around 5:30. See you soon.

Luke & Mom

Rory looked at the clock. 4:45 it read. Since she had some time before her Mom and Luke returned, she decided to go visit Lane. She left the house and walked towards the center of town, where Lane's apartment was. She knocked, but no-one was home. She went to the Antique shop, where Lane's mom worked, but it was shut. Where is everyone? She thought. She looked towards Ms. Patty's and noticed that a sign reading Town meeting in progress was taped to the door. Town meeting? But those are usually in the evenings! Her curiosities aroused, she made her way to the dance studio and slid open the door. The murmur subsided at once. Taylor looked at her from the podium with a guilt expression on his face. As she looked around the room, she spotted Lane, Zach and Mrs. Kim, as well as almost everyone else. The only people she couldn't see were Lorelai and Luke.

"What's going on here, Taylor?"

"Just a town meeting, young lady. And if you don't mind, we'd like to get on with our discussion." Says Taylor, obviously peeved.

"Oh, ok, sorry for disturbing you." She takes a seat in the back

"Uh, Rory, I think it's best that you don't stay." Whispers Lane from beside her

"Why not? It's a town meeting; I've been coming to these things for as long as I can remember."

"But this… This one is different."

"Girls, do you mind taking your conversation outside?" snaps Taylor

"Sure. C'mon Rory, let's go." Lane gets up and Rory reluctantly follows.

"What is up with that Lane? What were they talking about?"

"About your Mom and Luke's relationship."

"What? What are they planning to do, try and split them up, like before?"

"Yeah, something along those lines."

"But that's outrageous! They can't do that! I'm gonna give Taylor a piece of my mind!" Rory starts back towards the door but Lane catches her arm.

"That's not a good idea Rory. Just leave them be, I'm sure it's harmless. Taylor's frustrated because the cucumbers are smaller than usual; this is just his way of relieving his frustration."

"Okay, okay. But if anything major happens, call me, okay? I have to go now; Mom and Luke will be home soon."

"Okay. It's nice to see you again, I missed you."

"I missed you too!"

They hug, and then Rory goes off in the direction of her house. When she gets there, she sees that Luke's truck is parked in front of the house. She runs up the front steps and bursts through the door.

"Mom? Luke?" Rory calls

"Kitchen!" replies Lorelai

Rory comes into the kitchen and sees Lorelai sitting there with Luke, and a piece of paper in her hands.

"What's that Mom?"

"The results of an ultrasound. The doctor told us the gender today."

"Ooh, what is it? Brother or sister?"

"You get… drum roll please…" Rory bangs her hands on the table "A little brother!"

"Wow! A brother… That's so cool! Have you decided on a name?"

"Yes. If it was a girl it was going to Victoria Emily…"

"Wow, you were going to name your daughter after your mother?" interrupts Rory

"Yes, we were. And, since it's a boy, it's going to be named William Lucas."

"After Luke's dad and Luke?"

"Yeah, exactly."

"That's a great name. I'm sure the baby will be adorable. When are you going to tell the town?"

"In three weeks, at the wedding."

"Ooh, good idea. Have you picked up the dresses yet, by the way?"

"Yeah, I did yesterday. Can you try yours on, just to make sure?"

"Sure. Where are they?"

"In my bedroom. Luke, you stay here, because you're not allowed to see them until the wedding."

"Ok Lorelai, whatever."

Lorelai and Rory head up the stairs. When Lorelai takes her dress out of the box, Rory gasps.

"That is going to look so great on you Mom! Put it on, please?"

"Fine, but you put yours on too; I want to make sure it fits."

Lorelai goes into the bathroom with her dress then comes out a few moments later. It is long enough so that it trails slightly behind her as she walks. It is strapless, and the area around her bust has small pearls sewn in a swirly pattern. Rory whistles

"Wow that looks amazing Mom. Absolutely gorgeous."

"Thanks Hon. Now you put yours on."

Rory's dress in light blue with spaghetti straps. It goes all the way to the floor and is tight around her chest but loose everywhere else. As she exits the bathroom, she twirls around, and the dress flies up around her.

"It fits!" Rory exclaims

"You look great Hon, really. Logan won't know what hit him."

"Thanks. If you don't mind, I'm going to take it off; I don't want to ruin it."

"That's fine. You should probably be getting ready for dinner, you have to leave soon."

"Oh! Right."

Rory goes to her room and gets changed for dinner. When she comes out, Lorelai is flopped out on the couch watching TV.

"So I guess you're not coming with me?"

"You guessed right."

"Aw, come one Mom. Please?"

"No Hon, I can't go back there, not yet. I'll meet you at Luke's after though."

"Fine. I should go or else I'll be late."

"Okay. Bye Hon." Rory turns to leave. "Oh, Rory?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't tell Emily anything."

"Oh… Okay I won't."

And with that Rory steps out the door.

After watching TV for a while, Lorelai gets bored. She gets up off the couch and grabs her coat off the hook. Letting the door bang shut behind her, she goes down her steps and across her yard towards the town. More specifically towards Luke's diner. When she gets there she is surprised to see that there's no one there, not even Kirk! She goes in anyway, because Luke is cleaning the counter. When she opens the door, the bell jangles and Luke looks up.

"Oh… hey."

"Hey handsome. Where is everybody?"

"Town meeting. I thought you'd be there too."

"I didn't know there was a town meeting… Oh well, I'd rather stay here with you."

"Where's Rory? When I left she was with you."

"She had to go to dinner. But she's gonna meet us here after."

"Ok."

At the Gilmore mansion, Rory was just pulling up and going to the front door when she heard yelling from inside the house. She stepped back for a moment, and considered going back to her car but her curiosities were aroused so she put her ear to the door The voices were muffled but she could make out the words fairly well.

"How could you do that?" Richard's voice thundered

"How could I do that? Lorelai was the one who waited for 5 months to tell us she was pregnant!"

"You had no reason to react like that; you should be happy she told us at all! You should be happy for Luke proposing to her! You should be happy for her, period!"

"Of course, this is all my fault! It's always my fault! This is just like when she got pregnant with Rory! Nothing good came of that, nothing good will come of this!" Screamed Emily

Hearing this, Rory burst through the door.

"How dare you talk about me like that? You always said you were proud of me, since when am I nothing good?" pausing to take a breath, Rory continues "When Dad was here and Straub and Francine attacked Mom you said I was never a disappointment; what happened to that?" With that, Rory storms out the door and gets back in her car. Emily runs to the door and calls to her; but Rory ignores her.

A/N: I hope you all liked this chapter. The next chapter should be up by sunday. Please continue to Read & Review, it's easy, just click the little blue-grey button in the lower left hand corner ;).