A/N: I got 15 reviews! That's the most I have ever gotten for one chapter. If you can't tell, I'm very happy. Please keep going with the reviews…I love them.
gilmoregrly4life Congrats! You're the one who broke 100! You asked if Laci was showing, and that's a good question. I never really thought about it before. I guess people can tell that she's gained some weight, but I don't think she is showing. So, to answer your question, no she is not showing.
ProFfeSser That is really funny about your friend's mom. My mom went through it when I was 10 (I was the mistake baby. All of my sibling are older then me, a lot older then me. The oldest is 34 and I'm only 16.) I remember this one time, my mom took me to the movies and we actually had to get up and leave because she was having a hot flash! I didn't know what was going on at the time, but it was still really embarrassing. I'll always remember that. I even remember what movie it was and what was happening when we left. I tried to get in touch with you because of your menopausal denial knowledge. I was just wondering if you think I should have Lorelai tell Rory in this chapter, but I'm going to try to have her not tell her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" It was all Rory could get out.
"What?"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"What didn't I tell you?" Lorelai was trying to play dumb.
"Mom…"
"Rory, please."
"Please what? I'm just asking you a question. Why didn't you want me to know?"
"I'm sorry, I have to go."
"Mom!"
"I'm sorry. I'll see you next week at Friday night dinner."
"Mom. Mom! Mom?"
"If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again. If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again. If you'd…" The operator repeated over and over again.
Lorelai hung up on Rory, and put the phone back on the charger.
When Luke got home from work, a few hours earlier then expected, he found Lorelai on their bed crying. He picked her up, and began comforting her. After awhile, Lorelai felt better and began to break away from Luke.
"I love you, Luke. I don't know what I would do with out you."
"I love you too. How about we go out tonight? We can go anywhere you want."
"Nah, I'd rather just stay in."
"You would?"
"Yeah. Maybe we can send Laci over to Mandy's for the night, and we can send Liam over to Dan's. We'd have the house all to ourselves." Lorelai bribed.
"That sounds great, but Laci can't go to Mandy's. We can have her go to Rory's if you want."
"Why can't Laci go to Mandy's?" Lorelai asked.
"She didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"I can't believe she told me, but not you." Luke teased.
"Luke! Why can't she go to Mandy's?"
"Let's just say that Mandy didn't take the news very well."
"Poor girl. I feel so bad for her."
"Yeah. We could make her go to Rory's."
"No, I think I'll spend the night with her. I feel so bad for her. Thinking about what she's going through breaks my heart. Maybe I'll take her to the movies or to the movie store."
"No. No, no, no, no, no. You can't do this to a man!"
"Do what?"
"Tell him that you're going to give him sex, and then back out. You can't back out like that."
"I never mentioned anything about sex." Lorelai joked.
"You have no idea how mean you are."
"If I'm so mean then I guess we aren't going to be haven't sex today." Lorelai said as she climbed on Luke's lap.
"Are you sure you're up to this?" Luke asked.
"I'm sure."
Within seconds, Lorelai and Luke were doing something that wasn't so common in their life's. Just as fast as it started, it stopped. Lorelai let out a small whimper and started crying. Luke rolled off of her, and got up to get dressed.
"Where are you going?" A still crying Lorelai asked.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, I promise."
"I know. I'm just…I don't know what's happening to me. I can't even make love to my husband anymore. I feel so ashamed."
"Oh Lorelai, there is no reason to be ashamed."
"Luke, I don't know what to do. My life isn't my life anymore."
"I know. Everything will be back to normal soon."
"No, no it won't. This whole process can take up to five years."
"Really?"
"Yes." Lorelai confirmed.
"It's okay. Why don't we get dressed, and go get a book about it? I think it would really help us out."
"I guess so. Do you want to go out to dinner after?"
"That would be nice."
"Great, I'll go get dressed."
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The next day was Monday, and that meant school for Laci and Liam. Liam didn't mind school; he was one of the smartest kids in his class at Chilton. Laci on the other hand, hated school. Even though her brother went to Chilton, Laci went to Stars Hollow High.
Laci hadn't seen Mandy since Saturday night, and she was hoping that she would be able to avoid her today. Laci was wearing a pair of jeans and a big shirt to hide her growing stomach. She kept telling herself that she only had one week left and then school would be over.
As Laci walked to her seat in first period math, she could hear all the whispers. At first she thought that something big had happened to one of the kids in school, but then she realized that they were all whispering about. She sat down and took out her notebook. She was trying to block out everything that they were saying, but she could still hear them loud and clear.
On her way to child development, second period, she heard even more people talking about her. Some people even called her names like 'preggy' or 'preggers'. She had been called a name on Friday, but this time was different. This time the whole school was calling her names. Once she heard the names, she practically ran to her class.
The same things happened on the way to English, history, and biology. By sixth period the nurse had called her down to her office to talk about her condition. At first the nurse had told her that there were rumors going around about her being pregnant, and Laci felt like saying "No shit Sherlock", but she knew she had to hold back. The nurse was about to give her a pregnancy test when Laci yelled "I am pregnant, and it isn't any of your God damn business."
Laci ended up getting in trouble for cursing at the nurse, so that took care of seventh period, which was gym. It was finally eighth period, the last period of the day, study hall. Laci took a seat at one of the desks, turned her Ipod on as loud as it would go, and buried her head in her arms.
The bell finally rang, and Laci made her way to her locker. When she saw Mandy standing in front of her locker, her first instinct was to go the other direction, but she didn't, instead she went right up to her.
"You're blocking my locker, I suggest you move." Laci snapped.
"Laci…"
"Move!" Laci shouted.
"Laci…"
"I hate you!" Laci yelled as she stormed off.
Laci left school and walked straight for the Inn. Again everyone was making comments about her. When she was younger she would walk to the Inn everyday after school with Sookie's kids. She had memorized the number of steps it took to get there, the number of minutes it took, and the number of houses that she passed. It normally only took five minutes to get there, but today it felt like it was taking longer.
Once Laci got there, she went into her mother's office, and waited for her to come in. Lorelai wasn't expecting her to come, because Laci hadn't in awhile. Laci stopped going to the Inn after school when she was 13, the age when she grew apart from Lorelai. When Lorelai was done doing whatever she was doing, she walked into her office and saw Laci sitting on a chair rubbing her stomach. Laci got up from the chair and ran over to Lorelai. Lorelai wrapped her arms around her daughter and held her closely until Laci looked up at her.
"Mandy told everyone." Laci whispered.
Lorelai just took her daughter and regained a hold of her.
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