A/N: Everything in this chapter was not supposed to happen for a few more months but I got kind of bored and decided to do it now. Thanks for all the reviews! I am too tired to refer to any reviews now so I'll do that in the next chapter. It's 1:35 AM here and I'm slowly drifting to sleep. I'm very sorry but I did not have time to look this over at all because I hurt my back the other day and like I said before it's really late. So I'm apologizing ahead of time for any mistakes.

It was now December 23, and for once everything was going great for the Gilmore-Danes' family. After Lorelai's little incident, she began going to therapy once week, and she took anti-depressants once a day. Luke made sure that Lorelai took her meds and went to the doctor when she was supposed to. Nobody wanted Lorelai to think about suicide ever again.

Luke did not mention anything to Laci about Lorelai trying to kill herself. He felt that if he told Laci what had happened she would blame herself and things would get a lot worse for her. She still came to the diner every Wednesday and she called Luke once a day. On occasion Lorelai would stop by and say hello to her daughter at the diner, but she never said more then a simple hello

Rich was still making Laci have sex with him every night, sometimes he made her have sex with him more then once a day. Those were the days that Laci dreaded the most. Rich had agreed for Laci to attend Luke's birthday party last month in exchange for sex everyday after breakfast for that whole week. Laci took the offer because she knew that Lorelai really wanted her to at the party.

Today when Rich got home from work, Laci asked his permission to go to Christmas dinner at her parents. At first he said no, but he quickly changed his mind because Laci being gone meant that 'the guys' could come over. He even told her that if she really wanted to, she could sleep there on Christmas Eve and then again on Christmas night. Laci accepted the offer and called Luke, unfortunately for her, Lorelai answered the phone.

"Hello?" Lorelai answered. "Hello? Is anyone there?"

"Yeah. Is Luke there?" Laci disguised her voice.

"No, I'm sorry. He's not here right now. Who may I ask is calling?" Lorelai asked, even though she had a pretty good idea of who it was.

"Um…no that's okay. I'll try back at another time."

Laci hung up the phone and threw it onto the sofa. This caused Landon to awake and start to cry. Laci walked over to the playpen and picked up her four month old son. She rubbed his back until he calmed down a little bit and then put him in his swing. As soon as she had him in the swing the phone started to ring.Laci made her way over to phone and picked it up, not paying attention to the caller id.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Laci." Lorelai said softly.

"How did you get this number?" Laci started to panic, because Rich was just in the other room.

"It was on the caller id from when you called before. You didn't think that you actually fooled me did you?"

"Ye…no."

"So, when you called what did want? Is it anything that I could help you with?" Lorelai asked.

"No, well I guess so. I just wanted to tell Dad that Rich said that I can sleep over on Christmas Eve and stay the whole next day and then sleep over again on Christmas. I figured he would be happy."

"Yeah, he will definitely be happy. Hey you know I'm happy too. Maybe we can have a movie night and watch A Christmas Story, it's a classic…"

Lorelai continued to ramble on but Laci wasn't paying any attention. Rich had just come out of the bathroom and was holding a pregnancy test in the air. She placed the phone down on the coffee table, and began to back away from him. With each step Rich took, Laci took one step back. She had finally approached the wall, and there was no where else for her to go. Rich was finally right in front of her waving the pregnancy test in her face.

"What the hell is this?" Rich yelled.

"It's um…its what looks like."

"How could you do this!"

"I'm sorry. I told you it would happen sooner or later. That's what we get for not using protection." Laci said.

"No, this is what we get for you not using protection." Rich pointed his finger towards Laci.

"You told me I couldn't. You said that you didn't believe in the pill and the condom felt weird. Don't you remember?" Laci asked.

"You're getting an abortion. First thing tomorrow!" Rich yelled while avoiding the topic.

"The clinic is closed tomorrow, plus I'm not getting an abortion. I would never do that."

"Oh yes you are! YOU WILL GET AN ABORTION WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!"

"Rich, I can't. I just can't do that. I'm sorry. I'll do anything but that, please!" Laci begged.

"You have to! I could be charged with rape! Do you know how much that could hurt my reputation?"

"Rich. I would never charge you with rape. As much as I don't want another baby, I CAN NOT have an abortion. Please?"

"Fine…" Rich thought for a moment and continued. "You will give this baby up for adoption. You will not tell anyone about the baby, not even your father. You will carry it full term and then, after you give birth, you will give it up for adoption. Understood?"

"Yes, I guess that's better then nothing. Thank you!"

"Yeah, yeah. I'm going out. I'll be back later."

Rich threw the pregnancy test at Laci and marched out of the apartment. Laci just stood staring at the stairs that Rich had just walked down. Did he really tell her that she didn't have to get an abortion? Did he really tell her that she could give it up for adoption?

"Hello? Laci, are you still there?" Lorelai was still on the other end of the phone, and little did Laci know she had heard the whole thing.

Laci ran over to the phone and pressed it against her ear. "Yeah, Mom. I'm still here. Sorry about that. What were we talking about?" Laci asked as if nothing had happened.

"Um…A Christmas Story… so what were you and Rich talking about?"

"Oh, nothing, just some things. So…um I'll see you tomorrow at two. Tell Dad I called, okay?"

"Yeah, sure. Hey, I love you. You know that right?"

"Yeah, I know that. I love you too. I'll see you tomorrow."

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Lorelai was waiting on the porch when Luke came home. Although she wasn't too pleased with what she heard when she was on hold with her daughter, she was thrilled with the fact that her daughter and grandson were going to be spending Christmas with them. When she saw Luke pull into the driveway she got up and ran over to him.

"She's coming home, Luke! She's coming home!" Lorelai said as she hugged him.

"Who's coming home, Lorelai?"

"Laci. Laci's coming home!" Lorelai cheered.

"What, since when?" Luke was obviously confused.

"Since early today! She called for you and when I answered she pretended like it wasn't her, by the way, she learned that technique from me. I told her that you weren't here and then about ten minutes later I called her back…"

"You called her back! Why would you do that?" Luke raised his voice.

"I wanted to talk to my daughter. Is there a problem with that?"

"You can NOT call her there!"

"Why? Nothing happened." Lorelai lied. This whole abortion/adoption was her secret, NOT Luke's.

"Are you sure that nothing happened?"

"Yes! Now can I please finish my story?"

"Yes, go ahead."

"Well she told me that Rich agreed to let her spend Christmas Eve and Christmas night overnight here. Isn't that great? Luke?"

"Yeah, that's great. We should start getting her room ready for her. Come on!"

Luke took Lorelai's hand and led her to Laci's bedroom. She hadn't been in there since, well since the day before she tried to kill herself. The therapist told Luke not to let her in there unless he was absolutely sure that she could handle it. He knew that the timing was right and together they opened the door and went into the room. They took in the scent of the room. It smelt like an old lady's attic that hadn't been open in ages. Lorelai was beginning to feel overwhelmed with both sadness and joy. Luke noticed this and told her that she should go get sheets for Laci's bed and some air freshener. While Lorelai was gone Luke opened a window to let some fresh air in. He also went into the closet and pulled out the porta-crib that they used when ever Rory's kids spent the night. By the time he had the whole porta-crib put together; Lorelai had made the bed and sprayed the room with cinnamon and sugar air fragrance.

"This is going to be nice." Lorelai said. "It's going to be just like old times. When is Liam getting here?"

"I think around two tomorrow. Why? When is Laci getting here?"

"Same time. Hey, we need to go shopping!"

"For what?" Luke huffed.

"For diapers, silly! Laci should not have to pack all those diapers and wipes when we can buy them for her! Plus, you need to get the food for tomorrow and Christmas!"

"Fine, we'll go to Doose's in the morning."

"Doose's, why Doose's? We should go to Shopright! We have A LOT of food to buy and Doose's barely has any of the things that we need!" Lorelai chimed.

"Okay. We will go to Shopright tomorrow, but right now we need to go to sleep. I have a feeling that you won't be getting much sleep with in the next two days!"

"Luke, what if…what if she's changed? What if we don't get along anymore? Does she even know about what happened?"

Luke knew that this was going to come up. He knew it was going to come up tonight and he knew it was going to come up tomorrow night and the night after. It was part of the reason why Luke wasn't as excited as he should be. He promised Lorelai that he would tell Laci, but he never got around to it, and he had promised himself that he would tell Lorelai about Laci but he didn't get around to that either. All he knew was that now was not the time.

"I haven't told her. I'm sorry."

"Why didn't you tell her?"

"I figured that if I told her then she would think that everything was her fault and well things aren't going so great for her right now. I'm sorry, but I really don't see the need to tell her."

"Yeah, I guess you are right. If we talk enough this weekend then I guess I'll bring it up. Now, I don't know about you but I'm exhausted and I am planning on letting my daughter sleep the next couple of nights by taking over baby duty, so I am going to sleep. Goodnight!" Lorelai gave Luke a quick kiss before saying I love you and going upstairs.

The next day was Christmas Eve and everyone was excited! Lorelai and Luke woke up extra early and went shopping. They went to Shopright for all the food and baby supplies and then they went to Toys R' Us to finish up their Christmas shopping. After shopping they went home and cleaned the whole house from top to bottom and wrapped all of the presents.

Two o'clock came around and Liam was first to arrive. One of his school friends's dropped him off the way back to their house. As soon as Lorelai saw the car pull into the drive way, she ran up to him and gave him a gigantic hug and kissed his cheek over and over again. Then she helped him carry his bags inside and up to his old room where he would be sleeping. As soon as Lorelai and Luke got Liam settled in they heard Laci' car appear in the driveway. Luke went out to help her with all her things while Lorelai stayed up in Liam's room with him.

"Hey, Laci! Come give your dad a hug!"

Laci did as she was told and then took Landon's car seat out of the back seat and handed it to Luke while she grabbed all of her things. Laci put her things in her old bedroom and then went into the living room to sit with Luke and Landon.

"So, Lace…you have no idea how happy me and your mom are that you are back!"

"Well I have a pretty good idea about how happy you are…hey where is Mom anyway?" Laci asked.

"She's upstairs with Liam in his room. We can go up if you want?"

"Nah…I think I'll go up by myself. Here can I have my baby?"

"No problem. Tell your mother that I am running out to the diner for awhile, okay?"

"Yup."

Laci climbed the stairs to Liam's bedroom and stood in doorway listening to her mom and brother talk. She wanted to go inside and sit on the bed with, but she couldn't find it in her. Who was she to go in there and ruin their day? Laci thought. Just as she was about to go downstairs she heard somebody calling her name.

"Hey." She said.

"Hey. Why don't you come and join us in here?" Lorelai asked.

"I was actually going to go down…." Laci looked at Lorelai's face and knew that she had to join them. "I'd love to join you guys." Laci followed Lorelai into the room and then sat on the floor with Landon. She began to tickle him and he let a really big laugh which caused Lorelai and Laci to laugh, but not Liam. "Oh, Dad wants me to tell you that he's going to check up on things at the diner." Laci said to no one in particular.

"Ok, thanks. Mom, is it okay if I go with him? I haven't really seen him for awhile and…"

"Yes Liam, its okay."

"See you later Mom." Liam gave Lorelai a kiss on the check and left the room.

"So…Laci, what's new?" Lorelai asked.

"Nothing."

"That's good I guess. Um…so how are things working out for you and Rich?"

"Great! He really loves Landon and I. We all get along like great." Laci lied.

"That's nice. I missed you."

"I missed you too. Guess what?"

"What?"

"I know how to cook!"

"Really? When did you learn how to cook?"

"The day I moved in with Rich. I've been going him breakfast and dinner everyday, well almost everyday. Sometimes I even cook him lunch. I was wondering if you maybe wanted to make an apple pie with me today. You know for desert tonight? I mean I know that we aren't celebrating tonight with Rory's family and all but me, you, Dad, and Liam will still be here. I just thought it was a nice idea."

"Yeah, that is a good idea. What do we need to make it?" Lorelai asked.

"We need a lot! Let's go shopping!"

"Okay, but first…can I please hold my grandson? I'm dying over here."

"Yeah, of course you can. I'm going to pee before we go and I'll bring get our coats and the stroller. We're walking, right?"

"Walking sounds nice. I'll come down stairs with you and get this little bundle are cozy and warm in this snow suit and then I'll put him in the stroller, that way, you only have to worry about yourself."

"Thanks Ma."

"Your welcome and we will see you outside."

When the girls got back from getting all the ingredients for the apple pie, Lorelai put Landon down for a nap while Laci got everything ready. Once Landon was asleep, Lorelai joined Laci in the kitchen. She could not believe how much Laci had grown up in the past couple of months.

"So, kid…things are really going go good for you?" Lorelai asked.

"Yes…why do ask?"

"I don't know. I was just wondering."

"Okay. Hey…do you want to cut and peel the apples?"

"I'd love to. Throw some to me!"

"Mom, I am not going to throw you the apples. We will have apple sauce all over the floor. Although, if that did happen…you'd be the one to clean it up."

"Yadaya. And, while you are at it….through me the knife!" Lorelai joked.

"Not funny, so not funny!'

"Ahh…yes it was!"

"No it wasn't! You know what? Hold that though…my cell is ringing."

Laci dried her hands on the dish towel and checked the caller id on her cell phone. It was Rich. She could answer it, and hope he wasn't going to force her to come home or she could ignore it and answered all of Lorelai's questions.

"Hello?" She answered

"Hey, Babe."

"What's up?"

"I just wanted to warn you…"

"About what?"

"I was going to tell you but you didn't let me finish. I was going to warn you not to tell your parents about the baby."

"I know. I wasn't planning on it."

"Well whenever you feel like you're going to let it slip, just remember if you tell….I will put a knife to your stomach."

Laci flinched, and it didn't go unnoticed by Lorelai. "Okay."

"You understand, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay, well I will see you in a few days. Oh and don't do anything stupid that could hurt the baby. We need it to be perfect so the adoption goes quicker."

"Okay. I'll see you soon. Bye."

Laci hung up the phone and looked at her mother who had been looking at her the whole time. "That was Rich. He just wanted to make sure that we got here okay." Laci lied.

"Here…um…I finished cutting the apples."

"Thanks." Laci began to get a slight be nauseas when she was handed the peeled apples. "I'll be right." She said as she darted to the bathroom.

After a few minutes Lorelai knocked softly on the bathroom door and went inside. Laci was sitting on the floor with her body against the wall. Her hair was a mess and her face was as white as a ghost. Lorelai sat down next to her daughter and put her arm around her.

"So, would you like to tell me what's going on?" Lorelai asked.

"Nothing is."

"Laci…"

"Mom, if there was something going on I would tell you."

"I know that there is something and you aren't telling me. I could help you if you told me."

"I can't, I'm sorry."

"Laci…"

"Just forget about the apple pie. I'm going to go lay down."

"Um…Okay. Go rest up in my room. You know, that way when Landon wakes up he won't wake you up?"

"Yeah, thanks mom."

As soon as Laci was upstairs, Lorelai called Sookie and asked her to come over to help her finish the pie. Sookie rushed over as fast as she could and helped Lorelai finish the pie. Half way through making the pie Landon woke up. Lorelai went into the room and took the crying baby out of the porta-crib. Lorelai brought the infant out to the kitchen and sat down in a chair.

Lorelai started to play with him the way his own mother had earlier in the day. The little boy started to laugh which caused Sookie and Lorelai both to laugh. Landon then put his mouth on Lorelai's shirt and began to suck.

"You must be hungry little guy. Let's see if mommy has any bottles in her bag. Hmm…no bottles here." Landon began to cry, he was obviously hungry. "Hey, Sook, do you think I should wake Laci up to feed him?"

"Gee, I don't know. Does she need the sleep?" Sookie asked.

"Yeah."

"Then I don't think so. I think he can wait."

Landon continued to cry for a good five minutes so Lorelai decided to bring him up to his mother. Laci was sound asleep on the bed with her hand on her stomach. Lorelai sat down next to her and gently started to shake her. The shaking isn't what woke her up, the crying is what woke he up.

"Sorry to wake you, but your little boy here needs to eat." Laci just nodded and then realized where her hand was. She quickly took her hand off of her stomach and looked at Lorelai. "Do you want your baby?" Lorelai asked.

"What? How did you…"

"Know? I know because I am a mother too and I know that babies need to eat. So, do you want your baby?"

Laci snapped out of it. "Yeah, yeah, yes I do. Can you hand him to me?"

"Sure, here you go. I'll be downstairs unless you want to talk…"

"No, I'm good. Thanks though."

"Anytime."

Laci came downstairs an hour later with Landon in her hands. When she walked into the kitchen she saw her mother sitting at the table reading a magazine and a finished apple pie on the stove. Laci put Landon in his seat which was placed on the table next to Lorelai, and hugged her mother. Just then Luke and Liam walked into the kitchen.

"What smells so good?" Liam asked.

"It's apple pie." Lorelai answered.

"You didn't make it, did you? Please tell me you bought it." Luke said

"No. I didn't make it. I didn't buy it either."

"Then where did it come from?" Luke and Liam said at the same time.

"Laci made it. She figured that we could all it when we watch the first showing of A Christmas Story at midnight tonight."

"No, Lorelai!"

"Luke, come on…its tradition. We always watch the first viewing of A Christmas Story."

"But…TNT plays it for twenty-four hours straight starting at midnight tonight and ended at midnight tomorrow. Why can't we watch it some time during the day?" Luke asked.

"Dad, it really isn't the same." Liam said.

"Yeah, and Mom is right, it's a tradition. Where is your Christmas spirit?" Laci asked.

"Fine, now what do you all want for dinner?"

"What kind of a question is that?" Lorelai and Liam said.

"Gee, sorry for asking. I just figured that the Christmas Eve menu might have changed since last year."

"Dad, stop being such a grump." Liam said.

"Yeah, yeah…why don't you all go into the living room and watch television while I make your Santa Burgers?"

"Okay!" Lorelai cheered.

Lorelai and Liam ran into the living room with Landon and sat on turned on the TV. They were hoping that they could catch the Charlie Brown special that usually showed on Christmas Eve. Laci stayed behind in the kitchen to talk to her father. She was sitting on the counter next to where he was working and was waiting for him to talk.

"How are things going with you and Rich? Is he treating you better?"

"Yeah, he's actually treating me a lot better. He hasn't laid a hand on me in a month."

"That's great, Laci. What made him stop?"

"I don't really know." Laci lied. She didn't want her dad to know that she was having sex every night, what girl would want their dad to know that?

"I see. Hand me the carrots."

"Here you go. So is Mom acting better? You never told me what happened when Rory went over to the Inn that day. You know, that was over two months ago and every time I ask you what happened you still change the subject." Laci said.

"Well nothing really happened. They just talked and stuff."

"Dad…I'm not a baby anymore. Why can't you just tell me?"

"Fine, go sit down on the chair." Laci did as she was told and looked up at her father. "Are you sure about this?"

"I'm sure, just please tell me." Laci begged.

"When Rory went over there, your mom was crying in the corner of her office. She had a bottle of pills in her hand, an opened bottle of pills. Your mom tried to kill herself. She was rushed to the hospital and then the next day she started to see a therapist and she started to take anti-depressants. She's fine now. She's just as good as new so there's nothing to worry about."

"Was it my fault, Dad?"

"No, it was not your fault. It was everyone's fault."

"Wow. I think I'm going to take a walk. I'll be back by the time dinners ready."

"Okay, just go tell your mom since she has Landon."

"Yeah, okay."

Laci walked into the living room.

"Hey mom, is it okay if I go for a walk?"

"Yeah, go! We'll be fine here, right Landon boy?"

"Thanks, Mom."

"Hey, Lace…wait up. Can I come with you?" Liam asked.

"Yeah, sure."

"So, did Dad finally tell you about Mom?" Liam asked, once they were outside.

"Yeah, he just told me now. I can't believe it. Why would she do that and why wouldn't they tell me?"

"Dad said that you have a hard life right now and that's why he wouldn't tell you. How is that going?"

"How's what going?"

"Being a housewife and a mommy."

"It's great, I love it." Laci faked a smile.

"So, why don't you like?"

"I just said that I do like it."

"That was lie, Laci. I can tell when you lie to me."

"Fine. You need to swear not to tell anyone! Dad knows but he only knows part of it. Do you swear you won't tell?"

"Yes, absolutely."

"When I first moved in with Rich, he used to abuse me. He would hit me when he didn't like something that I did, and then he decided that instead of abusing me when I did something 'wrong' he would make me have sex with him." Laci had begun to cry and Rich had his arm around her.

"Now he makes me have sex with him everyday…every freaking day. He doesn't believe in the pill and he doesn't like the way that a condom feels so whenever we have sex, it's unprotected. I found out two days ago that I'm pregnant again, and he found out yesterday. He wanted me to have an abortion but I said no. He actually reasoned with me for once and now I have to give it up for adoption when I give birth. I'm not allowed to tell anyone. I think mom knows but I'm not going to tell her. Do you promise me that you won't tell?"

"Yes, I promise. You said that dad knows right?"

"He knows that Rich used to abuse me and that he stopped. That's all he knows, and I'd like to keep it that way."

"Laci, we need to tell some one. He is forcing you to have sex with him! We have to at least one of our parents." Rich said as he turned around to go back home.

"Where are you going?" Laci asked.

"I'm going to tell either Mom or Dad."

"No! You can't! He told me that if I told anyone he would put a knife to my stomach."

"Laci, you are sixteen and you are on baby number two with a man who abuses you! We have to get you away from him."

"He doesn't abuse me."

"Yes he does. He made not abuse you physically but he abuses you emotionally. I'm sorry but I have to tell Dad."

"If you tell Dad this then I will tell Dad that you sneak college girls up to your little high school dorm at night and they get you drunk and they do lap dances for you."

"That's not even true!"

"Dad doesn't know that. And if I tell him then he will make you come home. HA!"

"Fine, you win. You have to promise me that at the first sight of trouble you and Landon leave, okay?"

"Yes, I promise."

"Good."

Once Liam and Laci returned to the Danes' house, they went into the living room and waited for their dinner. As if on cue, Luke brought out four Santa Burgers, and four sodas. Lorelai and Luke ate with little trays on their laps while Liam and Laci sat on the floor and leaned on the coffee table. After diner everyone went into their rooms to put on their pajamas and then decorated the Christmas tree. Once the Christmas tree was decorated, everyone went into the kitchen for Laci's apple pie and apple cider. Laci took one bite of the apple pie and excused herself from the table to use the restroom. Laci returned ten minutes later to find everyone still in the exact place that they were in before. The only thing that had changed was the fact that all eyes were on her.

"It's time for me to feed Landon. I'll be in my room."

"Laci wait! Are you okay? Were you throwing up in there?" Luke asked.

"No. I was just…I just…I really need to go feed Landon and put him to bed. He normally goes to bed at eight and it's already eleven. I'll be out in time for the movie."

Before anyone else could say anything Laci had taken Landon and had disappeared to her room. She remained in her room until midnight, just as she told her parents she would. When she went into the living room she saw Liam on the end of the sofa sitting next to Luke, and Luke was of course next to Lorelai. Laci took her usual spot next to Lorelai and watched the movie. As soon as the movie was over, everyone scurried into their bedrooms and went to sleep.

Lorelai woke up the next day to the sound of Luke shoveling. She looked out the window to see that Liam was outside helping him. She made her way downstairs to get her coat on when she heard the sound of somebody throwing up. She knocked softly on the door and sure enough Laci was in there.

"Hey, Babe."

"Hey, Mom."

"So, if I remember correctly. We had a run in like this about ten months ago, so this is like a complete deja vu." Lorelai tried to break the ice a little bit with a joke.

"Mom…I'm sorry!" Laci began to cry.

"Well, you should be. This is your second baby and you're just sixteen."
"Mom…I couldn't help it. He and then we couldn't and…"

"Slow down Laci, what happened?"

"He used to abuse me and then instead of abuse he started to have sex with me. I have to have sex with him everyday, even when I have my period. I'm sorry."

"Well, why didn't you guys use protection?"

"He wouldn't let me. He doesn't believe in the pill and he doesn't like the way the condom feels. I didn't want him to hurt me so I went a long with everything he told me to do including that and here I am. I'm so sorry." Laci continued to cry.

"Oh babe, come here. Come sit with me…we'll go into your room." Lorelai put her hand out and helped Laci up and the two girls walked over to Laci's room.

"You can not tell anyone! Promise you won't tell!"

"Laci, I have to. You are not going back there…period!"

"Mom, he threatened to kill the baby if I told. As much as I don't want this baby, I don't want him to kill it, and if I don't go back he's going to come after me. I have to go back there."

"You don't have to do anything that you don't want to do."

"I want to go back there. I need to go back there. If I don't go back…he might kill me and Landon too. Then Dad and you…I just can't let that happen. I'm sorry."

"LACI SNAP OUT OF IT! IT'S MORE DANGEROUS FOR YOU TO STAY THERE THEN IT IS FOR YOU TO COME BACK HOME!" Lorelai screamed which caused Landon to wake up.

"I can't take this from you right now, Mom. I need to concentrate on Landon." Laci started crying harder but still went over and took her son out of his porta crib.

"Laci, I didn't mean to yell. I just don't want you to go back there. I would kill myself if something happened to you and Landon and even the little one inside of you. Please don't go back there. We can send Daddy, Liam, and Baily over later when you think Rich won't be there, and they can get all of your things. Then in the morning we can get a restraining order against him. What do you say?"

"You would…you'd kill yourself if something happened to me? I don't want you to kill yourself, so I guess I'll move back in with you guys."

"Oh Laci, thank you!"

"Your welcome, I guess. He wanted me to have an abortion."

"I know."

"You knew?"

"I knew all along."

"Can I like not tell Dad right away?"

"Sure."

As soon as Luke and Liam came in front outside everyone exchanged Christmas presents. After opening their presents the Luke made everyone Santa Pancakes. Everyone was having a good time. Around three, Rory's family arrived. Once again everyone exchanged presents and shared stories from previous Christmas's.

After Christmas dinner, Luke, Baily, and Liam all went over to Rich's to get Laci's things. They ended up getting lucky because Rich was no there. They were able to gather everything that Laci owned and they made it back safely. After they got back, they watched A Christmas Story again and then said goodbye to Rory's family. Everyone would agree that it wasn't the best first Christmas for Landon, but it was still a very important one for him.

A/N: Oh my God, that was really long! I hoped you all like it. Gee, I can't even think about what to say. LOL. I guess just please review! Please Review!