Chapter 20
Lorelai has been pregnant for a month and a half. She's 3 months pregnant, and still hasn't told her mother, but the town knows.
Luke's Diner
Lorelai and Luke are getting ready to leave
"Come on Luke! We need to get to the doctor fast! I need to see my baby!" Lorelai said impatiently.
"Lorelai would you relax, we will not be late. Caesar, we're heading out now!" Luke said putting his watch on.
"Finally!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's go." Luke said heading out of the diner.
"Are you guys on you're way to the doctor?" Lucy said passing them in the street.
"Yeah."
"Tell me how my brother or sister is when you get back okay; I'm going home to study."
"Okay Hon, have fun." Lorelai said giving her daughter a kiss.
"Okay, now we're really going to be late." Luke said.
"Oh hush. Let's go bye Lucy." Lorelai said.
"Bye." Lucy said.
Doctor's Office
Lorelai and Luke are sitting in the waiting room
"How many more minutes?" Lorelai asked Luke for the 6th time.
"2 minutes since the last time you asked me." Luke said.
Lorelai leaned back in her seat, let out a breath, and said, "I can't take this anymore. I don't like to wait."
"No," Luke said sarcastically. "I would never have guessed."
"Don't get smart with me, mister." Lorelai said. "How many more minutes?"
"Lorelai…" Luke said.
"Lorelai Gilmore." The doctor called.
"Finally!" Lorelai said standing up, followed by Luke.
They went into the room and the doctor said, "Hello Lorelai, it's nice to see you again."
It better be nice after all the time I had to wait, Lorelai thought. She smiled and said, "You too, Dr. Gray."
"Luke nice to see you." Dr. Gray said shaking Luke's hand.
"Same to you."
"Okay, let's get started. Now Lorelai, I'm going to need you to lie down so we can do the ultrasound." Dr. Gray said.
"Okay." Lorelai said lying on her back.
Dr. Gray put the jelly on her stomach and turned the machine on. He moved searched around with that mouse-like thing (A/N: I don't really know what it's called).
"Well you definitely are going very well, very healthy."
"They?" Lorelai said with a surprised tone.
"That's right, they. You're having triplets."
"Tr-tr-triplets?" Lorelai stuttered.
"Yes."
"Luke, we're having triplets."
"I heard." Luke said shocked.
"I will just leave you two alone for a few minutes." Dr. Gray said, and he left the room.
"Luke, are you okay?"
"I-I-I'm just shocked. I mean I was beginning to wonder why you looked so big for three months."
"So was I." Lorelai said. "So…what are we going to do, I mean how are we going to do this?"
"We'll get through. I know it." Luke said. It was quiet. Luke and Lorelai were deep into their own thoughts.
"Hey Luke?" Lorelai said breaking the silence.
"Yeah?"
"Where are we going to live?" Lorelai said quietly.
He hadn't thought about that. Luke just stood there. "Well, I was planning on buying the Twickham. I don't have it anymore, but Taylor said surprisingly no one has bought it yet. We could, you know check it out, I mean if you want. We don't have to." Luke said babbling.
"We could…check it out…just to see." Lorelai said, also babbling.
"Uh okay, that's a plan. Is later, uh okay for you?"
"Yeah, it's fine."
"Okay." Dr. Gray said coming back into the room. "The approximate due date is May 31st. 2006, but you'll be on bed rest before then."
"Bed rest?" Lorelai whined.
"Yes, it's good to not do any physical activity when they babies are near to delivery, especially multiples."
"Aww." Lorelai whined.
"What physical activity do you ever do?" Luke questioned.
"Hey, it's not the physical activity part, 'cause all of Stars Hollow knows Lorelai Gilmore isn't a fan of physical activity. It's the bed rest part."
"Oh well." Luke said.
"Hey!" Lorelai said hitting Luke on the arm lightly.
"And you have to watch your health, that means you'll need to eat fruits and vegetables, and you may have a little bit of junk food from time to time, but don't over do it, and absolutely no caffeine."
"What, no coffee?"
"That's right, it could hurt the babies."
Luke smiled and said, "I told you so."
Lorelai stuck out her tongue and said, "On top of everything else, I can't have coffee and I have to eat rabbit food?"
"That's about it." Dr. Gray said.
"Okay." Lorelai pouted. "Thank you Dr. Gray."
"Your welcome, I will see you in a few months."
On the Way Back to Stars Hollow
Lorelai and Luke are driving in silence.
"So…Luke are you sure you're okay? I know this is sort of a shock, and so soon, but-" Lorelai said and Luke cut her off.
"Lorelai of course, I'm fine. I know it's a shock, but as I said, we'll make it, and now, you don't have to do it alone." Luke said.
"Yeah, you're right."
They drove up towards the Twickham house.
"Okay, let's go check it out." Luke said.
"Okay."
They got out of the truck and Lorelai held on to Luke's hand. Luke smiled. They went inside.
"Wow." Lorelai said looking at all the space inside. "It's big. It's nice. It looks so different without the whole museum display."
"Yeah. Do you want to see upstairs?" Luke asked.
"Sure." They went upstairs. "Wow, it has a lot of rooms. Very spacious." Lorelai said in awe.
They looked around some more.
"What'll happen to my house?" Lorelai asked.
"Well I was thinking that we could keep your house. I mean you love that house, you practically grew up there. I know it'll be a lot to care for, but maybe we could give it to Rory, you know, when she's ready."
Lorelai smiled. "Are you always thinking about us?" she asked.
"Every minute of everyday. You, Rory, and Lucy, you mean the world to me. I would do anything for you."
Lorelai gave Luke a kiss and said, "I'll sleep on it and let you know in the morning or something. Let's go back to the diner. I'm hungry and I'm eating for four."
"Okay." Luke said and they left.
Luke's Diner
Lorelai is eating at the counter and Lucy comes in
"Hey Mom." Lucy said giving Lorelai a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Sweets. How've you been?" Lorelai said.
"Good. How's my brother or sister?" Lucy asked.
"Well, actually, I wanted to talk to you about that." Lorelai said. "Luke she's here."
Luke came out from the kitchen and said, "Hey Lucy."
"Hi Luke. So, what is it you guys want to tell me?"
"Uh, Luc, you aren't going to have one brother or sister." Lorelai said.
"What, why, did you have a miscarriage?" Lucy asked worriedly.
"No, Luc, I'm fine, the babies are fine." Lorelai said.
"Babies? Are you having twins?"
"More like triplets." Luke said.
Lucy opened her eyes wide and said, "Triplets?"
"Yeah." Lorelai said.
"Oh boy, oh boy." Lucy said dazed.
"Are you okay?" Lorelai asked.
"I'm going to go take a walk." Lucy said getting up and not answering Lorelai's question.
"It could've gone better." Lorelai said when Lucy shut the diner door.
"I guess, but she'll be fine. It's a lot of change for her right now. Maybe she can't handle it just yet." Luke said.
"Yeah, she was never really one for change. I hope she's okay."
"She will be." Luke said comfortingly. "Now all we have to do is tell the rest of the town, Rory, and you're parents."
Author's Note: I know it's kind of weird that Lorelai's having triplets, but when I was in math class today, the idea just came to me, so I wrote it down instead of doing homework. Tell me if I should redo it or not, or if it's too weird.