Chapter 32

Few weeks pass. It's still March. They moved into the Twickham House. All is well.

Lorelai Gilmore's House
Lorelai is lying on the couch; Lucy comes in the front door

"Hi Mom." Lucy called.

"Hey Lucy. I'm in here!" Lorelai said.

"You okay Mom; I mean you don't look so good."

"Thanks Luc." Lorelai said sarcastically. "I'm okay, except these little guys have been kicking all day, I've been getting Braxton Hicks, my feet are killing me, and on top of everything else I'm fat. But who's complaining."

"Well I'm here now; I can get you what you need."

"Thanks babe. I think I'll take you up on that offer. Can you be a doll and get me a glass of water?"

"Sure Mom."

Lorelai leaned back into the couch and began looking through a magazine that was on the coffee table. She sat up and clutched her stomach.

"Ow."

"Here Mom. Are you okay?"

"Oh yeah, I'm fine, you just go do your homework. I'll call you if I need anything." Lorelai said unconvincingly.

"Okay, if you're sure…" Lucy said unsurely.

"I'm sure. You just go."

"Okay." Lucy turned around and walked up the stairs to her new bedroom.

15 minutes later…

Lorelai was still holding her stomach.

"This is not good." Lorelai said to herself. "Lucy! Luc!"

"Yeah Mom?" Lucy said walking down the stairs.

"Do you think you can call Luke?"

"Sure, okay, but why? Are you okay?"

"Oh I'm fine, it's just that I'm in labor."

"Labor?" Lucy said surprised.

"Yeah, so can you call Luke, 'cause we have to go to the hospital, I mean do you really want to have your brothers or sisters at home on the couch?"

"No. Okay, I need to call Luke, I need to call Luke." Lucy said nervously walking around looking for the phone.

"Lucy, Honey, relax, it's okay, I mean it was bound to happen sometime."

"Right, right, so I need to call Luke, so we could go to the hospital. We need to call Luke." Lucy picked up the phone. "Oh my God!"

"What?"

"I don't know Luke's phone number. That's not good. No it's not good. Mom I'm freaking out!"

"Lucy, I'm the one in labor, I should be freaking out. Luke's number's on the fridge."

"Right, fridge. That's a good thing." Lucy dialed Luke's number.

"Luke's." Luke said as he answered the phone.

"Hi Dad."

"Hey Luc. Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing's wrong, except that Mom's labor. She claims she's fine, but I'm freaking out. I don't know what to do and I'm scared."

"She's in labor?"

"Yeah. What do I do?"

"You call Rory. I'll be there soon."

"Got it, call Rory, that's easy, I remember Rory's number."

"Okay Luc. That's good, now calm down. I'll be there soon."

"Okay, see you soon." Lucy hung up the phone. "Luke's coming."

"Thanks Hon. My bag is in the closet. Can you get my shoes for me?"

"Sure Mom. Oh yeah! I have to call Rory. When I'm done, I'll call Rory."

"Lucy?"

"Yeah?"

"Come here." Lucy went over to Lorelai. "Honey, relax. Breath in, breath out. You're going to be a big sister soon."

Lucy let out a breath and said, "Yeah, I am."

"Lorelai are you okay?" Luke said as they drove to the hospital.

"Yeah…I'm fine…these contractions are coming closer together." Lorelai said as she held her stomach.

"How about you Luc, you okay?"

"Oh yeah, I'm fine. I'm in a state of shock, but I'm fine." Lucy said.

"That's good. Did you call Rory?"

"Yeah, she said she'll meet us at the hospital."

"Okay."

"My fiancée is in labor." Luke said to the secretary as they got to the hospital.

"What is the name of your fiancée?" the secretary said.

"Lorelai Gilmore."

"Okay. The doctor will be here soon."

"I'm not sure if you realize this, but these are my first children, and well, I'm kind of nervous, and if my fiancée doesn't get a room soon, I'll be very upset."

"I understand that sir, but you need to wait, the doctor will be here in a moment."

"Do you think we could just skip the rules, I mean I'm sure you can bend the rules sometime."

"Sir, this is a hospital, you're going to have to wait."

"But-"

"Please sit down sir."

"Sit down Dad." Lucy said taking Luke by his hand and leading him over to the waiting area.

"But-"

"Come on."

Lorelai was in the delivery room. The doctor said that the babies weren't going to be delivered for a few hours.

Rory came into the delivery room.

"Rory, my angel. I'm so glad you made it." Lorelai said letting out a sigh of relief.

"I wouldn't have missed it." Rory said.

"You should've seen Luke. He was going crazy."

"I was not going crazy, I was just…concerned." Luke said.

"Sure man."

"Where's Lucy?" Rory asked.

"She went to the bathroom."

"Okay, it's time for you to all to leave so Lorelai can get some rest." The nurse said.

"Okay." Luke said.

"Not you Luke." Lorelai said.

"Why?"

"Because you are my fiancée.You are allowed to stay."

"How unfair." Rory said.

"Make sure you find Lucy."

"I will." Rory said giving Lorelai a kiss on her forehead.

"Rory!" Lucy said running up to Rory as she left the delivery room.

"Hey Luc." Rory said giving Lucy a hug.

"How's Mom?"

"They kicked all of us out, except for Luke."

"Meanies."

"I know. Let's go sit down."

"So what do we do now?" Lucy asked as they sat down in the waiting room.

"Now we wait."

"Rory?" Luke whispered as he came into the waiting room.

"Dad. How is she? Are they there, are they alright?" Rory said anxiously.

"She had a C-Section. She's fine. They're there, they're fine. They're in the ICU, but they'll be fine. Your Mom wants to see you."

"Lucy too?"

"No, just you first, before you see the kids."

"Okay."

"Hey Mom." Rory said giving Lorelai a hug.

"Hey babe." Lorelai said.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm happy."

"Well you should be. So, what are they?"

"You have to find out for yourself."

"Aww Mom. Fine. Luke said you wanted to see me."

"Oh yeah. I need you to do me favor."

"Sure Mom. Right now, I'll do anything for you."

"Thanks Hon. I need you to take care of Lucy. Make sure she touches them. It's all real now, so it'll be different for her. As long as I know she can touch them, I know she'll be okay."

"Okay."

"And another thing, call Grandma and Grandpa. I realized in the middle of the C-Section that we didn't call them."

"That's not good."

"No, but hopefully they'll won't be too upset, I mean it's the early morning how mad can they get."

"I guess. I'm going to let you rest now Mom. I'll call Grandma and Grandpa, get Lucy, and we'll go see the babies together."

"Sounds like plan."

"See that little girl over there?" Luke pointed to from the ICU window.

"Yeah." Lucy said.

"She was first."

"She's so cute, and so tiny." Rory pointed out.

"What's her name?" Lucy asked.

"Her name's Katherine Elizabeth, born at 3 pounds 2 ounces at 3:26 a.m. on March 17th." Luke said.

"We must've been asleep for a long time."

"You were, I wasn't." Rory said.

"Whatever."

"The tour isn't over yet guys. Comments at the end please." Luke said.

"Fine."

"The one beside her is Morgan Marie. She was born 2½ pounds at 3:32 a.m."

"She's cute. I think she looks like you a bit." Rory said.

"You think so?"

"Yeah."

"And last, but not least, we have Matthew Thomas born 3 pounds 1 ounce at 3:37 a.m."

"A boy!" Lucy said shrieked.

"Thanks for the info Detective Obvious." Rory said.

Lucy stuck out her tongue at Rory, and Rory slapped her playfully.

"Hey!"

Lorelai was on the phone with Sookie.

"Oh come on Lor, the suspense is killing me!" Sookie said anxiously on the other end.

"Okay, here goes. We have two girls and a boy!" Lorelai said excitedly.

"A boy! Ooh that's so exciting! A boy! Lorelai has a boy! How's Luke?"

"He was so happy, I mean not just for the boy, but for everything."

"Aww that's nice. What are their names?"

"First was Katherine Elizabeth, then Morgan Marie, and last Matthew Thomas."

"Aww, I'm so happy for you Hon!"

"Thanks Sook, anyway I'll talk to you later."

"Okay Hon. Buh-bye."

"Bye."

Lorelai lay back in her hospital bed and smiled.