A/N: love ya'll that reveiwed, cookies to you all! I have had the weirdist week, firstly, its 1st quarter grading time at my school. JOY!... no really... plus, my school announced that the school play this year is going to be the wizard of oz, one of my FAVOURITE movies ever! yay, i want to be dorothy, and parents want me to be dorothy too, but it really between me and a few other girls who are much better better singers than I, so the chances of me being Dorothy are thinner than an Atkins diet. AHHH well, id rather be the cowardly lion anyway (its funnier).
Disclaimer: omg I cant be bothered to write I DON'T OWN GILMORE GIRLS on every chapter, so if you really think that im like one of the GG writers, then just look back at one of my other disclaimers in another chapter, and go see a doctor….
Btw: for the sake of the story, im saying that the whole 'Rorys in the room next to her grandma's because she having sex thing' has happened already
Chapter 5:On the road to recovery
Lorelai picked up the phone. She didn't want to do this, she really didn't but she had promised Luke that she would. She didn't understand why her parents needed to know about the upcoming wedding, but luke insisted that she tell them, so she was about to...
"hello?" the maid answered
"hi, uh, yes, I'm Lorelai, I'm um… Richard and Emilys daughter, may I speak with them?"
"Daughter? ooh yes…. one moment" the maid replied
It was less then 5 seconds when Emily picked up
"Lorelai?" Emily said "well I certainly wasn't expecting this!"
"uh yeah, welll ….. I want to have lunch" she said hastily she decided that she didnt have the nerve to tell her over the phone.
"Lunch?" she asked.
"yeah, meet me at 1:30 …. At the house".
"Okay Lorelai see you then" she said before hanging up the phone.
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1:30 Lorelai's House
Lorelai heard the shrill doorbell rang from where she was in her room. "Coime In!" she yelled.
"Lorelai…." Her mother scolded "you should always meet people at the door, it's the polite thing to do y'know"
"yes mother I know its the polite thing to do"
"you need to welcome your guests more formally and... What the hell happened in here?" Emily said upon entering lorelai's room. The room was full of boxes. Earlier that day she had tried to clear out her closet to make space for Lukes things, but she gave up midway through and never finished.
"oh yeah, sorry"
"what on earth happened here, a tornado?"
"no i was, er, just doing a bit of... spring cleaning" she replied quickly.
"Spring cleaning?" her mother asked in disbelief. As she is looking around the room, she sees something down next to the bed, and picks it up.
"Lorelai what is this?" she says holding up Lukes watch as if it were a piece of trash
"well i think its pretty obvious, it looks like a watch to me" she replied sarcasticly
"I know its a watch but who's is it, its not exactly your style, is it rorys?" emily asked
"no its not rory! okay, its just a watch, nothing special, now can you just forget about it and stop being all Nacy Drew on me" Lorelai said going into her (equally trashed) bathroom.
"im just getting earrings mom, we can leave in a sec" but Emily was too fasinated by the object next to the sink to listen.
"Lorelai what on earth is this?" Emily schreeched bringing the razor to lorelai
"oh my god mom, not this again..." Lorelai groaned as she leaves the bathroom, with Emily following close behind.
"well whos is it, or do you have some sort of facial hair problem that i (being such a bad mother) failed to notice as you were growing up.
no but i...
"well, do you need to shave" Emily asked in her condescending sarcastic manner.
"its Lukes okay! she raised her voice. "its all lukes! the watch, the razor she ran over to her closet and pulled out one of lukes trademark flannel. "and this! is lukes shirt, okay, so you can stop pestering me now!"
"uhh okay, Emily said. whats up with her mood? she silently thought.
"now lets go" lorelai said heading down the staires i just want this thing to be over
"hold on mom ill be right there" lorelai said heading over to the phone. She grabbed a big post-it, and a pen and scribbled a note:
Luke,
Im out to lunch with my mom, ill probably be back around 3- ish, and ill swing by the diner, so have that coffee ready for me. oh and if you get the chance, pleeeez take a look at my microvave, its making that wierd sound again, and its like the only thing in the kitchen that gets used. ill DIE without it.
Love ya
Lorelai
As Lorelai turned around to go back to her mom, she practically knocked her over, as Emily had been standing right behind her, watching what she was writing.
"Awh gees mom, you nearly gave me a heart attack!"
"How will Luke be getting in?"
"What"
"That note, how will he get in the house, while you're gone? He doesn't have a key does he?"
"No" but he will on Monday...
"Well then how would he get in, break in maybe?"
"No ... I leave my doors unlocked"
"But it's very rude for him to just come in without knocking
"But he's here all the time
"So"
"So? It's a waste of time if he has to knock every time he comes over here, which is often"
"But still its impolite to come into someone's house when there not home"
"But he wouldn't know that I'm not home until he comes in, and sees the note"
"He would if he knocked"
"ahhh" Lorelai screamed "dad can come in your house when your not home?"
"yes but we are married you are not" hehehe we will be soon " honestly, anyone would think that you too were living together"
"we are not living together mom" but will be soon. "Now please, lets go" Lorelai said, but before Emily had a chance to reply, Lorelai was already practically out of the door.
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At The Restaurant
"...I mean, at least they could give us some appetizers..." Emily ranted
"Mom, Luke and I are engaged" Lorelai blurted out.
"What, that filthy diner man proposed?"
"No, actually I d-did" she stumbled "a few nights ago"
"This is outrageous..." she shrieked before leaving the restaurant.
"Oh boy" Lorelai said, before getting up and following her.
Later At Lukes
"Oh hey Luke" Lorelai said shoving herself through the mess that was Lukes diner in the middle of the lunch rush.
"Hey yourself" he said leaning in for a kiss "you're back early" Cheeseburger?"
"Nah, just coffee, I can't stay here long" she stated.
"It takes you five seconds to eat a cheeseburger!"
"Well in that case, why don't cha just cook me up a five course meal?"
"Roast turkey, or grilled chicken?"
"Uh, I'd go with the chicken"
"So, do you want the cheeseburger or not?"
"Uh, I wish! I'm heading to Hartford."
"Going to talk to Rory?"
"naaah, just, you know some errands..."
"like...?"
"oh plenty of things, picking up the new lampshade for the inn, stopping by a drug store"
Luke is confused for a second but suddenly realizes what she is talking about
"oh" he replies, and then says in a slightly more hushed tone "get it from doses"
as if on cue babette and miss patty come into the diner panting.
"congratulations sugga, we knew it was gonna 'appen" Babette said elbowing Lorelai in the ribs.
"yeaaass congratulations Luke" Patty said and winked before turning around at sitting at a table with Mrs. Cassini.
"They know ALREADY!" Luke said shocked.
"hence the going to Hartford, i'm going straight back here after, Kay?"
"Fine by me" he said as he leant over to kiss her. "I would like to know these things."
"Well you would figure it out eventually" She smirked. As she was leaving the Diner Her Cell phone went off, She answered it, but there was no one there. "Damn that's like the third time today that's happened." Lorelai said to herself as she's walking through the door of the diner.
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At The Hartford drug store.
Lorelai enters the drug store, carefully avoiding anyone who looks like they may know her parents, and picked up a pregnancy test and a few other things. She holds the test inside her clenched fist so that you can't tell what it is unless you look at it carefully. She heads to the cashier to pay, but while she's mid way across the store she gets another Mystery call. She answers it, and while she is answering the phone she accidentally knocks into someone who was also on there cell phone.
"Oh Sorry" She stammered while quickly picking up the test. "I wasn't paying any atten…. Rory?" She says as she looks up for the first time since she bumped into her, and realizes that it's her daughter.
"Mom, what are you doing here?" Rory asked just as shocked as her mom was.
"I was buying… uh…." She avoids eye contact with Rory and had a guilty expression on her face. Rory sees' what's under her arm, and gives Lorelai a questioning look.
"Well I've been craving apples, so…" Lorelai started to explain.
"Did You Tell Luke?" Rory inquired, cutting her off.
"yeah, a few nights ago" Lorelai said unemotionally.
So does the town know about the engagement" Rory said trying not to sound too hurt.
"oh" Lorelai chuckled remembering that morning "yeah" "By the way Rory, I'm moving… To the twickham house, "
"Oh" Rory said coldly.
"Yeah, Luke bought it" Lorelai said trying to fill in the gaps from this awkward conversation.
"Mom?" Rory says timidly, looking deep into her moms blue eyes for the first real time during there encounter. "Could you tell me…? Y'know if you're pregnant?"
"Sure honey" Lorelai said and gave her a small smile.
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Back at the house
Lorelai rushes in, grabs her jacket and is about to leave when the phone rings:
ring "maybe nits Rory!" she thought as she went to pick it up
ring "but maybe it's my parents." she thought bringing back her hand
Ring "but i'm already late, and if it's Luke and I don't pick up, he will get worried" "ooh better answer..." she thought
"hello Lorelai it's your father"
hello dad" she said 'damn!'
"is now an okay time to talk
"oh nooo now's a perfect time to chat... "i'm only about to go take a pregnancy test and Luke will call the national guard if i'm not there on time." she privately though
"great! well il make it quick, listen i wanted to apologise about what happened at lunch today with your mother"
"really! youre apologising?"
"no, im not apologising, i just thought that you would apriciate the call after the way your mother acted today was atrocious, and you and luke deserve more respect than that, thats all"
"well thanks dad, but i really gotta..." she tried
"Lukes a fine man Lorelai, and although he may not be the perfect man we had in mind for you... financially, he is a fine gantelman and i know he loved you very much"
"well thank you dad, but (if you dont mind me asking) why the change of heart"
"lets just say, i dont want to be gran thats all, bye bye lorelai" and with that, richard hung up.
"wow" she muttered to herself before grabbing her keys off the table and heading for lukes.
... Back in the Diner
"Luuuuuuke! " she yells from the door "sorry im late, i had to stop back at the house and grab a jacket and then my dad called..."
"Did you get it?" he asked cutting her off
"Yeah, can we…." she motions toward the staircase.
"Sure" he answers "Ceaser, ill be right back" he yells into the kitchen
"okay boss" he yells back.
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Lukes Apartment
Lorelai comes out of the bathroom. "Okay so in exactly 10 minuets, you're going to find out if you're a daddy!" Luke smiles at this. "I saw Rory in the drug store"
"Oh wow, was it weird."
"Yeah, it didn't even seem like a real conversation". She said "It was all small talk, I told her that were moving"
"Oh good! How did she take it?"
"I have no idea" she said.
"Huh" he said, not in the questioning way 'huh' more like confirmation 'huh'.
They sat in comfortable silence for a few minuets. Most of the time confirming a pregnancy out of wedlock is a nerve-racking and awkward time, but for them it was totally different. She knew that he would always be there for her, so they had no reason to be tense.
"What are you thinking about?" She inquired.
"Oh nothing" he replied distractedly.
"boy or girl?" Lorelai blurted out.
"huh?" Luke was just plain old confused now.
"Just then, you were comparing the advantages of having a son vs. a daughter, trust me, I would know, many of my ninth grade biology classes were spent pondering the exact same question that's in your head right now".
Luke looks up to her a smiles, but then they heard the faint beeping sound of Lukes watches' timer, and they knew that it was time to go and see the results of the pregnancy test.
They get up and walk into the bathroom hand in hand, and as they enter the bathroom Lorelai looks at the test and sees one word PREGNANT. Luke is purposely standing just out of sight of it, so he is trying to read Lorelai's 'poker face' expression.
"so, what's the conclusion?" Luke said trying not to act too eager.
"Boy is defiantly better for the second child…." Lorelai started.
"you know what I meant!" he snapped.
She slowly lifts up the test so that he can see the two blue stripes for himself.
"oh wow." Luke says completely blown away.
"yeah, wow" she said smiling. Completely unpredictably Luke kisses Lorelai. Sweet and innocent, but passionate at the same time. As they broke from the kiss Luke swept her up into a big hug.
"I'm gonna be a daddy" Luke whispered in Lorelai's ear
after a few minutes hugging Lorelai blurted something out "oh my god I have to tell Rory!"
"oh uh okay then" Luke replied.
"Sorry, it's just that when I bumped into Rory, I told her that I would tell her when I got the results of the test, and well... I did so..."
"oh yeah I know, it's nothing to be sorry for."
"okay she said reaching for her cell phone" As Lorelai is dialing the number of the pool house there is a knock at the apartment door
"Luke!" kirks voice is heard from outside the door
"this number is no longer in use, if your trying to contact Rory Gilmore, please try the main house number, the number is..." the message on Rory's phone said
"Kirk, go away!" Luke yelled
"no!" Lorelai said having a bright idea. "tell him to come back"
"uh okay..." Luke said "KIRK!" he yelled "get back in here"
"hello Lorelai" Kirk said upon entering the apartment. "congratulations..."
"that's okay Kirk, actually I need you to do me a favor, ill give you five bucks for it"
"i'm up for the challenge" Kirk replied.
"okay, so when I call this number, I need to say, hi my name is James, I'm a friend of Rory's from school, and I would like to speak to her"
"is this a prank phone call? because mother always says..."
"Kirk this is not a prank phone call, do you want the five or not?"
"I do want it yes"
"then get on the phone" Lorelai said
"hi-h-hello, y-yes my name is James andimafriendofrorysfromschoolmayispeakwithher" he said really fast.
"yes one moment" the maid replied.
"thank Kirk" Lorelai whispered as she took the phone from him.
"Hello?" Rory's voice rang over the phone
"hi it's me" Lorelai said. Luke gave Kirk five bucks and told him to go downstairs.
"oh hi mom" Rory replied
"so... you, uh, told me to call about the test"
"oh yes" the eagerness in her voice increased.
"well I took it"
"and..." Rory said laughing
"and yourgonnahaveabrotherorsister" Lorelai said
"what! mom what did you say"
Lorelai was quiet for a minute, but then with a hand squeeze from Luke she regained her confidence "honey, i'm pregnant"
"Oh My God you're pregnant!" she yelled and then started jumping up and down. Emily (being the nosy person she is) came to her door and heard what Rory was yelling.
"Cecilia" she said motioning for her to come over "who is Ms. Gilmore on the phone too?"
"her friend James from school" the maid replied. Emily just stood there for a minute stunned and confused. but shook it off to go and finish her DAR paperwork.
"sooo, have you seen the doctor yet?" Rory asked her mom
"not yet, but me and Luke are gonna try and get one for next week" she said excitedly
"oh okay cool!" she said but was interrupted by Emily.
"Rory, Rory dear, we have to get ready for the DAR meeting"
"okay grandma, um coming she said hurriedly.
"sorry mo-James, I have to go now"
"why, us grandma there, I mean of course she's there, but where are you going, and did she hear your yelling, does she no its me?"
"no James, I don't believe she does, or did. I am actually on my way to a DAR function right now. I will call you back when I get home... and yes, I have your dorm number"
"ha-ha very clever you should be a PI or a detective or something weird like that."
"okay, will do, bye" Rory said slipping her cell in her purse before she left
... Back at Lukes apartment
"so... Rory knows" Lorelai stated as she hung up the phone
"Rory knows" he repeated, checking that off his metal to-do list.
"I have a good feeling about this, looks like we're on the road to recovery after all. now, let me fill you in on what happened at lunch with my mother..."
A/N: huh! what did ya'll think? ive has been working on this chapter for like EVER, so I hope you like it! sorry I didn't really put anything about the end of the rory/logan fight, there will be something big happen to Logan in the next chapter (hint! hint!) so the rory/logan plotline will be explained there. I REALLY don't like Logan, especially after how he treated jess on last night's episode, he was such an ASS! tell me u thought about last nights episode in your review, and tell me what you think of the' April' storyline, i HATE the idea of Luke having a daughter, but I don't think she turns out to be his daughter (sorry, spoiler!)
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