Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls nor do I own anything having to do with the show or the WB.

A/N: Hello! As you might be able to tell from my penname, I normally write fiction about the show '7th Heaven'. I have written one other Gilmore Girls story titled 'Like Mother, Like Daughter'. I hope that you enjoy this story, and please review! The dates that are shown at the top of each chapter are just to help keep track of the time passing.

This story is based as if she was indeed pregnant on the season finale. Luke is the father, and they married after she found out.

Expecting

Chapter One: Making It Through

July 18

Lorelai Gilmore-Danes felt nauseated as she stared down at her incredibly round stomach and figure, but she was well aware the feeling wasn't because of morning sickness. She still couldn't believe that she was having another baby. She had already done all this before. She had raised Rory, and she was out of the house now. She was done. Apparently, however, that wasn't the way things would really go for her. She knew that she was lucky…the baby's father, Luke, had married her as soon as they found out, and that would make it easier on her. When Rory had been a baby, she had had to do it all alone, and as hard as this would be, at least she would have a husband by her side.

Husband. That's something she surely didn't think she'd have for a long, long time. Her parents, Richard and Emily, had also been less than pleased to find out that she was pregnant; especially knowing that she was unmarried. They were glad of course that she would be marrying the father, but also weren't happy that the father was Luke. Since the wedding, her parents hadn't been in contact much, which wasn't exactly terrible for Lorelai.

After Luke had moved in, so much had changed. She had been forced to get used to not only carrying a child inside her again, but to sharing her bed room and living space as well. She had been less than happy to experience morning sickness during her first trimester like she had with Rory. After that had ended, it seemed that her entire body had begun to ache all the time, and it was then that she remembered all too clearly why she had hated pregnancy so much the first time around.

So many women walked around looking glorious and happy all the way through their pregnancies, but she was certainly not one of them. No matter how many cute maternity outfits she purchased and no matter how much makeup she applied, she was never happy with the way she looked. She seemed to have sprouted extra weight in so many other places than her stomach that she left like a cow, despite her husband's many reassurances that she was beautiful.

She was currently seven months along, and was amazed that she had made it this far, yet fearful of facing the next two months, let alone having the baby. Being pregnant during the summer months had turned out to be a miserable experience, to say the least. The baby, a girl, was due on September 13. She and Luke were having trouble choosing a name for their new daughter, and it wasn't easy knowing that they had to bounce each of their names that they like off of Rory as well.

Lorelai's first child had been less than happy to discover that she would be getting another half sibling (other than her father Chris' baby with Sherry). In fact, she had stopped speaking to her mother for a full week before Lorelai had finally gotten through to her. She had now adjusted to the idea of getting another sibling and had offered to move back home to help with the baby, though her mother and Luke had denied the idea.

She put her hand over her stomach and rubbed it slowly, feeling her baby's feet kicking against her stomach. Sometimes, it was a fun feeling, but when she was already not feeling well, she wasn't exactly enjoying it. Living in a small town where everyone knew everyone else, she seemed to be stared at more and more often as her stomach expanded. Though she hadn't caught her in the act, Lorelai had a good feeling that Miss Patty was the center of many of the rumors circulating through Stars Hollow.

When she felt a tap on her shoulder, she was suddenly pulled from her thoughts. She looked up to see Michel, an employee at The Dragonfly, the inn she and her best friend Sookie owned, standing over her with a frown.

"Lorelai…Lorelai! Yoo-Hoo, Mommy to Be!" He bellowed in his heavy French accent. "Wake up!"

"Oh…" She whispered standing up. "What Michel?" She asked. He pointed to the large line stretching behind the reception desk.

"Sorry to break into your lovely little mommy land," He said with his usual rude tone, "But I can't answer the phone and take care of all these people." Since schools had let out for the summer, business at the inn had picked up considerably, and Lorelai knew that the phone had been ringing off the hook all afternoon. She walked over and greeted the first person in the long line and motioned for Michel to take over the phone.

After 3 more long hours at work, she was able to leave and go home. Since her pregnancy had become more and more exhausting, she had reluctantly decided to cut down on hours at The Dragonfly. She knew that once the baby came, she would have to take off some time for maternity leave, and that scared her. She knew that her life would be changing even more, but it was hard to think about not being at the inn that had taken so much work from she and Sookie. Her best friend had been incredibly encouraging through out this entire ordeal, which she was grateful for.

When, 8 months ago, Sookie had given birth to her daughter, she had of course taken off on maternity leave and had experienced many of the same feelings that Lorelai was. Sookie continued to encourage Lorelai that everything would be OK, and that was keeping Lorelai somewhat sane.

She unlocked the door to she and Luke's home, walking inside and dropping her keys in the bowl on the table by the door. She flipped on some lights and walked into the kitchen, opening the fridge and getting out the Tupperware container of leftover spaghetti. Luckily, Luke didn't mind the frequent left overs that Lorelai made for dinner. She was just pulling the spaghetti out of the microwave when she felt her husband's lips on the back of her neck. She smiled and turned around, letting his lips graze over her lips instead. After kissing for a minute, Luke backed up and put his hands on her stomach.

"I love you." He told her and she smiled, leaning in for another kiss.

"Yeah with my big fat stomach, and my left overs. I'm a regular sweetie." She said sarcastically. He lifted her chin.

"I love you just the way you are, my left over making, beautifully pregnant wife." He assured her and kissed her once more.

"I love you too." She whispered to him. Stepping back, she picked up the spaghetti. "Ready to eat?" She asked with a laugh. Luke smiled and nodded, grabbing two bowls quickly and helping her to sit down with the most ease possible. They ate dinner while discussing Lorelai's day at the Inn and Luke's at his diner. As it turned out, many of the customers had the courage to gossip about he and Lorelai's baby and marriage right in front of him in the diner, and this angered him significantly. In fact, he had even kicked out a few people over the last week after hearing what they were saying. Luke smiled and laughed as he saw Lorelai's stomach bumb around.

"She's kicking." He said, reaching over to put his hand over her stomach. Lorelai raised an eyebrow.

"No." She said feigning awe, "I thought that was my lunch making a come back." She added a sarcastic laugh. Luke rolled his eyes. Lorelai reached down and put her hands over Luke's on her stomach.

"We're having a baby, Lor." He said quietly.

"Who would've thunk it?" She said with a laugh and they kissed. An odd couple they were, but it was a well known fact that they would make it.

A/N: I hope that you liked this! Please, please review and let me know what you think!