Please see chapter one for disclaimer. Thanks.

A/N: Hello everyone. Thank you for your patience between chapters! I am in the midst of finals currently and everything is VERY hectic. I hope that you will enjoy reading this chapter. This chapter will be the LAST CHAPTER OF THE STORY, but will be followed by an epilogue. I will not be writing a sequel, but keep your eyes peeled for a 7th Heaven story sometime soon. This chapter will be a little short, as it is just summing some things up.

Expecting

Chapter Eight: A Big Surprise

January 22

Luke gave his wife a sympathetic smile as she emerged from the bathroom looking disheveled. She had been sick for the last week, and it unfortunately wasn't letting up. She shuffled over to the lounge chair in her pink terrycloth robe, then dropped into it with a sigh.

"Still not feeling better?" He asked her. She shook her head.

"I still feel terrible. I'm getting tired of feeling sick!" She said, sounding exhausted.

"Honey, you should go see a doctor." He told her, for what seemed like the millionth time since she had first begun to feel badly.

"I know…I'll give it a few more days to run its course. If I'm still not feeling better, I'll go in to the doctor." Luke smiled.

"Good." Next to the sofa, Madelyn sat in her playpen surrounded by toys. Luke laughed and picked her up when she began to reach up to him. "Someone's hungry for some lunch!" He said, tickling the four-month-old and carrying her into the kitchen. He grabbed a bottle out of the fridge and warmed it before holding it over for his daughter to drink. He sat back down on the sofa while she ate in silence.

The scene was peaceful for a minute before Rory came bursting through the door. Everyone leaped in surprise as she ran into the living room, where her mom, sister, and Luke were.

"Notice anything…different?" She asked, gleefully holding out her left arm. Her mother seemed to immediately gain some energy when she saw the diamond ring encircling her older daughter's ring finger. Her jaw dropped and Rory giggled happily. "I'm engaged!" She squealed, "Logan proposed to me last night! Oh my God, mom, Luke, I'm getting married!". Despite her nausea, Lorelai stood up to hug her daughter happily.

"Oh my…" Lorelai immediately teared up. "I can't believe my baby is getting married! How did he propose? When's the big day?" Rory smiled.

"I know! Well, last night we were out at dinner, and the waitor came over to our table with some wine, and he poured us each a glass, and when he handed it to me, I saw the ring around the stem of my glass…and then I looked up, and Logan was down on one knee!" She jumped up and down. "We don't have an exact date yet, but we're thinking probably in about six months."

Luke stood and gave Rory a one-armed hug, as he pointed down at Madelyn, who was sound asleep. He made his way to the nursery as Lorelai and Rory continued talking. The baby stirred as Luke laid her down in her crib, but she quickly dozed back off. Her father smiled down at her for a moment, before walking back out into the living room, where Rory was putting her coat back on.

"That was sure a fast visit!" He said with a laugh.

"Yeah, I know, but I'm out telling people about Logan and I! Don't worry, mom invited me to dinner tomorrow night, so I'll be here again soon." She smiled as Luke hugged her tightly.

"Ok, drive safely. Congratulations, Rory." She thanked him, hugged her mom again, then walked out to her car and pulled out of the driveway. As soon as Luke shut the front door behind her, he saw his wife too putting on her coat. "Lorelai, where are you going?" He demanded. "You're sick! You need to lie down!" She shook her head.

"It's ok, I just need to go grab some medicine from Docies. I'll be back soon. She kissed his cheek and left before he could protest.

When she got back 20 minutes later, Luke barely saw her as she came in, then rushed into the bathroom, looking as pale as ever. He followed her in and held her hair back as she got sick once again. Immediately after she was done, the couple heard Madelyn crying from the next room.

"I'll take care of it." Luke said, getting up and hurrying into the nursery to calm his daughter. "That was certainly a short lived nap!" He said, rocking her back and forth in his arms. "Are you hungry for the second half of your bottle?" He grabbed the bottle out of the fridge and heated it again before letting her begin to drink it. He carried her back into the nursery and rocked her in the rocking chair while she ate. After only 10 minutes, she had fallen back asleep, just as Luke suspected she would. He placed her back in her crib and started out the door. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw his wife pacing back and forth, her face tear-stained. He tossed the bottle onto the counter and hurried over to Lorelai, wrapping his arms around her. "Honey, what's wrong?" he wiped the tears off of her cheeks. She didn't answer for a few minutes, and finally, Luke prompted her again. After a silence, she looked up at him with red lined eyes.

"Luke…" She walked into the bathroom then quickly returned, handing a thin white stick to him, accompanied by a cardboard box. He studied them both, and it took him a moment before he realized what she was trying to say.

"You're…" He trailed off and she began to cry again. "Lorelai, are you pregnant?" She nodded and immediately dissolved into tears once more. He smiled and lifted her chin. "Why are you sad? This is great!"

"Because!" She wailed, "Maddy's only 4 months old! I didn't even think that I could get pregnant this soon…I mean, she and the baby will only be like 11 months apart!" She looked up at him sadly. "Are you angry?" He couldn't help but laugh.

"Why would I be angry?" He asked in wonder, "Yes, Maddy and the new baby will be very close in age, and yes it's going to be a lot of work, but Lorleai…" He held her hands in his. "We both reacted with the panic that you're feeling right now when we found out we were having Madelyn, and now I know that neither of us can imagine life without her. This will be amazing, honey. We can do this!" She nodded as a bit of a smile came over her face. Luke kissed her cheek as he put his hand on her still very flat stomach. And as the husband and wife stood there in the kitchen, they both felt completely assured that though things in Stars Hollow were unexpected, it would work out just fine.

THE END

A/N: I hope that you enjoyed this ending! Please review! I will be writing an epilogue to let you all in on what happened after this story ended, so check it out!