Chapter 9:

Rory sat at the kitchen table staring at the small stick in her hand. Two more minutes and her life could change forever. The rhythm of a drum beat from someone's hands caused her to look up from the white strip she was so intently staring at.

"How much longer?" Jess asked impatiently.

"One minute and twenty six seconds." Rory said putting her gaze back onto the pregnancy test. The line was turning she could see it.

Jess leaned over to look at the stick with his fearful girlfriend. When the color came through more clearly he closed his eyes in fear of what it might tell them.

"Red! It's Red!" Rory yelled.

"Red means negative, it's negative, oh thank god." Jess said as he stood up and pulled an equally happy Rory up from her sitting position to hug her.

"I've never been more scared in my entire life." Rory said into Jess' shoulder.

"Me either." Jess said in a calm voice.

"We can't be that stupid again Jess. We got really lucky." Rory said looking up at him.

"I know." Jess said as he kissed the top of her head.

Both stood in each others embrace. Not wanting to move. They had spent the past two days living in fear. The needed comfort from one another now more then ever.

"I love you." Jess said breaking the silence between them.

"I love you too." Rory said not paying attention to the somber tone Jess was using.

"No, I mean I love you and we would have been all right. We could have made it. I would have been there for you and the baby. You do know that right?" Jess asked looking Rory straight into her blue eyes.

"I know, I'm not sure why I trust you now, but I do. I know you would be there for me. I wasn't sure before, but now I am." Rory said looking into Jess' brown eyes.

"Marry me." Jess said almost shocking himself by his proposal.

"W..wwhat?" Rory asked completely unsure of what had just been asked.

"I told you that you could count on me now. I want to prove it. I want to prove that I'm in it for the long hall that I'm in this forever. I know you were scared because you were afraid you couldn't trust me. I don't want you to ever feel that again." Jess said.

Rory's head was screaming no at her. Telling her they were just both in shock over what happened. He had run away before he might do it again. However, her heart was screaming Yes, you fool. You know its yes. He's always been the one.

Before her head could catch up her heart did the talking. "Yes."

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The next few days went by in a blur for both Rory and Jess. Both were happier then they could have ever dreamed they would be with one another. They hadn't told anyone yet. That was the day they both were dreading. What would Luke and Lorelei say? What would Stars Hollow think? Both were questions that neither Jess nor Rory wanted to answer for now they were just enjoying the bliss in their little world.

"December?" Rory asked as she laid her legs over Jess' lap.

"Too close to Christmas. We won't get any good gifts that way" Jess said

"Good point, February?" Rory asked happily.

"You're really set on having our wedding in the dead cold of winter aren't you?" Jess asked in a playful tone.

"I want snow. I've been dreaming about this since I was little there has to be snow, and a small white church, and I come in on a horse drawn sleigh." Rory said dreamily.

"Yeah yeah, let's skip all that where's the honeymoon?" Jess asked receiving a playful hit from Rory.

"Somewhere warm, with a beach." Rory said.

"uh huh, and what about my say in all of this?" Jess asked.

"You can choose the exact local. As long as it's sunny I'm happy." Rory said leaning over stealing a kiss from her fiancé.

"Well as long as I'm with you and there's a bed involved I'll be happy." Jess said

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For ten minutes Rory had been trying to dial the number of Lorelei's cell phone, and each time she failed miserably. This shouldn't be so hard, but there were so many things that caused a pit at the bottom of her stomach. For one she and her mother were going through a rough time. She hadn't talked to her in weeks. She hadn't even mentioned the fact that Logan and herself had broken up, and here she had to tell her mother she was marrying Jess off all people.

"We should tell them in person." Jess said as he watched Rory hit the end button on the phone for the tenth time.

"You want to go to Star's Hollow?" Rory asked in disbelief.

"No, but don't you think they deserve to hear it in person." Jess said grabbing Rory's hand.

"I don't know anything anymore." Rory said sadly.

"Come on Rory lets go I have the next two days off let's take a little drive." Jess said as he pulled Rory up from the couch and grabbed his car keys.

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If there was one thing Rory could count on it was Stars Hollow never changing. In the twenty years she had lived there it seemed that time never progressed. It had been a big scandal when they decided to install internet in the town library, but Rory liked it like that. Stars Hollow would always be her home no matter where she went.

As they pulled up to the stop light outside of Luke's Rory sighed nervously. Jess reached over and grabbed her hand squeezing it reassuringly.

"Drop me off at home. I should tell her first. She deserves to hear it from me first before we are seen together in town." Rory said sternly.

"You don't want me to come with you?" Jess asked.

"She doesn't even know I broke up with Logan its better this way." Rory said.

"Ok, I'm going to Luke's I'll talk to him then. You're sure you want to do this yourself?"

"No, but it's what she would want, what I promised I would do." Rory said as she stepped out of the car and onto her front porch to have the scariest conversation of her life.

She debated knocking first. After all it wasn't her home anymore. That thought ran through her head as she shook it off and turned the doorknob of her childhood home.

The house was a shambles, which didn't surprise Rory. The house seemed dark and lonely without her. And then she realized the house wasn't just a disaster. It was nearly empty. There were boxes that concealed all of their belongings. Rory was confused she didn't know what was going on. When realization hit anger took over and her previously rehearsed conversation was forgotten.

"Mom?" Rory yelled as she stood in the living room.

"Rory?" Lorelei questioned as she came down the stairs from her bedroom.

"What's going on are you moving? How could you not tell me you were moving?" Rory yelled as Lorelei came down from upstairs.

"I don't know I didn't know how to tell you babe. How could you not tell me you broke up with Logan?" Lorelei asked.

Rory was shocked how did she know? "How did you know about that?' Rory asked.

"I got a disturbing call from your grandparents last week. Apparently you dumped him for that hoodlum who broke your heart." Lorelei said angrily.

"I came to tell you. We both did Jess is at the diner." Rory said.

"Jess Rory? Do you remember Jess?" Lorelei asked.

"He's changed mom." Rory said stepping closer to a shocked Lorelei.

"I hope so." Lorelei said.

"There's something else." Rory said timidly.

"I don't think you could have shocked me anymore then my mother did last week." Lorelei said angrily.

"We're engaged."

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Sorry it took so long for an update I wasn't sure whether I wanted to make Rory pregnant or not. I hope everyone is still reading. PLEASE REVIEW!