Chapter 7

Lucy came home from the hospital, and is now 2 months, and Lorelai hasn't told Christopher that she was born, but told her parents, though her parents haven't seen her.

"Hello, Honey, hello baby." Lorelai said to Lucy. Lorelai was on her bed changing Lucy's diaper.

"Mom, we're here!" Rory called from the front door.

"Hey Birthday girl! Who's we?" Lorelai called back.

"Me and Lane!"

"Okay, guys come on up!"

"Hi Mom." Rory said, giving Lorelai a kiss. "Hi Lucy." Rory kissed Lucy on her forehead.

"Hi Lorelai." Lane said.

"Hey Lane. How was school today guys?" Lorelai asked.

"Good, we have our very first project this year." Rory said.

"Oh yeah, what's that?"

"It's about our family, and who's part of our family."

"Sounds good. You guys go downstairs and start your homework, and later we'll go to Luke's. Don't forget that we're going to your grandparents for your little birthday dinner today."

"Okay." Rory left the room, followed by Lane.

"You're going to see your grandma and grandpa for the first time today." Lorelai said talking to Lucy in baby talk. "Are you excited?" Lucy made a little noise. "I hope that that means you aren't, because I sure as hell am not." Lorelai said switching back to her normal. She let out a breath and put her hand on her forehead.

Luke's Diner
Lorelai, Rory, and Lucy just arrive

"Hey Luke." Lorelai said coming into the diner rolling the stroller over to the counter, followed by Rory.

"Hi guys. Why are you dressed up so fancy?" Luke asked.

"Well if you must know, we're going to my parents for dinner to celebrate Rory's birthday. They absolutely insisted."

"Have a good time."

"Yeah right. Coffee please."

"No."

"Why not I haven't had any all week."

"Are you serious?" Luke asked with a shocked look on his face.

"Why is that so hard to believe?"

"Because it is. Did she really go the entire week with coffee Rory?"

"Yeah, it actually kinda sucked though. She kept on complaining." Rory said.

"You know what, fine. We have to get going anyway. We always have to be punctual, if not I'll get lectured, and I do not feel like a lecture right now. See ya later Luke, and just so you know, I'll be back for my coffee." Lorelai got up and rolled the stroller out of the diner.

"Bye Luke." Rory said, following her mother.

"See ya later." Luke said, giving a little wave.

"Do we have to go in there Rory?" Lorelai said. They had not come out of the car yet after 5 minutes of their arrival.

"Yes. We're already late as it is." Rory said.

"But I don't wanna go."

"Oh stop being such a big baby. It's getting cold, and Lucy's gonna freeze if we don't go inside soon."

Lorelai looked at Rory. "If Lucy was bigger and she wasn't going to freeze, I wouldn't go in, but since she isn't, I'll go in."

"Good. Now come on." Rory opened the door and started taking out Lucy's car seat.

Lorelai got out on the other side and helped Rory with the car seat. They walked up to the front door.

"I'm not ringing the doorbell." Lorelai said firmly.

"Yes you are." Rory said.

"No, I'm not."

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not!"

"Fine! I will then!" Rory walked up the steps and rang the doorbell.

"Welcome to hell. This is the closest thing to hell anyway. Once you ring that doorbell Rory, you have entered hell."

"Don't be such a drama queen."

"You're here." Emily said once she opened the door.

"Thanks for the observation Mom." Lorelai said as they entered the house.

Emily gave Lorelai a look. "Happy Birthday Rory."

"Thank you Grandma."

"Richard they're here! Oh and the baby, let me see the baby."

Lorelai put Lucy's car seat off to the side while she took off her coat.

"She is absolutely precious." Emily said.

"Mom do you think we could…" Lorelai said motioning to the living room.

"Oh right. Come on." Emily led the way to the living room.

Lorelai picked up Lucy's car seat and followed her mother to the living room.

"Sorry to keep you waiting everyone." Richard said coming into the living room.

"Don't worry about it Dad, we just go in here ourselves." Lorelai said looking at Emily. Emily gave her another look.

"I was on the phone with David Kingsley. You remember David Kingsley, Lorelai."

"No, can't say I do."

"Yes, he was the one whose daughter was in your English class."

"Gee Dad that eliminates a whole lot." Lorelai said sarcastically.

"Fine Lorelai. Now, where is the Birthday girl?"

"Right here." Rory said shyly.

"I have something for you." Richard handed Rory a neatly wrapped package. "You can open it now."

"Okay." Rory carefully started unwrapping.

Richard and Lorelai looked at each other and smiled.

"Are we saving the paper? Rip it open!" Richard said.

Rory started ripping it open, while Lorelai said, "Dad, remember that year when we went to one of your co-worker's party, and they slowly opened their presents. You looked like you were going to burst."

"Ah yes, I remember that. He was a dreadful man. I couldn't stand him."

"Oh wow!" Rory said excitedly.

"What did you get?" Lorelai asked.

"I got Old Yeller, The Three Musketeers, the Magician's Nephew, and the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Thanks Grandpa!" Rory said giving Richard a hug.

"You're welcome. I heard you loved reading and were pretty advanced so I thought I'd get something a little older than an 8-year-old would read." Richard said.

"You thought right. Thanks so much."

"Dinner is ready Mrs. Gilmore." The maid said.

"Thank you. Let's go eat shall we." Emily said.

"Dad do you want to hold Lucy?" Lorelai asked.

"I would love to." Richard said. Lorelai handed Lucy to Richard.

Emily couldn't help but feel a little jealous. She knew that Richard had already seen Lucy before she had.

"Can we please get to the dining room before next Christmas?" Emily snapped.

"Jeez sorry Mom. You don't have to be so hasty." Lorelai said. Before Emily could answer, Lorelai was already on her way to the dining room.

"Should I get Lucy's car seat?" Rory asked, before sitting down.

"Yes please Honey." Lorelai said. Rory left the dining room and went to get Lucy's car seat.

"So Lorelai how is work?" Richard asked.

"Busy, you know, but what do you expect right. I'm actually getting promoted to work at the front desk, instead of being a maid. Mia thought that I was doing such a good job that I needed to do something else for a change." Lorelai said.

"That's very good, congratulations."

"Thanks. I think after, I'll try to work towards becoming head manager." Rory came back in the dining room with Lucy's car seat. "Thanks. Before I continuing eating, I need to go and feed Lucy. I'll be right back."

Lorelai started to get up, and Emily said, "Lorelai you didn't excuse yourself, nor did I give you permission to leave the table."

"I did excuse myself; I said that I would be right back."

"Lorelai it's really rude for you to leave the table without actually excusing yourself properly."

"Just let her go, Emily. Lucy's getting a bit cranky and she needs to eat just like everyone else sitting at this table, whether Lorelai excuses herself or not." Richard spoke up. He stood up and handed Lucy to Lorelai. "You can use my study."

"Okay, thanks Dad." Lorelai said taking Lucy and leaving the dining room.

It was silent.

"So…how 'bout those Dodgers?" Rory said trying to make conversation. Richard and Emily looked at her with confused looks on their faces, and Rory just smiled.

"Okay, Lucy's all fed, burped, changed, and about to fall asleep any minute." Lorelai said coming back into the dining room a little while later. She put Lucy into her car seat, and sat back down her chair. She noticed the tension and silence in the room. "Why's everyone so quiet?"

Richard, Emily, and Rory just shrugged their shoulders. Lorelai looked at them funny, but went back to eating.

When everyone was finished eating, Emily said, "I think it's time for birthday cake." Rory smiled. "Brooke, I need you to bring the cake out!" Pause. No one came into the dining room. "Brooke!" Emily went into the kitchen muttering something under her breath.

Lorelai and Rory giggled, and Richard gave them a look. They immediately stopped, but still tried to hide smiles.

Emily came back into the dining room singing 'Happy Birthday', and Lorelai and Richard joined in.

"Happy Birthday dear Rory, Happy Birthday to you! Make a wish Hon!" Lorelai said.

Rory thought for a second and then blew out the candles.

"Yay!" Everyone said, clapping their hands.

"Cake, cake, cake, cake!" Lorelai said.

"Mommy can you help me cut it?" Rory asked.

"Sure."

"Well it's time for us to go. Rory's got school tomorrow, and since Lucy is awake again, she'll have a little trouble going back to sleep." Lorelai said as she put Lucy's jacket on.

"Well, well okay. It was nice of you to come." Emily said uncomfortably.

"Yeah, well thanks for um inviting us." Lorelai said also feeling uncomfortable.

"Bye Grandma, bye Grandpa." Rory said giving each of her grandparents a hug.

"Goodbye Rory, and Lorelai, we'll talk about the insurance on your house tomorrow." Richard said.

"Okay." Lorelai said giving Richard a hug. "Bye Mom."

"Goodbye Lorelai." Emily said, and with that Lorelai, Rory, and Lucy left.

"See, I told you it wasn't that bad." Rory said as they drove home.

"No, you're wrong, it was bad, there was just no bloodshed." Lorelai said.

"Stop being so dramatic."

"I'm not. Let's stop by at Luke's real quick."

"Okay. Can we get some hot chocolate? I'm really cold."

"Sure."

"Hey." Luke said as the three Gilmores entered the diner.

"Hi Luke. Two hot chocolates to go please." Lorelai said.

"No coffee?"

"It was Rory's idea. I would be asking for coffee if Rory didn't say hot chocolate."

"Okay. How was dinner?"

"No bloodshed, that's really all I can say. We got into a little misunderstanding at dinner about saying excuse me, but the rest of the night went fairly well. But you should have seen it Luke, my mother was so jealous when I asked my dad to hold Lucy…it was great."

"You're mean."

"No I'm not, I'm just being myself."

"Sure. Here you go two hot chocolates to go."

"Thanks, we'll see you tomorrow Luke."

"Bye Luke." Rory said.

"Okay, see ya." Lorelai left the diner, and Luke gave a little wave.

Author's Note: I think this one's kinda lame. It took me so long to write this one, and it's not even that good. I'll try to write another one on Friday before school, because I have a dance to go to later that day. It's the last day of school for me on Friday anyway before Christmas break. I'll try to finish this story during break so that way I could a) have a prequel or b) start an entirely new story. I have some ideas for a new story, so we'll see. Anyway, R&R