"Lorelai, why do you need the truck?" he asks again.
"Luke, I think I'm…" she begins.
"What?"
"I think that I'm pregnant."
They haven't moved, for a few moments, and Luke has gone sheet white. 'Did she say pregnant? We only had sex once. What are we going to do? I mean, I love her but we've only been seeing each other for a month or so, and it's too soon to talk about marriage. What is my dad gonna say?'
"Luke? Please, say something," Lorelai says. 'Please, don't be mad. There are many things in this world I can live without; Rory and Luke are the two that I can't live without.'
He clears his throat and asks, "How?"
"Do you really need me to explain it to you? I mean, I'm not good with biology, but I do understand the reproductive system," she says, trying to lighten the mood.
"So do I," he says, trying to find words. "Um, if you are...pregnant, um, is it mine?"
'Did he seriously just ask the question?' "Excuse me? Are you accusing me of sleeping with someone else?" she asks, getting very angry.
"No, I didn't mean-"
"Is that really what you think of me? God! Luke, why the hell would I sleep with someone else when I am so in love with you I can't see past my own nose! Yes, if I am pregnant, this baby is yours," she says, beginning to get emotional again. He moves to hug her but she says, "No, don't touch me." He doesn't listen and he pulls her to him, hugging her tight. She cries harder into his chest and says, "I'm sorry. Don't hate me, please don't hate me. I know that this wasn't planned, but it's you and me, and I'm not going to get an abortion or give it up. I couldn't do that with Rory. If-if you don't want be with me anymore, then I'll-um, I'll try to underst-"
"Lorelai, I am not Christopher. I would never leave you, pregnant or not. And I would never ask you to terminate or give up our baby," he reassures her, kissing her head, "lets go get that test."
"You're still working," she says, trying to be responsible.
"You are more important to me than my job. Lets go," he says, grabbing her hand and leading her out the back way.
Sitting in the truck, they haven't said a word. Luke is beginning to get over in to the turn off lane and Lorelai freaks out.
"NO! What are you doing? Where are you going?"
"To Hartford to get you-"
"NO! Not Hartford, Woodbridge! Now, please!" she begs.
"Ok," he says, getting back over. "May I ask why?"
"My parents live in Hartford."
"There are like, fifty different kinds. How do we know which one to get?" Luke asks.
"Well, I got two when I was pregnant with Rory...these two to be exact," she says, picking up an EPT, and a Clear Blue Easy.
"Ok, well, lets pay for them and then...you...and," he stammers.
"Babe, I know, I've done this before," she clams him.
"Right," 'but I haven't.'
After buying the tests, and dodging the stares that the checker was giving them, Luke and Lorelai leave Woodbridge.
"So, where do you want to take them?" Luke asks.
"At a rest stop. Everyone goes to a rest stop, no one can say that it is my test."
Luke drives for a few more minutes and pulls into the next rest area.
"I'll be right back," she says, getting out of the truck.
He watches her disappear with the bag containing the tests. A few minutes later she comes out, both tests in hand, and climbs back in the truck.
"Well?" he asks.
"Well...now we wait," she says, playing with her hands.
Luke notices how nervous she is and pulls her to him. He kisses her head, and rubs her arm and tells her, "No matter what, I'm always with you. I love you too, you know."
"Really?" she asks, because she's been told that before, and it was a lie.
"Yes, and I always will."
A few more seconds pass, Lorelai looks at Luke's watch.
"You ready?" she asks him. He nods. She turns both tests over, one says 'Pregnant', the other is a pink strip. "Well, you're going to be a great daddy."
well, there is chapter 8...tell me what you think!