Luke rushes over to her side and asks, "Lorelai? What's wrong?"
She is in tears and says, "Luke, it hurts."
"Lorelai, are you ok?" Emily tries to ask, but Luke already has Rory scooped up in his arms and is helping Lorelai out the door to the truck.
Lorelai is still in pain, as Luke straps Rory in and backs out of the Gilmore driveway.
"Luke, I'm scared," Lorelai says, trying to breathe and be strong.
Luke reaches over Rory and grabs Lorelai's hand and says, "Me too. We're going to go to the hospital and find out what's wrong."
They make it to the hospital in record time, and rush into the emergency room.
"Excuse me?" Luke asks the woman behind the window.
"Yes?"
"My fiancé is pregnant, and we don't know what's going on. She was talking and then suddenly she just doubles over," Luke explains.
"Let me call OB," she says, then gets on the phone and tells the person she's talking to what Luke just said, and hangs up. "Take her up to the third floor. Ask for Dr. Anderson."
"Thank you," Luke says, taking Lorelai to a wheelchair and placing Rory on his hip. They get on an elevator and wait until they get to the third floor.
"Luke, if this baby doesn't make it…"
"Hey," he says, crouching down next to her, "don't talk like that. She's going to be fine. We will have a healthy little girl in four months. Trust me. Everything will be alright."
"You don't know that. Luke, I could lose this baby. Our baby. And I don't know if I could live with myself. I'm supposed to be strong, I'm supposed to protect her. And look at me. This child isn't even born yet, and I'm a failure as a mother."
"Lorelai! You are not a failure as a mother. Look at this little girl in my arms," he says. She looks up and sees Rory with her head on Luke's shoulder sucking her thumb. She's so innocent. "Do you call this little girla failure?"
"No, but what if-"
The elevator dings and he pushes the wheelchair to the desk and says, "Dr. Anderson?"
A woman in a lab coat comes over and says, "I'm Dr. Anderson. What seems to be the problem?"
"Well, my fiancé," Luke begins telling her what happened, and soon after, Dr. Anderson wheels Lorelai into an exam room and Luke says, "Can I come in?"
"No, we need to get to examine Lorelai, and the baby. We'll come get you and your daughter when she's in a room," Dr. Anderson says, pushing Lorelai into a room and closing the door.
The doctor examines Lorelai, takes what seems to Lorelai as a quart of blood. Then does an ultrasound. She moves the wand around and has trouble finding a heartbeat. She says, under her breath, "Come on."
Lorelai is looking to the screen and back to the doctor and asks, "What's wrong? Is she ok? Why isn't there a heart beat?"
The doctor ignores her, and finally an image appears on the screen, and a loud thumping is heard. "There she is. She's sucking her thumb. She appears to be doing just fine."
"Thank God," Lorelai says, rubbing her stomach.
"What were you doing, exactly, when you doubled over?" the doctor asks, as she wipes off Lorelai's belly.
"Arguing with my mother. We don't get along, especially after my first pregnancy. Don't get me wrong, they love Rory, but not me."
"I need you to stay in bed for a couple of weeks, and make an appointment with me for next week. I'll check up on the baby then, and you as well. Ms. Gilmore, what made you double over was stress. You were stressed and so was the baby, she couldn't handle it. It was her way of saying, 'mommy, I don't like this'," Dr. Anderson says.
"Ok, so…can I go home now?" Lorelai asks.
"No, we're going to keep you here for a couple hours, then you can go," Dr. Anderson tells her.
"Well, can Luke and my daughter come in now?" she asks, anxious to see Luke.
"Yes, I'll go and get them," Dr. Anderson says, then leaves the room.
As soon as the door closes, Lorelai's hand rests on her stomach. "Little girl, you scared mommy. I thought that I was losing you. I don't know what I would have done if I had. I love you already. I can't wait until I can hold you for the first time. What are we going to call you?"
The door flies open and Luke stands in the doorway holding a now sleeping Rory. He rushes over to Lorelai's side, kisses her, touches her stomach and asks, "Is everything ok? Is she ok?"
"She's fine. The doctor said it was just stress. I guess it wasn't a good idea to talk to my mother," Lorelai says, placing her hand on Luke's.
"I guess not. I'm just glad that my girls are ok," he tells her.
"Luke? What was your mothers name?" Lorelai asks, stroking his cap less head.
"Amelia. Why?"
"I was thinking that we could name the baby after your mom. If that's ok with you," she says, not knowing where he stood on the subject.
"What about a middle name?"
"Amelia…Danielle?" What do you think of that?" Lorelai asks.
"Amelia Danielle Gilmore-Danes? Isn't that an awful lot for a little kid to deal with?"
"No, because her name will be Amelia Danielle Danes. This little girl is all Danes," Lorelai corrects him. 'I just wish that Rory was.'
sorry for not updating sooner. my computer got sick...lol...i'm warning you all...WATCH OUT FOR A VIRUS CALLED ERRORSAFE (not sure about the safe part, but 'error' is in the title).
hope you enjoyed this chapter! i'll try to update sooner!
peace, love and jelly beans.
Krystle