AN: OK, so one more chapter after this one. I'm not sure if I like the way this one came out. Read, Review, and Enjoy!
Rory and Jess stepped out of her car to see Lorelai and Luke pull up behind them. "Hey Mom, Luke," Rory said as they stepped out of the car. Lorelai as pregnant as humanly possible.
"Hey Hon. We should be getting inside. It doesn't look like Chris is here yet and we don't want to be out here when he gets here. It's probably best to be inside," Lorelai said as the four of them started walking to the door. They stared at it for a few seconds.
"So, do we ring the doorbell?" Jess asked, trying to make somebody else make the first move.
"Right. That would help with the whole getting-inside-thing. I'll do it," Rory said as she stepped towards the bell. She rang the bell and took one last look at the three people standing around her.
"Hello everybody," Emily greeted when she opened the door. "It's so good to see you all."
"Hi Mom," Lorelai said back, handing the maid her coat.
"Hi Grandma," Rory said, giving the maid her own coat.
"Hello Mrs. Gilmore," Luke said.
"Nice to see you again, Mrs. Gilmore," Jess said. Neither Luke nor Jess had coats, so they kept their hands to themselves.
"It's nice to see you again too, Jess," Emily said, her voice cold. Just then Richard walked into they foyer where everybody was still standing. "Richard, our guests our here."
"Hello everybody," he responded, looking the crowd over. "You must be Jess." Richard extended his hand to Jess.
"Yes sir," Jess told him, shaking his hand. Jess hated shaking peoples' hands."
"Please, call me Richard," he instructed. Jess responded with a nod and an awkward smile. "No Christopher yet?" Jess' stomach dropped when Richard said his name. He was nervous to see Emily again and to meet Richard, but he hated the fact that he had to meet Rory's father.
"Not yet. We didn't see his car outside," Lorelai informed.
"Well, there's no sense in standing around in here," Emily said and walked into the sitting room, everyone following. "What you all like to drink?"
"I'll just have a water, Mom," Lorelai said, struggling to sit down, but Luke coming to her rescue and guiding her successfully.
"I'll have a martini, Grandma," Rory said, looking to Jess.
"Jess? Luke? What would you two like?" Richard asked from the drink cart.
Luke answered first, "I'll have a beer, please."
Jess let out a relieved sigh. "Me too, please," Jess replied. Richard gave everybody what they asked and the doorbell rang. Christopher.
Both Rory and Jess sighed from their seats while the maid answered the door. Christopher walked into the room, Gigi following him. "Hey you two," Rory said standing up to greet them. Everybody but Lorelai stood up also. Rory gave her father and her little sister, which she barely knew, a hug. Emily did as well. Richard and Luke shook his hand. Rory motioned for Jess to stand next to her, and he did. "Dad, this is my boyfriend, Jess. Jess, this id my father, Christopher."
"It's nice to meet you," Christopher said, extending his hand.
"You too. I've heard a lot about you," Jess said, shaking his hand and stepping back to stand next to Rory.
"I've heard a lot about you too," Christopher said. "This is my daughter Gigi," Christopher introduced.
Jess looked down at the small, shy seven-year-old. "Nice to meet you. I'm Jess." Gigi looked up at him and then sat next to Lorelai on the couch. Jess looked at Rory. "Well, that wasn't awkward at all," he whispered as everybody sat down in their seats.
"Hey Lor," Christopher said sitting next to Gigi.
"Hello Chris." Richard got Christopher a drink and Gigi a soda while Emily and Rory spoke. Christopher, Luke, Jess, and Richard were talking about something or other while Lorelai was speaking to Gigi. It was civil, nobody was crossing any boundaries, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, with the exception of Gigi.
All of a sudden, out of nowhere, Lorelai gasped, loud enough to cause everyone to stop talking. Rory and Luke glared at each other before looking at Lorelai who was now grasping the side of the couch, her face showing pain. Jess looked on in curiosity and then realized what was happening. "Shit," he said and Emily gave him a death glare. "Sorry." Luke took Lorelai's hand and pulled her off of the couch.
"We should probably get going," he said and Rory wanted to laugh, but decided against it and ran to her mother's side. Everybody else was up now too, except Gigi, who had just about fallen asleep in her seat. "Hospital, that's where we should be going to the hospital. We should... and leave... hospital."
"Luke, breathe. I'm the one in labor, so you need to drive, meaning, you have to calm down," Lorelai said, panting for breath. Luke nodded and walked towards the door. Everybody followed them outside and got into their own cars.
"Marie, get rid of dinner," Emily called out as she ran out of her house with the rest of the dinner party.
"Mom, we'll meet you guys there. OK?" Rory asked standing at her mother's side. Lorelai nodded and sat down in her seat. Luke put her seatbelt on her and ran around to the driver's seat. Rory sat in the driver's seat of her car, while Jess sat down in the passenger's seat. "Oh my god. This is a lot to handle."
"Yeah. We should get going, though. Everybody else has left while we're sitting in your grandparents' driveway. Your baby brother is coming," Jess told her. She smiled at the thought and sped out of the driveway.
When they got to the hospital, they found Christopher, Gigi, Emily, and Richard in the waiting room. "Where is she?" Rory asked as soon as she saw them.
"She's getting checked and everything. We can't see her for a little while. Luke is with her now," Christopher told her. Rory nodded and took Jess' hand so that he would sit down with her. Jess sat next to her and she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Well, this was an eventful dinner," Rory said and everybody, except Emily laughed a little. "Grandma, are you alright?"
"Yes, of course I'm alright. I'm nervous about Lorelai and the baby. She wasn't suspecting this to happen just yet. She hasn't even thought of names for him yet," Emily responded, sitting next to Richard, who was holding her hand.
"Her and Luke will think of something. They've been thinking of names forever," Jess told them. Emily nodded.
"So, Jess your in love with my daughter?" Christopher asked, out of the blue. Everybody whipped their heads in his direction, except Gigi who was successfully asleep in the chair beside him.
"Yes," he stated calmly and confidently.
"Well, at least you have good taste." Rory felt the blood rush to her face and her cheeks turn into a full blown blush.
"Thank you," Jess said, not as confidently. He wasn't sure where Christopher was going with this conversation.
Christopher looked next to him at his sleeping daughter. "I want to finish this conversation with you, but I have to get Gigi home," he told Jess. "It was nice to meet you."
"You too, sir," Jess said as Christopher walked over to a now standing Rory.
"Bye Sweetie," he said to her. She hugged him.
"Bye Dad, I'll talk to you later. Don't wait too long to get in touch with me, K?"
"You got it. Say bye to your mom for me."
"I will. I'll call you later with details," she said to him before he picked up Gigi and left the hospital, but not before bidding goodbye to Emily and Richard.
After Christopher left, everybody who was left sat quietly waiting for the OK to see Lorelai. Richard looked as if he were about to fall asleep, so Rory struck up a conversation to keep him awake. "Grandpa?" She asked and his head shot up. "Did I tell you about the job I'm starting next week?"
"No, Rory. You didn't. Where is it? Will you be doing the same thing you were doing at the New York Times?" He asked, fixing his position in his seat to look more presentable.
"Yes. I'm working at the Stamford Eagle-Gazette. I'm-," she was cut off by her grandmother.
"Doesn't Logan's father own that paper?" She asked. Jess looked at her, confused, but didn't voice his question.
"Yes, Grandma. Mitchum Huntzberger does own that paper. But, it's one of his smaller papers, he's not there often," she assured them. She didn't want to talk about Logan or his family. But these were her grandparents.
"Well, have you talked to Logan since the break-up?" Emily asked her, and she suppressed a sigh and squeezed Jess' hand in apology.
"Yes, actually. We talked a little after he moved to London. And he called me sometime last year when he moved back here, but that was the last time I spoke to him. I think that he said he was moving to California. I don't really remember," she explained, hoping that would be enough information to tide them over.
"That's nice. I'm sure that Logan enjoys it in California. Your father liked it while he lived over there," Richard told her and she smiled.
"I'm going to go get some coffee. Would anybody else like some?"
"I'll take one, Rory," Emily told her and she nodded at him and turned to Jess.
"Do you want to help me with those?" She asked.
"Sure," he told her. "We'll be back in a minute." Jess stood up and took Rory's hand before they started walking towards the cafeteria. "So, Logan?"
"Yeah, my ex-boyfriend. My grandparents are like his biggest fan, it's kind of disgusting. They've known his parents forever," she explained.
"So you dated a socialite? Doesn't seem like you," he told her, not trying to be judgmental, just honest.
"It was me then. I dated him for like a year and a half before he moved to London. We tried the long distance thing, but my heart wasn't in it, so we decided to stay 'friends'. It was a long time ago."
"Yeah, must be."
"Sorry that you got bombarded with that. I didn't think that they knew that Mitchum owned it."
"It's alright. I know you have a past, Ror," he told her as they approached the coffee vending machine. "Should we get your grandfather a cup just in case?"
"Probably." Rory put enough money in the machine for four cups of coffee and gave two to Jess. They walked back into the waiting room to where her grandparents were. "Grandpa, we got you a cup too, just in case." She gave him a cup while Jess gave Emily one.
"Thank you," they said in unison.
"Luke came out. He said that we could go in and see your mother, but we thought that you would like to see her first," Richard told her.
"OK, thanks," she said to him. "I won't take long, I'm sure you guys want to see her." They nodded and Rory left Jess alone with her grandparents, but she wasn't really worried. She walked into her mom's room to see Lorelai and Luke laughing about something. "Hey guys," she said as she closed the door.
"Honey, I'm having a baby!" Lorelai yelled as Rory ran over to her bedside and sat next to her.
"I know. I am so excited for you guys. This is so surreal, I can't believe that you went into labor at Grandma and Grandpa's house."
"It was all a part of my master plan. You know, ruin their rug, it was my gift to them," Lorelai responded, an evil smile playing on her face.
"Oh, well I'm sure that they'll appreciate it," Rory said. "So, think of any names yet? That seems to be the biggest worry on Grandma's mind."
"We haven't thought of anything yet," Luke answered. "We will though. I'm going to see if Jess is still alive."
"OK, tell them I'll be out in a minute, please?" Rory asked. Luke nodded and left them alone. "So have you thought of any names yet?"
"No, I still want Luke to name him. I asked him if he wanted to name him William, you know after his father, but he said that he anted him to have his own name. I don't know what to name him, but we should probably pick one soon."
"Yeah, probably. Mom, I'm going to go get Luke and tell them that they can come in, OK?"
"Of course. You will be the first one to know when the baby is born. Bye my one and only daughter," Lorelai said as Rory kissed her on the cheek.
"Bye Mom. I love you. Good luck," Rory said. She got off of Lorelai's bed and left the room. She walked back into the nearly silent waiting room and Emily and Richard saw her. "You guys can go in now." They stood up and smiled as they walked past Rory.
Rory went to sit next to Jess on the side where Luke wasn't sitting. "I should probably go in there to make sure that your mother doesn't kill her mother," Luke said and stood up.
"How's Luke doing?" Rory asked Jess once Luke was out of earshot.
"He is so nervous. He doesn't think that he can do it, he is so sure that he'll fail as a father. I kind of feel bad for him," Jess told her.
"I think he just needs to experience it. He was a better father to me then my dad ever was. I think he can do it and I think he'll do a great job," Rory told him. "Hey Jess?"
"Yeah?" He asked, turning to look at her.
"I'm going to be a big sister in a little while. That's a scary thought. He's going to look up to me, he's going to be a part of my family. That's weird."
"One: You already are a big sister. Two: If he looks up to you, it's not a bad view. Three: I don't know what to say about having a new part of the family, but I'm sure that it will be great."
"I never really got to know Gigi. It will be OK though. Jeez, I sound like I'm the one about to give birth. I'm crazy, and you're even crazier for putting up with my craziness."
"Yeah, I know. I'm crazy just for understanding what you just said. You'll be OK, Luke will be OK, Lorelai will be OK. Everything is going to be good."
"Thank you," she said as she leaned in to kiss him. He placed his hand on her neck to deepen the kiss. She responded, but when Emily and Richard walked in the room, Richard ruined the moment by coughing, causing Rory and Jess to pull away from each other. Rory's face was red with embarrassment, and when Jess saw her he contained his laughter.
"Your mother has been moved into the delivery room. She asked us to tell you. We'll be in the cafeteria; we're getting some more coffee. Would you like some?" Emily asked, coldly.
"Yes please," Rory answered, practically shrinking in her seat. They left and Jess started laughing hysterically, making Rory shrink down more and punch him in the chest.