Chapter 9: What's in the Bag?

At around 12:30 AM Luke and Lorelai were still very awake.

"We're married." Lorelai cooed.

"Oh really, that's what we did. I thought we went out for ice cream." He joked.

Lorelai completely ignored his sarcasm and said, "It feels nice. Secure." She continued to stare at her hand. "I love my wedding ring too. Is yours manly enough?"

"I don't think a manly wedding ring exists."

"Will you wear it?" She asked sincerely.

"Of course I'll wear it why wouldn't I wear it?"

"Some men don't like wearing rings."

"Well, I promise I will."

"Thanks." Lorelai then wrapped her arms tighter around him and kissed him. She rubbed her leg up and down his and he responded positively.

They went on their honeymoon to Martha's Vineyard for a week of dining in, out, touring, and sailing.

The first week home was a wonderful experience. It was even more of getting to know each other. They both went to work, Rory was around, and they went to town meetings together.

It was just another day.

"Good morning hon." Lorelai greeted.

"Hey." Luke answered as he handed her a full breakfast plate and gave her a quick kiss.

"Thank you. You filled it this time."

"Well, you've been eating more than normal lately."

"I can't even figure out why. I must be having a growth spurt."

"You don't have growth spurts in your 30's." He quipped.

"I have my yearly appointment today anyway; I'll get it checked out."

"Just call me when you're done."

"Okay." And they both sat down to breakfast.

Luke worked all day and Lorelai went to the doctor's office.

While sitting in the waiting room looking at Cosmo Lorelai heard the receptionist say "Gilmore, Lorelai."

"Oh, that's me!" She squealed and then walked in the back.

"Hello, Lorelai."

"Hello, Dr. Tinney." Lorelai greeted the woman.

"Now, how have you been feeling? You mentioned on the phone that you are much more hungry than usual."

"Yes. You know, from treating me over the years, that I am a crazy eater, but it's getting out of control."

"Well have you made any life changes?"

"None that would affect my eating."

The doctor then noticed the rings on Lorelai's finger.

"It appears you got married."

"Yeah but how would that--" Lorelai stopped knowing exactly what the doctor was talking about. "Oh, my gosh. I didn't even think of that."

The doctor then reached for a small plastic cup and said, "I'm going to need a urine sample."

Lorelai then took the cup and walked down the hall to the bathroom, thinking about how her life could change forever within the next five minutes.

A little later:

"This is one of the strongest positives I've seen in a long time." Dr. Tinney concluded.

"Really?"

"Oh yes."

"Okay." She said putting her hand across her stomach.

"Come back next week for a full evaluation of your pregnancy."

"Thank you, doctor."

"You're welcome and congratulations." The doctor smiled.

Lorelai left the doctors office nervous but underneath she was very excited. She had planned to go shopping anyway and came up with a great idea on how to tell Luke.

She went to the mall and shopped at a few special stores. After about three hours she came home.

"Luke, I'm home!" Lorelai announced as she dropped her bags on the coffee table.

"I'm in the kitchen."

"You're a god. I'm going upstairs to change my shoes and I'll be back down. Oh, I also got this movie you might like. It's about baseball and it's called 'Little Big League'. This one guy in it could be your twin." She shouted as she made her way up the stairs.

"Really?" he questioned.

"Take a look."

As Lorelai was upstairs changing into something cozy, she heard Luke shout "LORELAI!" She then knew he saw the bags. She came downstairs and saw him with a panicked look on his face. The bag labels read 'Motherhood Maternity' and 'Baby Gap'.

"What is this?" Luke asked like he was about to faint.

"In the Motherhood Maternity bag are some little things for me. I found this little blue shirt and a pretty sweater, and then at Baby Gap I got a teeny weenie yellow blanket with a duck on it." Lorelai said in a baby voice while searching through the shopping bags.

Luke stood still completely stunned at what was happening. She was pregnant.

"Luke? Are you okay?"

Immediately Luke started kissing her on the mouth vigorously. He had his hands on her waist pulled her tightly toward him before she even had a chance to respond to his kiss. Fortunately after a few seconds she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed back. When they separated due to lack of air, Luke immediately began to kiss her stomach area.

"I love you." He said to her belly.

Lorelai giggled and said "Is that for me or the baby?"

He rose back up, stared her straight in the eye, and said "I love you."

"I love you, too." Lorelai responded and kissed him gently.

They both sat down on the couch and Luke immediately said "So that's why you've been eating so much?"

"Yup, junior was hungry."

"I'll say. That amount of junk was crazy even for your standards."

"I know. I'm surprised I didn't think of it first. It just hadn't crossed my mind."

"We were safe the whole time. Even that night we got drunk, you said you were on the pill."

"I was, but I think it was my last sugar pill and period was basically over." Lorelai confessed. Luke thought long and hard about the explanation and was still taking in all the information.

They sat in silence for a few moments, until Lorelai wanted to break the silence.

"So I was reading this magazine the other day, and while I do have a kid, I've never gotten to have the 'Hooray I'm pregnant sex'." Luke stared at her blankly. "I've heard it's great." Luke didn't make a peep. Lorelai grew frustrated. "Okay, that's it." She then climbed right into his lap and pushed him to lie down on the sofa. "Pregnancy comes with crazy hormones." She kissed him hard several times and tried to get down to business.

"Wait!" Luke stopped.

"What?"

"Is Baby okay?" Luke asked concerned he might hurt the little baby growing inside his wife.

"Baby is fine; it can take notes on how it got here. Mommy, however, is sexually frustrated."

"Alright, come on!" And he pushed her off the sofa.

"Where do you think you're going?" She asked accusingly.

"We," He said as he picked her up bridal style "are going upstairs so Babette doesn't get any kind of special show she isn't paying for."

"You'd let Babette pay to see us have sex? Am I your Paris Hilton? Are you going to make a movie called 'A Night in the Hollow' and sell it online?"

"What on Earth are you talking about?" He said confused.

"Never mind, just take me upstairs so we can be naughty." She giggled.

They went upstairs for the rest of the day, food, movies, and clothes completely forgotten. All they needed was each other. They had that plus one.

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