Chapter 10 Bun in the Oven

After going a couple rounds in bed, Luke and Lorelai were starting to fall asleep. Before they did they had an important conversation.

"So I'm guessing you're happy." Lorelai brought up.

"I'm very happy." He whispered and kissed her gently. Then he wrapped his arm around her stomach and pulled her tight. "Is the baby okay?" He asked and then began to kiss and tickle her belly.

"It's the size of a grape; it's fine." She giggled. Then turned serious and said, "Which kind do you want?"

He stared deep into her eyes and responded honestly "I will love either one. If it's a boy I'll play baseball with him and if it's a girl, I'll never let her date."

Lorelai just laughed.

"If it's a girl I will not let you beat up another Dean in the street."

"Hey, he broke heart and made her cry. He deserved to have his ass kicked."

"Yes, but in an alleyway not in public where Taylor can fine you!" She cried. "I've never had a baby boy." (A/N Sookie does not have Davy yet) "But it would be an adventure. And don't tell me you don't want a son for some male bonding."

"I would, but I would love a cute little girl."

"Well we'll just have to wait, because this package cannot be opened until Christmas."

Luke just laughed and squeezed her tight. All of a sudden Lorelai got that look in her eye and said, "Can we show it how it's made one more time before we sleep?"

Luke just kissed her deeply and made her very happy once again.

MORNING in the house. Luke and Lorelai are having breakfast.

"Hey I was thinking--" Lorelai started.

"Always a dangerous thing." Luke interrupted sarcastically.

"Hey! I bought this funny t-shirt the other day and wondering if you would mind if I wore it."

"Sure, why not?" Luke was very confused on why Lorelai was asking his permission on what she was allowed to wear out of the house.

"Well it says 'Bun in the Oven' on it and I was thinking of wearing it in town to kind of let people know without telling them." She suggested. "We wouldn't have to stand up in front of fifty people and have them comment on our sex life."

"However you want."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. You deserve to do this your way because eventually you'll have to push the kid out of you."

"Don't remind me." She begged.

"I'm just saying you deserve to do these kinds of things your way because you have a lot of work and I want to be supportive as possible."

"Thank you. But remember the pain will cause me to insult you and the drugs will make me loopy so just remember it's not really me talking when I blame you for a making me look like a whale." She quipped and smiled devilishly. Then she proceeded to finish her breakfast before preparing to call Rory and hop about town displaying her good news.

Meanwhile at Yale, RING, RING, RING!

"Hey, Mom!" Rory greeted.

"Hey kiddo what's going on?"

"Oh today's my study day, no classes." Rory slowly put books in her backpack.

"Really?"

"Yup. Just me and the books."

"Well, can the books afford to be without for a couple hours?"

"They'll be sad but I think I can cheer them up if I have a good reason. Why?"

"Well I think I might have a good reason." Lorelai smiled a mile wide.

"What?"

"I want to tell you in person."

"Sounds big."

"I think it is." She beamed.

"Well, you sounded like this on your wedding day. Are you pregnant this time?" Rory joked.

Silence.

"Mom? Mom, I was just kidding." Rory said in a panic.

"Well Luke and I have just made it a reality."

"OH MY GOSH!" Rory screamed into the phone. "I'm coming home right now!"

"Yay!"

"I'll see you in a half an hour."

"Cool."

They both hung up.

Lorelai walked back into the kitchen where Luke was cleaning up breakfast.

"Hey, let me help." She offered.

"You will do no labor or heavy lifting for the next 7 ½ months, no questions asked."

"I have to do labor or else this little bugger will never get out." She quipped.

"You know what I mean."

"I do. You are so sweet." And then she proceeded to drink a cup of coffee sitting on the counter. She took one sip and spit it in the sink. "Ech! Decaf!"

"Yes decaf or herbal tea." He offered.

"No, black delicious coffee." She suggested.

"Too much caffeine." He spurned.

Lorelai proceeded to pout and making puppy eyes. Luke turned around to avoid caving.

"I'm going to work."

"No stay and tell Rory with me."

"Come to the diner after you tell Rory and you can show off your shirt to all my customers."

"Really, you want me to show off my new big chest to all the unsuspecting people in town."

"Okay, no. You can explain your shirt if someone asks."

"Good. I didn't think pregnancy required exposing myself to the entire town."

"I'm going to work. Caesar is probably swamped."

She kissed him deeply putting her arms around his neck. "I'll see you later." She whispered.

30 MINUTES LATER

"Mom you better be here!" Rory shouted as she barged in the house.

"I'm here hon!" Lorelai shouted from the kitchen,

"Good because with this news I didn't want to have to search all over town for you."

"Well, search no more." They hugged tightly and squealed.

"So where's Luke? I want to congratulate him."

"He had to go to work. Caesar took most of the morning by himself."

"Well let's go." Rory said in a hurry.

"Okay, but before we do, you need to know the plan." Lorelai said devilishly.

"Uh-oh. What?" This scared her. Her mother had some crazy plans.

Lorelai unzipped her sweatshirt revealing a white t-shirt that said 'Bun in the Oven'.

Rory laughed.

"I am going to wear this while we stroll to Luke's and it is going to be in plain view." Lorelai explained.

"It's crazy, it's funny, and it's brilliant."

"Shall we?" Lorelai offered her arm to Rory.

"We shall." Rory looped her arm through her mom's and the marched out the door together.

As they walked down the street, a few strangers stared and many people smiled. A winker or two also walked by. Then the girls walked through the center of town and ran into Miss Patty and Babette outside the magazine stand.

"Lorelai! Doll! How are ya?" Babette asked immediately noticing Lorelai's shirt said. "Obviously, you've been busy."

"Oh Lorelai this is wonderful!" Miss Patty exclaimed. "No one wonder you two were huddled in that house so much." She grinned evilly. "Luke kept you busy."

"I'm not surprised. You ran out of condoms at least once."

"Oh my gosh." Rory covered her ears. "I'm going to Luke's."

"Good idea I'll meet you there."

"Babette how did you know that?"

"What that you ran out of condoms?"

"Yes, how on Earth could you know that?"

"Well, a little over a month ago, I was going to plant some flowers around the side of my house so I went looking for a good spot. When I went between our houses I saw a little box and figured I better pick it up before Taylor has a cow. When I went to pick it up, I saw that it was an empty Trojan box and it was laying right under where it would have fallen under your open window."

"Oh jeez." She sighed.

"Don't worry doll, I got the facts straight before I called Patty."

"What?" She shouted!

"Yeah I saw you two half dressed neckin' in the kitchen. I never knew you were that flexible."

"Oh God!"

"Don't worry sweetie, we didn't let anyone know the dirty stuff, just the basics." Miss Patty explained. "But everyone can figure out they're own opinion now that you've got a little one cooking."

"Okay I'm gonna go before this conversation gets any creepier."

"Okay sweetie we'll see you later." Patty departed.

"And the sex just gets better!" Babette said as a last remark.

Lorelai then power walked to Luke's trying to get away from the townies.

"Hey hon." She kissed Luke after sitting down at the counter.

"Hey how'd the interrogation go?"

"I filled him in." Rory said.

"Oh by the way, Taylor heard about the shirt and wanted me to tell you, the he is fining you for indecent clothing."

"What?"

"Apparently, he thinks you shirt will raise too many inappropriate questions with elementary school crowd." Luke explained bluntly.

"That's crazy!"

"That's Taylor."

"Can I get some coffee and pancakes?"

"You can have decaf coffee and fruit salad."

"How about herbal tea and put lots of fruit in the pancakes?"

"Deal."

Luke then walked away to make the food. As soon as he did Rory asked, "So when are you going to tell Grandma and Grandpa?"

"I don't know. How about when junior comes out? We could say it was magic?"

"Mom. You and Luke are married; it's okay to have a baby now."

"That's not what I'm worried about."

"Then what is it."

"I got pregnant when I was sixteen."

"No kidding!" Rory said with fake shock.

"Rory, in every relationship I've ever my mother has commented on my sex life. I just feel like when I tell her, she's just going to call me a sex hound."

"You really think Grandma would say the words sex hound?"

"You know what I mean."

"I get it. I just think she deserves to know."

Just then Luke returned with their breakfast plates and kissed Lorelai on the forehead.

"Hey babe, how would you feel about going to dinner with my parents?"

"Uh, I'd rather have my teeth yanked out?"

"And I'd rather chew off my own arm. We can be in agony together when we tell my parents about the baby."

"I'll be the buffer." Rory volunteered.

I know it's not the best chapter with most plot development but I'm doing as much as I can with all my homework, projects, and tests. I'm only a sophomore in high school!

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