Chapter 4:

Were Having A Baby!

Early Morning

November 24

Lorelai woke up early Thanksgiving morning. When she raised up and looked at the alarm clock she saw it was 3:39. She looked down at Luke and smiled. I can't believe we're married. Me and Luke. Coffee Luke. The town Luke. We're married and we're having a baby. She gently nudged Luke. He grumbled a few times then turned his back to her.

"Luke!" Lorelai shook him. "I need to talk to you."

Luke still wouldn't turn back around so she bent down until her lips touched his. She gently kissed him pressing herself into him. He instantly returned the kiss. God! She is such a wonderful kisser. Luke turned over towards her never breaking the kiss. She began to move back, but Luke pulled her closer. Lorelai managed to back away.

"Let's tell Rory and April tonight."

"About what?" He leans in to kiss her again, but she pushes him away.

"The baby. Our baby. Let's tell them tonight at dinner."

"Ok." He leans back into her and kisses her deeply.

"Stop...we...have...to...sleep" Lorelai manages to say between the kisses.

Luke breaks away and lays down. Lorelai frowns at him.

"It's just we have to get up early. Please don't get upset Luke."

"I'm not. Goodnight."

Lorelai looks down at him. She gently lays down and scoots her head onto his chest. She kisses his chest a few times. She leans against him. She then rolls over to where she is laying on top of him. She leans down and kisses his lips. He smiles against her lips. After a few moments she rolls back over and snuggles close to him.

"Goodnight."

"Goodnight Crazy lady."

Luke had only been at the diner 5 minutes when Lorelai had called him.

"Something's wrong." She said when he picked up the phone.

"Lorelai! Are you alright? Is the baby alright? What's wrong?" Luke asks nervously.

"I'm fine. The baby's fine. Everyone is fine. Could you just get home!"

"I'm on my way."

Luke quickly hangs up the phone.

"I'm going home!" Luke yells at Caesar as he runs out of the diner.

Luke ran to his truck, and jumped in and started it. He drove off in a hurry.

As soon as he walked into the house he could tell that Lorelai had been cooking. He ran into the kitchen and saw Lorelai standing at the stove with smoke coming from it.

"What happened?" He asked calmly while fanning the smoke out of the kitchen.

"I was trying to make cornbread." She said with a tear in her eye.

"On top of the stove?"

Tears began to trickle down Lorelai's face.

"I wanted to help. I wanted to be a good wife and make cornbread for my husband. I wanted you to be proud to have me..."

Luke walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her.

"You're a great wife. I'm very proud to be your husband." He pauses to tuck a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "You are the most beautiful woman I've ever met and I don't care if you can cook, all I care about is that you and the baby are safe." He lays his hand on her stomach. "I love you. Both of you."

Lorelai smiles up at Luke. She lays her head against his chest and gently runs her fingers up and down.

"You're the most amazing guy I've ever met."

She keeps her head on his chest, but she moves her hand gently across Luke's stomach.

"I just want to make you happy."

"You do."

Lorelai raises her head up to look at Luke. His eyes are watching her. She smiles up at him. He kisses her forehead. She wipes her eyes then gently lays her head against his chest again.

"I love you too Luke."

Luke carefully sat the turkey on the table. It would be his and Lorelai's first Thanksgiving as a married couple and he was excited. He wanted the night to be great and the dinner to taste wonderful, but something about tonight was more special than all of those things and he just couldn't put his finger on it.

"Something smells good." Lorelai said as she walked into the kitchen.

"It's the turkey. I added a tasty glaze..."

"Do we have any desserts?" Lorelai interrupted.

"Sookie made them." Luke said not looking up.

"Mmm."

Luke looked up from the table to see his wife standing in the doorway of the kitchen. She was wearing the same tight black dress she wore the night before, but tonight it seemed tighter. I am the luckiest man in the world! Her hair was loosely curled and it hung at her shoulders. She was wearing the necklace and earrings he had given her. She was so beautiful

"What are you staring at?" Lorelai asked a drooling Luke.

"Nothing." He blushed and turned back to the table.

"Luke. I'm your wife you get to stare."

Ding...Dong...

"That must be Sookie and Jackson."

Lorelai ran from the kitchen to the front door. She opened it and there stood her best friend with her family.

"I need to get this into the kitchen." Sookie said running past Lorelai with a pumpkin and pecan pie in her hands.

"Happy Thanksgiving to you too." Lorelai called after her friend. "Hi Jackson, Davey, Martha."

"Hello Lorelai." Jackson said coming into the house with Martha in his arms. Davey stayed next to Jackson.

"If you want, Davey and Martha can watch TV in the living room until dinner is ready." Lorelai said to Jackson as she shut the front door.

"Thanks."

Jackson took Martha and Davey into the living room and sat them on the couch. He turned the TV onto cartoons and walked into the kitchen to where Luke, Lorelai, and Sookie was.

"Everything looks good Luke except..." Sookie said looking closely at the turkey. "You should have added more pepper and a few dashes of..."

"It's fine Sookie." Luke said pulling rolls out of the oven.

"What's all in the stuffing?" Sookie asked picking up a fork to take a bite.

Luke walked over to Sookie and grabbed the fork from her.

"You'll find out when you eat it." Luke said walking over to get glasses out of the cabinet.

Lorelai had already had that idea. She was already at the cabinet pulling glasses out. Luke smiled at her and gently put his arms around her waist. Lorelai smiled. She kept getting the glasses out.

Sookie turned from the table and saw Luke wrap his arms around Lorelai's waist. She smiled and turned to Jackson who was about to sit down. She grabbed his arm and pulled him up.

"Look." Sookie whispered at Jackson.

"What?" Jackson turned to where Luke and Lorelai were. "So?"

"I swear Jackson."

Luke could here Sookie whispering so he let go of Lorelai and walked to the fridge and pulled out the pitcher of tea.

Lorelai frowned when he let go of her. She wanted his arms to stay there always, but she knew why he let go of her. He heard Sookie and Jackson whispering. He got embarrassed because someone saw his sensitive side. She hated that he got that way. She loved his sensitive side. The way he would hold her. The way he would kiss her cheek. How he would open the door for her. If only everyone else could see that side of him. She shut the cabinet and turned to see Jackson and Luke walk out of the room. She saw Sookie bent over the stuffing smelling it. She walked into the living room where she saw Luke bent down hugging Davey. Lorelai watched Luke and smiled. She placed her hands on her stomach and began to rub gently.

"What are you doing?" Sookie said walking into the living room.

"Nothing." Lorelai began to smooth out her dress.

Sookie just stared at her friend and then looked down at her stomach. She noticed a little bump. It looked like Lorelai was pregnant, but that couldn't be right. Lorelai would have told her. Sookie grabbed Lorelai's hand and drug her into the kitchen.

"What are you doing?" Lorelai said retrieving her hand from her friends tight grip.

"Lorelai!" Sookie smiled.

"Sookie!" Lorelai mocked.

"Your pregnant!" Sookie began to jump up and down.

"Huh?"

"I've noticed you have been eating a lot more and you haven't been drinking coffee as much and Luke was acting so...weird, so I just assumed after I noticed your stomach." She paused. "Your pregnant! You and Luke are going to have a baby!"

"Calm down Sookie."

"I can't. You and Luke! Baby! AAAHHHH!" Sookie said squealing.

"What's going on?" Rory said coming through the back door with a bag of ice in her hands.

"We could here you from the car." April said.

"I'm just so excited for your mother."

"About what?" Rory said sitting the bag down in the sink.

"Her having..."

"A raise." Lorelai interrupted Sookie.

"How can you get a raise when you own your own business." Rory asked her mother.

"It's complicated. I'll explain later." Lorelai said walking into the living room.

"Jackson, if you want you can take Davey and Martha into the kitchen, dinner is ready."

"I'll help." Luke says bending down to pick up Martha.

"No." Lorelai grabs Luke arm. "I need to talk to you. Upstairs."

Lorelai walks up the stairs and into her and Luke's room. After a few moments Luke trudges in. Lorelai shuts the door.

"Sookie knows."

"What does Sookie know?" Luke asked walking into the bathroom to brush through his hair.

"That I'm pregnant with your child."

"You mean our child." Luke says. "How does she know?"

"She guessed. Apparently I'm already showing." Lorelai looks down at her stomach then back up at Luke.

"Of course you are. I noticed that a few weeks ago."

"Why didn't you tell me so I could have worn looser clothes?" Lorelai sounded frustrated.

"I liked seeing you in tight clothes and plus it didn't look like you were pregnant it just looked like you gained a bit of weight." Luke said as he switched the light off and walked into the bedroom.

"You think I look good even though I'm pregnant and am gaining weight?"

"Yes. Your beautiful no matter what."

Lorelai smiled at Luke and hugged him. He leaned down and kissed the top of her head. She moved away and walked to the door.

"Lets go downstairs and eat."

Lorelai and Luke walked out the door and downstairs.

When they walked into the kitchen everyone was seated except for Sookie who was making a glass of tea for Martha.

"Everyone we have something we need to tell you." Lorelai said smiling.

Sookie squealed and everyone looked at her.

"What is it mom?" Rory asked turning back to Lorelai with a question in her eyes.

"We're having a baby!"