8 P.M.: Luke arrives home to a nearly silent home.
"Hello?" He says rather loudly.
"She's asleep." April calls softly from the kitchen. Luke follows his daughter's voice into the kitchen.
"Who's asleep?" He asks April who has her back turned to him.
"Lorelai is asleep on the couch," April replies as she turns around from the window.
"Why do you have the baby?""
"Because the baby started crying after Lorelai fell asleep, so I fed her."
"Why is the baby still here? Wasn't Rory supposed to pick her up at noon?" Luke probes.
"Yeah." April confirms.
"So why is she still here? Did Rory have to work late?" Luke wonders.
"No Rory isn't working late."
"Then why is Lexi here?"
"Rory isn't coming to get her."
"Why not? Did something happen? Is Rory hurt?"
"NO she's not hurt. She just picked Logan over her own daughter."
"April what do you mean?"
"She left with him."
"Left with him where?"
"To travel across the world I guess."
"I need to talk to Lorelai."
"Don't wake her up right now, she just fell asleep a little bit ago. She's really worried."
"Why don't I make you dinner?"
"I already ate."
"Ate what?"
"Spaghetti."
"Where did you get spaghetti from?"
"Lorelai made it."
"You mean Lorelai got it out of the freezer and added heat to it."
"No she made."
"She made spaghetti?"
"Yeah."
"Are you feeling sick?"
"No. Stop worrying it tasted fine."
"Have you talked to your mom today?"
"Yeah, she's fine."
"You sound so caring."
"Well... as long as she's breathing I don't have anything to worry about. I had a busy day, I didn't have time to talk."
"Are you talking about me?" Lorelai asks from behind.
"No. I was talking about my mom." April says.
"April I think you need to get going." Lorelai says as she stares at the clock.
"Going where?"
"To Miss Patty's." Luke and Lorelai say in unison.
"I don't see why I have to learn how to dance."
"Because you need an activity that involves other people... your age... that aren't all geniuses." Lorelai points
out.
"Have you made any friends yet?" Luke asks.
"No." April says as she grabs her bag and heads out the door.
Lorelai and Luke sit down on the couch with the baby.
"I don't understand." Luke just shakes his head.
"I know. How could she still want to be with him?"
"They say love is blind." Luke points out."Deaf, dumb, and crippling in this case."
"Lorelai!"
"What Luke? I'm sick of sitting back and letting her throw her life away."
"What can you do about it?"
"I don't know."
"Just calm down."
"I can't calm down. I have to raise her kid, because she's to jaded to care. Luke I don't understand how she
could leave with him, after all he did to her."
"Lorelai she loves him."
"How could she love him? He cheated on her, broke her heart, ruined her dreams, and crushed my little girl."
"Lorelai," Luke tries to reason with her.
"No I don't want to hear it."
"Just let it go there's nothing you can do."
"I can't just sit back and let her go. Not with him. He made her quit yale, which nearly broke her. Then he cheated on her. Every time they broke up she would be so hurt. He drove her to drink. He made her feel like dirt, and then he'd apologize and it would be all better. I remember when they split up, because he cheated on her. Rory barely kept her head above water. Then she found out she was pregnant, and I thought she was going to lose it. He turned my happy, brilliant daughter, into a drunken, depressed, abused, housewife. Hell because of him she unknowingly drank being pregnant. And it's a miracle that everything turned out ok."
"Lorelai I know that, but she still loves him for whatever reason."
"Give me the phone please."
"Why who are you going to call?"
"Jess."
"Why? What's he going to do?"
"Just give me the phone please."
"Fine." Luke gives in as he hands Lorelai the cordless phone.
Within 3 rings she gets an answer.
"Hello?" The familiar male voice on the other end says.
"I need your help." Lorelai begs frantically.
"Who is this?"
"This is Lorelai."
"Why are you calling me Lorelai?"
"I need your help."
"With what?"
"Rory."
"Why what's going on?"
"She ran away with her evil fiancé."
"So? What do you want me to do about it?"
"I don't know."
"Why do you sound so mad?"
"So she forgot something."
"What?"
"Her baby." Lorelai semi-chuckles.
"Rory had a baby?"
"Yes will you please just help me?" Lorelai pleads.
"Yeah I'll be there as soon as possible." Jess agrees. He would do anything for Rory. He just wanted her to have the best, even if it wasn't him.
"Thank you." Lorelai sighs as she hangs up the phone.
The following morning: 10 A.M.: April runs to answer the door. Paul Anka starts barking, the baby starts crying, and Lorelai wakes up.
"Hi April." Jess grins as he stares at the twelve year old.
"Come in." April motions as she steps aside to let him through. Jess instinctively walks toward the kitchen to find Lorelai. He drops his bags in the entry way. When he enters the kitchen he finds Lorelai sitting at the table feeding a chubby baby that's sitting in a high chair.
"Jess!" Lorelai shrieks, actually sounding excited to see him.
"Hi Lorelai."
"It's Aunt Lorelai to you," Lorelai jokes.
"Ha ha." Jess rolls his eyes as he sits down across from Lorelai.
"Thank you for coming."
"Why am I here Lorelai?"
"I need your help. Things have gotten out of hand, I need you to help me figure out how to get Rory back."
"Lorelai she's going to furious."
"I don't give a damn anymore. She can hate me all she wants. I'm tired of sitting back, keeping my mouth shut, and letting her ruin her life. I'm not going to let it happen."
"So what do you want me to do?"
"Talk some sense into her."
"How, you don't even know where she is do you?"
"I don't know. Let me finish feeding Lexi, and then we'll figure this out."
"Lexi?"
"The baby," Lorelai grins.
"Oh." Jess says as he gazes across the table at the baby girl.
"She looks just like her."
"Yeah."
"I don't even have a kid, and I don't understand how you could leave one. Especially such an innocent one."
"I don't know either."
"I mean she's so beautiful."
"Good since we agree you can hold her for a minute," Lorelai informs as she lifts the top off the high chair. She stands up quickly, and whisks the baby out of the high chair. She then whirls around, and hands the baby to Jess as she makes her way to the kitchen. When she returns to the table Jess is just staring at her.
"What?" Lorelai raises her eyebrow.
"Nothing, you've just gained a little weight since I saw you last." Jess teases.
"Yeah, it's called I'm pregnant,"
"I figured," Jess chirps.
"So what's your game plan?"
"Divide and conquer,"
"As long as we're on the same page," Lorelai grins.