Chapter Eight

Scott woke up by the sound of Lauren falling. He jumped out of the chair looked to see if Lauren was ok. She was lying on the bed staring at the ceiling.

"Scott it's ok go back to sleep," Lauren said weakly. She didn't have that much energy.

Scott nodded and fell back asleep on the chair. Scott wasn't sure if it was ok though.

Lauren just lay in her bed looking at the ceiling. She had so many thoughts going through her mind.

'Is my kid going to like me? I don't know the first thing about being a parent. I always wanted my own family. This is a little exciting I have to admit but also really scary. Is she going to be this weak all during her pregnancy? How is she supposed to do the show? What is she going to tell people?' Lauren thought. She didn't want to over think it so she tried to go back to sleep. After an hour she finally fell asleep.

At about 7:30 Scott woke up again to see Lauren fast asleep in her bed. He covered her up. He walked downstairs' so he could call work and say that Lauren wouldn't be there because she was really sick and that he'd be late because he was helping her. Well he called Alexis and told her. He didn't think that Lauren would want that they were together to leak out yet. He knew that she liked her privacy.

Scott saw in the chair he had set up in Lauren's room and waited for her to wake up. At about 10:30 she did. She rolled over but it really hurt her stomach so she had to lie back on her back. She looked over and saw Scott sitting in the chair. She smiled at him. He nodded.

'Oh no. What about work,' Lauren thought.

"Work," Lauren said. That's about all she could say right now.

"It's taken' care of. I just called Alexis to say that you were sick and that I was going to be a little late."

Lauren smiled. He was 2 steps ahead of her. She was glad that he had called Alexis to. She didn't really want anyone to ask questions right now. And she didn't want her relationship with Scott to leak out either.

"Lauren do you want anything like soup or ginger ale?"

"Water please." Lauren couldn't really talk that much. She was too weak and her throat hurt badly.

Scott went downstairs' to her kitchen and got Lauren a glass of water. He handed it to her.

"I have to go to work now but when I'm done I'll come right over. You just rest ok?"

Lauren nodded as she took a sip of water. It felt good going down her throat. She couldn't drink that much because it started to upset her stomach.

"Lauren do you think that you'll vomit or anything? Because if you think that you are I can stay."

Lauren just shook her head. She'd be fine. She had a TV and she was going to sleep most of the day anyways. Before he left Scott gave Lauren a kiss on the forehead. As he walked out he waved. Lauren waved back. Well it was supposed to be a wave. Her arm was too weak to go up any higher then about her stomach.

Same day around noon

Alexis drove to Lauren's house. She hoped that she was ok. She never got sick. She hoped that Lauren didn't have to go to the hospital. Alexis didn't like hospitals.

Alexis walked up to Lauren's front door with Chicken Noodle Soup mix. She rang the doorbell. She waited about a minute before she realized that she was sick and she wouldn't be answering the door. Good thing that Lauren had given her a key last year or she wouldn't be able to get in. Alexis unlocked the door and started walking up to Lauren's room.

Lauren heard someone ring the doorbell and she groaned. She couldn't get up to answer it. So she just turned her head and looked up at the ceiling. Hopefully they wouldn't ring the doorbell again. About a minute later she heard the door open. The only people who had a key were Alexis, Scott and her dad.

She heard soft footprints on the stairs so it wasn't her dad or Scott it had to be Alexis. She tried to smile when Alexis came in but she couldn't. Her stomach felt really bad.

'I wonder if you'll feel like this the whole time I'm pregnant,' Lauren thought. She thought, maybe, it would get down to her baby.

'My baby,' Lauren thought. Scary but wonderful. This is what she always wanted. Now she could smile. Her stomach ache didn't have control on her right now.

"Lauren are you ok?"

Lauren nodded.

"Here I brought you chicken noodle soup. I'll make it later."

"Don't you have work," Lauren asked. She was getting some strength back.

"Well after I told Amy that you were sick and that I was going to come see you for lunch she said that I should take care of you. So I don't have to go back today."

Lauren smiled. "Thanks Alex."

"No problem. Now what's the matter? You look really sick."

"I just have a really bad stomach ache," Lauren said. It wasn't exactly lying she was just telling selected truths.

Alexis looked at her suspiciously. It definitely wasn't just a stomach ache. There was something else. Lauren couldn't look Alexis in the eye. She hated lying to her like this but she didn't really want to tell her that she was pregnant just yet.

'Uh oh' Lauren thought. 'She knows I'm lying'

They sat together in Lauren's room in an uncomfortable silence. Lauren sighed. She knew she had to tell Alexis at some point.

"Ok..." Lauren started. "Try not to freak out or anything ok?" she said.

"Ok..." Alexis said in a strange tone.

"Well um... I'm pregnant" Lauren blurted out.

Alexis' face grew wide. She gasped and covered her mouth with her hands to keep herself from screaming.

"Really!" she exclaimed.

Lauren nodded with her head down. She was staring at her hands. She had no idea what to say next.

"I'm so happy for you Lauren!" she said almost screaming.

'Oh my God!' Alexis thought. 'Lauren is pregnant! Wait, what about the show?' she thought.

So many things were running through bother Alexis' and Lauren's mind. They sat there thinking for the next 10 minutes. Lauren decided that she might as well say something.

"So umm..." was all that Lauren could get out.

"Yeah" Alexis managed. She was now almost as scared as Lauren. She didn't know what to think.

"Congratulations!" she said finally.

"Thanks" Lauren replied almost sounding depressed.

A few hours later they had talked. Lauren fell asleep. She was pretty tired from all the commotion what was going on so she decided to sleep on it. Soon after, Alexis fell asleep too.

Then a while later Scott came back to Lauren's and went up to her room to find her and Alexis sleeping. Lauren was in her bed and Alexis was in the chair. He decided not to wake them so he went downstairs to watch television and make some coffee for both of them.

'They are just like Lorelai and Rory. They are both coffee addicts' Scott thought to himself.