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Lorelai stood in the doorway for a few moments, her eyes fixed with Luke's. The gaze was broken when a customer entered the diner. Lorelai walked past Luke and up the stairs.

Luke: Caesar, I will be right back

Caesar: sure boss

Luke hurried after Lorelai, when he reached the apartment he could see her standing in the middle of the room, staring at the bed

Luke: are you ok?

Lorelai: why are we doing this again?

Luke: cause you want a baby and you asked me and I said yes

Lorelai: it wasn't supposed to be like this

Luke: Lorelai?

Lorelai: I wasn't supposed to have to sit there and listen to him tell me that I'm not pregnant. I was supposed to be here celebrating right now.

Luke: we will try again in a few weeks

Lorelai: I know, its just… how could we not be pregnant? We were in this bed for almost all our spare time, we should be pregnant!

Luke: obviously it wasn't meant to be now, next time ok?

Lorelai: no its not ok, we should have been having sex on Friday night, instead I was just weak and wanted to sleep.

Luke: you weren't feeling well, there's nothing wrong with not wanting to have sex then.

Lorelai: Luke… it hurts so much

Luke: I know, I'm disappointed too. Come here

Luke walked over to where Lorelai was standing and gathered her in his arms. He held her tight, stroking her back while she let out sobs.

Lorelai: I'm sorry

Luke: for what?

Lorelai: for being weak, look at me. this is not the Lorelai you know, this it not the Lorelai you are friends with

Luke: you are hurting, there is nothing wrong with this. If you need to cry, I would rather you cry then try and bottle it up.

Lorelai: but I don't want to cry, there is no reason for me to cry like a baby

Luke: ……Lorelai?

Lorelai: yeah?

Luke: are we going to try again?

Lorelai: yeah, if you want to still do this.

Luke: of course I do

Lorelai: ok, so lets try push this out of our minds for the next couple of weeks

Luke: sure thing. Hey Lorelai?

Lorelai: yeah

Luke: i'm sorry

Before Lorelai could say anymore Luke kissed her softly. He pulled away reluctantly and led her down to the diner. Lorelai sat there for a little while in complete silence before she left to go to the inn. After her day at the inn was finished, Lorelai made her way to her parents house, where she had promised to meet Rory.

When Lorelai arrived Rory was already there. Rory greeted her mother at the door.

Rory: hey mom!

Lorelai: hey babe

Rory: how are you?

Lorelai: i'm good thanks, but I think you forgot to give your mother dearest a kiss

Rory: sorry

Rory gave Lorelai a quick kiss on the cheek and both girls made there way to the living room. Emily and Richard were sitting in the living room waiting, they both had a serious look on their face, one that even surprised Lorelai. She had seen her parents mad, sad, angry, disappointed and the list goes on, but she had never seen them look like this.

Lorelai: hi mom, dad

Emily: hello Lorelai

Richard: hello Lorelai

Lorelai: hi?

Richard: can I get you a drink?

Lorelai: a double vodka martini please

Rory, Emily and Richard gave each other looks of confusion that went unnoticed by Lorelai. Richard poured the drink and handed it to Lorelai.

Lorelai: thanks dad. Um mom do you think I could get a cup of coffee before dinner; i've had a really long day.

Emily: well… ok, I will get Margarite do bring some for you.

Lorelai: tell her to make it strong please

Emily: ok, I can do that

Lorelai: so how was your week Rory, I haven't been able to get hold of you.

Rory: sorry, been really busy at the paper, they are letting me write some interesting stuff.

Lorelai: good… good

Emily returned with the coffee for Lorelai and they all sat there quietly. Rory was the first to speak.

Rory: mom?

Lorelai: Rory?

Rory: well, you know when I said on the phone that I wanted to talk to you.

Lorelai: yeah

Rory: well, we all wanted to bring something up with you

Lorelai: this cant be good

Rory: well, remember last week when you weren't feeling well and you went off to the bathroom

Lorelai: yes?

Rory: well grandma and I got to talking and we think you were acting weird

Lorelai: I wasn't feeling well

Rory: I know, you said that. And while grandma and I aren't disputing that fact, we do think it is more serious that you are letting on.

Lorelai: what!

Emily: you haven't been yourself lately, since that evening we saw you with Luke. Rory told me you discussed death with Luke, I don't know why you would do that unless something was seriously wrong

Lorelai: nothings wrong, I just wanted to be prepared. Lets change the subject please

Rory: mom?

Lorelai: what Rory?

Rory: are you sure, you still don't seem yourself tonight.

Lorelai: I just had a long day. Ok?

Rory: fine, but then please explain to me where you went after dinner last week, cause I went past our house and you weren't there.

Lorelai: …. I was at Luke's

Rory: I went passed Luke's and the lights were off

Lorelai: I was upstairs in his apartment, I went to talk to him on the way home and when he found out I wasn't feeling well, he invited me in and looked after me.

Emily: you would have been better off at home, in your bed than around someone else's apartment.

Lorelai: he looked after me well ok, the next day I felt much better.

Emily: you spent the night?

Lorelai: yes, I told you he looked after

Rory: mom?

Lorelai: yeah

Rory: you swear you ok?

Lorelai: I swear

Emily: ok then, Richard will you lead us to the dining room

Richard: sure

The night went slow, the conversations were forced and lifeless. There was no joking on Lorelai's part and Rory was still a bit suspicious of her mom's attitude. Did her mom really forget that they were best friends and that they had always been able to tell what mood the other was in. Something was definitely wrong.

Over the next few weeks, Lorelai returned to as close as normal as she was going to be for a while. She and Luke tried again for a baby with the same results as before. The doctor had told her to keep trying and not give up hope. It was hard and they were feeling the strain.

Went it came to the third attempt, any passion and love that was present when they had sex before was gone and was replaced with pure frustration and a routine had set in. when it came time to see the doctor, Luke made sure he had some time off to accompany her. If it was good news he wanted to be there and if it was bad news, he knew she would need him.

They arrived on time and sat nervously in the waiting room. Neither spoke for the fear of saying something wrong. The doctor came out after a few minutes and Lorelai introduced Luke to him. The nurse drew blood and sent it off to be tested while Luke and Lorelai spoke to the doctor.

Doctor: you have some options if it hasn't worked this time. I would say that maybe Luke you might want to get tested and make sure you are able to have children and Lorelai we might want to consider doing a scope to make sure everything is ok with you

Lorelai: ok

Luke: I've never considered that I couldn't have children, i'm sorry Lorelai I should have got tested as soon as we decided this, and it could have saved us a lot of misery.

Lorelai: well we will see after we get the results ok.

Doctor: well here come the results now

The nurse handed the folder to the doctor and walked out. Luke took Lorelai's hand in his and gave it a reassuring squeeze. This was probably the tensest moment either had ever felt themselves in before.

The doctor read the file and looked from Luke to Lorelai then back to the file. When he looked up again he delivered the bad news. Lorelai broke down, she began to cry unlike herself and rested her head on Luke's shoulder. Luke was overcome by the emotion of hearing the news and seeing the pain in the eyes of his friend that his eyes began to fill with tears. The doctor tried to apologize but it was falling on death ears.

Without really realising it Luke set of in a robotic manor. He lifted Lorelai from the chair she was in and escorted her to the car. He drove her home slowly, not uttering a single word. When they had arrived at Lorelai's house they both came out of the reverie they were in and walked inside.

Once Luke got Lorelai to lay down and sleep he left her a note and headed back to the diner. When Lorelai woke several hours later she read the note and headed over to Luke's.

Lorelai: hey

Luke: hey

Lorelai: coffee please

Luke: decaf?

Lorelai: the regular for just this once please

Luke: sure, …Lorelai?

Lorelai: yeah?

Luke: where do we go from here?

Lorelai: I don't know, maybe get tested like the doctor said. Maybe try once more. Maybe the fourth time is our lucky charm. I don't know. Can we just leave this conversation for another time?

Luke: sure

Lorelai drank her coffee then headed to work, trying to act like nothing had happened. She was getting good at it though, which scared her. She was nothing like her old self. She was constantly putting up a front for the people in town, Rory, her parents and even sometimes Luke. She was sure now more than ever, that a decision would have to be reached, she couldn't go on like this anymore.

Hey, thanks for reading. I apologise to anyone who does not like the chapter. I just couldn't see myself writing day to day events all the time, hence the 3 month period covered in this chapter. Also there have been some people who have asked and recommended that I write more descriptions for their actions. I just wanted to say that I tried it for this chapter but it didn't come out right so I went back to my old style of writing. But please if you really want me to write like that let me know and I will try again. Thanks again for reading, I would really appreciate a review. bye