Hey everyone, here is the next instalment of my story. I hope you all enjoy it and thanks for the great reviews.
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It had been two and a half weeks since Luke had left. He had told Lorelai he would be back in two weeks but there was no sign of him yet. The last time they had spoken was on Saturday. It was now Friday and Lorelai was lying curled up on the couch under a thick blanket when she heard a knock on the door.
Lorelai: Its open, come in
Luke: You shouldn't just let anyone in
Lorelai: First of all its Stars Hollow, there is no reason to worry about who could be knocking at my door and second of all if someone was going to attack me, they would attack even if I opened the door. At least now, I saved energy to fight back
Luke: Crazy lady
Lorelai: Thank you. So where have you been?
Luke: Sorry, but Liz needed some more help. When the faire opened, they were more popular than they thought. First moment I had to myself, I left. Sorry I didn't call
Lorelai: Its ok. So, everything went well?
Luke: Yeah. They are all doing well. All terribly insane. Everyone is dressed in renaissance clothing and talk all renaissancy. Not my scene but I was happy to help
Lorelai: Yeah, well I'm sure Liz is thankful
Luke: She is. She tried to get me to stay longer but once I told her about the little bundle on the way she said I could leave.
Lorelai: So she was happy?
Luke: Ecstatic. She is so excited that she will have a nephew.
Lorelai: I'm glad
Luke: How is my son?
Lorelai: He is uh, he is doing ok
Luke: Ok?
Lorelai: Yeah, he has actually been moving quite a bit this last week
Luke: Yeah?
Lorelai: Yeah. Come here and feel this
Luke walked closer to Lorelai and sat next to her on the couch. Lorelai let the blanket drop. She took Luke's hand in hers and placed it just to the right of her belly button.
Luke: Wow your stomach is getting fat
Lorelai: Well jeez, thanks
Luke: What, it's a good thing.
Lorelai: I know I'm just kidding, I'm glad I've put on weight. If you push your hand down hard, you can feel this little lump
Luke: Yeah
Lorelai: That's the baby's head
Luke: Oh wow. How do you know?
Lorelai: Oh uh…… I'm just guessing.
Luke: Lorelai?
Lorelai: Yeah?
Luke: What are those?
Luke removed his hand from her stomach and held her at her forearm.
Lorelai: What?
Luke: Lorelai don't play dumb cause we both know you aren't
Lorelai: What do you want me to say?
Luke: Tell me why you have so many needle marks on your arm.
Lorelai: Uh……. .well
Luke: Lorelai you promised!
Lorelai: Luke there was nothing wrong
Luke: And you want me to believe you?
Lorelai: Yes, cause it's the truth
Luke: Come on Lorelai. If there was nothing wrong then why do you have half a dozen needle marks on your arms?
Lorelai: Cause I was in the hospital for a few days
Luke: You promised Lorelai, God!
Before Lorelai could say another word Luke was up and heading out of the door. He slammed the door on the way out. Lorelai just sat there with tears welling up in her eyes and listened to Luke's truck pull out of her drive way. If only he understood.
A couple days passed and Luke successfully dodged all of Lorelai's attempts to talk. Lorelai had never seen him act like this, but she guessed that it was some what expected as she hadn't been completely honest with him. In her defence, they hadn't spoken since it happened, but she could have called him and told him. He deserved to know.
Lorelai was now 6 and a half months pregnant and felt more alone than ever. With Rory at Yale and Luke not talking to her, she didn't have many people to talk to. She didn't even get to speak to the townsfolk as she had been put on strict bed rest. She had an appointment with the doctor today and wasn't sure how she was going to let Luke know. She eventually told Lane to pass on the message and made her own way to the doctor's office.
Lorelai sat on the bed already in the gown when the doctor came in.
Dr Shepard: Hello Lorelai, how are we feeling today?
Lorelai: gGod, I think those treatments really helped.
Dr Shepard: I'm glad. I can see it has helped with the weight gain like I hoped it would.
Lorelai: Yip, I put on 2kg in 3 weeks. Any other time I would freak, but I'm happy with it.
Dr Shepard: I would still like for you to put on more
Lorelai: Yeah, of course. Whatever is good for the baby
Dr Shepard: And how is he doing?
Lorelai: Great. He moves all the time now. Keeps mommy awake
Dr Shepard: Well if you lay back, we can have a look. I'm sorry Luke couldn't be here today.
Lorelai: Oh yeah….uh
Luke: I'm here
Dr Shepard: Good, just in time.
Luke waked over to the bed and sat on the stool. He didn't put his arm around Lorelai as he used to, he just sat and stared straight at the monitor.
Dr Shepard: Well as you can see again, we have the head and if we move down we have those cute little hands
Lorelai: He looks like he's waving. Do you see that Luke?
Luke: ……….
Dr Shepard: Can you feel him kicking?
Lorelai: Yeah
Dr Shepard: Thought so. Can you see his feet moving?
Lorelai: Yeah
Lorelai looked over to Luke who had a blank expression on his face unlike his usual smile. He didn't seem happy to see his child kicking. Lorelai was saddened that she and Luke weren't enjoying this together.
Dr Shepard: everything still looks good. Lets just do a quick check of the heartbeat. Sounds good
Lorelai: Is it not to fast?
Dr Shepard: No, it's actually pretty normal now
Lorelai: Good
Luke: What is wrong?
Dr Shepard: Excuse me?
Luke: What is wrong with the baby?
Dr Shepard: Nothing at the moment. He still isn't as strong as we like babies to be at this stage of the pregnancy and he is slightly under ideal weight, but as I told Lorelai a few weeks back, he is doing much better.
Lorelai: Luke….
Again Luke got up and left the room. Lorelai gave Dr Shepard an apologetic look as he wiped the gel off of her rounded stomach.
Lorelai: Thanks doc, sorry about Luke earlier
Dr Shepard: Its ok, is everything fine with you too?
Lorelai: it will be as soon as he lets me talk to him. He is upset I didn't call him while he was in Maine to tell him I was in the hospital. He thinks I was hiding the fact that there was something wrong with the baby. I just wish he would listen and let me explain that I was there to get treatment not the baby.
Dr Shepard: Do you want me to give him a call?
Lorelai: Nah, its ok. He loves this baby too much to stay away
Dr Shepard: Well good luck with it all. See you in a few weeks.
Lorelai: Thanks. See you then
Lorelai made her next appointment with the receptionist and headed home. When she arrived she saw Luke's truck in her drive way. She parked and slowly made her way to the porch where Luke sat hunched over.
Lorelai: Luke?
Luke: Oh, uh..
Lorelai: What are you doing here?
Luke: I want you to tell me what went wrong.
Lorelai: You promise to keep quite till I'm done and hear everything I have to say.
Luke: Fine
Lorelai: Come inside, I need to sit
They went into the lounge where Luke sat on the couch and Lorelai cautiously sat next to him. She turned to face him and waited to make eye contact before she begun to explain.
Lorelai: The Monday after we last spoke, I woke up with this strange feeling in my stomach. I tried to ignore it but it seemed persistent. I called Dr Shepard and asked him to meet me at the hospital cause I thought something was wrong
Luke: You should ha…..sorry
Lorelai: I was going to call you but decided to find out what was wrong before, so that I could tell you the details.
Tears started to well up in Lorelai's eyes. She didn't break the eye contact she had with Luke nor did she brush the tears away. She just continued to explain what happened.
Lorelai: I feel like such an idiot now. Dr Shepard did a scan, he didn't find anything wrong. He actually found the opposite. He found a baby with a steady heartbeat and kicking legs, much like what we saw today. I forgot Luke, I somehow forgot what it felt like to have a baby move in me. I panicked for no reason and if I had called you I would have gotten you worried for no reason too. Dr Shepard booked me into the hospital anyways. He was a bit concerned that I was still throwing up and not putting on enough weight. That's the only reason why I was there and the only reason I had those damn needle marks. I need you to believe me Luke. If something was wrong I would have called you.
The tears were falling freely down her face. She lifted her hand from her stomach and was about wipe the tears away when Luke took her hand in his. He looked at her with sad eyes.
Luke: You should have called me. I care about you just as much as I care about this baby. I could have been at the hospital with you. I should have been at the hospital with you.
Lorelai: I'm sorry
Luke: Its ok. Its over now. I just want to be there for you and the baby Lorelai
Lorelai: I know, I know
Luke: come here
Luke pulled Lorelai over to where he was and wrapped his arms around her shoulders and mid section. Lorelai snuggled into Luke. They didn't do this often, but she had missed it over the last month. They sat like that for a while
Lorelai: Put your hand here quick
Luke: What?
Lorelai: Here…quick
Lorelai grabbed Luke's hand herself and placed it in her stomach. She turned her face to look at Luke's. She watched as his face changed from sad to happy. With such a big smile on his face Lorelai knew he felt it. He got to feel his baby move and that immediately relaxed them both.
Lorelai: Is little William kicking his daddy's hand?
Luke: We are not naming him William. I've told you that for the past 5 months. I'm not changing my mind
Lorelai: Fine!
Lorelai laid her head back on Luke's chest. She was going to have to think of a way to get him to change his mind or really rack hers to find a name she could love more.
Thanks again for taking time to read my story. I hope you enjoyed it. I don't have any special mind reading powers so if I could ask you to take 1 more minute and review, I would be eternally grateful. While your there, if you want to tell me what magical power you would have if you could chose that would be fun. Oh and Luke and Lorelai will be together soon. Something will happen to make them realise just what they feel for one another.
Thanks again