''In Omnia Paratus"
"Mom, my water just broke!"
Those words rang through Lorelai's ears when Rory once again called her name, snapping her back into reality.
"Mom!"
"Did you hear what I said?"
"What? Yes, ok." Lorelai stuttered.
"Do you know what this means?"
"Yes, I'm having the baby."
"Right, yes you are, so we should go."
"Mom, are you ok, you're acting funny?"
"I'm fine, are you alright?"
"Um…, ya, but we should go to the hospital, right?" Rory asked grabbing her mother's hand.
"The hospital right."
Suddenly Lorelai seemed to awaken from this trance-like state she seemed to be in.
"Yes, we need to get you to the hospital; everything is going to be fine Rory, ok?"
"Ok, I know."
"Hey, you guys, what's going on?" Lane asked as she walked out the door and came to join them.
"Her water broke." Lorelai answered with a smile.
"Oh, ok, I'll get you another one." Lane said naively, not getting what they meant.
"No, Lane, I'm having the baby." Rory told her best friend as she grabbed her by the wrist pulling her towards her.
"Oh MY GOD!" Lane screamed.
"So, we need to get you to the hospital, right?"
"Right." Rory answered.
As they made their way back into the inn Rory spoke to her mother.
"But I'm not due for three weeks mom." she said a little panicked.
"That's ok honey; everything will be fine, so she's like you already, see, very punctual." Lorelai said trying to ease her daughter's concern.
"Hey, you guys, what's going on?" Sookie asked as the three walked back inside.
"Her water broke." Lane announced to everyone.
"Oh, wow!" they all gasped in unison.
"Sit down right here." Lorelai said to Rory.
"I'll get the car."
"Mom, Logan, he's in the woods with the guys."
"It's ok; we'll call him and tell him to meet us there."
"I've got to get her to the hospital." Lorelai said to Sookie and her mother and the others.
"Stephanie." Rory called out to her friend.
Steph came and stooped down to talk with Rory.
"Steph, Logan went to an LDB thing in the woods, I won't be able to get in touch with him."
"Ok, I'll go find him for you, don't worry; I'll bring him to the hospital." Steph promised as she scurried off.
Rory felt better about that at least, she knew that Steph would keep her promise and find her husband and bring him to be at her side for the birth of their baby.
"Mom, I'm having a contraction." Rory yelled grabbing her mother by the arm.
"Ok sweetie, I'm right here, keep time of how far apart they are and breathe."
"Lane, Paris, come sit with her and hold her hand while I get the car." Lorelai directed and Rory's two best friends did as they were told.
"Keep breathing honey."
"Somebody's blocking me in." Lorelai screamed.
"Oh, that's me." Sookie responded.
At this point Babette, Miss Patti, Gypsy and everyone else had left leaving Lorelai, Sookie, Emily, Shira, Honor, Lane, and Paris there.
"Move quickly so I can take her to the hospital." Lorelai screamed.
"Whose car are we taking?" Emily asked.
"Let's take mine." one voice yelled.
"We can take mine." somebody else said.
"Why don't we call a cab?" Lorelai heard someone else say.
"We are taking my car, and I'm driving her, somebody else needs to come with us though to sit with her."
"Mom!" Rory screamed again.
"What Rory, what's wrong?"
"I don't think we have time, I feel the need to push."
"What!" Lorelai screamed.
Then there were what seemed like a million "Oh my God's."
"You can't be ready to push already, your water just broke and this is your first baby, they usually don't come this fast."
"Her contractions are coming three minutes apart Lorelai." Paris informed her.
"I mean it mom."
"What the hell are we going to do?" Lorelai asked turning to the others for support.
"I guess we should get her up to one of the rooms Lorelai." Sookie suggested.
"Because I don't think she wants to have the baby here."
"Maybe we should try to make it to the hospital." Emily suggested.
"No, it takes at least a half an hour to get there and it would be worse for her to deliver in the car."
"You want to call an ambulance?" Honor asked.
"They won't make it here in time Lorelai." Paris said as she and Lane still held Rory's hands telling her to breathe.
"Ok, let's get her up to a room." Lorelai directed as the three of them helped Rory stand up.
"But who's going to deliver the baby?" Shira asked.
"I will." Paris stated firmly.
To that everyone, including Rory said "What?"
"Hey, I'm in pre-med, I can do it."
"I don't think so Paris." Lorelai stated as they got Rory onto the bed.
"Lane, go get clean towels and blankets, get a wet cloth to wipe her forehead." Lorelai commanded.
"Oh, and scissors to cut the umbilical cord and alcohol to disinfect the scissors." Paris called after her trying to prove that she knew what she was doing.
"Paris, you aren't a doctor, you've never delivered a baby, have you ever even seen somebody deliver a baby?" Lorelai asked.
"No, but what do you want to do it, you've never seen someone deliver a baby either."
"No, but I've given birth, I know how it goes."
"I'm sorry Paris, but this is too important, I'm not going to risk my daughter and granddaughter."
"I swear that I can do this."
"Mom, let her do it, I trust you Paris and mom, you'll be here, you can help her if she needs it, ok?" Rory said screaming through the pain as Lane walked back in with the stuff.
"You're sure?" both Paris and Lorlelai asked.
"Yes, just do it, deliver my baby, she's coming." Rory screamed.
"I promise; I won't let you down." Paris whispered into her friend's ear as she put on gloves and grabbed a blanket to put the baby in.
Meanwhile, in some mysterious woods in Connecticut…
"Good shot mate." Finn called out to Logan, as he took a shot at Colin.
"Ok, I'll be the victim."
"All your life Finn." Colin said.
"Logan, Logan!" Stephanie screamed.
"Steph, what the hell are you doing here, aren't you supposed to be with the women at the baby shower, doing whatever it is women do?" Finn asked.
"Logan, Rory's in labor."
"What?" all three guys screamed.
"Her water broke at the shower, Lorelai was taking her to the hospital and I was sent to track you down, I promised Rory that I would find you and bring you to her."
"Oh my God, I have to get there, right now; I'm going to be a father." Logan said as the four of them made their way to the car.
"I'll call them to say that we are on our way." Steph said.
"Thank you for coming here and finding me Steph."
"Hey, of course Logan, that's what I'm here for."
Steph picked up her cell to call Rory's cell phone to let her know that she found Logan and that they would be there soon. Rory's cell rang in the living room of the Dragonfly, where a very nervous Emily, Sookie and Honor waited; Shira had seemed to have vanished. When the phone rang Honor answered.
"Hello?"
"Rory?" Steph asked.
"No, Rory's kind of in the middle of something right now, this is Honor Huntzberger."
"Oh Honor, it's Steph."
"Oh hey Stephanie, where are you, have you found my brother?"
"Ya, I got him, and we're on our way to the hospital to meet you guys, tell Rory to hold on, we'll be there soon."
"Ah, Steph, there's just one problem; we're not at the hospital."
"What?" Steph asked confused.
"We're still at the Dragonfly."
"Why, was it just a false alarm, is she really not having the baby?" Steph asked, slowing down her driving speed now.
"No, it wasn't a false alarm, Rory's definitely in labor, but the baby is coming really fast and she couldn't make it to the hospital, so she's just giving birth here, right now in fact."
"What!" Stephanie screamed.
"Oh my God!"
"What, what's the matter?" Logan asked panicked.
"Umm…ok Honor, thank you; we'll be there as soon as we possibly can." And with that Stephanie hung up and sped off.
"Steph, what happened, what's going on with my wife and my baby?"
"The baby's coming really fast, faster than anyone had anticipated; they couldn't make it to the hospital, so she's giving birth at the inn." Steph explained with a laugh.
"What?"
"Oh my God."
"I have to be there."
"I have to get there." Logan said panicked.
"I'm driving as fast as humanly possible, but I think you want to get there alive to see your child."
Back at the Dragonfly…
Lane and Lorelai went to be by Rory's side, as Paris took position to deliver the baby.
"Ok, Rory, next contraction, I want you to push."
"Ok."
''Here we go."
"Good, keep going." Paris instructed, when suddenly.
"Oh my God."
"What, what's wrong?" Lorelai asked.
"Come here. " Paris said motioning to Lorelai.
"Stop pushing." she instructed Rory.
"What's going on?" Rory asked now panicking.
"I don't think I'm seeing what I'm supposed to be seeing." Paris said to Lorelai.
"Oh my God." Lorelai said as she saw what Paris meant.
"I'm supposed to be seeing a head, right?"
"Instead I'm seeing a butt."
"Rory, the baby's breached, meaning coming butt first instead of head first." Loreali explained.
"Keep breathing and don't push."
Loreali and Paris huddled together, trying to come up with what to do
"Doctors usually take those things and turn the baby around, don't they?" Paris asked.
"Ya, but we don't have anything like that, so the baby is just going to have to be delivered butt first, now it'll probably be harder and we'll have to be extra careful and from what I've heard, it's more painful."
"But we have no other choice." they said to each other in unison.
"Ok honey, we're just going to have to take things nice and slow and deliver the baby as is, butt first."
"Mom, I'm scared." Rory said crying and grasping her mom and Lane's hands tighter.
"I know, but we're all right here with you, Lane, Paris and I aren't going to let anything happen to you."
"Paris, do you need me to take over?" Lorelai asked her.
"No, I started this and I'll finish it, I can do it." Paris answered with a determined look on her face.
Just then Logan burst through the front door of the Dragonfly, his friends in tow.
From the word "go" Logan, who looked as if he had been through the war-zone, ran up the stairs yelling his wife's name.
"Rory, Rory, Rory."
Hearing him Lorelai opened the door to allow him to come in.
"Logan, in here."
"Lorelai, where is she?"
"Rory." he said once again.
"Logan, you made it." she said, giving him a weak smile.
"Of course I did, you didn't really think I'd miss this did you?"
"Ok you two, you'll have to continue this a little bit later, Rory we have work to do." Paris said.
Quickly Lorelai explained the situation to a now severely panicked Logan.
He was now on one side of her, holding her, supporting her.
"Ok Rory, ready to push again?"
"Sit up sweetie, and Lane and Logan will help you." Lorelai directed.
Back down in the Living Room, Honor, Sookie, Finn, Colin and Stephanie were all sitting and Emily was now pacing.
"What is going on?"
"Why is it taking so long?"
"What if something's wrong?"
"If you recall Emily, giving birth doesn't happen 1-2-3." Sookie reminded her.
"I know, but I thought the baby was coming right then and that's why she couldn't make it to the hospital?" Emily asked.
"I'm sure Lorelai will come down and tell us something soon.
"You're doing so great Rory." Paris said.
"A little more and I'll have the legs and the butt."
"Ok, I got it."
With that Lorelai left Rory's side and went to assist Paris with maneuvering the baby.
"Ok, Paris, you have hold of the legs, we have to gently get the baby's head out."
"Just breathe sweetheart."
"Ok" Rory said as Paris gently brought the baby's head out of her.
What's going on, why don't I hear anything?" Rory asked panicking and crying now.
"The baby's not crying Lorelai." Paris said in a terrified tone to Loreali.
"What, my baby's not crying, oh God!" Rory said.
"Why isn't our baby crying, do something!" Logan commanded.
"There is probably just gunk blocking her breathing, get a cue tip and we'll clean out her mouth." Lorelai said, still remaining calm.
And as Paris did as she was instructed the little girl let out a big, strong, loud wail.
"I'm going to loose my mind." Emily stated.
"I think she's already there." Honor said to Colin, who was sitting next to her, in a whisper.
"Well, I'm just going to go up there and see what's going on."
Before Emily could get to the stairs they heard the baby cry.
"She's here!" Honor exclaimed.
"See Emily; and I'm sure everything is fine." Sookie said reassuringly.
"Ok dad, ready to cut the cord?" Lorelai asked Logan.
"Me?" he asked surprised.
"Of course you, you're the daddy." Paris said.
"Ok now Paris wrap her up in the blanket really tight and keep her warm."
''I got it Lorelai." Paris said laughing at the seemingly nervous new grandmother.
"Here you go, little one, here's your daddy." Paris cooed to the baby as she placed her in Logan's arms.
"Hey there little girl, we've been waiting for you. Let's go see your mommy." Logan whispered as she took his daughter and placed her in her mother's waiting arms.
At this point all of them were crying.
"Hi baby, I'm your mommy, ya." Rory cooed to her daughter as she held her and looked into her eyes for the first time.
At this point both Rory and Logan were holding their baby and crying as they starred down at her; it seemed like no one else was in the room.
It was the first time that Rory had ever seen Logan cry.
"We did it!"
"Thank You." Rory mouthed to Paris through her tears as she held her daughter with her mother and her husband by her side.
Lorelai suggested that they leave the new family alone. They heard the sounds of the ambulance in the distance. She went towards the door, leaving to close it behind her, but not before glancing back to look at the picture before her; her daughter, who is now a mother, her son-in-law, and her brand new baby granddaughter. Lorelai was overwhelmed by it all.
Downstairs Sookie, Emily and Honor, and Logan's friends were celebrating the momentous occasion with Lorelai ran down the stairs in a frenzy to greet the ambulance.
At this point, she was shaking and smiling when she looked at the others, who were in the middle of celebrating with some champagne.
"She did it, the baby's here!" the new grandmother exclaimed.
"Yay!" Everybody else screeched in unison.
"Our girl's a mother?" Emily asked her daughter as she embraced her in a hug.
"Ya she is." Lorelai responded.
"It was pretty scary there for awhile." Paris let out.
"Why, what happened?" Honor asked.
"The baby was breached; we had to deliver her that way."
"It was scary." Lane said.
"Oh God, I knew that something was wrong." Emily said.
"She's fine mom, Rory did great and that little girl is gorgeous." Lorelai said, trying to calm and reassure her mother.
"She's Logan and Rory's daughter, how could she be anything but gorgeous?" Stepahnie said.
"You did a great job Paris, I'm sorry that I ever doubted you." Lorelai said, embracing her daughter's friend in a job well done.
"You actually allowed her to deliver the baby?" Emily asked shocked and appalled, thinking that her daughter had behaved irresponsibly.
"Rory said to let her and she did a marvelous job, especially under all that pressure, I was very impressed."
"Thank you Lorelai, but I'll admit that I was terrified."
"Especially in the end, when the baby wasn't crying." Paris admitted.
"What, the baby wasn't crying?" Emily asked.
"She just had some gunk clogging her air passages, but I swear to you mom, she's perfect now." Lorelai said.
" I honestly didn't think that we were going to make it here on time, I thought that Logan was going to miss it." Steph admitted.
Back upstairs…
"She's so gorgeous." Logan said, smiling at his wife and baby daughter.
"She looks like you." Rory stated.
"You think?" he asked.
"Absolutely!" Rory answered.
"Well, she definitely has those unmistakable eyes of yours." Logan said.
"Well, I think that she definitely looks like you."
"She might look like me, but I hope that she behaves like you."
Just then the paramedics came through the door to take them to the hospital.
Loreali, Emily and Honor promised that they'd follow suit.
Honor first got on her cell to call her fiancé to let him know what had happened and than to track down her missing mother.
Lorelai called to let Luke know of the current events.
She picked up the phone and dialed, a moment later she heard that familiar voice.
"Luke's"
"Hey!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"I thought the shower wasn't over until four, that's when I planned to come over to help Rory pile all the "stuff" into her car."
"Well, there was a little change in plans."
"What do you mean?" he asked confused.
"Rory went into labor at the shower."
"What!" Luke screeched at the other end.
"She ok, you at the hospital, is the baby here?" he asked bombarding her with questions.
"Yes, she's fine, yes the baby's here and I'm leaving for the hospital right now, I just wanted to call you first and let you know what's going on."
"What do you mean you're just leaving for the hospital now?" he asked.
"I thought that you would have been there with her for the whole thing."
"She didn't make it to the hospital, the baby was born here."
"Here where?" Luke asked.
"Here, here, at the Inn." Lorelai explained, but she was met with a second
"What?"
"It's a long story; I'll explain it all to you when I see you."
They hung up and Emily called Richard at the office to let him know that he was a great-grandfather and Lorelai also decided that it was best to let Christopher know.