A nice, little dose of drama for you guys. Enjoy this new chapter!

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Two weeks have passed and everyone has adjusted to their new roles and new situations.

It is noontime at the Dragonfly where Lea is off working and Lorelai is working on the computer at the reception desk. A tall teenage boy enters and walks to the desk.

"Hi, I'm Lorelai. Welcome to the Dragonfly", she says with a smile.

"Hi. I'm Cooper Walters. Does Lea Carlson work here?"

"Uh, hold on Cooper. Just have a seat and I'll be right back", Lorelai walks into her office and grabs her phone to call Lea's cell phone.

"Lorelai, what's going on?" Lea answers after a couple of rings.

"Get down here now."

"What's wrong? Is Sophia okay!"

"Yeah, she's fine."

"Then, what's wrong? Am I in trouble?"

"Cooper's here."

"What!" Lea yells.

"Yeah, he's in the lobby. You're done for the day. Go ahead and talk to him. Do you want me to sit with you when you tell him?"

"No, it's okay. But I'll let you know if I need you?" Lea half asks and half states.

"Of course."

"I'll be down in a second."

"Alright."

Both girls hang up. Lea begins walking through the hallway, fixing her hair and fidgeting with her outfit.

Lorelai is waiting at the bottom of the staircase when Lea gets there. Lorelai takes Lea's hand and squeezes it.

Lea mouths, "Thanks."

Lorelai smiles and points to Cooper who is sitting on a couch with his back to the girls.

Lea walks over and taps Cooper on the shoulder.

"Lea!" Cooper smiles and stands up, hugging Lea.

"Hey Coop, what are you doing here?"

"It's my spring break so I'm back in Connecticut to see my grandparents…and you", Lea smiles shyly and Cooper continues, "Why are you here?"

"I work here."

"I got that. But I mean, why'd you leave Hartford?"

"Are you hungry? The chef here is amazing and she'll make you whatever you want", Lea starts walking towards the kitchen and Cooper follows behind her.

Lea walks into the kitchen and almost hits Sookie with the door, "Oh my G-d, Sookie!"

"Hey there! Coffee?" Sookie greets.

"Yeah. Can you make me something?"

"Always. What can I get you?"

"An egg-white omelet with peppers and onions."

"Coming right up!" Sookie calls enthusiastically as she starts cooking.

Lea turns to Cooper, "Do you want something?"

"Uh…no."

"Your loss", Lea shrugs.

"What's going on?" Cooper finally asks.

"Nothing", Lea pauses, "Listen, we need to talk", Lea starts to walk out of the kitchen and into the dining room, "Sit", Lea commands once they get to a table. Cooper does what he's told, "I've kept a lot from you since you moved away", Lea admits.

"Like what? Is everything okay?"

"Yeah."

Cooper interrupts, "Are your parents okay? Are you sick?"

"Cooper!"

"What?"

"I had a baby."

Cooper's eyes widen, "Are you kidding me?"

"No."

"Who's the father?"

"Listen, Cooper. Sophia…that's my daughter's name…she's almost 16 months old", Lea pauses, "She's yours."

"No."

"Yes."

"I don't believe you."

"Cooper, you know I was only sleeping with you."

"If that baby was mine, you would've told me."

"I was scared."

"My ass. That baby's not mine", Cooper gets up and leaves, passing Lorelai who realizes that something is up and walks in the direction that Cooper came from.

"Lea?"

Lea turns to face Lorelai, with tears streaming down here face, "I don't have to worry about him taking Sophia…."

"Well, that's good, isn't it?" asks Lorelai, in a near whisper.

Lea shakes her head 'No'.

"Okay…"

Lea wipes her face, "he denies that she's his."

"What a jerkoff!"

"Yeah…"

"Come on", Lorelai gets up and holds out her hand to Lea.

Lea grabs Lorelai's hand and stands up, "Where are we going?"

"You need coffee. Really, really good coffee. And where would one get really, really good coffee?"

"Starbucks?" Lea jokes.

"Oh boy, what am I going to do with you?"

"To Luke's!"

"To Luke", Lorelai smiles reassuringly.

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Man, these chapters look so much longer on notebook paper. I'm sorry they're so short! But review anyway? Haha. Thanks!