A/N: Have a great Christmas; the next post will be on Monday. This post is a Christmas present to you all.
"Hey Mom." Rory said when she walked in.
"Hey hun. Jess made breakfast."
"Good I'm starving." She sat down at the table.
"Did you know we had bacon and eggs in the house?" Lorelai asked.
"Luke left them here when he made you dinner last week. You had spaghetti carbonara and I'm pretty sure that has bacon and eggs in there somewhere."
"Jess?" Lorelai questioned.
"Don't look at me, pasta sauce comes out of a jar as far as I'm concerned."
"You're no help."
"Ask Luke when he gets here or find a recipe book."
"Just when I was starting to like you." Lorelai shook her head.
"Recipe books are too complicated." Rory said. "That's why we leave it to Sookie and Luke."
"How exactly did you two live this long?" Jess asked.
"What did he miss about the Sookie and Luke part?" Lorelai asked Rory.
"And there are always pop tarts and we're very good at ordering take out." Rory added.
"One day I'm going to teach you to make something more substantial than toast and tatter-tots."
"Don't listen hun, he's trying to corrupt you." Lorelai put her hands over Rory's ears.
"I'll resist." Rory said.
"'Resistance is futile.'" Jess stated.
"Did he just make a Star Trek reference?" Lorelai asked Rory.
"Which just goes to prove my point." Rory said.
"Jess can you run and steal the truck from Luke when you're done eating. That way you can help load it up before Luke gets here."
"Okay." Jess agreed.
"I have to go out when we've finished." Rory said.
"Where?" Lorelai asked.
"I need to go and see Miss Patty." Rory replied.
"Why?" Jess and Lorelai inquired simultaneously.
"If the whole town is going to know they should at least get the facts rather than whatever garbled version Kirk heard from Dad yelling at Jess."
"Do you want either of us to come with you?" Lorelai offered.
"No this is something I need to do myself." Rory replied. "But thanks."
GG
"Miss Patty." Rory said when she reached the steps of Miss Patty's dance studio.
"Rory." Miss Patty smiled.
"Have you spoken to Kirk since last night?"
"No honey, but Bootsy mentioned your father was in the dinner last night."
"Can I talk to you about that for a minute?" Rory inquired.
"Of course." Patty said.
"I have to leave to go back to school in an hour, and if everyone in town is going to find out I'd rather it was the truth rather than speculation."
They went inside and sat down.
"Now what did you want to tell me sweetie?" Patty asked.
"I just want you to know I was planning on telling everyone in a few weeks, I just wanted to get settled back at school and tell my grandparents first."
"Rory sweetie just spit it out."
"Since I'm short of time the quick highlights. I'm pregnant, about three and half months, the baby is due beginning of February. It was an accident, but I'm happy about it. I'm not dropping out of school; I'm just going to take next semester off. Then I'll live here and commute to New Haven. Jess is the father, and you need you to make sure no-one blames him for this was an accident and as much my fault as his. He didn't force me to do anything I didn't want to do."
"That's a lot of information to take in thirty seconds." Patty said.
"Well since you'd only get bad highlights from Kirk's version of Dad yelling at Jess I'd rather you knew the truth."
"And that's why Jess moved back to town?"
"He's been great about everything." Rory said. "He's planning on sticking around and helping out. I just need to make sure that no-one is going to blame him or think he corrupted me because he didn't. I feel guilty enough about going back to school and leaving him to deal with the backlash."
"Are you two kids back together?" Patty inquired.
"We're working on that." Rory replied.
"How does Lorelai feel about being a grandmother?"
"She's getting used to the idea." Rory told Patty. "I still have to tell my grandparents, but all the relevant parents know. I just need to know that everyone won't be too hard on Jess."
"I'll see what I can do." Miss Patty told her.
"Thank you. I should get home; I have some things to do before I leave." Rory got up.
"Rory."
"Yes?"
"Congratulations."
"Thanks."
TBC