"Mom!" Rory said.

"What?" Lorelai turned to look at her.

"No buying baby clothes, no matter how cute they are."

"But look it has bunnies on it." Lorelai held up a cute outfit.

"Very sweet. But right now we're here to buy pants. Baby clothes I need to save up for along with payment for my medical insurance which I have to switch policies on when I take a leave of absence, and all other baby paraphernalia."

"I'm paying for it so I can buy what I like." Lorelai pointed out.

"Talk to Luke and have your own baby and you can dress them up in whatever you like."

"I don't think we're at that stage yet." Lorelai said.

"Jess and I had been broken up for a year when I got pregnant." Rory countered.

"Besides the whole point about being a grandmother is that you can spoil your grandchildren."

"Mom, just wait a while at least until we know whether it is a boy or a girl and then you can buy what you like."

"Are you going to find out?" Lorelai asked.

"I want to. I haven't discussed it with Jess yet."

"I bet you fifty bucks it's a girl." Lorelai suggested.

"Mom, I can't afford fifty bucks. I'm a student but I'm sure there will be a pool in town and you can run it if you like."

"That's not a bad idea." Lorelai mused.

"Good now put that back and keep walking."

"No way sister, I'm buying this and these." She grabbed something as she walked past the rail.

"Fine. But no more."

GG

Lorelai and Rory were drinking milkshakes walking around the mall carrying the bags of their purchases.

"Mary?" The voice made Rory stop.

"What is it sweets?" Lorelai asked.

"Mary?" The voice was getting closer.

Rory slowly turn around.

"Hello Tristan."

"Mary, Ms Gilmore."

"Mom, you remember Tristan DuGray." Rory said. "We went to Chilton together."

"Vaguely."

"What are you doing here? I thought you would be in Massachusetts at Harvard." Tristan asked.

"I actually go to Yale." Rory told him. "I'm home for the weekend."

"Yale? Whatever happened to Harvard?"

"I got into Harvard, but I decided to go to Yale instead. So did Paris, she's my roommate."

"Paris didn't go to Harvard?"

"Umm... She didn't get in." Rory stated. "So where are you going to school?"

"Brown."

"Didn't the semester start already?" Lorelai questioned.

"My father had a bad heart attack two weeks ago, he's still in the hospital, I'm taking the semester off."

"I'm sorry. Is he going to be okay?" Rory inquired.

"He's going to have to change his diet and take things easy for a while but the doctors are optimistic that he'll be fine in a few months."

"That's good news." Rory smiled.

"I've been sent in search of new pyjamas."

"Do you want some help?" Rory offered. "We're shopping anyway."

"That would be great."

They headed for the nearest department store. Rory excused herself to go to the bathroom.

"Expecting an addition?" Tristan asked Lorelai noticing the bag from the baby store she was holding.

"Not me."

"Rory's pregnant?" Tristan was a little shocked.

"Yes."

"Wow."

"Mary doesn't fit any more does it?" Lorelai pointed out.

"I guess not." He paused. "Rory doesn't seem to get pregnant at 19."

"And I seem like the type of person who would get pregnant at 16?"

"No, I didn't mean."

"Sometimes accidents happen. You deal with them."

TBC