"This is just great." Rory muttered.
"What's wrong?" Jess asked.
"This outfit fitted fine yesterday and now it doesn't feel comfortable."
"So wear something else." Jess suggested.
"Jess, it's Christmas Eve, we're leaving for my grandparents in less than an hour what would like me to wear?" Rory asked.
"You know what I promised to help Luke with something downstairs, I'll leave you to it." Jess escaped.
"Hey Jess." Lorelai said when she saw him; she was sat on a stool drinking coffee.
"Lorelai."
"How's Rory doing?"
"The outfit she picked out to wear yesterday apparently doesn't feel comfortable and she didn't like it when I suggested she wore something else, I figured it was easier to leave her to it than to get into a fight about it."
"I'll go up and talk to her." Lorelai offered.
"Let her know that I didn't send you." Jess requested.
"I'll be back." Lorelai hopped off her stool and head upstairs.
She tapped on the door.
"It's open." Rory called.
"Hey hun." Lorelai walked in.
"Hey Mom."
"So looking forward to dinner tonight?"
"Not really."
"What's up?"
"My ankles are slightly swollen, I'm fat, my clothes itch and any time I eat more a few mouthfuls of food I get heartburn." Rory replied.
"The joys of being pregnant." Lorelai sat down. "There's only six weeks to go."
"Right now that feels like forever."
"I'll be over soon enough." Lorelai told her.
"Why did I wait on the childbirth classes?"
"If I remember rightly you said you didn't want to take them because you were already studying enough and that it could wait until you finished school." Lorelai recalled. "You signed up for a class that's two hours long twice a week for three weeks. You should be okay; you've already had the hospital tour and pre-registered."
"I know."
"It's okay to be scared." Lorelai told her. "It's a big thing to deal with."
"What if I can't do it?" Rory asked sitting down on the bed.
"Rory you'll get through it, it will hurt like hell but afterwards you'll forget everything when you see her until you get to complain to her about how much it hurt. Jess will be there for you to yell at and Mommy will be there to watch."
"What if I can't be a Mom?"
"Rory everyone thinks they won't be able to cope, but if I can do it honey so can you. You've got a whole lot of people willing to help you if you need it, you just have to ask."
"Thanks Mom."
"So what do you say we get you dressed so we can go and open some presents?" Lorelai asked.
"Okay."
"So what do you feel comfortable in at the moment?" Lorelai inquired.
"Honestly?"
"Of course."
"Jess's boxer shorts and a t-shirt." Rory replied.
"That's a little cold to be wearing outside right now, but I'd love to see Mom's face if you walked in wearing that."
"I don't think so."
"Okay, I'm sure we can find you something to wear." Lorelai got up and moved to look in the closet.
"Half of that doesn't fit at the moment."
"We'll find something." Lorelai flicked through the clothes, Lorelai felt the waist bands. "How about this?"
"Itches." Rory replied.
"This?" Lorelai tried. Rory shook her head. "This?" Rory shook her head. "How about these?"
"Maybe."
"Why do you put these on and I'll find you a top that goes with them?" Lorelai suggested.
"Okay." Rory agreed.
TBC