"So how mad do you think she's going to be?" Jess asked Luke.
"They are throwing her a party and she's getting lots of free stuff, so I'm presuming she's not going to be that mad." Luke replied.
"You haven't seen her really bad mood swings. She threw three books at me because I moved her shoes."
"You got her pregnant, you deal with the consequences." Luke replied. "Clear some tables."
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"Okay gift time." Lorelai announced.
"You may want to hold off on that, while I take a bathroom break." Rory suggested.
"Okay gift time will commence shortly." Lorelai corrected.
"This seems to be going well." Sookie commented to Lorelai when Rory had left the room.
"I think so too." Lorelai agreed.
"Your mother seems to be okay talking to Miss Patty and Babette."
"It was a great cake. It's shame to have had to destroy it."
"Food is meant to be eaten." Sookie replied.
"Okay." Lorelai patted her arm.
"Okay time for gifts." Rory said when she returned and took up residence in her chair.
"We'll start with the big ones that don't fit on the table." Lorelai suggested.
Emily and Lorelai left the room.
When they returned Emily pushed in what Rory could tell was one of the travel strollers she and Jess had been thinking about and Lorelai carried in a perfect wooden cradle, with a big pink bow on it.
"Luke made it." Lorelai told her.
"It's beautiful." Rory ran her hand over the wood.
"It took him weeks." Lorelai said proudly.
"It's a great stroller Grandma, thank you." Rory smiled.
"You're welcome." Emily replied.
"I didn't know what to get you but I was at the store and this seemed like a good idea." Lane handed her a pink gift box. "I have the receipt if you want to take it back."
Rory opened the box inside was another box, which declared it was a Sleep Sheep.
"It's great thank you." Rory gave Lane a hug.
"What does it do doll?" Babette inquired.
"It makes sounds like a heartbeat and the ocean it's supposed help babies sleep." Lane explained.
"It's great."
"This is from Morey and I." Babette handed Rory an envelope. Inside was a hundred dollar savings bond.
"This is too much." Rory said.
"It's a gift doll you can't give it back."
"Thank you." Rory replied.
Sookie had put together her own boxes of things that every new mom should have, including her favourite chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Liz and TJ had gone the conventional route as far as gift giving and given a baby bath gift set complete with giant rubber duck.
"The woman in the store said this was a good gift, since I know nothing about babies I took her word for it." Paris handed Rory a gift bag.
"Thank you."
Inside the gift bag were several Baby Einstein items including a CD of lullabies and two DVDs.
"It's great Paris."
"It can keep the kid entertained while you study." Paris was a big proponent on Rory going back to school. It had been her first argument when Rory had told her she was pregnant in the first place.
In addition they received several layette sets and other useful items.
Lorelai had given them several cute pink outfits and a diaper bag full of useful items including diapers.
"There's an envelope inside don't open it until later." Lorelai whispered in Rory's ear when she hugged her. When Rory would eventually open the envelope she would find an IOU for a days pampering at a local day spa and a note which read 'every new mom needs a little pampering'.
"This is all great." Rory smiled. "Thank you all for the great gifts and the party and I should probably stop talking before I start crying."
"How about another game to cheer you up?" Lorelai suggested.
TBC