I looked around my apartment; it had never been cleaner. I had tried to get to sleep last night but I was too excited and had only slept for a few hours. After that I had gotten up and started cleaning, I wanted everything to be perfect.
Jake had just called and said he would be here in about an hour. I needed to find something to do with my time, there was absolutely nothing left to clean, I already had breakfast and I think I freaked Luke out. As soon as I heard him downstairs I ran down to get food, then I was too nervous to eat it.
I was already dressed in my favorite pair of blue jeans, a pair that I had bought while shopping with Jake in New York. My shirt was a light blue with different swirly and sparkly designs on it; I had straightened all the waves out of my brown hair and was wearing it down. I had gotten my hair cut since moving to Stars Hollow so it was now shoulder length and layered around my face. I normally don't care too much about my appearance, but for this day I had taken a lot of time getting ready.
I sat down on the couch and turned on the TV, after clicking through the channels I realized there was nothing on. After I sat there for a moment I started to realize how tired I was so I laid down on the couch and decided to rest my eyes for just a moment.
A little while later my phone started ringing and I realized that I had fallen asleep, I got off the couch and answered my phone. "Hello?"
"Grace, Hi, where are you?"
Jake? I glanced at the clock, 1 hour and 15 minutes from the time I had laid down, "I'm in my apartment, were are you?"
"I'm outside of the diner, I tried to come up but the guy behind the counter wouldn't let me, then I tried to call you and he made me go outside."
Luke. Shoot, I meant to let him know. "Sorry Jake, that's Luke he owns the apartment and the diner, go back in and I'll be right down."
I hung up the phone and went downstairs. I turned the corner and saw him there with his same curly brown hair and amazing green eyes, he flashed me a smile and I ran over to hug him.
"Hey you," Jake said.
"Is that all I get after all this time, just a 'Hey you'?" I joked with him.
He leaned in closer, "Well, I would greet you better, but scary diner man is staring at us."
I laughed and turned to look at Luke, as soon as he saw me looking he turned away, I grabbed Jake's hand and pulled him over to the counter, "Come on, I'll introduce you, he's really not as scary as he seems."
"Luke," I called, and he turned back towards me, "This is my uh- Jake, this is Jake."
He gave me a look, "Your Jake?"
I wasn't sure what to say, "Well, um…"
Jake jumped, "Yeah, I'm her Jake, and you must be Luke." He reached out to shake Luke's hand, I grabbed Jake's other hand in a silent thank you.
There was an odd exchange between the two, Luke seemed to be issuing some sort of warning or challenge and Jake seemed to be accepting it. I decided it was time to speak up, "Well we've got a lot to do today, so we should be going," I glanced at Jake, "I just have to go grab my stuff."
Jake looked at Luke then back at me; "I'll come up with you." There was a very weird vibe in the diner so after quickly showing Jake my apartment I decided it was time to show him the town. On the way out of the diner I said bye to Luke and I think he watched us leave, something was weird with him.
Jake and I walked around town for awhile; I pointed out all the cool local places, and the odd local people. We almost had to stop and talk to Miss Patty, but luckily we turned the corner just in time. Jake had wanted to see where I was working so we headed to the Dragonfly so I could show him around and we could get some lunch.
Lorelai knew we were coming by so I was surprised when she wasn't watching out the windows waiting for us to arrive. We walked into the lobby and I saw her on the phone she seemed frustrated, "Mom I told you I had an emergency and I couldn't make it. No mom, I told you Rory and I are both fine." I looked at her and waved, "Sorry Mom some guests just came in so I'll have to talk to you later. No Mom I have to go, bye." She growled and hung up the phone, I didn't know what her mom was upset about, but I knew where she was last night, her mom was upset because of me, great.
"You guys have the best timing, thank you." Lorelai walked over, "So are you going to make me introduce myself?"
"Oh no, sorry, Lorelai this is Jake, Jake this is Lorelai."
Lorelai reached out to shake Jake's hand, "Hi Jake, nice to meet you, I'm Grace's boss and ex-bagel hockey team member but we don't need to get into that now."
Jake gave her a confused look, "Well ok then, nice to meet you Lorelai, this is a great place you have here."
"Thank you, have you gotten a chance to look around yet?"
"Not yet," I told her, "We went out and saw Cletus and Desdemona but that's as far as we've gotten."
"Well I'll leave you two to your tour," Lorelai walked away, I pointed Jake towards the dining room and as he started to walk away Lorelai turned around and mouthed the word, "Hottie," to me, I laughed and followed Jake.
After the tour of the Dragonfly and lunch we headed back to my apartment to hang out. Luke watched us as we went upstairs but I ignored it, there was too much else on my mind. I needed to tell him and time was running out.
We both sat down on the couch, we had the most amazing day together and I hated the thought of ruining it. I thought about not telling him now, but I knew I needed to, he deserved to know and to be honest, I needed his support. I could only hope he would give it to me.
"Jake, I need to tell you something."
"Ok, shoot."
I took a deep breath, "It's big, really big." I was trying to bring myself to say it.
"Grace, what's wrong? Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, it's just that I, well, I'm pregnant Jake."
He sat there, shocked, it was obviously not what he was expecting, he got up and started pacing the floor, "Wow, oh wow, are you sure?" I nodded my head, "And it's mine?"
I rolled my eyes, "Of course it's yours."
He sat back down, "I know, it's just not exactly something I planned on."
I gave a little laugh, "Well it wasn't exactly on my to-do list either," I paused, I didn't want to say this but I felt I had to, "You know Jake, you don't have to be involved if you don't want, I won't make you."
For the first time since I told him he stopped moving and looked right at me, "Grace there's no way I'm going to leave you alone to deal with this. We got into this situation together and we'll get through it together. I'm afraid you're stuck with me."
I felt relief come over me, "Well you're kinda cute at least, so it's not a total loss." I joked with him.
He pulled me into his arms and we leaned back into the couch, "We'll make it work Grace, somehow we'll make it work."
Not long after that Jake decided to head home, he had to work in the morning, but we made plans to meet up in a couple of days. After he left I decided to call Lorelai, I knew she was curious and had probably been waiting by the phone all night.
"Hello."
"Hey Luke, is Lorelai there?"
"Hey Grace, she's right here, she was just afraid it was her mother again."
Lorelai came on the phone, "Ok so tell me everything."
"Is Luke still around?"
"No I just walked out of the room, it's safe. So details. Spill. Now."
"It was an amazing day, we talked and laughed it was like we'd never been apart."
"Aw, sweet. Did you tell him?"
"Yes I did. He took it pretty well, he was shocked of course, but he says he's going to be around and I think I believe him. We're meeting up soon to talk more specifics and I called and got my first doctor's appointment and he's coming with me."
"That's great hun!"
"Yeah it is. Did Luke say anything about Jake or me?"
"Not that I can remember, why?"
"Well he met him in the diner and it was really weird. It was like he didn't want Jake talking to me, he was being really protective or something."
"That's so cute! And I'm going to tease him about that forever. You know he did the same thing with Rory too."
"Really?"
"Yeah, he's never really cared for any of her boyfriends, he never thought anyone was ever good enough for her."
"And you really think he was being like that for me?"
"It sounds like it hun."
I smiled to myself, I liked that Luke wanted to protect me and I also came to a realization, "Hey Lorelai, can you do me a favor?"
"Sure, what do you need?"
"I know it's probably not fair to ask you to do this, but can you keep this a secret from Luke a little bit longer? I really think I should tell him myself."
"I'll try, he does know something is up, but I promise I won't mention it to him. You should probably do it soon though."
"Thanks Lorelai, I will. Ok, I should probably get going, but I'll see you at work tomorrow."
"Bye hun."
After a crappy yesterday things seem to be turning around. Of course there's still plenty more to deal with but maybe, just maybe I can do this.
A/N: Again, I don't have much to say here besides thanks for reading! And also, thanks to everyone who has been reviewing! And if you haven't been reviewing, please do. Even it's not something good, constructive critiscm is always helpful!
