AN: I hope you enjoy this chapter

Disclaimer- Yes I own Gilmore Girls, Just Like I own the World (note sarcasm)

Something So Simple
The Wow Moment.


"You think you're going into labor?" Paris screamed.

"Yes. In fact scratch think, I'm pretty sure I'm going into labor!" I yell.

Suddenly a waitress with extremely long bleached blond hair comes up to us, "Hi I hate to be rude but what's going on with all the screaming?"

"I'm going into labor!" I yell.

The waitress smiles, "Oh congratulations!"

"What the hell lady? Call 911!" Paris screams and runs over next to me.

"Okay." The waitress says serenely as she runs off to call.

"And come back after you call! We need some cool cloths!" Paris yells after her.

"Paris! Call my mom!" I scream.

"Don't worry, I'm already waiting for her to pick up." Paris assured me.

"Okay!" I scream as a pain comes and I let out a scream.


I was seated in a table at the Boston Marriott restaurant across from my mother.

"I swear to you Lorelai! This place has the best coffee in all of Boston!" She sings happily.

I smile, "That's good, because I need coffee."

My cell phone starts ringing and I read the caller ID. It says Paris. I slowly pick it up with my mother staring at me.

"Lorelai, Rory's having a baby!" Paris yells.

"Thanks for the FYI, Paris, but I already knew." I tell her.

"No, Lorelai! She is in labor!" Paris screams.

"She's in labor?" I repeat.

"Yes, and I don't know what to do!" She screams.

"Stay calm, I'm on my way." I tell her.

"Lorelai! You have to talk me through this!" She insists.

"Paris, all you have to do is make sure she's calm, cool, and gets to the hospital. Oh and give her your hand, she'll need something to squeeze tightly." I tell her, and mouth to my mom we have to go Rory's in labor.

Mom gets the message and instantly goes through her purse and leaves a twenty, even though all we've ordered was coffees. She then follows me into the car. Meanwhile I'm listening to Paris trying to guess what could have sent Rory into early labor.

"Look Paris, what hospital are you going to?" I ask.

"Yale New Haven Hospital." She says.

"Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can." I tell her.

"Alright." She says and hangs up.

I quickly call Luke. He picks up first ring.

"Call Jess!" I yell.

"What? Why?" He asks.

"Rory's going into labor." I scream loudly, unaware that my windows open.

"Okay I'm calling him now." Luke says and hangs up, and suddenly I hear it.

"Let me in the car Lor!"


"Jess, where are you?" Luke demands.

"Work." I mutter.

"Rory's in labor!" He shouts.

"What?" I shout as I run towards the door.

"Where the hell are you going?" Kelly yells.

"My fiancé is in labor." I tell her.

She nods, "Go on then!"

"Jess what are you doing?" Luke asks me.

"Catching the next flight to Hartford." I say.

"How the hell are you going to pay for it?" Luke asks.

"I have a job." I say.

"Yeah okay. No way do you have enough money for a ticket to Hartford." Luke says.

I roll my eyes as I get into a cab, "LAX"

The cab driver nods, and starts driving.

"Is that some kind of slang?" Luke asks.

"What the hell are you talking about?" I demand.

"LAX is that slang?" He repeats.

"It's the name of the airport. I'm in a cab." I tell him.

"Oh so how are you going to pay?" He questions.

"Jimmy gave me an emergency only credit card." I explain.

Luke laughs, "He knows the way to your heart."

"So how's Rory?" I ask.

"I believe she's in pain." Luke says.

"What do you mean 'believe'?" I demand.

"I'm not there with her, I'm still at the diner because I'm talking to you." Luke tells me.

"Well get off the phone and go to the hospital!" I shout.

"Okay, I'm going. Hey Jess?" He asks casually.

"Yeah?" I reply.

"You're going to be a dad." He says.

"I know." I say.

"Well I should go." He decides.

"Yeah get to the hospital." I tell him.

"Okay." He says, "We'll talk later?"

"Yeah we'll talk later face to face." I tell him.

"Good, I got to go. Bye." He says and hangs up.

I'm going to be a father. I'm going to have to grow up. And you know what's weird? I don't want to bail.


The ambulance came and a man ran in and over to our bench a woman followed him.

"Hi, my name is Dustin and this is Christine, we're going to be taking care of you during your ride to Yale New Haven Hospital." Dustin said.

"It's nice to meet you," I say loudly.

"Alright how far apart are your contractions?" Dustin asks.

"Twenty minutes, and they last for about a minute." Paris answers for me, apparently she keeps time.

"Are you in pain after your contractions?" Dustin asks.

"Not that much just a little bit." I answer.

"Did your water break?" He asks.

"Yes." I reply.

"Okay well you are in the beginning of it, but you still have hours to go." Dustin said.

"But let's still get you to the hospital." Christine said.

I nodded, "Okay."

With that Christine and Dustin helped me get onto the stretcher.

"You can bring one person with you in the ambulance. Who is it going to be?" Christine asked.

"Paris." I say.

"Okay Paris get in!" Dustin yells

Paris obeyed and got in, "Everything's going to be okay."

"I hope so." I whispered, and the ambulance is off.


"Christopher, what are you doing?" I asked.

"Let me in Lor." He repeated.

"Okay, get in but you have to make calls for me." I tell him.

"Fair enough." He says as he hops in and I hand him my cell phone, "Oh hello Emily."

"Hello Christopher." She says, "Let's get going. We don't want to miss it!"

"Right you are mom." I say as I speed through Boston, well as fast as you can go without breaking the speed limit, that's the last thing I need, a ticket.

"So who do you want me to call Lor?" Christopher asks me.

"Lane, my dad, and…" I start, but suddenly my cell phone starts ringing.

"Lor, it's ringing." Christopher tells me.

I roll my eyes, "I know that, I'm not deaf."

"What should I do?" Christopher asked.

"Pick it up." I suggest

He obliges and picks up my phone, "Hello, Lorelai's phone, Christopher speaking."

After about a second, Christopher says, "It's Luke!"

"Give me the phone!" I command.

He hands over the phone and I speak, "Hey Luke."

"Why is Christopher picking up your phone?" He asks.

I roll my eyes, "Because that's his job."

"What do you mean that's his job? What is he doing with you?" He demands.

"Luke, I'm driving back to New Haven from Boston. We picked Chris up so he could be with Rory too." I assure him.

"What? You're not at the hospital!" He shouts.

"No." I say.

"Then who's there?" He asks.

"Paris," I say.

"Paris? That girl is insane and she's with Rory!" He snaps appalled.

"Yes they went out to lunch and then Rory's water broke." I answer.

"Why would you let Rory go out to lunch when she is so far along in her pregnancy?" He wonders.

"Luke, I would really like you to stop being jealous, and tell me why you really called." I said.

"I'm not jealous." He says.

"Why did you call?" I repeat.

"What hospital is Rory at?" He asks.

"Yale New Haven Hospital." I say.

"Okay, good I'm glad." He says.

"Luke are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah I'm fine, I'm going to go so one sane person can be there with Rory." He decides angrily.

"Alright." I said and hung up, and hand my cell phone back to Christopher.

"Alright so you want me to call Lane and Richard?" Christopher asked.

"Don't bother with Richard, I text messaged him." My mom says suddenly.

"You know how to text message?" I ask.

"Yes. My friend Lucille taught us. Apparently everyone's doing it." Mom explains.

"Wow my mother knows how to text message, I'm shocked." I say.

"Don't be so surprised Lorelai, I'm more 'in' then I appear." Mom tells me.

"Okay mom," I laugh.

"What's so funny about me being in?" She asked.

"It's just I never considered you an 'in' type of gal." I explain.

"I'm an 'in' type of gal." She tells me.

"Okay, sorry I misjudged you mom." I relent.

"So you just want me to call Lane?" Chris asks.

"And Sookie!" I reply.

"Okay, anyone else?" He inquires.

"Paris or Rory!" I tell him.

"Isn't Rory in labor and can't pick up the phone?" Chris questioned.

"She might be able to pick up the phone." I insist.

Chris nods, "Okay, so that's it?"

"Yep that's it." I tell him.

He nods and begins making the phone calls.


"Do you know how long the flights supposed to last?" I ask the guy next to me.

He looks up, "It's non stop. So five hours and fifteen minutes."

"How do you know all this?" I question.

"I went on expedia." He answered.

"And are you sure there's no way we can get there in say two hours?" I ask.

"Absolutely not." He replied.

"Oh that sucks. I really want to get there." I say.

"Why would you want to go to Hartford there's nothing exciting." He says.

"Well why are you flying there?" I ask.

"Business." He answered.

"I'm starting Yale." I tell him nonchalantly.

"Oh that's in New Haven isn't it?" He asks.

"Yes sir it is and it's 22.8 miles from Stars Hollow." I tell him.

"Hmm interesting. Now tell me what are the requirements to get into Yale, I'd love for my son to go…" He begins.


"You've only dilated two centimeters, so it's going to be while before this baby comes out." The doctor told me as I lay down.

"How long?" I ask.

"I don't know however long it takes you to dilate." The nurse said.

"Could someone flying in from California make it?" I question.

"I don't know, it depends on…" The nurse begins.

"Okay! Okay I get it!" I snap.

Paris sits down in a chair, "So we're going to be here for awhile huh?"

"Yeah, you know you don't have to stay." I tell her.

"It's fine, I don't mind." She assures me and then adds, "Do you need anything?"

"A book would be nice." I say quietly.

"Okay when your mom comes, I'll go." Paris says.

"Okay thanks." I say sincerely.

Paris nodded, "What book do you want?"

"Do you have Ayn Rynd?" I asked.

"Yeah. I have Ayn Rynd. I love her work." Paris said.

"I know! I do too, if it's a girl we're going to name her Ayn Elizabeth." I tell her.

"Oh I like it what about a boy?" She asks.

"Charles Lucas." I smile.

"Those are nice names." She says.

"Yeah I agree." I say tiredly.

Suddenly I hear Luke burst in, "Did you start yet?"

I laugh, "No."

"So I didn't miss anything?" He asked.

I shook my head, "Nope."

"Jess is on his way." Luke said.

"I know." I whispered.

"How?" Luke asked.

I shrugged, "He called me and told me that I had to wait another five hours and fifteen minutes before I could have the baby. And from what the nurse tells me it will be longer then that."

"What? Why?" Luke asked.

"I've only dilated two centimeters, and I believe you need ten before you can start giving birth." I explain.

"So you need eight more centimeters that won't take that long." Luke says.

"Actually those eight centimeters will be a long, hard, and painful process to get too." Paris told Luke.

"How do you know?" Luke asked.

"I read Rory's What To Expect When You're Expecting. And I'm also a pre-med student at Yale." She told him.

"Okay." He said, "So Jess should be here in like four hours?"

"Five hours and fifteen minutes." I corrected.

"Right I was only an hour and fifteen minutes off." Luke said.

"Yeah, true." I agree.

"Has my darling daughter had her darling child?" I hear a voice shout.

"No it's still inside, mom." I yell back.

"Lorelai, honestly no running in a hospital." I heard grandma scold.

"Sorry mom." I heard mom yell back as she got in my room.

Luke and mom stared at each other for a full fifteen seconds. Before Luke said, "I should go."

"No, Luke, don't." Mom whispered.

"I should go." Luke repeated and then turned to me, "Do you need anything from home Rory?"

"No, Paris is getting me a book and the rest of the stuff. I don't think I need till later tonight." I say.

"Okay, I'll go and bring back coffee and donuts and other food! Who's going to be here for the night?" Luke questioned.

And then suddenly I saw him come in, my dad. He was wearing a business outfit, and such. And he looked okay.

"Dad!" I screamed.

"Hey kid, sorry it took so long your mom made me park the car." He complained.

"Well hey that's what you get for hitching a ride with Gilmores, a butler job!" Mom told him.

"Sorry I forgot Lor." He said.

"Thanks so much for coming." I told him.

"No problem kid I wouldn't miss it." Dad said.

"So who's staying the night?" Luke asked.

"Well me obviously, Jess once he gets here, mom, dad, grandma, grandpa…"I started.

Grandma interrupted, "Not grandpa he's in Columbus on business. He'll be here tomorrow though."

"Okay no grandpa. Paris and you, Luke. But obviously you counted that already." I finished.

"Okay I'll be back with coffee, donuts, anything else?" He asked.

"Danishes!" Mom yelled.

"Alright I'm going." Luke said and left.


"What's taking this baby so long?" I asked.

Chris nodded, "Yeah I've been wondering that myself."

"The last time the nurse checked I'd only dilated four centimeters. You need ten for it to be a go. " Rory explained.

"Great six more centimeters to go." I groaned.

"I want something to eat, do you girls want anything?" Chris asked.

"Chocolate and coffee." I shouted.

He nodded, "Okay you got it." And with that he left the room.

"Mom!" Rory yelled.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"What's going on between you and Luke?" She asked.

"Nothing." I sighed.

"Don't lie to a pregnant girl." Rory said.

"Fine, he's just jealous of Christopher." I told her.

"Should he be?" Rory questioned.

"No! Of course not!" I shouted.

"Okay relax." Rory said quietly.

"Look Rory, your dad and I are over." I tell her.

"I know. And you and Luke are together." She says.

"And I know that, and I love being with Luke! You know I love being with Luke!" I shouted.

"I know mom!" She says.

"I bet all this screaming has helped you dilate a few more centimeters." I whisper.

She nodded, "Probably."


"Luke's Diner." Luke answered.

"What are you doing there?" I demanded.

"Closing." He replied.

"You should be at the hospital." I tell him.

"I'm on my way. Thus why I'm closing and taking all my coffee stuff and donuts." He answered.

"On your way. Swing by and pick me up?" I asked.

"Sure Hartford Airport, right?" Luke asked.

"Right." I agreed, "Did Rory have the baby yet?"

"Nope. When I was there she had dilated two inches. But Paris just called to say she's at seven which is three away from where she needs to be." Luke answered.

"So I didn't miss it?" I inquired.

"Nope, Jess you didn't miss it yet." Luke replied.

"I'm flying Delta. I get into the airport in a half an hour." I told him.

"Right when I get there too." Luke said.

"Good, look I've got to go. You know the whole turn off your cell phones rule?" I asked.

"Mhhm" Luke mumbled.

"Yeah well I'm breaking it. I'll see you soon." I say and hang up.


"Ow!" Rory screams.

"How far apart are they now?" I asked Lorelai.

"About five minutes, each lasts fifty seconds." Lorelai replies.

"You're getting closer." I assure her.

"I hope so, I really want this to be done with." Rory yells.

"I know Rory. When I was in labor with Lorelai, she gave me hell but as soon as I saw her I realized wow I can' believe I love someone this much. You'll have the same feeling." I told her.

Lorelai nods, "I know how that feels before Rory I was so concerned with just myself and then when I had her I was like wow this is my daughter, I made her. And it's an amazing feeling. It's like you can't even imagine life without them in your world."

"It's the wow moment." I decide.

"Yeah," Lorelai nods, "The wow moment."


"Hey." I heard someone say.

I look up its Marty holding a pizza box, "How did you know I was here?"

"Janet told me." He says simply, "She said you'd be here for awhile since your friend was having a baby."

"Nothing gets by that Janet." I groan.

"Yeah so I thought I'd bring you pizza." He said.

"Did you steal it?" I demand.

"Yes of course." He says.

"Well then I can't accept it." I say.

"I was joking." He tells me.

"I don't like people who joke." I tell him.

"Come on Paris can't you just try to be nice to me. I'm not a bad guy, really. I know what I did wasn't great, but I was drunk. I'm usually never drunk." He said.

"What kind of pizza is it?" I ask.

"Extra cheesy." He answered.

"Well I am hungry. But let me eat it by myself? The way I intended it that night." I said.

"You got it." He said and walked away.

The kid had integrity; I must admit that.


"You might not make it." Luke said.

Luke had picked me up from the airport fifteen minutes ago.

"What do you mean I may not make it?" I demand.

"Get out Jess. We're here. " He commands.

"Don't you need help with the coffee and donuts?" I ask.

"Don't you want to see your kid be born?" He countered.

I got out of the car, "You sure?"

Luke nodded, "Yeah have fun."

I shrugged and ran inside, up the stairs as fast as I could, and into the maternity wing where I instantly saw Paris eating pizza in a small cafeteria.

"I was looking for you." She said.

"No you were eating pizza." I corrected.

She rolled her eyes, "Do you want to know where your fiancé is?"

"Yes." I said.

"Well then…" She began and suddenly I saw a stretcher with Rory on it and Lorelai chasing it. Paris noticed too, "Well I guess I don't need to show you where she is."

Lorelai immediately saw me, "You got here!"

"Jess, you're here." Rory screamed.

"Was there ever any doubt?" I joked.

"Do you want the gloves?" Lorelai asked me.

"Yes," I said.

She took off the gloves and as I put them on she said, "Where's Luke?"

"He's bringing in the coffee and donuts." I tell her.

"Oh." She says.

"I hate to interrupt, but I'm about to have a baby." Rory screamed.

"Right, I should…" Lorelai starts.

"Go have pizza with Paris?" I suggest.

"Paris has pizza!" Lorelai screams and with that disappears.

As soon as Lorelai disappears, Rory is pushed into the delivery room. She's screaming, and I know how much pain she's in.

"Hey Rory, I'm Dr. Fink. This is how it's going to go every five seconds, you are going to push okay?" Dr. Fink asks it's all I can do to not laugh.

"Okay!" Rory screams and grabs my hand and starts squeezing it.

"Alright five, four, three, two, one. Push!"

Rory pushes and squeezes my hand tighter, and she screams like someone's murdering her.

"Good job." I whisper.

"You have no clue what I'm doing." Rory shouts.

"I know." I said.

"Five, four, three, two, one! Push!" Dr. Fink shouts.

Rory pushes again, and squeezes my hand tighter, and I think she might have broken a few bones in there.

"Your doing amazing!" I tell her.

"How would you know?" She snaps.

"Because you're actually pushing." I tell her.

"Well it has to come out on time." She insists.

"Right, but you haven't asked for drugs." I point out.

"Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Push." Dr. Fink yells.

Rory pushes again, and further breaks my hand well not really.

"Great job." I tell her.

"Drugs aren't good for the baby." She says.

"Okay, I didn't know." I mumble.

"One more and the baby will be out." Dr. Fink tells us.

"Alright Rory can you do it?" I ask.

"I don't really have a choice!" She snaps.

I nod, "Good way to think."

"Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Push!" Dr. Fink yells.

Rory pushes with every part of her. She screams louder than anyone I have ever heard. And all this time she's squeezing my hand harder than ever.

And suddenly Dr. Fink says, "And she's out!"

Rory drops my hand, "It's a she?"

I run over to see my daughter and as I see her, I'm shocked by how much I love her even though she hasn't even looked at me or done anything. And then it hits me I created her.

Dr. Fink holds her up and Rory looks at her and then she says, "The Wow moment."


AN: That took me forever, but yet I needed to update. I had so much fun writing this chapter. It was a blast. But it took forever. I have been focusing so much on Luke/Lorelai, so it felt good to write three pages just between Jess and Rory and of course their baby. The next chapter will most likely be the last. And I want to know does anyone want a sequel? Please tell me and thanks for taking the time to read the story it means a lot to me.