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Something So Simple
Chapter 21- Something So Simple
"We'll get her cleaned up and then bring her back to you." Dr. Fink says.
I nod and so does Jess and then he walks away to clean off our daughter.
"Is it just me or is Dr. Fink such a weird name that it makes you want to laugh really hard?" I asked Jess.
Jess started laughing hysterically, "I've been wanting to laugh at that since the moment he first said it, but I thought you might get mad at me."
"I probably would have." I admitted.
He nodded, "So we are parents."
"So we are." I smile.
"She's beautiful." He said, "Did you see how tiny she was?"
"Yeah I know, she's so small." I whispered, "And yeah she is beautiful."
"You know what I'm not letting you name her Ayn." Jess decided.
"What?" I asked.
"She'll be tortured at school for that name. And you know what I can't do that too her. Besides it's not even a good weird name author to be named after." He says.
"Fine, but only because I don't want her being made fun of." I agreed.
"Let's wait till we see her again, and then name her." Jess suggests.
"Okay that works for me." I tell him.
"Hey Rory?" Jess said uncertainly.
"Yeah?" I replied.
"I really have missed you." He said.
"I missed you too." I whispered.
He smiled a little, "So how was labor?"
"Well I don't want to do it again in the near future." I laughed.
"You have a tight grip Gilmore, you nearly broke my arm." He told me.
"Your hand?" I asked.
He nodded, "Yeah."
"Oh poor dear." I laughed.
"Hey, it's not funny that you almost broke my hand." He told me.
I grinned, "How about this? Next time I'm in labor, you can deliver and I'll have my hand nearly broken."
"Okay your points made." He says holding up his hands in defeat.
Suddenly Dr. Fink comes back in and says, "Sorry to interrupt, but your daughter is back."
"Why would that be an interruption?" Jess questions.
"Do you both know how to hold her?" Dr. Fink asks.
"Yes." Jess and I say consciously.
Jess goes over to pick her up, and then brings her over to me and I gently take her. And it's like I never want to let her go, she's so small and fragile that I think that I might break her.
Jess is looking at her and when she opens her eyes and let's out a scream, Jess says, "She has your eyes."
I look at her eyes and sure enough they're blue as the ocean just like mine.
"So what do you want to name her?" Jess asks me.
"How about Emily?" I ask.
"After your grandma?" He questions.
"Yes and the great Dickinson." I say.
He looks at her, "Okay Emily it is."
"Middle name?" I ask.
"Elizabeth?" He comes up with.
"That's pretty." I agree.
"No, wait it's after that character from Clifford." Jess changes his mind.
"So she'll like it when she's little and then when she gets older she'll just be called Emily." I insist.
"Nope she can't be Emily Elizabeth." He insists.
"It was your name!" I say.
"That was before I remembered that Emily Elizabeth was from Clifford." He told me.
"Fine, how about Rose?" I ask.
"No she has an exorcism." Jess argues.
"Fine how about I know it's lame but Michelle?" I ask.
"There's nothing wrong with that name." Jess says.
"Okay so it's settled, her name is Emily Michelle." I say.
Jess comes and picks up Emily, "Hey, I'm just going to hold you for like five minutes then I have to get the rest of the people who want to see you."
Emily starts crying, and Jess begins to slightly rock her back and forth and the crying ceases.
"Someone's a daddy's girl." I told Jess.
He shrugged and continued holding her until he said, " I should probably tell them."
I nodded, "Probably."
Jess walked back with Emily, and gave her to me, I held her close and she looked at me with her big blue eyes. How was it possible that someone who seems so human was in my uterus a half an hour ago?
It was all so surreal.
"What's taking so long?" I questioned.
"Lor, it hasn't been that long." Christopher said.
"Yes it has, I've had three cups of coffee and three slices of pizza." I groan.
"That's because you drink an abnormally large amount of coffee." Luke said.
"I'm not abnormal." I pout.
"Sure your not." Luke says.
"Lorelai! Did she have the baby?" Someone screams into my ear.
I jump, "My god Lane, you are a quiet runner!"
"I have to agree with you there." Dave said.
"She went into the delivery room. But too my knowledge she hasn't come out." I say.
And then I see Jess come out in his scrubs, and look at us.
I of course am the first one to speak, "Well tell me do I have a granddaughter or grandson? I bet it's a grandson because you gave a Y chromosome instead of a X chromosome…"
"You have a granddaughter." Jess says casually.
I jump up and down and sing a few songs and Lane joins me. Dave and Christopher are talking about how crazy we are, probably. Paris is smiling. And my mom is smiling too a really broad smile.
I make eye contact with Chris and I say, "Our baby has a baby."
He nods, "Wow. I know it's so strange, seventeen years ago we were here too."
I nod, "Isn't life funny?"
"Just fucking hysterical." Chris says
I smile, "Where are you staying tonight?"
"I don't have a place booked, but I figured you could find me a room at the inn?" He questions.
"I can do better than that." I say.
"Yeah?" He asks.
"Yeah," I nod, "Rory's going to be here tonight so you can stay at our house."
"Wow really?" He asks.
Suddenly Jess calls, "Anyone want to see her?"
My conversation with Christopher is put on hold, "Oh me!"
Jess shrugs, "Follow me."
I follow Jess, and my mom, Chris, and Luke follow me. Lane, Dave, and Paris must have decided it was best that the three of them go in together, and now Paris is in the middle of getting Lane's opinion on the pizza story.
As we get to a room, Jess pulls the door open, and I run inside, "Let me see my granddaughter."
I run to where Rory is and look, "She's beautiful."
"I know isn't she?" Rory smiles.
"Beyond Beautiful." Mom comments.
I pick her up and hold her, and then ask, "Does she have a name?"
"No Lorelai we decided not to name our daughter." Jess answers.
"Your cruel." I say.
"He's joking, right Jess?" Luke asks.
Before Jess could answer Rory decided to speak, "We actually named her after someone in this room."
"Oh yeah? My god Rory, you didn't have too name her after me." I say.
"Um we didn't mom." Rory whispered.
"Well you certainly didn't name her after Christopher or Luke." I joked.
Rory got it, "Grandma, we named her after you."
My mother looked at her, and mumbled, "You didn't have to."
"No we wanted to." Rory insisted and Jess nodded.
"Hey Emily, you want your namesake to hold you?" I asked baby Emily.
"Yes grandma, that'd be really nice." Rory said in a kind of childish way.
"Wow you sound a lot like Rory kid." I said as I handed the baby off to my mother.
My mother held her and tears filled her eyes. After Chris and Luke got to hold her, the four of us left.
"Oh my god, she's beautiful? Isn't she beautiful Dave?" Lane asked excitedly as she held her.
"No arguing there." Dave said.
"Hold her!" Lane commanded.
Dave shook his head, "I don't want to break her!"
"You won't man." Jess said.
"Paris, you haven't been talkative, is anything wrong?" I asked.
"No!" She yelled.
"Okay." I say.
"It's just I keep thinking of Marty and the pizza and if we can be friends?" Paris started.
"You can be friends!" I insisted.
Paris shook here head, "But I don't have any guy friends. In fact I only have two friends, Lane and you."
"Well then make a guy friend. It'll be rewarding I swear." I promise.
"You think?" She asked.
"Definitely, Dave is one of my closest friends, and its good to have a guys opinion without having to ask your boyfriend." I said.
"Yeah," Lane agrees, "Two of my best friends are guys."
"Okay, but if it doesn't work then…" Paris said.
"You can personally tell me I told you so fifteen million times." I tell her.
Jess whispered in my ear, "I hope it works out for your case."
After everybody leaves, and Emily is taken back to the nursery, I rest my head on Rory's shoulder.
"We have to figure out what we're going to do." She said.
"Concerning what?" I ask.
She shrugs, "You know a place to live, our wedding, jobs, college."
"Okay a place to live. Well I was thinking California." I suggest.
"What? No!" Rory shouts.
"Why not?" I ask.
"Because my mom, Luke, my dad, grandma, grandpa, and Paris live here." She says.
"But Lane and Dave live in California." I counter.
"They live three hours away from where you live." She points out.
"But I have a job in California." I say hopelessly.
"But I need my mom during this." Rory says.
"Fine, you win we'll figure something out." I say.
"Like what?" She demands.
"Like Luke's apartment." I suggest.
"Possibly, but I'm not sure if there's enough room." She says.
"If not, we'll rent a place." I tell her.
"Okay, now wedding." She starts.
I roll my eyes, "That's all you."
"Thanks for the support." She complains.
"I asked you, just tell me the date and I'll be there." I insist.
"I was thinking sometime during the winter, when it's snowing." Rory tells me.
"Then you got it." I tell her.
She smiles, and kisses me, "Thank you."
"No problem." I state.
"And jobs and colleges?" She questions.
"I'll find one, you go next year." I say.
"I was expecting more in depth answers." Rory says.
"Right now, can we just be happy that we have a daughter?" I ask.
Rory nods, "That works for me."
The next morning after plenty of hours of sleep, I headed out to the hospital. Okay I didn't sleep that long, but I slept for about two hours. So I headed back to the hospital, Luke driving me.
We drove in silence, and we parked the car.
I got out and Luke followed, and we headed upstairs to the nursery. I looked in and saw 'baby Mariano'", I just looked at her.
"So she's your daughter." Luke said catching me looking at her.
"She is." I agreed.
"Isn't that weird you have a daughter?" He questioned.
I nodded, "It's pretty much as strange as Chandler's third nipple."
Luke raised an eyebrow.
"I watched Friends last night." I explained.
Luke laughed hysterically.
"It was the only thing on." I defended myself.
"I never thought I'd see the day." Luke laughed.
"Shut up!" I said.
"So she's pretty." Luke told me.
"Not pretty, the kid's beautiful." I corrected.
Luke thought about it for a second, "It's all Rory."
"Oh yeah definitely." I agreed.
I got to the hospital to find Jess and Luke looking at the baby through the nursery window.
"Hey guys!" I said excitedly.
"I should probably check on Rory, hey Lorelai." Jess said.
Luke shot him a pleading look, and Jess disappeared.
"Hey I bought you orange juice, I think you drink that." I said uncertainly.
He nodded, "Yeah a favorite, after milk of course."
"I was going to bring milk but I thought it might go sour." I told him.
He smiled, "It probably would of."
"Well then score for Lorelai!" I said throwing my hands up in the air.
He shrugged, and turned back to the nursery.
"Luke, I am so sorry that you got jealous of Christopher." I told him.
"I'm not jealous of Christopher!" Luke exclaimed.
"Luke..." I pleaded him for the truth.
"Fine a little. I just don't like the way he looks at you." Luke said.
"Luke it doesn't matter how he looks at me, I don't want to be with him. I want to be with you." I told him sincerely.
"I guess it'll go away when he leaves. I mean we rarely see him anyway." Luke said.
I didn't answer.
"What?" Luke demanded.
"He's moving here." I told him looking down.
"No." Luke said shaking his head.
"He is! He and Sherri are broken up, and she's taking Georgia." I whispered.
"So he's going to be living here?" Luke asks.
"Yeah, so he can be there for Rory." I tell him.
"Wow." He groans.
"But for me this changes nothing. I still want to be with you whether Christopher is here or not. I hope it hasn't changed anything for you." I tell him.
He hesitates, "It hasn't."
"You sure?" I questioned.
He nodded, "Yeah I'm sure. This changes nothing."
"So we're good?" I inquire.
He kisses me on the forehead, "Yeah we're good."
Mom and Luke get in my room while I'm holding Emily and I look at them. They're holding hands, which is a good sign.
"Hey guess what?" I ask them.
"You're pregnant again!" Mom guesses.
"No, we get to take Emily home today at three." I tell her.
"Okay, I have to call Taylor." Mom says and takes out her cell phone.
"Can I ask why?" Jess questions.
"Sure you can Jess." Mom smiles.
"Why are you calling Taylor?" Jess asks.
"Because he is having the town first and only Welcome Emily Mariano festival!" She said excitedly.
"Jeez." Luke and Jess say at the same time.
"Think of it this way, you get lots of gifts." Mom said.
I nodded, "And god knows we could use that."
"Here, here." Jess says.
Suddenly we're interrupted by a voice, "Where's my great-granddaughter?"
"Dad, you came!" Mom smiles.
"Of course. I came!" Grandpa said.
"Okay Dad take a chill pill." Mom instructs.
"A what pill?" Grandpa asks.
"Just ignore her, here she is, your great granddaughter." I said holding Emily up.
"Can I hold her?" Grandpa asks.
"Sure." I nod.
Grandpa picks her up properly, and holds her just as grandma walks in the room.
"Sorry that took so long. I needed coffee, and I got one for Lorelai too." Grandma says.
"You are god." Mom says and accepts the coffee.
Grandma smiles as she sees Grandpa with Emily, "I see Richard found her."
"With no problem." I tell her.
She grins, and sits down drinking her coffee.
"A beautiful girl deserves to be named after a beautiful woman." Grandpa announces signaling to Emily and Grandma.
"Oh Richard you're making me blush!" Grandma smiles.
"What can I say Emily? I can't lie." Grandpa chuckles.
"Same can be said about Rory right?" Mom asks.
"Yes, Rory was named after a very beautiful woman..." Grandpa says.
Mom grins, "Aw dad…"
"My mother." Grandpa chuckles.
I watch as everyone laughs.
"Hey!" Mom yelled.
"You got burned by your dad." Luke laughed.
"I did not! And since when are you gangster?" Mom demands.
Jess laughs, "Luke's always been gangster."
"Ew get that picture out of my head!" I shout.
"No, Rory was named after a beautiful woman, my daughter." Grandpa laughs.
"Thanks dad." Mom smiles.
"Let's take a picture!" Grandma shouts suddenly.
"What?" I question.
"A picture of Emily's family." Grandma said.
Suddenly dad comes in, "Don't take a family picture without me!"
"Christopher." Grandpa says obviously shocked to see him.
"Hi Richard." Dad said, "What about that picture?"
"Right, Richard give Emily back to Rory. Jess you get on the bed with Rory…" Grandma started.
Jess smirked, "Right back where this all started, huh?"
"Don't be vulgar." I whisper back.
"Lorelai, you stand next to Rory. Christopher you stand next to Lorelai. Luke stand next to Jess. I'll stand next to you, and Richard you stand next to me." Grandma finished.
Everyone takes their spots, and Grandma calls, "Nurse, can you take this picture?"
The nurse nods, and comes in to take the picture, "Say cheese."
"Cheese!" We chorus.
As soon as the nurse is done with the picture, I whisper to Jess, "Everything's going to be alright. Isn't it?"
He nods, "Looks that way. Still scared?"
"Shitless." I reply, "This is the hard part."
He nods, "It is, but we'll get through it especially with these people."
I smile, "And we're in this together."
He nodded, "Definitely. I'm not going to leave."
"I know," I whisper taking his hand, and he kisses my forehead.
"It's amazing how something so simple like sex can create something so amazing like Emily." Jess said.
"I know." I agree.
"I love you, and we're going to make it. You, Emily, and me." He promised.
I smiled, and kissed him, "Yeah we're going to make it. Deal?"
He nodded, "Deal."
AN: My god after a year it's done. I would like to thank all those who have reviewed, and given me strength to keep going. You are all amazing, and I owe you guys a lot. Well concerning this story, you have helped me go for a direction with this story for which I cannot be more grateful. It has been fun writing this story, and I loved how it turned out. And so thus I'm excited for the sequel. The sequel will be called Living On A Prayer. The sequel will be filled with Lit and Java Junkie. That's all I can say so far, look for it on Thursday or Friday.
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