Chapter 3- A Day of Shopping and a New Home.

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The next few weeks went by rather quickly. Mia had given Lorelai a job as a maid and Luke and Lorelai had been seeing each other regularly, which gave Liz plenty of material to make fun of Luke. Lorelai was rather pleased with her new life but she couldn't get her mind away from the fact that she could have her baby any day. She still couldn't believe that she was going to have a baby. Some tiny kid was going to come out of her. Not to mention the intense pain that comes along with having a child. She hadn't forgot about that part. She had never been so scared in her life. She couldn't really remember that last time she was scared. How could she take care of someone else? Someone who would depend on her for everything. She could barely take care of herself. And what about Luke? He would never want to hang around her and her baby. She heard him say he wasn't good with "kid stuff." So many thoughts were going through her head. Finally, she found herself putting her head down on the front desk and crying. She couldn't take this. It was too much. Mia saw Lorelai crying and went over to comfort her. She rubbed Lorelai's back but Lorelai quickly lifted her head off the desk.

"Sorry." Lorelai said, wiping her eyes.

"Oh hon it's ok." Mia said

"Well, I better get back to work." Lorelai said, still wiping her face.

"Oh, sweetie come here." Mia said as she opened her arms.

Lorelai walked over and hugged Mia. Mia kept whispering "It's going to be ok.." in Lorelai's ear. Lorelai began to cry again and Mia just held her until her crying slowed down. Mia put her hands on Lorelai's face.

"You're going to be a great mom." Mia said "Don't you think anything else."

Lorelai smiled weakly. She wanted to believe Mia but she found it hard.

"Ya know what?" Mia said all of a sudden.

"What?" Lorelai said

"You don't have things for the baby." Mia exclaimed. "I can't believe we waited this long!"

Lorelai put her hands on her face. It was just one more thing she would have to worry about.

"I think we should go shopping today." Mia said

Lorelai gave Mia a surprised look. "Today?"

"Well the sooner the better. Right?" Mia said and she walked over to get her purse.

"Umm what about the inn?" Lorelai asked.

"We can take a day off. This is a special occasion." Mia said

"It is?"

"Of course! We get to pick out cute outfits and toys for the baby. It'll be fun." Mia said as she ran to go tell everyone they were taking a day off to go shopping.

Lorelai flopped down on a chair conveniently located next to her. She didn't really want to go shopping, but it had to be done. What she really wanted to do was see Luke. He had a way of making her feel better even if she wasn't upset, Luke always improved her mood.

"Ready?" Mia asked

"I guess." Lorelai said.

The two women went off to get thing for the baby which Lorelai still had no idea what to name. As they were shopping Lorelai felt her worries and fears dissolve away. Mia's excitement transferred to Lorelai and she became excited as well. They exchanged ooo's and ahh's as well as a great amount of "That is so cute!" By the end of the day they had gotten everything they needed and more. They even needed to take multiple trips to the car to carry in all of the stuff. When they got all of the stuff upstairs Lorelai decided she needed a break, so Mia went to check how things were doing downstairs. Lorelai laid on her bed surrounded by baby stuff. She sat up and took the stuff out of one bag. She held up the cute little shirts and pants and folded them nicely. She looked at the clock. It read 7:30. Was it too late to go to the hardware store? She decided that she would wait until tomorrow to go. She spent the remainder of the night admiring her purchases and putting them nicely away in her dresser. When she decided to go to bed she found it difficult to fall asleep. Even though Mia had gotten her mind of her worries for the day, they had returned for the night. She kept tossing and turning until she decided to go to the kitchen to get a snack. As she arrived downstairs she saw that the lights in the kitchen were on. Who else would be down here? She thought. As she peered in the kitchen she saw Mia.

"Hey there." Mia greeted.

"Hi. I came for a snack. I couldn't sleep." Lorelai said, rubbing her eyes.

"I came for a snack too." Mia said. "Here." She said as she pushed some crackers and fruit towards her.

"Thanks." Lorelai said as she reached for a cracker.

There was silence for awhile until Mia spoke.

"Is there anything you want to talk about sweetie?" Mia asked

"No. I'm ok." Lorelai said.

"Are you sure?" Mia asked, concerned

"Yea." Lorelai answered. Obviously things were worrying her but she never really talked about her feelings before. Her family never ever talked about their feelings. But, maybe with her new life and new friends she could talk about what was bothering her. She certainly could trust Mia.

"Well actually.." Lorelai started. "I guess I'm just worried about this kid and how my life will change. Again." She felt tears in eyes but she wiped them away before they ran down her cheeks.

"Oh sweetie I know you're worried." Mia said trying to console Lorelai. "But I promise you won't be facing this alone. I'll help and Luke will help and things will work out perfectly. Just you wait and see."

"I'll believe it when I see it." Lorelai said.

Mia put her arms around Lorelai. "Don't say that. You're a strong women and I know you can do this. And you're going to be great."

Lorelai smiled. "Thanks Mia. You've been too nice to me."

"Nonsense." Mia said. "Come on. Let's get you to bed. You need your sleep."

When Lorelai crawled back into her bed she felt a little more relaxed. She knew Mia would help her and she began to believe that she could really do this. She was Lorelai Gilmore! She could do anything she set to her mind to. That is what she had always done and she wasn't going to stop. She fell asleep feeling confident and relaxed.

The next morning Mia came in to wake Lorelai up. She shook the sleeping girl but little did she know Lorelai Gilmore did not wake up easily.

"Lorelai." Mia said, continuing to shake her.

Lorelai made an assortment of groans and growls but she didn't get up.

"Lorelai. Sweetie. Luke is here. He wants to show you something."

Lorelai turned over. "Luke is here? Now?"

"Yes."

Lorelai jumped out of bed. "Oh crap! I'm not ready. Look at me! I look horrible!"

Mia laughed. "Well, fix yourself up and come downstairs when you're ready."

Lorelai took a deep breath and went over to her closet. "Oh my god! What am I going to wear!" Lorelai said to herself. Come on it's just Luke. She thought. What are you so worried about?

She picked out an outfit and quickly brushed her hair and waddled down the stairs. It was hard to get anywhere quickly when she was so huge. When Luke saw Lorelai come down the stairs his heart skipped a beat. She was beautiful and she wasn't even trying.

"Hi." She said

"Hey." Luke said.

"So, Mia said you wanted to show me something?" Lorelai inquired.

"Oh, yes I do. Come on." He grabbed her hand and led her out to the potting shed. "Ok, close your eyes."

"How do I know if I can trust you?" Lorelai joked.

Luke gave her a doubtful look.

"I mean you could have rigged the place with bombs or maybe there will be villagers with torches and pitchforks like the ones you mentioned before." Lorelai continued.

"There are no bombs and no angry villagers. I promise."Luke said

"I guess I'll trust you." She said. "But I'm watching you, Danes."

"Close your eyes." Luke said again.

Lorelai did what she was told and Luke took her hand and let her in to the potting shed.

"Ok." he said. "Open your eyes."

When Lorelai opened her eyes she saw the potting shed, but it didn't look like a potting shed.

"Oh Luke. It's gorgeous." Lorelai said.

"We fixed all the plumbing and all that technical stuff." Luke said

"Look at the wallpaper. And the curtains!" Lorelai said excitedly. "Everything looks so great. It's more than I could have ever dreamed of."

Luke was pleased that Lorelai was so happy. He had put a lot of work into this. Mostly because he cared about Lorelai so much.

"Luke.."Lorelai said looking into his eyes. "This really is amazing. Really really really amazing."

Luke looked up into Lorelai's eyes. "I'm glad you like it."

She went over and hugged him tightly. This caught Luke off guard but he soon hugged her back.

"Thank you so much." she whispered

He never wanted to let go of her. It felt so right, so totally right. He could smell her hair and feel her body heat against him. Suddenly he noticed she had started to cry and he immediately was concerned.

"Are you ok? Is there something wrong." Luke asked.

"No." Lorelai said. "Everything is perfect."

Luke smiled.

"It's just the hormones I guess."

"Well I guess I'd better go." Luke said heading for the door.

"Luke, I can't thank you enough for this." Lorelai said following him out the door.

"You're welcome. Really, I was glad to do it."

Lorelai watched him walk away until he was out of sight. She sighed and walked back into her gorgeous new home custom made by the hardware boy himself.