Chapter 4 - Luke to the Rescue!
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The next day Lorelai woke up early, or at least early for her, to move into her new home. She carefully packed all of the baby stuff in boxes and put her things in a bag. She found it amusing that the baby had more stuff than she did. She didn't really care. She wanted this kid to have the best of everything. She wanted to show everyone that she could take care of herself and this new baby and they would both be really happy. By everyone she meant her parents even though she had no desire to see them again. When she was done packing, she went downstairs to ask Mia to help her move her things. She agreed to help and the two women put all the stuff away and Lorelai couldn't believe how good the shed looked. She didn't even think of it as a shed. It was her new home and she loved it. When they were done with the finishing touches they went to the inn for some lunch.
"So Lorelai I wanted to tell you that I will be gone this evening." Mia said as she stirred her tea.
"Oh, ok." Lorelai said reaching for the rolls.
"Are you going to be ok?" Mia asked
Lorelai looked at Mia strangely. "Of course. I'll be fine."
"I'm just concerned about you going into labor."
Lorelai shrugged. "I'll be fine, really."
"I'll have my cell phone. Call if anything happens."
"You got it."
They both got up and hugged and walked out of the dining room.
"Mia you're the best. You've been like the mother I never had."
Mia smiled. "Speaking of your parents, maybe you should call them."
Lorelai's eyes widened. She gave Mia an 'are you kidding me' look. Lorelai's face gave Mia her answer.
"Sorry. Just a suggestion." Mia said "Why don't you go take a nap, you look tired." Mia said.
Lorelai's eyes lit up. "In my new house!"
Mia nodded.
Lorelai smiled and quickly turned around and headed for the door. She was so excited to sleep in her new house. She ran the whole way to the potting shed. Well, she walked as fast as she could. When she got to the shed she quickly walked over to her bed and flopped down on top of it. "Yes." she said to herself. She looked over at the pink bassinet across the room and smiled. Soon there would be a baby in that bassinet. Her baby. And with that thought she shut her eyes and fell asleep. A few hours later Lorelai was awoken to someone knocking on the door.
"Lorelai. It's me, Mia."
Lorelai rubbed her eyes and shuffled over to the door.
"Hey Mia." Lorelai said sleepily
"Sorry to wake you up but I'm leaving. I'll be back in the morning."
"Oh ok. See ya tomorrow."
"Are you sure you'll be ok?"
"Mia, don't worry. I'll be fine."
They hugged and Mia went on her way. Lorelai waved as Mia left then she shut the door and sat on her bed. Her mind wandered and eventually her thoughts were consumed by Luke, which they often were. She hadn't seen him in awhile. Well she did see him yesterday, but that wasn't for very long. She wondered if anything would happen between them after she had the baby. Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by a pain in her stomach.
"Owww!" she yelled as she grabbed her belly. "What the hell was that?"
Suddenly it hit her. Was that a contraction? Was she in labor? Oh my god, oh my god. She thought. Then she remembered what Mia said. Call me if anything happens. She reached for her phone and dialed Mia's number. It rang, rang, and rang until a voice mail came up. "Dammit!" she yelled. "Why the hell didn't she answer?" Her heart was racing and she was breathing faster. She screamed out in pain as she grabbed her stomach again.
"Damn you Christopher." she muttered. "Damn you."
She began going though people who could take her to the hospital and the first name she thought of was of course, Luke. But would that be weird? Hey Luke. How's it goin'? I'm in labor. Definitely weird. But actually, she knew would do anything to help her. She took a deep breath and got up.
"Ooooo. Owww." she said again.
So getting up and walking over to the hardware store was not an option. She would have to call him. She wrinkled her face at that thought. She didn't want to call him. She had never done it before. She sighed and reached for the phone and realized she didn't have his number. Things just kept getting better and better. She didn't know what to do so she put her head in her hands and began to cry. Suddenly she heard a knock at the door. She quickly wiped her eyes and opened the door.
"Luke!" Lorelai said, relieved to see him.
"Hey. Mia asked me to come check to make sure you were ok." Luke said
"Oh, really? I just called her and she didn't answer." Lorelai said, slightly angry at Mia.
"She stopped by before she left to check on you sometime. So...how are you doing?"
Lorelai felt another contraction but she didn't want to freak Luke out so she just stood there scrunched her face and tightened her fists.
"Lorelai?" Luke put his hand on her shoulder. "Are you ok?"
"Umm..well..." Lorelai was still nervous about asking him to take her to the hospital. She looked up into his eyes. "I was wondering if you could...ummmm...take me to the hospital?"
Luke was instantly terrified but he didn't want to show Lorelai that. "Yeah sure I can take my dad's truck."
"Thanks Luke. Thank you so much."
He noticed the fear in her eyes and he put his arms around her. "It's gonna be ok. I promise." he said. "I'll go get the truck and come pick you up."
Lorelai nodded and Luke ran all the way back to the store and told his dad what was going on. He jumped in the truck and drove back to get Lorelai. He helped her up into the truck and they went on their way to the hospital. Luke really wanted to comfort her but he wasn't sure what to say. He was really scared. He couldn't imagine how scared she was. He had to say something. So he said what first came to his mind.
"That looks like it hurts." he said. Right after he said it he regretted it. That looks like it hurts? He thought. Great job Danes. Way to make her feel better. Idiot.
Lorelai looked over at him and giggled. "Yeah I guess a little."
He laughed softly mostly because he was relieved that she didn't think he was weird for saying that. He didn't ever have to worry aboutLorelai thinking he was an idiot.
"Owww!" Lorelai yelled.
Luke jumped a mile out of his seat.
"Sorry." Lorelai said, chuckling "You have no idea how much this hurts."
"No, no it's ok. You just scared me." Luke said , still trying to recover.
Lorelai looked out the window and saw the hospital quickly approaching. She could feel her heart racing and her palms sweating.
"Well here we are." Luke said as they pulled into the hospital parking lot.
"Yep. Thanks so much Luke." Lorelai said. "You saved me." She opened the door and started to get out.
"Well I could take you in if you want." Luke offered.
Lorelai smiled. "I would like that."
Luke quickly hopped out of the car and went to help Lorelai out. He placed his arm around her waist and guided her into the hospital. Lorelai never wanted him to let go. The sense of security Luke gave her was a great feeling. She really wanted more than anything for him to stay. She didn't know if she could do this alone. But she couldn't ask him to stay. No way. She sighed as they walked up to the desk in the maternity ward.
"Can I help you?" the woman at the desk said.
"Ummm..yes. I'm in labor." Lorelai said
The woman looked up. "How far apart are your contractions?"
Lorelai shrugged. "I don't know."
"That's fine. Just have a seat over there and I will call the doctor."
"Thanks."
They found a seat and Lorelai sat down but Luke remained standing.
"Leave it to Star Hollow to have only one doctor." Lorelai joked. She looked up at Luke. He looked terrified. "Luke are you ok?"
"Oh, um, yes. I'm fine." Luke said as he sat down next to Lorelai. "I guess I'm not to fond of hospitals."
"Oh Luke I'm so sorry. You can go. I didn't mean to keep you." Lorelai said feeling a bit embarrassed.
He looked over at her. He couldn't leave her here all by herself. She needed someone and he was going to be there for her.
"No. I'm fine. I want to stay." he said confidently.
She smiled at him but quickly grabbed her stomach. Luke put his arm around her and pulled her in closer. She rested her head on his shoulder and let out a sigh.
"Hello there." a voice said cheerfully.
They sprang apart and Lorelai looked up at the man who appeared to be a doctor.
"I'm Doctor Johnson." He put out his hand.
"Hi." Lorelai said as she shook his hand. "I'm Lorelai Gilmore."
"Well let's get you a room." The doctor said as he motioned for Luke and Lorelai to follow him.
"A guy?" Lorelai whispered to Luke. "I thought girls were supposed to do this."
Luke laughed softly as they entered the room. The doctor picked up a gown and handed it to Lorelai.
"Here ya go. Put this on. I'll be back in a little to see how you're doing."
Lorelai stared at the gown and then at Luke.
"Oh right. I'll wait outside." Luke said getting Lorelai's hint.
Lorelai changed and got into bed. She took a deep breath and soon heard a knock at the door.
"Come in." Lorelai said.
"Hey. I thought you might want to call Mia again. See if she answers this time." Luke offered handing her his cell phone.
"Thanks Luke." She dialed the number and Mia picked up.
"Hello?" Mia answered
"Hi Mia. It's Lorelai. I'm kind of in labor."
"Oh my goodness!" Mia exclaimed. "Are you ok? Are you at the hospital?"
"Yeah, Luke brought me here. I'm fine."
"Well I will be there as soon as I can."
"Ok. Bye Mia."
"Goodbye sweetie."
Lorelai hung up and handed the phone back to Luke.
"Ahhhhh!" she yelled "God dammit!"
Luke's eyes widened and his heart began to beat faster.
"Oh my god get it out!" Lorelai yelled again.
Luke was panicking. He had no idea what to do. He walked over to her bed and grabbed her hand.
"Hello." The doctor said as he entered the room. "Let me check how many centimeters you are."
Luke shut his eyes as Lorelai opened her legs.
"Looks like you're 10." The doctor said. "Ya ready to push?"
Lorelai was breathing faster and her heart was beating out of her chest. "Yes." she gasped
"Alright. Take a deep breath in...and...push Lorelai."
She squeezed Luke's hand and let out a scream.
"That was great Lorelai. Do that again."
Luke was silent. He just stood there and let Lorelai crush his hand.
"The head is out Lorelai so one more push should do it."
Lorelai took in a deep breath and pushed.
All of a sudden they heard crying. "It's a beautiful baby girl." The doctor said as he held up the crying baby. Lorelai instantly began to cry and Luke stared at the child in amazement. It was slimy and bloody and pink but somehow he had never seen anything so beautiful.
"Alright dad wanna cut the cord?" the doctor asked.
"Oh, I'm not the dad." Luke said. He looked over at Lorelai. She nodded.
Luke took the scissors from the doctor and cut the cord. Then the doctor handed the baby to the nurse who went over to weigh her and wrap her up.
Lorelai looked up at Luke. "Thanks." she whispered.
He nodded. "She's beautiful."
Lorelai smiled.
He really wanted to say "you're beautiful." But he couldn't.
Luke pushed the hair out of her face and the nurse came over and gave Lorelai the tiny pink baby.
"Have you thought of a name?" the nurse asked
"Lorelai." she replied.
The nurse smiled. "Ok, I'll go do the birth certificate."
"Lorelai huh?" Luke asked.
"Yep. But I'll call her Rory."
"Hello Rory." Luke whispered.
"Ya wanna hold her?" Lorelai asked.
"Ummm...I dunno. I might drop her or something."
Lorelai giggled. "Thanks again Luke. I don't know what I would do without you." Lorelai looked up and their eyes met. Suddenly they were interrupted by a voice coming from outside the room.
"Lorelai?" the voice said.
Lorelai looked over at the door. She gasped. "Christopher?"
I know I know. A cliffhanger. But I couldn't resist! Don't worry Chris won't be around for long because we all know Luke and Lorelai are meant for each other!
