"I have to get back to the diner." Luke leaned down at kissed Lorelai good-bye as he got up from the table.
"Aww, so soon?" Lorelai pouted at him.
"Yeah, Caesar gets flustered if I leave him alone too long. Thanks for lunch, Sookie. It was fantastic." He rubbed Lorelai's shoulder. "I'll see you tonight."
"Later, babe." Lorelai waved to him as he walked out of the inn. "Ugh, Sookie, I'm absolutely stuffed."
"I may have gone a little overboard." Sookie smiled as she noticed just how many plates were piled up on their table.
"I think we passed 'a little overboard' after the stuffed pork chops." Michel sighed and pushed his chair back from the table.
"No, I think it was the third piece of pie that pushed me over the edge." Lorelai rubbed her hand over her stomach.
"Ah! You touched your stomach!" Sookie clapped her hands. Lorelai looked at her, confused. "There's a little person in there."
"That is disgusting."
"Well it's true. I mean, little whosit probably doesn't even have the weird little tail thing any more." Sookie smiled at Lorelai.
"There is a tail involved. Oh, I am never procreating. It is disgusting." Michel wrinkled his nose.
"You are so not babysitting." Lorelai shook her head at him as he left the table to go back to the front desk.
"So when are you going to tell Rory?" Sookie asked.
"Oh my God. I have to go tell Rory."
"Well go. Michel and I have things under control here."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Go on, mamma. We'll take care of everything."
"Thanks Sookie."
Luke knocked on the door and stood on the porch. His sister Liz and her husband T.J. were finally settled into their new house. Liz opened the door to her brother. "Hey big brother! Come on in."
"Hey Liz. This place looks great." Luke looked around the foyer. "It's a lot better than the last time I was here."
"Yeah well the last time you were here some of the floor boards were missing and this wall had a big hole in it."
"Has it been that long?"
"Yeah, well, you've been busy getting married and all that."
"Yeah, about that. I'm sorry everything happened the way it did. I wish you'd been there."
"Oh don't worry about that. It was something that needed to be done. And as long as you and Lorelai are happy, that's really all we really care about."
"Where is T.J. anyway?"
"He's out getting picking up the crib." She smiled and patted her stomach.
"How's that going?"
"It's great. I didn't remember a lot of stuff from when I was pregnant with Jess so it's all new and exciting. You wanna sit down or something?"
"Uh, sure." Luke followed her into the kitchen.
"You want something to drink? Eat?"
"Nah, I can't really stay long."
"So what can I do for ya?" Liz eased herself into a chair.
"Can't I come visit my sister without having some kind of reason?"
"Yes, but you've got something on your mind today. What's going on?"
"Well, I do have some news."
"Share."
"Lorelai and I – "
"You're having a baby!"
"Well I'm not having a baby but, yeah, Lorelai's pregnant." Luke smiled.
"Aw, look at you, all smiles. This is fantastic. Now little Samuel'll have a little cousin to hang out with."
"Samuel, huh?"
"Yeah. We found out right before you guys left."
"That's good. A boy. So I should get back to the diner."
"We should all go out or something, you, me, T.J., and Lorelai."
"Absolutely. I'll talk to Lorelai about it and we'll pick a date or something."
Liz walked through the house to let her brother out. "Maybe I'll stop by the inn tomorrow, just to say hello. Do you think that'd be ok?"
"Yeah, sure." Luke walked out onto the porch.
"Hey, congratulations."
"Thanks. I'll see you later." Luke waved and walked back to the diner.
"Mom!" Rory was surprised to find her mom standing in her doorway.
"Hey kiddo." Lorelai hugged her daughter tightly.
"This is a surprise. What are you doing here?"
"Oh well, I can leave – "
"No no, come in." Rory grabbed her mom's arm and pulled her into the apartment. "Do you want some coffee? I just made a pot."
"Sure. Or no actually."
"I'm sorry?"
"I'll just have some water or something."
"Yeah, no problem." Rory grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge and handed it to Lorelai. "So what brings you out to my neck of my woods?"
"Well, as you may or may not know, I, from time to time, let my clothing speak for me."
"So the heavy coat you're wearing in September is saying that you've joined the hobo lifestyle."
"No, it is what's under the coat that's important."
"Well, let's see it."
Lorelai smiled and turned around and took off the coat. "Ok, are you ready?"
"I'm ready."
Lorelai turned around to reveal a shirt with the words, "Baby On Board" printed across the chest. "Tada!"
"Baby on… Oh my God! Oh my God!" Rory jumped up and down and hugged Lorelai tightly. "We're having a baby! We're having a baby!"
"Well, I'm having a baby but you'll be involved in most of it."
"I can't believe it. I am no longer an only child."
"You do have a sister."
"Half sister. And I wasn't there for the growing up stuff and everything. Hey, come sit down on the couch. It's nice and comfy. You shouldn't be on your feet too much."
"I'm not quite at the invalid stage yet but alright."
"So when did you find out?"
"This morning."
"How's Luke?"
"He's on cloud nine, no cloud ten."
"I'm so excited. Have I told you how excited I am?"
"Maybe briefly."
"So when are you due? Is it a girl or a boy? You're not naming it Lorelai if it's a girl are you? Because it's confusing enough having two of us but a third …"
"Don't worry, you will remain my only Lorelai child."
"Good. I'm sorry, I just can't believe this. I'm so happy!"
"I know. This is such a good thing."
"It really is. How are you feeling? Do you feel pregnant?"
"Not really. I mean I've been feeling kinda nauseous sometimes but other than that I'm fine. But how have you been?"
"Eh, work comes and goes. I mean they don't really have me on a regular schedule but it keeps my busy."
"Good, good. Any word from jolly old England?"
"So how's Kirk doing? Any recent, crazy antics I should hear about?"
"Rory."
"Mom."
"Call him."
"It's fine. He's really busy."
"But how do you know? You haven't talked to him. For all you know he could be completely unbusy. He might even be thinking that you are too busy for him to call you and then you're both not busy and it's just stupid. You dated him for so long and you can't just let it fizzle out if you really care about this relationship."
"You know I care about Logan."
"So call him."
"I will."
"Today. By the end of the day you will call him. I can check your bill you know and see if you did it too since it comes to the house."
"I really need to have my address changed."
"What a day." Lorelai collapsed onto the couch next to Luke.
"No complaints here." Luke wrapped his arm around her shoulders and kissed her cheek.
"It's weird, isn't it?" Lorelai turned on the television.
"How so?"
"There's a little person inside me."
"Well when you say it like that it sounds like there's a fully grown but very tiny person in there, which, yeah, is a little weird."
"Like 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' weird."
"So I'm changing the subject. How was Rory?"
"Great, as always."
"Has she heard from Logan?"
"Nope."
"I never liked that kid. He was always looking down his nose at people and flashing his wallet around."
"When did he ever flash his wallet?"
"Once I saw him pull it out and he kinda waved it at me."
"He did not."
"Alright maybe he didn't, but it's not really hard to imagine him doing it, the little jerk. She shouldn't have to call him, he should call her."
"Relax, Grumpy Gus. She's a big girl, she'll take care of everything." Lorelai patted his thigh. She smiled at him and kissed him on the nose.
"What?"
"You are going to be a terrific father. Rory's all grown up and she's not even really yours and you're all concerned about her. It's nice."
"Well she's a good kid."
"She sure is. I hope she comes home more. Maybe some of that goodness will rub off on this little guy."
"Or girl."
"Right, or girl."
"You can't have a feeling already."
"I don't have a feeling. It's more of an inkling."
"You think it's a boy?"
"I know it's a boy."
"Whatever you say."
