A/N: So here's another chapter for all ya'll all quick and speedy like. Aren't you proud, two chapters in the same weekend! It may be a while til the next chapter after this gets put up because I still have to type them. Thanks for the reviews so far! They motivate me to get more up faster for people to read. On with the story!

Disclaimer: ah jeez! i've been forgetting to do these. i don't own anything gilmore except for the season dvds. thats it people, i'm the poor college student, i don't really have much to give, except for my lovely wit and intellect.

Chapter 5: Telling Nick

Lorelai is in her room, hugging a pillow to her chest while sitting on her bed. Once dinner, a much quieter dinner, is finished there is a knock on the bedroom door. "Hey, can I come in?" Nick peeks around the door to see inside the room.

"Sure Nick" I don't know what I'd do if I was an only child, Lorelai thought, my parents are so hard to please. At least with Nick I have someone to confide in.

"So what was up with that performance down there earlier? I do know for a fact that you love food, maybe not healthy food, but it is a way to keep your mouth from spouting any lovely montage that would get mom started; which apparently was not on the menu tonight." He looks at her straight in the face while she looks at anything but his face, he knows her too well and is able to see through any face she puts on and she knows it.

"Oh Nick, I just, tonight and today, it's just been a bad."

"Bad? Lorelai it's your birthday, what could be bad about that?"

"I know it's my birthday, I figured there was a reason mom was being more accepting than usual. I didn't want to blow up tonight at dinner but things have been adding up and apparently my sixteenth birthday dinner was the ideal time for them to equal up to an explosion. I'm in high school Nick, things are more complicated than they used to be."

Nick looks at her with a smirk, "In case you forgot, I am only one year older than you so, yeah, I do know about high school and all of its joys." Lorelai realizes that she is being difficult, but looking around at her room and all the decorations that are not of her doing, she remembers the fit Emily had when she put up her own decorations. Posters of bands are not appropriate for a young woman's room. Oh well, she likes them, so why not keep them up.

"Can I add the difficulty of being a Gilmore? I know you understand that too. As perfect as you are compared to me mom still has lots of expectations for both of us." Nick nods, understanding that life under the eyes of Richard and Emily Gilmore is not always the easiest; but Lorelai seems to have been able to handle it, in her own way, at least in the past. Although the past few months she has become more reclusive than normal, which is odd considering her whole life she has been bubbly and vivacious. When he is able to catch a glance of her without her knowledge, she seems more thoughtful and moody; right now for example, Lorelai sits on the edge of her bed staring into space seemingly lost in thought. She is trying to decide whether or not to tell Nick about her news. She's always confided in him before, they're close; but her news is far from ordinary issues of liking a boy or griping about their parents. She doesn't want to loose her brother because she and Chris were stupid.

"If things are tough you could always tell me about the problems. It might help you not lash out at mom so much."

"Nick… if I tell you something, will you promise not to tell anyone? Not a soul?"

"I promise."

"I mean it Nick, no one, I haven't told anyone this. Maybe I shouldn't…"

"Lorelai, you can trust me, when have you ever not been able to?"

"Okay" Lorelai agrees, although she is still debating inside whether to break the news or not. She stares off into space again, which in concerning Nick because normally they are able to share everything with each other; and Lorelai is normally always talking about something, whether someone is listening or not. If she's not sure what to do and if she doesn't know if she should tell him it must be something really serious.

"Lorelai, what's going on? No matter what it is I promise I will stay here and help you deal with it, no matter how big of a deal it is."

She stands up and takes a deep breath, "Nick, I think, NO, I know I'm…" she trails off.

"You're what?"

"Pregnant…" she states quietly looking straight into his eyes to let him know she's serious.

Nick takes a deep breath, this is big. "You're sure."

"No Nick" Lorelai says and continues with a mixture of sarcasm and scathing, "the pink on the strip was the pregnancy tests own little joke and me throwing up every morning is perfectly natural for a sixteen year old girl. Yes I'm sure; and if I wasn't, Aunt Flo not visiting for the past few months would have tipped me off." Nick is silent taking it all in. He thinks Oh boy! I wasn't wrong about her being moody! But she's my little sister, she shouldn't be having a kid. She only turned sixteen today!

"Nick? Don't be mad, please? I couldn't deal with it if you're upset with me." She holds her tears in, going from being pissed off to scared that her brother is going to walk away in a matter of seconds.

"Lor, I'm not mad. I'm just processing. You're my little sister and you're pregnant. You're gonna have to tell mom and dad."

"NO! Not yet. I've never done anything right, you're the perfect child. You don't understand, they'll be so upset. I can't tell them yet. Please, you promised you wouldn't tell anyone, that includes mom and dad."

"But, Lorelai –"

"No Nick! You promised!" She's near tears now. So glad to have finally told someone, yet still upset and very worried about people's reactions. She sits down heavily on her bed, exhausted from the conversation.

"Okay, okay. I promise, for now, not to tell anyone, but you know eventually they will find out. I mean, not to be rude, but being pregnant isn't like eating too much at dinner. You can't work this off for another few months. It's not like failing a test either and drawing an extra line on the F to make it an A." He tries to joke and make the conversation a little easier.

"No, this is one test I actually passed, and with flying colors" Lorelai remarks. Nick sits next to her and gathers her in his arms, giving the love and support she needs at the moment.

They sit there; Nick gathers his thoughts for a question he knows must be asked. Lorelai relaxes in her brothers arms; hoping to avoid more questions but knows Nick and that he'll push until he gets the whole story. Which from anyone else would bug her and make her more stubborn but with Nick she knows she'll tell him everything. After a few minutes Nick begins, "So, I'm going to take a shot in the dark here, but would the father be Christopher?"

"Yeah" Lorelai says quietly, worried what Nick's reaction to this information will be. She and Chris had been dating for near to two years now; but she hadn't told Nick the extent of their activities, that would've been very uncomfortable. Nick is her big brother, if he had known what they were doing, well, she didn't want to imagine what could have happened.

"Chris is the father so you've… well obviously you have. I'm not mad, I just, you're my sister… and he…" he trails off.

"Nick, it's not your fault. We never planned anything, it just kinda happened. Mom and Dad were always gone and if anything ever happened nobody was here but us. We would just be talking. I don't know, one thing would somehow lead to another and here we are. I'm not blaming anyone but myself. I just can't seem to please anyone and I needed to feel loved-" Nick tries to interject "-no wait Nick. I know you love me, but mom and dad don't get me and Chris was there. It just happened and now we're here and I don't know what's going to happen from now on out, but I'm sure it isn't going to be easy."

They both sit in silence; Nick continuing to process all that had just occurred and Lorelai waiting for a response after her bit of soul bearing. "Lorelai you know I love you, you're my sister, I just want to protect you so you don't get hurt." He pauses, trying to find the world so that he doesn't offend Lorelai. "Does Chris know about this?" She shakes her head, confirming his assumption that she had kept this to herself as long as possible without breaking. "You need to tell him, you know that."

"Yeah I do. I just don't know how he'll react… and I'm scared Nick" she confesses. "What if he doesn't want to be with me anymore once he finds out? What'll I do? When mom and dad find out I know exactly how they'll react; a new plan will be made to replace the one that came with the Mayflower. Their plan will be law and I don't know if I can handle that alone."

Nick holds her close letting her rant her fears out so that they don't explode out later at the wrong moment. He too can imagine how their parents will react, and it won't be pretty. "Lorelai, if worse does come to worse, let me tell you now I'll always be her for you, no matter what. I love you, we're family, and we're here for each other."

"Thanks Nick. I love you too. But still, don't tell anyone yet, let me get used to the idea of telling people, you were the first person to tell so now I know I can do it when I have to. I promise before I start to really show I'll tell them. Just not yet, Richard and Emily will ruin it. Not that I planned this but… I just can't deal with them yet." Lorelai trails off having become more tired as the conversation progressed. Nick lays her down in the bed and covers her up with blankets. Before he leaves to go to his own room, to contemplate the ramifications of that night's conversation, he watches his little sister fall to sleep and a relaxed expression settles on her face.