I would like to APOLOGIZE because I mixed up Jake and Julian a couple of times SORRY!
And for the long wait, but this chapter is long, so I hope that helps.
THANKS to kylie1403 my BEAT. This ones to you. You've helped me A LOT!
No on with the story.
Next morning Luke had left early to open the diner because he didn't want to deal Liz and TJ. Jess, Rory, Liz, and TJ were going to clean up the house while Lorelai slept, those were Luke's orders. He didn't want Lorelai exhausting herself especially now that she was seven months along and they still had to focus on getting to December.
"Jess" Rory whispered into his ear. He was still asleep on the pull out couch in the living room. "Jeeess" Rory sing-songed his name, and still nothing. Rory grabbed Jess' nose between her thumb and his index finger. After a little while he opened his mouth and started breathing again. Rory lowered her palm onto his mouth and cover it; she stiffed a giggle when Jess' eyes shot opened and he sat up straight.
"What the hell!" Jess asked taking a deep breath.
"About time you woke up" Rory said between giggles.
"Are you trying to kill me?" Jess asked narrowing his eyes towards her.
"Right at this moment?… no" Rory said with a grin. "We're supposed to clean up before mom wakes up" she reminded him.
"So?" he asked getting under the covers again.
"So... get up!" Rory pulled the covers off of him.
"Geez! Fine! I'm up" he sat up on the bed.
"Feet on the floor or I'll bug you some more"
"Tsk" Jess snorted. Rory sat on the bed next to him and poked his cheek with her index finger repeatedly. "Quit it" Jess warned while trying to swat her hand away. Rory just kept on poking. "Fine!" Jess said after a little while and sat on the edge of the bed with his feet on the floor.
"My job here is done" Rory smiled proudly. "I'm gonna go get started" she left the living room; Jess just threw himself back on the bed. "If you fall asleep again I'll wake you up with cold water!" Rory yelled from somewhere in the kitchen area. He sat up, then stood up and walked upstairs to the bathroom.
By the time Lorelai got up, took a bath, and came downstairs, everything was clean. Rory went to the diner to get breakfast for everybody. Jess was taking a shower. Liz and TJ were watching TV in the living room, which was back to normal after the extensive cleaning it went through.
"I can't believe you guys are watching TV" Lorelai said entering the living room area. "It's Sunday, there's nothing on" Lorelai said as she walked over to a cabinet. "You should pick a movie" she opened the cabinet to reveal a large collection. "It might take you guys a while to agree on something" Lorelai let out a giggle.
MeAnWhIlE At ThE DiNeR
"Hey. Can I talk to you for a sec?" Luke asked Rory as soon as she placed the breakfast order.
"Umm, sure. What's wrong?" Rory asked concerned.
"Follow me. I should get started on your order" Luke teased; Rory smiled and followed him into the kitchen. Besides Luke, Caesar, and Lane; only Jess and Rory were allowed behind the counter and in the kitchen.
"Need help?" Rory asked after a little silence.
"Yeah right, like I'm gonna let you help me cook" Luke snorted, and kept mixing the pancake batter.
"Luke?" Rory asked after silence fell upon them again. They were still getting used to the whole 'dad' thing, so she mixed it up, sometimes she called him 'dad' or 'daddy', when she wanted something, and sometimes 'Luke'. She got no response. "Dad" she tried again. Luke sighed and turned. The bowl still in his hands and mixing.
"Your Mom and I talked last night" Luke started. "And… we decided that when the boys are old enough we're gonna try and have a daughter. And I just wanted to tell you this first hand…" Rory was shocked that Luke was talking to her about this. "I mean, don't get the wrong meaning. I love you, to me you're my daughter, I was just thinking that we could even things out a little, you know? Having two boys and two girls. But like I told your mom, I don't need things to be even, if you feel awkward about any of this just…"
"Dad breath" Rory said holding back a grin. "I'm fine with it, my mom told me last night"
"She did?" the pancakes were gonna be extra fluffy now, since he had been mixing so hard during his little rant.
"Yeah, and like I told my mom, I like the idea. And I really like the alternative also" Rory said it with a big smile. She saw his confused face. "Spoiling me if the baby turns out to be another boy"
"Oh that. It's not such a bad alternative, is it?" Luke gave her a smug smile.
"Nope. Are you sure you don't want me to help?"
"Well… can you help me around the diner until Caesar gets here?"
"Sure" Rory said, she walked over to him and hugged him. He hugged her back after placing the bowl on a near counter. While she pulled away from the hug, she grabbed his shirt and took it of.
"Hey!"
"Can't work the diner without proper attire" was all Rory said while she ran out of the kitchen. Luke smiled and turned back to the breakfast.
ThAt AfTeRnOoN At ThE GiLmOrE DaNeS HoUsE
Rory and Julian were watching Oceans Eleven in the living room. Sookie was in the kitchen with Lorelai. Jackson was outside with Davy, playing around. Baby Martha was in Lorelai's room taking a nap; the nursery wasn't ready yet, they had made the doors and right now they were about to paint, next week. Jess and Luke were at the diner. Liz and TJ had gone for a walk around the town, something was odd with Liz since they had arrived the day before.
"You don't have to do this" Lorelai told Sookie right before she grabbed a taste of chocolate frosting.
"I know but I like cooking" Sookie answered while preparing for the fried shrimp.
"Yes, but you cooked for us yesterday"
"No, I cooked for a lot of people yesterday. Now I'm just cooking for you guys. There was a mess here last night, so I figured you wouldn't have time to eat anything…"
"I didn't clean" Lorelai interrupted proudly.
"You didn't?"
"Nope, Luke had the guys clean up before I woke up. He doesn't want me doing any unnecessary efforts ever since the doctor told us about the premature labor"
"Nice" Sookie cooed.
"I know!"
"But still, after all the cleaning they did, they deserve a home cooked meal. One that Luke doesn't have to cook" Sookie quickly added.
"Fine, suit yourself" Lorelai resigned lifting her palms in front of her.
"So, you said Luke is painting the nursery next weekend?" Sookie changed the subject.
"Yeah, he took Jake up there yesterday, and he said he was gonna help Luke fix it up" Lorelai said sounding a little sad.
"What's wrong honey?" Sookie stopped was she was doing to pay close attention to Lorelai.
"It's not fair that I can't paint" she pouted.
"Lorelai, you shouldn't be on ladders…"
"I can use rollers or just paint the lower part of the wall" Lorelai quickly offered.
"…and the paint fumes aren't good for you or the boys" Sookie added.
"Well yeah, that too"
"Cheer up, we can plan something for the weekend to take your mind off of painting" Sookie offered excitedly, and Lorelai smiled nodding enthusiastically.
A while later Luke walked into the house. Jess had dropped him off because he was on his way over to Samantha's house, again. They had been spending most of their free time together. Even once, when Lorelai got a midnight craving and walked downstairs, on her way up she saw Samantha leave the bathroom. That night there had been a big commotion in the house. Jess and Samantha had explained to them that she had been without a roommate for a while and Jess didn't feel comfortable after dropping her off in her empty apartment, there was only one lie in that. So for a couple of night's she had been sleeping in Jess' room. After a lot of convincing Luke agreed to let Samantha stay the night. But in Rory's room.
"Something smells good" Luke said upon entering the house.
"Sookie's cooking" Rory said from the couch.
"Hey Rory, Julian" Luke said with a nod.
"How are you, Luke?" Julian asked politely.
"Fine. Rory, I think you need to work on him more" Luke said before he started to walk towards the kitchen.
"I'm on it dad"
"Work on me" Julian was confused.
"You're too polite for Luke's liking" Rory stated with a nod.
"Huh, I think that's the first time someone's told me that"
Luke walked into the kitchen.
"Hey, that smells unbelievable, Sookie" Luke told her.
"Thanks"
"Honey, Jackson's outside playing with Davy, and Martha is upstairs in our room" Lorelai told him.
"I'm going upstairs to change into something less smelly, and then I'm gonna go check on the guys" Luke said before leaving the kitchen.
"Hehe, the guys" Sookie giggled.
Luke walked upstairs and into their room, where Martha was still sleeping. He went into the bathroom and by the time he came back out, freshly redressed, Martha's eyes were wide opened.
"Hey kid, you're supposed to be sleeping" he said in a little soothing voice as he walked over to the bed. Martha just smiled. "Are you mocking me?" he asked once he reached the bed, Martha cooed. "I'll take that as a 'yes', now, let's go downstairs where everybody is" he picked her up and went back downstairs.
After a while they were in the dinning room. Sookie was feeding Martha, and Jackson was helping Davy. The four of them were on one side, and Rory & Julian were on the other side. Luke and Lorelai on each end.
"If you need a hand with the painting, I can come and help" Julian offered.
"Julian, I don't know how you and Rory munching at each other would help the guys with the painting" Lorelai teased.
"Lorelai…" Luke said sternly, and Julian just blushed and picked at his plate. "Thanks for offering but we have it covered"
"No problem" Julian said not lifting his eyes from the plate.
"In that case I'll also offer" Jackson teased everybody laughed, even Julian.
"We're still on right?" Sookie asked after she stopped laughing.
"Yep" Lorelai said with a big nod.
"On for what?'' Luke asked.
"While you guys paint, Sookie and me are going to get manicures, and then we're gonna have dinner and catch a movie" Lorelai told him.
"Good, I really didn't want you here smelling all those paint fumes" Luke said.
"You just didn't want her whining all day about how it's not fair that she can't paint. Right dad?"
"Well yeah that too" Luke said with a smile.
"Ok, you two have been bonding way too much" Lorelai said with a serious face.
WHiLe LaTeR
After they had eaten Liz and TJ got home, since it was still early they had convinced everybody to go do something. After much deliberation they all went to a bowling alley. Lorelai was gonna look after the kids while the others bowled.
Finally they had picked teams; Liz said she wasn't in the mood for bowling so she was gonna help Lorelai with the kids. The teams were: Luke, Rory and Jackson against TJ, Sookie, and Julian. They had rented out 2 lanes and at the end of a game who ever had the highest points won.
"Show them what you can do, honey!" Lorelai cheered, both Rory and Luke turned to look at her.
"Who are you talking to?" Luke asked her.
"Umm, aren't you two in the same team?" Lorelai asked and they nodded. "I was telling both of you" she said with a smile. "Its easier saying honey than both your names" she said with a shrug.
"Nice" Rory said with a smile.
"Don't encourage her" Luke told her, then walked off to go find a ball.
"Shut up you!" Lorelai yelled after him.
"Do you guys want something to drink?" Julian asked Rory, Lorelai, Sookie, and Liz.
"A coke" Lorelai said.
"Jackson said he was gonna bring me something, thanks" Sookie told him.
"Tea" said Liz, and Lorelai gave her a weird look. Sure she was Luke's sister but she was nothing like Luke.
"Ok, a coke and tea. And for you?" he turn to look at Rory.
"I'll go with you" she said and they both left.
"Tea?" Lorelai asked Liz, they were now alone because everybody else was looking for 'the perfect bowling ball'.
"Yeah?"
"I know you're Luke's sister but you two are as compatible as water and oil. Why are you drinking tea?"
"Because there is a slight, teeny, tiny, possibility that…" Liz trailed off as TJ approached them.
"Wow the balls they have here are great!" TJ said, he was somehow carrying four balls. "I can't decide which one to use!" while Liz paid attention to TJ's babbles Lorelai kept her eyes on Liz.
"Lorelai, you want something to drink?" Luke asked her. "Lorelai? Lorelai!" that got her attention.
"What?" she asked with a nonchalance expression.
"I said: do you want something to drink?" Luke eyes her.
"Um, no thanks. Julian is already bringing me something"
"Are you ok? We can leave if you want" Luke took a seat next to her. She shook her head.
"I'm fine, I was just thinking about...n-nothing, just… thinking, you know?" Lorelai said waving it off.
"Ok" Luke gave her a weird look, he got up, kissed her forehead, and left. After a while off mind numbing ball talk, TJ left also.
"Liz? Are you pregnant?" Lorelai asked in a whisper.
"Here!" Rory said handing them their drinks, and then she bolted off to find a ball.
"Liz?" Lorelai pressed.
"Maybe, I don't know" she finally answered.
"Have you told anyone yet?" she shook her head. "Have you taken any test?" Liz shook her head again. "Are you gonna take one soon?" Liz shrugged. "Are you gonna tell TJ?" again she shrugged. "Liz!" Lorelai said frustrated with her answers.
"I can't take a test by myself that brings back too many memories. But I can't exactly tell TJ, I don't know how he'll react you know" Liz told her after a long sigh.
"I was also scared of telling Luke" Lorelai told her.
"Aw c'mon, it's Luke. He's predictable" Liz told her.
"Well yeah. But at the time he was very anti-kids"
"And how did you find the courage to tell him?"
"I didn't. I had no idea I was pregnant until I fainted in the diner, then it all clicked, and since he was there when it all click I didn't have to tell him" Lorelai explained. Liz just nodded looking at Luke bouncing Martha and then at TJ making funny face's at Davy. "If you want, I'll be there when you take the test" Lorelai offered.
"Really?" Liz asked with hope in her eyes, which Lorelai saw.
"Yeah, I know how it feels going through it alone. Nobody should have to go through that twice, well if the world was fair we shouldn't have to go through that not even once"
"Thanks" Liz offered with a smile.
"But if it's positive, you'll have to tell TJ alone" Lorelai said sternly.
"You sound like Luke" Liz teased. "And yeah, I know that"
"Good, we'll go buy a test later" Lorelai told her.
"Oh, we don't need to, I already have on. I bought it a little while ago but I never got the courage of taking it" Liz admitted shyly.
"It's ok. We'll go to the bathroom later"
A LiTTLe LaTeR
"Luke, I thought you said the object of the game was to throw the most pins possible?" Lorelai asked after he threw a gutter ball.
"It is, Lorelai" he grumbled.
"Then how come you didn't hit anything? Is that some kind of strategy?"
"No, Lorelai, it's not" he drew in a steadying breath.
"Then why did you do it?"
"Just let me bowl!" he said exasperated, and threw a gutter ball again. His chin dropped to his chest.
"Luke, you did it again" Lorelai told him, and he sighed.
"Do you want the other team to win? Or do you just like to annoy me?" he asked taking a seat next to her, and she placed Martha on his lap.
"The second one, babe. Here watch her. We're going to the bathroom" she told him, and her and Liz left.
Rory was in a stall when Lorelai and Liz entered the otherwise deserted bathroom.
"You go in there and pee on the stick, and I'm gonna go in there and just pee" Lorelai said pointing to two different stalls. Rory's eyes popped opened, once she heard both stall doors closing she flushed, washed her hands and left the bathroom.
Liz was the first to exit the stall; she placed the stick on the counter and washed her hands. Lorelai came out and washed her hands also. They both waited.
Back on the lane it was almost Luke's turn again and the girls weren't back yet.
"Damn it what the hell is taking so long?" Luke grumbled.
"Here, I'll watch her until they get here. It'll be a couple more minutes till the stick tells them something" Rory said automatically.
"What?" Luke said.
"What?" Rory mimicked once she noticed what she had said.
"What stick?''
"Who said anything about a stick?" Rory faked.
"Rory…" she sighed.
"I over heard my mom tell Liz something about peeing on a stick" Rory mumbled. She should've whispered, after all, they were in a public place, surrounded by people who didn't have to know that.
"Why would Liz do…" Luke trailed off. Rory offered a reassuring face. "She's pregnant?'' Luke asked in a whisper. Finally someone with the sense to whisper.
"I don't know, I left"
"Either one of you is gonna bowl? Because I could do it for both of you, but I suck" Jackson told them.
"Coming" Luke said and got up. Rory dropped her head and sighed.
LaTeR ThAt NiGHT
Rory and Julian had left in his car since they had classes the next day. Just like Sookie, Jackson and the kids had. Luke had told Lorelai to drop him off at the diner. Since she can't drive, TJ was driving back. When they got home Lorelai and Liz got off the car and went inside. TJ sat there in the car for a while, he couldn't believe what Rory had said 'Liz is taking a pregnancy test' that got to TJ. After a long time and still no TJ the girls went outside and the car was there but TJ wasn't. Instead there was a note in the steering wheel saying 'Sorry Lizzie, but I can't be a kid and have a kid'.
"He left; Just like that?" Lorelai asked to no one. Liz just kept staring at the note. She couldn't believe it, TJ was different, he was supposed to be different, he wasn't like the other ones. Lorelai gently steered Liz into the house. She sat her on the couch and then went to call Luke.
"Luke's"
"Luke? TJ left" was all Lorelai said.
"What?"
"He left, he dropped us here and then left. He didn't take anything, not his car, not his clothes, not Liz, nothing. He just upped and left"
"What? He thinks he can just get my little sister pregnant and then leave?" Luke asked in a harsh whisper, he was in the diner after all.
"Pregnant?'' that got Lorelai confused why does he think that?
"Yeah! Who does he think he is? Didn't he see the mess she made with Jess?"
"Luke, Liz is not pregnant" Lorelai told him.
"She's not? But…"
"Why did you think she was?" Lorelai didn't understand is he psychic?
"Rory heard you and Liz in the bathroom, and she told me about the pregnancy test"
"Oh, good you're not psychic. Did she tell anybody else?"
"Not that I know of, why?"
"Because TJ left a note on the car, and it said that he couldn't be a kid and have a kid" Lorelai told him.
"So you're thinking he knows?"
"Maybe, otherwise it's just a big coincidence"
"I'm gonna go look around to see if I find him, then I'm coming home. Keep Liz there and try to calm her"
"Ok. Hey Luke?"
"Yeah?'' he asked before hanging up.
"I'm glad you didn't run away" Lorelai said in a small voice.
"I could never leave you" Luke said seriously.
"Love you"
"Ditto" Luke said before hanging up. He left the diner in Caesar's hands, and went to look for TJ.
BaCK iN THe HouSe
Jess walked in and went up to his room not paying attention to the living room. After he was there for a couple of minutes his cell rang. The ID said 'Luke'. That was weird Luke only called when it was late and Jess wasn't home yet.
"I'm already here" Jess said as a greeting.
"I need your help"
"What's wrong?"
"I need you to climb out your window and help me look for TJ" Luke said.
"What!"
"I don't want your mom to know we're looking for him, and if she sees you leavening the house she's gonna ask where you're going. So, climb out the window and come help me"
"Is he lost in Stars Hollow? Cuz that's something very hard to do" Jess mocked.
"Jess…" Luke warned.
"Where did you loose him?" Jess teased.
"I did not loose him! The ass left when he thought your mom was pregnant. Now, I need to find him and tell him she's not, so she can come back" Luke explained.
"Whoa, wait. My mom's pregnant?"
"No, she's not. But she thought she was, and I thought she was, and TJ thinks she is that's why he left"
"Wait! He left my mom when he thought she was pregnant? What the fuck is wrong with him!" Jess was starting to get mad. Sure he wasn't close to Liz or TJ, he was closer to Lorelai and Luke. But TJ leaving her mom like that, that was just wrong.
"Jess! Help?" Luke asked.
"Why the hell do you want me to help you find him after what he did?"
"Because for some strange reason your mom love's him"
"But…"
"Are you gonna help or not?" Luke was getting tired of this talk.
"Not" Jess said and hung up the phone. Luke stared at his phone and closed it angrily. Well technically Luke couldn't blame him, he didn't want to look for TJ either but he had told Lorelai he would.
Jess walked out of his room and downstairs into the living room.
"If you want I can pound on him the next time I see him" he said while entering the living room.
"Jess…" Lorelai said, she was really starting to sound like Luke sometimes.
"Sorry" he said and sat on the couch between Lorelai and his mom.
"I can't believe he did that" Liz said, again. "He heard something and he didn't even wait to see if it was true he just left"
"It's ok Liz" Lorelai told her.
"It's ok for you because you have a man like my brother who doesn't bail out. He sticks with anything, that's just how he is" Liz told her and Lorelai didn't know how to argue with that, it was true. Right then the front door opened and closed.
"Lizzie?"
"What the hell are you doing here?'' Jess asked getting up.
"I'm so sorry Lizzie. I panicked but I'm better now. I'm happy now, see?" TJ said and smiled. But everybody gave him a weird look. "Here" he extended his hands and gave Liz a present bag with lot's of Yellow paper sticking out of it. "It's yellow because its non-gender specific, or at least that's what the girl in the store said" TJ explained. "Open it! open it!" he urged. Liz did, and inside was a tiny little onesie.
"TJ?" Lorelai said.
"At first I was scared; I mean a baby is a big deal. But then I saw this in a display window and thought it was cute & small. And nothing that is that cute & small can be scary, right?" he looked at their expressionless faces. "Anyway, I'm thinking a baby would be great! And I can't wait" TJ said with a big smile.
"TJ, I'm not pregnant" Liz said putting the onesie back in the bag.
"What? But I heard Rory and Luke talking about a pregnancy test, what happened?" TJ said a little disappointed.
"It was negative TJ" Lorelai told him.
"What?" TJ was more disappointed.
"Negative as in no baby" Liz told him. The front door flew open then shut.
"I'm sorry Lorelai but I couldn't…" Luke trailed off once he was in the living room. "What the hell are you doing here?" Luke asked getting angry.
"Wow, déjà vu" TJ said, remembering Jess' greeting.
"What?" Luke was getting angrier.
"Luke, baby, relax" Lorelai said walking over to him.
"What is he doing here, Lorelai?'' he asked in a harsh whisper. Luke face was pointing to Lorelai but his eyes were on TJ.
"He came back to apologize, and bring Liz a gift" Lorelai said in a happy tone trying to calm Luke down. One should never mess with the family and the love one's of Luke Danes.
"Yeah look" Liz said catching on with Lorelai. She pulled the onesie out of the bag and showed it to Luke.
"But you're not pregnant" Luke said in the same angry tone but in a lower volume.
"Yes but he didn't know that, Luke" Lorelai said rubbing Luke's arm in a soothing way.
"Why did you leave my sister?"
"Luke, that is for them to discuss" Lorelai said saving Liz from feeling more uncomfortable.
"Fine" Luke said and left the room. Lorelai sighed and walked after him. He went up to their room.
"Luke?" Lorelai said closing the door behind her.
"She is gonna take him back and act like if nothing happened isn't she!" he asked rather harshly. He was sitting on the edge of the bed. Lorelai walked over and sat next to him placing her hand on his knee.
"Honey, that's her decision to make" she said soothingly.
"He left her, Lorelai. He thought she was pregnant and he just left!" he stood up.
"He came back, Luke. And with a onesie" Lorelai also stood but she didn't pace.
"So he buy's her a gift and everything is ok? He left her, Lorelai"
"I know that! So why don't you stop repeating it!" Lorelai was losing her patience. This wasn't their fight; it was Liz and TJ's. They shouldn't be arguing about it.
"You don't act like you know it" Luke mumbled.
"What?"
"You're telling me that if I would've left when I found out about the pregnancy, and then later came back with a gift you would've forgiven me, just like that?"
"No"
"That's what I thought" Luke said smugly.
"But we're not them. So stop worrying, and please stop fighting" Lorelai's voice broke at the end. That got to Luke, he dropped his head.
"Sorry" he said and walked over to her.
"Ok" Lorelai said. He hugged her the best he could.
"I didn't mean to take it out on you. I just had Jimmy flashbacks there for a moment, I'd like to think that Liz learned something from that, and that it didn't happen for no reason" he kept hugging her and kissed her head.
"It wasn't for no reason, there's Jess"
"I love you" Luke mumbled to her hair.
"Ditto" Lorelai said and smiled.
"I hope this is a lesson to you, and next time you'll discuss inviting my sister over for the weekend" Luke said with a grin. Lorelai pulled back and hit his chest.
"You're mean"
DoWNSTaiRS
"God, I feel horrible" Liz said. They could hear the yelling, muffled yelling, but still yelling.
"It's ok, they do that all the time" Jess told her.
"But this time it's because of me. Man I feel like a teenager again" Liz mumbled the last part.
"They've been quiet for a while. Think they're ok?" TJ asked.
"They're fine" Jess said. When he heard the bedroom door he left the living room. On his way to his room he bumped into Luke. "All yours, good luck Uncle Luke" he teased and hurried up to his room.
"We're so sorry Luke" Liz said as soon as he entered the living room.
"It's fine Liz, really"
"No, no it's not. We caused trouble in paradise. You want me to go talk to the little misses?" TJ said.
"We're not married, TJ" Luke said in his normal exasperated tone reserved specially for TJ.
"You're not?" TJ asked and Luke shook his head. "Huh. So, you're living in sin, and bringing two babies to an unstable home?" Luke was losing it again.
"Liz?" Luke turned to his sister asking for help.
"TJ, leave Luke alone, and lets go pack" she said dragging TJ upstairs.
"Shame on you Luke. Never thought you were that type of man" TJ said shaking his head as he passed Luke.
"TJ…" Luke threatened.
During the week Lorelai had called Rory and invited her over on the weekend with her and Sookie. Rory said that she already had plans with Jess and Samantha, so Lorelai said that she should tell Samantha and Jess could help the guys in the house. After a lot of talking to Rory and the convincing Jess, Samantha was gonna go with the girls on the weekend.
Today was Friday and Rory had been home for a couple of hours. She got her homework out of the way, and was ready for a weekend relaxation.
"Hey Rory, mind sharing your room tonight?" Jess asked her.
"What?" Rory was shocked by the question.
"You mind if Samantha bunks with you tonight. It doesn't have to be the whole night, just till your mom and Luke are asleep" Jess didn't refer to Luke as Rory's dad, yet.
"Jess…"
"C'mon Rory, please? After all we canceled our plans for this weekend for you" Jess reminded her.
"Fine" Rory sighed.
"But she stays in my room the whole night" Rory told him.
"Sure. Mind if I sleep in your bed and you sleep in mine?" Jess asked with a big smile.
"Jess…" she started but he gave her the puppy eyes. "Fine. But not until mom and dad are asleep"
"Sure. Thanks!"
THaT NiGHT aFTeR LuKe aND LoReLai WeNT To SLeeP
Jess knocked on Rory's door. Rory and Samantha had just gotten comfortable.
"It's open!" Rory said. She could've said 'come in Jess' but if it wasn't him, then it would be a loud night in the Gilmore-Danes house.
"Hey, ready to trade?" Jess asked as soon as the door clicked shut behind him.
"Could you give us a couple of minutes?" Samantha asked him.
"Umm, sure" That got Jess off guard. "Just call me when you're ready" he said and left the room.
"So…" Samantha started again.
"Wait" Rory said and stood up. She checked for shadows under her door signaling that Jess was still standing there. When she didn't see anything she went back over to the bed. "Go on"
"What should I do?" Samantha asked panicking.
"Are you sure? Like 100 percent sure?" Rory asked.
"Well two out of two is 100 percent right?"
"Yeah, it is" Rory said in a small voice.
"I mean, how would I tell him. After what his dad did to him, and what his step dad did to his mom. What if he does that too?"
"He won't"
"How do you know?"
"Because it's Jess, and he's not like that. Plus believe it or not his role models isn't his dad or TJ" Rory teased.
"Yeah but still, running is the easy way out"
"My dad didn't run out on my mom. Wait, Chris did, so yeah. But Luke didn't he's here, and they're having twins. And Luke has a much stronger role in Jess' life than Jimmy or TJ ever did"
"Who's Jimmy?" Rory gives her a weird look.
"He is Jess' dad"
"Oh" there was silence for a while.
"Look, my parents are asleep right now, and you said you bought three tests right?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Tell Jess now, and pee on the stick later. Right now is as private as this house is ever gonna be. Might as well get it over with. And depending on the results, you'll know what to do" Rory explained.
"Thanks. I think I'm gonna do that"
"Good, now, let me get out of my room and go sleep on Jess' bed. That's a sentence I never thought I'd say"
NeXT MoRNiNG
Jess woke up early and left Rory's room before anyone saw him. He maneuvered a sleepy Rory across the hall and into her bed. He got into his bed and slept a few more hours. A couple hours later Lorelai walked into Rory's room.
"Get up kid. You need to get ready, Sookie will be here soon" Lorelai nudge Rory, she would've sat on the bed but Samantha was there.
"Mmm" was Rory's response.
"Good point, honey. But you still need to get up, and ready" Lorelai nudge her again.
"It's too early"
"Wow, a sentence. We're progressing" as Lorelai said that she continued nudging her.
"Mom, you're being really annoying"
"So, it's working" and she kept nudging.
"Rory just go. I want to sleep" Samantha whined.
"Don't get to comfy there, cause your next" Rory mumbled while getting out of bed. Lorelai walked out of the room and Rory went to get her stuff ready. "So, I'm guessing everything went well last night?"
"Mmhmm" Samantha mumbled from under the covers.
"I'm gonna go take a bath, and then I'm gonna come here and dump cold water on you if you're still sleeping" Rory said and left the room.
"I'm up I'm up" Samantha mumbled sitting up on the bed.
"Morning star shine" Luke teased when Rory closed her bedroom door behind her. She turned to look at Luke and shot him a death glare. "Fine I take that back" Luke said and hurried downstairs to get breakfast started.
A while later Samantha was taking a shower, Jess was asleep, Lorelai was watching Saturday morning cartoons and Rory was eating breakfast in the kitchen while Luke cooked.
"If I had known that to get pampered I'd have to wake up so early on a Saturday, I would've never said yes" Rory whined into her cup of coffee.
"Then go back to sleep, you don't have to go with them" Luke reasoned.
"Stay here and do what? Watch you guys paint? No thank you. Besides I'm already up, I might as well go"
"Might as well" Luke agreed. "Here" Luke handed her a plate with scrambled egg's and toast.
"Thank you daddy" Rory smiled and Luke turned to keep cooking.
After a while the whole house was awake, except for Jess. Sookie was there, Jackson was babysitting. Jake had arrived a couple of minutes ago, and he and Luke were putting plastic on the nursery's floor.
"C'mon! Lets go" Lorelai whined.
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Rory yelled downstairs.
"Geez! Can't you people use your inside voices?" Jess asked sleepily stepping out of his room.
"Shut up, Jess" Rory said as she rushed past him, and went downstairs.
"Hey" Jess said quietly at Samantha who was walking behind Rory.
"Hi" she replied with a small smile.
"C'mon Sam! We're leaving without you!" Lorelai yelled upstairs.
"I have to go" Samantha said and walked downstairs.
"Yeah" Jess said quietly after she had left.
"Jess, go eat something, and then come up here and help us" Luke told him.
"Sure" Jess mumbled, and went back into his room.
"Hey Butch, do you have some beer or something?" Jake said.
"It's not even ten in the morning" Luke said shocked.
"So that's a no?"
"No, that's a: drink coffee or juice"
"Fine. Health freak" Jake mumbled the last part as he walked past Luke.
"I heard that!"
aRouND THRee PM iN The NuRSeRy
"I still think we should've painted it blue" Jake said, again.
"Blue is to dark for a nursery" Jess answered while he made a few touchups.
"Ok, then you should've made it light blue" Jake insisted.
"No Blue" Luke said.
"Why not, Luke, they're boys"
"Because light yellow is a more baby-ish color" Luke told him.
"And because Lorelai picked out the color" Jess added with a smirk.
"Yeah well, but I chose the border" Luke defended himself.
"Oh yeah? What?" Jake asked.
"Balls" Luke admitted shyly.
"Very masculine" Jake teased.
"Shut up" Luke told him.
MeaMWHiLe aT THe MoVie THeaTeR
"Oh my God! I never thought that movie would be so funny" Lorelai said still laughing a little bit.
"Mom, the movie had Ryan Reynolds staring in it" Rory said in a knowing voice.
"So?" Lorelai asked.
"All of his movies are hilarious" Rory stated.
"Not all of them" Samantha said. "Amityville Horror, was not funny"
"True, but besides that, they're all funny"
"Van Wilder" Lorelai stated.
"Never saw that one" Sookie said.
"Next weekend my house" Lorelai told her in a serious voice. "Or better yet, Monday after work"
"You're on" Sookie told her.
"Not fair, I'm not gonna be able to see it" Rory pouted.
"So, what do you say about Waiting? Does it go on the list?" Lorelai asked Rory, and she nodded vigorously.
"Definitely on the list" Rory said.
"What list?" asked Samantha.
"It's the list of movies we're gonna buy as soon as they come out…" Rory explained.
"And annoy Luke with them" Lorelai added, and Rory just nodded with a grin.
"Who's ready for lunch?" Sookie asked and all the girls nodded.
An HouR Or TWo LaTer iN THe HouSe
"Finally" Jess said after they had finished putting up the border. It took them forever because it always went crooked at some point.
"Yep, now all it needs is the furniture" Luke said picking up some of the stray paper left behind by the borders.
"Which we'll have to do later cuz' I have to go" Jake said after all it was a little over five PM.
"Sure, no problem. I can do that by myself" Luke told him.
"Hell no! I want to build them cribs, man" Jake protested.
"Fine, I'll wait. But only for a little while, I don't want my boys bed less once they're born"
"It wont take that long" Jake reassured him.
"Good. Oh! Hey Jess?" Luke said suddenly remembering.
"Yeah?" Jess answered from the doorway. He was on his way out.
"Could you go help Caesar with the dinner rush?" Luke asked, and noticed Jess' expression. "Or I can go help him, and you clean up here"
"Fine, I'll go help him. But tomorrow I wont help, I have homework you know" Jess said and left.
"Yeah I know"
"Wow, he's really turning around" Jake pointed out.
"Yeah, it's kinda weird sometimes. Seeing him be so helpful and polite"
"Yes it is. But you guys are doing a great job with him. Not everybody would give a kid so many chances" Jake told him. They were now leaving the nursery.
"He's family" was all Luke said.
"So? Not even Liz gave him so many chances. Heck! She didn't even give him one"
"Yeah well…" Luke trailed off.
"I'm leaving. If Samantha comes by tell her I'm at the diner" Jess said while walking down the steps then out the door, he didn't even wait for a response.
"Although sometimes it's like nothings' changed" Jake teased, and Luke gave him a weird look. "I should get going. Are you sure you don't want me to help you clean up?"
"Positive. Now go" Luke told him.
"Should I feel offended that you're kicking me out?" Jake teased grabbing his coat.
"When has that offended you before?" Luke chuckled.
"Very true. Bye" Jake smiled and left. Luke just shook his head and smiled. He walked upstairs into the nursery and began to pick up bits of rubbish. The house smelled a little like paint so he decided to open the upstairs windows for a little while to let the cool, fresh air in. but first he wanted to close all the lids on the paint cans. Then he grabbed a big black trash bag and started picking up all the plastics and papers that were on the floor. After the room was some what mess-less he went to open the windows. He skipped Jess' room because, well, because the door was closed, and if a door was closed than they wouldn't go in there with out permission. After all even Jess deserved his privacy. He walked into the upstairs bathroom, also known as Rory and Jess' bathroom, it was a mess; Hair gel open, shampoos on the bottom of the tub, trash can filled with papers, the room smelled like Jess' cologne, and somehow they had managed to get the faucet to drip a little. Luke mumbled something about it being a waste, and then walked over to the small window and opened it. He walked out of the bathroom to get the trash bag from the nursery. He walked back into the bathroom and over to the filled up trash can. Luke grabbed the can by one edge and flipped it over into the big black bag. The contents fell into it smoothly, except for the one thing that caught Luke's eye. After giving it a lot of thought, after all it was the bathroom's trash can; he moved his hand into the bag and fished something out. It was a long, white, plastic stick. A stick Luke knew very well, a stick that someone had tried to hide under a lot of tissues, a stick that had a big positive sign just mocking him. He felt like someone had punched him in the stomach. After assuming the worse his mind told him that it probably was just Liz' test, after all, she had thought she was pregnant. But she's not. She said she wasn't Luke's mind screamed. He finally gathered himself, and walked out of the room, Pregnancy test still in his hands. Rory's door was opened so he walked in; after all he needed to get the paint fumes out before Lorelai got home. He walked over to Rory's window and opened it as far as it would go. And then, just as he was walking past her bed, it caught his eyes a big, white, rectangular box, just thrown there by the foot of her bed. He couldn't believe it. That box was confirmation; it wasn't Liz' test because Liz hadn't been in Rory's room. It hit him hard. This was Rory's room; this was Rory's pregnancy box in the floor of Rory's room, by the foot of Rory's bed. The box that had the instructions printed on it, the instructions to the only test Rory shouldn't have passed. He couldn't believe it, Rory had taken a pregnancy test and it had been positive. If it wasn't for the fact that he had the test in one hand and the box in the other, he would've never believed it. Then his heart stopped asthe front door opened and closed.
"Honey?" Lorelai asked to the upstairs. "Are you up there? If you are please answer"
"Yeah" Luke whispered, he couldn't find the voice to speak. God, I'm gonna have to tell Lorelai that she's gonna be a grandmother. I can't do this to her. "Here" Luke said once he heard her walk into the nursery.
"Wow, it looks so cute. Now all its missing is the furniture and… what wrong?" Lorelai asked as soon as she saw Luke sitting in the dark on Rory's bed.
"Where's Rory?" was all Luke said, it was all he could think of.
"Oh, they dropped me off because they're going to the diner" Lorelai explained it with a dismissal of the hand. "What's up with you?" she asked walking closer to him. "What's that?" she had finally seen Luke holding something, she couldn't tell what it was though.
"Nothing, just something I found" he said, and she took a seat next to him.
"Where?" she asked looking at Luke, who was looking at his hands.
"Oh, half here and the other half in the bathroom" Luke said in a small voice.
"What?" Lorelai asked with a little laugh. It hurt Luke to have to tell her this; he didn't want to be the cause of her hurt.
"Here" Luke handed her the stick first. Lorelai saw it with wild eyes. "I found this in the bathroom when I was taking out the trash" he explained. "And this on the floor by Rory's bed" he handed her the box.
"Is this a joke? Because it's not funny" was all Lorelai said, she was looking at the big positive sign. She had never seen a plus sign so clear before, there was no doubt it wasn't a positive sign.
"When have I ever joked?" Luke said in a serious tone.
"Please tell me that you're kidding. That Liz stopped by and said she was pregnant. Say anything that would make this not true!" Lorelai begged.
"I wish I could, Lorelai, this shocked me also"
"She can't have a baby, Luke. She's just a kid. She has Yale, she has a life…" Lorelai began to sob, so Luke wrapped his arms around her.
"Hey…"
"Mom! Jess and Sam kicked me out!" Rory yelled as soon as she entered the house. That was like a bucket of cold water. Lorelai sat up straight and whipped the tears that had started to fall. Luke was going to replay to Rory but Lorelai placed a finger on his lips. "He went to drop her off. They offered to bring me home but I'd better walk than listen to their gross relationship-y talk" Rory kept talking loudly to no one. "So, I just walked home and… are you home or am I just wasting my breath?" Rory asked and still got no answer. She walked up the stairs, gave the nursery a quick glance and moved over to her room. She was shocked when she turned the light on in her room. "What...?"
"What the hell is wrong with you!" Luke burst first; he didn't even let Rory finish her sentence.
"Dad what's…?" Rory was confused.
"Don't dad me, Rory" Luke said in a lower voice but with more anger.
"Luke…" Lorelai said.
"No...!" he shot up from bed.
"What's going on?" Rory asked.
"When were you planning on telling us?" Lorelai asked quietly.
"Tell what?" Rory was so confused.
"Don't play dumb" Luke said harshly, neither Rory nor Lorelai had ever heard that tone of voice on Luke. It was somewhat, mad, disappointed, sad, angry. "Cause we all know that's the one thing you're not"
"Mom?" Rory turned to Lorelai.
"We're not mad, Rory" Lorelai offered lamely.
"Tsk" Luke said.
"We're not" Lorelai emphasized the not. Downstairs Jess had arrived home.
"Maybe you're not but I am. How could she do this, after all you went through, she saw how much you struggled and she goes and does the same thing? She should've known better! You guys had the talks!" Luke was breathing hard, Lorelai kept looking at the floor, and Jess had stopped dead in his tracks once he heard Luke's yelling.
"What are you talking about!" Rory had enough of this. She didn't know what she had done to make Luke, and her mom act like this. If she was gonna get yelled at, she had the right to know.
"We know you're pregnant, Rory" Lorelai said in a voice close to a whisper looking her in the eye. Rory and Jess' eyes popped out.
"What?" was all Rory could muster.
"Luke found the test in the bathroom and the box in your room" Lorelai explained.
"But…" that's all Rory said before she went silent.
"That's all you have to say? We find out you're pregnant and all you have to say is but? Does Julian know? No wait, better yet, how long have you known?" Luke said.
"I…"
"Rory, it's ok. You can tell us anything. You know that. Why didn't you tell us this?" Lorelai wondered.
"I…" Rory said again.
"Great! She goes to an Ivy League school and all she can come up with is I" Luke said sarcastically. "Emily will be happy to know her money is well spent"
"Luke…" Lorelai started but was cut of.
"Stop it! Just stop it! She's not pregnant, Samantha is!" Jess entered Rory's room in a rush. "I don't know why she's covering for us, maybe because she's been doing that for a while but she doesn't have to now. I got Samantha pregnant"
"What!" that got Luke angrier. "We spent the whole day today together and you never said anything? And right now you were letting Rory take all the heat for it?"
"Luke, relax" Lorelai told him. "Rory, go downstairs" Rory looked at Jess with kind eyes before walking out of her room to go downstairs. "Close the door, Jess" Lorelai said and he did. "What did you just say?"
"I got Samantha pregnant" Jess said in a low voice, while staring at his shoes.
"Jess!" Luke yelled in a how-could-you voice. Rory was in the kitchen getting something to drink and heard Luke. Heck everybody in a mile radios heard Luke.
"Look I'm sorry. I didn't mean to" Jess offered.
"You didn't mean to? That's all you have to say? Jess! You didn't break the neighbours' window, here! You got a girl pregnant!" It was Lorelai's time to yell.
"I know"
"What are you gonna do about it?" Luke asked in a calm voice.
"I'm not gonna leave them" Jess said.
"That's not what I said"
"I'm gonna find a place to for us to live in, an I'm gonna find a good job, and I'm gonna marry her"
"What about school?" Lorelai asked.
"I can't get a good job and go to school"
"You are not dropping out" Luke said sternly.
"Then how am I supposed to support them? I have to find a place to live! Her parents are worse than Emily and Richard! She's not gonna be able to stay there. Plus I wouldn't want her to stay there. We need an apartment, and for that I need money, and for that I need a good job, and for that I need to not be in school" Jess explained. Luke took a deep steadying breath.
"Stay here" He said in a low voice.
"What?" both Jess and Lorelai asked.
"Stay here, rent free, work at the diner, keep going to school, and no marrying her" Luke said.
"You want us to live in my room rent free?" Jess wanted to clarify.
"No" Luke said.
"Thought so" Jess mumbled.
"We will remodel the attic. Put a couple of walls up, an exterior entrance, and it will be just like an apartment"
"You want to remodel the attic so the girl I got pregnant and I can live in it?"
"Of course, you two would have to stay in your room until it's finished" Luke clarified.
"What do you have to say about this?" Jess asked Lorelai.
"I thought you said she had an apartment?" Lorelai asked. Jess had a shocked expression. "If she has an apartment, why would her parents kick her out?"
"She lost the apartment a while back" Jess mumbled.
"Did she ever have an apartment, Jess?" Lorelai kept asking.
"Yes. But when her roommate left she couldn't make the rent anymore, and when she asked her parents for more money, they said that they weren't giving her any more money and that she was gonna have to move back home" Jess explained.
"Wait. But she stayed here most of the time, what were you telling her parents?" Luke asked.
"That she was over at a friends" Jess admitted shyly.
"Jess, you're not a teenager anymore! You're an adult! You shouldn't be sneaking around with your girlfriend" Luke said.
"I know! But her parents are major control freaks; they think something might happen if they let their guard down"
"Something like her getting pregnant!" Luke asked sarcastically, Jess gave him an annoyed glance.
"Do they know?" Lorelai asked, and Jess shook his head.
"I just found out last night" he told them. "She took that test here after you guys went to sleep"
"And you tried to hide it" Luke finished Jess' sentence.
"I didn't know what else to do" Jess admitted shyly.
"Tomorrow you two are going to tell her parents" Luke said "And we'll take it from there" Jess nodded. Luke walked over to the door.
"Jess, stay" Lorelai said. Luke left the room and went downstairs to look for Rory.
"What?" he asked once Luke closed the door.
"I think you're reacting very well to this" Lorelai said.
"Thanks, I guess" he shifted his weight.
"I mean it. Most people would run away or deny it. You're owning up to it pretty well. And Luke's right. You guy's are gonna need help, and a good education"
"I can't just run off. I'm not gonna turn into Jimmy" Jess said with determination.
"That's a good goal" Lorelai laughed a little.
"If I would to turn into someone, it better be Luke" Jess mumbled.
"That's a very nice thing to say" Lorelai said with a smile.
"Yeah well, you didn't hear it from me" he said with a smile.
iN THe KiTCHeN
"Hey" Luke said walking in.
"How did it go? I heard yelling" Rory said, closing the door to the refrigerator.
"Fine, they are going to tell Samantha's parents tomorrow, and depending on how that goes she may be moving in" Luke told her the cliff notes while taking a seat on a kitchen stool.
"That's nice" Rory said also taking a seat.
"Yeah. We would have to remodel the attic but other than that, yeah it's nice" Luke said with a nod. Silence fell upon them. "I'm sorry" Luke suddenly said.
"What?"
"For how I acted. I'm sorry"
"It's ok"
"No, it's not. I shouldn't have said all that stuff" Luke said embarrassed.
"Luke, you we're mad and disappointed. I totally understand" Rory said.
"Still, I had no right to yell at you like that"
"What do you mean, 'you had no right'? You're my dad; you have all the right in the world. Well, except for my mom" Rory said, and that got a smile from Luke's lips. They were quiet for a little while.
"You hungry?" he asked.
"Little bit, yeah" Rory said with a nod.
"What do you say I take you to dinner and then to a movie?"
"Are you trying to buy my love?" Rory asked with a smile.
"Maybe" he answered with a grin.
"I'd love to. Dad" Rory smiled.
"I'm gonna go tell your mom we're leaving" Luke said getting up.
"Where is she?"
"She's talking to Jess"
"Oh. Hey Luke?" Rory asked once he started to walk away.
"Yeah?" he stopped, turned, and asked. Rory stood and hugged him tight.
"You would've made a great grandpa" she mumbled.
uPSTaiRS
"… I am scared" Jess said.
"Hey, look at the bright side. You're gonna get to practice with the twins" Lorelai offered with a smile. "You can baby sit all the time, that way you're prepared"
"Aw how noble of you" Jess said sarcastically.
"That's just how I am" Lorelai said with a huge smile. There was a knock on the door. "Come in"
"Hey, I'm gonna take Rory out to eat and then to a movie" Luke said from the half opened door.
"Have fun, and bring me something" Lorelai winked at him.
"Sure" Luke said and left.
"C'mon" Lorelai said getting up.
"Where are we going?" Jess asked once Lorelai grabbed him from the wrist.
"We are ordering pizza, and watching a movie. Your pick" Lorelai said while she dragged Jess downstairs.
"You're actually letting me pick?"
"Yes, daddy" Lorelai teased.
"Mean"
"Sorry. What do you want on your pizza?" Lorelai asked grabbing the phone.
"How many are you ordering?" Jess asked looking through the movie collection.
"Two. One for me and one for you"
"You rhymed. And mushrooms, please"
"Mushroom it is"
"You did it again" Jess teased.
"Do you want to leave your kid fatherless?" Lorelai threatened.
"Sorry, shutting up now" Jess said and turn his attention back to the movies.
LaTeR THaT NiGHT
After making sure both Rory and Jess were sleeping, Luke and Lorelai went to bed.
"Are you ok?" Lorelai asked. They were both now lying in bed.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine" Luke said then sighted.
"He's going to be ok, Luke. He's a tough kid" Lorelai said and rubbed his arm.
"Yeah" Luke said with more emotion this time.
"He's not gonna leave her"
"I know" Luke reposition himself on the bed so his head was on her big round stomach. "Hey guys" Luke talked quietly and stroke her belly. "Did you hear? Your cousin, Jess, is gonna be a father"
"You're gonna wake them up" Lorelai whispered while she played with his hair.
"Mmhmm. Promise me something…" he kept talking to her stomach. "…remember girls are icky" Lorelai laughed out loud at that.
"We're icky?"
"You're not" Luke said with a smirk. "But when kids are young they think girls are icky, and then suddenly they're not anymore. That's when they have sex and get the girls pregnant. So, I hope our boys never move past the icky phase"
"Hon, for that to happen the boys would have to be gay. And not in the happy sense of the word" Lorelai giggled.
"Lorelai!"
"Sorry but you asked for it"
"Ok then, scratch that. You can like girls, just don't get them pregnant" Luke told her stomach.
"We can have them neutered"
"Lorelai, Geez!" Luke said in disgust, Lorelai started laughing out loud.
"Ok. Umm, you could just talk to them. And explain how everything works, and the 'no glove no love' rule" Lorelai offered.
"I think I like that option better" he smiled.
"Good, cause I don't want to neuter our boys"
"Good" Luke reached up and kissed her. After he settled next to her and hugged her.
Silence ruled the Gilmore/Danes house; after all it was three thirty AM. Jess was in his room, in his bed, face down, with the blankets starting on his waist, his left arm dangling from the bed, and snoring lightly. Rory was lying slightly on her side, in a tight ball, with the covers up to her neck. Lorelai was on her back, with her right arm above her head, and her left one on her stomach, she had a small smile. Luke was on his stomach, his face towards Lorelai, left arm folded under the pillow, and his right on her stomach holding her hand. Suddenly the door bell sounded. It sounded again and no one stirred. It sounded again.
"Luuuke" Lorelai mumbled.
"Mmm?" Luke said and shifted a little to get more comfortable. The door rang again.
"Door"
"I'm not home" Luke said in a slur. It rang again.
"Luuuuuuuuke" he took a deep breath.
"Fine" he got up from the bed, and stumbled out of the room and downstairs. It rang once more. "Coming" he mumbled. Luke checked the peep hole and saw the back of a girls head. He opened the door. "Yeah?"
"Luke?" a cracking voice said.
"Sam? What's wrong?" he asked while pulling her out of the cold night air and into the house. In the corner of his eye he saw a cab. "Wait here" he told her, grabbed his wallet and went to pay the driver. "C'mon" he maneuvered her to the kitchen. "Do you want something?" he asked and she shook her head. "What happened?"
"My parents" was all she said.
"You told them?" Luke asked shocked.
"Told them, what?" Samantha asked tentative.
"About…" Luke trailed off gesturing with his hands. "…you, and Jess, and… your situation" Luke finally manage to say.
"You know about that?"
"I found the test, and Jess told us"
"Oh. And, yes, I told them" she started to sob again.
"Hey, hey, it's ok. It's gonna be ok. What happened?" Luke asked and passed her a glass of milk.
"They said… a lot of stuff, and not good stuff. It all ended with them kicking me out, and taking all my things. So I grabbed a cab and came here. I'm sorry, I know it's late but I had nowhere else to go" Samantha said crying.
"Shh, it's ok. Don't worry about it. Look, go upstairs and wake Jess up. In the morning we'll talk about it some more"
"Thanks, Luke" Samantha sobbed.
"Go, and I'm sure he'll fill you in on what we've talked about" Luke offered her a smile then she left. He placed her glass in the sink, turned off the lights and walked back to his room. He noticed the stream of light coming out from under Jess' door. They were in for a long night. Luke walked over to his room and closed the door.
"I was about to send a search party" Lorelai mumbled.
"I thought you were asleep" Luke said getting into bed again.
"Who was at the door?" Lorelai turned to look at him better.
"Samantha"
"What?" Lorelai's eyes shot opened.
"Yeah. She told her parents and they didn't take it so well. They kicked her out, and gave her nothing"
"Oh my God. Suddenly my parents don't seem so bad"
"I know. She's in Jess' room right now telling him"
"Wow. They're in for a long night or what's left of the night"
"Yep. God, I'm so tired" Luke said while stiffing a yawn.
"Well duh, you fixed up the nursery, dealt with Rory, then, Jess, and now Sam. You are so taking the day off tomorrow"
"Lorelai…"
"Luke, Sunday is for rest, and rest you'll do. Plus we need to deal with some things here"
"Fine" Luke sighted.
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