Chapter 2

Rory froze when she heard her Mother's words. She tried to formulate a sentence but every word which sprung to mind just felt wrong. And even for second she thought about lying to her mother; but she knew that would fail miserably. She hadn't made any decision yet about what she was going to do about her pregnancy. If she kept her baby her Mom would need to know especially considering the obvious associated baby which would be born in Nine Months. And even if she didn't her Mom would need to know; if she gave her baby away her Mom would need to sign the paperwork considering was a minor. And if she had an abortion her Mom would find out, she paid the medical insurance and she knew that the hospital would send a bill.

Lorelai stood up and moved closer to Rory's bed.

"I'll say this one more time.; I hope to God Rory that this is test is not yours."

Rory sat there and still she didn't speak. She was just hoping that this would turn out to be a bad dream.

Lorelai threw the test down on the bed and she let go of her emotions. She wasn't the type of Mother to yell at her daughter but she need to get her child to speak.

"This is not something you can keep quiet about. There is only one response to my question. Either the test is not yours and someone you know is pregnant or the test is yours and you are pregnant. Regardless of what you are going to tell me I need to know which it is."

Tears started to stream down Rory's face and she sobbed out her words.

"I'm so sorry Mom. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry"

Lorelai rushed across to Rory's side pulling herself on to Rory's bed and pulling her daughter to her side.

"Shush." She said rubbing Rory's arm "I'm not angry. I just needed to know. What affects you affects me Rory. You shouldn't be scared to tell me anything."

"You should be angry Mom. I'm pregnant and I am sixteen."

"Rory, I am not angry, not really. I'm disappointed. Whilst I love being your mother, and I wouldn't change what happened for anything. I wanted more for you sweetie. I didn't even know that you had taken that step with Dean or had even heard you mentioning that you were considering it."

Rory whispered the next words quietly almost embarrassed to say those words at all. Knowing that what she was going to say with definitely get a rise out of Lorelai.

"It wasn't Dean."

Lorelai thought she had misheard her daughter and asked her to repeat what she had said.

"What did you say Rory?"

"It wasn't Dean." Rory said again almost forcing the words out.

Lorelai quickly pulled away from Rory. Standing up she threw up her hands in the air and let out an exasperated sigh.

"Oh My God Rory; If it's wasn't Dean then who was it? I thought I knew you Kid, I thought that if you were going to have sex that you would have done it with someone you loved and cared about. I thought you would had a made a better decision when it came to something like this.."

Rory stood up and started to yell slightly

"I thought you said you wasn't angry. Well it seems you are. It's not like I planned for it to happen; I didn't plan to sleep with that guy and I definitely did not plan to get pregnant. And especially not from my one and only time. I made a mistake; you should know how that could happen. It's not like my conception was planned at all. You got pregnant at sixteen and it was your first time as well; so there wasn't much planning or thought on your side as well. So don't think my situation is any worse than yours."

"There is one difference between mine and your situation. Me and Christopher were in a relationship, we had known each other for years, for gods sake we were best friends. And whilst I was not planning to get pregnant at sixteen I have never regretted it happening one bit. And at least you know that your father was someone who cared about me and who I cared about. From what you have told me you got pregnant from a one night stand. Who is your baby's father Rory? For Gods sake Rory do you even know the person that you slept with?"

Rory turned away from her mother for a moment, what she had said felt like a slap in the face to her. She span back around and spoke

"I might have been a One Night Stand Mom. But I do know who the father of my baby is"

"Then tell me who it is" Lorelai yelled out

"It's Tristan. I had a one night stand with Tristan a guy who I absolutely hate"

Lorelai was amazed and she she blurted out her next words

"Tristan, As in Tristan for Chilton? They one that calls you Mary?"

"The very same."

"But I thought you tried to avoid Tristan when out of school. There's only Three occasions when you haven't been able to. And only two without Dean. Your birthday party at grandmas where you pretty much avoided him all night. And the birthday party after you are Dean broke up for while." Suddenly Lorelai had a realisation. "It was that night. The night of the party. The one you came back from and said you were ready to mope. I am guessing that moping wasn't just about Dean then?"

"No, He was part of it. But most of it was about me berating myself for being stupid enough to do that. It was mistake and the idea was that I was supposed to forget about it. And then my period ended up being late. Really Late. So I go the test, but I didn't think it was going to be positive. I thought I was late because of stress and all my school work."

Lorelai walked across to Rory and took her by the hand leading her through her bedroom door and to the couch pulling her down to sit next to her.

"First thing Rory, from now on anything that happens during the pregnancy we share. You have my support regardless and please do not forget that. I just wished that you had told me. About you having sex, about you needing to take a pregnancy test regardless of it's result. You shouldn't had needed to go through this all alone. Either situation I would of helped you regardless."

"I know Mom, I would of. I should of. But I was embarrassed. I thought you would be disappointed in me. Disappointed that my first time was just a one night stand with a guy who I can only describe as an enemy. Disappointed that like you I get pregnant from my first time because I didn't even think about taking precautions at all."

"You are never a disappointment to me. I may of wanted more for you. I didn't want you to have to go through what I did. I wanted you to have everything I didn't. But in no way can I get sanctimonious about this whole situation. I got pregnant at Sixteen and there is no way I can call you a disappointment for doing the same fine that I did."

Lorelai sat there musing for a while. The Mom side of her then kicked in and she decided for the moment to switch to some practical aspects. There will be a lot of time to talk especially in regards having to tell Tristan that he was going to be a father. For now they were things to get sorted and dates to be confirmed.

"Rory" Lorelai said "Know everything is out in the open there is some things that need to be sorted, and some things we need to find out. I am going to call Michel and say I am not going to be into. And I am going to call Chilton for you as well and say you are not well. There is some certain things we need to find out Rory, we need to check that you are healthy and we need to find out how far along you are. And also what we are going to do in regards to this."

Lorelai was skirting around the issue. There was definitely a conversation in her and Rory's future in regards to if she was going to ahead with the pregnancy or not. But she wasn't going to push it/ now when the new was so fresh.

"You can go to work Mom. You can't afford to take the time of work. And it''s not like I am actually Sick."

"I'm coming Kid. This is not something you should do on your own. And you don't have to worry about me coming into the treatment room unless you want me in there. But you are going to need some moral support in there."

Lorelai's planning skills had kicked into action and quickly everything had been sorted for the day and an appointment at the Doctor's had been made for Rory.

Whilst things had been left on a even note between them they were still avoiding discussing the situation until the moment they pulled up the Doctor''s office and Lorelai spoke.

"Decision time Rory, Do you want me in your appointment or not?

Rory looked across to her Mother and spoke meekly.

"Yes Please Mom."

Both of them got out of the car and had barely booked Rory in for her appointment and set down in the waiting room before she was called in.

Rory walked to the door almost like she was condemned, Lorelai following her closely behind.

The appointment was going well and everything about Rory's health had been discussed. Her due date had been determined and from that how many weeks along she was. There was only one thing that had not been brought up was what was going to happen next. But the next sentence out of the Doctors mouth would determine this.

"Rory, I know this maybe not be a conversation that you want to have. But as we have just determined you are six weeks pregnant at this stage. You are well within the States Law in regards to termination. I know this is not something you may not want to make a decision about just yet but as I need to arrange for a referral to an obstetrician for care I will need to knew quite soon."

Rory quickly snuck a peek at her Mother before speaking.

"There is no need to wait for the decision. I want to go ahead with this." Rory looked at Lorelai and spoke "If that is okay with you?"

Lorelai reached across and grabbed hold of Rory's hand.

"What every you decide sweetie, I am with you."

"Well then Rory, If that is your decision I will arrange with my colleagues at Hartford hospital to get you booked in as soon as possible." The Doctor said scribbling onto her prescription pad and the ripping of a piece of paper and passing it to Lorelai. "Miss Gilmore, you will need to take this pharmacy and get it filled. I have prescribed some prenatal vitamins for Rory here and also some medication to help with morning sickness due to her age."

They quickly excused them selves out of the Doctor's. Rory choosing to stay in the car whilst Lorelai ran into the pharmacy to fill her daughters prescription.

The pharmacist handed over the pill bottles and Lorelai walked across the store to the door trying to shove the bottles into her messy overfilled bag. One of the bottles made it in to the bag okay but the other one missed and rolled towards the foot of someone who leant down the same as Lorelai picking it up before her. Pushing herself back up she went to look at the person who had picked up the bottle to thank them but the she noticed the person it was.

"Mom" she exclaimed

"Lorelai" Emily nodded back fiddling with the bottle in her hand.

"Thanks for picking that up Mom. I have been such a klutz today." Lorelai responding her hand outstretched trying to get the bottle back before Emily read the label.

"Are you unwell?" Emily said back.

"No, I am fine. Just very busy."

Emily was uncertain and she heard a tone of fear in her daughters voice so she snuck a peek at the label and she was amazed when she read the first line describing what was in the bottle.

"Lorelai, I wasn't even aware that you were dating anyone. Let alone..."Emily stopped her sentence quite abruptly when she noticed who the name of the prescription was for . Lorelai Leigh Gilmore. Whist her daughter and her granddaughter may share the same first name and last name there middle name was different. And if this bottle had Rory's name on it then it meant the she was the one that required.

Looking at her daughter she threw her words out.

"Lorelai Victoria Gilmore. I believe you have some very serious explaining to do."