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When Christopher saw Lorelai and Luke lying in bed with horrified expressions on his face, he felt his face redden and his heart clench. He opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't find any words.
"Uh…can you give me a minute?" Lorelai requested after a long moment.
Without a word, Christopher pulled the door shut and a moment later his footsteps could be heard descending the stairs. Luke immediately got out of bed and began to search the room for his clothes.
"Luke…" Lorelai said softly, sitting up in bed.
"What's he doing here?" Luke demanded, standing at the foot of the bed clad only in his jeans.
"I don't know," Lorelai replied. "I haven't talked to him since…you know, that night."
"I bet I know what he's doing here," Luke replied. "He wants to get you back. He knew that we broke up, but no one told him that we got back together. Or that we're engaged, or that you're pregnant with my kid. God, Lorelai, how can this be happening? Everything was going so well and now…"
Lorelai sat up in bed and pulled on his shirt. "Luke, you have to calm down," she said softly. "I don't know what Chris is doing here, but I promise, he's not going to ruin anything for us."
Luke looked down at her, so beautiful looking up at him with wide, concerned eyes. He sighed and put his arms around her, pulling her tightly against him. "Okay," he whispered. "I trust you."
"I love you," Lorelai whispered against his shoulder.
"I love you too." Luke replied, not releasing his grip on her.
"Please, don't be mad at me," Lorelai whispered in his ear.
"I'm not mad," Luke replied, planting a kiss on the top of her head to prove it.
Lorelai nodded and tried to pull away. "Luke," she said with a soft smile. "I have to go down there."
Luke sighed and let go of her. "Hurry," he replied.
"Do you want to come down with me?"
Luke shook his head. "No, I don't think I could be in the same room with that man without strangling him," he said, only half joking.
Lorelai smiled and turned towards the door. She sighed as she tightened her robe around her waist and walked down the stairs.
Christopher was pacing the living room when she reached the platform at the end of the stairs, and looked up when he saw Lorelai. He met her eyes, but didn't say anything.
"So…" Lorelai said, trying to figure out what he was doing in her house, interrupting her time with Luke.
"What are you doing, Lorelai?" Christopher cried. "With him. What about us?"
Lorelai blinked in surprise. "Us?" she repeated in disbelief. "Chris, there is no us. There hasn't been in about twenty one years."
"I thought there was a chance," Christopher replied. "After your parents' wedding renewal…"
"Chris, there was never any chance of me getting back together with you," Lorelai replied. "Even when Luke and I were broken up I never even thought about being with anyone besides him."
"But what about what your mom told me?" Christopher cried, wanting to understand why Emily had told him the day before that Lorelai had needed him.
Lorelai looked up sharply. "My mother?" she repeated. "Christopher, what does my mother have to do with any of this?" Before Christopher could respond, they heard the front door open and close.
"Mom? I got some movies that I thought would be appropriate to watch, but if you want to go shopping, we can start buying things for the baby…uh-oh." Rory stopped short as she entered the living room and saw her parents engaged in a heated argument.
Christopher looked to see Rory standing in the doorway. He sighed and looked at the ceiling for a moment before he met her gaze again. "Hi Rory," he said.
"Hey, Dad," Rory said softly. "Um, what are you doing here?"
"Wait, did you say baby?" Christopher asked, ignoring Rory's question. "Rory, are you pregnant?"
"Dad…" Rory started, a little scared of the way Christopher was advancing towards her.
"It's me," Lorelai said quickly, not liking the way Christopher was preparing to explode at Rory.
Christopher looked from Rory to Lorelai as if trying to figure out if she was telling him the truth or not.
"Chris, I'm pregnant," Lorelai said after a moment. "Luke and I are engaged, and we're having a baby."
"Lorelai, how could you do this?" Christopher cried. "Didn't you learn anything when this happened to us?"
Rory looked at Lorelai and could see the anger beginning to boil over. "It's different for Mom and Luke," she said softly. "They love each other."
Christopher sighed and dropped onto the couch and ran a hand over his face. "I can't believe that this is happening," he said, almost to himself. He sighed, then turned to Lorelai. "You really do love him, don't you?"
"Yeah," Lorelai replied. "I love him more than anything. I'm happy, Chris."
Christopher hung his head and clasped his hands together. "I'm sorry, Lor," he said. "I shouldn't have come here."
"It's okay," Lorelai said softly. "I don't think it was your idea."
"All right, I should get going," Christopher said, standing. "Bye kiddo," he said to Rory.
"Bye, Dad," Rory said as he passed her and pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead.
Lorelai dropped onto the couch and buried her face in her hands. "Why does this always happen to me?" she cried.
Rory sat down next to her and rubbed her arm. "What happened?" she asked after a moment.
"Well, Luke and I were upstairs…You know, entertaining Baby Danes, and well, your dad sort of…opened the door while we were…"
"Okay, that's enough," Rory said as she put her hands over her ears. "I've got the picture, but thanks."
Lorelai smiled, then leaned into the pillows. She frowned as she looked at the clock. "Shouldn't you be at Yale?" she asked.
"I don't have classes on Friday," Rory replied. "So I thought I'd come home and surprise you for a weekend at home."
"Oh," Lorelai replied with a nod. She opened her mouth to say something else but was interrupted.
"Lorelai?" Luke's voice came from the middle of the staircase.
Lorelai smiled and stood up. "He's gone, hon, you can come down," she said with a smile.
Luke walked down the rest of the stairs and smiled brightly when he saw Rory. "Hey, Rory," he said.
"Hey, Luke," Rory said. "How's the leg?"
"Good," Luke said. He turned back to Lorelai and asked, "Are you going to work?"
"Actually, I think I'm going to call Sookie and tell her I'm taking the day off to spend with my favorite daughter," Lorelai replied, smiling at Rory.
Luke nodded and looked from Lorelai to Rory. "What are you planning on doing?" he asked.
"I'm going to go put The Princess Bride in, and we're going to watch that," Lorelai replied. "Then we might go for the Godfather, or maybe Casablanca."
"Ah," Luke replied. "In that case, I'm assuming that you're going to sit in front of the TV all day and eat crap. Am I right?"
"Yes," Lorelai and Rory replied together. "Wanna join us?" Lorelai added.
"Well, then I think I'm going to go check in at the diner," Luke replied.
"Aw, are you sure?" Lorelai asked.
"Yeah, I don't really want to sit here and listen to you two yak over The Princess Bride," Luke said. "I need to check in with Caesar anyway, I haven't really been going over there as much as I should."
Lorelai crossed her arms over her chest and looked up at Luke with a pout on her face. Luke rolled his eyes, praying to God that she wouldn't do the hair flip.
"Stop pouting, I'll be home with lunch later," Luke said.
"Fine." Lorelai said, uncrossing her arms but leaving the pout on her face.
Luke leaned down and kissed her gently on the lips. Lorelai resisted at first, but finally relented and kissed him back, stroking his face gently.
Lorelai smiled against his lips as he whispered, "Take care of baby."
Luke straightened and looked at Rory. "Make sure she doesn't eat too much junk," he said.
"Bye, Luke," Rory replied. "I promise that she won't be returned to you harmed in any way shape or form."
Luke left and Lorelai turned to look at Rory.
"So, what should we watch first?" she asked, looking through the movies that Rory had brought with her.
Rory thought for a moment, tilting her head to the side as she considered her choices. "I'm kind of in the mood for Casablanca," she finally said.
"Good choice," Lorelai said with a nod of approval.
Lorelai set the movie up and settled into the couch with the remote in hand. "Ready?" she asked Rory. At her confirming nod, Lorelai pressed play and tossed the remote onto the coffee table.
"Mom?" Rory asked before the credits had even stopped.
Lorelai looked at Rory in shock. "Rory, have you been apart from Mommy for so long that you don't remember our movie rules?" she asked in disbelief.
"Mom, I'm being serious here," Rory replied.
"Okay, okay," Lorelai said. She reached for the remote and turned off the TV. "What's going on, hon?"
"When are you and Luke going to get married?" Rory asked.
Lorelai sighed and settled deeper in the couch. That thought had been rolling around in her head ever since she'd said yes, but she wasn't sure how she should ask Luke about it. "We haven't talked about it," she finally said.
"Well, are you sure about him?" Rory asked her. "I don't mean to not have any faith in you or anything, but considering your past relationships…"
"I'm really sure that I love him more than I've ever loved any other man," Lorelai interrupted. "And considering my track record with men, that is a legitimate question. We haven't really thought about a wedding, but I don't think there will be one any time soon."
"So you're going to wait until after the baby is born?" Rory asked.
"Unless we can come up with a way to throw a wedding together in six weeks," Lorelai replied.
Rory nodded. They were silent for a moment before she asked, "What about Grandma and Grandpa?"
"What about them?" Lorelai asked, pretending to play dumb.
"Are you going to invite them to the wedding?"
"No." Lorelai replied without pausing to think about it.
"Mom…" Rory started, wishing that she would give her parents a chance to be there for her.
"Rory," Lorelai replied. "My mother tried to break me up with Luke. She thinks that I'm being irresponsible by living with him, having his baby and marrying him. She sent Christopher over here to try and break us up again. She obviously doesn't want me to be with Luke, so why should I invite her to the wedding?"
Rory sighed. "I guess you're right," she said softly.
Lorelai stood and stretched her arms over her head. "Thanks, Rory," she said. "I don't know what I would do without you to talk to."
"I think Luke's going to be very happy to have you talk to him," Rory replied.
"And I'm going to make him crazy," Lorelai replied with a bright smile.
"Mom," Rory said as Lorelai started to walk towards the bathroom. Lorelai turned and looked at Rory expectantly. "Do you remember…when I was little and we planned our dream weddings?" Rory asked. At Lorelai's fond smile, Rory continued, "Well, do you think that's still what you want?"
Lorelai smiled and nodded. "That would be perfect," she said. "I'll talk to Luke about it when we start to talk about planning the wedding."
"Are you sure?" Rory asked, wanting to be sure that Lorelai knew what she wanted.
Lorelai nodded. "Can I go to the bathroom now?" she asked. "Your little brother or sister is already using my bladder as a squeeze toy."
Rory smiled and watched as Lorelai disappeared down the hall. She thought for a moment, then reached for her coat. "Mom, I just remembered that I told Lane I would stop by and see her at work," she called. "I'm just going to go grab a cup of coffee and I'll be back soon."
Without waiting for a reaction from Lorelai, Rory bolted out the door, eager to talk to Luke.
Next chapter: Rory has a meaningful talk with Luke, and he brings the wedding up with Lorelai