AN: Hey everyone how was your hoildays. Well I'm sorry that it has been such a long time, but believe me I have not forgotten about you folks! So anyways this chapter is a little longer that is why it has taken so long. Also being a Junior in High School really puts alot of pressure on you.

So anyways: I don't own anything, that means stillno ipod

Bright Lights by Mochamint19

"She got out of town, on a railway New York bound, took all except my name, another alien on Broadway. There are somethings in this world you just can't change." Based off the song "Bright Lights" Matchbox 20. Rory is off to New York to find someone that should help her understand why she can't change her fate.

Chapter 6

"I'm sorry, I guess I'm just a little upset with Jess for taking sweet and innocent Rory, sucked her into his broken world, and getting her pregnant." He said in a low whisper, shaking his head.

"The fact is she isn't as innocent as we might think Luke, it is pretty obvious of that, she does have some responsibility in this situation." Lorelai said ashamed at the fact that she was calling it a situation, just like Emily, she was in this same "situation" once what right did she have to judge. "But I know what you mean, if someone were to have to told me my toothless seven year old would be pregnant at nineteen I would have sworn they were crazy." She said lost in thought.

"So how was her trip to New York?" Luke said concerned.

"I think it went good, at least that is what Rory indicated? She said Jess took it well and was very reliable?"

" Are you sure?" Luke said not believing Lorelai at first.

"That's not all, Rory said he was fine with all of this."

"Are we still talking about the right Jess, the punk who…." Luke stopped confused.

"That's what Rory said, at least I think so, but something still feels fishy. What twenty-year old kid is going to just step up and mature now? Especially kids like Jess. I mean it was hard to get Chris totally aboard at seventeen and the only reason he finally offered was because his prestigious little family wanted him to be a proper gentleman." Lorelai said sounding a little more bitter than intended. She really wasn't bitter of Chris, but a little jealous at his new life.

"Yeah, that is interesting, what exactly did he say to her?" Luke said keeping Lorelai on the pressing issue.

"I actually don't know, I really haven't gotten it all out of Rory yet."

"Well as soon as you do find out, please tell me and I will try to decipher it."

" Ok, I'll do that, and thank you Luke. I don't know why you have a knack for helping me, but I gladly appreciate it." Lorelai said smiling softly.

"Don't worry about it," Luke said returning the smile. " He just happens to be my sister's kid and that explain a lot."

So Lorelai left the diner and headed back to her home. When she walked into the house she expected to see Rory making one of herfamous to do lists. But instead, she found Rory sleeping on the couch. The light was still on and she had a baby book in her hands. Taking the book from Rory's hands she placed it on the coffee table, covered her daughter in a quilt and left a note.

I have to go back to the Inn because Sookie is having another crisis. If you need anything call my cell or come on over and see mommy.

Love Ya Sweets

The feeling of being safely being in your home and the fact that your boyfriend didn't hate you wasenough to make Rory sleep soundly that afternoon and well into the evening as Lorelai came home at seven-thirty. Frightened at her daughter feelings of the quandary she was in and what was really going on with her, Lorelai called the one person she thought knew her enough to help.

"Hello" the familiar voice answered the phone abruptly.

"Hi Chris, how are you?" Lorelai said almost more abrupt than she meant to.

"Lor, is that you? You sound concerned, what's up?" Chris said playfully.

"It's about Rory, I'm worried about her." Lorelai said not hiding the embarrassment in her voice.

"What happened, is Rory ok!" Chris said afraid.

"No, it's nothing like that. I just thought I should let you know that Rory's pregnant." Lorelai said bracing herself for the worst.

"So like mother, like daughter."

"Gosh, this wasn't suppose to happen to her. She was suppose to go through this, she was never supposed to be me Chris. She was suppose to have so much more than me."

"So how did this happen?" Chris said sternly disappointed at his daughter.

"Do I really have to explain that Chris?" Lorelai said jokingly.

"I guess what i'm trying to say is why did this happen, but that really doesn't matter now, does it? So who is the guy, the one I have to now kill. The punk who took my teenage daughter and made her an unwed mother." Chris said amusingly.

" His name is Jess,high school boyfriend.Please don't do anything though, I think he may actually be a good guy." Lorelai couldn't believe what she was saying. Jess a good guy? Maybe in a way she said it for Rory's sake, in another way maybe she also believed what Rory did, that Jess became dependable."

" I didn't actually mean I was going to kill anyone." Chris said laughing Lorelai out of her thoughts. "What ever happened to Dean?"

"See this is what you get for not calling your daughter, Dean dumped her because he thought she was falling in love with Jess." Lorelai said laughing as if she was telling him the latest gossip, it felt as if they were back in high school.

"Oh I see." Chris said intrigued. " Don't worry so much Lor, if she has learned anything and everything from you she'll be just fine, but um, I have to go. Sherri just got home." Chris said convincingly.

" Thank you Chris, good bye."

After hanging up, Lorelai decided to order take out Indian food. It was the only way she knew she had any possibility of getting any information out of her daughter. The food came just as Rory was waking up.

"Hey Sweets, how are you feeling?"

"Pretty good," Rory said with a yawn. "What are you doing?"

"Indian food." Lorelai said with a smile.

"Really?" Rory said almost not believing it.

"Yes, I know I don't exactly like the smell, but we need to talk and I thought I'd bribe you." Lorelai said bluntly.

"Actually mom, I think I might hurl." Rory said running to the bathroom.

After tossing her cookies several times and brushing her teeth Rory came out into the living room.

" You know this really sucks, I cannot remember any other time I've puked this much." Rory said popping four tic tacs into her mouth.

"Don't worry, you are what enteringyour fourth month, the morning sickness should end soon."

"Do you realize it's eight in the evening? This is not morning sickness, but it is a relief that it will end soon." Rory said as she turned on the lamp next to the table. " So you mentioned something about bribery, why?" She askedalready knowing what the answer would be.

" I want to know what happened in New York, and I mean what really happened. If you are embarrassed, don't be, I won't say anything I promise." Lorelai tried.

"I'm not sure how to explain it, Jess acted differently, more grown up? But you can just ask him when comes here in two weeks. I'm sorry mom, but I'll talk to you later I have to go over to Lane's I'm already a little late.

"Sure Sweets" Lorelai said slightly disappointed. Why wouldn't Rory talk to her? "I'll be here, but if not call Sookie's. She is just a tad overwhelmed with everything lately so I will probably be over there. Don't be home too late or call if you stay at Lane's" She didn't know what happened with the last part, since when did she have to tell her nineteen-year-old daughter not to be home too late?

"Bye Mom, and don't worry so much, I'll be ok. I mean I'm just going over to Lane's" Rory said blustering out of the door.

It had finally been two weeks since she had came home and Rory was waiting at the bus stop for Jess. It would be only five minutes until his bus would be there, but it didn't make any of her doubts go away. Rory was filled with every rush of so many emotions halfofwere excited, the other half nervous as hell. This would be the test for her and for him, would he show up? Did he really love her?

The bus couldn't have been more on time. People were filing out of the bus quickly, 10, 15, 20. While the bus pulled away a single tear ran along her cheek, damn these hormones sucked.She should have known he wouldn't have come. As she got up and turned around she heard a sound that made her heart stop.

"Rory?" it was Jess's voice soft and low.

Immediately Roy turned around and kissed him more deeply than she ever could have. Wrapping her arms around his neck tightly, she never wanted to let him go.

"You came" She cried softly almost as ifthe very breath had been taken form her chest.

"Sorry I took an earlier bus, but of course I came." Jess said still stunned from the kiss. "I promised you I would, "He said with questions in his eyes. "Why wouldn't I come?"

"I don't know, maybe you'd changed your mind, maybe you had something more important to do." Rory said her face blushing slightly.

" Rory, listen to me." Jess said lifting her chin, "I know I've treated you like crap before,and I'm sorry, butI want you to know that nothing is more important to me now than you, you are what is on the top of my priorities list now and forever."

As Luke watched the two walk into the diner, he wasfound himselfwith the blast from the past, but even he too noticed a difference in the couple. Jess looked taller and the delinquent smirk was gone from his face. Rory was still innocent of face, but she was now starting to show slightly and the evidence her new maturity was easy to define.

"Hey Jess" Luke said as the couple sat down at the counter.

"Hi Luke, it's good to see you." Jess responded smiling at Rory.

When Luke had asked Rory to tutor Jess so many years ago he never expected anything like this. He had hoped that Rory could keep him from falling off the planet, at least where his studies were concerned. But now he looked lovingly at the couple laughing as they ate their burgers and fries and saw so much more. He knew that Rory was the only thing Jessreally and truly loved. She was going save him, heckmaybe the kid would save both of them.

"I don't want to do this anymore" Rory said as they reached the clinic in Hartford.

"It's ok, everything will be just fine, it can't be that hard, right?" Jess softly trying to ease this fear he had never seen on Rory Gilmore's face before. He didn't know if he could erase it, the fear that is. He could sense it, Rory tensed up when reaching the door. He placed his hand and gently squeezed it for support. It didn't help as a frightened tear was released from her ocean-like eyes. Letting go of his hand she wiped her face and spoke lightly.

"I'm, I'm pregnant" she said.

"Yes, we know that fact." Jess said laughing sweetly and kissing her just right of her ear. "In fact that is one of the things I'm starting to love about you."

" I know, but it's real now, there is no pretending or going back, as soon as I step through those doors I'm going to have a son or daughter." She said afraid to let more tears come out, she hated looking weak and emotional in front of Jess. "I don't think I can do this, I don't think I'm ready for this." Rory said shakily.

"But Rory you're the strongest person I know. You can do this, and we will have an amazing son or daughter. Come here and sit down" Jess said motioning towards a bench in the lobby.

" When my mom was sick she told me something that made me wake up, it reallyhelped me."

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Jess had just come home from his messenger's route when the nurse, he didn't know her name yet, it had been only two days. She instructed him to go into his mother's room.

"Hey Kid," Liz said with a raspy cough. " How are you doing?"

"What's going on? Are you ok?" Jess sputtered out so many words he wasn't sure if they connected right.

"Oh I'm just fine Jesse, but I wanted to ask you, there was a girl who called. Marie said shequickly hung up after answering."

" Really?" Jess said wondering if it was Rory, and why she hadn't called before.

"So there is a girl back in Stars Hallow?" Liz asked badgering her son slightly.

Jess had gotten pink and answered " Well. Yes, but I don't know if we'll be together much longer."

"And why is that Jesse, any girl would be a fool to pass you up." His mother said with sincerity.

"I don't think she should love me anymore I haven't actually been that great to her."He hated to disapoint him mom.

"Jesse, I know that girl loves you, I have feeling she does, but I think shedoesn't know if you love her. Gosh Jesse, look at me, I could be dying and if I do die I don't want to die knowing that you couldn't hold the one relationship that has made you smile in a such a long time. I want you to promise me Jesse, thatyou will love that girl more and treat her better than any guy has ever treated me. Treat her like you've wanted to see me be treated. I feel like such a sucker, this is all my fault for being so unstable. Life is way too short to live without true love, and I know you do love herJesse, all you have to do now is learn to truly love her."

"But I do love mom" Jess said defensively.

"Then you've just passed the first step, the second step is showing her how much you love her, because I have another feeling that she is going to need your love so much more than ever."

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"Life is too short to live without true love Jesse, now all you have to do is learn to truly love her." Jess said remembering the conversation with his mother.

"Rory it took my mom on her deathbed to tell me, that I can't live without you. Because I do truly love you."

Rory wiped off her cheeks and sniffled. Pulling on Jess's jacket, which was a compromise from his former leather one, Rory kissed him again with the same passion as earlier. "I truly love you too Jess." With that she took his hand that seemed softer than before and walked into the clinic.

"See I told you we could do this, I know it." Jess said again squeezing her hand again.

"I didn't call by the way." Rory said as she flipped her magazine.

"What?" Jess said looking up from his book.

" I didn't call your house, Lane did, I was with her.We were going tocall andtell you, but I changed my mind when your mother's nurse answered the phone." Rory said self-consciously.

" Lorelai Gilmore!" The nurse called from the doorway.

"That's me, Rory" Rory said startledas sheraised her hand.

"Well, I'll need you to go to room #5 Dr. Woodhouse will be with you shortly."

"Are you still scared?" Jess asked they reached room #5.

"A little" Rory said shaking her head and swallowing hard.

"Well just remember whatever happens we'll face it together." Jess said nonchalantly as he kissed her hand.

"Who are you Jess? What happened to you?" Rory said. "Since when did become all sweet and smart?"

"I don't know exactly?" Jess started. " I guess I just was sick of being the lazy ass punk who wasn't going anywhere. I needed to grow up, for my mom, but mostly for you. I knew that you were going to dump me if I didn't treat you better, and I knew I'd rather kill myself than live without you. I took advantage of you, no not like that." Jess said as Rory giggled. "I guess I realized that you needed me to be more in your life, I needed to figure out that my life is not about me anymore. That it's about you, and now about this baby." Jess said smiling wiggling his fingers inside of Rory's. He was glad he could finally be honest with her.

Rory smiled sweetly. "I never thought I'd say this, but we're going to have a baby, you and me. And I don't think that there is another person I would want to have a baby with morethan with you."

Just then Doctor Woodhouse came in. " Hi Rory, how are we today? Wow I can't even believe it has already beenfour months." Dr. Woodhouse eagerly said. "You must be Jess?" she said smiling brightly at him.

Now Dr. Emma Woodhouse was the perfect doctor for Rory. She was 28 and freshly out of medical school. Rory was her first case since joining the clinic/hospital in March and she was bubbly and fun. She made Rory forget she was a teenage mother and a disapointment to society. Dr. Woodhouse met Rory when Rory hadcame to the clinic in early June. She watched Rory come in a scared girl and took her under her wing. She asked her chief resident if she could take on the case for Dr. Fuller, who took Rory's first tests, and he agreed that it would the perfect firstcase for her. Dr. Woodhouse loved Rory like a younger sister and became a good friend to her, always-making Rory laugh when times were tense.

"Yes, this is Jess" Rory said turning to Jess beaming.

"Well it is a pleasure to finally meet the amazing Jess who inseminated my friend Rory, I'm just kidding it is really nice to meet you." Dr. Woodhouse said as she readied herself.

"It's nice to meet you too" Jess blushed at being amazing, he felt everything from it.

"Well Jess are you excited about our first ultrasound today? You sure picked a good day to come."

Rory had gotten this slight fearful twinkle in her eye and Jess grabbed her hand. His hope was to comfort her while trying to seem as calm as he was not. He was now feeling the fear that Rory had had earlier.

"I'm sorry Rory, but this might seem a little cold at first, but don't worry it will warm up quickly. It is pretty simple you don't have do muchjsut lie there and look amazed." Dr. Woodhouse said laughing as she started smoothing the gelon Rory's swollen stomach that seemed to have grown within two weeks, at least to Rory.

After turning the ultrasound machine on, Rory squeezed Jess's hand firmly as a blurry image was presented on the screen. The doctor pointed out all of the important things and let them listen to the heartbeat.

"Oh, my, wow" Jess said realizing that Rory started to cry. In any other circumstance he wouldn't know what to do if Rory had started to cry this much, but at that moment she looked so beautiful that he couldn't help but kiss her lips.

Rory stayed silent as her tears continued to fall.

"Do you want to know if you have a son or daughter." Dr. Woodhouse asked smiling.

"Yes!" the teens responded in unison.

"Well then I'm going to print out some still images for you and check, I'll leave you with your baby."

"Once she left, Rory finally spoke peacefully.

"Wow, can you believe it, that's us in there. That is, a moment I've regretted until now."

"It's so small." Jess said saying the first thing he could with the scared breath he had just found.

"I love you Jess, people have never known why, heck I never knew why, but I've always loved you. When you first came to this town and pulled that book from your pocket, when you helped me with that sprinkler system. That day you kissed me in front of my high school that day you apologized for the dinner with my grandmother, I knew I would always love you. And that night I slept with you last May I knew I couldn't stop loving you Jess."

Dr. Woodhouse came into the room with a grin and long awaited news. " Congratulations guys, your going to have a little …….!"