The Drive

The next morning Rory got up at around 6:30. She got dressed and headed downs stairs for she was going to leave soon. When she got down there she noticed her mom was sitting on the couch drinking some coffee and watching Saturday mourning cartoons. She smiled as she headed for the couch sitting down beside her mom.

"Good morning mama." said Lorelai to her daughter.

"Hey! What are doing up? You usually get up at 1:00 in the afternoon." asked Rory

"Well I knew you would be leaving early and I wanted to make sure I was up if you needed to talk or if you wanted me to come with you." said Lorelai hoping she could go for the shopping bargains.

"No its okay. This is something I need to do on my own. Plus I don't know if I would have enough room in my trunk for all the clothes you'd buy. But thanks for the offer." said Rory getting up and grabbing her suitcases.

"Hey can you stay for another hour and we could stop by Luke's and that way you can have a good breakfast before your journey." said Lorelai picking up the phone.

"Sure some blueberry pancakes with mashed potatoes sound good." said Rory

"Pancakes with mashed potatoes! You must be having cravings. Alright blueberry pancakes with mashed potatoes it is." said Lorelai dialing a number.

"Luke's" said Luke on the other end.

"Hey babe its Lore um I want some blueberry pancakes, mashed potatoes, two eggs and bacon." said Lorelai to Luke.

"Okay. It will be ready in 15 minutes. Hey is there a chance Rory is with you? Cause you ordered a lot of food." said Luke surprised.

"Yeah she is. Make sure you have some coffee and some juice ready also. Okay? Love ya see ya soon." said Lorelai

"Love ya too. See ya later." said Luke before he hung up.

"Okay." said Lorelai taking off her robe for underneath she was fully dressed.

"So you really thought I was going to let you go." said Rory starting to laugh.

"A grandma has to be prepared." said Lorelai as they walked out the door.

When they got to Luke's their food was all ready and sitting on the counter waiting for them.

"I guess this is one of the perks to dating the owner." guessed Rory.

"Yeah." said Lorelai before she started chugging down her coffee.

"Hey Rory!" said Luke as he walked out of the back room.

"Hey Luke." answered Rory

"So when are you going to tell Luke?" asked Lorelai turning toward her daughter.

"Well I was going to tell him after I told Jess but he might get suspicious that I am driving all the way to New York to see his nephew. So I guess I will tell him after I am finished with my food." said Rory trying to gain courage.

"Well if you want me to I can tell him after you have left that way I can tell him tonight so we will have some privacy. If he asked why you are going to New York I will just say you had some shopping you wanted to do." said Lorelai

"But if that was true then you would want to go too. If he asks just say I had some business to take care of. That way you won't be lying." said Rory grabbing her bag.

"Okay well I will see you tomorrow." said Lorelai getting up to hug her.

"Bye!"

"Bye!"

Rory drove to New York and was sitting in her car in front of Jess's apartment building. She left her things in her car and walked up to the door. She took the elevator up to the third floor and looked for the door numbered 29. When she found it she stood there a moment thinking about what to say. When she finally knocked she let go of a breath she had been holding in. No one answered so she knocked again.

"Hang on I'll be there in a minute." said a voice from inside the apartment.

Rory couldn't take it. She knew that it was Jess's voice so she decided she would run. So she started for the elevator. Jess opened the door and yelled for her to stay. She turned and walked back towards the door.

"Wow! Rory! Its great to see you what are you doing here?" Jess asked stunned to she his ex-girlfriend standing there in front of him.

"Jess we need to talk. Can I come in." she asked a little apprehensive.

"Sure! Come on in." said Jess moving out of the way for her to walk in.

She took a seat on the couch and sat trying not too cry even though it was almost overpowering her.

"So." said Jess sitting in a chair next to the couch. "What do we need to talk about?"

"Do you remember that night you came and gave me a copy of your book?" asked Rory trying not to sound afraid.

"You hate it don't you? I knew it was lousy but you could have just thrown it away and not told me!" said Jess getting a little angry.

"No no no no! I don't hate your book actually I loved it. If you ask me it reminds me of the style of Hemmingway. That's not what I was meaning. I wanted to know if you remembered that night." asked Rory wishing she had worded her earlier sentence a different way.

"Of course." Jess said smiling. "How could I forget?"

"Well you might want to take a deep breath for this." said Rory thinking she might have to take a deep breath herself.

"Alright I will just come on and tell me the suspense is killing me." he said getting nervous.

"Well here I go. I'm pregnant." said Rory closing her eyes and preparing for the worst.

"Is it mine?" asked Jess almost in a whisper.

"Yeah it is." said Rory the silence was killing her.

"Well." said Jess getting up and walking towards the window.

"Well are you mad? Cause if you are not going to hang around I want you to never come around because I don't want you to be like my dad, Christopher and only come when you feel like it." said Rory getting up and heading towards the door getting ready to go.

"That's not what I meant by well." said Jess. "I was meaning that I should probably move back to Stars Hallow and help you with the baby. I'm sure Uncle Luke will give me a job at the diner."

"Jess think about this first. Don't go making life changing decisions now. Let it set in tonight and tell me tomorrow or next week. When ever. I just will be leaving tomorrow." said Rory.

"What are you going to do about Yale?" Jess asked knowing education is important to her.

"Well I am going to graduate this Friday so I will be done with school for a while." Rory replied stunned he remembered.

"What are you going to do about the baby when you are at work? Daycare is expensive." said Jess worrying about how he was going to help pay.

"I will just have to find somewhere. Anyway you think about it and let me know. I better head off and try to find a hotel around here somewhere. Do you know any cheap ones?" she asked.

"Yeah why don't you stay here? You can sleep on my bed and I can sleep on the couch. If you don't mind? You know that way we can talk more." asked Jess

"Sure." said Rory "I'll be back. My stuff is in my car."

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