A.N: SO WHILE UPDATING MY OTHER STORY I FELT BAD AND DECIDED TO UPDATE THIS ONE. Sorry about the caps, I got really excited.

When I Grow Up

6 months later

Rory waddled into the kitchen hungrily, looking around for an idea of what to eat. Yesterday she tried a bunch of concoctions, but none especially tickled her, or the baby's fancy. Today she was determined to find the perfect mesh of peanut butter and marinara sauce…..and maybe some pickles….and bananas….and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.

"If I put the sauce over the peanut butter, then it won't make the roof of my mouth sticky, but saucy! Which is perfect cause then I can stick the pickle there."

Jess watched on from the doorway and considered running to the bathroom and puking. He couldn't stomach her choice of foods lately, especially when she had offered him an orange and cream cheese sandwich yesterday. He covered his eyes with his hand.

"So, can I look now or should I get the bucket?" Rory turned around and put her hand on her waist the best she could. "Not funny Mariano. I haven't started yet, so feel free to glance."

"Thank God." He made a faux sigh and placed the hand that blocked his eyes on her tummy.

"Good morning Ernest." She slapped his hand away.

"Don't even talk like that! Over my dead body will my son be named Ernest! We don't even know the sex yet! You could be messing up he or she's whole mind!" Jess rolled his eyes.

"If anything, she can be Ernesta." Rory glared at him and threw a pickle at his face. Jess caught it in his hands and bit into it.

"Thanks babe."

"Here he goes with the babe thing again." Jess laughed loudly and walked into the living room, which had been baby-proofed beyond belief. The past six months have flown by and his life turned into a baby whirlwind. He loved every second of it of course, but Jess couldn't wait until the little tyke popped out. At first, the prospect of having a kid to look out for and raise scared the hell out of him. He thinks Rory was a little freaked out too. Now, 20 books and ten Lamaze classes later, they are… still a little freaked but much more confident.

"Jess! Mom called and said she was going to stop by this weekend for the doctor's appointment. I just wanted to let you know even though you have no say!!"

"Nice, thanks!" He loved his life, as dysfunctional as it was.

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Rory and Lorelai stopped by the local Baby store before the Doctor to pick up some essentials. Rory hadn't thought about getting anything so early in the game, but her mother knew otherwise. That, and Lorelai just really wanted to pick out baby clothes.

"So, I was thinking yellow because it's gender neutral. I'm not sure what the theme should be yet because the zoo is a little boy-ish and the beach is very girl-ish. Maybe sun! We could get a little mobile with suns on it and yellow sheets and things!" Lorelai ranted while going through racks of onesies, picking out cute ones and putting them into the cart, regardless of sex. Rory picked out a few blankets and threw them in.

"Well, I think I decided that I want to know the sex!" Rory exclaimed. Lorelai looked concerned.

"Really? Did you talk to Jess about it?"

"Not yet…but if he doesn't want to know I won't tell him! This is my decision and I need to know Mom." Lorelai squealed and left the cart.

"Come on lady, you've got an appointment to get to!" She dragged Rory's arm out of the store and into the car.

"Jeez Mom! Pregnant woman here!"

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Rory walked back into the apartment smiling while Jess typed away at his computer. He had finished his book a few months after she had gotten pregnant, and was now working on another project that he kept secret. Seeing her walk in, he closed his laptop and stood up.

"So, everything in there healthy?" He brought her close and pecked her lips.

"Yep, everyone is good. I wanted to tell you something also." Jess looked worried.

"What? Something wrong?" She shook her head.

"No, no nothing like that. But I kind of convinced myself that I needed to know the sex of the baby so I just asked and he told me and I'm really happy! Even though I would have been really happy with either boy or girl, but I'm just really excited and I'm sorry I didn't ask you first and I won't tell you if you do not want to know, I swear!" Rory waved her arms as far as she could get them and stopped out of loss of breath.

"Stop! You sound like your mother, calm down. I'm not mad. Now, you said you know what the baby is correct?" She nodded. "What is it?"

Rory smiled. "Do you really really really want to know?"



"Yes, I really really really want to know." Rory grabbed her bags from the floor and took out a onesie. She flattened it onto her stomach so Jess could read the words.

"Daddy's Little Girl. Huh." He smirked.

"Happy?" She asked.

"Are you kidding? I'm ecstatic!" Jess wrapped his arms around Rory and kissed her.

"Mmm guess you are. Well, now we get to start on the nursery! So I was thinking definitely pink, although apparently green is the new pink and I like green too so I'm not sure-" Rory walked into what is going to be the nursery and Jess slowly followed.

"Three more months."

A.N: So I promise that Emily and Richard's reactions will be in the next chapter. This was just a cute little addition.