Here's the next chapter. I was kind of stuck on this one, so it may seem a little rambled. lol Please review and let me know what you think! I'm trying to alternate working on this story and my other one, so that explains the long waits. I also have basketball now, so that also hinders my writing time.

Chapter 12

Jess nervously dialed his father's number. He hadn't talked to him since he left for New York. He hadn't even gone to see him to tell him about his book. Calling to tell his dad that he was going to be a father was going to be difficult.

"Hello?" Jimmy answered the phone.

"Uh, dad?" Jess was hesitant he didn't know what to say.

"Jess? Where are you? What's going on?" Jimmy was immediately alert.

"Nothing's wrong. I'm in Stars Hollow." Jess answered.

"You went back to that freak show town?"

"Yes I did dad. I actually got married here too." Jess accidentally let it slip, he didn't want him to find out that way, out of anger. But he did.

"You what?! Jess why didn't you tell me? Why wasn't I invited?" He seemed hurt.

"You were never really in my life and when I went to live with you I realized that I don't need that. But I thought I'd call to let you know that my wife and I are having a baby. She wanted you to know. " Jess hung up the phone before his dad could respond.

Rory had been watching Jess the whole time. She could see that he was having a hard time telling his dad the news, he hadn't even told him about their wedding. Jess hung up the phone and slouched in his chair.

Rory sat next to him and laid her head on his shoulder. "One down, one to go."

"Yeah, but yours will be easier."

"I don't know. My dad might want to get involved with everything. I don't want him to though. I don't need him to. I have you, mom, and Luke. That's all I need." Rory was satisfied.

"Well my mom and TJ are probably going to end up being involved. You told them, they will be more than eager to. Just know they won't ever get to name our kid!" Jess smirked. They had already picked two names, so that was already settled.

"We already have names picked out. Bob and Tammy." Rory joked.

"No way!" Jess put his foot down on that one.

"I'm kidding Jess." Rory smiled and glanced down, placing her hand on her stomach. Jess noticed this small movement and moved closer to her.

"What are you thinking?" Jess curiously asked.

"I don't know. Things are happening so fast. I have to go to work tomorrow and school. I haven't even started my homework and this seems to be taking over my life and causing everything else to be so insignificant." Rory sighed.

Jess looked at her carefully, "Yeah, you should start your homework now. Do you have to turn in anything for work?"

"No, not that I can think of. I probably should write an article or something just to be safe." Rory got up and looked around the room for her stuff. She pulled out her books and sat at the table, Jess grabbed his laptop and sat across from her.

"How's the chapter coming?" Rory inquired as she was writing her paper.

"I actually am almost done with the book." Jess informed her proudly.

"What!? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I wanted to surprise you and I thought you needed some time to think about everything. It has been a long weekend you know."

"Jess, I'm proud of you." Rory smiled and continued writing.

"I know." Jess smirked.

- - -

Rory finished all her work close to nine at night. She was exhausted and she wasn't feeling to well. She was hungry, but she couldn't keep anything down.

"Go to bed Rory. You have a long day ahead of you tomorrow." Jess said kissing her gently. Rory didn't have the strength to get off the couch. Jess helped her up and walked her to bed.

"Stay here. Don't stay up." Rory pleaded.

"That's fine by me." Jess turned off all the lights in the other rooms and came back. Rory looked at him expectantly. She looked tired and for once, pregnant. Jess had never really looked at her as his pregnant wife until now.

"You look tired Ror." Jess said, taking off his shirt and slipping off his jeans so he was only in his boxers.

Rory yawned and nodded her head as Jess slipped into bed next to her. She scooted closer to him and rested her head on his shoulder. She instinctively put her hand on her stomach again and closed her eyes.

Jess was starting to feel different, old. He hadn't realized how much they both have grown up and matured until today. Jess shook his head. He was going to be a father in six months or so.

- - -

The next day Jess woke Rory up, which was a first. She got ready and just as she was about to leave for school, she dashed to the bathroom.

"Darn morning sickness." Rory mumbled walking out of the bathroom.

"Sorry." Jess replied. "Let's get going."

"Ok." Rory grabbed her things and headed to the door. She looked sick, but she didn't want to make Jess worry, so she looked away.

- - -

"Offspring dear!" Lorelai sung as she saw Rory and Jess emerge from behind the curtain.

Rory tried to smile, but she couldn't. "Hi mom."

"What's wrong?" Lorelai asked walking towards her. Jess's head snapped up and he looked at Rory.

"I, uh, I don't feel to well right now." Rory frowned and looked down.

"Maybe you should stay home." Lorelai suggested.

"I can't, I need to finish all my classes so I can graduate in May. Although I don't know how I'll do it. I'm going to be eight months pregnant then." Rory sighed.

"As long as you graduate, that's all that matters." Jess and Lorelai told her.

"Hey, no stealing my words!" Lorelai crossed her arms and pouted. Jess smirked.

"Alright ma'am."

Lorelai glared at Jess with so much intensity that both Rory and Jess had to laugh. Luke was finishing orders when he walked up to Jess and Rory.

"Good morning guys. Anything you want?"

"N-no!" Rory shouted turning green and running upstairs. Jess shot Luke a look and followed after her.

"Did I do something wrong?" Luke asked alarmed.

"No, she's having morning sickness." Lorelai assured him.

"Oh." Luke walked away embarrassed and poured Lorelei a cup of coffee.

"Yay! You're my hero!" Lorelai chimed.

"Shh."

"Meanie!"

- - -

Rory had barely made it at school. She felt sick all day, but she managed to not throw up in class or between classes. Paris followed her around like a lost dog and kept asking about the fight between Jess and Logan.

"Paris, I'm not feeling up to this right now." Rory finally said.

"You don't seem like yourself. Are you ok?" Paris demanded an answer.

"I'm fine, I'm just…I'm pregnant."

"Wow. You and Jess got busy fast didn't you? Well I guess a congratulations is in order than." Paris rambled.

Rory rolled her eyes and the first statement. "Thanks, but I'm going to call Jess to see if he is here yet. Bye Paris." Rory pulled out her phone and called Jess, she turned to sit on the nearest bench and there he was.

"Hey." Jess stood up and wrapped his arm around her.

"You're here early. Or on time I should say."

"Well you weren't feeling well this morning and I decided to come for you early to make sure you were well enough for work."

"I may not be well enough for work, but we need the money right now Jess." Rory grumpily snapped.

"Ok ok." Jess raised his hands in surrender. Rory frowned, she knew she was being moody today.

"Sorry."

"It's ok. I'll drive you to work." Jess pulled her along taking Rory's books and bag from her.

- - -

Work was long and tiring. Rory was happy and relieved when Jess picked her up. She felt bad that he was driving all around for her, she should just drive herself.

"Jess you don't need to drive me everywhere."

"I know, but I want to."

"Fine. But if you get sick of it, let me know."

Jess raised his eyebrow at her. "You're tired."

"Yeah, it was a long day. I have a feeling things are going to be much harder at work and school. But I'll live."

Jess smiled, Rory was such a fighter. She could do anything she set her mind to. As he thought about how far she had come and all the trouble she went to get to where she was now, Jess frowned. He hadn't done anything with his life up until now. He coasted along through high school and hadn't even finished it.

He was surprised that his book did so well and that they wanted another. Sure he was talented when it came to writing and literature, but what more could he do? If he wanted a better paying job he would have to get his GED and go to college again, but he couldn't do that with the baby on the way.

Rory had fallen asleep already. Jess got in bed and fell asleep, he tossed and turned all night.

- - -

Rory was still having morning sickness. She didn't enjoy one bit of it and she complained about it all the time. Her emotions took over and she would get intense mood swings. They got so bad sometimes that even Jess would get his own mood swings and leave. Jess knew that he shouldn't hurt her like this, and that he needed to be there for her. He just couldn't tell her that he was getting frustrated or angry.

He couldn't, or more like wouldn't, go to anyone to talk to them about his problems. Instead he kept them in and dealt with them however he could.

"Jess, maybe I should just wait to finish school until after the baby is born." Rory broke into his thoughts.

"Why? You have five months." Jess tried to rationalize with her.

"Because it's too hard right now. I'm stressing out with school and work. I need some time off."

"So quit your job."

"I can't!" Rory nearly shouted.

Jess got angry and stood up, he tried to control his temper as best as he could. "Rory, you need to focus on school and the baby first, then you can work. I will just find another job and work until you are able."

"I don't want you to kill yourself with work." Rory began crying, her hormones kicking in.

"I won't. Besides it's what's best."

"Fine." Rory sat down and smiled. Jess was beginning to think that these mood swings were weird.

"Ok. I'm going to call around for some jobs, maybe somewhere close to your school for now."

"Alright."

- - -

Jess had been looking for a job for the past three weeks. He finally found one near Yale. He would be reviewing new albums, books, movies, or whatever they had him review. He could even do his work from home if he needed. He thought that being able to work from home meant that when Rory was home when it was time for her to have the baby, he wouldn't have to miss it.

Right now this was one of the best jobs he could find. He still had his book and writing, but having an actual job that paid him weekly was great. Luke had told him that he could pay him to work a few hours once a week. Rory thought that it was a good idea.

"How was school and work today?" Jess asked picking her up from work.

"Tiring. I don't know how much of this I can handle." Rory slumped in the seat as she buckled her seatbelt.

"You'll get through it. Just five more months and you graduate." Jess assured her.

"Yeah, but I will be huge and then we'll have a baby soon after that. Things aren't gonna get easier. And work, how long will I have to stay home?"

"We'll figure something out."

"I hope so. I have two papers due this week and I don't know how I'm going to balance school and work out this week. I might have to take a couple of personal days." Rory thought out loud.

Jess kept quiet, he didn't know what else to say. He needed to work on his communication skills. He had gotten better, but he still had a hard being completely open. Rory looked at him expectantly.

"What?" Jess turned his head to her briefly seeing her expression.

"I don't know. It's just, I think you're going to be a great dad. I hope he looks like you." Rory blushed.

"He? Rory is there something you're not telling me?" Jess questioned playfully.

Rory laughed, "No, I just think it's going to be a boy. I hope it is. You're not mad about that are you?"

"Why would I be? You don't want a girl?" Jess did his best to hide his surprise.

"I do, but I think I want a boy first." Rory admitted.

"So then you do want more than one child?" Jess smiled slightly.

"Yeah of course. I think it would be nice for our kid to have a sibling or siblings. I never had that privilege and I think it would be nice to have more than one. Don't you think?" Rory rambled.

Jess chuckled, "Yeah I think so. I mean I have Doula, but she is still a baby and it's not the same. So yeah I agree with you."

"Great! Oh Jess! One more week until we find out if we are having a boy or a girl!" Rory exclaimed excitedly.

Jess smiled and pulled into the parking spot by the Diner. "So what does your mom want us to have?"

There you have it! You can still "vote" and let me know if they should have a boy or a girl, I already know which way I want it to go though. I'm also going to start putting space in between chapters. After the next one I'm going to write a chapter that is one month after the previous chapter. To speed things up a bit. Thanks for the reviews so far! Review please!