Ok this is a shorter chapter, but I wanted to get someting up. This story is going to come to a close soon, this was more of a filler chapter. Hope you enjoy it! R&R!
You Can't Separate True Love
Chapter 17
Chris' visit was coming up fast and Rory didn't want to deal with it. She already had enough to deal with. Graduation, fixing up the nursery, and the babies being born. Now she had to talk to her dad.
Jess noticed that Rory was becoming tense. "Ror, you ok?"
"Huh?" Rory looked up at Jess, coming out of her thoughts.
"You ok?"
"Yeah, I'm just tired and stressed that's all. I haven't talked to dad since Sherri had Gigi."
"Well it will all work out." Jess tried to comfort her, but she didn't buy it.
"Yeah, we'll see. I just don't want Sherri to insist that she be there when the baby's born. I don't want her there. Just you, mom, and Luke." Rory sighed. She was getting closer to her due date and she was afraid.
"Don't worry. I won't let anyone else be there."
"I'm scared Jess. Scared of the pain and having to deal with that. What if I'm not strong enough? What if I can't do it?"
"You'll be fine. I'll be there to help you, and I know you can do it."
"Thanks Jess, but I'm still scared."
- - -
Chris arrived in Stars Hollow late at night. He headed to Lorelai's house and knocked. Sherri was carrying Gigi and mumbled something about having to stay with Lorelai.
Lorelai groggily opened the door and yawned. "Late arrivals aren't welcomed."
"Sorry. We'll just crash in Rory's room." Chris apologized and pulled Sherri along with him.
The next day Rory and Jess were in the Diner eating when Lorelai came in with a concerned look.
"Mom? What's going on?"
"Well daughter of mine, your supplier of DNA is here. He was knocking on my door at late hours. Hours that even fairies would disapprove of." Lorelai rested her head on the counter and sighed.
"Great. Well the sooner I get this over with, the sooner he'll leave." Rory murmured. She stood up and waddled towards the exit. Jess watched her protectively and sighed. He really hoped that things would just be easier on her, on everyone, but somehow drama constantly followed them.
"She'll be fine." Lorelai noticed the concerned look on Jess' face and placed her hand on his shoulder encouragingly. "It's just her dad."
"I know." Jess sighed and stood up. "But things can get ugly fast." As soon as the sentence was out of his mouth, the bell above the diner rang.
"Brotha!"
Jess' eyes narrowed and he slowly turned around. "Aw jeez."
"Jess?! My boy is here too! What are the odds of that?" Liz ran up to Jess and hugged, him, pinched his cheeks, and kissed his forehead. "You wanna hold Doula?"
Jess cringed away from Liz and looked at the little baby lying in the stroller. "Umm sure?"
"Alright! TJ, give Doula to Jess." Liz smiled admiringly and clasped her hands together. "Aww, big brother's gonna hold you." There was a twinkle in her eye and Luke was hiding a smirk.
"Luke! My heroic brother. How are you? You and Lorelai are doing great I hope?"
Luke sighed and prepared to have all the attention on him now, but as soon as he was about to answer, a disgruntled Rory forcefully entered the diner causing Doula to cry and a startled Jess to almost drop her.
Rory noticed the small party staring at her, blushed, and ran upstairs crying.
"Rory!" Jess stood up and handed Doula to Liz. "I'll be back." Jess informed Liz and ran upstairs after Rory.
"Stupid Sherri! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" Rory was shouting and crying. "And Dad talking like that about, about, ugh!"
"Rory?! What happened? Calm down!" Jess grabbed Rory's wrists gently, but firmly. "Look at me Ror, what happened?"
Rory collapsed onto the couch and began crying. "Sherri happened, that's what."
"What did she do?" Jess wanted to calm Rory down, he wanted to bring her downstairs to hold Doula, to meet the horrifying TJ and his strange mother.
"It's not what she did, it's what's going to happen." Rory angrily said. Jess raised his eyebrows, signaling for Rory to go on with the story. Rory sighed and closed her eyes.
"She's pregnant again. She insisted that we take classes together, she even claimed she had a special room reserved for me when I go into labor. I don't want that woman there Jess! And she's having another kid Jess, another one! That gets me so mad! It's my time, not hers, it's my time to be happy. To have a family. She already screwed up my family once!" Rory began to sob. Jess pulled her close to him and sighed.
"Ror, this won't change anything. It's still our time, and we still are having a family. And I won't let her into the room when you're in labor. We'll go to where you want to go."
Rory beginning to gain her composure, pulled away from Jess and stood up. "I'm sorry I just stormed in like that. I should apologize."
Jess smiled. "You can hold Doula."
Rory smiled softly. "Yeah."
Jess grabbed her hand and they walked down to a curious group. "Everything's ok." Jess assured everyone.
Liz grinned widely and ran to Rory. "You look so beautiful dear. And very pregnant too. How far along are you?"
"Umm, seven months." Rory beamed and Jess kissed her forehead delicately.
"Wow, really? You look about nine." Liz stood in awe. "I wasn't like that with my boy here or with Doula."
"Well we're having twins Liz." Jess quickly told her, to avoid another outbreak from Rory. Rory nodded and looked at Doula who was cooing and smiling at Jess. Rory smiled and looked at Jess.
"What?" Jess stepped back and stared at Rory curiously.
"Your sister loves you already."
"What are you talking about?" Jess pulled his brows together and looked at Doula. Doula giggled and reached for Jess. Jess looked up shocked and turned to Luke who shrugged. Lorelai laughed.
"Well hoodlum, looks like you are now a favorite sibling."
"I uh, I-I…" Jess was at a loss for words.
"Here honey, hold her again." Liz insisted and placed Doula carefully in Jess' arms. Rory sat next to him and watched intently.
"You're gonna be a great dad." Rory whispered into his ear and kissed him softly.
"Yeah?" Jess rocked Doula slightly as she reached out to his face.
"Awww!" Lorelai and Liz both cooed in unison. TJ was smirking widely and looked at Luke who shot him a 'what-are-you-looking-at' look. But turned to see Jess holding his baby sister and softened a bit.
"I remember when you were like that." Luke finally said.
"What?" Jess looked at Luke and then at Liz.
"Yeah, brother was there when you were born. He held you too." Liz nodded and reached for Doula. Jess handed her to Liz, but she immediately started crying. Rory giggled tiredly and Liz quickly handed her back to Jess.
"Guess she's playing favorites now."
"Huh." Jess grunted and looked at Rory who was now slowly dozing off against his shoulders. "Ror?"
"Hmm?"
"You ok?"
"Just tired." Rory yawned and stood up groggily, nearly falling over. Jess freed one hand in time to steady her.
Lorelai quickly stood up to help Rory. "It's ok mom, I can make it."
"Fine. Go rest sweets."
"I will."
Jess looked at her longingly. He wanted to go with her. He sighed and looked at Doula, she was sleeping.
"Will she be ok now?" Jess cautiously asked handing Doula to Liz.
"Oh yeah. I think she just met her hero. You'll be to her what Luke was to me."
"Except she won't get into that much trouble. She better not, and she better not be like her brother either." Luke put his word in.
Jess smirked and waved. "I'm gonna go be with Rory. How long you here for?"
"We are house hunting! So who knows." Liz happily replied. TJ grinned.
"I brought my etch a sketch! Doula will learn how to make awesome pictures on it."
"Jeez." Luke and Jess both said.
"Go up to your honey." Lorelai pushed Jess through the curtains and turned to Liz. "So, do you have any baby pictures of Jess?"
"Tons!" Liz laughed.
"Great." Lorelai smirked evilly and turned to Luke. "This will be fun."
"Poor kid." Luke mumbled.
- - -
Rory was sitting on the couch watching TV when Jess came up.
"Hey, I thought you were sleeping?" Jess asked.
"I was waiting for you." Rory wearily replied.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing…it's just that…"
Cliffhanger! Hehe! I hate them, they're so intense, but i wanted to put one. Well like i said before, this is a filler chapter and this story will be coming to an end. Probably five more chapters or so, I need to end this one because i have a really great idea for another story, and working on two stories is hard enough. So let me know what you think, and i'll try to update faster! Thanks to all my faithful readers and reviewers!
Beth