At the Inn

"Maybe you shouldn't be working so hard." Sookie suggested.

"I'm going to be gone on Maternity leave for long enough, there is just some work that I have to finish up here." Lorelai insisted. "I'm going to stop working at the end of March, I promise. Then Darryl will take over."

"Fine. Just be careful, don't make yourself too tired." Sookie said concerned.

"Don't worry, Sookie." Lorelai said, taking a last bite of her apple and throwing it away. " I promise I'll take care of myself."

Like mother, like daughter, at Yale, Rory was also working her butt off. After finishing her research for an upcoming debate, she went to the library to work on her latest essay. She knew the next 3 weeks would be full of work, but Spring Break would make it all worthwhile. After working hard in the library for a few hours, she went back to the dorm to collapse. Paris was still at the library, and so she had the whole place to herself. The phone rang. "Hello." She answered.

"Hey." Dean said. "So what's new?"

"Not much, lots of work. How's the Assistant Head of Art Dept?"

"Good, I'm good."

"Well, that good then." Rory said with a smile, that Dean could almost hear.

"So you get out for spring break in three weeks?"

"Yep."

"Let's go somewhere."

"It'll be so close to the wedding. We'll have so much to do."

"Just for a week. It'll be fun."

"Where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere. I'm not adventurous, well here is your adventure. You say you want to see the world. Let's go see the world."

"It sounds great, Dean. But think, we'll be leaving for a honeymoon under two months later."

"So?"

"He's right." Rory thought. "Okay, I'm in."

"Italy?"

"I'd love to go to Italy. It is so romantic. But it would make a wonderful honeymoon…"

"Okay then…."

"What about Belgium?" Rory said excited.

Dean excited about nothing (except Rory's excitement of course) said, "Belgium, huh?"

"Yep."

"Belgium, it is then." Dean said so happy to satisfy her. "You know I know nothing about Belgium, right?" He warned.

"Yup. Me neither, the fun is in finding out!"

Dean smiled, "Let's go the first week you get out. I'll call the travel agent tomorrow morning."

Rory felt compelled to kiss Dean, and then grew disappointed when she realized he was miles and miles away. "I love you." She said

"I love you, too." He said, and hung up the phone.

At Lorelai's House

"Why don't we go camping?" Luke asked. All Lorelai did was laugh. "Umm, I wasn't joking here." He said.

"What?" She said amazed. "For one thing, I'm pregnant!" Luke gave her a "so what" sort of face. "And if I wasn't, I still wouldn't go camping." She paused, the continued. "Or hiking, or biking, or rock climbing…"

Luke looked disappointed, and her interrupted her list, "What about a picnic."

"I guess a picnic would be ok." Lorelai said, mainly because she realized how happy it would make Luke. "Once the baby is born, and he gets older, you'll have someone to go camping with."

Luke smiled at the thought.