Disclaimer: Chapter 1

Chapter 3: It's Out There

End of January 1984

After their agreement of waiting two weeks then seeing where nature took them, Luke and Lorelai only lasted three days after the two weeks were up. They had gone out on a date to celebrate their first month as a couple and after dinner in the neighboring town of Litchfield, the two headed back to Stars Hollow. Luke's parents were out of town for the night while Liz was off being Liz, so Luke and Lorelai decided on going to Luke's house for some secluded privacy. It started off as an innocent kiss that turned into an intense make-out session which led to the two of them ending up in Luke's bed. She hated to leave but Lorelai would have to deal with the wrath of Emily Gilmore if she got home too late. Plus, she had to deal with getting ready for her coming out party. Luke, luckily for her, understood the circemstances and agreed that it would be best for him to not be her escort. What the two were not looking forward to was the amount of time that they would lose with each other in the course of four weeks.

"I'll still come by whenever I have a chance. And I'll call you each night."

"Lorelai, it's okay. I understand. You explained your mother in a very, very vivid description and personally, I'd rather avoid her. Just get done what has to get done. We'll talk on the phone when you get the chance. Focus on getting through this party or whatever it is that you're dreading."

So, for the past few weeks, the two haven't seen each other as much as they liked, but they took what they could get. Lorelai made time to split it between Luke and Sookie, who recently became her new best friend, so each could see the other without complaints. All was as well as it could be with Emily breathing down your neck over some stupid party that she would just have to do over again a few times until the day of her pictures were to be taken.

Lorelai stood in front of her mirror trying with everything she had to get the zipper to zip up on her dress but it was not working. She deduced that the zipper was too stiff but Emily, of course, had to blame the seamstress who took the measurements. But it had all clicked in her head. It was Thursday afternoon which meant that she would be in Stars Hollow to spend time with Sookie followed by dinner with Luke's family along with some type of walk or movie with Luke.

Once arriving in Stars Hollow, Lorelai quickly made her way to Sookie's house.

"Hey, Lorelai. Come on in. Everything okay?" Sookie asked seeing the look of worry on Lorelai's face.

"I um...I think I might be pregnant..."

Sookie's eyes grew wide. "With Luke's baby?"

"Well I didn't get pregnant myself."

"Okay. Well we're in a small town so we can't do anything about a test here. I an drive us to Litchfield to get a test and we can bring it back here."

"Great...okay. Yeah, sounds good."

They drove to the pharmacy and back. Once in the confined space of Sookie's house, Lorelai reluctantly stalked off to the bathroom to find out if she was, in fact, pregnant with Luke's baby. Not wanting to know as soon as it was ready, she rejoined Sookie in her bedroom.

"I'm so scared right now. I can't even think. What happens if I am? He'll probably leave, his parents will hate me and my parents...oh boy my parents...just another disappointment to add into Lorelai's Disappointment book. How could I let this happen. It was one time."

"First of all, Luke won't leave you. And his parents are people that easily understand and accept things as they come. I don't really know your parents so I won't speak for them. But I think it will all turn out fine."

"I'll move to Stars Hollow sooner, that's for sure. I'm going to have to get a job, find a place to live and quit school."

"Luke and his parents will be there to help you. I have known them for forever."

"I hope you're right," Lorelai muttered. "I so do not want to read that thing now."

Sookie got up and walked into the bathroom. "How do I read this thing?"

"How the hell should I know? I never took one before." Lorelai got up to join Sookie and picked up the box. "...blah blah blah...oh, here...two pink lines is positive a blue line is negative."

"...it's the double pink."

Lorelai sank to the ground and pouted. "I've never hated the color pink this much. How do I tell Luke?"

"Just explain it to him. Hey, it's right around the time he gets off his shift..."

Lorelai groaned. "I'll talk to you later, Sook."

"Hey," Luke greeted.

"Hi back."

Luke grew concerned. Her voice seemed distracted and distant. "Are you okay?"

Lorelai took his hand to lead him to the gazebo. She looked at him with pleading eyes. "You can't get mad at me because you had a big part to do with it. But your parents are going to hate me. My parents will too, well they already hate me...so it won't be anything new. But this is big. Well it's small right now..." Lorelai rambled on.

"Lorelai. Just say it. I won't get mad."

"Promise?"

"I promise."

Lorelai reached into her bag and pulled out the pharmacy bag that held the used test. She gave Luke the bag. He looked in but was confused to what it was. Taking a deep breath, Lorelai said, "I'm pregnant."

"What?"

"I'm pregnant. And I totally understand if you feel that you can't be a father. I'll raise it myself. See your parents are going to hate me. God the one time it happens I get pregnant."

"Lorelai, I am staying with you. This is just as much my fault as it is yours. We'll tell my parents...they won't hate you. They will be upset at first, but they won't hate you. We're in this together." When Luke finished, Lorelai nodded her head in understanding.

"Remember when I said I planned to move here after I finished school? Well...I'm going to do it before the baby is born. I'll find my own place around here. I'm going to get a job so we can both support ourselves and...it."

"We'll figure everything out."

"For now, I say let's tell your parents."

"Stay for dinner. We'll tell them then."

After dinner, the four of them; Lorelai, Luke, Will and Katelyn sat at the table. Both of Luke's parents could tell that the two teens in front of them had something on their minds, but it was shown more on Lorelai who wasn't her usual self. This evening she was rather quiet, chiming in here and there on the conversations, staring off in to space.

"Is something wrong between the two of you," Will asked getting the question that floated in both his head as well as Katelyn's out.

Luke and Lorelai looked at each other before shaking their heads.

"Is something wrong at all?" This time Katelyn asked.

Luke sat there looking at his parents as Lorelai started to tear up.

"She thinks you two are going to hate her. You'll probably hate me instead. It's basically my fault."

"Luke, stop! Stop blaming yourself for it all. I was there too, okay? Let's just...god. Will, Kate...I'm sorry. I screw everything up. Finally parents that like me and I screw it up."

Katelyn placed a hand over Lorelai's. "Why don't you and I go talk ourselves?"

"Sure..."

"Luke, what is going on?" His father asked patiently.

"Something...someone came up."

"Lorelai doesn't seem like the cheating type."

"No. It has nothing to do with cheating. We're still processing this ourselves and she's really upset over thinking you and Mom are going to hate her."

"We won't hate her," Will said assuringly. "Just tell me what's going on."

"She's pregnant."

Katelyn sat down with Lorelai on the couch. "Lorelai, what's going on up in your head?"

Lorelai, more open to talking, responded, "I'm just think that you and Will are going to hate me and that my parents will yet again find me as a disappointment. But I already have it all figured out..."

"Why do you need something figured out?"

"Because," Lorelai took a deep breath. "Because I'm pregnant. I'm really sorry, Kate. See, you and Will are going to hate me."

A/N: I find this a little less than a filler, but also a filler. I really couldn't think of another way for Lorelai to find out or how to tell the parents. It may be a little soon for it all to happen, but I want to go with the time line of the show with the month of Rory's birthday. So since they met in the end of December, they were together for 1 month at the end of January so Rory's birthday would be October 23 since being conceived from January 27-February 4.