Disclaimer: Chapter 1

Chapter 9

Just four hours ago Lorelai 'Rory' Leigh Gilmore-Danes was born and yet after eighteen hours of labor, her mother still could not fall asleep. All she wanted to do was hold her newborn. After staring down at the girl, Luke had to talk Lorelai into putting Rory in the basinet. Once Lorelai had, she and Luke began to drift off. Immediately Luke had fallen asleep but Lorelai...she was restless. Every couple of minutes she was snap out of drifting off and keep an eye on her daughter. After about an hour, Lorelai was ready to let sleep take over...which was soon interrupted.

Just as Lorelai had began to fall into a deep sleep, she heard the door close to her hospital room. At first she thought nothing of it thinking it was Will and Katelyn coming back, but she was proven wrong when she heard her mother's shouting.

Lorelai's head turned toward the door and she rolled her eyes. "What are you doing here?"

"That's how you greet your mother, Lorelai? Tell me were you planning on telling us of this baby?"

"I told you about her the night before I left. You saw for yourself in July that I was pregnant. It really shouldn't be a shocker. How the hell do you know I'm here?"

Emily smiled smugly at her daughter. "I have a friend that works here. I hope you know that you are going home with us."

"No, I'm not."

"Yes you are. Don't you fight with me young lady!"

"Keep your voice down."

Luke was woken up by the sound of a sharp voice echoing through the room. He wasn't sure who it was but when he heard Lorelai's voice, he picked his head up.

"You! You did this to my daughter! You are the reason she does not sleep in her bed anymore!"

"No, Emily he's not. You're the reason why. When I told you I was pregnant you were planning on sending me away. But guess what, I already had a plan worked out even before I knew I was pregnant. I was already planning on leaving. You and Richard planning on sending me away that is what caused me to leave earlier than planned. You only thought about yourself and how it would affect you. If anything my daughter effected me because I had to change my lifestyle around. And I wouldn't change it for a damn thing. Getting pregnant was the best thing that happened to me. And there is no way in hell that I will ever step foot in that house again."

"You cannot talk to me that way young lady! I am your mother and you will do as I say!"

"I told you to keep your voice down. Besides I think it's best for you to leave now."

"I will not!" Unfortunately for Lorelai and Luke, Emily's voice had woken up Rory. Her cries echoed throughout the room much like Emily's shouts.

"Are you going to stop it from crying?"

"Emily, I just picked her up. Give me a minute and I can get her to calm down." Desperately, Lorelai looked at Luke. He nodded his head and walked out of the room.

"Well, look at that he just up and left you. He can't even stay around to silence his child."

Lorelai rolled her eyes. "He'll be back." And at that moment, Luke came walking in with guards who guided Emily out. Lorelai sighed and looked at Luke. "You get any good sleep?"

"A little. What about you?"

"In and out. Just as I was about to let sleep take over Emily walked in. I'm sorry about that."

"Lorelai, it's fine. You haven't spoken to her in months. How were you to know that she would just show up here."

The next two days flew by. William and Katelyn came by the hospital to visit frequently and Luke and Lorelai began their parenting duties between feedings and diaper changes. And now, Lorelai was back at home with a three-day old Rory. She and Luke had just gotten Rory down and Lorelai decided to use Rory's nap time wisely.

"I am going to catch up on some sleep while she's down. If she starts crying to worry about it, I'll already be in the room."

Luke nodded and went about cleaning the downstairs. He moved around the house picking up bottles left in the living room. As he was doing so, he mumbled to himself, "who knew this much of a mess came from a tiny baby."

As his luck would have it, Katelyn just so happened to walk into the house. "Everyone that knows how much an infant eats. Just wait until toys are added into the mix. That'll be a lot of fun."

Luke jumped at the sound of his mother's voice. "Jeez! I didn't know you walked in."

"Well then...surprise. Where's Lorelai and Rory?"

"We finally got Rory to fall asleep about ten minutes ago and Lorelai decided to catch up on some sleep while the baby is sleeping."

Katelyn nodded her head in approval. "Smart girl. If only I had thought of that at the beginning with you."

Rory had been home a week making the day Wednesday. Luke and Lorelai had spent the week learning the ins and outs of parenting. Having made it through the first week without having too many problems, Lorelai insisted Luke go back to school before he fell too far behind. And that is how Lorelai found herself lying on the couch with Rory sleeping soundly on her chest. She had just gotten Rory changed, fed and burped before she laid down on the couch. As she laid there watch her daughter sleep on her chest, Lorelai thought back on the past nine months since she and Luke had taken their relationship a step further. Neither one thought that from one night they would end up having a baby, but it happened and they handled it to the best of their ability. She replayed her whole pregnancy up until the minute Rory was born.

Lorelai knew that when she saw the pink strip on the plastic test that her life was going to change for good. Of course she was scared and she had Sookie to talk her down from a panic attack. And there was Luke who took it better than she thought he would. The real shocker was his parents who were supportive from the beginning. As she reflected back on her pregnancy and looked at the sleeping infant on her chest, that's when, if she hadn't already thought it, Lorelai know she would never go back and change what happened.

She never thought it was possible to love someone as much as she loved Rory. Well, besides Luke. The Gilmores never showed their love toward their daughter, they just sent nanny after nanny Lorelai's way. But Lorelai knew that, thankfully, Rory would never have that.

Katelyn helped Lorelai throughout the day when it was needed. She was amazed at how well a sixteen year old handled being a mother; Luke as well. Their progress as parents shocked both Katelyn and William and both were pleased with them. But that all changed one Friday night.

Lorelai had been caring for Rory throughout the day during the week with the help of Katelyn and Luke came in after school...and his homework was finished, at Lorelai's insistence. Lorelai loved the way her new family worked. And all was well until a certain Friday night.

"Can you seriously not take Rory for a few hours tonight? I take care of her every freaking day while you're at school! All I'm asking for is a couple of hours; that's it! For the past four weeks I have been with our daughter twenty-four seven. But when I ask you to take her for four, five hours tops so I can hang out with Sookie you have a problem with it? That's a load of crap. I've spent everyday with Rory since the day she was born, hell before she was born! The only time I have seen Sookie is when she came over to visit me and Rory two weeks ago. Meanwhile I tell you 'oh, yeah. Go right ahead and go out with your friends. I can handle Rory' but when I ask for it it's a no?"

"I have a test to study for! You know that!"

"Yes, a test that is on Monday! You have the rest of the weekend to study."

"Lorelai..." Luke said in a warning tone.

"Luke..." Lorelai shot back with the same tone.

"School is important right now!"

"No shit! You think I don't know that? Of course I know that why the hell do you think I want you to stay in school?! A few hours of caring for your daughter is not going to send you spiraling down. I just need a few hours with Sookie, baby free."

"Ask my parents."

"No. I'm not asking your parents and neither are you! It's not their fault that I got pregnant. Why should they be the ones to take Rory when I need a break from everything, huh?"

"It's not my fault either..."

Lorelai looked at Luke incredulously. "Did you just hear yourself? It takes two to make a baby, Luke. And don't even say I pushed you into having sex because it was a mutual decision. And let me just remind you that when I found out that I was pregnant I gave you the chance to say you wanted out. But you promised me you would stick around; promised me that I wouldn't be alone in this. But guess what, Luke. You broke those. I having been changing diapers, pumping my boobs so you can help feed her, having Rory attached to my boob and burping her for weeks. But you know what, you want to be this way? Fine. So much for being in this together."

With that, Lorelai stormed up the stairs and into their bedroom. She pulled out a bag and began to stuff clothes, both hers and Rory's, in it as well as collecting everything for Rory's diaper bag. Her hands were shaking as she continued sobbing. Her crying got to the point where she could barely hear a thing around her so she failed to hear the door creaking open. Lorelai jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder; she recognized it as a woman's hand and held back her 'get away' that she was ready to bark.

"Lorelai?"

Lorelai turned around to find Liz standing behind her. "Yeah," she managed to get out, but it came out hoarsely from crying.

"I heard everything that happened down there...if you want I can watch her. I called my parents. Dad's coming home. My guess is Luke is going to get a good long lecture from him. But don't pack up and leave. I like having you here. Just leave Rory with me and go out with Sookie. You don't need to be around my brother right now.

Lorelai was hesitant at first. She heard the stories of Liz from Luke. But that's just what they were, stories. Lorelai didn't want to judge her maybe future sister-in-law just by stories Luke told her. Although she had lived in that house for months and hardly seen Liz. But Rory was her niece...what harm would she do? "Okay...yeah I guess. I just hate that he won't do it. And he basically told me to just ask your parents."

"I heard it all. You don't have to repeat anything. If it helps any, I agree with you."

"Thanks, Liz...um...she should be good for feeding for two more hours. There's plenty of bottles in the fridge...I just changed her before the fight..."

"I can handle it. I read some books while you were pregnant." Well, that shocked Lorelai enough to have confidence in the girl.

With Liz watching Rory, Lorelai made her way out of the house not bothering to fix her appearance. On her way walking to Sookie's house, she passed William. One look at her appearance and he knew it was bad.

"I got a call from Liz..." he trailed off.

Lorelai nodded her head. "She told me. Offered to watch Rory for me...that'll become clearer after you talk to your son. Just...talk to Liz about it too. She heard everything. You know, in case he tells you some lie."

"Will do. Have fun tonight, you deserve it." Lorelai nodded her head in response and began to walk off again. William continued on his journey home knowing that nothing was going to be alright when he walked in that door. He could tell by the way she looked and the fact that she didn't use Luke's name. She only called Luke 'your son' when they were in heated fights.

Lorelai walked up to Sookie's house to find her friend waiting for her on the porch.

"Hey!" Sookie greeted.

"Hey," Lorelai said with little enthusiasm.

"Are you okay?"

"Can we just...let's just hang out for a few hours before I head back to the fighting rink with Luke."

"Uh oh. What happened?"

William calmly walked in his house to find Luke sitting at the table doing homework.

"Where's Lorelai?"

"With Rory."

"Funny. I just ran into Lorelai on the street. She didn't have Rory with her. In fact she told me Liz offered to watch her since you wouldn't take your own daughter for a few hours. Why would you fight with Lorelai over that? She takes care of that girl all day with little help from your mother. You two are great caring for Rory at the same time when you get home and on the weekends..."

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Fine. Then I'm going to go talk to Liz about this. And when I come back with her version of it you will tell me yours. I don't care what I have to do to get it out of you."

Next chapter is going to have the 'talks' between different characters.