When she rolled over in bed her arm hit a cold empty spot and immediately caused her to sit up searching the room for Dean. Slowly getting out of bed she walked into the living room in search for him, happy to find him sitting on the couch.
"What are you doing?" She asked sleepily walking over to join him on the couch.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't want to wake you, I thought I was being quiet."
"You were, a little too quiet, and it scared me when I woke up and you weren't there. What's wrong anyway, you can't sleep?"
"Not really…is it always this loud in the city?" He asked motioning to the window insinuating the horns and sirens they went off throughout the night.
"Yes it is; big difference from the peaceful nights in Stars Hollow isn't it?"
"You could say that…"
She noticed the sad look on his face, the room was dark and she was almost positive he was holding something back from her. "Are you sure that's all that's bothering you?"
"Is it that obvious?" He asked looking at her.
"What is it?" She asked softly.
"Everything is just so up in the air right now…it's scary. I mean are you really going to leave your job? A few months ago I practically begged you to and it was out of the question, it just makes me think that even the situation we are in now isn't enough."
"Well nothing has been decided for sure yet, I mean if we end up staying here in New York it may be a good idea to keep my job, I could just travel less and work here in the office…"
"Rory I'm sorry but I don't want to live here, there is a reason why I didn't move here with my family. I love Stars Hollow and honestly I think it would be the best environment to raise our baby."
"Okay." She let out a huge breath before continuing. "My lease is up next month, we'll move then."
"So then you want to move back to Stars Hollow then? Just like that, you've made up your mind?" Dean asked a bit shocked.
"Yes. If that's where you're going to be then so am I. Besides I made the decision to make this baby without you, I could at least let you make this decision without giving you a hard time about it. It's time to start thinking of you and the baby too; it's not just about me anymore."
"You're serious about this…you really mean it?"
"Of course I do, I told you that someday I would be ready and I guess that today is someday. I mean we're getting married Dean…did you really think I would choose my job over you?"
"Honestly yes I was a little afraid of that, but you saying that makes me feel a lot better."
She moved closer to him and rested her head on his chest. "Was there any of that pasta left over from dinner?"
"Yeah there was plenty…why are you hungry again?"
"A little." She explained rubbing her belly.
"I'll go warm some up for you." He tried to get up from the couch but she pulled him back down.
"Wait…I'm not sure if that's what I want." He didn't respond instead just waited for what she said next. "Ice cream would be really good right now."
He laughed. "Why do I get the feeling that there is no ice cream in this apartment?"
"Yeah you're right…no ice cream." She said with a sad face.
"That's okay; if you want ice cream I will go to the store and get you some ice cream."
"No, I don't want you to leave. It's late and I doubt the store is even open."
"So what do you want then?"
"Chinese…"
"Do they deliver this late or are they even open?"
"No I guess not. Maybe I'll just have some fruit or something, that's quick and easy."
"Not to mention we actually have it in the house." He quickly added before getting up to retrieve it. "Apple or orange?" He asked holding out the two. "I would have brought the banana too but I think it's been here a while now."
"The apple is fine, thank you." She took a bite out of it and watched him as he wandered over to the window and looked down at the noisy street below. "I'm going to have trouble getting you back to bed tonight aren't I?"
"Back to bed…no, I think the biggest problem will be falling asleep."
"Dean everything is going to be okay, we're both ready for this, I promise that things are going to be different this time."
He turned around to face her and smiled back trying not to laugh. "Not because of that…I know things are different this time, it's just the traffic really is noisy."
Rory blushed a little. "Right the traffic, I knew that." She bit on her bottom lip as she thought about it for a moment. "We could turn some music on kind of low, maybe it would drown it out a bit. Besides I read somewhere that playing music is good for the baby."
"But does that actually apply to now; I thought you were supposed to do that kind of stuff later on in the pregnancy?"
"Well I'm sure it's more meaningful later but it couldn't hurt to start a little early."
"Alright then, let's go try to find something decent enough in your CD collection for me and the baby to listen to."
"I don't exactly know what you mean by that exactly but my CD collection is just as good as my book collection…Lane taught me a lot over the years."
"Well I hope she threw in some baby info in there too…"
"Hey, that's a good idea. We should call Lane and ask her."
"Ask her what?"
"What we should play, for the baby to listen to." Rory explained grabbing the phone.
Dean quickly reached out and grabbed it before she could press the talk button. "Maybe we should just talk to her tomorrow about it, I mean she does have young children and it's a school night."
"Yeah I guess you're right. Maybe my mom played music for me when I was in the womb, we could call her."
"No Rory, let's just go to bed. We have a lot to do tomorrow and we need to get some rest."
"What are we doing tomorrow?"
"Packing…beginning the move back to Stars Hollow."
"But I still have a month here; we don't have to rush the move. We can do it all over the next couple of weeks."
"Yeah I know but have you realized that just tonight you've wanted to call Lane and your mom for advice…we both have lots of questions and the people who can answer them for us are not here, they're home, where we should be."