"Rory." Lorelai had been calling her for ten minutes and she had not gotten a response. Lorelai walked outside and saw the garage door open. "Rory?"

She pushed the door open and saw her daughter face down on the bed sobbing. Lorelai rushed over to her and pulled her head into her lap.

"Rory what is wrong."

Rory sat up and wiped her tears away.

"Jess is gone."

Lorelai's jaw dropped. She knew Melissa and him were having issues but she didn't think that he would just leave.

"What do you mean he is gone?"

"He left. He asked me to go with him but I couldn't. I wanted to tell him to stay but I couldn't give him a good reason to. He is not ready to be a parent and I shouldn't have expected him to be. I was kind of hoping that he would just see Sophie and know but there was nothing. He didn't even remember that I could not go with him because of her. Mom what have I done?" Rory put her head on Lorelai's shoulder and started to cry again. Lorelai pulled her into her and hugged her.

"You didn't do anything wrong honey."

Rory leaned back still sobbing.

"Yes I have. Jess and I hooked up today. Mom I went back to him and I had my heart crushed. I promised that I would never let someone hurt me and here I am letting Jess stomp all over my heart. I wanted to tell him but I never got a chance to and now I think I should move on."

"Rory…"

"It's true. Jess will never be there to take care of me, or take care of us. He just showed me that when something gets hard he runs away. I wish I could run away too but…"

"But nothing. Jess ran away because he doesn't know he has something to run towards. Jess's fiancé crushed him and he only has you to turn to and he needs time Rory that's all. I promise he will be back and when he comes you will feel differently."

"You think?"

"I know. Now lets talk about something else."

"Like how you're pregnant?"

"What?" Lorelai was flabbergasted. The only person she told was Luke and it was only that she might be pregnant. She was not certain that she was. She was too old to be pregnant it was probably menopause if anything.

"How did you…"

"I have my ways."

"Rory you can't tell anyone. I am not even sure if I am. I have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow to figure this all out but you have to promise."

"I promise."

"So dinner?"

"I guess. Just give me a minute and I will be right in okay?"

"Sure. Take all the time you need."

Lorelai got up and walked back into the house. Rory sat on the bed for a minute and then got up and put on a happy face. The last thing she needed was for Sophie to think she was upset. Sophie was good at reading people and she hated to see anyone upset. Rory put on a brave face and went into the house.

"MOMMY!" Sophie came running towards her from across the room.

Rory bent down and wait to catch her daughter in her arms.

"Baby!"

"Mommy April asked me a question and I think it was a really good question."

"What was the question maybe I can help you answer it."

"Where did I get my name from?"

"From me."

"I know that you nameded me but how did you get the name Sophie?"

"Go sit on the couch and I will tell the story okay?"

"Yay story time!"

"Did I hear that right?" Lorelai brought a plate of food to Rory. "Are we having story time?"

"Yes we are grandma." Sophie took her hand and dragged her into the living room.

Rory took a few bites of food and then joined them. Rory sat on the couch and pulled Sophie onto her lap. Lorelai sat next to her while Ryan and April sat on the floor looking up at them. Luke finished the dishes and then joined Lorelai and Rory on the couch.

"So this is going to be the story about how Sophie was named Sophie. It was about two weeks before Sophie was born. Mom came up to New York with Ryan and Luke to spend a couple of days with me. So the day after they arrived…

FLASHBACK

"Rory!" Lorelai was yelling from down the hall.

"I'm in my room."

Rory was making her bed when Lorelai joined her.

"So I'm bored what are we going to do today?"

"You're bored? In New York City? I doubt that."

"Well start believing because this my friend is the face of boredom."

"Alright I can see that. Well what do you want to do?"

"Drink."

"Something you want to do that I can do."

"Um…shop?"

"That's more like it. What are Luke and Ryan going to do?"

"Go to the zoo."

"And you don't want to do that?"

"No because the last time I went to the zoo the monkeys mocked me."

"They did not."

"How do you know. I was eating a pretzel and then I look into the monkey exhibit and the monkey was acting like it was eating a pretzel and then it started laughing at me."

"Probably because you are paranoid."

"Fine don't believe me but I am not going to the zoo."

"Alright. So shopping it is."

"Actually…"

"Now what?"

"I don't want to go shopping."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"Lets go to… a ballet."

"A ballet? You want to go to a ballet?"

"Yes I do. It will make me feel cultured and worthy of Friday night dinners. Plus I would like to see some men dance around in tights."

"Fine then I will look for some tickets but no more changing you mind."

"Fine."

Lorelai plopped down on the freshly made bed while Rory googled tickets.

"Mom."

"What."

"Bad news."

"Oh no. What is it?"

"There are no tickets for today."

"Awe man. So what are we going to do?"

"We could stay in and watch a movie."

"That's true or we could go see a Broadway musical."

"Like what?"

"Let me see."

Lorelai walked over to the computer and looked up a few plays.

"This one." She pointed to Mamma Mia. "We are going to see this one."

Rory bought the tickets and they got ready to go. Rory had a driver meet them downstairs and drive them to the theater. She was in no condition to walk. Lorelai was excited to see Mamma Mia all she knew what it was a play about a mother and a daughter and she thought it was fitting.

Rory was stunned at how much she related to the play. A mother and a daughter so close. She loved that relationship with her mother and she could only hope for that kind of relationship with her own daughter. They got back into the car and started to drive away. Lorelai was singing Dancing Queen over and over again while Rory looked out the window.

"Young and sweet only seventeen. Rory."

"Yeah mom."

"Have you chosen a name for her yet?" Lorelai placed her hand on Rory's stomach.

"No, not yet although I was thinking of Lorelai."

"I want you to name her Sophie after the character in the play."

"Why?"

"Well because first of all it's ABBA and secondly because I want you to have a relationship like that with your daughter. Lorelai is nice but that can be a middle name. I want you to call her Sophie."

"Sophie." Rory repeated the name. She liked it a lot. That was it her daughter was going to be named Sophie Lorelai Gilmore.

END

"And that was how I came up with your name."

"Wait so grandma named me?"

"I guess in a way she did."

Sophie got silent and pulled herself down off of Rory's lap. She walked over to Lorelai and stood there.

"Are you okay with that honey?"

"That is … awesome!"

"Well I am glad that you think so."

"Wait so lets say you and your mom saw Phantom of the Opera do you think Sophie would be named Christine?"

"I don't know April I mean I guess."

"Well I am glad that you saw Mamma Mia. I like the name Sophie. It's me."

"I am glad you think so." Lorelai scooped up her granddaughter and tickled her.

"Sophie say good night to everybody it's time for bed."

"Really?"

"Really."

Sophie climbed down for Lorelai's lap.

"Night everybody." Sophie started to walk away.

"Hold on a minute missy." Lorelai called as she headed into the kitchen.

Sophie spun around.

"What?"

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

"Like what?"

"A good night kiss for grandpa and I?"

"Oh." Sophie ran back to them and Luke picked her up.

"Night sweetie."

"Night grandpa."

"Night Soph."

"Night grandma."

She kissed each of them and then ran into the kitchen with Rory following her.

"Night mom. I will see you in the morning."

"Alright."

Rory walked out to the garage and helped Sophie change into her pajamas. Rory was about to turn of the lights and go to bed when Sophie called her.

"Mommy?"

"Yes darling?"

"I love you."

Rory smiled.

"I love you too."

She turned off the light and got into her bed. She couldn't believe that she even thought of leaving Sophie. She loved Jess but not like she loved Sophie. Sophie was her world now and she was going to be there for her no matter what. She thought of another parallel between her Sophie and ABBA's Sophie, neither of them knew whom their father was and right now neither of them cared.

A/N: So there was not a ton of feedback but I decided to continue with it because there was some feed back and for those people who are reading I want to continue so thank you to everyone who responded. I am going to continue and I promise Jess is coming back and he will find out. So this chapter was brought about by one of the reviews I got. The actual reason I named her Sophie was because I was listening to the Mamma Mia CD when I wrote the story so I thought that having them come up with the name after seeing the play would do my favorite movie/musical and TV show justice!

-Katie