The rest of the week sped by and when it was time to go back to their regular lives there was a somber feeling in the air. Rory had packed her suit case the previous night so all that was left to do was to put Sophie's clothes in her bag and put them in the car. Jess sat on the bed holding a sleeping Sophie while Rory packed her bag.

"You promise to let me visit right?" Rory laughed. Ever since Jess found out he had become this doting dad who never wanted to be away from Sophie and Sophie hated to be away from him too.

"Of course you can visit her anytime you want Jess."

"What if I want to visit for more than one day?"

"Just let me know and I will let you stay and I will have dinner planned too. Jess." Rory stopped what she was doing and grabbed his hand that was not wrapped around Sophie. "We love you and I want you to be with Sophie as much as you want to. Even so I don't think that I could keep you away even if I wanted to."

"Just remember that I just have to take care of a few things in Philadelphia and then I will move to the city, it will take a few weeks top."

"I know but like I said before take all the time that you need because I promise that we will still be there when you finish."

"I don't want to take too much time because I will miss you."

Rory stood up and kissed Jess and then zipped up Sophie's bag and put it on the bed.

"Well that was the last of it."

Jess stood up and took Sophie in one arm and her bag in the other one. Rory grabbed her suit case and carried it out to the car where her mother, Luke, and Ryan were waiting to say goodbye. Rory put the bags in the trunk while Jess put Sophie in the car seat. She closed the trunk and then went to say goodbye to Ryan. He gave her a hug and then backed away.

"I promise that I will send you emails all the time and let me know how school is going." Rory said to her brother.

She then gave a hug to Luke who then wrapped his hand around Ryan and walked over to Jess to say goodbye.

When Rory got to her mother she could see the tears in her eyes. She had gotten emotional when April left earlier but it was worse being as it was her own daughter. Lorelai pulled Rory into a big hug and then whispered into her ear.

"I'm pregnant."

Rory pulled away in disbelief.

"No way."

"I didn't believe it either but the doctor called this morning and confirmed."

"That is great mom." Rory pulled her mother to her for another hug.

She wiped the tears from her eyes and then walked over to Jess. He gave her a hug and then she leaned up to kiss him. There was an Awe coming from her mother and Luke but they ignored it.

"I will call you when I get home I promise..."

"But after she calls me of course." Her mother added.

Rory laughed and then nodded.

"I will call you when I get home too." They kissed again and then Rory got into her car and pulled away.

Rory saw her family disappear into her rearview mirror as she pulled away and she could feel the tears starting to run down her cheeks. The main reason she hated visiting home was the fact that after her visit was over she always had to leave at the end. On her way back to the city Rory decided that she should stop and see her grandparents being as she was in the area. Her mother and her grandparents were not on speaking terms at this point but she never had a terrible relationship with them.

She pulled into the long driveway and stopped in front of the front door. She turned her car off and grabbed Sophie out of the bak seat. Sophie rose her head to see where she was and then placed it on Rory's shoulder as they walked to the front door.

Rory took a deep breath and then rang the doorbell. She could hear some yelling from the other side and then the door was thrust open by her grandmother.

"You see Castile this is how you properly open the door. Rory!" Emily was shocked to see her granddaughter standing in front of her.

"Hi grandma."

"What are you doing here?"

"I was visiting my mom and I was on my way home when I thought that it might be nice to stop and see you and grandpa before I go home." Rory could feel Sophie shift on her shoulder to get a better look at her great grandmother.

"Hi Sophie." Her grandmother smiled as Sophie squirmed to get down. "Well come in please."

Rory walked in behind her grandmother and put Sophie down so she could run around. Sophie took off to find Richard while Emily took Rory into the living room where she had been reading a book.

"So grandma what have you been up to?"

"Nothing much Rory. Your grandfather and I have been planning our next trip into the city and I have been meaning to call you to see if there is a place you would recommend for us to stay."

"I don't know too many hotels in the area being as when I moved I just stayed in my apartment but I heard that the Plaza hotel is to die for. It it right by central park and it is really nice."

"Then I guess that will be where we will stay. When are you free in the next month?"

"I haven't looked at my calendar in a while but whenever you want to meet me I will clear the day to spend with you."

"I don't want to be too much of a trouble for you..."

"I would love to do it."

"If you insist."

"I believe she does Emily." Richard came and sat down next to them with Sophie in his arms.

"Rory would you like to stay for lunch? I wasn't planning on doing anything big but being as you are here I could alway just tell our chef to whip something up."

"I would love to."

"Great, let me just go and talk to him I will be right back."

Emily got up and went into the kitchen. Richard put Sophie on the floor and she took the book Emily had been reading and sat down and flipped through the pages.

"You know that you are making your grandmother the happiest person alive right now don't you?" Richard looked at his granddaughter with a huge smile on his face.

"I know."

"I am glad that you are doing this. Since your mother and her started to fight again she has been miserable being as your mom stopped coming to dinner on Fridays."

"I think I will talk to my mother about that.I think that it would be good for her to make up with grandma and soon."

"I agree."

"Mommy?" Sophie interrupted holding the book up to Rory.

"What is it sweetie?"

"What does this say?" She pointed to the title the cover of the book.

"Great Expectations. It is the title of the book great grandma is reading."

"Can you read it to me?"

"I think that we might want to wait until you are a little older before we start with that book Soph."

"Like how much older?"

"Four."

"Okay." Sophie went and put the back where she found it and then went to the box where her books were located and pulled out the Snow White story book and sat on the floor.

"Your daughter is brilliant Rory." Richard said beaming over his great granddaughter.

"I wouldn't say brilliant grandpa."

"I would. Great Expectations at Four?"

"I said she had to be that old before she could read it but I doubt that she will remember it by then."

"I think she will remember, if she is anything like you." They both shared a laugh as Emily entered the room again.

"What is so funny?"

"Nothing Emily it is just Sophie."

"It doesn't seem like nothing."

"Trust me grandma it was just that grandpa thinks that Sophie is a genius."

"Well she is Rory."

"Not you too."

"Not me too what? Sophie is a brilliant little girl Rory and you should be proud of that."

"Trust me I am."

"Anyways lunch will be ready soon. Sophie likes chicken right?"

"She loves chicken."

"Good."

They talked for a while longer and then went and ate lunch. Emily fussed over Sophie and played with her after they had finished eating. Rory was glad that her grandparents were so fond of Sophie, it made it easier for her to think that her mother was wrong for fighting with her parents. When it was time for Rory to leave she said good bye and then they all walked out to the car with Sophie. Emily put her in the car and then Richard said goodbye and they waved as Rory pulled out of their driveway and started on her way home. Her grandparents had been so great with her choice to not tell Sophie's father about her but now that he knew she wondered how they would act when Sophie had her father back in the picture of her life.

It was a long ride back into the city and with their stop it put them getting into the city in the midst of five pm traffic. It took an hour to get to their condo. Rory parked in her spot and then grabbed Sophie out of her seat and then walked upstairs. She would have to come back and grab their bags but her first priority was to get Sophie up stairs and to bed. Rory walked through the lobby of her building and into the elevator. Sidney, the person from the floor above Rory was also on her way to her apartment. As Rory got onto the elevator Sidney pushed the button for her. Rory said a silent thank you and waited for the elevator to get to her floor.

The doors opened to the fifth floor and Rory stepped out and unlocked the door to her apartment. When she walked in she went straight to Sophie's room and placed her in her bed. The pale yellow room looked the same from when they left. Her bed was on the left wall of her room. There was a butterfly mobile above her bed that Rory had bought when she was a baby and Sophie didn't want out of her room now that she was older. Her book shelf was on the opposite wall filled with all the children's books that anyone could own. The closet was next to her bookshelf, the white doors were closed in hopes to not reveal the mess that was inside. The white rocking chair was still in the corner by the bookshelf from when she was an infant. Rory placed her in the bed and then closed the door and ran over to the phone. Jamie was a friend from work who had helped Rory get a apartment in this building when Rory had found out she was pregnant. She didn't want to leave Sophie alone when she had to run back down to the car so she called Jamie up.

"Hello?" Jamie sounded as if she was sleeping when she answered the phone.

"Hey Jamie it's Rory I was just calling to see if you could watch Sophie while I ran down to the car to get my bags out. She fell asleep on the way home and I didn't want to wake her."

"I will be right there just let me find some shoes."

"Thank you so much."

"No problem but you owe me dinner."

"Done." Rory hung up the phone and waited for Jamie to come over.

Jamie knocked on the door and Rory threw it open and walked past her.

"I will be right back I just have to grab a few things and then I have a lot to tell you."

"Me too, you will not believe what happened at work."

"Okay two seconds."

Jamie went into the apartment while Rory hopped into the elevator and went back down to the car. Rory grabbed the bags out of the car and took out her cell phone and sent a quick message to her mother and Jess.

Made it home can't call right now Sophie is sleeping. I will try to call later but I make no promises.

-Rory

Rory took the bags and got back on the elevator and went up to her floor and opened the door to her apartment. Jamie was waiting for her on the couch. Rory put the bags by the door and then joined her friend on the couch.

"So do you have good news to tell me about your week because you get to go first if you do."

"It is good news. Why what happened at work?"

"Just tell me your news first and then we can talk about work."

"Well you know how Jess is Sophie's father right?"

"Yeah but he doesn't"

"He does now."

"WHAT? You told him?"

"Shh, yeah I told him. And better news he is moving here to live with me and Sophie."

"That is wonderful!" Jamie gave Rory a hug and then pulled away and crossed her arms.

"So what happened at work while I was gone that has you all bent out of shape?"

"You know the rumors that have been floating around that we were going under?"

"Yeah."

"Well we were going under, until we were bought out by the Huntzbergers."

Rory's jaw dropped. She knew that Logan had nothing to do with it but it still shocked her. After Logan moved to California Rory made sure that she had nothing to do with him of his family and that included job wise. She had been successful on the campaign trail and when she was finished she had numerous job offers including one from Mitchum. She had turned a lot of them down until she got one at the small paper she was currently at. She was shocked to hear that the company was doing so poorly and that Mitchum was so interested in that paper. It lacked everything that Mitchum was about. They were a small family oriented paper not some giant paper who could care less about their employees.

"When was the deal finalized?"

"The day you left."

"You have got to be kidding me."

"I wish I was."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that they are going to be coming in and see who they can cut and who they want to save."

"When does that process start?"

"Tomorrow."

"Fantastic that is just what I need right now."

"Look on the bright side you know the Huntzbergers."

Rory just glared at her and then got up and ordered chinese food for the both of them to eat for dinner. After that Rory sat back on the couch and sighed.

"So what does that mean about the daycare?"

"As of last week it was still open. There haven't been any changes yet but if I were you I would start looking for places to put Sophie that are close to the office."

"That was something that I wasn't planning on having to do just yet. I mean she loves being there with Mrs. Daniels and now I don't know what to tell her."

"I know hun."

"Who do you think they are going to cut?"

"I have no idea i just know that they want to re-do the entire paper."

"Do you think that I should resign? I mean I have other offers that told me to just call and they would find me a position."

"Do you think that would be the best thing for you?"

"I have no idea. I mean it would be one thing if they just bailed out the paper but I am not sure I want to be the person who has my name in the paper though the changes."

"I get that but at this point I think just seeing what it going on would be the best thing for you right now."

"I guess."

When the food got there they ate and then watched Rush Hour on the television. Sophie stayed asleep during everything. Around eleven Jamie went home and Rory went into her bedroom and grabbed her phone. She figured that her mother was asleep so she decided that she should call Jess. He picked up the phone and Rory was happy to hear his voice.

"Hey Ror."

"Hey."

"How was the trip?"

"Long. I stopped by my grandparents so they could see Sophie and then we hit traffic but it just feels good to be home. How about you?"

"It was a long drive but I think that I can things here wrapped up with in the week. I talked to the guys and they are going to help me pack and then I can write from New York so I will be there by Saturday, how does that sound?"

"Great being as after this week I might not have a place to put Sophie."

"What do you mean by that?"

"My paper got bailed out by the Huntzbergers."

Jess went silent which Rory expected.

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah. Jamie told me when I got back."

"Who is Jamie?"

"She is a co worker of mine."

"Oh."

"You though that Jamie was a he didn't you?"

"Sort of."

"No Jamie is a friend of mine."

"That is good. Would it help you if I came up earlier?"

"Probably not. This week is going to be stressful but they should still have the daycare through the week at least."

"That should be okay then."

"I hope so."

"Just take a deep breath Rory you are going to be fine. They are lucky that you still want to work there. They won't cut your job and if they do you will have another one with no problem."

"You always know what to say to make me feel better."

"I'm glad but you should get some sleep."

"I doubt that is going to happen tonight."

"You should at least try."

"I know."

"I love you Rory."

"I love you too Jess."

"Give Sophie a hug and a kiss for me will you?"

"I will."

"Night."

"Night." Rory hung up the phone and placed it on her night stand.

She got out of bed and walked into Sophie's room. Rory went and sat in the rocker. She watched as Sophie breathed in and out and thought of how little she was. It was nights like tonight that she was glad she had her. If there was no Sophie there might not be any Jess and she wouldn't have to worry about her job.

Rory woke up to Sophie playing with her hair. She looked over at the clock and saw that it was six. She removed Sophie's hands from her hair and took her into her arms and stood up. Rory had an hour before she had to leave to go to work. She took Sophie out into the living room and placed her on the floor with a book while she went into the kitchen and made them pop-tarts and put on a pot of coffee for herself. She checked on Sophie and then went into the bathroom and brushed her hair and put on her makeup. When she was done she took the pop-tarts out of the toaster and put them on a plate for Sophie and brought them to her. She went back into the kitchen and poured herself a cup of coffee and took her pop tart and sat next to Sophie on the floor. They ate their breakfast and then Rory took Sophie into her room to get dressed.

"What do you want to wear today?"

"Pink."

"What kind of pink? A dress?"

"No."

"What then?"

"Overalls."

"You want to wear your pink overalls?"

Sophie just nodded so Rory went to the closet and pulled them out and a white shirt to put underneath it. She quickly changed her into the clothes and then took her into her room while she got dressed. Rory put on her black suit and light blue shirt under it. She grabbed a pair of black heels out of the closet and slipped them on. She took Sophie into the bathroom and fixed her hair and then they both brushed their teeth. Rory grabbed the stroller out of the closet and placed Sophie in it and then they left the house.

The office was three blocks away from the apartment and Rory hated driving to work when she could just walk. When she entered the building the security guard Jeff waved as he let Rory and Sophie through the checkpoint. Rory took Sophie to the day care and dropped her off. She wanted to talk to Mrs. Daniels before she left but she looked busy so Rory just waved and made her way up to her office. Jamie was sitting at her desk as Rory passed and made her way to her office. Rory had been the editor of the paper for the past year and she knew that her job was at stake now that there were new owners.

When she got to her office she was surprised to see the door open and the light on. She opened the door and saw Mitchum sitting in her chair behind the desk.

"Miss Gilmore it's nice to see you again. Please come in and close the door."

Rory stepped into her office and shut the door and walked to one of the chairs that was sitting across from Mitchum.

"What do you want Mitchum?"

"Well I guess that you heard about what happened while you were out last week."

"I was informed."

"Good. Then I guess you know that I am trying to figure out who I am going to keep on staff here and who I am going to let go."

"Yes."

"Well you see that is where I need your help. I trust your opinion and I think that you can help me with some of these choices."

"You trust my opinion? I thought you said I didn't have it and now you want me to help you decide who is a good writer and who should be fired?"

"Listen I was wrong when I said you didn't have what it takes to be a journalist and I apologize for that. I need your help Rory but if you don't want to I can always find someone who does."

"I have one question for you."

"What is that."

"What is your plan for the daycare down stairs?"

"I am not sure why?"

"My daughter goes to that daycare and I would like it if you kept it around for a while, at least until I can find another place for her to go."

"Your daughter?"

"Yes my daughter."

"If I do that will you help me?"

"Yes."

"Consider it done." he got up and shook Rory's hand and then made his way out of her office.

Rory got up and went to sit in her chair. She was shocked that she had told him about her daughter. The fact that Rory had a daughter was not well known to anyone. Most of the people in the office knew but that was because they had been with her through it all. People outside of the company though had no idea that Rory was a mother and she was surprised that she had so quickly given that to Mitchum to hold over her head. She cursed herself and sat down. Rory could already tell that it was going to be along day.

A/n: So I decided that I would continue on with the story. I just felt like there was more to tell in the relationship with Jess and Rory, oh andI don't think that Logan is going to make an appearance in the story just his dad. Please Review and let me know what you think.

-Katie