A few months had gone by and a few negative pregnancy tests were taken. Today Rory and Logan were headed to the doctor to check to see if there were problems with any of them. Rory thought that they would have kids super quickly, I mean her parent's had her at 16, and well you know the Huntzberger's probably had illegitimate children running all over. In fact Rory always wondered if one day a girl would show up on their door step with a blonde headed child, saying the baby was Logan's. But she often bashed that thought out of her mind. But today was the day it was now 8 months into trying to have a baby, and they had been "unsuccessful". They had tried the relaxed weekend on the vineyard, the exotic vacation in Bora Bora, the spontaneous sex in the kitchen. Rory was beginning to think that there was a problem. So she knew the doctor would tell them what was wrong.
Rory was up super early that morning, her stomach was in knots. She skipped the coffee knowing it would make it worse. The September morning was so calm and peaceful watching the sun rise through the kitchen window. She was just staring at the rabbits running in the backyard, she heard the paper being dropped on the driveway. She was so in tuned to the outside t hat she didn't see or hear Logan sneak up behind her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and began kissing her neck.
"morning ace." Logan said and he worked his way hands up the front of her shirt. "how long have you been up?"
"well, it was dark around 5:15, my stomach is in knots about the appointment today. What if they tell us something is wrong, that we can never have kids, or that it's my fault. You can divorce me then… I won't be able to give you what you deserve…." Rory said as she began to bawl her eyes out. Logan held her tight and said
"Ace, Ace, calm down. First of all I will never leave you, and second let's not jump to any conclusions. We are new to this. Now why don't you go take a shower, and I'll make pancakes and get the paper. "
"You're right, you're so smart, how'd I'd even find you" Rory said as Logan wiped the tears off her face.
"Well like I said on a wedding day, we owe a lot to Asher Flemming, Yale Daly News and the LDB." Logan joked
It was 9 am by the time they reached the doctor's appointment. Rory was so nervous her face was a whiter than normal, she was so nervous she was sure she was going to puke. Logan was a tad worried, but thankfully they were going to the doctor today. They finally made it into the office and Rory sat down, Logan went to the front desk to check her in. He signed Lorelai Huntzberger , the receptionist asked if there were any changes in insurance as asked him to be seated until they were called.
By the time Logan sat down, Rory had already submersed herself in some parenting magazine, Logan sat in the seat next to her and just held her hand.
"Ace, they said they'd call us when they are ready. Did I tell you that you look beautiful today?" Logan asked
"Only a few times" Rory blushed, drawing some color back into her face. The OB-GYN's office always made Logan feel uncomfortable, he had gone with Rory once, one month when she thought she was pregnant. It turned out it was just the stomach bug.
"Huntzberger?" The nurse called. Rory shot up faster than a speeding bullet. She shot Logan a look for not moving fast enough. "Follow me" the nurse said. They followed her into a examining room. "Okay, Lorelai, I need you to change into the robe, hit this button when you are all finished, and I'll come in and check your blood pressure and such. Now is this your husband?" she asked
"Yes, this is Logan, my husband" Logan extended his hand
"Hi Logan, I'm Sheila the nurse here. " She said as she exited the room, and closed the door. Logan took a seat next to the table chair thing, and Rory began to change from her clothes into the examination gown." She hit the button and sat back down.
"I don't know why they always make these rooms so cold, when you sit her practically naked." Rory complained.
"Haha, I don't know" Logan laughed "maybe you can do an expose on examining rooms"
"You think you're so funny don't you" Rory said. The nurse entered and took Rory's blood pressure
"alright 108/78, you're a little low today, are you feeling ok?"
"Yea, just a little nervous this morning, I was expecting it to be through the roof, but I had no coffee this morning," Rory began to ramble, remembering that the nurse probably didn't want to hear a ramble.
"Okay, just a few questions, first when was your last period?"
" August 21st "Rory stated
"and besides the nervousness today, any other complaints, dizziness, new medications?"
"NO, but I did stop my birth control back in January, it should be in there from the last time I came in"
"alright Rory, Dr. Walsh will be in with you soon . I'm just going to take some blood and send it to the lab" Sheila said as she left.
"so what are they going to do? Draw blood from you and need uhmmm a deposit from me?" Logan said.
"well, yes that's what the book said. We have to take you to a separate place, for that but they'll check me here." Rory said. With that being said, Dr. Walsh came, in. She had been Rory's OB since she was 17, by this point she was a little more comfortable with her.
"Hi I'm Dr. Walsh " the tall woman said to Logan.
"Logan Huntzberger" Logan said
"alright, Rory so it says here you stopped your birth control in January and it's now September, and you haven't gotten pregnant yet."
"Correct" Rory said as her eyes welled up with tears.
"Rory, this is completely normal, it just takes time, so what I'll do today is just examine you for any abnormalities, and then we will go from there."
"now, you said your last period was August 18, today is September 30. Has that been normal for you?" Dr. Walsh asked.
"uhm, no, usually every 28 days like clockwork." Rory said. She can't believe she didn't notice she was late. She had been so focused on coming to the appointment today.
"Alright, well I am going to draw some blood, and send it to the lab. It seems you may be pregnant." The Dr. said. "I'll put a rush on it, we should know in a few minutes. In the meantime I am going to ask you a few more questions. Have you been feeling nauseas, lightheaded, cramping change in appetite?"
"Yes, but I thought it was all nerves." Rory said feeling really stupid as to not recognize any of the symptoms she'd been dying to experience. There was a knock on the door, and Rory's stomach dropped, and she squeezed Logan's hand tight.
"well Rory, Logan it looks like you are pregnant." Rory just started crying.
"Rory, baby why are you crying? This is a good thing remember!" Logan said now standing
"It's just I'm so happy I thought everything was wrong with us, that we were somehow incompatible."
"like I said Rory, this is very common , and when you take the stress off the situation… it happens. Now I can do a sonogram today, but chances are it's too soon to hear the heartbeat. So lie down, and we'll get started."
Before she even realized the doctor was pointing to a little nugget on the screen.
"so here, is you baby. It looks like you are about 4 weeks pregnant. You'll be due in June. I'll make a few copies for you guys. Now, I need you to start taking these prenatal vitamins and schedule another appointment in a month. Do you have any questions right now? As you progress through, there will be more to tell you. Get dressed and we'll meet in my office" The doctor handed them the pictures of the sonogram, and walked out the door.
Logan and Rory just sat there quiet. They were both just to perplexed at the moment.
"Ace, today's appointment turned out a lot better than expected right?" Logan said standing up. He began to hand Rory her clothes. "Rory?" She just stared at the monitor. "Rory?" Logan said again. The third time she finally came out of her trance.
"Yea, Logan much much better." She said giving him a kiss. "oh boy I have so many questions!" Rory said as they walked into the physicians office.
They were finally on their way home. They were both so happy.
"can we stop at the bookstore? " Rory asked
"Of course. We have to discuss a few things though." Logan said
"like what?" Rory asked. Her mind was so clouded by happiness that she wasn't thinking rationally.
"like when are we going to tell our families, friends, co workers, caffeine consumption" Logan said
"Oh, let's not talk about that right now." Rory said fidgeting with her shirt.
"I'm going to call out of the office for the rest of the day." Logan said. Rory just smiled.
They were browsing the book store when the saw Finn in the bookstore. "Of all places to run into Finn who would have thought it would be a bookstore.!" Rory yelled. Logan just chuckled. The irony of the situation.
Rory walked to the register to buy the 5 books she and Logan picked out, while Logan went over to say hello to finn.
"Finn! What are you doing in a bookstore, while it's light out?" Logan asked
"ah Logan! You see I was in the area getting lunch with Rose and she said she needed to get some book Oprah was talking about." Finn said
"What are you and the lovely Rory here for? Well I guess that is a stupid question since you have an entire library of books in your study." Finn laughted
"Yea, we played hookie from work this morning, we just finished a late breakfast and decided to stop in. How about we all do dinner this weekend!" Logan suggested. "I think I saw Rory throw a cook book into the pile" Logan and Finn laughed. By the time they were parting ways Rory was done buying the books.
"Love," finn said as he hugged Rory " Logan, here tells me you bought a cook book. Can't wait to taste what you order in " Finn joked.
"haha, I'm really trying. Even ask Logan who made pancakes last Sunday? Me, and who didn't burn them? Me? " Rory smiled.
"Logan, we gotta go" Rory said
"See you Saturday Finn" Logan said as they exited the bookstore.
"Saturday?" Rory asked
"Yea I invited Finn and Rose over for dinner, don't forget to call Steph." Logan said
It was around 2 o'clock by the time they walked in the front door. They flopped all their crap by the front door. Logan didn't know what came over him but from the moment they found out Rory was pregnant. He was dying for them to be alone, and at last they were home alone in their house. He was excited to see how Rory's body would change in the coming months, and he knew it was going to suit her well.
Rory wasn't really sure what had come over her either. The nausea was gone, and well frankly she was turned on. She was slightly embarrassed to ask the doctor if it was alright to have sex while being pregnant. She heard it was, but she just wanted to make sure. She had just put her cell phone in the kitchen, she let Maggie out in the backyard. When she came back inside she called for Logan "Logan. Honey where are you?"
"living room!" he yelled. She made her way to the living room, where she was jumped by her husband. He carried her to the couch, Rory didn't even question his motions and began to remove his shirt.
"Gosh Ace, you're just so beautiful" Logan said as he stared at her.
"You're not too hard to look at either" Rory joked
This time the sex was different for Logan and Rory, Logan was slow and tender, careful that he might somehow break her.
"I'm not going to break Logan" Rory said towards the end "relax" she said as she closed her eyes and let him ride her.
They both lay there silent. Frightened to break the silence. They were both so content of just staying were they were. Eventually Logan got up to let the barking dog back into the house.
"Ace, what do you want for dinner." Logan asked. He didn't know if anything was making her queasy at the moment.
"Steak!" Rory yelled. "and baked potatoes. I went shopping yesterday, they are in the fridge for you to cook!" Rory said as she made her way into the kitchen.
"so are we going to talk about the baby?" Rory asked
"well, no is a good of time as any." Logan said. "I think we should wait a little before we tell everyone. Maybe next month well tell my parents, your grandparents. I know you can't keep this from your mom this long." Logan said with a smile.
"I sort of just want to keep this between me and you for right now." Rory smiled. "It's the first thing we have to ourselves in a while."
"you're not telling your mom" Logan asked a little shocked
"well I want to tell her in person, and I know she is really busy at the inn right now with the maple syrup convention again. But next weekend is the dance-a-thon and well we are in it. I was thinking about telling her after we've won the trophy during our victory lap" Rory laughed
"Aren't we a little cocky" Logan said
"what can I say, you've rubbed off on me " Rory said as she pushed Logan jokingly.
By the next day Rory was in full research mode, reading blogs, and books and news articles. Logan had just gotten up, slightly confused as to why Rory wasn't asleep as it was 5:30 in the morning. He went downstairs, all the lights were off except a small trickle of light coming from the office. He knew that he was going to find one of two scenarios, Rory passed out with highlighter on her forehead, or a desk filled with papers, and a frantic Rory scanning the pages of her computer screen. So he stopped first, and refilled Maggie's water bowl… He laughed as the puppy was more like a cat, in that she would get lost under the couch. He turned into the study, and found just what he anticipated, a passed out Rory with not only highlighter but, the ink of the newspaper on her cheek. He decided it was nessecary to document it so he picked up her iphone and snapped a shot, sent it to Lorelai, and proceeded to lift her up out of the chair. As he began to move her, she mumbled. "mmmmmhhhh"
"Ace, you've been down here all night, I'm taking you up to bed" Logan said.
"Such a good husband" Rory mumbled again and she nuzzled herself into his shoulder. He finally reached their bed and sat Rory down. He still had a few more hours of sleep. They were due in Starshollow at 12 for the pre dance -athon meeting. Logan didn't realize he had fallen asleep until he felt the entire bed shake and the slamming of the bathroom door. He winced. It was the beginning of the morning sickness. He just hoped the baby would be compliant this week, and not give itself away just yet.
Logan didn't say anything but hold back Rory's pony tail, and rub her back as she began to throw up last night's apple pie.
"never eating apple pie again" Rory said.
"I highly doubt that you will NEVER eat it again" Logan said . Rory turned around and gave him the stink eye. "shutting my mouth. No more opinions will be heard from my mouth" Logan said. He turned to the sink and wet a washcloth to put on Rory's forehead. He knew she wasn't febrile, but he thought it was the least he could do. "thanks" Rory said as she stood up to brush her teeth.
" I have to add a toothbrush to my pocket book" Rory thought out loud.
"why don't you lay down for a little longer, while I pack up the car it's already 9:30" Logan said as he gave Rory a kiss on her forehead.
"Thanks babe" Rory said, as she turned on the TV to catch up on the news. She never understood, even after working in the news business for so long, as to how the top stories always just magically broke on a Monday – Friday schedule. So on this Saturday morning she learned how to steal the best vacation deal and extreme coupon. Getting frustrated Rory headed into the shower, knowing she better get a move on things. She had to remember to bring the puppy chow for Maggie, and her cage, because she gets anxious around Paul Anka.
She was a good 10 minutes into her shower, when she heard Logan open the door followed by the sound of Maggie's paws clicking on the tile.
"Logan, do forget the puppy food " Rory said thru the curtain.
"already did, your mom texted me to remind me already" Logan said, as he opened the curtain to get in with her.
"Huntzberger, I don't have the time for any shenanigans this morning" Rory said as Logan began to corner her, and trail kisses down her neck. Rory always found it hard to protest, especially when he knew every button to press.
It seems that the Huntzberger clan could never arrive to Starshollow at the appropriate time, in fact Rory couldn't remember a time when she and Logan actually showed up at the expected time. Today they were supposed to be there at 12 and it was now closer to 1. Usually they were late do to some escapade, but today it happened to be the 15 minute wait at stop and shop for a bottle of Gatorade and a box of saltines. They pulled up to the house to realize no one was home. Rory pulled out her cell phone and dialed her mother's cell
"is this Lorelai Gilmore?" Rory asked
"Why yes?" Lorelai played along
"well it seems that we have caught two hoodlums with a puppy trying to break into your house?" Rory continued
"Is one a blonde Adonis, and the other giving you bambi eyes? " Lorelai said
"why yes, do you know this two?" Rory said
"NO, BOOK EHMMM" Lorelai joked
"For real Mom, where are you?" Rory said on a more serious note
"Had to run to the inn Michele caught some of the Mapler's trying to steal bathrobes yet again. Same couple should really put them on the do not book until 2047 list."
"You have a 2047 list? Who else is on it?' Rory asked curiously
"Well, we have Richard and Emily, the couple that stole the sheets, the couple that kicked Cleetus, the couple that had a fight in the dining room….."
"Man that's a lot of people. I thought you were joking about the list. " Rory laughed. " Me and Logan are going to bring our stuff in and then we'll meet you at luke's for lunch?"
"sounds like a plan, but be aware of the town square, the theme tonight is a square dance marathon, Taylor has set up a YehAWWW barn right outside Luke's door. It's so funny to see he so angry!" Lorelai laughed
"You're evil.. See you in 30" Rory said
"What was that about?" Logan said
"It seems Taylor decided to set up a barn in front of Luke's and he's angry as usual" Rory said as she walked in the front door.
It never failed every time they were in starshollow they would run into someone unexpected. Today they were made victim too….