A Bond Never Broken

Pairings

Lorelai/Luke

Rory/Logan

Chapter 1- Bonding and Conversations

Lorelai opened the door to her empty house. She had just been out with Luke, whom she had been dating for about four months now. She hadn't told Rory that they were dating yet, and she was beginning to feel bad about it. She walked into her dark kitchen and turned the light on.

"Oh my god!" Lorelai yelled as she jumped back. "What are you doing here?"

"Whoa there. Slow down. Didn't mean to scare ya."

"Then why are you sitting in my kitchen with the lights off?"

"I saw no point of having the lights on when I was planning to go to sleeeeep", Rory replied dramatically. "What are you doing out at this time of night anyway young lady? I thought I taught you better."

"Well a girl's gotta break some rules every now and then", Lorelai replied as she sat at the table with her coffee. "What's new with you? How are things with Logan?"

"Nothing new here. Logan's good I guess. I haven't heard from him in a week. He's on a business trip with his dad in London."

"I see. So you came to visit me because you were lonely and wanted somewhere to sleep?" Lorelai questioned.

"Actually, I kinda needed to talk to you about something personal. Sleeping was just a bonus." Rory said with a grin on her face. She loved talking to her mom. Her mom was the only personal she could ever really confide in.

"Are things bad with Logan?" Lorelai asked with concern on her face.

"No, um..," Rory paused. She was having a hard time thinking about how she would word what she needed to say. After a few minutes of silence, she began again. "Things with Logan are really good. So good that he proposed."

Lorelai froze. She was shocked at the thought of her baby girl being married at 21 years old. She was silent at the thought of someone else taking care of Rory. She had done it for 21 years and she didn't know if she could really ever let anyone else.

"Did you say yes?" Lorelai knew it was probably a stupid question, but there was always the possibility that she said no.

"Yeah. I love Logan. And I know he loves me. I think it's right."

Lorelai remained silent. So many thoughts were going through her head. She had so many questions, but kept them to herself.

"Mom, why are you so quiet? Are you mad?" Rory questioned. She knew her mom would be heartbroken. To be honest, Rory was really scared herself. Marrying Logan would mean that she would have to confide in somebody else besides her mom and she didn't know if she could do that.

"No sweetie, I could never be mad at that. I'm happy for you. I just can't believe I have to let you go." Lorelai then broke into tears, leading Rory to do the same. They cried for what seemed like hours to them, when in reality it was only 10 minutes.

Once they dried their tears, Rory decided to tell her mom the other piece of news, the part she came to tell her mom in the first place. "That's not all Mom", she stated.

"It's not? I'm shocked!" Lorelai stated, trying to be sarcastic but still teary eyed.

"Logan and I weren't gonna tell you yet but, you're gonna be a grandma!"

Lorelai felt like she was going to faint. Not only was her daughter getting married, but she was going to be a mom.

"You…You're pregnant?" Lorelai couldn't wrap her mind around it.

"Yep. I'm gonna have a baby. Aren't you happy?" Rory asked, knowing her mom was probably too shocked to be happy yet.

"Absolutely. I'm gonna be a grandma! We should celebrate!"

"Mom, It's 1 in the morning. I don't think there's anywhere to celebrate."

"I'll call Luke." Lorelai was beyond excited now. She was gonna get to spoil a grandchild.

"Okay, I'm gonna go to the bathroom and wash up."

"Alright sweetie. Hurry back." Lorelai called Luke and he opened up the diner.

If only she knew what else there was to be celebrated, Lorelai though. Suddenly guilt washed over her like a heavy blanket. Rory came out of the bathroom and they got their coats. I have to tell her soon. And with that thought they left the house and went to Luke's.