Chapter 6- Rory's Little Miracle
Rory was over at Luke's Diner with Luke and Lorelai. The diner was already closed and they were having coffee and catching up. They hadn't had much time to see each other because the twins had come and Logan was home from London. Lorelai had finally gotten Bryson and Paiton to sleep and she had let Rory help. Rory needed all the experience she could get.
"Are you getting excited about your little girl?" Luke asked her. He couldn't wait to have a granddaughter, even if it wasn't biological. He was loving being involved in his kids' life and being a grandpa would be just as fun. "I can't wait to meet her and see what she looks like." Rory said with a dreamy look on her face. She had been imagining what her little girl would be like before she was even pregnant. "Well baby looks like you won't have to wait much longer. You're water just broke." Lorelai stated. Rory stood up and looked down. Sure enough, her water just broke, and the contractions started. She sat back down quickly. "Hospital…now…." she began to mutter.
Lorelai got the twins in their car seats and got them ready to go. She called Logan and told him to meet them at the hospital. Luke put Rory's stuff in the truck and they headed to the hospital. She was admitted immediately and given medicine. By the time they got her in the hospital bed, she had already dilated 7 cm.
Lorelai put the twins in the nursery, and Luke stayed by Rory's side. Logan was also right by Rory's side. He had been helping Lorelai with the twins and was so ready to have a little girl of her own. Rory was in a lot of pain, and every few minutes the nurse would come in, check something, and then leave with a concerned look on her face. It was making Luke nervous, so he went to see what was going on. Lorelai came back in the room and stayed with Rory while he talked to the nurse.
"Is something wrong with Rory?" he asked her. He didn't want to beat around the bush, he wanted to know what was going on. "We don't know yet. But we can't give you any information unless you're blood related." Luke walked away very unhappy. He told Lorelai and she was equally unhappy. She decided to go find something else. She was pretty sure she was blood related, seeing as she remember giving birth to Rory. She went to the same nurse that Luke had talked to and said "What's wrong with Rory?" in a no-bullcrap tone of voice. "I'm sorry, we can't give information to anyone that's not blood related", the nurse replied. That almost made Lorelai laugh. Can they not see the resemblance?, she thought. Lorelai replied "I'm her mother." The nurse then pulled up the information on Rory and told her what was going on. "Rory has stopped dilating. She dilated too fast before she got here, and in the past 2 hours she hasn't dilated at all. There may be something blocking the baby from coming out, like the umbilical cord being tied around her neck."
Lorelai went pale. No wonder Rory was in so much pain, she thought. "Is there anything you can do?" she asked the nurse. The nurse had a concerned look on her face and replied, "We're doing everything we can." Lorelai went back to Rory's room and held Rory's hand, almost in tears.
An hour later, Rory still hadn't dilated any more. The nurse asked Lorelai to sign a paper saying that the baby would be saved before Rory would. Lorelai couldn't do it. "She'll be fine. Everything will be fine.", she told the nurse, now in tears. Christopher then walked into the room. He had just gotten to the hospital. "I just heard what's going on. How is she?", he asked Lorelai. When he saw the she was in tears, he embraced her and told her that everything would be fine, and he honestly believed that. The rest of the family showed up and waited to hear more news.
45 minutes later, the doctor came in and gave them news. "There's nothing blocking the baby from being born", he began, "but Rory simply won't dilate. Our only option is an emergency C-Section." Lorelai immediately gave her consent to the idea and they took Rory into the operating room. Lorelai, Christopher, Logan, and Luke were permitted to stay with her. Everyone else waited on edge in the waiting room.
They put Rory to sleep and began the C-Section. 30 minutes later, Rory's little girl was born. Lorelai cried tears of joy when she saw her granddaughter. Logan couldn't take his eyes off of his little girl. He was so glad that she was finally here and she was perfect. 6 pounds and 9 ounces, 19 inches long. She already had dark hair, just like Lorelai and Rory. The doctors told Lorelai that the baby was perfectly healthy, and they woke Rory up. Logan kissed her and managed to mutter "Thank you for this beautiful little girl." Rory smiled in return.
"I'm so proud of you, kid." Lorelei told Rory. And she was. Rory had been so brave. Rory smiled up at Lorelei, still sort of in a daze. "What are you gonna name her?" Christopher asked. Rory was silent for a moment. She looked at Logan, and he smiled at her. She replied. "Taryn Alexis. But we'll call her Lexi for short." Lorelai, Luke, Logan and Christopher all smiled at the new baby girl they would soon call Lexi. Christopher kissed her on the head and told Rory, "She's beautiful, sweetie." Rory looked down at her and replied "She sure is, daddy. She's my little miracle." Lorelai took Lexi and Rory fell back peacefully asleep.