When You Need Me I Will Be There

Chapter 29

Rory was so excited about the news that she wanted to go to the café the moment they got in the car. At the mention of the Lucas suddenly remembered the surprise baby shower that Brooke, Peyton, and his mother were throwing her. The party had been planned for three weeks. Lucas could not believe that he had forgotten about it when he thought about what they were doing today. Therefore, he turned a Rory with a smile and spoke

"Sounds great to me honey."

Therefore, Lucas turned the car in the direction of the café and hoped Roy would not be too angry about the surprise waiting for her. As they poured out into the café Rory noticed that it was dark which she thought was strange in the middle of the day. She turned to Lucas with a concerned look on her face.

"Lucas it's a little strange that the cafés closed in the middle of the day."

"Maybe mom had to run an errand" he lied nervously.

As they entered, the lights snapped on and everyone yelled surprise Rory turned to Lucas with a shocked look on her face.

"What do you do?"

"We planned surprise baby shower I hoped it would cheer you up some"

Rory felt blessed by her friend's generosity and love she looked around at the smiling faces around her with tears in our eyes. She turned so that she was facing everyone with a smile on her face.

"Thank you everyone for everything really this is so wonderful thank you again"

After Rory's speech Brooke broke through the crowd with Peyton and Karen are right behind her. Brooke took Rory in her arms and gave her a small hug.

"I'm so glad you like it I was so worried"

"The only question I have is how to pull it off because I really didn't have any clue?"

"I can answer that" Karen replied stepping forward.

"We just planned this when you and Lucas were out or after hours here"

"Well it's great thank you for all your hard work just for me"

"It was a pleasure we love you Rory" all three respond.

At that moment, Brooke decided to break up the somber mood that had engulfed them all.

"It's a baby shower lets have some fun"

The whole group laughed at Brooke's enthusiasm and the group decided to have some fun.

A few hours later the party was winding down all and all Rory thought that they might need a U-Haul for all the gifts she had received. The list of gifts consisted of everything she would need including baby bibs, blankets, a double stroller, and car seats and so much more. All in pink, blue, yellow, and green since no one but Lucas and Rory knew the sexes of the babies.

As the last guest was leaving, Lucas took his attention away from the conversation he was having with his mother and looked at Rory he noticed how happy and exhausted she looked at the same time. Therefore, we said goodbye to his mother and headed over to where Rory was standing and put his hand on her waist. She turned at his touch and looked him in the eye.

"You ready to go sweetheart?"

"Yeah handsome I am"

"Okay well that let's go everybody knows were ready to leave"

Rory gave him a small smile as they walked out of the café into the cool night air. Rory was snuggling into Lucas is arms and was so glad that she had him in her life because she knew she truly could have never made it through the last few months without him.

"Lucas thank you that was exactly what I needed"

"I'm glad you enjoyed it baby. I'm just so glad to see your smile once again for a while I was really worried about you"

"I know you were and I'm sorry about the way I was acting. For a while there it fell after everything and everyone was on fast forward and I was on pause stack in all the pain and grief I was dealing with"

Lucas was shocked that was how she was feeling because he had thought that she had dealt with these issues but he realized how ridiculous that was because Rory had lost so much in a short period.

"Sweetheart why didn't you come to my mom, me, or the girls?"

"Lucas I felt as if I was in a glass box with no means of escape."

"Oh Rory you are not alone everyone is here for you"

"I know that now but at the time I just didn't know how to ask for help"

Rory felt that the confession she had just made lifted a weight off her chest and the two teens drove home in a comfortable silence.