Author: Meagan Musick

Title: Change in the Life of Gilmore

Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls nor do I own the characters.

Rory's POV (Three weeks later)

I walked through the familiar hallways of the hospital I had been visiting frequently over the past few weeks. This time though, when I neared the door, I could hear a buzz of noise coming from her room. I peeked inside to see a crowd of nurses and doctors. "What's going?" I asked with fear in my voice.

They all looked back and slowly moved aside. Then I looked up into the eyes of my mother. A huge smile spread over my face. "R-rory..." Her voice was weak but wonderful at the same time.

"Oh my god mom!" I ran over to her and hugged her tightly, unsure of whether or not I should let go of her. "I missed you so much mom, you have no idea how hard this has been."

"The doctors told me I've been out for weeks."

We both looked around at the doctors surrounding us, and one doctor spoke up finally. "We're going to run some tests on you and then from there we will see next what steps to take."

I sat in that room for hours, until they told me that visiting hours were over. I slowly nodded, not wanting to leave my mom, but knew she needed her rest. "I love you mom."

She smiled at me. "I love you too babe. See you tomorrow?" I nodded and smiled back, then sadly left the hospital.

I had only filled her in on the town and certain aspects of my life, like test grades and such. I couldn't mention the fact that I had recently lost my virginity to 'Bible Boy' a.k.a king of Chilton. My mom would have freaked out on me.

I was walking over to the bus stop when I heard a car honk loudly at me. I let a small smile cover my face when I realized it was Tristan. "Hey Mary, late visit tonight?"

I nodded and climbed into his car. "My mom is awake, isn't that amazing?" I announced excitedly.

"Really? That is great news. Have the doctors said when she will be coming home?"

I shook my head. "No but they are doing some tests tomorrow and then from there we will know what to expect."

"So other than that, how have you been?"

I looked at him confused. "You see me everyday Tristan, what do you mean how have I been?"

"I don't know, it just seems like at school you give me generic answers when I'm talking to you, inquiring about your life."

I shrugged my shoulders. "I always tell you the truth. I'm just a simple conversation kind of girl."

"So back to my original question, how have you been?"

I kept my eyes on the road, not avoiding him though. "I don't know I've been alright. I'm worried about Chilton though. My grades slipped a little, not much but I can tell they are suffering a bit. And all this stress is taking a toll on my health, so I'm probably going to skip school tomorrow too."

I felt his hand on mine. "You'll pull through all of this Rory. Don't worry."

We pulled up in front of my house. "Do you want to come inside?"

He smiled and turned off his car, I took that as he was coming inside and smiled back at him. When we got inside I immediately went to the kitchen and started up a pot of coffee. "Don't you usually go to that diner for coffee?"

I nodded. "Yeah but we're already here and Luke gave me some of his coffee beans anyway so it doesn't really matter." I clutched my stomach as it turned in sickness.

"What's wrong, you look really pale."

"I haven't eaten all day and I had a lot of coffee. That's all, it's happened a few times this past week and once I eat and settle down it goes away."

He looked worried and I couldn't help but be happy that he was concerned about me. "I'll be fine Tristan, really."

"I feel weird asking this... but could you possibly be pregnant?"

I laughed at his question, yeah right. I'm Rory Gilmore, the last person to end up pregnant in high school. "No way Tristan. Besides I just had my period...." I stopped mid-sentence, realizing that I hadn't had my period since before the crash with my mom. "Oh shit I haven't had a period in a long time... but then again stress can stop your period, right? I looked back at Tristan who had worry etched on his face. "I don't think Im pregnant. You used protection so there's no way I can be."

He shook his head. "I assumed you were on the pill. You know how you're always bragging about being responsible and shit and how you weren't a Mary anymore. I just figured you would have had that stuff taken care of for yourself."

My eyes got wide and I punched him in the face. "You never just assume someone is on the pill Tristan! That's how you end up being a teen parent!"

He looked taken back that I had actually hit him, but he deserved it. "Let's just go get a pregnancy test from the store and then we will find out, okay?"

I nodded. "Alright let me get a jacket and we can head out."

We drove in silence the whole way to Hartford, we obviously couldn't buy one in Stars Hollow or everyone would know by midnight that The Rory Gilmore could be pregnant. Finally he pulled into a small convenient store parking lot and we both ran into the store, wanting to get this over with.

We searched for the right aisle and finally found the 'feminine' area. "Which ones do we buy?" He asked confused, picking up all the different boxes and brands.

I shrugged my shoulders. "How about these two different brands? I always see the commercial on t.v, something about digital and accuracy." He nodded and as we walked away he placed his hand on the small of my back.

I was so nervous I could puke. My hands were sweaty and my legs were shaking. He pulled into the driveway of my house. "I was thinking that I could just take them inside and I will call you and tell you the results...?"

Tristan slowly nodded and looked at me. "Okay, well if you decide you do need me just let me know and I will come back over."

I bit my lip, trying to fight the tears. "Thanks." I leaned in and gave him a quick peck on the lips and ran into the comfort of my home, pregnancy tests in hand.

It took a while to get the feeling of having to pee and when I did I entered the bathroom, four little sticks to pee on as well.

I filled up four little cups and dipped each individual stick into the cups. I paced back and forth in the living room, not wanting to go back into the bathroom to read the results. Finally the little timer went off, letting me know that the tests were 'seasoned' and ready to be read.

I took a deep breath and called Tristan. "Hello?" He answered, his voice immediately bringing comfort.

"Hey it's me."

"Oh hey, so did you take the tests yet?"

"I'm about to go look at them right now, I was just waiting for the timer and it went off a minute ago."

"It's going to be okay. We can get through anything Rory."

"I know." I walked into the tiny bathroom and grabbed the tests one by one. "Well we're clear, all four read negative." My hands were shaking more than ever and my voice quivered with fear.

"That's great! Well I learned my lesson I guess... oh my god was that shit scary."

"Yeah no kidding, huh? Well I'm gonna go eat some dinner and I'll talk to you at school. See ya later."

We hung up the phone and I just looked down at the tests in my hands... all four of them had said positive, but I just couldn't tell Tristan that.

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