A/N: I hate this chapter. However, if I look at it any more my brain will explode and I have white couches so that would just make a mess. I do hope you like it. Thank you for the reviews, you're all great.

No naming the child after inanimate objects!

"Ok." Luke nodded and grabbed the diaper bag from the living room, and they all headed towards the diner. When they reached the town square, Rory looked at them.

"I'll meet you there later."

"You want me to come with you?" Jess asked, kissing her temple softly.

"I'll be fine. Go help Luke, I'll come to the diner when we're done."

"Ok." Rory placed a quick kiss on his lips, then started walking towards Lane's house. As soon as she reached it, she rang the doorbell, waiting impatiently for her best friend to open the door.

"Come in!" She heard Lane's voice from inside and opened the door.

"Lane?"

"Rory!" The young woman appeared from the bedroom, holding a couple of CDs. "Sorry, I was trying to organize the mess the boys made." She hugged her friend quickly. "Did I know you were coming?"

"Nope. Where are the boys?"

"Zach took them to the park to give me a chance to clean."

"Aw, nice."

"Yeah, well, I would have preferred it the other way around but last time he messed my CDs so badly, it took me a week to fix everything. I swear, he just does it to annoy me. Everything is on his computer already but can he just leave my CDs alone? No, sir, he can't!" The young woman ranted, then took a deep breath, looking at her friend. "Sorry. Coffee? Tea? Anything?"

"No, thanks. I have news." Rory grinned.

"Good news?"

"Really good news."

"Don't tell me! Let me guess…" Lane was quiet for a few seconds, then looked back at Rory. "Oh, my God, Jess proposed! You're getting married, aren't you?" She looked at Rory's left hand quickly. "No ring, though but maybe it was a spur-of-the-moment thing. Was it? Was it really cute and awesome and romantic and…"

"Lane!" Rory interjecting, stopping her friend's rambling. "I'm not engaged." She replied, a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Sorry." She looked at Rory.

"It's ok. It's equally exciting."

"What's as exciting as being engaged…unless…? You're not…?"

"Yeah, I am."

"We're talking about the same thing here, right?" Lane tried to make sure.

"I think so. I'm pregnant." She announced again and Lane squealed excitedly, hugging her.

"I'm so happy for you! This is awesome!"

"Yeah, I think so too."

"I want to hear everything about this!" She pointed to the couch. "Let's sit down and you can tell me all about it. When did you find out?" She asked as they both sat down.

"Last night."

"And you're happy about it?"

"Over the moon. I mean, it's not like we planned it or anything but I want kids and this is a good time for this to happen. Certainly better than 4 years ago, when I was still traipsing around the country."

"How does Jess feel about it?"

"He's excited. It's still really new for both of us and we haven't figured anything out yet, but it's all good. He wants to come to the doctor with me and everything."

"That's nice."

"Yeah, it is. He's amazing." She gushed, smiling happily. "He went out this morning and bought me decaf. And is drinking it with me."

"Aw, now that is really sweet."

"The only bad thing about this is that now your mother will hate me."

"Hey, she's finally turning around and starting to like your mother. And it's not like you can be a bad influence on me now!" Lane laughed.

"She really thought I was going to be a bad influence on you?"

"You never went to church. And if she doesn't hate you after living in sin with your boyfriend for years, I doubt this will change that much." She grinned.

"Fair enough, I guess."

"Oh, my God, this is so great!" Lane squealed again, making Rory laugh.

"Everyone is in agreement over that point."

"When are you seeing your doctor? Are you going to find out the sex or make it a surprise? Have you thought of names?" She shot quickly, making Rory laugh again.

"Ok, Lane, last night! Nothing has been decided yet. And we definitely haven't picked any names."

"I'm sorry, I'm just excited. I think I still have some of the boys' things from when they were babies, if you'd like them."

"Anything will help. But don't go dusting anything off yet, we have to move first."

"You're moving? Why?" She asked the same question that Lorelai had asked earlier that morning.

"Our place is too small for a baby. That was decided even before we found out. I mean definitely found out, back when it was still in the suspicion stage."

"How did you find out?"

Rory recounted quickly the events of the previous night.

"How does that thought not cross your mind? I mean everyone else, I can get…but you?"

"I don't know. I think I never thought it could happen. But…I'm happy it has."

Lane hugged her again, smiling happy.

"Coming from the mother of two surprise babies, I know how you feel. Just don't name the child after any inanimate objects!" She laughed, remembering the conversation they had had many years before.

"Damn it, and here I thought Spoon would be a good name."

"Not Fork?"

"Nope. I am willing to offer a compromise and go for Spork, though. Mom keeps calling it Bono or Belinda."

"And Jess is?"

"Working very hard on not killing her. I suppose I'll have to show the same restraint when he tries to convince me to name it Ernest."

"Ernest?"

"Hemingway."

"You're still fighting over that? I still remember the first time you came to me in high school, ranting over how boring and annoying that man was and why did you ever agree to read his book and Jess was so going to pay!"

Smiling at the memory of long ago, Rory nodded. "Well, Jess is stubborn."

"Ever considered a truce?"

"Never!" Rory laughed, playing with her hair. "Anyway, I think I should go. Mom and Jess are waiting for me at the diner and you have to finish your cleaning."

"It's inevitable, I assume. Not that it's going to last for more than 5 minutes."

"The kids get in your CDs that often?"

"Zach does."

"Ah." She nodded, smiling.

"He's a good man, but never seems to grasp the concept of putting things back in their place. And that I get to determine the proper place and he gets no vote."

"See, me and Jess have the Hemingway debate, you have the CD one. Keeps life fun."

"That's because they're idiots that don't want to admit they're wrong."

"I couldn't agree with you more." She replied, standing up and Lane followed. Walking to the door, Rory looked at her friend. "Can I ask you for a favor?"

"Anything."

"Can you keep this a secret? I mean obviously, tell Zach if you want but not anyone else. I know it's silly to even ask but…"

"My lips are sealed."

"Thanks, Lane."

Lane hugged her again, before she opened the front door. "If you need anything? Even if it's just someone to vent to?"

"I'll call. Come visit."

"You better."

"Cars go the other way as well."

Ever since Lane had learned to drive, she had come for the occasional visit. "Don't worry, you're not escaping multiple visits. And give us a call when you move, I'll drag Zach to help."

"Thanks."

"Anytime." She hugged her one last time. "Congratulations!"

"Thank you, Lane."

"Congratulate Jess for me as well, ok?"

"Will do."

"Good. Now go before he kills himself out of boredom."

"He has a book, I'm not worried. And he is supposed to be helping Luke."

"I'll see you soon."

"Definitely." She waved as she started walking towards the diner. Walking in, she found Jess running around, taking orders. When he spotted her, he finished the order he was taking and walked to her, wrapping his arm around her waist and kissing her cheek.

"How was it?" He whispered.

"All good. She sends her congratulations. And we got one more offer of help for when we move, as well as any things she might still have for it." She tried to be as vague as possible.

"That's nice of her."

"Well, she's a nice person."

"Your mother's upstairs, changing the baby. She said she'll be back soon."

"And here she is." Rory smiled, spotting her mother walking from behind the curtain to the old apartment.

"You're finally back! I have someone to talk to!"

"I wasn't gone for that long."

"Well, it seemed longer." Lorelai shot Jess a look, sitting at a table and Rory took one of the chairs next to her. Walking to their table, Jess pulled out the pad again.

"Since you haven't eaten in almost 4 hours, I'm going to assume it's time for lunch."

The two nodded enthusiastically. "Burger, fries, coffee and pie." Lorelai announced and Rory nodded again. "Same. Only…" She smiled at him and he smiled back.

"I know." He replied before heading back to the kitchen, dropping the order then picking two mugs and filling them on the back counter, trying to hide it as well as he could from the inquiring eyes of the other diner patrons. Dropping them on the girls' table, he looked around.

"Food will be done in a bit. Call if you need something."

"Don't worry, we can manage." Rory smiled, squeezing his hand quickly.

"So, how is Lane?"

After they finished lunch, Rory looked at her mother.

"Sookie's at the inn?"

"Yep. We have this massive convention staying there and they need to be fed."

"Ok. I'll go tell Jess and then we can go."

"Fine."

Standing up, Rory took Jess' hand and dragged him behind the curtain.

"What?" He asked, putting his hand on her waist.

"Me and mom are going to go by the inn and tell Sookie." She kissed him softly, a smile on her lips. "You'll be ok here?"

"Is that your subtle way of asking that I be nice to people?"

"Yes." She kissed him again, laughing as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I'll try. Good enough?"

"Yes."

Pulling her close to him, he placed a trail of kisses on her cheek. "Call if you need anything, ok?"

"Don't throw things at Kirk." She kissed him again.

"You're no fun." He fake pouted and she smiled, running a hand through his hair.

"If you're good, I'll let you stay up late tonight watching TV."

"This kid will have no chance to misbehave with you around, will it?" He smirked, running his knuckles over her stomach.

"I'm sure you'll teach it some tricks."

"I am going to choose not to answer that comment." He smirked, kissing her cheek.

"What have I gotten myself into?" She shook her head, smiling as she kissed him one more time. "I'll be back in a couple of hours."

"Ok." Walking back in the dining area, they found Lorelai sitting on a barstool, talking to Luke and holding Will in her arms, trying to stop him from throwing the sugar packets.

"I'm ready to go."

"Ok."

Luke extended his arms and picked up their son, holding him tightly. "You should have some time to yourselves." He smiled at the two women and Lorelai stood up, leaning over the counter and kissing his cheek.

"I love you." Kissing the toddler's head, she smiled. "And you. Be nice to daddy, ok?" He made a few happy noises and Lorelai grabbed her purse, looking at her daughter.

"Ok, let's go before he changes his mind!"

Laughing, Rory squeezed Jess' hand one more time before the girls headed out the door and back towards the house to get the car. They chatted about small things until they were in the safety of the car, where none of the townies could hear them. Starting the engine, Lorelai looked at her daughter.

"I finally have you alone!"

In the meantime, back at the diner, Luke looked at the almost empty place, except for Kirk who sitting at a table by the window and Jess who was reading on a barstool.

"Caesar, we're going upstairs!" He announced, still holding his son.

"No, Luke, you can't do this! You cannot leave me here all by myself! I can't run around, taking orders and watch the food! Do you want the diner to burn down?" The man called back from the kitchen.

"Caesar, come out here."

Stepping outside and looking at the empty room, the man sighed. "Oh."

"Yeah. We'll be up, yell if you're suddenly overwhelmed by customers or something." Walking to his nephew, he looked at him. "Coming?"

Jess put his book down, knowing full well that it was less of a question and more or an order.

"Yeah, sure." He sighed, getting himself ready for the talk that was about to follow.