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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Scene 1~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey Rory, how are you feeling?" Paris asked, walking into her office to see her friends waiting.
"Eh, I've been better. This morning sickness thing blows!"
"You've just gotta fake it til you make it!"
"Yeah, not gonna happen! Say that to me again and next time I have to puke, it'll be in your shoes."
"Logan, did you get that fetal monitor?"
"I did. We've been checking on my baby a couple times a day."
"What heart rate have you been seeing?"
"Right around 160."
"Excellent. We'll do an internal ultrasound today to make sure everything is ok. It's uncomfortable, but gives us better information. Did you already stop by the lab for your blood draw?"
"Yes I did. Have I told you that I hate needles?" Rory asked.
"Yeah, well, get used to it! Pregnancy is one stab after another."
"Something to look forward to."
"How is your appetite? Have you been eating?"
"I do my best."
"She is eating less than usual, but it's basically a normal person meal rather than a Gilmore meal." Logan explained.
"What about drinking? Are you staying hydrated?"
"Are you going to check my urine like Logan does?" Rory asked.
"Seriously Huntzberger? Somehow I'm not surprised, but you really do that?" Paris asked.
"I'm a doctor, that is my baby in Rory's stomach, and she's been throwing up. Yeah, I'm going to check the color to make sure she's staying hydrated."
"Will you please tell Logan that coffee has water in it?"
"Yeah, not gonna happen!" Paris told her. "I already told you that you need to cut back. You can have two cups a day. And NOT Gilmore strength."
"You know just how to make me hate you, don't you?!"
"She's drinking a couple liters of Smart Water every day, and I'm giving her juice too." Logan commented.
"Not the junk kind with all the sugar, right?"
"Paris, I have a PhD in Immunology and Genetics. Do I look like an idiot to you? Rory has two doctors all over her 24/7. I think she talks to you just as much as she talks to me, and I spend 4 days a week, and every night with her. I think Rory has better prenatal care than half of the state."
"You two realize how annoying you are, right?" Rory asked, rolling her eyes at all the bantering
"Get used to it Gilmore!" Paris told her.
"Excuse me, she's not a Gilmore anymore, remember? She hasn't been a Gilmore for weeks!"
"Rory might technically be a Huntzberger now, but she'll always be Rory Gilmore to me. How has Rory been sleeping? Is she resting enough?"
"She's been taking a couple naps a day, and slept on all of the flights."
"Good. That's good. How excited is Lorelai to finally be getting a grand baby?"
"She's like a kid in a candy store." Logan told her. "She keeps calling and texting about all this stuff that she wants to buy."
"I ordered gender testing with your blood work, by the way." Paris told them.
"Oh! Cool, so you'll call us as soon as you get the results?" Rory asked.
"Wrong! Your mom and I are planning a gender revel. Only I will know until the big reveal."
"You're mean!"
"I am, but I'm the doctor, and your best friend. I'm actually doing you a favor, you just don't know it yet."
"So when is this gender reveal?" Logan asked.
"I actually told Lorelai that I would talk to you about that. We didn't know when you were planning to tell anyone about the pregnancy, but if you wanted to go against my recommendation and do it early, your whole family will be together for Thanksgiving on Thursday. I could arrange to have everything ready by then. Or, we can wait a few more weeks until you hit 12 weeks."
"Paris, we haven't even told my grandparents, or Logan's parents. Logan's dad is at a rehab center in California."
"When is he coming home?"
"Honor is going to get him on Wednesday, and he'll go back to rehab on Sunday. Mom and Dad are going to Thanksgiving at Josh's parents' house this year."
"Were you planning to tell your parents about the baby while they are in town?"
"I don't know. We honestly haven't talked about it at all."
"My mom was saying that if we waited until Christmas to tell the family, we wouldn't have to buy anyone gifts."
"Interesting thought."
"My Dad and Gigi aren't coming to visit until Christmas, and leaving them out of a gender reveal isn't right."
"What if we did something over the weekend before Mitchum leaves? You could throw a house warming party. Invite your grandparents, dad and sisters to come visit, and we could surprise them with the baby news and the gender all at once."
"Logan is working this weekend."
"Well think about it and let either me or your mom know what you decide to do because we want to throw you a gender reveal, and I am in possession of the results."
"So in other words, you are blackmailing us."
"Maybe a little bit."
"The house isn't even ready for company Paris. We don't even have all of our furniture yet."
"What about doing something in the Hollow? Get Logan's parents a room at the Dragonfly for the weekend. We could have a party there. Or maybe at your grandparents house. We can call it a 'wedding party' since no one has gotten to celebrate yet."
"Geez you're pushy! We'll talk about it, ok? Can we please just finish up here? We have stuff to do today, and all of the arguing you two are doing is giving me a headache."
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"Hey Babe? Maybe we should tell everyone over thanksgiving." Rory suddenly blurted out as they sat in the HPG office answering emails later that morning.
"I thought you wanted to wait."
"I did. But I've been thinking about it, and with how sick I've been, we are going to be with my family for 2 days. Trying to pretend that I'm ok, and hiding the vomiting is going to be tough."
"That's a good point."
"I know that we don't have all of our furniture yet, and I know that you have to work this weekend, but maybe Paris is right. Maybe we should get everyone together. We can probably go shopping in Grandma's basement while we are there on Wednesday, and then arrange movers to bring the stuff up to us on Saturday. Mom is going to drive back with us Thursday night, and then Friday we are going Black Friday shopping while you are working. I'm sure that Mom can help us convince Dad and my grandparents to come visit when we get the movers to bring everything up from their house. So I was thinking that if we can arrange everything for Saturday, then maybe we can borrow Honor's house for a family party?"
"It sounds like you've got everything planned out in your head."
"I just think that it might be a good time. We can tell Grandma and Grandpa Wednesday, and your parents when we see them. Then we can get both families together and do the gender revel so Paris stops blackmailing us."
"What about Lane? I know you'll want to tell her too."
"We can invite Lane Zach and the twins to come up as well. And you can invite Collin, Stephanie and Finn. We don't have beds for everyone, but I know Dad and my grandparents won't mind staying at a hotel, We have a bed that Lane and Zach can sleep in, and the twins can camp out on a couch or the floor."
"What about Sookie? I know how close you are with her."
"Do you think Honor would mind Sookie Jackson and the kids staying with her? Or maybe they won't even need to stay somewhere. We are only two hours from Stars Hollow, so Lane and Sookie can stay up here if they want to, or they can drive back home. We'll leave it up to them."
"Why don't we call your mom and run all of this by her. You shouldn't be stressing out over this stuff. Let's dump it all on your Mom, Paris and Honor."
"It sounds awful when you say it like that."
"Why don't we let your Mom, Paris and Honor go into crazy party planning mode, while we sit back and enjoy Thanksgiving."
"That sounds a lot better." Rory said reaching for her phone, and dialing Lorelai's number.
"Hey Baby Momma! What's going on?" Lorelai asked, answering the phone.
"Baby Momma? Really?!"
"You don't like it?"
"Pick a new name Grandma."
"Ouch! Point taken! So what's going on?"
"I saw Paris this morning, and she apparently ordered a gender test as part of my blood work, and then proceeded to blackmail us with the results."
"Why would she do that?"
"Because she said that the two of you are planning a gender reveal, and that only she gets to know the results until the reveal party that you are planning."
"She said that?"
"Blackmail Mom!"
"I don't know why she would blackmail you like that. She called me about maybe wanting to throw you guys a party, but we never actually decided on anything."
"Logan and I have been talking about it, and we weren't planning to share the news with anyone for several more weeks. However, because I've been so sick lately, we realize that hiding the pregnancy from the rest of the family this week is going to be pretty impossible. We were thinking that maybe we will tell Grandma and Grandpa when we go over there on Wednesday. Have you by any chance talked to grandma about going shopping in her basement for stuff for my house?"
"I have. She said that next time you are in town we can go down and see if there is anything that will work for you."
"Oh awesome! That is actually completely perfect because I was thinking that we could go over early on Wednesday, and then maybe hire movers to come on Saturday, then you convince Grandma and Grandpa to come up to see the house Saturday when the stuff is delivered."
"Sure. I can definitely try that if that is what you want to do."
"And then we were thinking that maybe we could get Dad and Gigi to come too, and even invite Lane and Sookie and their families, and maybe let you and Paris throw that reveal Party at Honor's house. Logan's Dad will be here Wednesday through Sunday, so we were thinking that maybe we can get everyone together then, if you think that you can pull it off."
"I think we can probably manage that, if that is what you want to do."
"We don't have all of our furniture yet, but I'm sure that Dad, Grandma and Grandpa won't mind staying in a hotel. We have two beds so you and Luke can have one, and Lane and Zach the other and the twins can camp out on the couch or the floor. April we can find a bed for. Honor may have an extra one that we can bring over. Sookie, Jackson and the kids can stay with Honor if they'd like. Or whoever doesn't want to stay, we are only 2 hours from Stars Hollow, so they can always go back home."
"You came up with all of this after your 8am appointment with Paris?"
"You know how my mind works. I've been trying to figure out a solution that works for everyone."
"Let me get back to you about this. I'm going to call Paris and Sookie, and see what we can do, ok?
"I was thinking of maybe calling it a house warming party, in order to get everyone there, and then tell them all the news at the same time, and having it be a surprise gender reveal."
"That might be a little challenging to get Sookie to make a baby theme cake without telling her who is pregnant, but I think I can pull it off."
"I can have Honor call her and ask for a cake for a friend's party. Maybe we can trick her with that one, and have her make a house warming cake too. You know she'll jump to make a cake in the shape of a house."
"That could work. Let me talk to Paris, and I'll get back to you in a little while, ok?"
"Thank you! I'm sorry, I'm really not trying to be difficult. It's just really hard to accommodate everyone all at once."
"No, I know Honey. I get it. I've been there. I'll give you a call back when I have things figured out. Try to relax ok? I'll take care of everything."
"Thanks Mom." Rory said then disconnected the call. "My mom is working on it. She said she would call when things are figured out."
"Perfect!" Logan commented as his phone rang. "This is Logan."
"Dr. Huntzberger, it's Doctor Greenley. I was wondering if I could ask you for a favor?"
"Sure, what's going on?"
"I know that you have Mondays off, but I was wondering if you might be able to come in to cover for me today, for a couple of hours this afternoon. My daughter has a Thanksgiving performance at school that she is insisting I be at."
"I think I can manage that. What time do you need to leave?"
"Could you come in at 1:00?"
"I'll be there."
"Thanks buddy! I owe you one!"
"It's not a problem. Enjoy the performance." Logan said, then disconnected the call. "Doctor Greenley needs me to cover for him at the hospital for a couple hours this afternoon."
"What time?"
"1:00. Do you want me to have Frank take me and you can take my car home when you are done here today, or would you rather have Frank drive you?"
"I actually need a nap. I was thinking of maybe taking an early lunch break and then working from home for the rest of the day, if that's ok with you."
"It's just after 11:30 now. Why don't we head out and I'll get you settled at home, then head to the hospital."
"Will you grab my purse? I'm gonna go let Doyle know."
"Sure. I'll meet you at his office." Logan said as he finished up what he was doing and Rory left the office.
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"Hey Babe! How was work?" Rory asked getting up from where she was reading a book on the couch, when Logan walked into the kitchen that night, after working for several hours.
"Exhausting! Sorry I was gone for so long. I was only supposed to be there for a couple hours, but then things got crazy. Thanksgiving week is insane in the ER."
"Stupidity inspired accidents?"
"Some of them. You also get the domestic arguments that turn violent, the cooking accidents, the Christmas decoration injuries, the family sporting injuries, and then all the traffic accidents from all of the extra travelers."
"At least it sounds like you hear some pretty good stories."
"Last year we got a lady that fell over the banister on her stairs while trying to decorate, inflatable decorations that somehow exploded, air fryer explosions because people can't seem to follow directions, and several stove fires."
"The ER is definitely never dull."
"At least I am only on the emergency call list until Friday."
"Are you going to be able to get some time off Saturday night for the party?"
"Hopefully. Doctor Greenley owes me a favor for coming in today. What's new with you? Did your mom get everything set up?" Logan asked as he opened the fridge to find some dinner as Rory sat down on a bar stool next to the island in the middle of the kitchen.
"There's no food in there. We need to go grocery shopping."
"I'm realizing that."
"We've only been home from Europe for 24 hours, and last night we got burgers on the way home from the airport. It's only 8:00, do you want to go out?"
"We're going to have to unless you want to have something delivered. What are you feeling like?"
"Actually, a sandwich sounds really good right now."
"Jimmy Johns?"
"That sounds amazing!"
"Have you eaten at all since I left?"
"I finished off the snacks from Bobbie, then went over to Honor's house around 5 to go through her storage stuff. Josh brought some stuff over, and is going have his brother help him with the rest tomorrow morning."
"What all did you claim?"
"That chair in the corner of the living room, some stuff for downstairs, a dresser for one of the rooms upstairs, a few area rugs, lamps, and another bed set. And I might have stolen some of their dinner. They are leaving tomorrow afternoon to go pick up your dad, so their chef came in today to cook just so they wouldn't have to get groceries. The chef will be there while your parents are in town, so Honor is taking the hands off approach until your parents leave. I told her that I might have to convince Adrian to bring me over some food while you are working just so I don't get stuck in a bad situation with Shira."
"Your mom and Dad are coming back here with us Thursday night. You won't need to have Adrian smuggle you food. You'll have Luke at your beck and call."
"Oh yeah! I totally forgot about that!"
"Did your mom get everything set up for Saturday?"
"She's working on it. She said that we should be able to get a moving truck, and Grandma and Grandpa agreed to come see the house. They are actually really excited. Grandma wants to do some shopping on Sunday while they are in the city."
"Sounds about right for Emily Gilmore. Do you want your regular beach club?"
"Yes, with mustard and Jimmy peppers. Mom is still working on the party aspect but so far she got Sookie to agree to make a baby themed cake for Honor for some kind of party that she is supposedly throwing for a 'friend' and then a cool housewarming party cake for us." Rory explained. "Sookie is excited to come see the house, and mom was heading over to Lane's house when I talked to her about an hour ago. She still hasn't talked to Dad yet though."
"I'm sure everything will work out."
"Mom loves planning events. It's the one thing she inherited from Grandma. But it's funny because both of them have completely different styles, so their events are like night and day."
"I'm sure it'll be a great party."
"Me too. Honor was excited to have it at her house. Adrian is going to take care of a lot of the food, and mom got Sookie to make all of my favorites, and some soup supposedly for your dad, but really, it's for me. Mom is using your dad as a decoy to get me stuff until we share the news."
"I'm sure that Sookie and Luke are going to be all over fulfilling all your cravings for the next 7 months. You definitely won't starve with them in the family."
"Mom is freakishly excited."
"Of course she is! Who wouldn't want to have a grand baby! Food will be here in 20 minutes."
"Uh, Shira is going to freak, that's for sure! I highly doubt she wants a grand baby Or at least not from me."
"Mom wouldn't dare to act upset at the party, don't worry. I've already gone after her at a prior event. I'm pretty sure she is scarred for life. Plus, remember how she didn't say a single word to you at the hospital after Dad's heart attack? I'm pretty sure she knows better than to cross me."
"I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when you went after your mother. That had to have been pretty epic."
"It was. I was pretty drunk at the time."
"So you don't remember it then?"
"Oh no, I remember it for sure!"
***** FLASHBACK *****
"Mitchum Dear, did you see that the O'Connor family is here? They are talking to Josh's mother over in the corner." Shira said as she sauntered up next to her husband, interrupting his conversation.
"Yes Shira, I already spoke to Drake a little while ago. We are playing golf tomorrow afternoon."
"Hi, Shira is it? I'm Paris Gellar. I'm a friend of Logan's." Paris said holding her hand out and introducing herself to Logan's mother.
"Paris, it is a pleasure to meet you. How do you know Logan?"
"We are in medical school together at Columbia. We also went to Yale together."
"You are going to medical school as well? There are so many great doctors coming out of Yale these days. It's tradition for our family to go there. It's very prestigious you know. Were you and Logan friends at Yale?"
"You could say that."
"That is excellent! Yale friends are so wonderful to keep in touch with. You must have known that dreadful Gilmore girl that Logan dated. Oh, we are so glad that she is out of the picture! Of all the people Logan has been friends with over the years, she was just the worst!"
"HOW DARE YOU! Who the hell do you think you are?!" Logan angerly shouted, butting into the conversation. "You shut your mouth right this second! What the hell is wrong with you that you come here, to this party, and you start badmouthing Rory! Do you even know who you are speaking to?!"
"Logan, I've got this. I can handle her." Paris told him.
"No way! I am taking care of this crap right now! Do you even know who you are talking to, Mother?! Paris is Rory's best friend! I can't even believe you! You just run your mouth wherever you go, to anyone who will give you the time of day, not even caring who they are! For all you know, you could have been running your foul mouth to Rory's sister, or her cousin, and you wouldn't even know it. Heck, what if Paris had been Rory's boss, and you had just cost Rory her job?! What then mother?! What would you do then?"
"Uh, what's going on?" Collin asked, stepping up next to Paris, who just gestured with her hand to the scene in front of her.
"What happens when you run your disgusting mouth to the wrong person and end up getting yourself sued?! Do you think that any of us are going to have your back? Do you think that we'll defend you? You will completely bankrupt this family, and Dad will kick you to the curb and divorce you like yesterday's trash! Is that what you really want?! Do you want to go back to the farms in Iowa where you came from, be that poor girl that has nothing again?! Because I will make sure to completely ruin your life if I ever hear you say a single word about Rory, ever again! Do you understand me?! You shut your big mouth, right now, or I will decimate you! I don't even want to look at you right now. You disgust me!"
"Hey Man, you need to calm down." Finn said stepping up next to Logan and attempting to grab his arm.
"NO! I will NOT calm down! You don't walk into someone else's party, and start talking trash about other people! Especially NOT someone that half the people at this party know and love! Who the hell do you think you are?! You don't get to walk around bad mouthing people for no reason at all! Rory is our friend! We all love her! I love her! And for you to just waltz in here and start talking trash about her because you are a miserable jealous bitch, is completely uncalled for! How would you like it if I walked into your party and started calling you trailer trash?! Is that what you want?! Do you want me to tell everyone here the honest truth about who you are?! About the farms you used to work on and the trailer you grew up in?! Do you want me to tell everyone how you suckered Dad into knocking you up with Honor, because you knew that he was rich, and that his family would force him to marry your trampy self?! Is that what you want?! Do you want me to tell everyone what a self-centered piece of trash you are?! Because I would be more than happy to do it!"
"Logan!" Mitchum's voice boomed over his irate son.
"Oh shut it Dad! You know that everything I'm saying is completely true! Don't even try to defend this shit to me!"
"Logan, let's go. It's time to go." Collin said grabbing one of Logan's arms, while Finn latched onto the other one.
"You know what?! Screw you! Screw both of you! Don't ever talk to me, ever again!" Logan said as he was hauled off by his friends, with Paris right behind him.
***** END FLASHBACK *****
"You seriously said all of that to your Mother?!" Rory asked, completely shocked by the story that Logan was telling her.
"Everyone was completely shocked to hear me explode. I just couldn't hold it in anymore."
"It's no wonder Shira is afraid of you now. You called her out on everything!"
"She deserved it. I was still pretty mad at Mom and Dad at that point, for refusing to help pay for school. I just can't understand why anyone wouldn't want their kid to become a doctor. It just doesn't make any sense to me. I thought that they would have been thrilled!"
"I don't understand it either, but you definitely showed them where to shove their wrong opinions."
"Honor was upset at me for a while but she got over it pretty quickly. She kicked Mom and Dad out of the party and just told people that I was drunk and having a really bad day. I doubt anyone else even remembers anything that I said. I haven't seen any of those people since, except for Josh's parents, and Honor explained everything to them. They've never been big fans of Mom in the first place."
"How mad was your dad?"
"He was pretty pissed, but really, what could he have done? She needed to be told!"
"I can't believe that you publicly called your mother out on all of that at a party."
"I don't regret it at all, and I would do it all again if needed. You're my wife." Logan said walking around the island to stand in front of Rory, and laying a hand on her stomach. "I will never not defend you, no matter who is running their mouth. You, and our little jelly bean are the two most important people in the world to me. I would give my life for both of you, in a heartbeat! I love you, and I don't care what anyone else has to say about it."
"I love you too." Rory smiled as Logan kissed her. "Oh, babe, I need you to call Collin about Saturday."