Victoria Hayden Gilmore

Chapter Four

Just a little authors note. I read my reviews. I even take suggestions from my reader. laci1949 suggested she would like to hear the dialogue between the three girls and how they can come to the conclusion that Finn could help. So Thanks laci1949. I removed the last line of Chapter 3. Please review. I do like knowing you are reading. Here Goes.

Chapter 4 Continue of Flashback/Prologue

Lane and Paris both arrived at the same time. Rory opened the door for them. Lane could tell by the look on Rory's face something was wrong. Although they are the same age, Lane has twin boys. She went into 'mom-mode'.

"Rory!" Lane said, grabbing Rory's hands. "What's wrong?" Rory didn't answer. One reason was because Paris was talking non-stop. The other reason, she was not sure what to say.

"-----babies to bed. The only night I have at home. I'm on call, so you better talk quickly before I am called to the hospital. Got 2 ready any time now......." Paris stopped talking when she got to the drink cart and realized Rory nor Lane was following her out of the foyer. "Gilmore!" Paris yelled as she walked back toward the foyer.

Rory was full on sobbing and Lane was trying to calm her down when Paris got back to the foyer. They moved Rory to the sofa, Paris went to get her a drink to calm her down.

"Rory, breathe in, breathe out." Lane told her. She was still holding both hands.

Paris handed her a drink as she sat next to her friend. Paris was now worried. Rory was pale and looked like she was about to throw up. Rory took the glass Paris gave her. When she went to put it to her lips, she smelled the alcohol. Rory's eyes got big, she put the glass down, yelling as she got up "I CAN'T DRINK THAT" and ran to the downstairs bathroom to throw up.

Lane jumped up to follow, but stopped, turned and looked at Paris as it hit her as to what the problem was. Paris had a grin on her face. The kind of grin that said 'I know what's wrong'.

"Paris?" Lane said.

"Yeah, She's pregnant!" Paris said. Lane nodded her head. She went to the bathroom to check on Rory. "Yeah, she's pregnant," Paris said, mainly to herself "Stupid trust fund brat, and he's married.

When Rory and Lane returned, Paris was relaxing on the sofa with a glass of wine.

"I thought you were on call?" Lane said.

Paris nodded. "I am, but I called Janet. She's going to cover. I'm sure I will be needed here tonight."

Rory confirmed Logan is the father. Lane paced and yelled. Some of the things she said. 'He;s married.' 'He's an ocean away.' 'just put the baby on a plane.' 'here go see daddy.'

While she was pacing and yelling, Paris to the glass she had originally given Rory and stopped Lane long enough to give it to her. She drank it down in one gulp. Rory drank from the bottle of water Paris gave her. She was calmed down and quite amused at Lane's rant. She expected that from Paris, but not Lane.

Lane sat down in the rocking chair. She was exhausted. Ranting takes a lot out of a person.

"Now that everyone is sitting down," Paris began, "Correct me if I get something wrong: you are pregnant." Rory nodded. "It's Logan's," she nodded again. "You haven't told him," she continued to nod. "You want us to help you figure out what to do?" Rory sighed and nodded.

The friends sat there. No one was speaking. Each was in their own little world. Lane was thinking it wouldn't be so bad to have a baby around. Her boys are 10 years old. Maybe this will help Rory to settle down. Stop all the roaming around the globe. Lorelai will be .......thrilled at the thought of a baby, not so thrilled about how it came about. Lane sighed.

Paris on the other hand was coming up with a plan. She pulled an app up on her phone. "Rory, when was your last period?" she asked.

Rory blinked, then looked at Paris. "I'm not sure. You know my periods are erratic. I can tell you when I conceived. It was the week of my birthday. October the 8th." She said with a smile. Yes she had fond memories of that night. At least the child was made with love.

"Okay! Here's the plan." Paris said. "Wait, you are keeping it? You are telling Logan?"

"Yes", Rory said. "That's why I called. I need help figuring out how to go about this." She put her hand on her stomach. "I don't want to turn his world upside down. I don't want to ship my child across the ocean to see Logan. I don't want Logan to be in and out of this child's life. I don't want my child to be targeted by reporters as Logan Huntzburger's love child." Lane could see the tears in her eyes.

"So you need a plan in place before you tell him?" Lane asked. Rory nodded. "Is he going to be okay with no knowing his child?"

Rory shrugged. "Probably not, but right now, He will have to be"

"He has to be." Paris said. "You and Finn are still close? He will be an uncle, you could introduce Logan as an Uncle also."

"Yeah, Colin too," Lane injected.

Rory shook her head. "Logan and I will figure that part out. Let's hear Paris' plan."

"Today is November 27th. That makes you 5-6 weeks pregnant. I will have to do a soniagram to be sure." Paris said. Rory and Lane were just listening.

"You should wait until you are out of your first trimester before you tell anyone else. At your age, you have a 12% chance of loss....." Rory made a noise and Paris looked up. "No, No, I just don't want you to have to explain to everyone. I am just telling you like I would tell one of my patients."

Lane stood up again, but Rory pulled her arm for her to sit down. "Paris," Rory said, I can see the wheels turning. Continue.

"You came to me in January because you wanted to have a baby." Paris started. Rory had a questionable look on her face. "This baby is a Donor insemination baby. We will come up with a description and make a profile. You can tell everyone this is your second try. It makes it seem more real."

Rory and Lane both nodded their heads. They were listening, trying to wrap their heads around what Paris was saying. They continued to discuss the particles. Somewhere around midnight it was decided Rory would be at Paris' office first thing in the morning to confirm.

It will be Wednesday before all three girls will be able to get together. Rory will call Finn and ask him to lunch for Wednesday. They will meet at Rory's