Author Note: I was originally going to plan an AR where I changed the events of Rory's graduation party where she would say yes to Logan, but then I realized there were multiple other things that I would personally change about that last season. Some things I am keeping the same, but others are completely changed. Also, I'm sorry if you are a Luke-Lorelai fan but this isn't going to have them as the Lorelai couple since I have to warn you I'm a Christopher-Lorelai fan.

This chapter is pretty short, I'm hoping to make longer ones starting with the next one.

The Tougher Life Choices

Chapter One – Unexpected Arrival

Rory was about to enter her last year at Yale and her eyes kept drifting to that rocket that her boyfriend had bought for her. She kept repeating to herself that the rocket was symbolic of the fact that a man was willing to wait, alone and in space, for many many years just because of his love for a woman.

Most obviously, Logan had sent it to her as a symbol that he loved her.

However, Rory was wondering whether he would love her if he found out just what she was holding. In her shaking hands was a positive pregnancy test. She wouldn't know how to explain this to him were he to ask. She didn't even know how to explain this to her mother but as the sun rose she knew that she had to. Despite her now realizing how hard her life was going to become, she felt a small brush of excitement throughout her body.

She was going to have Logan's baby, their child.

It was terrifying in a way. She would have to finish the last year of her college life pregnant, she didn't even know how to ask for some more time off. Darn her younger self for deciding impulsively to steal a boat. That wasn't the kind of thing that a future mother would do.

Surprisingly, the young woman who hadn't been able to sleep that previous night, heard the sound of her mother getting up at a time that would usually be horrifying to Lorelai Gilmore. Getting up off the bed and brushing herself off, Rory decided to get this over with as quick as possible. Lorelai was usually supportive of her, why not now?

"Mom," she asked as she entered the kitchen and caught her exhausted mother looking at her. The fact that she had slept with Christopher was still news that she hadn't shared with her daughter. "There's something important that I need to tell you. It's scaring me and I could really use your support."

"Sure thing," Lorelai said as she approached Rory and found her to be shaking. "Aww, kid, what's wrong?"

"I'm not really a kid anymore," Rory said as she held up the stick and saw her mother's eyes widen as she stood there speechless. Rory didn't blame her. When she had bought the test, she had been speechless as well. Fortunately, she had purchased it in New Haven. If she had purchased it in Stars Hollow then the entire town would be talking about it before she even knew the results. "Mom, I'm pregnant," she choked out.

Lorelai walked forwards and removed the test from her daughter's hands. "So that's what this thing is used for," she tried to joke before nodding. "Wow, yeah, I'd say that's accurate but you still need to get a doctor's opinion. You want me to take you today?" she asked and Rory shook her head.

"Mom, it's fine. I can schedule an appointment myself, but I don't know how to tell him," Rory admitted. "He's all the way in London and I don't want to distract him from his work. I don't want him worrying about me."

Lorelai inhaled deeply as she looked at her daughter who was soon to become a woman. "So, I take it that you're keeping the child?" She watched as Rory nodded, her eyes concentrating on the ground. "Well, then, honey, you do understand that at some point you will have to tell him that he's going to be a dad. You want him to take some responsibility. That time doesn't have to be today though."

"I think if I did a pros-cons list about just how to tell him," Rory mused before shaking her head. "Mom, if you were Logan, how would you want to be told?"

Lorelai thought for a moment, "If I give you an answer that you don't like, don't blame me," she shrugged. "Honestly, if I were Logan, I would want to be told as early on as possible in a clear and honest way. Do you think you'd want to marry him?"

Rory sighed, "Someday. Although I love him and I do really love him, I'm focused on my career. I can't become the daughter that Sheira Huntzberger wants me to be, but if Logan is fine with me pursuing a career then I feel that the baby gives me a reason to be engaged to him."

Lorelai reached out and placed a hand on both of her daughter's shoulders. "Listen to me, Rory. Take it from my experience, a baby should never be a reason to get married or even engaged to somebody. I was given that choice from Chris. Even though I feel that I would have pushed him into a life that he didn't want, I think I was just making an excuse so I wasn't stuck with a life that I didn't want. I am happy with our lives. I am happy to have you as my daughter, but…if you don't want to get engaged to Logan then you don't have to, even with a baby."

Rory nodded but a smile couldn't stay off his face. "I know that and I know that you're an amazing mother, but it wouldn't just be for the baby. I love Logan and if he is okay with me following my career as well, I'd want to marry him in a few years. If I was to get engaged to him then it doesn't mean I have to get married to him right away."

"Oh," Lorelai laughed, "Are you forgetting how much we hated The Five Year Engagement?" she asked her daughter as Rory grinned back.

"If I stop loving him, you can bet that I wouldn't be there for five years. He might not even want to get engaged," Rory shrugged. "I think I'll spend today thinking of the best way to tell him. I also need to make sure to get a clock for London time. I don't want to wake him up in the middle of the night and drop this news on him."

"Very considerate," Lorelai nodded. She laughed and pulled Rory into a hug. "I do not feel old enough to be a grandmother."