Chapter 12

Colin POV

I couldn't believe it. Rory had just told me that I was going to be a father. This was life changing. I almost passed out. I was having a hard time wrapping my head around what was happening. I mean talk about a surprise. I had so many thoughts going through my head. "Col? You okay over there?" I heard Rory ask me, pulling me out of my thoughts.

I looked over at her and I noticed that there was something different about her. She looked happy. "Yeah. Well I think so at least." I stood up and walked over to the bar poured myself a glass of scotch. I took a drink. "How far along?" I asked her.

Rory turned around and looked at me. "6 weeks. Heartbeats strong. Doctor says that everything looks good." Rory told me.

I nodded and downed the rest of my drink.

Finn POV

I was in Hartford visiting Steph because it would be a while before she'd be able to come back out to Boston. I'd hired her as the interior designer for the new hotel that my company was building in Boston. The last time that Steph had been in Boston, we'd talked about themes for the hotel and had settled on the theme and color schemes.

Tonight we were getting together with Colin and Rory. Colin had called not long ago and said that he and Rory had an announcement. I had a feeling that Steph already knew but that Colin just didn't know that she knew. When Steph and I got to the restaurant, I noticed that Logan and Odette had flown in. "Hey Man. You guys flew in for this big announcement?" I asked Logan.

Logan nodded, taking a drink of his scotch. "Well Odette did. I was Hartford. Mom's sick and Dad couldn't get away from his trip in Germany." Logan said.

"Hmpf." I heard Steph mumble under her breath.

Logan looked at the way that Steph and I were sitting next to each other. "You two look cozy." Logan said.

Steph glared at him. "Back off. We're all adults. We're not in college anymore… but yes… Finn and I are together." Steph said.

Logan was about to open his mouth to say something, when we all turned and looked to see Colin and Rory approaching the table. I couldn't put my finger on it but there was something different about Rory. And Colin… well Colin seemed really nervous. "Dude… are you okay?" I asked him as they sat down at the table. Colin didn't say anything he just nodded.

"Thanks for coming out with us tonight." Rory said.

Logan and I both nodded. "Sure thing. It's been a while since we've all been out together." Odette said.

Rory smiled and nodded. "Yeah it has." She said. Something was off. "So… do we want to order first or do you guys just want the good news?"

Something was definitely off. "Just tell us… whatever it is… you know that you have our support." I said.

Rory POV

"I'm pregnant." I said. I sat there and looked around the table at our friends and tried to judge their reactions.

"Rory, that's amazing. Congratulations." Odette said.

"Yeah Ror, Congrats." Logan said. It was almost as if I could hear the disappoint in his voice. Granted, we'd both moved on… I could see it in his face and hear it in his voice that he wished that I was having his baby.

"Thanks." I said. I turned to Finn.

He looked right at me. "Your happy?" He asked and I nodded. "Then I will be proud to be Uncle Finn." I gave him a smile.

"Thanks. I know that it's a shock and it's definitely not something that we had planned but it'll be great." I said.

"Absolutely." Steph added. I knew that with our friends by our side everything was going to be okay.

Once Colin had gotten over the shock of the pregnancy he was actually pretty excited about it. It was a pretty rough pregnancy. I had morning sickness for majority of the pregnancy. Colin and I had planned to go to New York for our anniversary but we had to cancel our trip because I was so sick. He was so worried about me that he took me to the ER. Turns out I was going into pre-term labor. He called Mom and Steph to come up there. I told him that he'd better call Logan and Odette to since their flight was 18 hours plus the wait time at the airport. Not only was I going into Pre-term labor but I was also severely dehydrated. The doctors ended up having to do an emergency C-section because the baby's heart rate started dropping. From what I was told they even had to put me under anesthesia because I started panicking. When I came to Colin was sitting in a chair beside my bed. "Colin?" I said, hoarse.

He sat up and kissed my forehead. "Thank god." He said. What? Had something happened?

"What's wrong? Is the baby okay?" I asked.

"Yeah. Both you and the baby are fine. I mean she's a little premature but they said that except for being really small, she seems perfectly healthy." Colin said.

"Really?" He nodded. "What happened? I remember them taking me for the C-section and then nothing."

Colin sat back down and held my hand. "They said that the baby's heart dropped more once they got you into the OR, and you started to panic so they gave you some anesthesia to calm you down." Colin told me and I nodded.

The next day, we invited our friends and family up to the hospital. Everyone told me that they'd been worried about me but they were glad that both me and the baby were okay. We told everyone that even though the baby had to stay in the NICU for a while we wanted everyone to know her name. "We finally decided on a name. Her name is…. Lorelai Emily Gilmore-McCrae IV."

Who would have thought that with everything that Logan and I had been through over the years that it would have led to this. I loved Logan for a long time, but that night at my apartment in Brooklyn when Colin told that I deserved to be with someone that would put me first, it changed my life. Colin changed my life. He helped me see that I was better that I was giving myself credit for. Colin and I were married for 30 years and had two beautiful daughters and a son. Our oldest, Lorelai Emily (we nicknamed her Leah) went on to become a doctor. She married her college sweetheart Liam who's also a doctor. Our youngest daughter Marissa, decided to follow her own path (too much time with Uncle Finn) and she opened her own bar in New York. Our only son, Matt… well I guess that there was always gonna be that Gilmore blood running through him… he got his high school girlfriend pregnant when they were sixteen. We suggested that they get married. They agreed as long as they could live with us.

THE END.

A/N: Big thanks to everyone that has followed this story since the beginning. I have loved every minute of it but sometimes stories don't flow the way that you want them too. I hate that I brought this one to such a rapid end.