Disclaimer: I do not own the wonderful if sometime insane characters of Gilmore Girls. That is why it is called fan fiction. The storey does change a bit from the main plot.

The Shock

Rory was sitting on the steps of Yale. She was so scared. She didn't know how she was going to go home. Her mom was going to kill her and she wasn't even going to think about what her grandparents were going to say. They were giving her money to go there.

"Hey Rory! Is something wrong?" asked Paris, Rory's dorm roommate, as she came out of the school doors.

"No! Why does it look like something is wrong?" asked Rory lying.

"Yeah." said Paris sounding worried.

"Well there isn't anything!" said Rory defensively walking away towards the dorm.

"Rory! Wait!" said Paris running after her.

"I just want to be alone." called Rory picking up some speed.

When Rory got to their dorm room she put her book bag on the couch grabbed her cell phone from her purse and headed to the bathroom. She sat on the floor leaning against the bathtub crying and trying to figure out what to say to her mother. When she finally got the courage to call the answering machine picked up.

"Hey! This is Lorelai and Luke's. Rory is at Yale so call her at the dorm. Sorry we missed you. Please leave a message after the beep."

Just before the beep she heard her mom holler at her boyfriend Luke to make a pot of coffee. She smiled to herself. Rory hung up for this wasn't the kind of thing to leave on an answering machine. Now who am I going to call? She wondered. She decided that she would go to sleep and hopefully this was all a dream. After Paris had that weird meeting with Rory she decided that she'd better call Lorelai so that she could talk to Rory. Paris called the Dragonfly where Lorelai worked and Michel the desk clerk answered.

"This is the Dragonfly. How may I help you?" answered Michel in his usual annoyed voice.

"Michel this is a friend of Rory's. Is Lorelai there?" she asked sounding serious and important.

"Yes hang on one tiny moment." he said before putting Paris on hold.

"Hello! This is Lorelai." said Lorelai nervous that a friend of Rory's would be calling.

"Lorelai this is Paris. From Yale. I was calling to let you know that something is wrong with Rory. She…

"Oh my gosh! Is she okay? She's not in the hospital is she? Please tell me she is okay!" asked Lorelai interrupting with her maternal instincts.

"Lorelai take a breath. I don't think it is that bad. I think something is wrong emotionally. When school got over today she was sitting on the steps and when I asked her what was wrong she just got all nervous and ran away." said Paris mostly in one breath trying to finish before she got interrupted again.

"Well today is Thursday right so she should be coming home tomorrow so I can talk to her then but thanks for the call." said Lorelai relived that it wasn't as bad as she had imagined.

"Well I have to go study so I will check on her then. So I guess I will talk to you later?" said Paris heading toward the parking lot.

"Talk to you later." said Lorelai and they both hung up.

When school got out the next day, Rory went to her dorm to pack because she went back to Stars Hallow on the weekends and stayed with her mom and Luke. When she pulled in the drive way Lorelai was sitting on the porch waiting for her. Rory grabbed her bags and went up towards the porch.

"Hey Rory! What's happened this week?" asked her mom giving her that I know your hiding something look.

"Stuff." said Rory knowing that she couldn't lie to her mother.

"Well why you don't drop your things off inside and we get some coffee to go at Luke's and go sit in the gazebo and you can tell me more about this stuff." asked Lorelai already walking off the porch.

"Sure!" said Rory trying to sound cheerful.

They made small talk as they walked to the diner about school and how Emily, Lorelai's mom had hired three maids that week. When they sat on the gazebo benches Lorelai got straight to the point.

"Hey I know something is wrong. Paris called yesterday and said you were all upset and today you seem depressed. Tell mommy what's wrong." said Lorelai never to embarrassed to get that straight forward.

"Well I was planning on telling you someday. I guess you can find out now." Rory sighed deeply and began to cry.

"Oh baby it can't be that bad. Just tell me." Lorelai said hugging Rory now feeling ashamed for asking to soon.

"I'm… preg…nant…!" said Rory between sobs.

"Can you repeat that I thought you said you were pregnant?" Lorelai said laughing for she thought this was a joke.

Rory looked up to her more tears spilling from her eyes on to Lorelai's Hello Kitty t-shirt

"Oh honey who did this to you?" asked Lorelai now getting emotional herself.

"Mom." Rory groaned still crying hard.

"Please tell me you know who the father is!" said Lorelai getting a little unsettled.

"Your… not… gon…na like…it…" said Rory crying harder.

"Your right I don't like it now but I want to know." said Lorelai her motherly ways of wanting to kill him were flashing in her mind.

"Its Jess." said Rory trying to stop for people were starting to stare.

"Jess! You mean Jess Marino! Luke's nephew Jess?" asked Lorelai knowing Jess was her boyfriend's nephew.

"Yes its Luke's Jess! I'm so sorry mom it just happened." said Rory

"Don't worry we can talk about this at the house people are starting to stare. Let's go back and you can get a shower then we can finish." said Lorelai knowing what it was like for her 21 year old daughter for she had her at 16.

While Rory was taking a shower Lorelai put tater tots in the oven and pop-tarts in the toaster. After they were done cooking she put them in a bowl and went to sit down on the couch as she waited for her daughter. When Rory came down she sat on the couch grabbing a hand full of tater tots and stuffing them in her mouth buying her some time. Lorelai looked at her daughter before doing the same.

"So?" said Lorelai

"So?" said Rory

"Tell me more about why it happened." said Lorelai getting anxious.

"Well this happened about two months ago. Jess came to Yale…

"Wait a minute. Jess came to Yale? I thought you broke up about a year ago when he moved to New York?" said Lorelai sounding confused.

"Well I was getting to that." said Rory.

"Oh yeah sorry. Continue." said Lorelai.

"Okay as I was trying to say Jess had a week off work so he decided to come and tell me that he had written a book and that he got it published. He also wanted to give me a copy since you know we are both bookworms. Anyway we started talking and we decided to go to dinner. You know as good friends. Well we started talking and we couldn't even remember why we had broken up. He walked me home and well you know the rest."

"Thanks for sparing me. Have you told Jess?" asked Lorelai.

"No. I don't know how to tell him. I think it would be better if I told him in person. Maybe I could drive to New York tomorrow since it is Saturday he should be off. That way if he needs to just talk we don't have to rush." said Rory getting butterflies just thinking about it.

"Well its 9:48 so you'd better go to bed you have a 3-4 hour drive there and back." said Lorelai picking up their empty plates.

"Well if you don't care I will stay a hotel. Who knows when we will be done talking? It just depends I'll call you on my cell and let you know." said Rory grabbing the towel she had drying her hair.

"Okay. She you later mama." said Lorelai giving her daughter a kiss on the forehead.

"I don't think I will ever get used to that." Rory said heading up stairs.

"Hey mom?" hollered Rory from the stair case.

"Yes hun?" asked Lorelai coming back to the living room.

"Don't tell anyone. Not even Luke. By the way where is he?" asked Rory.

"He is closing tonight. And don't worry I won't tell anyone. If I don't see you before you leave good luck." said Lorelai feeling nervous herself for Rory recalling when she told Christopher that she was pregnant.

"Thanks. I'll need it. And mom?" said Rory

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for everything." said Rory walking down the stairs giving her mom a hug.

"Anything for you dear." Lorelai said giving her one more hug and sending her off to bed.