-New Life-

Based around 'Blame Booze and Melville' and the main events that followed. Set during 'Fight Face' season 6 but with alternate endings and following storyline.

Renovations are still ongoing for Lorelai's house but she soon discovers that her pregnancy scare wasn't actually a fake alarm. And if that wasn't bad enough, she and Rory aren't on good terms yet and how does Lorelai tell her new fiancé Luke that they're bringing a new life into the world? But then again…it's a small town and small towns talk…

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Author's notes: This story does contain spoilers for the two episodes mentioned above, if there are any others I'll let you know if I'm aware. For those that are/ have read some of my other fics and are wondering why I've submitted this when there are chapters to update, I'll explain: I have not been abled computer access for about a month unfortunatly and now that I briefly have it back (I have a job now woo!) I am struggling to work out when exactly I'll be able to update all my previous fics. They will be updated asap thoguh so don't worry. In the meantime I had started this sone ince I became a Gilmore Fan recently and bought the entire show on dvd.

Having said that, this is my first ever Gilmore Girl fanfic and I've tried to make it as realistic as possible so please let me know what you think! I'm currently up to about chapter 11, so I'll update roughly once a week or fortnight. Please, your feedback is greatly needed and appriciated! Enjoy!!

Chapter One: Sickening Denial

The intruding sound of her alarm clock alerted Lorelai that it was morning, which meant work, coffee and more coffee.

'Urgh!' she complained loudly and turned off the invasive noise before dragging herself out of bed. She then paused and frowned.

'Hm' she said to herself as she wrapped her arms around her stomach a bit, feeling weird and…seasick?

'Eh, need coffee. Now' she said and grabbed something to wear.

Lorelai pressed her face against the window of Luke's Diner and glared at those that were enjoying their pancakes and coffee. Luke noticed her and went outside to see what was going on.

'Ah, what are you doing?' he asked, raising an eyebrow.

'Watching'

'How long have you been out here?' he questioned and pulled her away from the window as she replied.

'Ten minutes, an hour, three days…I can't tell' she groaned.

'You need coffee' Luke sighed.

'I do need coffee' Lorelai nodded. 'Coffee bad. Skipping breakfast, sick'

'You can't skip breakfast' he told her.

'Watch me' she stated and made her way back to her car. 'Need coffee' she fought her seasick feeling and went back over to Luke.

Luke noticed her slightly pale face and the way she seemed a bit dizzy. He wasn't going to be the one to give her already-upset-stomach coffee.

'I don't think-'

'Me either' she butted in and headed back to her car, getting in and then driving off to work.

Lorelai did her usual morning tasks and greeted guests for an hour at the Dragonfly Inn. Once the crowd died down a bit, she noticed a family was sitting in clear view of the main desk and they looked quite bored. She walked over to where Michel was flipping through a magazine and waited until he looked at her.

'What are you doing?' she snapped, not sure what came over her but she suddenly felt very mad at him. 'Those guests have been sitting there for two hours, and they're bored'

'So?' Michel asked, not sure why this should be any of his business.

'Why aren't you entertaining them?' Lorelai asked.

'It's not my job to entertain guests' Michel pointed out calmly. 'I answer the phone, check people in and sometimes even show them to their rooms when you make me…but I do not entertain guests'

'What is wrong with you?' Lorelai snapped again but then realized what she'd said and saw the shocked, slightly offended look on Michel's face.

'Sorry I… I'm just having a bad day, I didn't mean to yell at you' she sighed and rubbed her forehead. 'It's okay, carry on' Lorelai sighed again and went to find something for the bored guests to do.

Another hour went by and Lorelai knew something weird was going on with her but she knew exactly who to talk to: her best friend.

'Hey Sookie' she said as she entered the kitchen where Sookie was preparing pastries and peeling, slicing, cooking apples.

'Oh hey' Sookie smiled but hardly glanced up. 'Coffee's over there' she pointed to a counter behind her.

'Ah, no coffee for me' Lorelai said, but her own words weren't making sense to her. She hadn't had coffee all day…?

'Oh okay' Sookie nodded but hadn't really heard her.

Lorelai eyed the large bowl of apples on the counter and picked one up; they all looked so delicious.

'Ah!' Sookie snapped, making Lorelai jump. She took the apple off her and put it back in the bowl. 'They're for my famous apple and cinnamon pie'

'It's famous?' Lorelai asked, not sure if they had a famous apple and cinnamon pie at the Dragonfly Inn.

'It will be once they taste it' Sookie replied confidently and tossed some cooked, sliced apples into one of the many pastry bases. 'So Lorelai, what can I do for you?'

'Ah nothing, you're busy' Lorelai shrugged but noticed that Sookie had paused to stare at her. 'What?'

'It's 26 degrees outside'

'So?' Lorelai asked, unsure of the relevance to that statement.

'You're wearing a scarf and beanie' Sookie pointed out.

'Oh, yeah…guess I am' Lorelai realized she was wearing a pink and purple scarf, along with her least favourite dark blue beanie.

'Why…ah, never mind' Sookie smiled and shook her head before going back to what she'd been doing with the apples and cinnamon.

'I'll let you get back to work' Lorelai nodded and waited for Sookie to turn her back. Lorelai grabbed an apple on her way out.

'No, not too fast…it needs to be timed' Sookie snapped at one of her assistants, not noticing the missing Apple.

Lorelai wandered into Luke's Diner and sat at the counter. She placed her half-empty bottle of orange juice onto the counter and smiled at Luke.

'Hey, coffee?' he asked and was already getting a cup for her.

'Nope'

'No?' he frowned and wasn't sure if she was really Lorelai. 'It's 30 degrees outside' he then brought his attention to her weirder-than-usual clothing choices.

'So? And It's actually 26 degrees'' she replied.

'So? You're wearing a scarf and…' Luke shook his head in confusion; he was so sure Lorelai Gilmore couldn't get any weirder. 'What is that?' he then noticed her juice. Luke had never seen Lorelai in the presence of something remotely healthy before, he was now very concerned about her.

'This is a bottle' Lorelai held it up for him to see. She also hid the fact that she had no idea what motivated her to by juice from Doose's market on her way to Luke's.

'Are you feeling okay?'

Lorelai shrugged and smiled. 'Got any blueberry, chocolate chipped muffins?'

'You didn't answer my question' he frowned but got her a muffin anyway.

'Thanks' Lorelai smiled again and leaned forward. 'Kiss'

Luke gave her a kiss and she left the diner. He sighed and went back to wiping down the counter.

The next day was both Lorelai and Sookie's day off so after breakfast and coffee at Luke's, Lorelai sat on her couch in front of the TV set and patted Paul Anka. She wasn't watching the TV at all; it was merely a form of distraction. Or at least it had been until now.

'I think I…' Lorelai placed a hand on her stomach weirdly and knew that drinking juice, eating apples and rejecting morning coffee could only really mean one thing for her. When these sort of things happened, there was only one person who she could really count on and who could really make her feel less stressed or scared about something…Rory.

'I should call her' she told Paul Anka, whom looked up at her.

'Don't look at me like that, I know Rory and I aren't talking but…I need Rory' Lorelai picked up the phone and stared at it. 'She doesn't hate me' she tried to tell herself but was a bit unsure. 'What?' she asked again as Paul Anka continued to look at her.

'Oh!' Lorelai jumped as the phone started ringing and she answered it instantly.

'Oh ah, hey Sookie' Lorelai breathed in relief. Although her heart sank a little since she'd been hoping it was Rory. 'Yeah, I'm bored too…I'll be right here' Lorelai switched off the TV and shook her head disapprovingly at Paul Anka before grabbing a coat.

'So then Jackson asked what type of tomatoes he wanted and…' Sookie had been pacing around her living room with Martha for almost twenty minutes now but it wasn't until Martha calmed down that she noticed how Lorelai seemed very distracted. 'You okay?'

'Hm?' Lorelai looked up. 'Oh yeah, I'm fine'

'You don't look fine' her best friend told her in concern but then a noise went off in the kitchen and Jackson's grunting could be heard, as he tried to lift a very large box of tomatoes onto the counter.

'Can you hold Martha?' Sookie asked and passed the little girl to the un-expecting Lorelai before rushing off into the kitchen in excitement.

Lorelai held Martha and just watched her as she lay there sleepishly in her arms. She had been doing very well at avoiding any real thoughts on the matter of her possible (but very likely) situation. Lorelai nursed the small child in her arms and bit her lip. The emotions, fears and thoughts all come flooding to her at once.

'Oh you have got to taste these…' Sookie came back with a sliced tomato but put it aside the moment she saw Lorelai holding Martha and crying. Jackson heard Lorelai's crying also and came into the room, concerned.

Sookie took Martha from Lorelai and passed her to Jackson, which made her cry out loudly from being woken so suddenly.

'Come on little girl' Jackson said and went upstairs with her.

'Lorelai?' Sookie sat beside her friend and put an arm around her.

'Sookie' Lorelai sniffed and tried to regain herself. 'I…I think I'm pregnant' she cried and learned to Sookie.

'Oh honey' Sookie hugged her. 'Why is that so terrible?'

'It's bad timing' Lorelai said but was regaining herself a little and moved away to blow her nose. 'Luke and I have just gotten engaged, Rory and I aren't speaking…and I'd only just gotten rid of Rory…I, I mean it's just that I had a baby when I was still a kid and now this is my first time to be an adult, without…'

'Okay, Shh' Sookie said. 'We'll work through this okay? I mean Luke is a really nice guy'

'I know' Lorelai sniffed and took a deep breath. 'I don't even know for sure, it's just the juice, no coffee…seasickness, the apple-'

'What apple?' Sookie asked but then put it together. 'I knew it!' she said. 'Ha!' she pointed at Lorelai but then realized that now wasn't the time. 'If you are…you know? How far along do you think…?'

'Three weeks?' Lorelai shrugged. 'I don't know, but it would have been after Luke and I went to that magazine thing…the limo, yeah'

'Did you tell Luke? That you might be…?'

'No' Lorelai shook her head. 'I don't know for sure'

'Well he is a good guy Lorelai, I'm sure he'll understand' Sookie shrugged.

'Not until I know for sure'

'Then know for sure, get a test or something' Sookie told her and gave her a firm look.

'Yeah' Lorelai finally gave in. 'Maybe it's not true'

'Maybe' Sookie shrugged and then rolled her eyes as Martha started crying loudly again and then Davey joined in. 'I'll be right back!'

Paul Anka barked at the TV as a dark man appeared on the screen. Lorelai sighed and changed it to a cooking channel and then stared back down at her pregnancy test.

'Negative' she breathed in utmost relief. Lorelai placed it back into the wrapping and tossed it to the side. She smiled and pat Paul Anka's head before realizing a good movie was on.

'Casablanca!' she said, now in a very stress-free and calm mood. She also had a brief memory of when she watched this particular movie with Luke.

Lorelai got comfortable on the couch again and settled to watch the movie.

Lorelai lifted her head and realized she'd slept through the end of the movie, which was something she never did.

'Urgh!' she complained but then went quiet as Paul Anka was fast asleep beside her. She sighed and turned the TV off before getting up to start clearing away the leftovers of her snacks and the test.

'Good riddance' she said and was about to drop the pregnancy test into the bin with the rest of the trash when a sudden wave of cold went through her. She looked at the test and realized she mustn't have left it long enough before because now…it was positive.

Lorelai dumped the trash and placed two hands over her stomach, a look of shocked realization spread across her face.

'Oh my god' she gasped. 'I'm pregnant'

Author's notes: Well? How was it? I did my best to make sure it was realistic (or at least simular to how they would have done it on the show) and that I kept to character. But I'm only the author. What do you think??