37 weeks

"April, where is my purse?" exclaimed Lorelai as she and April were headed out the door to go on a shopping spree for April's baby.

"I don't know where your purse is but we should go check what baby stuff we already have," April said heading towards the attic.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa there miss preggo, you can't go up there by yourself…"

"Well I need to show you what I like so we can don't buy any duplicates."

"Fine I'll go up with you." They opened the door to the attic and proceeded up.

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An exasperated Luke trotted into the kitchen after a long jog around the town. He had his spiffy new iPod in his ears, a gift from Lorelai. She had thought it was about time he joined the 21st century. As he looked through the mail he spotted a note from Lorelai. It said that she and April were going shopping for more baby clothes. Like they needed more. So he kept his earbuds from his iPod in his ears to drown out the lonely silence.

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While in the attic, Lorelai and April were looking through boxes to find the old baby clothes.

"There are many so boxes! Where are they?!" April said towards Lorelai.

"Check behind the door," Lorelai told her. April waddled towards the door and knocked the door closed to get to the boxes. "Oh, April, did you just close the door? It only opens from the outside!"

"Oops…" April said as she sat on the floor. "Lorelai, is it normal to have pain this late in pregnancy? Without, you know, being in labor…"

"What?! Are you having pain???" Lorelai said scurrying over to April.

"Well, sort of…ow!...okay yeah, this hurts…"

"Oh jeez...." Lorelai ran over to the door. "Luke! Luke!" She yelled though the door.

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Luke was looking through the refrigerator for something healthy to cook for the girls for dinner. No luck. He decided to go to Doose's to get some real food.

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"Oh no…ugh…I can't believe I left my purse downstairs! This sucks! Such bad timing!" Lorelai stammered on.

"I'm sorry!" April cried. "I can't help it!"

"I know, I know…Luke will be home soon…" Lorelai said, mostly trying to convince herself.

"Lorelai, I think my water just broke too! Oh god…"

"Ok, April…how long are the pains apart?"

"There not going away! If anything, like a minute!"

"Ok, April, can I check to see if the baby's coming?"

"Just make it stop! It hurts so bad! I was going to get the fucking pain meds!"

"Ok, ok…just pull up your skirt! I see the head. He has a lot of hair!"

"Get it out! Get it out!"

"Ok, just push!!"

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Rory and Jess walked onto the lawn of the Gilmore's house with ZJ and Rylee in tow. They opened the door to find an empty house.

"Mom? Mom! April? Luke?" Rory shouted through the house. When she got to her mothers room she heard hushed voices coming from the attic. "Mom?"

"Rory? Rory!" Lorelai yelled to her. "Open the door! And call an ambulance!"

"What? What happened?" Rory asked as she walked through the attic door. "OH MY GOD!" She walked in to see April laying on the floor. And Lorelai holding a tiny baby. Rory pulled her cell phone out of her back pocket and dialed an ambulance and told them the situation, not that she exactly knew. It came quickly and took April and her baby to the hospital.

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Two hours later, April lay in her hospital bed holding the little baby boy. Lorelai and Rory came in with Luke. "Hey Mommy!" Lorelai said quietly to April, walking over to give the baby a little kiss. "Do you have a full name yet?"

"Peyton Danes. But I want you to choose the middle name."

"Me?" Lorelai asked.

"Yeah, you've done so much for us. You put a roof over my head…and you delivered little Peyton. It's the least I could do."

"Aw…ok. I'll think about a sufficient name." They all continued doting over the baby as Lorelai sat in a corner chair smiling over the scene and thinking and reading a baby name from the waiting room. After going through the book carefully, marking many names and narrowing it down… "I got it!" Lorelai told them.

"Well…what is it?" Rory asked.

"Peyton Mateo. It means God's Gift. And he is a gift. To all of us."

Fin