My New Guy (a fic i just wrote)

[GilmoreChica]

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7 months later—Saturday September 26, 2013

“Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to join Lorelai Leigh Gilmore and Steven Daniel Cashen in holy matrimony.” The priest said. Lorelai and Luke sat in the front row with the 18 month old Sixers.

Rory’s bridesmaids, Meg, Lane, Paris, Beth, Brooke, and Jinx the maid of honor and the flower girls, Sookie’s little girls Allison and Annie stood on Rory’s left. The grooms men, Jack, Dave, Jess, Steve’s friend and Beth’s husband Adam, Trip, and Tristan, the best man, stood on the right. The girls wore simple satin A-line dresses in various colors. The boys all matched Steven, with black tuxes and royal blue bow ties and cummerbunds.

“Lorelai Leigh, do you take Steven Daniel to be your lawful wedded husband, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse, as long as you both shall live?”<br>
“I do.”<br>
“Steven Daniel, do you take Lorelai Leigh to be your lawful wedded wife, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse, as long as you both shall live?”<br>
“I do.”<br>
The service went on and before long, Rory and Steven were married.

“I now present to you Mr. and Mrs. Steven Cashen.”<br>
Lorelai jumped up in her seat and began whistling and cheering. Luke stood next to her, copying her motions, and the Sixers unsteadily climbed to their feet and clapped, yelling “Rory, Rory.”<br>
Jinx and Tristan immediately left their posts and swooped down on their young children. Rory and Steve walked happily down the aisle and got in the limo. Everyone left the church and went back to Stars Hollow for a huge reception in the square. Rory and Steven were the center of attention and couldn’t seem to get a single second to sit down. Rory got many compliments on her dress, which was a simple white satin off the shoulder A-line dress. They took many pictures with the guests, both posed and candid, and danced a lot. Rory danced with Steven, then Luke, and then Christopher. Everyone wanted to talk to them and by the time they had to go to the airport for the honeymoon, they were exhausted.

Rory and Tristan escaped for a few minutes to change out of the wedding garb and returned with Tristan in khakis and a button down shirt and Rory in a short denim skirt, light blue tee, and a denim jacket.

“Bye Rory! Bye Steven!” All the wedding guests crowded around the limousine that would take Rory and Steven to the airport. They hugged and kissed tons of people before Lorelai pushed them into the limo. A just married sign blew on the back of the car as they drove away. All the guests started to disperse.

“My baby girl is married.” Lorelai said, leaning backwards against Luke, who stood behind her.

“Yup. I can’t believe it.”<br>
“Me either.”<br>
Silence.

“Luke?”<br>
“Yeah?”<br>
“You think….he’ll treat her right, right?”<br>
“I think so.”<br>
“I mean, he seems like a great guy and Rory really loves him, but…well, sometimes people change.”<br>
“I don’t think he will. I think he’s sincere. I think he loves her.” Luke said.

“Really truly loves her?” Lorelai asked earnestly.

“Why all the questions? Why are you so skeptical of Steven?” Luke asked, turning her toward him.

“I just want her to be happy, Luke. The happiest moments of my life, besides when Rory was born, have been spent with you and my kids. I want that for my baby. Jinx has it with Tristan and the Sixers, I have it with you and all our kids, Meg and Jack are bound to get there someday, when they are older. I want it for Rory, for my baby.” Lorelai said.

“He’s trustworthy, Lor. He’s sincere and really a great guy. You know how critical Tristan is of Meg’s and Rory’s boyfriends and he introduced them.” He hugged her to him and she placed her head on his solid chest. “Don’t forget, Rory inherited her mother’s stubbornness and strength. She can hold her own if he becomes too…..anything. She’s strong, she’ll be fine.”<br>
“Good.” Lorelai said, closing her eyes.

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Wednesday that same week

“Morning, Lorelai sweetie.” A voice called to Lorelai as she walked across the lawn to pick up her paper.

“Morning, Babette.” She called pleasantly.

“Have you talked to Rory? Is she enjoying her honeymoon with that gorgeous man?” Babette laughed suggestively and Lorelai smothered a laugh.

“Yeah, I talked to her last night. They are having a ball in Hawaii and are expected home on Friday.” Lorelai called back.

“Good, good. Well, see ya later doll.”<br>
“Bye Babette.” Lorelai walked into the house and joined Meg and Jack for pop-tarts.

“Ok, game plan. Rory is coming home on Friday as planned. I have tons of meetings today to get the second Dragonfly open in Hartford. Tomorrow is pretty busy too, but should be better than today. Megs, can you give Jack a ride to Chilton on the way to school?” Lorelai said quickly, sipping a cup of coffee.

“Sure. See you later Mom.” Meg said, pecking her cheek. Jack did the same, and soon the Gilmore house was empty.

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“Ror?”

“Yeah, Steve.” Rory said, glancing over at him lazily. He sat on the next lounge chair in blue Hawaiian print board shorts. The pool glinted in the sunshine and Rory could feel her tan getting darker and darker, leaving distinct tan lines on skin her hot pink bikini covered.

“Rory, I want to talk.” He said.

She turned on her elbow and flipped her glasses up on her head. He looked kind of serious. “About what?”<br>
“Rory, do you want kids?” He asked suddenly.

Rory thought for a second. “Yeah, I do.”<br>
“How many?”<br>
“I’m not sure…..I want at least three, though. I do have a six kid sister to keep up with.” Rory said with a pretty smile.

He smiled back, looking relieved. “Good, me too. I always wanted a big family and I think we are in a good position. We aren’t too old, but old enough that we both have steady jobs. Ror….what do you think of having a kid soon?” He asked nervously waiting for her answer.

Rory hesitated and looked deep in thought. “I don’t know….” She continued to think for a long time. “You know what? I think I’d like that.”

Steven broke into a grin in one fluid motion stood and lifted her in the air. He drew close to the edge of the pool and for the second time, they both toppled into the water. They came up sputtering and laughing at the crazy events.

“How many, really Steven, do you want?” Rory asked, brushing her hair and water out of her face.

Steven, now, looked deep in thought. “A lot. Honestly, I could handle 10. I could enjoy 10.” He said.

Rory laughed out loud. “Ten may be a bit much, but 7 or 8 would be nice.”<br>
“7 or 8. That’s good.” Steven said.

“But uh Steven?” Rory said.

“Yeah.”<br>
“Well, we aren’t exactly young. How are we going to have 7 or 8 children without me being pregnant all the time and us going crazy with so many kids?”<br>
“I guess we’d better get started.” He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and pulled her close. She giggled and kissed the tip of his nose. “But seriously, Ror, let’s just let it happen the way it goes. If we don’t have 7 or 8, I’ll still be happy. I just want a few.”<br>
“Ok.”<br>

[GilmoreChica]

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The year is 2023, 10 years later

A very pregnant 38 year old Rory sat on the sofa in her living room. The house she and Steven had bought after having a few kids was on the outskirts of Stars Hollow and had a big yard for the 6 children they already had and for the one on the way.

“Mama, I’m hungry.” A little girl’s voice called from the doorway to the backyard. Having fallen into the mother mold very easily, Rory could easily tell apart the voices of her four daughters and didn’t even need to turn around.

“Ok, Leah. Round up your sisters and brother and we’ll head to Grandpa’s.” Rory pushed herself off the sofa and clunked heavily up the stairs to the nursery. She pushed open the door and was content to stare for several seconds at the beautiful child asleep in the crib.

Same as their father and mother, all of her children had dark hair. Much to Rory’s delight, though, they had inherited mostly Steven’s hair genes so each child had very dark almost black, thick, curly hair, not ringlet style but curly none-the-less. They alternated between sky blue eyes and emerald green, only adding to their beauty, and each had the same huge white smile.

Rory approached the crib and lifted the two year old girl, shaking her from her slumber.

“Mama?”

“Yes, Mels.” Rory said, carrying her to the changing table.

“Love Mama. Love Danny, Lauwa, Leah, Hannah, an’ Sawah!” She cried triumphantly in a baby voice.

“Aren’t you forgetting some people?” Rory asked as she pulled off the dirty diaper.

Melanie looked deep in thought and then, as if a light bulb had gone off in her head, she brightened and a toothy grin appeared on her face. “Love Baby and Gwanma and Gwanpa and DADDY!”<br>
“Yes. That’s my big girl!” Rory praised the young child.

“Mom, we’re ready.” Danny called from the door. Rory pulled Melanie’s pants up and turned to the door. Her oldest children, 9 year old twins Danny and Laura stood in the doorway behind the three younger children, 7 year old Leah, 6 year old Hannah, and 4 year old Sarah.

“Great, Danny. Thanks for the help.”<br>
“You’re welcome, Mom.” He said, smiling brightly.

Rory pulled out her triple side by side stroller and settled Leah, Hannah, and Sarah into it with Danny and Laura in charge of steering. She then put Melanie in a single stroller and pushed her along.

“Hi, Grandpa!” Laura called, running into the diner. Danny followed her and Rory painstakingly unhooked each squirming child from the stroller.

“Hey Babe.” Lorelai said when she entered the diner with the folded up stroller.

“Hi Mom.” Rory said, collapsing at the counter. The kids were behind the counter with Luke and he was showing them how to flip burgers. “Hannah, stay away from the stove. It’s hot.”<br>
“Rory, you need to relax. They’re fine, Luke’s watching them.” Lorelai said, patting her arm.

“I know.” Rory said, taking a sip of coffee that Caesar had put in front of her.

“Any news about the little one to come?” Lorelai asked.

“I went to the doctor last week and he said everything was right on schedule, the baby should be here in a week, which means he or she could be born on our tenth anniversary.” Rory said.

“Wow, significant.”<br>
“Tell me about it.”<br>
“Have you and Steven talked about whether there will be any more?” Lorelai asked.

“Well, when we first got married we both said we wanted large families, like 8 or 9 kids.”

“EIGHT OR NINE!?! Rory, you’re gonna explode!” Lorelai said.

“I know. But I am thinking that if this one is a boy, we should stop here.” Rory said.

“Oh so you want to end with a boy.” Lorelai commented.

“Yeah. I mean a boy to start ‘cause Danny is 3 minutes older than Laur, and then 5 girls and a boy to finish. That would be fine with me.”<br>
“What if you don’t get a boy?” Lorelai said.

“Well then I won’t close discussion on more children.” Rory said simplistically.

“I personally would go crazy if I had that many children. I think I would limit myself to one.” Kirk piped in.

“Thanks for the input, Kirk.” Lorelai said.

“And I would probably name it Kirk, despite gender. Maybe Kirka for a girl. What do you think of Kirka?”<br>
“It’s on the top of my list, Kirk.” Rory said.

“So what are some names you want to name the baby? I mean besides Kirka.” Lorelai said.

This started Rory thinking about a very similar conversation she had with her mother two years ago, right before Melanie was born.

**FLASHBACK**

“So what do you want to name the baby, Rory?” Lorelai asked one night.

“Well, if it’s a boy, it will be nameless for a while because Steven and I haven’t even discussed it.” Rory said.

“Baby Boy Cashen, got it. And for a girl?”

“Well, we decided to use Estelle as the middle name, for his mom. As for first names, we both like Sierra, Melanie, and Emily.”<br>
“Emily?”<br>
“Yes Emily. And that would be nice because we would be naming her after Grandma.”<br>
“Hannah’s middle name is Emily.”<br>
“I know.”<br>
“Oh good ‘cause I thought you might have forgotten--”<br>
“Mom.”<br>
“Naming a baby after your grandmother?”<br>
“Ok let’s not fight about this because Emily isn’t even our first choice.”<br>
“What is?”<br>
“Melanie.”<br>
“I like that. Mel, Mellie, Mels, Felony Melanie.”<br>
“Mom.”<br>
“What? It rhymes!”<br>
“This is not Alabama, Reese Witherspoon. We will not be calling our kid Felony Melanie unless she earns the name.” Rory said.

“Good call.”<br>
**END FLASHBACK**

“I’m not too sure. We have a few boys’ names, none that I am completely in love with, and nothing for girls.”<br>
“Ohhh.” Lorelai said with a smirk on her face.

“What?”<br>
“Nothing, nothing.”<br>
“Mom.”<br>
“Well all I’m saying is that every other time I’ve asked you what names you have lined up, you always have some for one gender and none for the other. So far, you’ve always been right.”<br>
“Wait—do you mean that you think I’m having a boy?”<br>
“Completely non-scientifically, yes.”<br>
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[GilmoreChica]

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“Happy Anniversary, babe.” Steven rolled over in bed and kissed his wife of 10 years.

“Happy Anniversary.” Rory said after the kissing was done. “Can you believe it’s been ten years, Steve?”<br>
“10 years with you feels like minutes.” He said with a grin.

“How long did it take you to come up with that?”<br>
“I’m offended.”<br>
“Don’t be.”<br>
“I can’t believe we have 6 kids already.”<br>
“And one on the way.”<br>
“And one on the way.” They kissed again.

“So,” She said, “What’s for breakfast?”<br>
“The kids are making it as we speak.” Steven said.

“For some reason, this is not my favorite family tradition.” She said, rolling out of bed and straightening her pajama pants and shirt.

“I don’t understand why. I happen to love watery eggs and half cooked pancakes.” He said, opening the bedroom door.

Rory sniffed the air. “Wow, this pregnancy is really messing with my ol’ sniffer. I could swear I smell Luke’s coffee.”<br>
“That’s ‘cause you do.” Steven said with a smirk. “The kids enlisted their grandpa’s help this year.”<br>
“Oh, bless them.” Rory said.

The happy couple made their way downstairs and into the kitchen. All 6 of their children were covered from head to toe in various foods.

“Mommy!” Sarah yelled, the first one to spot them. “Daddy!”<br>
All the kids immediately began to move, forming an age order line in front of them. Rory muffled the laughter that was threatening to escape every time she looked at her dirty children.

Danny, on the end, leaned out in front and snapped his fingers as he said “One….two….three.”<br>
“Happy Anniversary to you, Happy Anniversary to you, Happy Anniversary Mommy and Daddy, Happy Anniversary to yoooooooooouuuuu!” They sang together.

“Thank you thank you!” Rory said. She bent over to catch Sarah and Melanie in hugs.

Soon, breakfast was served and the family sat down to eat, joined by Luke. They began to dig into the meal when Rory suddenly dropped her fork, mid bite.

“Rory….Ror are you ok?” Steven asked. “The food is good this time, Ror. You have to admit it.”<br>
“Steve…..the baby is coming….the baby.” Rory said, relaxing a little.

“Oh my god! Are you sure?” He asked.

“Yes, positive. I have been having stomach cramps all night but now they are starting to get serious.”<br>
Steven jumped from the table and ran to the phone, calling first the obstetrician and then Lorelai.

“Lor, hey it’s Steve. The baby is coming. Yeah, right now. I need you to come over and help Luke with the kids. They need baths. Ok great see you in a few.” He hung up the phone. “Lorelai will be here in a few minutes and is calling Jinx, Meg, and Jack for us.”<br>
“Ok.” Rory said. “Luke, can you watch the kids while we get ready to go. Mom is coming over and they’ll all need baths, just quick-get the dirt off baths.”<br>
“Yeah, I got it covered Ror. Go do what you need to do.” Luke said, helping her to her feet.

“Thanks.” She said, kissing his cheek and leaving the room with Steven.

Minutes later Lorelai arrived and shortly after, Rory and Steven were out the door. The Cashen kids flew through the bath tub and soon Luke, Lorelai, Danny, Laura, Leah, Hannah, Sarah, and Melanie were on their way.

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The waiting room was crowded when they arrived at the hospital, full of their own family. Luke and Lorelai talked to everyone and filled them in as the kids settled in. The Sixers, now 11, helped entertain the little Cashen kids.

Lorelai snuck into Rory’s room and returned with the full report. Rory was scheduled to deliver in just 2 hours. Meg, her husband Mike, her daughter Cassie, Jack, his wife Lani, Jinx, Tristan, the Sixers, Danny, Laura, Leah, Hannah, Sarah, Melanie, Lane, Dave, their son Kyle, Emily, Richard, Christopher, Luke, and Lorelai settled in to wait.

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The entire room rose when Steven entered the waiting room at noon. His eyes shined as he hugged his kids.

“It’s a boy.” He said. Everyone clapped and cheered. “You all can go down the hall and see him through the glass and then in small groups you can go see Rory.”<br>
“Does he have a name?”<br>
“Rory and I have thought about it, but we don’t have any that we really like. We promise to name him by the time we leave the hospital.” Steven said. A laugh went around the room.

“Daddy, can we see the baby?” Leah said, pulling on his hand. He squatted down to her eye level.

“Yeah, baby, I am going to take you and your brother and sisters to see him in just a minute.” Steven said. Leah clapped her hands. “Lor, Rory wants to see you first, and then Luke and her sisters and brother.”<br>
“Ok, I’ll go see the baby then her.” Everyone pushed out the door and down the hall, led by the Cashen kids.

Lorelai took a quick look at her grandson, a little baby boy with a thick head of dark hear, and then went to Rory’s room.

“Mom!” Rory called.

“Hey Babe!” Lorelai cried, hugging her hard.

“Isn’t he gorgeous?” Rory asked.

“Gorgeous. So is this it?” Lorelai asked.

“I don’t know. I haven’t talked to Steve about it yet, but I told you that if it was a boy, that would be it.”<br>
“You did tell me that. Any ideas for names?”<br>
“I had one, but it’s a secret until I talk to Steven.” Rory said.

“Uh! Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, you are keeping secrets from your mother!”<br>
“Yes, yes I am.” Rory said with a grin.

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Mandy*;D

[TheCharmedOne]

AWESOME STORY!
I wish I was a good writer...

[angel9573]

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