A Second Chance

Chapter 18

Since Rory had a C-section and the babies were so small, they spent a little longer than usual in the hospital. When the babies were 6 days old, Rory and Logan finally brought them home. They were also told to keep Cody away from the babies until they were a little bigger and their immune systems were a little stronger.

On Saturday morning (the babies second day at home) Rory woke up alone in bed. She glanced around the room at the clock and at the 3 bassinets that were next to the bed. One of them was empty. A few minutes later Logan walked in with 3 bottles and one baby. "Hey, you're awake"

"Who is that?" Rory asked. The room wasn't pitch black but it was too dark for her to see the baby's clothes from where she was. They weren't only dressing the babies in their 'designated colors' but they made it a point to not dress them in matching outfits since the boys were identical and Julie might as well have been because she looked so similar.

"Noah" Logan said. "He was awake and making noise when I got up and I didn't want him to wake the others so brought him with me to make the bottles. You feeling ok?"

Rory nodded. They got the babies up, fed and changed them before butting them in the baby bouncers that were in the living room. Logan was making coffee and Rory was sitting in the living room, staring at the babies. She almost didn't notice Matthew come downstairs.

"Mommy, can I hold the babies?"

"Sit down" Rory said. She picked up the baby who was closest to her and put him on Matthew's lap. "You gotta hold his head"

"I know" Matthew said.

Later in the afternoon, Logan took Matthew to the park and Rory was at home with the babies. She was standing in the kitchen, making coffee while holding Julie who'd been screaming every time Rory or her down. Just as she was walking back into the living room ever the rest of the babies were asleep, her phone rang. She put her coffee down and picked up the phone. "Hi grandma"

"Hi Rory" Emily said. "I just called to see how you were doing"

"I'm good" Rory said. "A little sleep deprived, but good. How are you?"

"Well I was wondering, and you can say no if it's not a good time, but I was wondering if we could come meet the babies today" Emily said. So far only Lorelai, Luke, Shira, and Christopher (AKA the babies' grandparents) had met the babies.

"Yeah, I think that's ok" Rory said.

"Wonderful" Emily said. "Just tell me when is a good time and we'll come"

"We're home all day, so you can come whenever"

"Alright" Emily said. "I'll see you soon"

"Bye grandma" Rory said. A little later, Matthew and Logan were still out when the was a knock at the door. She opened the door (while still holding Julie) to see her grandparents. "Hi. Come on in"

"Rory, she's gorgeous" Emily said as she hugged Rory.

"Thank you" Rory smiled.

"How are you feeling?" Richard asked.

"A little sore, a little tired, pretty much what you'd expect" Rory said. "And this one screams every time I try to put her down so I've been holding her for like an hour and a half and my arm is completely asleep"

"Which is which?" Richard asked as they walked into the living room where Ryan and Noah were asleep.

"Ok so I'm holding Julie. I think the pink makes that obvious" Rory said. "Ryan is in the green and Noah's in the blue"

"Can I hold them?" Emily asked.

"Here" Rory said and went to hand Julie over to Emily. As soon as Rory let go of Julie she started fussing. Rory grabbed the pink pacifier from the coffee table and put it in Julie's mouth. "Grandpa, do you wanna hold one of the boys?"