TITLE: Lavati

RATED: M for Mature (Because I plan to … liven things up a bit.)

SUMMARY: Lorelai goes to New York and meets a stranger in his bookstore, he takes pity on her and they talk for a while. They fall in love. The stranger is Jess; Jess is a stranger because he never came to Stars Hollow, never dated Rory, we never knew he existed. Jess may or may not be related to Luke, I haven't decided yet.

PAIRINGS: Lorelai and Jess, with hints and talk of Rory and Logan, et cetera.

DISCLAIMER: I own only the idea, nada mas.

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Chapter One

"Um, Luke?"

"What, Lor?"

"Some girl- April, I think- called, she said she wants to talk to you."

Luke was silent for a moment. "Oh… Did, did she say why?"

"No… It sounded like you'd already know why she was calling…" Lorelai shook her hair back. "Is she on the soccer team you sponsor, or…" Lorelai trialed off as Luke appeared white-faced in the doorway. "Luke? What is it?"

"She- April- She's my daughter." Luke blurted out, breathlessyet slow.

"Oh," Lorelai stood, and dipped her head watching herself toe the ground as her hair fell foreword curtaining her face. "Um… How long?"

"How long?" Luke was genuinely confused. "How long what?"

"How long have you known." She looked into his eyes, pain and confusion written in her own.

"Since before Thanksgiving."

"Oh," Lorelai's voice quivered as she dragged the word out. She sniffed back tears, "Why- um- why didn't you tell me?"

"About April? Because I thought that you might… I don't know…" Luke trailed off looking trapped.

"Leave? You thought I might leave?" Lorelai sounded incredulous.

"Well, yeah, I mean-"

Lorelai scoffed and turned away. "What, can you blame me Lorelai?"

"Yes! I can! I thought you knew me! I have a kid! I know that things happen! I just..." She rested her head in her hands for a moment.

"So, it wouldn't have… broken us up?" Luke asked, relieved, but still on shaky ground.

"No, it didn't," she looked into his eyes as he smiled, but then she continued, wiping that smile clean off. "But since you obviously don't know me… Or put faith in me or the love we have- had... I'm calling off the engagement."

"What!"

"Luke… You hurt me now. Hurt me so bad. Clearly, you don't know me… And by doing what you did, I see that I don't know you either… I just can't marry you. Not now, and maybe not ever." She took a deep breath, and then plunged on ahead. "I was going to take some time off of work to spend time with Rory. I already borrowed the New York apartment from my mother… Tell her that I'm sorry I didn't take her, but she can feel free to visit anytime."

She walked toward the door, and Luke shouted, "When? When are you leaving?"

"Now," and with that she slammed the door. Lorelai slid into the jeep, and she drove away, wiping tears from her eyes.

When she pulled up in front of the house, she got out and thanked her self for planning this thing with Rory because she was almost packed as it was. She tossed everything into bags, and pulled them out to the jeep. She was gone before she could look back.

WBggWBggWB

"New York, New York," Lorelai muttered as instead of being at home watching the Daily Show, she was still stuck in traffic.

When she finally got to the apartment, it felt empty and cold, even though the heat was on and filled with exquisite furniture.

She pulled her bags into the living room, left them there, and still in her clothes, fell asleep on the couch.

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A/N: Is this a good idea? I like it, but the intended audience is just so small. I don't know. I'll probably write a few more chapter before I decide to or if I'm going to continue with this.

Luv, GG7