Disclaimer: I own nothing Gilmore Girls related. Except for my DVD's, and my CD, and my posters, and I also named my daughter Lorelai, but I do own her. That's it. (Try and tell me I'm not obsessed)

A/N: This story is set post "Say Something." I haven't actually seen it yet, due to my idiotic cable provider but I'm watching it tonight. Sorry if this conflicts with the episode, I just wanted to give you a time frame. Also, this chapter is shorter than I would have liked...oh well, on to our troubled lovebirds!

Chapter 1: In or Out?

Lorelai angrily pushed open the door to the diner, looking like hell. She wore baggy sweat pants, so stained you couldn't tell their original color. Her usually perfect hair was frizzy and disheveled and her face was red and blotchy.

"Why did you lie to me?" Lorelai asked the man behind the counter.

Luke looked up from his order pad,

"Lorelai..." He hadn't expected to see her.

"That's my name, but I asked you a question. Why the hell did you lie to me?"

Lorelai's voice rose with every word, causing every customer in the diner to listen of course, but pretend to be deeply engrossed in their menus.

"Lorelai, maybe we should talk in private..." Luke said nervously, glancing around at the full diner.

"I don't want to talk in private! Answer the god damn question. Why did you lie to me and say you were all in?"

"I was all in. You weren't." Luke said pointedly.

"Don't even try to pull that crap. If you were all in, you wouldn't have run away from...from us."

"I didn't run away. It was obvious to me that you didn't want to be in this relationship so I made it easy for you."

"Oh really? Is that what we had, a relationship? I was under the impression that to be in a relationship you needed to trust the other person!"

"Lorelai."

"Stop saying my name like that! Just tell me, Luke. Why the hell don't you trust me?"

"When I heard Chris say all that stuff, I realized it was true. You do belong together. I've watched you all these years, and whenever...he comes to town you stop being yourself. You forget about whatever poor slob you're dating and go running into his arms. I don't want to be that poor slob."

"God dammit. Why won't you listen to me? Chris and I are over. We will never be together. Of course, he will always be in my life, but only as Rory's father."

"I'm sorry Lorelai, but I can't do this. I'm not going to fall in love all over again with you and then have you leave me for him."

"Fine Luke. Fine. If you're not mature enough to trust me, then fine. After I leave, how about you review this conversation and ask yourself, "Who really was all in?"

And with that, Lorelai Gilmore walked out the door.

A/N: I hope I didn't butcher the characters too badly. Anyway, if you liked this, tell me and I will continue. If you hated it, tell me so I can go buy some Ben Gerry's and wallow. Just kidding. But please tell me how you felt about it.