A/N: ok so this is my first fic, i know the first chapter is really short, but i have the second chapter ready to go so after i get some reviews i'll post it if you like this one. HUGE credit goes to Suz for helping me with this and for the title, thanks so much girl!
Loosing Trust
Lorelai walked into the diner that evening looking for Luke. The place was fairly empty except for Kirk, of course, and a little girl she had never seen before. She was sitting at the counter with a burger and some fries in front of her. Curly, red hair was sticking out in all directions, and she had a book with her. She looked to be all of 11 or 12.
"Luke!" Lorelai called. "Luuke? Where are you?"
"He went up stairs for a few minutes," the girl informed her.
"Oh, thanks." Lorelai replied. She debated to ask the girl how she knew Luke, but decided against it.
She started to walk up stairs when the girl called, "I don't think he'll want you to go up there. He usually gets pretty weird when people come into his apartment."
Lorelai, clearly confused now as to how this girl would know such a thing about Luke, replied, "Oh. Um, I'm uh - " She started over, "How do you know Luke?"
The girl looked up from her book and set the bookmark in its place. "Oh, I'm his daughter, April. He just recently found out about me."
Suddenly it felt as though a giant man was sitting on her lungs. She couldn't breathe. After what seemed like an eternity, she managed to choke out a strangled, "His daughter?"
April nodded her head matter-of-factly. "Yup."
Her legs felt like jello. It felt as if the world was crashing down around her. She sat down on a stool to regain her balance, when Luke came down the stairs. He stopped, looked over at April, clearly panicked and then back at Lorelai.
She felt the tears threatening at the corners of her eyes. With one look at Luke and then back at April, she was up and out of the diner within 10 seconds. "Lorelai wait!" Luke yelled.
Lorelai may have hated exercise, but years of power shopping had taught her how to walk fast. Luke was half jogging to catch up to her. He managed to catch her arm before she could walk past the gazebo. "Lorelai, please," he said almost breathlessly, "Let me explain. I was going to tell you."
"Let go of me Luke," Lorelai said with force. But Luke didn't let go. He attempted to turn Lorelai toward him, which resulted in him loosening his grip, sending Lorelai off on a power walk again.
"Lorelai! Just let me explain! You don't even know what happened, or how it happened. I had to think it over. I needed to think it over!" he yelled desperately, willing her to understand.
Lorelai turned to him, nostrils flaring, tears streaking her cheeks. "You said no secrets." She said in a tone that made his heart want to break into a million pieces. "You promised me Luke, I promised you and you promised me. No secrets."
"You haven't even giv…" but he was cut off by Lorelai's piercing voice.
"How long have you known?" she asked.
"What?"
"You heard me, how long have you known?" she yelled.
"2 months," he said quietly.
She turned away from him and the tears started again, no matter how much she tried to will them away. "2 months." She repeated slowly. She began walking again.
"Where are you going?" Luke asked, his voice desperate again.
"I'm going to my house. And I think it's best if you sleep at your apartment tonight." Lorelai said a little bitterly.
"Lorelai, come on," pleaded Luke.
"No, Luke. I will not come on. Do not follow me home. I need time to think about this."
"Are we still…" Luke trailed off.
"Are we still what, Luke?" Lorelai asked, irritated.
"Are we still getting married?" he asked quietly.
Lorelai turned to face Luke. Before continuing back to her house she said quietly, "I don't know."
His face fell. He couldn't lose her again. There was just no way. He waited for her for 8 years.
And with a hushed, "No," He watched as the woman he loved most walk away from him. And he didn't know how long it would be until she would be back.
