Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls. ASP owns it all.

A/N: Okay so I know I said I didn't want to start anymore stories until I had a few more complete, BUT on the car ride home from my grandma's I was doing homework and this idea came to me. I was thinking of adding it to WTRO but it would take forever and a whole bunch of chapters for it to get to this point. I think I'm going to put Going Back on hiatus until sometime around February so I can focus on New Beginning (which is nearing its end) as well as my abandoned fics that I want to work with. But for now, this is my new fic.

Basically, LL have been together since 1999. They got married in 2001 and had a baby in 2002. (Here's where you're going to hate me now) begins in season 6 around the time Lorelai found out about April. Oh and for the sake of the story, Lorelai and Rory never had a rift, Logan is off to London and (for once) Lorelai is close to her parents.

Let's give this thing a whirl.

Chapter 1

"I get that she is your daughter, Luke. I get that! But you have to remember that you have a wife and, in case you forgot, another daughter. You can't keep us away anymore. We're your family too. We've been your family for seven years!"

For months it has been like this; Lorelai fighting for her and Lucy, her four-year-old daughter she had with Luke, while Luke ignores her attempts, going off on his own to be with April. He hardly slept at the house now and really hadn't been around for Lucy-or Lorelai for that matter.

What made the whole ordeal hard for Lorelai is her daughter asking where her daddy is or that she misses her daddy. If it was just Lorelai, maybe she could deal with the pain but when she was tucking her daughter in at night or when Luke's absence in bed was replaced with Lucy that is what broke her.

As their fight continued on, it began to die out as the diner began to fill.

"April is coming by tonight, so I'll see you after seven." It was like he hadn't even heard her. And that last line, that last response triggered all of her anger to let loose.

"Yeah, after seven for what? An hour, hour and a half?" Anger became evident in her eyes as she narrowed them at him. "Don't even bother. I've been doing just fine with Lucy by myself. And in case you've forgotten, it's Friday; we're not home Friday nights. Just stay here, bond with April."

During her outburst, both failed to notice the two biggest town gossips sitting at the table closest to the counter. As Lorelai made her way out of the diner, door slamming shut behind her, Patty and Babette looked between the two and back at each other.

"I think he's really in for it now," Patty commented. "I've never seen Lorelai that angry."

"Other than that time she was pregnant with Lucy and Luke wouldn't let her have that one conncoction she was craving. Hadda go to Sookie for it!"

"Lucy, baby we're going to stay at Grandma and Grandpa for a few days, okay?"

"Alwight, Mommy. Rory too?"

Lorelai shook her head and smiled at how, even though there was a significant age difference between the two siblings, her two daughters were as close as Lorelai and Rory were. "No, baby. But we can go visit her. She'll be at dinner tonight too."

"Then les go! Wanna see Rory!"

With two overnight bags, Lorelai headed out the door with Lucy holding her hand. Knowing she would see Rory, Lucy didn't put up her usual refusal for the car seat. Dinner was casual that night, the elder Gilmores sensing there was still a drift between their daughter and son-in-law.

Emily and Richard knew of April and some of the problems between Luke and Lorelai since the discovery but they didn't know how bad it was. Considering she was staying at their house for a few days, they knew something serious had happened.

"Why don't I take Lucy to the pool house? We can come up with a game," Rory suggested, hoping to tire out her younger sister so she could have a talk with her mother.

"Thanks, Sweets. I'll be out there soon. I have to talk to Grandma and Grandpa first."

Lorelai waited a full five minutes, giving Rory plenty of time to get to the pool house, before she placed her head on folded arms which rested on the table. Normally Emily Gilmore would go out to town on scolding her daughter but upon hearing the sniffles coming from Lorelai, she held back.

"Is there anything you'd like to talk about, dear?" Richard asked hoping his daughter would let both himself and Emily in.

Lorelai shook her head before lifting it. Her eyes were puffy and red, tear tracks running down her face. "He keeps shutting me out. He is hardly ever home and he doesn't really see Lucy anymore. And it kills me because each night I'm putting her to bed she asks me where he is. I understand wanting to get to know April, I do but it's been six months since he found out about her, four of those months I've known about her and I see him for two hours every day, and that's if I'm lucky. We had a fight today...and it was like he completely ignored me and told me he's see me after seven. I just want my husband back."

Baffeled by what their daughter just told them, Emily and Richard stared at each other. Emily rose from her seat and walked over to Lorelai holding her close, comforting her daughter the best she could. Richard sat in his seat, his heart breaking for his daughter.

Richard was the first of the elder Gilmores to show their enthusiasm over Lorelai's relationship with Luke and Luke had even asked him for permission to propose to Lorelai. Richard, being the protective father he is, grilled Luke with questions making sure he would always care for his daughter. At this moment, Richard was furious with his son-in-law. And if Richard were to be honest to everyone, this is not his first time seeing Lorelai like this-she had come over many times while Emily was at her DAR meetings just wanting to be held by her father.

Rory had tired Lucy out within ten minutes and had been sitting in the living room area of the pool house waiting for Lorelai's return. Twenty minutes after waiting, Lorelai walked in the house looking worn out. Rory had been on the receiving end of Lorelai's venting many times so she had a good image of what was going on but she still wanted to make sure her mother was fine-especially upon hearing Lorelai was staying in Hartford for a few days.

"Are things worse back in the Hollow?"

"You don't even know the half of it anymore." With that small explanation, Lorelai began to dive into the day's fight.

Rory left an hour later after hearing everything that occurred as of late between her mother and step-father. She had one destination in mind and one destination only. She didn't give a damn if he had April with him, Rory was tired of seeing her mother broken and hearing of her little sister's requests for daddy.

A/N: Also, I am hoping I can make the chapters longer than 1,000 words for this fic.