A/N-I do not own Gilmore Girls.

It was your average day in Luke's Diner. Tables were bused, and everything was running smoothly.

Lorelai was busy at work, running the Inn, and she caught herself daydreaming about Luke and their beautiful life together. The two had established quite a family together, and although she did not have kids, Rory and April were as close as ever, and that was enough for the two of them .

It was during the middle of that morning that Lorelai's life changed.

As the phone rang, she answered it, as per her "I own an Inn" protocol.

"Hello, Dragonfly Inn."

"Lorelai? It's your mother." Emily said, sobbing.

"Mom, what's wrong? Did you not get served the first cup of tea at the DAR meeting?"

"No, your father passed away this morning." The sobs continued. At that moment, for one of the first times in her life, Lorelai was at a loss for words.

"Mom, what do you need me to do?"

"Call Rory. Get help. Take care of you. Find Luke."

"I love you, Mom. I'll be over there in a few hours, okay?"

"I love you, too."

After hanging up with Emily, Lorelai was able to hold her tears in until she got in the kitchen and saw Sookie.

Sookie, seeing her best friend upset, put down what she was doing and rushed to her need.

"Lorelai, what happened?"

"M-m-my dad passed away this morning."

Sookie pulled Lorelai into a huge hug, where the tears turned to sobs.

"I just saw him Friday. Now, he's...gone."

"Lore, you need to go find Luke."

"I know I do, Sook. I love you."

"I love you, too."

Lorelai drove to the center of Stars Hollow, and braced herself for the emotional hurricane that was about to come

She walked into the diner with red, puffy eyes. Luke saw his wife obviously upset, and rather than asking, he brought Lorelai upstairs.

"What's wrong?"

"My Dad passed away this morning."

She again burst into tears, but her husband surrounded this time. Luke held his wife for a while. In between sobs, he rubbed her back.

"Lorelai, I love you so much. You are going to get through this, I promise."

"I love you, too."

That afternoon, Lorelai called Rory and told her of the news. Rory booked the first flight home.

The same airport that they had parted and reunited in all those years ago now served as the solitary thing that got them closer together. And for that, both women were grateful.

That's all for this chapter!