Author's note: I know this has been done lots of times before, but this is what I believe should have happened after "Partings". I think it was OOC for Lorelai to go straight to Christopher right after ending things with Luke, especially after she said she thinks she never really loved anyone, until Luke. I'm still upset that she ended up sleeping with Christopher, that she gave Luke an ultimatum instead of just talking to him and telling him how she felt. I'm thinking that this will be a 6 or 7 chapter story. Thanks for reading and please review if you feel inclined to do so.

"I can't just jump like this!" Luke shouts.

"Well, I'm sorry to hear that." Lorelai responds and she takes a breath, then another one that sounds like a sob. "And I have to go."

Luke just stares at her. She looks at him one last time, waiting for him to beg her to stay, but he doesn't. She walks fast, pulling her shrug around her, like it will stop her from hurting. She walks to the jeep, gets in and starts the engine. She wipes at the hot, wet tears on her face. Sookie, Sookie will listen to her, Sookie is her best friend. She needs Sookie to be on her side, Sookie will tell her what she needs to hear right now. She thinks.

Lorelai drives the short five minutes to Sookie and Jackson's house. She gets out of the jeep and walks to the front door, knocks and then thinks; "Oh no, it's late. I'll probably wake up Davey and Martha." She starts to turn away, but the door opens.

Sookie sees Lorelai, "Oh, Lorelai. What brings you here?" She looks at Lorelai's face. "Lorelai? Honey, what's wrong?"

"It's Luke… but I'll talk to you tomorrow, I probably woke the kids up."

"No, they're still asleep as far as I know, Jackson's asleep too actually. Come on, what happened with Luke? Tell me." Lorelai doesn't say anything, she follows Sookie inside and they sit down.

"It's over. Luke and I, we're over." Lorelai tells her.

"What? No, did you guys have a fight?"

"Yes, Sookie. I… well I gave him an ultimatum. I told him I wanted to elope now… that it was now or never… and he… he didn't respond. He doesn't want to marry me Sookie."

Sookie stares at her in shock."But, Lorelai he'll come back. I mean he can't just let you get away. I know how much he loves you."

"No! Sookie, listen!" Lorelai raises her voice. "He let me walk away, he didn't stop me. I don't know… I guess he couldn't figure out how to fit me and April into his life. I can't wait around for him anymore, Sookie. I'm done."

"Aww, Honey I'm so sorry. I know you love Luke and you wanted it to work out, but I understand you're angry and you're tired of him pushing you away. So, maybe you and him are just not meant to be. But, maybe he'll realize he made a mistake. But if it's too late for him to apologise, then that's just the way it is and I feel so sorry for you."

Lorelai tries to hold back her tears. "Thanks, Sookie. I… uh feel better after talking to you about this. Now I'm going to go home and try to get some sleep."

"Anytime. I'll see you tomorrow." They both get up and Sookie hugs her before she leaves.

Luke just stood on the street after Lorelai walked away. He let her walk away because he didn't know what to say. Her ultimatum came out of the blue for him. Yesterday, on the phone she sounded strange when she said she couldn't see him because there was a staff meeting at the Inn. But he didn't ask her if something was wrong. She must have wanted to get a big reaction out of him because, now he realizes that he has been spending a lot of time with April. She said she didn't want to wait anymore, that he had to figure out how April fit into their lives, not the other way around. She shouldn't have given him an ultimatum though, that wasn't fair. They should have sat down and talked it through. He realizes that he's scared, scared to marry Lorelai. But he figures that it could just be nerves or something. He knows that he loves her though, and he does want to spend the rest of his life with her, but he's scared he blew it by making the huge mistake of pushing her away and not running after her.

He finally moves, turns around to head back into the diner. He steps inside, goes behind the counter, finds Caesar and tells him to close the diner once everyone has finished eating. Then, he goes up to his apartment and lies down on his bed. He decides to give Lorelai the night to cool off, maybe she'll come back to him in the morning… or if she doesn't, he'll go to her… he hopes that she'll at least speak to him.