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Lorelai slowly walked back to the booth in a daze and in shock over what just happened. Suddenly, she realized that Rory was talking to her and from the look on her face, had been for some time.

"Mom? Mom? Are you okay? What happened?"

"I'm okay sweetie. Just need to take a walk. I'll be back in 10 minutes". And with that, Lorelai resumed her daze-walking, avoiding questions from Rory, and trying not to cry.

30minutes later, Lorelai still wasn't back and Rory was starting to worry. Her Mom didn't look that great earlier, and she suspected that she couldn't run to Luke like usual. So Rory turned to Lane, and asked her to take over the booth for a bit, and then proceeded to briskly walk (Gilmore's NEVER run) in the same direction as Lorelai. As she passed the diner, Luke looked out the window and saw her brisk walk and concerned expression. He had seen Lorelai walk past earlier, and just thought she was getting something for the booth. But now, with Rory passing, he began to suspect that something was very wrong. Closing the diner quickly, he followed Rory, not too close, in case everything was alright.

Rory found her Mom on the bridge, just sitting there as still as a rock. As she got closer, she could see the tear tracks down her cheeks.

"Mom? Mom?" Rory asked softly. "What's wrong?" At the sound of her voice, Lorelai jumped, and quickly swiped at her face, but the tears kept coming. Morosely she replied

"We postponed the wedding." Rory sat down and hugged her Mom while she let the story come out. Unbeknownst to the girls, Luke had just arrived, and was listening in on the conversation.

"What happened Mom?" Rory asked gently.

"Well, he apologized again for not telling me, saying he was confused. I get that, I do. Then I offered to help, then he started rambling how it was all too much, and I asked what was too much and he said April and… and the wedding and … and… so I offered to postpone the wedding, and he jumped at the chance Rory!" Throughout this speech she paused continually, letting the tears flow, but at the end she had to take a deep steadying breath. This had to be said. Thank God Rory's here she thought before she started again.

"Why didn't he tell me? Why doesn't he trust me? Didn't he want my help? Why did he want to do this alone? She's a part of the family. Families DO stuff together. They TELL things to each other. Doesn't he want to marry me? And then he said meet me at his place. HIS place Rory. His place is OUR place! Has he even moved out? Am I just Nicole? Doesn't he love me? Why won't he marry me?" With every question, the sobs grew louder, and the agitation increased. Rory didn't know what to say. She'd never seen her Mom doubt herself so much, besides that time when they broke up. It pained her to see her like this, especially when she was so close to getting everything she wanted.

"Mom, it'll work out. He loves you, you know he does. He's waited forever for you. This won't stop your wedding. He still wants to marry you. He trusts you. Shhh Mom… It's going to be okay. It's going to be okay." Rory rubbed Lorelai's back in a gesture of comfort and continued to hug her Mom.

"Mom you should tell Luke how you feel. You should tell him and not pretend your okay with this."

"No Rory I can't! That's what he was talking about. It's all too much! He's had to deal with emotional Lorelai for 5months, 3weeks and 16 days. I can't lay this on him now. I have to be there for him. I have to support him… even if he doesn't want me." Her voice started out so strong but ended up in a whisper as she stared unseeingly at the lake. Rory continued her back rubbing and hugging, out of things to say. Luke was the only one who could fix this, and who knew how long he'd wait this time.

Luke had heard all of it. The questioning that pained him, pained him to think that he had caused this. He had made her vulnerable, had made her cry. And that last part, about not being able to tell him how she felt, that hurt even more. He now knew what he sounded like to her, and he couldn't blame her. Quietly, he slowly walked back to the diner, deep in thought.