Chapter 1

Luke stepped out into the alley behind his diner. It was six AM and the cold Connecticut autumn weather was already nippy that October morning. But it made no difference to Luke. Autumn, winter, spring or summer, Luke always rose early to start the day.

Lifting a large trash bag over his shoulder, he walked down the alley toward the large dumpster. Heaving the bag into the large dumpster, he began his descent back into his heated restaurant. But as he walked something unfamiliar caught his eye. About fifteen yards down the alley, something strange caught his eye. However, the sun hadn't risen yet and the streetlight offered poor lighting for the man. Slowly, he walked down the alley, trying to figure out what the strange object was. As he came closer and closer, he could tell it was much larger than expected, almost the size of a human body.

Finally, he came upon the strange object. As he did so, he spotted a pile of clothing, those of a woman. Then, as the light of the building next to him shined on the small object, Luke gasped.

"Oh my God!" Luke yelped out.

It was the body of a young girl. She had no clothing on, and it only took Luke a second to figure out what had happened. Leaning down, he tried to see if the body was still living. As he did so, he jumped back in fear.

"Oh my God! It's Rory!"

Jumping to his feet, Luke sprinted back to his own diner to grab his cordless. Phone, then sprinting back to the body, he dialed 911. His fingers had trouble doing so as he shook uncontrollably.

"yes, um, this is Luke Danes. I'm um, in the alleyway behind my shop. Yeah, um, I um, just found Rory Gilmore. I thin she's been raped. She's unconscious, I don't know if she's breathing or not. Please come quick!" Luke squeaked out as he hung up the phone. Then turning back to Rory, he lifted her armed cautiously. Feeling her wrist, he looked for a pulse.

"thank you, God!" he said as he managed to locate a pulse. But it was slow, and Luke knew she needed immediate medical care. The weather itself must has taken a great toll on her body. Realizing this, Luke removed his flannel coat and covered the small, frail body.

"Please hurry!"

Luke sat next to the body waiting. He held her small hand. He knew she had no idea he was there, but wanted to do something but knew not what else to do.

Finally, after what seemed a lifetime, Luke heard the sound of alarms. Jumping to his feet, he waved the ambulance down. A group of EMT's surrounded her body. Luke waited uneasily on the outskirts of the crowd.

As he paced uneasily, a police officer approached him. "Are you the man who called 911?"

"yeah, Luke Danes." He offered.

"Well, you did a great thing. Do you know the girl?"

"Yeah, it's Rory Gilmore. I'm friends with her and her mom. Do you think she was…?"

"We won't know until we take her to the hospital, but I'm almost positive."

"Gosh," Luke grabbed his head. How was Lorelai going to take all of this?

"Sir, we need you to come with us. Since you were the one who found her, we need your statement.?

"I want to go with rory. I need to talk to her mom!"

"That's fine. We'll interview you at the hospital, and it might be best if you deliver the news to her mom. But we need you to come with us right now."

"Ok, let me lock my diner."

Luke quickly grabbed his cell phone from the diner and locked up.

Climbing into the squat car, he wondered what he would tell Lorelai. How was she going to take the news?

A/N:

Thank you all for the reviews for the prologue. And I'm sorry. I meant to type prologue at the top of the last installment, but wrote epilogue instead. Haha, I'm on Christmas break. Please R and R.