AN: Thanks to all you guys who reviewed the first chapter I'm so glad you liked it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls… That's why the show is now Milo-less and sucky!
Chapter 2
The whole church is now standing in shock watching this tragic scene unfold. Rory Gilmore running, blinded by tears, out the church doors. Logan and Chris start after her but Luke stops them.
"YOU TWO STAY AWAY FROM HER YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH!" He roars before starting after her himself.
"RORY!" he calls, "Rory, wait!"
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Rory does not know how long she has been running but she now finds her weak body collapsing on the bridge. The bridge. Their refuge. She sobs harder.
"Oh God… Rory… Jesus… What the hell has he done to you?" Luke whispers almost inaudibly before he falls down beside her, takes her in his arms, and pulls her limp form gently onto his lap. He holds her close and tight letting her desperate tears soak into him.
"L… Luke… I… I… don't know w…what I'm… d… doing anymore!" She cries, "I'm s... s… s… so l… lost!"
"Oh Rory…" He breathes, his own voice shaken now. He couldn't stand to see her like this. Not her. Not his baby girl. She didn't deserve this kind of pain.
"Baby, I swear if there is anything I can do… anything to take this from you just tell me."
Rory looks up at Luke with helpless eyes…
"Jess… Jess… I need Jess. Take me to Jess, Luke. Please take me to him."
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It's Tuesday night at Truncheon which means the place is busting at the seams with aspiring poets and authors. Now, Jess normally loves his job but Tuesday nights are pure hell for him. Why? Because along with being one of the main editors for Truncheon's signed talents and part-time contracted author himself he also is the only freelance editor on the staff. What does that mean for him? It means that on Tuesday nights the mountain of manuscripts on his desk triples in size and he usually has to work through the night to trim it back down. 'Yipee!'
"Jess!"
"What is it Matthew? Damn it. Can't you see I'm busy?"
"No," Matthew replies sarcastically walking over with the phone, "I'm going blind didn't I tell you? Anyways, your uncle's on the phone. He says it's urgent."
"My uncle? Jeez Matt!!! You could've been a little quicker handing me the phone you idiot!" Jess hisses snatching the phone with one hand smacking his co-worker upside the head with the other.
"Hey, Luke what's up? I'm sorry it took me so long to answer," He glares at Matthew. "These jackasses I work with are slow as hell!!! What's the emergency?"
"It's Rory." Luke replies from the other end.
"What about her? Because I'm sure whatever the problem is her husband Ritchie Rich can handle it no sweat."
"Damn it, Jess. Damn it!!!" Luke says through gritted teeth, "Don't you get it? That's the problem! There is no husband!"
"How could there not be? I saw the invite and the wedding was supposed to be on Sunday. If she was supposedly so in love with him why didn't she go through with it?" Jess asks bitterly, remembering what Rory had said to him when she came to Philadelphia and how she had left him standing alone looking like some brokenhearted idiot.
"She got halfway up the aisle Jess, when she found out that Logan had been cheating on her again. She was so devastated she ran out of the church in tears."
Silence.
"God Jess… I have never seen the girl so broken in my life! She practically fell to pieces in my arms when I found her."
More silence.
"She rarely leaves her room she just lays on the bed and sobs and when she does leave it's only to go to the bridge and cry more. I'm so scared for her."
"…God…"
"She's asked for you."
"Me… Why me?"
"She can't stay here in Connecticut."
"And staying with me in Philly is better?"
"It's what she wants… She needs you."
"But…"
"Do you love her?"
"What?"
"I said: Do you love her?"
"Yes of course! But what can I…"
"Then let her stay."
Click.
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