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Author's Note: I just wanted to thank everybody who reviewed! It made me so happy. :) Let me know how you like this chapter and if you guys still want more I am currently finishing the final touches on Chapter 3, which is a lot longer than Chapters 1 and 2. On with the show …


Previously in "If You See Him"

With that Lorelai continued walking, past the empty diner towards her house. She tried to walk faster, but she couldn't escape the emotions that were haunting her as she felt hot tears beginning to slide down her cheeks.


Chapter 2

If you see her.

If you see her, tell her I'm doing fine. And if you want to, say that I think of her from time to time. Ask her if she ever wonders where we both went wrong. If you see her. If you see her. I still want her.

"Luke's." Luke replied as he answered his customary greeting in his new diner. He still couldn't believe he was here. How did he end up feeling about a million miles away from home, all because of a woman? Well, Lorelai was not just any woman, but still he was here because of her. He sighed inwardly and tried to focus on the order he was taking over the phone. 'No more thoughts of Lorelai. Not now or ever.' He stubbornly reminded himself.

Finishing his order he heard the bell over the door jingle as he looked up to see who had entered. He almost groaned aloud seeing it was his sister. She had been calling weekly to "check in" with him and now here she was in person. 'Well, at least she didn't bring T.J.' He thought to himself.

Time to put on the happy face. "Liz, hey! What are you doing here?" Luke asked while pulling his sister into a hug. "Well, I figured I hadn't really seen your new place, so why not today, right?" Liz smiled at Luke, but he could sense that she had ulterior motives.

"Right." Luke replied skeptically. "Come. Sit. Have some pie." Liz laughed. "Oh Luke, some things never change." Luke smiled, but thought to himself, 'Yet, some things do.'

After Liz finished her pie and a cup of coffee Luke sat beside her ready to find out why she was really here. "So…" Liz began slowly. "I ran into Lorelai the other day."

Luke groaned. He should have known it would have to do with Lorelai. He stood up shoving the chair back in place.

"Liz, I've got work to do." With that he slipped into the back leaving his sister sitting at the counter shaking her head watching him leave.

After a few moments Liz sighed audibly and headed in the direction her brother went. "Luke?" She called looking for him. It was strange that he was no longer in their father's old store. She walked through the hallway and found him in a small office with his head in his hands. "Luke?" She repeated slowly and quietly as if a normal volume would cause him to break. She had never seen her brother like this. He was always the strong one. He was the one who fixed things for her. He was the "good one" as she and Lorelai had once called him.

Slowly, Luke raised his head and met his sister's eyes. He was tired. He was both physically and emotionally exhausted. From losing the one person he thought he could actually spend his life with, to moving, opening a new business, he just wasn't sure how much more he could take. He sighed before carefully choosing his words.

"I don't want to talk about … her."

He shook his head, almost laughing at himself for not even being able to say her name out loud. It hurt too much. The pain was too fresh.

"Okay." Liz replied. After a few moments she continued, "I think she misses you, Luke." Luke almost looked hopeful for a moment before he remembered why they broke up in the first place.

He glared at his sister for a moment and then confessed. "Look, I just can't do this right now. I just can't." Liz nodded her head.

"Well, I'm here if you ever need to talk. I know how many times you have been there for me. If you need anything, anything at all, you can call me."

Luke smiled ruefully at his sister, "Thanks. I know." With that Liz turned and left, leaving Luke alone with his thoughts.


End of Chapter 2

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