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Chapter 2

Lorelai drove back to the inn. Instead of going back to her potting shed, she went into the inn to see if anyone was still there. She saw Mia immediately. "Hi Mia." She smiled.

"Lorelai!" She smiled. "What are you doing here? You're not working this evening."

"I know. I just thought I'd hang out in here for a bit." Lorelai said. "Is that ok?"

"Of course." Mia said. "Is everything ok?" She asked as she watched Lorelai sit down on one of the sofas.

"What? Oh yeh I'm fine." Lorelai said.

"Are you sure?" Mia asked.

Lorelai sighed. "I just met a girl today. She would have been my daughter's age. It just made me think about her, that's all." She admitted.

"Oh Lorelai.." Mia said sympathetically.

"I just...I feel like part of me is missing. Like I'm not complete." Lorelai said quietly.

Mia sat next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "You'll find her, I'm sure of it. Just keep looking. I know it's hard but she's out there somewhere." She said gently.

Lorelai turned to look at Mia with tears in her eyes. "What if she's gone to a horrible family? What if something's happened to her? What if I never find out what's happened to her?" She said.

"Oh darling, I know what your parents did was horrible but I'm sure they would have made sure your daughter went to a good family. They wouldn't have given them to a horrible family." She tried to reassure her.

"I wouldn't put anything past them." Lorelai muttered.

"So who did you meet today?" Mia asked.

"Oh uh the daughter of Luke. At the diner." Lorelai said. "Weston's was closed so Miss Patty showed me to Luke's."

"Ah yes, Luke's." Mia smiled.

"You know it?" Lorelai asked.

"Yeh, I'm good friends with Katherine, Luke's mother." She smiled. "Luke's a great guy as well and a wonderful father to young Rory."

Lorelai's head shot up. "Rory?" She said.

"What?" Mia asked.

"You said Rory. The girl's name is Rory?" Lorelai asked.

"Yes." Mia said.

Lorelai's mind started whirring. This has to be a coincidence right? No way would her parents have sent Rory here. They would have hated this town.

"Lorelai, are you ok?" Mia asked worried.

"My girl...uh...my daughter...I named her Rory..." Lorelai said quietly. "It has to be a coincidence right?"

Mia was shocked. "I don't know."

"I mean lots of girls must be called Rory." Lorelai said. "And I'm not disrespecting Luke or this town but this would have been the last place my parents would have sent Rory." She said.

"I guess so." Mia said, although something in the back of her mind was telling her that this might not be true. She'd heard the way Luke had adopted Rory.

Lorelai sighed. "I'm not going to think about it. I can't. It's too much of a coincidence. I think I need to sleep. I'll see you tomorrow." She said getting up.

"Ok. Night Lorelai." She said.

"Night." Lorelai said wandering off to the potting shed. She went in and walked over to her bedside table. She picked up a photo of Rory just after she was born. It was the only photo she had of her daughter. She then picked up the wristband next to it. She'd managed to get it from the hospital. It said Rory's name, the time of her birth and her weight. She felt tears in her eyes and lay down on her bed.

Meanwhile, up in the diner's apartment, Katherine washed up the dishes after dinner and smiled as she watched Luke put Rory to bed. She couldn't stop thinking about Lorelai though. Something about her was so familiar. She was brought out of her daze when she heard a squeal of laughter and she laughed as she watched Luke throw her over his shoulder and throw her onto her comfy bed.

"Again, again, daddy!" Rory giggled.

Katherine laughed as Luke picked her up again and threw her down.

"Again, again!" Rory beamed.

Luke chuckled. "No more. It's time to sleep." He said. "Go on, get under your duvet now."

Rory did as she was told and snuggled under the duvet. "Can you tell me a story?" She asked.

Katherine smiled as she watched Luke sit down on Rory's bed and start to tell her a story softly. She was so proud of her son. Losing William was so hard for all of them. She'd lost her husband and Luke had lost his dad. Luke and William were so close. She knew it affected him more than he was letting on but Luke being Luke stayed strong for her. She finished washing up the dishes and then went to sit down on the couch for a minute. She watched Luke finish his story and kiss Rory on her head, before tucking her in and then coming to join her on the couch. "So you spoke to Lorelai?" She asked, interested.

"What? Uh yeh I did." Luke said. "Why?"

"I'm just still trying to figure out why she looks so familiar." She said.

"Mom, she works with Mia. You've probably seen her around there." Luke said, not knowing what the big deal was.

"I don't know. I'm sure I would have recognised her." Katherine said. She glanced at Luke. "She seems good with kids. She got on with Rory." She said.

"Yeh well she's had sort of a hard life." Luke admitted. "She fell pregnant when she was 16."

"Oh?" Katherine asked surprised.

"Her parents had her daughter adopted straight after her birth without her knowing." Luke said.

"Wow that must have been so hard on her." Katherine said shocked.

"I sort of stepped my foot in it by ranting about mothers putting their daughters up for adoption and she went off on one and that's when she told me. I felt awful." He admitted.

"Oh Lucas..." Katherine said.

"I know. I apologised. I guess that's why she was good with Rory, because she's a mother." Luke shrugged.

"Hmm.." Katherine said.

"What?" Luke asked.

"Nothing." She said.

"No. That's your thinking face. What is it?" He said.

"I just...it could be stupid but Rory looks like Lorelai, don't you think?" She said.

Luke frowned. "Not really."

"I think that's why I thought Lorelai looked so familiar." Katherine said.

"No, it's too much of a coincidence. Besides I really doubt Lorelai's parents are the kind of people who would get Rory adopted in this town." He said.

"Honey, the car accident..." She gently reminded him.

"So?" Luke said. "There's no way Rory is Lorelai's daughter. No way!" He said. "It's too much of a coincidence."

"Lucas..." She said softly.

"I'm going to bed. Night." He said gruffly.

Katherine sighed but nodded.

The following day, Katherine decided to pay Mia a visit at lunch time. She walked inside the inn and smiled as she saw her best friend immediately. "Mia!" She said.

"Kathy, hi!" Mia smiled warmly. "How are you?"

"I'm good. You?" Katherine asked.

"Yeh good, good." Mia said. "Fancy some lunch? I was just popping out for some but as you're here I can get Sookie to whip something up for us."

"Sounds perfect." Katherine smiled. She then noticed Lorelai at the desk. "That's Lorelai, right?"

"That's right." Mia nodded.

"She came to the diner yesterday for the first time. Her and Luke hit it off I think." She smiled.

"Yeh she mentioned she went." Mia said. She wasn't sure whether to mention anything about Rory or not.

They headed to the dining room when they passed Lorelai. "Lorelai, why don't you join us for some lunch?" Katherine asked.

Lorelai looked up and realised it was Luke's mom. "Oh no, it's ok. I don't want to interfere." She said.

"Nonsense." Katherine said. She turned to Mia. "Mia, you're her boss. Demand that she have lunch with us. She has to listen to you."

Mia laughed and turned to Lorelai. "You don't have much of a choice now. Come join us."

Lorelai laughed. "Ok fine!"

They all went through to the dining room and Sookie brought out some food for them.

"Thanks Sook!" Lorelai smiled.

"No problem!" Sookie smiled and went off to the kitchen again.

"So Lorelai, how long have you been here for?" Katherine asked.

"About 7 years. I came when I was 16." Lorelai said.

"Wow, it's weird I haven't seen you around in those 7 years." Katherine said surprised.

"I tended to stay here most of the time. Plus I was always busy searching for information about...well I kept myself busy." She said.

Katherine nodded knowing exactly what she was going to say. "I hope you don't mind. Luke told me about what you told him. I'm so sorry that happened to you. You must have been devastated." She said.

Lorelai looked up at her. "Luke told you?"

"I got it out of him. He was hesitant to tell me but he felt awful about some rant he went on." She said.

"Oh." Lorelai said quietly. "Well tell him it's fine. He wasn't to know." She said. She then smirked. "Plus he gave me a free burger and free food always gets someone in my good books." She grinned.

Katherine suddenly saw it. The same smile as Rory.

They all chatted about other things as they ate and Katherine was able to see a bit more of Lorelai's bubbly side and she really warmed to her.

"I should get back to work. Thanks for inviting me to join you." Lorelai smiled. "Say hello to Luke and..uh..Rory from me." She said and then disappeared off.

"Don't you think Lorelai and Luke would make a nice couple?" Mia said with a twinkle in her eye.

Katherine laughed. "Definitely. I saw the change in him. Lorelai intrigued him, I think. But..."

"But what?" Mia asked.

"Rory..." She said.

"Ah..." Mia said understanding.

"You've thought about it too, haven't you?" Katherine said.

"I have to admit I have. Ever since Lorelai revealed she named her daughter Rory." Mia admitted.

"They have the same smile. Luke couldn't see the similarities or wouldn't admit that he could but I honestly think there's something there." Katherine said quietly.

Mia sighed. "This could be huge. Lorelai has been searching for Rory for 7 years."

Katherine nodded. "I think deep down when I mentioned the similarities to Luke, he didn't want to admit it. I think he's afraid that Rory will be taken away from him."

"Oh Lorelai would never do that. She's already told me what a great dad she thinks Luke is." Mia said.

"I know but..oh I don't know." Katherine said. "Maybe we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves.."

"Perhaps." Mia nodded. "We need to know for certain before we mention it to Lorelai. It will break her if we tell her and then we find out Rory isn't her daughter. We need to know for sure."

Katherine nodded. "I better get going. Thanks for lunch. Tell Sookie it was lovely."

"I will. Bye Kathy." Mia smiled at her friend and walked her out.

Later that evening, Lorelai decided to go to the diner for her dinner again. She walked in and she smiled immediately when she saw Rory sat at the counter again. She came and sat down next to her. "Hello again!" She smiled.

"Hi." Rory smiled shyly at her.

"You've not been giving your daddy any more heart attacks have you?" She joked.

Rory giggled but shook her head.

"Good." Lorelai grinned.

Luke then appeared from the kitchen and saw Lorelai talking to Rory. He stopped and watched them for a moment and smiled when Lorelai made Rory laugh. He thought back to what his mom had said but he pushed it to one side and walked over to her. "Hey! I thought you said if I gave you coffee, you would go away?" He said but with a slight smirk.

"Yeh well you didn't tell me your burgers were so delicious!" Lorelai grinned.

"You know red meat can kill you." Luke said.

"Well then at least I'll die eating something delicious." Lorelai grinned.

Luke rolled his eyes. "One burger coming up." He said. "You better not be corrupting my daughter." He said but smirked as he disappeared back into the kitchen.

"Is your daddy always this grumpy?" Lorelai asked Rory.

"Yes." Rory giggled.

"I heard that!" Luke shouted from the kitchen.

Lorelai winked at Rory who grinned back at her.

Luke soon came out with her burger and then started wiping down the counter. He watched Lorelai and Rory out of the corner of his eye though. He couldn't help it. After she finished her burger, she stood up and gave him some money. "Thanks." She smiled at him. "I better get going."

"I'm assuming I'll see you for your drink of death tomorrow?" He said sarcastically.

"Maybe." Lorelai grinned. She then turned to Rory. "Nice talking to you, Rory. See you around."

"Bye!" Rory grinned back and it was then that Luke froze.

Katherine came downstairs just as Lorelai was leaving and she noticed his face. "You saw it, didn't you?" She said softly.

"They...they had the same grin..." He said quietly.

"Oh Lucas..." Katherine said softly, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Hope you liked it! So it's building up to the big reveal! Not sure when I'll do it yet but it will be soon! Please review and let me know what you think! Thanks! :)