LorLukealways- You're right on the money. Way to be the first one to figure it out!

BFD- You got it too. She's supposed to be messed up. Although it doesn't seem it yet, it's completely LL, and that'll come out in either the next chapter or the one after.

Sarahb2007- First of all, thanks for reviewing so much, it means a lot to me. Lorelai isn't walking away from Luke. You'll see. I'm with you on the Chris thing. 

Litizreal- I completely agree. Thanks for the review!

cywen69- They will, I can promise that. Thanks for reviewing!

A/N: I'm getting mixed reviews about this story. The point of it is that Lorelai doesn't know what she wants from her life. I should have clarified that earlier. If this is getting confusing to you, go back and read slowly. Everything has a point. Lorelai's views on her relationships with both Christopher and Luke are ever-changing, and that's what I'm trying to convey in this story. It's the same in the show. Right now, she's with Chris, but it's obvious that her heart's still with Luke. I hope everyone keeps reading, I know this is convoluted, as it has been pointed out to me, but keep on going. By the end of the story, what Lorelai wants and what she gets will be straight up, no confusion, I promise. Okay, long author's note, now get to reading!!

Another PG-13 rating on this chapter… again, nothing bad, but a little above the T rating.

Previously:

"You didn't care when I needed time to think about eloping. I shouldn't have to give you time, either." Luke argued.

Lorelai nodded. "You're right. You shouldn't give me time. I don't deserve it. I can't be with you, Luke. It's too emotionally draining. I'm sorry."

Luke watched her walk through the door, and watched until she was out of view through the window as she walked home.

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The walk home, like the walk to Luke's was uneventful. Lorelai had spent over two hours with Luke. It took longer to get home this time, as she was walking slowly, going over what had just happened. She said no to Luke, after she'd been waiting for him to take her back for weeks. She was confused. If she wanted him back so much, why did she leave?

Once home, Lorelai kicked off her shoes and threw some strawberry Poptarts into the toaster. Sitting at the kitchen table, called Chris and told him to come over as soon as he could. It was about 5:30, and by 6, Lorelai had eaten her Poptarts and ran the dishwasher. The doorbell rang at about quarter after 6. Lorelai opened it to see Chris, and gave him a soft kiss on the lips before letting him into the hallway.

"Thanks for coming, Chris." Lorelai said. Chris took off his shoes and left them next to hers.

"Of course. Did you go see Luke?" He asked.

"Uh, yeah, I did." She answered while walking into the living room. Chris, as usual, followed.

"How'd it go?"

"It was interesting." She admitted.

"Yeah?"

"We talked about everything, and then he asked me to go back to him."

"He did?"

"Yep." Lorelai said. She leaned on the back of the couch. Chris stood in front of her.

"What'd you say?"

"I said no." She answered. Chris smiled, then leaned in and kissed her deeply. "I thought you'd be happy." She giggled.

Chris stood between her legs and kissed her again, this time exploring her mouth with his tongue. She moaned into his mouth and pulled away.

"What do you say to taking this little thing here upstairs? Lorelai asked, running her hands down the back of his head and to his neck.

"I say 'let's go'." He threw her over his shoulder, eliciting a giggle from her mouth, and carried her upstairs, and shut the door behind them.

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The next morning, Lorelai woke up next to Chris, his arm around her. It gave her memories of the night she ran to him, and she got scared. She shook his arm off of her and got up. Chris awoke suddenly, and seeing that she was out of bed with the sheets wrapped around her, was instantly confused.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"Oh, nothing."

"Why did you get up?"

"I woke up." She stated.

"I got that. Why?" He asked.

"I don't know why people wake up when they do."

"You know what I mean." Christopher said.

"Memories."

"Oh. Should I go?" Chris asked.

"No, you don't have to go, I need to take a shower and get dressed." Lorelai said.

"I'll go downstairs."

"I'll be down in a minute." She told him, and watched as he got out of bed and grabbed his clothes.

"See ya down there." Chris pulled on his clothes and left the room, leaving Lorelai standing alone. She dropped the sheet, got some clothes together, and then went into the bathroom to start up the shower.

Downstairs, Chris had put together breakfast—cereal and poptarts. He poured two glasses of orange juice and sat down at the table to wait for Lorelai.

The water was hotter than normal when she got into the shower. She washed her hair with the fruity shampoo she had left on the floor of the shower and washed her body with the citrus shower gel Rory bought her. After 10 minutes of just standing, letting the water run down her body, Lorelai got out, wrapped a towel around her and got dressed in the jeans and t-shirt she had laid out.

She went downstairs after running her fingers through her hair to let it dry naturally. When she saw Chris at the table, she couldn't help herself.

"Awww. You made me breakfast." She said, going over to peck him on the lips.

"Yes I did. Poptarts and Cereal. You like?"

"I love." She replied. She sat at the table where her food was and started to eat.

"So, what are you planning for today?" Chris asked before taking a bite of a Poptart.

"Well, if Rory will talk to me, I was thinking about taking her out for a shopping trip and lunch."

"Sounds fun. I have to get home and get Gigi to her nanny for the weekend, so I can come back here. That's what you want, right?" Chris asked.

"Yeah, come back." She said after finishing her cereal.

"Ok. I have to go around 11; I'll be back around 2."

"I won't be home yet. Do you want to meet me and Rory for lunch? I'll call her now to see if she'll actually go, but if she does…"

"I don't know, Lorelai. Will she want me there? Isn't she already mad at me?"

"She's mad at me, too. If she agrees to see me, I think she'll be alright seeing you." Lorelai said. She got up to grab the cordless phone, and when she sat back down, dialed Rory's cell.

"Hello?" Rory's voice came through the phone.

"Hey, Ror. How are you?" Lorelai asked. She shrugged her shoulders when Chris looked at her funny.

"Good, you?" Rory asked.

"Oh, I'm fine."

"That's good."

"Yeah. So listen, I was thinking about doing some shopping and then lunch at Weston's. Interested?" Lorelai asked. She crossed her fingers.

"I've got some stuff going on in New Haven." Rory said.

"Can't you get out of it?" Lorelai asked.

"I guess so. What time?" Rory asked.

"Come to the house around 10? Chris is leaving at 11 to take Gigi to the nanny."

"Dad's there?" Rory asked.

"Yeah. He stayed here last night." Lorelai asked. She immediately regretted it.

"You slept with him again?!" Rory exclaimed.

"Rory, it doesn't matter. Is 10 okay with you?" Lorelai asked.

"What do you mean it doesn't matter?"

"It doesn't matter! Is 10 okay or not?"

"It's fine."

"Good. I'll see you then." Lorelai shut her phone.

"She's not happy, is she?" Chris asked.

"Oh no, she's the epitome of happiness at the moment."

Chris cocked his head to the side. "Oh! Joke. Right." Lorelai laughed. It took Chris longer to figure out when she was joking or not. Luke knew immediately. He also knew that when she made a joke like that, she was usually upset. Chris didn't realize that.

"Right, joke."

"So, movie before Rory comes?" Chris asked.

"Like at a movie theater? We don't have time; she'll be here in an hour."

"Don't you have any movies here?"

"I'm a self diagnosed movie addict. Of course I have movies." Lorelai said, getting up from the table and walking into the living room. "What are you in the mood for?"

"I don't know, something good." Chris said, and then added, "No chick movies."

"Aww, no chick movie? Fine, mister. Your choices are: Pippi, because she never gets old, Wizard of Oz, rather not watch that, or Elmo: The Movie."

"Elmo? Why the hell do you have an Elmo dvd?" Chris said, stifling a laugh.

"It's Gigi's. She left it here when I babysat her here that one time. I forgot about it." Lorelai giggled, looking at the cover. She flipped it over and read, "Elmo wants you to come play with him! Join the fun as Elmo shows you around his neighborhood and introduces you to his friends! Rated PG."

"I bought my daughter an Elmo movie?" Chris asked.

"Apparently."

"Elmo's rated PG?"

"What has our world come to? Let's watch!" Lorelai said excitedly. Chris sat down on the couch while Lorelai put the movie it. She joined him back on the couch and snuggled into his shoulder.

The opening credits came on and there's Elmo, parading around the screen. Soon you're introduced to his friends, Oscar and Big Bird. After some pleading with Oscar, the three friends go on an adventure to find the "Red Jewel," a ruby that Elmo lost.

"What is Elmo doing with a Ruby?" Chris asked.

"Shhhh!" Lorelai replied, "I'm trying to watch."

Chris laughed and grabbed the remote off of the coffee table. "Time to turn Elmo off."

"We only watched 5 minutes of it." Lorelai argued.

"I have better ideas." Chris said, and pushed her down onto her back.

"I'm liking your ideas." Lorelai said. Her mouth was soon covered by his and hands roamed each others bodies, Chris's hand slipping under her shirt immediately. His hand made lazy circles over her stomach as her hands went to cup the back of his neck and pull him closer to him. Lorelai pulled her mouth off of his. "We can't now. If we get started, Rory will be here before we're done."

"So, we can go upstairs."

"She'll hear us still." Lorelai said.

"Couch making out is good for me right now." Chris said.

"Me too." She leaned up for another kiss as her shirt was lifted higher. "Chris!" She said, pulling back.

"No groping allowed?"

"It's allowed, just no clothes removed, okay?" She was pushed back down.

"Okay." He said, lifting her shirt up to her neck and kissing paths up her stomach to the bottom of her bra. "Is this considered clothes?" He asked innocently.

"Yes."

"Can we make an exception for it?"

"Fine, but that's it." Lorelai said with a sigh. Chris reached around her back and unclasped the black bra and tossed it next to them onto the floor. His mouth attacked hers again as his hands went up to cup her breasts.

Suddenly, the door opened and Rory walked in. At first, she didn't see, or hear, her parents. She went into the kitchen, still oblivious to what was going on, as were Lorelai and Christopher. She fixed herself a sandwich, and when she went into the living room to eat it, was when she finally saw them.

She yelped, and dropped her plate onto the carpet. "Oh my god. I'm so sorry, I'll be going now." Rory said, grabbing her plate and putting her hand to the side of her face so she couldn't see into the living room. Lorelai pulled her shirt down and popped up into a sitting position.

"No, Rory, stay." Lorelai said. Chris ran the back of his hand over his mouth and got off of Lorelai. "Wow, this is awkward."

"Yeah…" Rory said. "I'll come back. You two just, uh, well I'll be back." She rushed out the door as Lorelai reached down to grab her bra. She hooked it on and covered it with her shirt. Chris helped her off the couch.

"I better go talk to her." Lorelai said, pointing towards the door. Chris nodded and rubbed her back as she got up off the couch.

Rory was leaning on the porch railing when Lorelai came out. Her arms were crossed over her chest, and she was looking out towards the street. Lorelai approached, and copied her position.

"So…" Lorelai started.

"Yeah, so." Rory said.

"We weren't expecting you for another half hour."

"I came early. Won't do that again." Rory said sarcastically.

"Rory, I don't like this." Lorelai said. She stood up and leaned against a pole.

"What don't you like?" Rory asked rudely, tilting her head to see her mother.

"Us, this." She said, motioning between the two. Rory said nothing. "Is this all because of Luke? Because I'm not with Luke anymore? Is it because I slept with your dad? Is that it, Rory?"

"He isn't good for you!" Rory shouted.

"No, Luke wasn't good for me! He lied to me!"

"He never lied to you."

"Not telling me about April is just as bad." Lorelai said.

"Are you serious? You're going back to the April thing again? It's not her fault."

"I didn't say it was her fault!"

"You meant it." Rory stood up.

"That's it, isn't it? You want me to be with Luke. You think Luke's the answer to all of our problems, don't you?" Lorelai asked.

"Luke's right for you! You're right for him! You two fit. You and dad don't! If you did, you'd be married by now! I wouldn't be the only kid you have!" Rory yelled. It hit Lorelai hard.

"Rory, you are a kid. You may be legally an adult, but you don't understand this. Luke needs to be out of my life, out of our life. Chris is good for me. He is. We never would have worked before now. He's grown up now, Ror. He's a man now. He's not the sixteen year old kid who asked me to marry him when I got pregnant with you!"

"Yes he is. Don't you see that?"

"No! I don't. I don't see where you get that from!"

"I can't deal with this now. I'm leaving." Rory picked up her purse of the ground next to her feet and marched down the steps and onto the grass. Lorelai followed her.

"I was right, you are me. Running away from your problems. You can't run forever, Rory."

Rory stopped and turned around. "Listen! I love you too much to stand here and watch you get hurt again! Everytime he comes here, you end up heartbroken. But, unlike when you broke up with Luke that first time, never have you cried, mom. Never. You don't love him. You love Luke. I'll be back when you come to your senses." She continued walking to her car. Lorelai didn't stop her, she just watched her daughter pull away. She walked back to the steps and sat down, letting the tears fall. Chris, who had heard the whole argument from inside, came out to comfort her.

"Lorelai, she'll be back. She always is." He sat down next to her. She rested her head on his shoulder and he put his arm around her. Lorelai shook her head into his shirt.

"She's right." Chris let go of her. She jerked downward and pulled herself into a sitting position.

"What?" He asked.

"She's right. I love Luke." Lorelai admitted.

"Where is this coming from?" Chris asked angrily.

"My heart. It's always been Luke. She's right. I have to go." Lorelai got up and ran across the yard to her car. Before Chris could run after her, she had pulled out onto the street and sped away.