.o0 A little Later 0o.
"The Diner's closed" Rory stated walking into Luke's apartment.
"Geez!" again Luke got startled by Rory; he had been washing dishes to get his mind off of what he was about to do.
"So you're still jumpy" she deadpanned making her way to Luke's couch.
"Where's your Mom?"
"Don't worry, I don't bite" she turned on the TV. "She's coming, got sidetracked by the donut display"
"Wha…? Lorelai! Stop stealing stuff!"
"Stop tattling on me!" Lorelai yelled upstairs, to Rory of course.
"Leave her alone" Luke yelled back.
"Of course you're defending her" Lorelai mumbled downstairs, no one heard her; and even if they had, Luke would've blushed and Rory wouldn't have had any idea of what she meant, not yet anyways.
"I know what you guys wanna talk about" Rory blurted making Luke drop the cup he was washing. "What's wrong with you?" she asked giggling. "If you're tired of your cups just buy new ones, you don't need to break the ones you have"
"Y-you already… you already know?" Luke stammered.
"What?" Lorelai asked from the doorway; Rory was watching TV so she didn't notice Lorelai's chocked expression, or the glance she and Luke shared.
"Jess… you want to tell me how much of a 'bad boy' he is, and that he's a 'bad influence' and will only bring me trouble blah, blah, blah"
"Umm… well, yeah" now Lorelai stammered. "That's part of it" she walked more into the apartment. "But there's something else also" she heard how the clinking from the kitchen got louder and faster. "Luke, could you stop that for a sec?"
"No, I-I'm almost done" truth is, he now wanted to prolong this as much as possible; he was afraid of Rory's reaction.
"Luke…"
"Fine" he sighed, stopped washing, whipped his hands on his jeans, and walked over to the living room where both girls were; he sat on the chair.
"Rory…?" Lorelai called.
"Yeah?" Rory answered, her eyes glued on the TV.
"Can you turned that off for a sec"
"Bu-"
"Please" Lorelai told her with a firm voice which confused Rory so she turned to look at Luke and he had a… scared? look on his face.
"What's going on?" Rory also got scared.
"Umm… we need to tell you something" Lorelai began. "And hopefully you'll take it well"
"What's wrong?" she turned to look at Luke but he was staring at his hands trying to get himself away from this conversation.
"Do you remember what I've told you about-" Lorelai couldn't continue, she couldn't find the words.
"About?" Rory edged her on. "Mom come on" she begged this has to be something bad, right? If they're both acting this way, it definitely has to be bad, very, very, bad.
"Your Dad" Luke blurted surprising both Lorelai and Rory.
"Wha…?"
"Luke!" Lorelai scoffed.
"Well, you weren't getting anywhere" he defended.
"What about him?" Rory asked bitterly and Luke's eyes just closed in pain, like if someone had punched the air out of him she said that with so much hate he acknowledged.
"We… he… I…" Lorelai didn't know how to start.
"Mom"
"Remember that speech Luke and I had last week?" Lorelai kept beating around the bush.
"That career thing?" Rory asked frowning and Lorelai nodded; Luke, again, was staring at his hands. "What does that have to do with-" Luke cleared his coughed to prevent Rory from saying 'him' with so much hate as she had before.
"I… we…" Lorelai corrected. "We saw his picture"
"What?" Rory's eyes popped out. "Where?"
"Stars Hollow High" Luke stated.
"But… where?" Rory stressed.
"The hallway" Lorelai whispered, for some reason her voice started quivering.
"The hallway? Why was it there?"
"Becau-" Lorelai started.
"Wait! He actually lives here?!" Rory shot up form the couch and started to pace. Her father had lived in this town before, was he still here? Has he been watching her grow up and suffer all this time?
"Yes" Lorelai whispered and Rory just paced more. "Honey…"
"He lives here now?"
"Rory…" Lorelai tried to clam her down but Rory just paced more.
"Does he live here now?!"
"Yes" Luke's gruff voice answered from afar.
"Do I… have I…" she took a deep breath. "Why was his picture there?" Rory stopped pacing to ask.
"He was a star athlete"
"So he was a jock, he just went around doing to girls what he did to you? How many brothers and sisters do I have?!" Luke winced; this is part of what he feared.
"Rory, no…" Lorelai tried to spare Luke's feelings since she had also yelled at him when they first found out.
"You're gonna defend him now!? Everything's ok now that you know he's from Stars Hollow?" Rory asked appalled the she turned to Luke. "You…" Luke's head snapped up. "… did you punch him like you always promised you would?"
"I-I…" Luke stuttered, how was he supposed to answer that with out giving the secret away?
"You promised, I guess you were just lying to make me feel better, make me stop crying in your diner because it annoyed your costumers"
"Rory…" Lorelai warned Luke didn't deserve this; neither would he deserve what was going to come once Rory found out the truth.
"What? He promised! He promised that as soon as he found out who my Father was then he would go and personally beat him up"
"Rory, I'm sorry, I can't do that" Luke told her quietly.
"Why, just because he's a fellow townie?" Rory said sarcastically.
"Rory" Lorelai called trying to get Rory's anger away from Luke, though it was sure to return once she found out the truth. Rory stood still; she was breathing hard trying to compose herself.
"Does he still live here?" Rory asked after a few seconds and Lorelai nodded. "Have I seen him around?" again Lorelai nodded. "Do I know him?" Lorelai nodded. "Does he know who I am?"
"Yes" Lorelai whispered and Rory took a deep shaking breath.
"Is he…?"
"He's a good man" Lorelai told her. Rory just stood there, she was thinking things over; or making a making a mental pro con list to all of this. "He's nice, and…"
"Stop talking him up!" Rory snapped. "Just because he lives here doesn't change everything that he's done"
"Rory, stop, you'll change your mind once you know who it is; and you'll regret saying all those things"
"No I won't! And I don't want to know who he is" she stated firmly before turning around to leave.
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