Disclaimer: Chapter 1

Chapter 7

Lorelai stood outside the diner's door staring at Luke. There he sat with a shit-eating grin on his face as she was talking to him.

Not only was Anna verbally talking to him, but she was physically talking to him. Lorelai just wanted to scream at her to get her hands off of her husband.

But she couldn't. The words wouldn't come out. Lorelai released the handle of the door and began walking in the direction of her house, unnoticed by Luke. Silent tears streamed down her face. When she reached the house, Lorelai walked in the foyer and kicked her shoes off. She found Rory sitting in the living room, Lucy sleeping on her lap.

"Not my lobster," Lorelai mumbled as she ran up the stairs leaving Rory to wonder what she was talking about.

Rory sat on the couch looking down at her sister who was sleeping peacefully. She wanted this whole situation over with. It was summer, the time she, Lucy and Lorelai were supposed to have fun together but instead it has been spent dreading the days to come or consoling Lorelai after yet another fight with Luke. The whole thing was becoming tiresome. Why couldn't Luke just realize what he's doing? And she thought Lorelai going to the diner that day would lead the couple on the road to happiness, but it did just the opposite and it was killing Rory not knowing what happened.

Carefully, she picked Lucy up and placed her in Rory's room considering Lucy's room was in close quarters to Lorelai's and a conversation could start that young ears won't want to hear. Rory lightly knocked on the bedroom door. "Mom?"

"You can come in," was Lorelai's response. Rory walked in and found her mother folding laundry.

"So, what happened? I thought you went to go talk to Luke..."

Putting the laundry down, Lorelai looked at Rory. "Oh, I went to talk to him. I just never got around to the actual entering the diner part."

"And may I ask why?"

"Anna was there. She was there and she was touching his arm and he was smiling at whatever the hell it was she was talking about. I wish I could have wiped that grin right off his face. I just...I saw her there and left. So you're wrong, we're not Ross and Rachel."

"Maybe you should have went in? You know actually know what happened rather than assume what happened. I think you guys just have some obstacles to overcome. Soon he'll realize what he did."


Luke was cleaning up the diner preparing for the dinner rush to start when he heard the bells jingle above the door. He hoped it was Lorelai that walked through, but it wasn't. His glum face stared at the woman that walked in.

"Hey, Anna..."

"I just came by to pick up a bag April forgot here the other day."

"Right, right. I'll go get it."

As Luke left to retrieve the bag, Anna took a seat on a stool and happened to take a glance at the papers lying on the counter. There was a stack of papers and from the envelope lying next to them, she assumed they were divorce documents. On top of the stack though was Lorelai's letter to Luke. Anna was able to read it through twice before Luke reappeared in the diner. He took a seat on the stool next to Anna and noticed she was looking at the pile of documents.

"A divorce, huh?"

"Yeah. But I'm not signing the papers. I was just finding the letter she wrote hoping I could find something in it to help me make things right."

Anna nodded and looked at Luke. "You haven't let her or Lucy around April?"

"It's complicated! And I keep trying to tell everyone that but they won't listen! Rory's best friend said something to me about it. Everyone is always on Lorelai's side!"

"I'm sorry, but I would have to take Lorelai's side too. Luke, it has been half a year since you met April. Last month you went on a class trip with her. I think it's past the time for you to allow April to meet your family. Lorelai is right; you shouldn't have been trying to figure out how they would fit into April's life. It should be the other way around. Look, I'm not telling you what to do, but I think it's about time you let both lives you have collide together. They're your family, Luke. Don't spoil something good just because you want something all to yourself. Besides, April has been raving about Lorelai and Lucy-at least from what she has heard from everyone in town." Anna put a hand on Luke's arm. "Let them meet. Stop living two lives and return to the old Luke that Lorelai misses. I would hate for April to be the reason why a marriage is broken." Gathering April's bag, Anna took one last look at Luke before leaving. "Don't wait too long."

He smiled at the words Anna spoke, but when she left, Luke sat in the diner frozen. Had he really been that horrible? He thought back to everything he's heard around town-the most recent being a fit Lorelai through after he left the house. Luke sat there in thought. The last few months replaying in his head. It was then he realized what an ass he was being. He made life hell for Lorelai and he couldn't even imagine how he made life for Lucy. Before Luke could do anything else, he realized it had been quite sometime since he sat down and noticed dinner rush would begin soon.


Deciding she wanted to get out of the house, Lorelai went into the living room where her two daughters sat. Rory was sitting patiently on the floor playing with Lucy.

"Hey, why don't we go out somewhere for dinner. And then maybe a movie or something after?" Lorelai suggested desperate to leave Stars Hollow for a few hours.

"Les go then! I'm hungry!"

Lorelai and Rory couldn't help but laugh at the four-year-old who had just decided on their evening plans. "I guess we're going out then." Rory said.

After a night out in Hartford, Rory decided to spend the night at Lane's while Lorelai spent the rest of the night with Lucy, something the two of them haven't done since summer began. It was well past nine and since it was summer, Lorelai decided that one night of a missed bedtime wouldn't be so bad for her daughter so they sat on the floor of Lucy's room playing any game that the young girl came up with. There was a knock at the door putting a hold on their 'play time'. Lorelai decided to take Lucy with her and so she made her way down the stairs with Lucy on her back.

On the other side of the door stood Luke. Lucy, who was still on her mother's back piggy-back style, tightened her arms around Lorelai's neck. Lorelai stood in shock. Although she was still fuming over the day's events, Lorelai gently placed Lucy back on the floor.

"Go back upstairs. Mommy will come back in a little while, okay?"

In the smallest voice Lorelai had ever heard coming from her little girl, Lucy replied, "Okay," before walking up the stairs. After watching her daughter carefully climb the stairs, Lorelai turned back around to look at Luke.

"Luke..."

A/N: I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint. I thought hard about this chapter. Originally I had Anna there trying to get together with Luke but I wanted someone from outside of the situation (and town) to give Luke a reality check. And I am so happy that my Friends reference was well liked! College applications are finally finished, there is not one trace of homework left and no writers block so hopefully I can give you an update tomorrow