Lorelai walked into the house. She dropped her purse down on the floor. She doesn't even bother to take her coat off. She walks up to her room and lies down on her bed.

Rory and Toni are all sitting in Toni's room talking about the book that Toni just read.

"Rory, that's not the point."

"It is so the point."

"He didn't do it for money. Honestly, I don't think he knew what he was doing."

"He did do it for the money. Why are you making this so complicated."

"I am not!"

"You are! You are making it sound like….."

"Shh… Did you hear that," Toni interrupted.

"No what was it?"

"It sounded like mom but she would announce her presence."

"Ya she would. Wait……. I think it is her. She's walking up the stairs."

"She doesn't know you're here. Let's go surprise her!"

"Let's go."

Rory and Toni run up to Lorelai's bedroom door.

"Okay you stay so she can't see you when I open the door. Then I'll go in and when you hear me say Mom. I think that I found something that belongs to you in my room. Then you come running in. Okay?"

"Ya I got it. Now go."

Toni walks in her mom's room. She starts talking without even getting fully in the room yet. She got into her moms room and she saw her mom lying on her bed. Toni could tell something was VERY wrong. Her mom was not happy. The sparkle was gone from her eye. Toni looked into her eyes to see what was wrong. Was she sad, mad, angry, or confused? What Toni saw will haunt her forever. She saw hate, anger, and confusion. But what she saw more then the others was sadness.

"Rory I think that you should come in here."

"Toni what is it," Rory asked as she walked into Lorelai's room.

What Rory saw was her mom lying on her bed. Looking like she would burst out in tears at any minute. Rory, also, looked into Lorelai's eyes. She saw the same thing that Toni did.

Rory looked over at Toni. Toni was standing there crying silent tears.

"Toni, it'll be okay," Rory said going up to hug her.

"Rory we have to go something."

"I know. Okay one of us will go to Doose's and the movie store. The other one will stay here and get mom situated. When both of us are done we will try to bring the TV up here."

"Okay I'll stay here with mom."

"Okay."

Lorelai still hadn't said anything she just turned over so she had her back to them. Rory went on her errands. Toni walked over to her moms' bed and lay down beside her.

"It'll be okay mom. I promise. You don't have to tell me what happened if you don't want to."

"Thanks Toni." Lorelai said after about 10 minutes.

Toni just looked down at her mom and smiled. After she let her mom rest a little she went downstairs and got a pot of coffee going. While the coffee was brewing Toni went outside. She stood outside and looked up at the sky.

"Dear God. Please make my mom better. I know that that's probably not on the top of your "to do" list. But I can't stand to see her like this. Please make her be able to tell me what is wrong so I can help. Please God. That's all I'm asking."

Rory heard all of this. She dropped the grocery bags that she was holding and ran over to hug Toni who was now crying.

"Toni it will be all right. I promise things will get better."

"I hope you're right Rory. I really do."

Rory cries a little now. She can't stand to see her mom or sister like this. She walks into the house still holding onto Toni. Leaving the grocery bags out in the front yard. Her family is more important. Toni and Rory walk upstairs to see that their mom had started crying.

"The coffee," Toni said.

"What?"

"I made mom coffee. It's still downstairs."

"Okay. I'll go get it."

Rory walks downstairs to get her mom and her a cup of coffee.

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Toni walks over to her mom and strokes her back.

"It'll be fine mom. I promise. I will try to make it better. Whatever it is."

"Luke has a daughter," Lorelai finally said through sobs.

"What?"

"Luke has a 12 year old daughter, April. And he's known for 2 months and he didn't tell us."

"Oh mom."

"He said that I should come home and go back around 2:30 because April will be gone by then. And then I said that I wanted to meet April and he said that it wasn't the right time."

"Oh mom. Don't worry he'll come around," Toni said trying to be comforting when really she wanted to go over to Luke's and give him a piece of her mind.

"I hope so Toni. I really do."
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Rory heard the last bit of the conversation from the hall. She couldn't believe that Luke would do that to her mom or her family. Somethimg must be wrong with his head. Maybe while he was in the storage room a sack of potatoes fell on his head. Whatever happened Rory was going to have to help fix it. And she hoped that Toni would help.

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