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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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Luke had got home later then he had expected. Lorelai was already asleep when he got home. Toni was sleeping next te her. He didn't want to move her because she looked like she needed her mom even in her sleep so he went into her room to sleep. He had to get up early the next morning because he had an early shipment coming in.

At noon Lorelai had still had not gotten out of bed. Toni was right there with her not wanting to leave her moms side. Toni wasn't doing so well either. Rory went back to school but she was coming back around 3. Toni wanted to cry but didn't want her mom to see so she held them back.

At 2:30 the front door opens. Toni runs downstairs to see who it was. When she saw it was Rory she ran up to her and hugged her and started to cry.

"Shh Toni it'll be fine."

"How are you so sure?"

"I'm not. But at least I can hope."

"Ya. Hoping is good."

"Ya it is. Now go tell mom we're going to go get her coffee and food, okay?"

"Okay." Toni runs upstairs and tells her mom. Her mom just nods.

"Well she nodded," Toni said as she came downstairs.

Toni and Rory walk out of the house. They walk towards the town gazebo. Toni glanced over towards Luke's. He saw Luke coming out of the kitchen and gave him a dirty look. Rory noticed.

"Toni."

"What?"

"Don't do that."

"Why not? He's being a jerk."

"Ya maybe he is but..."

"No Rory. He is being a jerk. Theres no maybe."

"Toni. I understand how you feel but aren't you being a little over dramatic."

"Are you crazy! I'm being under dramatic."

"Toni you need to cool off."

"Okay. I'll go to the movie store and get a movie."

"Okay. I'm going to go get us some food."

Toni walks towards the movie store. When Rory sees her going in she runs over to Luke's diner.

Luke looks up when he hear the bell jingle above the door. Luke saw Rory standing there with a hurt expression on her face.

"I need to talk to you," Rory said as she headed upstairs to the apartment above the diner. Luke follows. He walks in and shuts the door behind him.

"What is it? What's wrong?"

"How could you do this?"

"Do what?"

"2 months. 2 months. How could you do that?"

"Oh.. Rory ..."

"My mom has not gotten out of bed since she got home yesterday. She won't talk. We finally got her to stop crying last night right before you got home and I'm pretty sure she's crying right now, too."

"Rory, I didn't know," Luke said. Now knowing how much hurt that this has caused.

"Toni won't stop crying either. I think that she's as hurt as mom is. She looks up to you like a dad. In her eyes you are her dad. And you hurt her."

"I didn't mean to."

"I know you didn't mean to but you did. And it hurts Luke it really hurts," Rory starts to cry. Luke goes over to give her a hug but Rory backs away.

"Rory.."

"I have to go."

Rory walks out of the diner and goes towards the movie store. Toni walks out with a bag of movies.

"Where's the food," Toni asks.

"Oh man.. Sorry."

"Here you take the movies and go check on mom. I'll go get the food."

"Okay." Rory walks home and Toni heads towards Al's.

Toni gets into Al's Pancake World and doesn't want any of the food that was on the menu. She walked out and looked around the square. She saw Luke's and hesitated to walk over there. Toni then decided there was nowhere else to go so she went over to Luke's.

Toni had to take a depe breath before she walked in so she wouldn't explode. She finally calmed herself down and walked in. Toni walked in and sat at the counter. She was doing well until she saw Luke coming down from the apartment. Then the calm that she had going had disappeared.

"I need to talk to you," Toni said as she headed upstairs.

'Oh boy,' Luke thought but still followed Toni.

Luke got in the diner to see Toni crying.

"How could you do this?"

"Toni.."

"No Luke. You hurt my mom so much. She won't leave her bed and she doesn't talk to me. I can't stand it."

"Toni you have to understand. I didn't mean to do that."

"I know. You didn't mean to but you did. It hurts dad it really hurts."

'She's sounding more like Lorelai everyday.' Luke thought.

"Toni.."

"No. All I need you to do is get us some food to cover us for a little while and then I'm leaving."

"Oh... oh okay."

Toni walks downstairs and leaves a stunned Luke in his apartment.
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Toni and Rory started walking home about 15 minutes later. Both of them walking in a daze. Neither of them wanting to talk. Both of them thinking about Luke, their mom, April and Chris.

Toni and Rory walk up to Lorelai's room. They eat and watch the movie. Lorelai falls asleep. Toni goes to her room. She lays her head down on the pillow and cries.