A/N: I was mean the other day. Sorry about that. I had a bad day today though, so I'll hopefully write a good chapter now. I think it will be.

Ronata- Thank you SO so so much! You worried me for a second when you paused… This chapter should be even better so… yeah I'm writing this (The reply, not the story), and I have to leave for school in 2 min. tehe

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Just Can't Help It

Chapter 11

When they got to the inn, they walked into the kitchen to ay hey to Sookie before getting to work. "Hey, Sookie."

"Hey, Rory." She smiled mischievously and said "Lorelai."

Lorelai nodded as she poured herself and Rory their fifth cup of coffee that morning. "Sook. How's everything going so far?"

"Not too bad. Everything seems to be in order."

"Good."

"So…"

"So what, Sookie?"

"Lorelai! So, how was your date last night?"

"Oh. You wanted to hear about that? Eh… It was alright."

"Alright?"

"Yeah… What?"

"Lorelai, you have to give me more details then that."

"I don't have to give you anything." Lorelai smiled, but Sookie gave her an evil look. "Okay, okay. It was great!" She told Sookie about the amazing night she'd had with Luke and about what Luke and Rory did to her at the diner this morning.

"You know, I've always suspected that Rory was psychic. I guess I was right all along."

"I guess so."

There was a short pause. Then, Sookie said, "Hey, Rory. Do you think I'm a little psychic too?"

Rory smiled. "Hey. I think you might be. Just not as much as me."

"Cool!"

"I have work to do." Lorelai walked away and left the two girls giggling in the kitchen.

It was 12:00, and Lorelai had just gotten to the diner. "Hey, Luke."

He smiled when he saw her. "Hey. Have a seat. I'll be there in just a second."

"Okay." She sat down where she had sat that morning with Rory, and waited for Luke to come back. When he got there, he kissed her and sat down across from her. "Hey."

"Hey. How's everything going? Is the inn ready for everybody?"

"Yeah. It's all going good so far. We should be okay."

"Good. I'm so proud of you Lorelai. I knew you could do it." Caesar brought them their food.

"Thanks Caesar." Then to Luke, She said "Not without your help I couldn't have."

"I'll always be there for you."

"Thanks, Luke." He took her hand in his and smiled.

Meanwhile, at the inn…

Rory was waiting outside on the porch at the inn for her father to show up. When she saw his silver Volvo pull into the drive, she smiled, got up, and walked over to it. The windows were rolled down, and she could see Chris and his 'million dollar' smile. She heard Chris say "Hey, Rory. Hop in."

She did as she was told and got into the car. She kissed him on the cheek and said, "Hey, Dad. Where are we headed?"

"I figured we could go to Luke's Diner. Maybe I can meet your mom's new boyfriend, make sure he's good enough."

"He is more than good enough, dad. He makes her really happy. You should see her when she's around him or even just talking about him… Actually I guess you will because mom and Luke are having lunch at the diner too."

"Oh. Okay cool. I guess I'll get to see your mom after all."

"Well, she does work at the inn, so I'm sure you'd see her sooner or later."

"Right. So… shall we?"

"We shall." They drove to the diner. Of course it only took a few minutes to get there, so all they talked about was Yale. (A/N: Hey! My dad just made me even madder, so get ready for a BIG fight!)

When they got to the diner, Lorelai saw them get out of the car and said, "I knew it."

"Knew what?"

"That Chris would choose to eat here."

He looked out the window. "Oh… Should we ask them to eat with us?"

She sighed. I guess it would be the nice thing to do. They walked in. "Hey, Rory. Chris."

"Hey, Lor." Lorelai squeezed Luke's hand when he said that. She hated that nickname, and it was all Chris's fault.

She put on her fake smile. "Hi Chris. Have you met Luke?"

"Yes, I think I have." He turned to Luke and stuck out his hand. "Good to see you again, Luke."

He shook it and said, "Yeah. You too." He let go of Chris's hand and grabbed Lorelai's again, which did not go unnoticed by Chris. He cleared his throat. "Do you uh… Would you like to join us?"

Chris looked at Rory, then, back to Luke and Lorelai. "Ah no thanks. I think I'll just hang and talk with Rory if that's okay."

"That's fine… maybe some other time."

"Yeah. Maybe. See you later." He walked over to an empty table and sat down. Rory followed. They ordered and started talking.

Luke and Lorelai's conversation

Lorelai heaved a heavy sigh when Chris left. "You okay?" Luke asked, noticing the look on her face.

"Yeah. Just seeing him again makes me mad."

"Yeah me too. I'm glad he didn't want to eat with us."

"Yeah. Me too. You were nice though."

"Yeah, I tried." They continued talking about the inn and everything else that wasn't Christopher.

Chris and Rory's conversation (A/N: Why is conversation abbreviated 'convo.' If there isn't an 'o' after the 'v?')

"So uh… Rory. I have something to tell you. It's kind of important."

She noticed that he kept glancing over at Luke and Lorelai. "Um… okay. What is it?"

He talked quietly. "Well… Sherry and I got divorced last week."

"Oh, Dad, I'm sorry. What happened? It was go-"

"I'm not finished."

"Oh. Sorry. Continue."

"She is taking me to court. She wants to get full custody of Gigi. Rory, she's probably going to win. I might not get to see my daughter grow up."

Huh? Sound familiar, Dad? You mean this time you actually want to? Huh… imagine that. Kind of ironic… "Oh. Wow. That stinks, Dad. Why would she do that? You should be in Gigi's life." Although you weren't in mine, and I turned out great…

"She said she wants to move to Michigan, but she doesn't want to leave Gigi. She knew that if she sued for full custody, she'd most-likely win because don't have that steady of a job right now."

"What? I thought you said you were doing well. Wait. What the heck's in Michigan?"

"It was going good… for a while. Then, things started going downhill. Everything's starting to fall apart, Rory. I don't know what's in Michigan. A lake?"

"Wow. I'm sorry. I don't think she'd move to Michigan for a lake, dad. She doesn't really seem like the out-doorsy type…"

"Yeah. I know. Maybe it's because I'm not there, and I have no urge to be there."

"Maybe…"

"So uh… Luke and your mom seem pretty happy over there."

Rory looked over at them and smiled. Her mom was laughing, and Luke was still holding her hand and smiling. "Yeah, they are. I'm really happy for her. She's in a great place right now. New business, new wonderful boyfriend… Luke means a lot to both of us. He's always been there."

"That's great. I'm happy for her. She should have it all. She's a great woman. I'm glad he's been able to help you guys when I'm not here."

"Yeah she is. I'm glad too. If it weren't for him, I don't know where we'd be. This whole town's been great, but Luke looks out for us the most. He's always fixing things…" Like my mother's heart every time you break it… They eventually stopped talking about Luke and Lorelai and talked about everything else. When Lorelai was leaving the diner, Chris watched as he saw her kiss Luke and wave to him after she left the diner. After lunch, he dropped Rory off at the inn and said he was going to take a look around the town. See some sights… that kind of thing.

It was 2:00, which meant that it was about time for the guests to arrive. Taylor, Patty, Kirk, Lulu, and Babette were the first to show. They got out of the golf carts and looked around. Patty commented on the men that were working there. Taylor complained about the dust on the dirt road and that the grass was a little too short. Kirk said something about evil birds staring at him from the trees, but nobody listens to Kirk except for Lulu. She said he was just being silly. Babette also commented on the men. She also approved of the lawn gnomes. As more and more guests arrived, Lorelai and Sookie got more and more anxious. When Chris got there, he said hello to Lorelai and congratulated her. Then, he went inside to get settled. Room number five. Richard and Emily came in with a quarter of the stuff they owned, you know they own a lot of stuff, and Lorelai sent them out to the honeymoon sweet. (A/N: Richard and Emily are not fighting in my story… not yet anyways… heh heh heh) When Luke made his appearance, he handed Lorelai a bouquet of spring flowers, said congratulations… again, and kissed her. Chris was watching out the window in his room and became more and more jealous the more he watched them. Luke and Lorelai walked inside out of Christopher's sight.

"Luke, these flowers are beautiful. Thank you."

Luke was beaming. "You're very welcome. I have a good feeling about tonight, Lorelai."

"Yeah? Is it that gut thing?"

He laughed. "Yeah, yeah…"

"Thank you, Luke."

"You can stop saying that. I know you're grateful."

"Nope. I'm more than grateful. 'Sat and forever am at work here.'"

"What?"

She laughed. "It's nothing. Just something that happened between me and Rory."

"Ah. That explains why I don't understand."

She laughed. Then stopped and looked offended. "Hey!" She hit him playfully on the arm.

"Yeah. I thought we already said our 'hellos.'"

"Oh hush!"

He smiled. "So I guess I should go to my room and unpack."

"Yeah. I guess so. She handed him his key. You're in room 7. Right across from Rory and me… Of course it's also right beside Christopher's…"

"Oh. Well, I guess it's okay since it's near you."

"Okay, Good. I have to go, but I'll see you at diner, right?"

"You bet!" He went up to his room, and she tended to more guests.

Supper Time (A/N: Have you guys seen 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown?' Great play…)

Many of the guests made it to the dining room at about the same time. They all sat together in the warm, friendly atmosphere. Chris sat with Rory and Lane listening to their light conversations and enjoying the wonderful food Sookie and her five kitchen staff people had prepared. Luke and Lorelai were at an isolated table for two. Sookie had set and served herself. After Sookie made sure that everyone was happy and had what they wanted, she sat down and joined Jackson and Davey for dinner. Davey was making a mess all around him, and Sookie felt bad for whomever had to clean it up.

When Luke and Lorelai were done eating, Lorelai told Luke that she was going to go unpack because she had been too busy to do it all day. He said that was fine and he wanted to look around for a little bit. He'd meet her later. Chris saw Lorelai head upstairs without Luke and excused himself from the table. He went into his room for a while and let her unpack for a bit. (He somehow knew that's what she was doing… maybe that's where Rory gets her psychic abilities from!) After a while of waiting patiently, pacing back and forth in his room, he walked across the hall and knocked on her door. Thinking it was Luke, she yelled "Just a second!" and put the rest of her clothes in the dresser. She hustled over and opened the door. "Christopher."

"Hey, Lor. I need to talk to you."

"What is it, Chris?"

He couldn't hold back anymore. He walked up to her, pushed her against the wall, and kissed her fiercely. Luke was walking down the hall going to see if Lorelai was ready, when he saw them kissing by her door. He walked straight passed them and into his room unnoticed. I can't believe I actually thought that wouldn't happen. I'm so stupid! Thinking that they were finally over. She said they were, but I knew I shouldn't have believed her.

As Luke was sulking in his room, Lorelai pushed Chris away. She whispered loudly making sure that no one would be able to hear. Sure, there was music playing, but she could get pretty loud sometimes. "Chris! What the hell are you doing?"

Chris stared at her like she was a piece of meat, and he was a leopard that hadn't eaten in days. "I want you, Lor. I need you!"

"Chris, no! What about Sherry? What about Gigi?"

"Forget Sherry! She divorced me! She's taking Gigi away with her. I wont get to see her grow up, Lor!"

"Christopher! I have a boyfriend whom I'm very happy with right now, and he should be coming any second, so if you'll excuse me I-"

"No!" He slammed her against the wall and she flinched when a pain shot through her back. "You don't love him, Lor. You love me. We were meant to be together. I love you. Can't you see that?" He shook her.

"Chris. Stop! You're hurting me!" He slammed her into the wall again.

"I know you want me. I can tell. I love you, Lor. Take me." He had a very tight grip on her bare arms.

"What is wrong with you? Are you sick? Chris, I don't love you, and I know you don't love me."

"Yes! Yes I do! I do love you. How could you say that?"

"Well, for one thing, you left Chris. You made that choice. You could have stayed and been in Rory's life. Who knows? Maybe we'd have ended up together, but then, you went and got another one of your girlfriends pregnant." Chris started shaking his head. "You slept with me, and you went back to her. It hurt, Chris, but I understood. You wanted to be there this time, have a family. You could have stayed Chris, but you didn't, and now you have to live with the consequences. And how do you know that I don't love Luke? You don't know how or what I feel!"

"I know you don't love him, Lor. I'm the only man you really love. We both know! Come on, Lor!" He kissed her again. "Tell me you don't feel anything. Look me in my eyes and tell me!"

"All I feel is the pain in my arms and on my mouth, Chris. Let go of me." Her bottom lip was bleeding from where Chris bit it.

"No! I wont let you go this time!"

"Let me go? You're the one who left! YOU!"

He smacked her across her face. Then, he kissed her again. He held her chin up with one hand pinning her head against the wall. His other hand pushing her waist against it. He started kissing her neck. "I know you like that! I know you can't resist me." He whispered fiercely. "I know you do."

She pushed him away with all his might and yelled at him. "Chris! Get away from me! You're crazy! What the hell is wrong with you! I thought you were messed up before, but now-"

"Shut up!" He grabbed her again, slammed her again. He started kissing her neck. Tears were streaming down her face as she yelled and tried to push him away.

Luke heard the commotion outside and went to see what was going on. When he looked across the hall, he saw Lorelai's tear-streaked face and Chris kissing and sucking her neck. She was terrified. Luke was furious. Not only with Chris, but also with himself. Shit! I should have said something before! I'm such an a--! He ran across the hall and pulled Chris off of her. Lorelai collapsed on the ground. Luke walked over and kneeled down beside her, but Chris pulled him up and away. He punched him, and Luke toppled over. Chris went back to Lorelai to try and finish what he had started. "Get away from her!"

"Go away! This is none of your business!"

"She is my business, now get the hell away from her!"

"No! She doesn't love you. She loves me! She's just going to treat you like she did all those other guys."

He got up and pulled Chris off her again. This time, he stood between them. "Even if she doesn't love me, I love her. I'll do anything to protect her. All you're doing is hurting her and yourself. Just go away and leave her alone!"

"I didn't hurt you, Lor, did I?" He asked her through clenched teeth. She just sat on the ground in a heap tear still streaming down her face like a waterfall.

He shoved Luke trying to get passed him and get to Lorelai. Luke warned him. "Don't do that, Chris!"

"Why not?" He shoved him again.

"Just trust me. You don't want to do that!" Chris shoved him again and went to punch him. Luke caught his fist and punched him in the stomach. "That's why." Chris was lying on the floor curled up in a little ball. Luke picked Lorelai up and carried her into her room. He laid her down on the bed and went into the bathroom to get a washcloth and clean her up. Her lip was swollen, there was a big black and blue mark on her left cheek, and her arms had imprints of Chris's hands and small bruises where the tips of his fingers dug in to her skin.

A/N: So… That's it for now. I'll pick up right there in the next chapter. What did you think? I liked it, but I wrote it, so I'm biased. Please let me know what you thought. I need a lot of reviews to let me know whether I should keep writing or stop wasting space and memory. Thanks for reading! There are about a jillion words in this chapter!