I don't own Gilmore girls.

Max woke up to his alarm clock and shutting it off he got of bed and took a quick shower before dressing and picking up his phone. He noticed he had a missed call and froze when he saw it was Rory. He swallowed before hitting call on his voice mail. He felt horrible listening to her broken voice her broken words. He shut his eyes and sighed. He held on to that phone tightly before he hit new text message. Rory I'm fine why don't we get together for dinner tonight my house I have things I'd like to discuss with you. He hit sent and let out a breath he hadn't even realized he had been holding. He didn't know how she'd take the text but he did know that he hadn't been able to get her out of his head. And he knew he owed her an explanation and that tonight if she agreed to come would be the night he told her about Willa and Abigail.

Rory was running late to work and rushed into the office and towards her desk as she slung her purse over her chair she heard her phone chirping at her and pushing her coffee farther up her desk she rifled through her purse and pulled out her phone. Her breath catching she saw it was from Max and for one heart stopping moment wondered if she should read it. She clicked on it and was surprised with the request. She quickly typed back asking for directions to his place and tried to get some work done but every time she did her mind would wonder back to Max. she must have finally gotten into some work because she jumped when her phone chirped at her again with an incoming message. She read it and noticed that he didn't live that far away from her. She quickly finished the day and headed home to shower and change.

Max had been surprised when he got a text asking for directions he was sure she would ignore him that she would think he was too crazy too old or just too flighty for her. He tried to concentrate on his classes for the rest of the day but he knew they caught him wondering off so as much for himself as for them he let them off with no homework for the night and hurried home after dismissing his last class. He showered and changed and then paced in his living room before deciding that ordering Chinese food was the best idea he ordered tons of it remembering how a Gilmore girl could eat. He jumped when he heard the doorbell ring a half an hour later and expecting it to be the delivery boy he was surprised when he opened to find Rory.

"Hey." He bend down and kissed her cheek I wasn't expecting you so early."

She smiled as a throat cleared behind them and Max looked over her shoulder to see the delivery boy weighed down with bags. Rory looked behind her and stepped aside as Max paid the boy and tipped him heavily for having to carry all the food he shut the door and carried all the bags to the table. Rory sat on the floor with her legs tucked underneath her as Max went into the kitchen to grab utensils and plates. Coming out he opened the bags and pulled food out.

"Did you get all the pork section?" she smirked.

"Guilty I know how you like a challenge." They ate in silence both wanting to say things but not daring to break the fragile silence that seemed to hold them together in that moment. When they were both stuffed and the food had been pushed away from them. Max got up off the floor and sat on the couch. He patted the seat next to him and Rory quickly sat at his side. He turned to look at her and he became nervous.

"Rory there is so much I want too no That I need to tell you about myself about why I ran the other night." Rory was just silent as she nodded. He swallowed and took her hand in his. "Where to start. Well after your mother and I split up it took me awhile to get into another relationship a long while but then finally I did and she was a great girl her name was Willow and I loved her or at least I told myself I loved her as much as I could. We got married…." Here he stopped and she squeezed his hand. He shook his head and started again. "We got married and she got pregnant a beautiful baby girl was going to be born. We were ready we were excited until that night…." Here he stopped again and Rory saw the sadness and the fear in his eyes."

"You don't have to go on." She whispered.

He shook his head. "Yes I do. He wet his lips. "She went into labor at twenty five weeks. And the baby was delivered but Willow started to Hemorrhage and there was nothing the doctors could do she died. The baby who I'd named Abigail only lived until the next morning. So I went from having a wife and a baby on the way to burying the two most important people in my life. " Rory raised their linked hands and kissed his. "I ran because I'm scared you're young you're going to want a family but I don't want you to end up like her so excited to be a mother and then buried.

"Max." Rory said softly. "You can't blame your self-things happen."

"Yeah usually to me." He said humorlessly.

"Max I may die in Child birth if I choose to have a child that's true but I'm more likely to come through okay and Willow probably would have died in Child birth if had been anyone else's baby." She sat on her knees and took his face in her hands. "I care about you It's scary and really illogical but I care." She leaned in and kissed him Letting her feelings pour into that kiss. "We both have past that are darker then we'd like but we'll get through them." She said against his lips as he pulled her closer to him. Leaning back against the couch he took her with him. They got lost in each other as he scooped her up and carried her into the bedroom. As they found solace in each other and tried to let go of the pain they both held inside.

A/N so thatnks to everyone that reviewed please do review and next up will be the morning after how will they handle it.