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Just Can't Help It

Bennod 14 (One of my nationalities- Welsh!)

"Emily? Is this true?" She didn't answer. "Answer the question, Emily. Did Lorelai tell you about this?"

She sighed and looked up at Richard. "Yes, Richard. She told me Christopher attacked her, but I-"

"No! No excuses, Emily." Emily looked at Lorelai accusingly. Lorelai felt kind of bad, but the guilty feeling left when Emily looked at her. "Rory, Lorelai, I think you need to go. Emily and I have a lot to talk about."

"Okay." Lorelai got up and started walking out of the room. Rory got up and walked over to Richard. "Bye, Grandpa." She kissed him on the cheek and followed her mother out of the house and to the jeep.

"Richard, I-"

"Why didn't you tell me, Emily? Even if you didn't believe it was Christopher, you still should have told me someone had don that to her. Weren't you worried? Why didn't you say anything? We could have helped her Emily."

"Richard! Of course I was worried! I'm sorry, okay? I don't know why I didn't tell you. I guess I just figured that she would tell you. She likes you more than she likes me. How could we have helped her, Richard? You know she wouldn't have let us!"

"No. It's not okay! Even if that were true, that she does like me better than you, you know very well she wouldn't have told me. Especially since it was something like that! She knows how much I loved that boy, Emily, and we could have helped her by finding the best lawyer we could get. Even if she didn't take our help, we would have at least tried! She's my only daughter. How could you keep that from me?" Richard got up and started to walk out of the dining room.

"Richard? Where are you going? We are not done discussing this yet."

"Damn right we aren't! I am going to my study. Seems I have lost my appetite. Don't bother me, and don't wait up. We will finish discussing this when I am ready to discuss it. I will see you when I see you!" He walked out of the room, into his study, and slammed the door.

Emily could not hold in her tears anymore. She got up and went into her bedroom crying. Damn it Lorelai! You're always screwing things up!

In the jeep…

"Are you okay, mom?"

"Just peachy."

"What do you think is going to happen between grandma and grandpa?"

"I don't know, Ror. He seemed pretty upset. She shouldn't have kept it from him."

"Neither should you."

"Ror, I didn't want anyone to know. I wasn't going around telling everybody. I don't need people fretting over me. Sookie doesn't even know."

"I know, mom. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to accuse you. God knows that Emily will be doing enough of that."

"Yeah. It's okay, Hon." They reached their house, and Lorelai said, "I'm not ready to go in yet. I think I'm gonna go to Luke's. You coming?"

"No I'm exhausted. I think I'm just going to read and go to bed."

"Okay." Lorelai smiled. "You know, one good thing came out this fiasco."

"Oh yeah? What's that?"

"Luke and I said 'I love you.'"

"Oh, mom. That's great!" She smiled and hugged Lorelai. "I guess you should get going. Say hi to Luke for me."

"Okay, I will. I won't be too long. Bye, Babe."

"Okay. Bye, mom."

Rory got out of the jeep and went inside. Once Lorelai saw that Rory was safe inside, she pulled out of the driveway and head off to Luke's. When she got there, the sign on the door read 'closed.' All of the lights, including the ones in his apartment, were off. He must have gone to bed early. I guess I'll just have to wake him up. She grabbed some pebble off the street and threw them at his window. Tap. Tap. Tap. She saw a dim light come on. Then, she saw Luke's figure through the window. She smiled. He opened the window and yelled, "Who's there?"

"Hi, Luke! It's me!"

"Lorelai? Hold on! I'll be right down."

"Okay!"

Luke walked down the steps and across the diner to open the door. When Lorelai saw Luke through the window, her eyes widened. He was shirtless. His hair was ruffled, his eyes were sleepy, and all he was wearing were sweat pants. He opened the door and pulled her inside. He grabbed her hand and led her up the stairs to his apartment. Once inside, they sat on the couch, and Lorelai climbed into his lap and started crying on his shoulder. Uh oh. He spoke softly. "Hey, Lorelai. What's wrong? Can you tell me what happened?"

She shook her head. "Not yet." She sobbed into his shoulder.

"Okay." He had one hand on her back holding her close. His other hand was stoking her soft, curly hair. She felt safe and secure in his arms, like he was all she needed in her life. She wanted to stay like that forever. She fell asleep crying in his arms on his sofa. He fell asleep soon after. When he woke up, it was the middle of the night, and he was a little confused at first. He couldn't figure why he was on the couch instead of in his comfy bed. Then, he realized Lorelai was in his arms. He tried to wake her up calling her name gently, but she didn't move a muscle. I guess I'll have to do it the hard way. He lifted her off the couch and carried her over to the bed. When he laid her down, she opened her eyes. She looked a little confused. Then, she remembered that she had gone there after dinner, and after that, she remembered dinner. She looked like she was going to cry again, so Luke sat on the bed and pulled her up beside him. She wrapped her arms around his neck. His went around her waist. "You ready to tell me what happened, Hon?" He felt her nod against his chest, so he pulled back a little and looked into her eyes.

"Christopher showed up at Friday night dinner."

"What? Jeez! What the hell is wrong with him?"

"Luke! Luke, calm down please."

"Right. I'm sorry." He sighed. "Please continue."

"Okay. So, he barged in and started yelling at me about how I'm ruining his life with this lawsuit. How he'll never get to see Rory, and how he had a small chance at getting Gigi, but now it'll never happen."

"He doesn't deserve you, or Rory, or Gigi. And it's not your fault; it's his. I don't believe it. The nerve of that man!"

She smiled a tearful smile. "I know. But then, after Chris left, my dad asked me what that was about, and I said don't you know? I thought mom would have told you."

"Uh oh."

"Yeah. She definitely didn't tell them, so it's partly my fault that they're fighting right now, and I will never hear the end of it from my mother."

"It's not your fault, Lorelai. She should have told him. Even if she thought it was me, she should have told him. None of this was your fault, Hon."

"Thanks, Luke." She smiled. "I like it when you call me that."

"Call you what?"

"Hon."

"Oh. Don't get used to it." She laughed. He got up and grabbed a flannel shirt out of his dresser. "Here. Change. You can sleep here tonight and go home in the morning."

"Thanks, Luke. Thank you so much!" She stood up and kissed him. Suddenly, she pulled back. "Oh crap!"

"What? What's wrong?"

"Rory! She's probably worried about me. I told her I wouldn't be too long, and now it's the middle of the night, and I'm still here!"

"Hey, Lorelai, relax. You can call her. Go ahead and change. I'll look for my phone."

"Okay. Thanks, Luke."

When she was done changing, she walked over to Luke and sat beside him on the couch. He handed her the phone. "Are you sure you should call her right now? It's the middle of the night."

"She'll want to hear from me, even if it's the middle of the night."

"Okay."

She dialed the number and pressed the phone to her ear. "Hey, Babe… Yeah. It's me. I'm sorry I didn't call before. I fell asleep… I'm still at Luke's. I was crying and fell asleep on his couch… Yeah. I'm better now… Okay. I'll let you get back to sleep… Love you too. Bye, Ror."

"All better?"

"Yeah. Thanks." She hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Lets get you to bed before you fall asleep on the couch again."

"Okay… Carry me." He sighed and lifted her up. "So strong." He laughed. She pulled back the covers and he laid her down on the bed again. Once she was tucked in, he started to walk away. "Where are you going?"

"I was just gonna grab a blanket and sleep on the couch."

"Why don't you sleep with me? It is your bed after all. Plus, you've been so helpful to me, you should sleep somewhere comfortable."

"Okay." He climbed into the bed beside Lorelai. When he was settled, Lorelai squirmed over to him and cuddled close to his body. Luke wrapped his arms around, and she, once again, felt safe. They fell asleep to the sound of their breathing feeling safe and warm in the big, comfortable bed.

A/N- There's some LL stuff for you! Hope it was good enough. Good old Luke. R&R please!