Alright so I appreciate the reviews. I got one review that made me kind of sad but oh well life goes on. I have heard from some of you that you are dissatisfied at the way the story is turning out and I'm really sorry if you guys feel like I've gotten you into a story that now you no longer want to read, but I promised if you guys held off until the end you would all be satisfied. When starting off this story it wasn't my intent to put so much drama into, the Max idea didn't hatch until after Luke began neglecting his family. My intention of this story was what would it be like if when Luke found out about April he already had a family. That had never really been done before the way I thought it would go down, so this is my version of it. I re-read my story from beginning to end yesterday and I realized that it has a lot of Luke and Emma, and though I wanted Luke and his daughter to be the focus, I didn't realize until now how much they really are the center. I don't know if you guys like that or hate it but please let me know. Personally I like reading the Luke father/daughter stories, but its up to you guys. Um Please just let me know where you all stand with this story, if your ready for me to wrap it up and be done or if you want me to keep going at a steady pace. Thank you!
Emma slowly creeped up the steps the following morning, hoping that every one was still asleep. When she reached the second stair Luke's voice boomed behind her
"Do you have any idea?" Luke spat
"Wha-" Emma began to say
"Do you have any idea what you've put your mother and I, and this town through?"
"I-" Emma began to say
"I don't want to hear it" Luke said fury raging
"I'm-"
"I said save it Emma, your mother is in her room finally asleep so don't bother her, and your brothers are still out driving around looking for you, I better call them" Luke said angrily and glancing at Emma's flushed face, and sick like expression
Luke pulled out his phone from his pocket
"Hey"
"Yeah, she came home"
"I don't know where she's been"
"I know you guys are tired, just come home and sleep, I'm taking the day off from the diner, Caesar and Lane can cover for it today"
That's all Emma heard Luke say but she figured her brothers were mad as well.
Emma sat on the top step of the stairs waiting for Luke to come back and yell at her more
"Where the hell were you anyways?" Luke asked
"I was on my way to New York" Emma said softly
"Are you out of your mind? What did you do take a bus?" Luke spat
"Uh yeah" Emma quickly covered
"Your beyond grounded, were taking your phone, you cant finish your soccer season, no hanging out with friends, for 4 months" Luke yelled
"4months?" Emma asked confused
"5 months sound better?" Luke stormed
"Why is it always me that gets in trouble? Why don't you ever punish April she's the one that's your daughter anyways" Emma rebutted
"How I punish April is not any of your business" Luke spat
"You don't punish April! She intentionally is rude to me and I un-intentionally try to run away just for a little while to think and I get a prison sentence" Emma snapped
"Well April unlike you doesn't run away from home in the middle of the night causing her parents to panic, she's has more consideration than that" Luke yelled
"REALLY? MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE YOU AND HER MOM SIT AROUND AND KISS HER A** ALL DAY LONG, AND SHE HAS NO REASON TO RUN AWAY, SHE GETS WHATEVER SHE WANTS SO WHY DOES SHE HAVE ANY REASON TO WANT TO LEAVE" Emma yelled
"Just stop, you and April are like Apples and Oranges, she's like an Apple, sweet, obedient, smart, and reliable and lately you've been like an orange sour, mean, and tucked away at the back of the refrigerator because no one wants you" Luke spat
Emma's eyes immediately filled with tears at Luke's harsh words
"You know I'm glad your not my daughter because now I don't have to deal with this , I don't have to deal with your sneaking out, or all your boyfriends, or you in general" Luke said with a fake shrug. He regretted everything he said the moment he said it, when he saw the look on Emma's face, he immediately regretted all of it.
"I guess it's a good thing then that the test results turned out the way they did " Emma said softly and left the house.
On her way out of the door she passed a half awake Max and Will
"Em, where are you going now?" Max asked
"Anywhere but here" Emma said with tears rolling down her face
"Just come inside, go back to bed, everything will be fine when you wake up" Will said reaching for her arm
"No, I'm never going back into that house and I'm never speaking to him again" Emma said angrily
"Emma, stop Mom is really upset, if you leave just tell us where your going" Max asked
"I don't know where" Emma said looking down
"Here, take my cell phone, when you find out where your going call me, so I can call mom, I wont tell dad, is really upset and we need to know where you are"
"Fine" Emma grunted
"Please stay in Stars Hollow" Max begged
"No promises" Emma said and began to leave.
She had no where to go, if she went to anyone in Stars Hollow they would force her to go back home, she couldn't go see Rory because she was still kind of mad about the camping trip incident, so she decided to just go into the club house her dad built her behind the house for now, It was big enough for her to catch some sleep for awhile.
Inside the Danes Home
"Why arent you making Em stay" Will asked Luke
"At this point, nothing I say will make her stay" Luke said looking down tiredly
"So your just letting her go off, who knows where?" Max asked angrily
"She'll be fine" Luke said and left to go into and Lorelai's bedroom
Lorelai was still asleep and Luke kissed her softly on the forehead, before going out himself for the night. He left a note though, sayinghe would be back in a few hours.
Luke drove angrily to Anna's house, it was 6:30 in the morning and when she answered the door Anna looked as though she had just woken up
"She's not my daughter" Luke said
"Come in" Anna said leading him to the couch
"I mean how can she not be my daughter, she looks exactly like me, has my temper, I raised that little girl and she's not even mine, I know she's mine, I just know, there is no way she is Max's kid, there's just no way, and then she runs away from home, everyone is dealing and she runs away, we call the police and then she comes home an hour ago, and I yell at her ground her and she asks why does she get grounded when she didn't mean to hurt me and Lorelai but when April is intentionally hurtful to her, she doesn't get in any trouble, and I knew she was right just looking at her I knew she was right and instead of sucking up my pride and telling her that,I told her I was glad that she wasn't mine and that no one wanted her, what kind of monster father says that?" Luke ranted
"Luke calm down, its probably a good thing that she's not yours" Anna reasoned
"Not a good thing, not a good thing, I raised her, she's MY daughter" Luke yelled
"Not according to the paternity test" Anna said
"Screw the paternity test" Luke spat
"Honey, calm down let me make you some tea" Anna said
"I don't want tea, I came here for a reason not for tea" Luke said
"Really? So soon, I figured after the divorce but not before it, wow I wasn't prepared but ok" Anna said and put her arms around his waste and kissed him softly. Luke began to respond but remembered that this was Anna not Lorelai
"What are you doing?" Luke yelled
"Making up for lost time" Anna said
"Well don't, I don't love you Anna, I love my wife and were going to get back together" Luke said keeping Anna at arms length
"WHAT" Anna yelled
"Did you think that we were going to get back together?" Luke asked
"Of course I did, that's why I picked you to be April's father" Anna yelled
"WHAT?" Luke asked in surprise
"I figured out of all the guys I was with then, that you were the one that probably wasn't married and didn't have any other kids, so you were the one I had the best chance of getting together with" Anna said
"So I'm not April's dad?" Luke asked
"No, come on Luke I know you didn't go to college but you could be a bit smarter than that ,she looks nothing like you or me, her dad is some Italian guy, I made my brother tell her you're her dad" Anna revealed
"I cant believe you would do that" Luke said in shock
"No worries, Luke I figured if you guys didn't buy it I would let her meet her real dad, he owns a pizza place" Anna said casually.
Luke wanted to be mad, he wanted to be furious but he broke out in a smile.
"Why are you smiling?" Anna asked
"She's not mine" Luke said and relief flooded him
"I've got to go, Anna, thank you" he said and left like a grinning idiot.
Alright so there is your next installment, I cant decide if I want to wait a little while for Luke to put two in two together that Emma could be his daughter or if he decided immediately. I don't know how you all feel about Luke finding out that way but there it is. Next chapter will be a bit more of all the family.