Hello all! Here is Chapter 15! Thank you for reading! Please review and keep reading! You won't be disappointed!

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July 21st, 2000-

Months after the vicious attack that almost killed Luke, Anna and Christopher are taken to court. All four of the Gilmore-Danes clan, has to testify.

Lorelai and Luke, are showing signs of PTSD. At night, Luke holds Lorelai tight in his arms, because he's afraid Christopher will come back to hurt her, and he has hallucinations, and can't sleep. Lorelai always wakes up in a cold sweat, from the same nightmare of Luke getting stabbed by Christopher.

One night, Luke hears a creaking noise in the hallway, and he gets up out of the bed, grabs the baseball bat, and heads to the hallway. Once he gets closer to the noise, he gets the bat ready. Suddenly Rory runs into Luke, causing Luke and Rory to scream, and Luke to swing the bat, luckily missing Rorys head in the process. Lorelai gets up, runs into the hallway and flips on the light switch, "What the hell is going on in here?" Rory is cowering in the corner, "Dad has gone crazy. He almost killed me." Lorelai rubs her eyes and looks at Luke, who is in tears, "Luke, honey. Don't cry." She walks over to him and tries to put her arm around his waist, but he flinches and pushes her away, "I think it's best if I go stay at the diner tonight." Lorelai shakes her head, "No. You are not staying there without me! I need you here with me!" Luke clinches his fist, and feels a sudden anger rise in his chest, and he raises his voice, "It is not your opinion on where I stay! YOU SPENT FOUR YEARS WITHOUT ME! YOU WILL BE FINE WITHOUT ME!" Lorelai is speechless but manages to whisper, "Fine. Whatever."

Luke walks past her, stomping his feet up the stairs. He comes back down a few minutes later, with a big duffel bag slung over his arm, "I'm done. I feel like I've lost all my sanity. I can't take this anymore. I'm staying at the diner, for as long I need to." Lorelai looks at him pleadingly, "Luke. Please don't leave me. I love you, so freaking much! I can't be alone in this house without you." Luke looks away from her, "Bye Lorelai. Call me when we have to go to court for the nightmare that happened to us. Tell the girls I love them." Luke walks out the door and gets in the truck. He sits in the driveway for a while, as he cries and curses at himself for hurting Lorelai.

Finally after a while, Luke heads to the diner and goes upstairs to the office. He opens the door and looks around the room, and sees a picture of him and Lorelai on their first adult date, and another of them at the birth of April. He goes over to the couch, sits down, and starts crying all over again. But after a minute of wallowing, Luke goes over to the fridge and grabs a beer. He goes over to the picture of him and Lorelai on the night of their official engagement, and runs the pads of his thumbs over Lorelais face. Luke feels another ping of anger flow through his body. He takes the picture he was looking at, in his hands and throws it down. Across the room, the sound of glass shattering echoes throughout the office. Luke falls to his knees, sobbing.

Lorelai is still standing in the same spot that she was in, when Luke left her. She wipes her eyes and heads over to the wine cabinet. Lorelai grabs a bottle of moscato and opens it up, "Oh. I'll just get drunk. That will make me feel so much better." Lorelai takes a big drink and swallows hard, "Mm. This is good." After a while, Lorelai is flat out drunk, and is sitting on the couch sobbing, "Why did he have to leave me? I loooooove him so much. This isn't fair." Lorelai gets up and stumbles out of the house.

5 Minutes Later-

Lorelai stumbles upon the diner. She walks up to the door and knocks hard, "Luuuuuuuuuukkkkeeee. Are you thereeeeeee?" Luke hears her voice from the top of the stairs, and he walks down slowly to the front door of the diner. Lorelai watches him slowly open the front door, "Hi." Luke looks at her, barely able to contain the tears, "What is it Lorelai? I meant it when I said, that I wasn't coming home for a while." Lorelai groans and suddenly hears herself yelling, "WHY WONT YOU COME HOME?! I NEED YOU, SO DO APRIL AND RORY!" Luke wipes his eyes and tries to be strong, "I'm having nightmares, I can't sleep, I see things, and I almost killed our daughter. I can't be at home anymore. I feel like I've lost my sanity." Lorelai puts her hand on Lukes shoulder, making Luke flinch and push her away for the second time that evening. Lorelai crosses her arms and looks down at her feet, "I'll just go home. Its probably best that way. Bye Lucas." Lorelai walks out of the diner, feeling like her whole world is falling apart. Luke watches her walk away and can't move his legs to go after her. Finally, he goes back upstairs and falls on the sofa, and cries himself to sleep.

January 19th 2001-

Five months after Luke's breakdown, both Luke and Lorelai are living separately. Both Rory and April have started school, Lorelai is working non-stop, and Luke is burning food, crying and snapping at anyone who irritates him. He keeps hoping that Lorelai would walk through the front door of the diner, and flash him that incredible smile, and ask him for a cup of coffee and a kiss.

Lorelai is working on a booking schedule, when she gets a call from her lawyer, asking her if she can get the girls, Luke, and herself to the courthouse at three. Lorelai tells her lawyer that she can, and as soon as she hangs up, she calls Luke. "Luke's?", a grumpy voice says, ringing in Lorelais ears. She smiles, as she remembers the man who wasn't really a grump, it was all just a front to the town, he was just a big teddy bear who loved too hard and loved too much. Lorelai takes a deep breath, "Hey Luke. It's me." Luke's eyes fill with tears and he smiles, "Lorelai. Hey. What's going on? It's been a while." Lorelai nods and smooths down her skirt, "Yeah. Babe, it's been five months. Listen, the judge needs us at the court house at three. Can you make it?" Luke looks over at Cesar who nods back at him, "Yeah. I can make it." Lorelai sighs, "Okay. Good. See you then. Bye Luke." Luke smiles, "Bye Lorelai." They both hang up and hold their phones to their chests, with smiles on their faces.

3:00 PM- Hartford County Court House-

Luke pulls up in front of the court house and takes a deep breath. Today is the day, that he is going see the love of his life and his two daughters for the first time in five months. He gets out and straightens his tie, and makes sure he looks presentable. Across the parking lot, he can see Lorelai and the girls getting out of the jeep. Luke notices that she is wearing the same outfit that she wore on the night of Rorys parent teacher conference four years earlier. Lorelai looks around the parking lot, and finds Luke, making her heart flutter. She notices his choice of wardrobe, and smiles. Rory looks over at her father and then smiles back at her mother, "Look at you two matching today. So cute." Lorelai smirks, "Hahaha. Keep laughing Miss Danes. You will experience this someday with your future husband." April groans, "You two, go inside. We have to get a seat and wait to be called up to testify."

Lorelai, Rory, and April go take their seats out in the sea of people who have come to watch the proceedings. A few rows away, Luke sits down and sighs. He looks around until he catches a glimpse of Lorelai, who is laughing at whatever April said, and throwing her head back and smiling that dazzling smile.

Twenty minutes in, April is the first one to be called up to the witness stand. April looks terrified as she speaks, because Anna and Christopher are staring straight up at her. By the end, April is quivering as she walks back to the audience. Next up, is Rorys turn. Rory holds up herself a bit better than April, and she is a bit more confident. Finally, It is Lorelais turn. She walks up to the stand and takes the oath, and sits down in the chair. Lorelai clinches her fists as she starts to speak, "This happened on June 1st 2000. We were all asleep in our beds. Luke heard our daughters screams and loud noises. He walked down to find Anna…" She pauses to choke back a sob at the back of her throat, "… Standing over our daughters, who were unconscious. She yelled and screamed at Luke for a long time. I was still in our bed, just as Luke had instructed. Suddenly, there was footsteps and Christopher, who turned on the lamp on my side of the bed. He… he grabbed me by the hair and threw me in the floor. He told me that Luke doesn't love me, and that Luke never loved me like he would. He…" she pauses again and lets the tears roll down her cheeks and sees Luke staring up at her with tears in his eyes, "… He got on top of me and pinned me down. That's when I screamed for Luke. He managed to knock out Anna, and then he ran up to save me. When Luke came up to our bedroom, Christopher had a… knife to my throat. He told Luke to stay where he was, or I'd die. Luke did as he was told, but confronted him from where he stood. Christopher suddenly became very violent and confrontational. He got off of me and got in Lukes face, and started screaming…" Lorelai pauses again as she recounts the moment Luke looked at her in terror as the knife was lodged into his chest, "… and the knife he had in his hand, went into Luke's chest. It was so close to Luke's heart…" Lorelai clinches her teeth together and starts sobbing loudly, "… I watched Luke die in my arms. There was blood everywhere. I… I can't talk anymore. I'm sorry." Lorelai trembles as she gets up out of her chair and runs out into the hallway. Luke watches her run out of the room, and tries to run after her, but is pulled away to testify.

Lorelai finds a bench to sit at in the hallway, as she sits down, she sees Emily staring at her from across the room. Lorelai gets up quickly and runs back into the court room, where Luke is talking about the seven years that April was held captive by Anna. Luke sees her come in and looks even more alarmed than he was during her testimony. Lorelai looks at Luke and mouths, "My mom is here." Luke looks down at her in fear, and starts talking faster, so he can get get down to her as quickly as possible. When Lorelai takes a seat, she feels a tight grip on her shoulder and smells the intoxicating smell of Chanel #5. Emily gives her the death stare, "Lorelai Victoria Gilmore. You are unbelievable. Why did you even get yourself into this? Aprilanne was better off with Anna. And you know it!" Lorelai snaps and stands up and hovers over her mother, "THAT IS IT! I AM SO DONE WITH YOU! THIS IS ALL YOUR DOING! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" The judge sternly looks at Lorelai, "Ms. Gilmore! You are interrupting my courtroom. Mr. Danes is trying to testify." Lorelai looks away from Emily and up to the judge and Luke, "I'm so sorry judge. Luke, I'm so so so sorry too." Lorelai turns back to Emily, "I'm not done with you. THIS IS NOT OVER! YOU ARE ONLY FREE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU PAID THEM TO NOT ARREST YOU AND PUT YOU IN PRISON!" Emily scoffs, making Lorelai raise her eyebrow and grab Emily by the collar of her sweater, "YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO ME, HUH?! SAY IT!" A officer comes over and pulls Lorelai off of Emily and takes her out into the hallway. Emily is escorted out of the building, and is sent home.

After Luke is done testifying, he goes into the hallway. He sees Lorelai siting on the bench and screams her name, "LORELAI!" Lorelai looks up at him and runs down the hall and falls into his embrace. She looks at him and rubs his scruffy cheeks gently, "Baby." Luke kisses her softly, "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have pushed you away like that. I love you crazy lady." Rory and April run in and embrace their father, "Dad! We both missed you so much! We love you." Luke kiss both of their foreheads, "Right back at cha, Pumpkin and Apricot." Luke and Lorelais lawyer comes out of the courtroom with a smile, "Come inside guys! They have the verdict!"

The Gilmore-Danes clan walks in and the judge smiles, "We have come to a verdict. Ms. Nardini, please rise." Anna stands up with a smirk and the judge grimaces, "The jury pronounces you guilty on three charges of: kiddnapping a minor child, trespassing and assault. Maximum sentence: Life without parole." The prison guards take Anna away out the side door and the judge looks over at Christopher, "Mr. Hayden, please rise." Christopher rises and looks over at Lorelai and mouths, "I'll get you someday.", causing Luke to get out of his seat in rage, but sits back down after Lorelai pulls on his arm.

The judge frowns but says with pleasure, "The jury pronounces you guilty on two counts of assault, one count of trespassing, and one of attempted murder. Maximum sentence: Life without parole." Christopher is pulled away by prison guards to the side door.

Lorelai and Luke look at each other with relief in their eyes, and Luke leans in to give her a passionate kiss. Lorelai smiles and whispers, We're free! No more stress babe." Luke looks deep into her eyes, "Let's get married next week." Lorelai grins, "Let's do it!"