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Rory walked down the stairs about to burst into tears. She ran out the door not noticing her mother at the counter talking with Luke.

"Rory?" Lorelai called after her daughter. "Luke, I have to go."

"I will break that boy's neck with my own hands!" Luke threatened stomping up the stairs.



~~Outside the Gilmore House~~

Rory was running up the front steps, tears streaming down her face. When she looked up, it was too much for her to handle so early in the morning. She burst out into another round of tears. She fell into her father's arms wanting anything to support her.

"There, there," he comforted her as if he had done this a million times. "Just tell me what's bothering you, sweetie. Is it a boy?"

"Uh, hu," she managed to get out sniffling a bit.

"Do you mind talking about it?"

"It's a long story." She found herself using the same excuse that Jess had, but she did mind talking about it.

"Hon, what's the matter?" Her mother was calling her. "I swear, if he hurt you I." she got closer and realized who else was there. "Christopher?"

"Hey. I was just up here and she."

"It's okay. Let's go inside." They all headed into the family room, Christopher still cradling his daughter's head to his chest. They sat on the couch, both of her parents wondering what had happened.

"So, um, ready to talk?" Lorelai broke the silence.

"She told me that it was boy trouble," Christopher whispered to Lorelai. "Should I leave?"

"No, no. Stay here." Rory had overheard. "Maybe you could help."

"I'll try."

"So what happened in the apartment?"

"You remember last night, right?"

"What about last night?" Christopher needed to be informed.

"well, I kissed jess." she told him everything about yesterday.

"So, you like Jess." Chris clarified.

"Well yea, but today he said that we couldn't have a relationship and he gave no explanation. He just said that it has to be this way, but he seemed like he was doing this against his will. I demanded to know why, but he got all mad and screamed at me to get out."

"That's when you came running down the stair crying?" Her mother finished.

"Yea. I'm just so confused. You're a guy, dad. Do you know why he's acting so strange?"

"Well, I don't know for sure, but it sounds like he's probably more confused than you are. It could be a number of reasons. Maybe this is something new too him, or it might be another girl. I would suggest just staying away for a while to allow him to figure this out on his own."

"Wow, you sure have come a long way since you were sixteen." Lorelai commented.

"How can I? He's Luke's nephew and this is not an easy town to avoid someone in, you know." Rory protested.

"I don't know how, just try."





A/N: okay, um I can't exactly figure out what to do next so please review with suggestion if possible. Thanks.