Hey everyone. Sorry this has taken so long to get out there, but I'm just having a little freak-out to myself over where this is going. I have a plan, and it's just taking a little bit longer than expected to get to where I thought I was headed… anyway, here's another chapter for your enjoyment…

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CHAPTER 8: What to do next…

Sookie and Lorelai had been walking for five minutes, and Sookie had been asking so many questions in such quick succession, Lorelai had hardly had time to answer a question before the next one was asked.

"Sookie…" Lorelai tried to interrupt her friend's babbling, but Sookie hadn't heard her. "Sookie! SOOKIE!" she yelled.

Sookie looked at Lorelai like a deer caught in the headlights. She smiled meekly. "Sorry."

"It's alright, honey, but perhaps that's enough questions for today."

The two women sat down on the front steps of Lorelai's porch, both lost in their thoughts. After a few seconds of silent contemplation, Sookie looked over to Lorelai and asked "So what made you want to tell me, anyway? You've kept it a secret this long… why the change of heart?"

Lorelai sighed thoughtfully. "For a while, things were going great. I'd sorta changed history, which is one hell of a power trip, let me tell you," she smiled. "I mean, last time, Max and I were engaged, and I broke his heart. I just wanted to stop that from happening… and I'm so glad that I didn't do that to him this time, but now… things are going back to the way they were. Jess… I guess Jess is my main problem. He's still being a punk and I just don't want to go through all that that involves again…"

Sookie could tell Lorelai was upset. "What happened last time?" she asked softly.

"He broke Rory," Lorelai said with bitterness in her voice. "She was okay, it was only a little fracture, but, I dunno… it just made me realise how much I need her in my life… and not only that, Luke and I had this huge fight over the accident and we didn't talk for months." Lorelai started to get upset as she recounted the story of that night to Sookie. "It was horrible," she whispered.


"Oh, honey, I'm so sorry. But this time, it'll be okay! You've set ground rules for Jess and you can stop the accident from happening. Ooh, you'll be like Superman! No, you'll be more like that guy who got the newspapers… and he had that cat… I loved that show, whatever happened to that show?"

Lorelai smiled at her crazy friend. "Yeah, I guess. Just call me SuperMom!"

Sookie giggled, "But you've really got to rethink the wardrobe. Panties on the outside are just not a good look, even if you are made of steel."

Lorelai nodded in agreement, then, choosing her words carefully, continued. "There's something else I need to talk to you about, though, and it has nothing to do with last time… Well, not really anyway. This time… I know why Rachel left."

Sookie's eyes bulged as she realised what Lorelai might say next. "And…"

"It was because of me, Sook. I don't know the specifics, but I think she left because she thought I had a thing for Luke," Lorelai snorted.

Sookie eyed her friend suspiciously. "Well…?"


"Well what? Well nothing!" Lorelai automatically denied everything and anything to do with her having a 'thing' for Luke.

"Are you sure? I mean… there isn't anything there?"

Lorelai sighed. "What is it with you people? My mother, and Max, although he didn't suggest anything this time, but last time, and you after Rory's play… again, hasn't happened, but ya still did it!"

Sookie was having trouble keeping up with Lorelai's rant. "Okay, Lorelai, if you say there's nothing there, there's nothing there, but have you ever really considered the possibility? I mean, really considered it – not just automatically thrown the idea into the trash."

The two were quiet for a moment before Sookie continued. "Look, I know you're probably gonna jump down my throat for this, but I've got to say it. He does like you, whether you wanna believe it or not, it's there, you just haven't seen it yet."

"Yeah, I have…" Lorelai said very quietly, staring at her hands.

Sookie's eyes widened again – possibly wider this time than the last. "You… you what?"

"I saw it. I was joking around a while back and said something to do with him loving me, and he just had this… this look." Lorelai shook her head, trapped in her own thoughts.

"Well… look, honey, I'm not gonna push this, but you've really got to think about whether you… feel anything…" Sookie trod very carefully around the subject. "Just go inside and spend some time with just you and your thoughts."

Lorelai smiled at Sookie. "You forget… I've got a visitor!"

Right on time, the two women saw Luke walking extremely quickly towards them. "Lorelai, I've done something really bad!"

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Thanks again to Len, the legend, for giving me confidence in this story. And for those of you getting grumpy at me for not updating fast enough, I have two things to say: 1) I've been REALLY busy recently because 2) I'm moving this weekend (hence the busy-ness) and won't be able to write anymore to this story after then, so my plan is to FINISH this by Friday. Here's hoping I can do it. I'll write day and night for the next week if necessary, but hopefully I'll get there. Hope you enjoyed and hope you like where I'm going with this… only a few more chapters to go, but they'll be the important ones everyone's been waiting for.

PS – I need someone's help. Any Australians, please read: As I said, I'm moving and when I move, I won't have access to a VCR. I've taped practically every episode of Gilmore Girls, starting mid-way through season 1. What I'm after is for another crazy Aussie GG fan, like myself, who also plans to tape season 3. I'm willing to pay for the tapes and the postage, and a little extra for your inconvenience, if necessary, but I really really want to get season 3 on video. So if you're an Aussie (preferably on the East Coast), and plan to tape Season 3 of GG and have access to some kind of video-copying thingamajiggy (or have 2 VCRs), please email me: funkyjunkie123@yahoo.com.au Thanks so much!