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"I think this is the first time in my life that I have actually been glad to be home," Lorelai stated, relieved to be back in an environment she was accustomed to.
"I will miss all of the ice cream they fed me though"
"It's probably a good thing you're away from it. You won't get your figure back sitting around and eating junk food all day, Lorelai," Emily said in her usual tone.
"So nice of you to remind me mother," Lorelai said her voice fading as she carried her newborn up the stairs.
"Wait a minute, where do you think you're taking that child?" Emily called.
"She's my baby and I want to take her up to my room where we can be alone!" Lorelai shouted back, showing off her childish attitude.
Emily scowled, letting it go at that point and went into the kitchen to see what the maid was making for lunch.
Upstairs, Lorelai put little Rory in her crib.
"Hey baby girl...it's nice to be alone isn't it? Wow, you do have my eyes...and your daddy's nose," she sighed and looked down at the floor. "You know baby, no matter what, we will both love you forever. It's not about me anymore, it's about us. I am going to do everything I can to make our life perfect, even if it means I have to start over and make new plans for myself. And don't even think about taking after anyone but me. I'll teach you everything I know, from my coffee addiction to my fabulous taste in music, movies, and clothing. You'd better be a funny girl, because you're going to have to take a lot of sarcasm from me. Oh, I know you'll have a good sense of humor, I can see it in your eyes. You're going to be smart too, and if you're not, that's ok; you'll be beautiful and funny anyway. Plus you can always marry rich," She leg out a giggle at her unfailing humor. What I mean is, no matter what you turn out to be, I already know I'm lucky to have you," she was cut off at that point by a knock at her bedroom door.
"Miss, your mother wants you downstairs for lunch now. She ordered me to look after the baby"
"Alright Loretta, take good care of my little angel for me. I'll be back as soon as I can."
A couple of days later, Lorelai and Christopher were in her bedroom talking while Emily was showing little Rory off to her D.A.R. friends.
"Lor, we can't avoid this forever; we have to talk about it."
"What if I don't want to talk about it?"
"You have to; a decision has to be made."
"We're too young to get married." Lorelai stated.
"We were too young to get pregnant."
"That may be true Chris, but we can't change that now. What's done is done and I'm not going to be sorry for what we have."
"Lor, you know I love you and what we have, and getting married is the right thing to do. It's the only proper way to handle this."
"Screw proper!" she exclaimed, angry with him for nagging so much at the sensitive subject
"Then what is your bright solution to the problem, huh? What do you think we should do about this?"
"Chris, you have to go to college, you need to get an education so you can make a life for yourself!"
"Lorelai, this isn't about my future and you know it! What is it? Do you not love me?" he lashed at her furiously hurt.
"Chris..." she replied, avoiding the question.
"That's it isn't it? You really don't love me!
"No, Chris please...it's not that I don't love you. I just...I just need time. I'm not sure...I'm really not sure of anything right now."
"Oh, so you're not sure you love me! You think that makes me feel better? No wonder you've never told me so, you never were in love with me!"
"I've cared for you more than I have cared for anyone else before Chris..."
"But you just can't call it love?"
"No, I think it's love...I just can't bring myself to say it. Please Chris, I just need time!"
"We don't have time Lorelai! All we have is now, and now you obviously don't want me like I want you! I should have known. You've never been committed to anything!"
"Oh don't you dare! I don't think you are one to talk Christopher Hayden! This is the first relationship you've ever been in!"
"Yeah, well at least I know what I feel, or at least I thought I did!" With that Chris left the room and dashed down the stairs. Lorelai started to run after him, but she knew it was a lost cause. She ran back to her room in tears and threw herself on the bed.
"Why can't I just let myself feel the way I know I could?" she cried in her mind.
Downstairs, Chris grabbed for the door handle just as it opened.
"Well hello Christopher....." Emily didn't have time to finish before he pushed past her, trying to hide the tear rolling down his cheek.
"Lorelai?" she called up the stairs. "Lorelai Gilmore, what happened between you and Christopher? I've never seen him so upset, not to mention rude!"
There was no answer.
"Lorelai, didn't you hear me call you? Hello?"
Still no answer
"Lorelai, I demand an answer right now! Alright, that's it, I'm coming up!
As Emily climbed the stairs, Lorelai slipped out the window and down the balcony. She hated to leave Rory, but she couldn't stand to stay at her house any longer. She had to get out.
A knock came to the empty room.
"I'm coming in!" Emily warned.
As she scanned the room, she knew in an instant that Lorelai was gone.
"Loretta! Get a hold of Richard immediately!"
"Is something the matter ma'am?"
"Don't ask questions! Do what I say!"
"Yes ma'am, please forgive me"
When Loretta handed Emily the phone, she grabbed it anxiously. "Richard? Richard, Lorelai is gone!"
...(pause)...
"Of course I don't know where she went! If I did don't you think I would be looking for her?"
...(pause)...
"What do you mean 'don't worry'? Didn't you hear me, she's gone, she left!"
...(short pause)...
"Well I know this isn't the first time, but that doesn't make the situation any more comfortable for me!"
...(pause)...
"Wait it out? What do you mean wait it out? Our child is missing!"
...(short)...
"Well of course you have to go Richard, but if she never comes back you'll feel pretty bad about the lack of concern you have for this!"
(click)
After her perturbing phone conversation with Richard, Emily heard Rory cry. Knowing Loretta was starting dinner, she hurried over to calm the child.
"Oh my darling, don't cry now. Mommy will be back very soon, I promise."
At that very moment Lorelai walked through the door.
"Lorelai Gilmore! Where on earth have you been? You had us worried sick! You have a child now you know! You have certain responsibilities that you must take care of! You cannot just take off like that whenever you feel like it!"
"Mother, I'm really not in the mood..."
"Oh, you're not in the mood? Well I wasn't in the mood to have my daughter run away from home! I didn't know where you were or if you were coming back---"
"MOTHER! I said I don't want to discuss it now!"
Lorelai began stomping up the stairs in a huff.
"You had better straighten yourself up young lady! This child depends on you! You have got to quit being so selfish!"
A door slammed upstairs and Emily stopped yelling.
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"I think this is the first time in my life that I have actually been glad to be home," Lorelai stated, relieved to be back in an environment she was accustomed to.
"I will miss all of the ice cream they fed me though"
"It's probably a good thing you're away from it. You won't get your figure back sitting around and eating junk food all day, Lorelai," Emily said in her usual tone.
"So nice of you to remind me mother," Lorelai said her voice fading as she carried her newborn up the stairs.
"Wait a minute, where do you think you're taking that child?" Emily called.
"She's my baby and I want to take her up to my room where we can be alone!" Lorelai shouted back, showing off her childish attitude.
Emily scowled, letting it go at that point and went into the kitchen to see what the maid was making for lunch.
Upstairs, Lorelai put little Rory in her crib.
"Hey baby girl...it's nice to be alone isn't it? Wow, you do have my eyes...and your daddy's nose," she sighed and looked down at the floor. "You know baby, no matter what, we will both love you forever. It's not about me anymore, it's about us. I am going to do everything I can to make our life perfect, even if it means I have to start over and make new plans for myself. And don't even think about taking after anyone but me. I'll teach you everything I know, from my coffee addiction to my fabulous taste in music, movies, and clothing. You'd better be a funny girl, because you're going to have to take a lot of sarcasm from me. Oh, I know you'll have a good sense of humor, I can see it in your eyes. You're going to be smart too, and if you're not, that's ok; you'll be beautiful and funny anyway. Plus you can always marry rich," She leg out a giggle at her unfailing humor. What I mean is, no matter what you turn out to be, I already know I'm lucky to have you," she was cut off at that point by a knock at her bedroom door.
"Miss, your mother wants you downstairs for lunch now. She ordered me to look after the baby"
"Alright Loretta, take good care of my little angel for me. I'll be back as soon as I can."
A couple of days later, Lorelai and Christopher were in her bedroom talking while Emily was showing little Rory off to her D.A.R. friends.
"Lor, we can't avoid this forever; we have to talk about it."
"What if I don't want to talk about it?"
"You have to; a decision has to be made."
"We're too young to get married." Lorelai stated.
"We were too young to get pregnant."
"That may be true Chris, but we can't change that now. What's done is done and I'm not going to be sorry for what we have."
"Lor, you know I love you and what we have, and getting married is the right thing to do. It's the only proper way to handle this."
"Screw proper!" she exclaimed, angry with him for nagging so much at the sensitive subject
"Then what is your bright solution to the problem, huh? What do you think we should do about this?"
"Chris, you have to go to college, you need to get an education so you can make a life for yourself!"
"Lorelai, this isn't about my future and you know it! What is it? Do you not love me?" he lashed at her furiously hurt.
"Chris..." she replied, avoiding the question.
"That's it isn't it? You really don't love me!
"No, Chris please...it's not that I don't love you. I just...I just need time. I'm not sure...I'm really not sure of anything right now."
"Oh, so you're not sure you love me! You think that makes me feel better? No wonder you've never told me so, you never were in love with me!"
"I've cared for you more than I have cared for anyone else before Chris..."
"But you just can't call it love?"
"No, I think it's love...I just can't bring myself to say it. Please Chris, I just need time!"
"We don't have time Lorelai! All we have is now, and now you obviously don't want me like I want you! I should have known. You've never been committed to anything!"
"Oh don't you dare! I don't think you are one to talk Christopher Hayden! This is the first relationship you've ever been in!"
"Yeah, well at least I know what I feel, or at least I thought I did!" With that Chris left the room and dashed down the stairs. Lorelai started to run after him, but she knew it was a lost cause. She ran back to her room in tears and threw herself on the bed.
"Why can't I just let myself feel the way I know I could?" she cried in her mind.
Downstairs, Chris grabbed for the door handle just as it opened.
"Well hello Christopher....." Emily didn't have time to finish before he pushed past her, trying to hide the tear rolling down his cheek.
"Lorelai?" she called up the stairs. "Lorelai Gilmore, what happened between you and Christopher? I've never seen him so upset, not to mention rude!"
There was no answer.
"Lorelai, didn't you hear me call you? Hello?"
Still no answer
"Lorelai, I demand an answer right now! Alright, that's it, I'm coming up!
As Emily climbed the stairs, Lorelai slipped out the window and down the balcony. She hated to leave Rory, but she couldn't stand to stay at her house any longer. She had to get out.
A knock came to the empty room.
"I'm coming in!" Emily warned.
As she scanned the room, she knew in an instant that Lorelai was gone.
"Loretta! Get a hold of Richard immediately!"
"Is something the matter ma'am?"
"Don't ask questions! Do what I say!"
"Yes ma'am, please forgive me"
When Loretta handed Emily the phone, she grabbed it anxiously. "Richard? Richard, Lorelai is gone!"
...(pause)...
"Of course I don't know where she went! If I did don't you think I would be looking for her?"
...(pause)...
"What do you mean 'don't worry'? Didn't you hear me, she's gone, she left!"
...(short pause)...
"Well I know this isn't the first time, but that doesn't make the situation any more comfortable for me!"
...(pause)...
"Wait it out? What do you mean wait it out? Our child is missing!"
...(short)...
"Well of course you have to go Richard, but if she never comes back you'll feel pretty bad about the lack of concern you have for this!"
(click)
After her perturbing phone conversation with Richard, Emily heard Rory cry. Knowing Loretta was starting dinner, she hurried over to calm the child.
"Oh my darling, don't cry now. Mommy will be back very soon, I promise."
At that very moment Lorelai walked through the door.
"Lorelai Gilmore! Where on earth have you been? You had us worried sick! You have a child now you know! You have certain responsibilities that you must take care of! You cannot just take off like that whenever you feel like it!"
"Mother, I'm really not in the mood..."
"Oh, you're not in the mood? Well I wasn't in the mood to have my daughter run away from home! I didn't know where you were or if you were coming back---"
"MOTHER! I said I don't want to discuss it now!"
Lorelai began stomping up the stairs in a huff.
"You had better straighten yourself up young lady! This child depends on you! You have got to quit being so selfish!"
A door slammed upstairs and Emily stopped yelling.