(A/N-sorry for all the time inbetween chapters. I only have the internet at
my dad's so I can only post a few times every other week.Thanks for being
patient, and R/R!! :D )
The next morning, Luke lingered a bit on Lorelai's doorsteps before ringing the doorbell.Lorelai answered it and let him in.The mood was a bit softer, more serious. Luke poured more coffee into Lorelai's cup, and she smiled greatfully at him. Luke squeezed her hand, and kept holding it. Lorelai held the portable phone in her hand.
"Lor? How long have you been holding or near that cell phone?" Lorelai sighed a long sigh. "All night," she admitted. Luke grinned a bit. That was sure Lorelai, all right. The doorbell rang and Luke went to answer it. It was Lane, but a Lane that seemed to be braindead, tired, and upset.
"Heard anything yet?" she asked Luke as she followed him into the kitchen. God, it felt so weird to be here without Rory.
"Nope," Luke said disappointingly. Lane sighed as she sat down next to Lorelai. Lorelai pulled her into a reasurring hug. "I'm still waiting,too Lane. We all are."
Suddenly, the phone rang. Lorelai held her breath, and let it ring for two counts before she picked it up. "" Hello?" "Miss Gilmore?" "Yes?" "This is Constable Jones from the RCMP. Some campers were hiking along that route and came across your daughter. Another officer has gone to get her to take her back to our office. It's off of 119th and Broadway."
"I'll come, thank you officer," she breathlessly said. Hugging Lane and swirling Luke around, Lorelai finally came to a complete stop. After two unbearable hours, her baby girl was coming home. Lorelai bumped into Luke, as they gazed into each-others eyes.
"Do you guys want to come and get Rory with me?" Loreali said, breaking Luke's eye contact. "We'll see her when she get's back," Lane said,smiling. "You be with her right now, though."
Back in the car, Rory shivered as she pulled up the blanket the officer had given her closer to her neck. For some reason she couldn't stop shaking. Maybe it had been all the terrible stress that Chris had bestowed upon her. The police had found him a short while later and he had been taken to one of the cells upstairs.
Rory couldn't wait to see Lorelai, to have her protective arms around her. To feel that love and comfort that she had been waiting for for two days. Besides, she was hungry, and all she wanted to do was to curl up with Lorelai on her with a hot chocolate and a pizza. She wanted to sleep for eternity, and not worry about anything anymore. She wanted to see all the people she cared about-Lane, Luke, Sookie and Paris.
The door opened and Lorelai came in, breathless from running up the stairs. For a second neither of them moved, then Rory rushed into Lorelai's arms, both of them sniffling. They stood there for what seemed like forever. Rory felt Lorelai shuddering from tears, and she hugged her tigher. Finally she was going home.
In the car, Lorelai pulled out a black garbage bag. Rory tried not to laugh. "Mom, what's that?" "Open up and see," Lorelai replied softly. Rory opened it and found her cap, gown, and diploma. She sighed in relief and brushed a few tears from her cheek. So she hadn't missed it after all.
Lorelai kissed Rory on the forehead. "Happy graduation, sweetie."
The next morning, Luke lingered a bit on Lorelai's doorsteps before ringing the doorbell.Lorelai answered it and let him in.The mood was a bit softer, more serious. Luke poured more coffee into Lorelai's cup, and she smiled greatfully at him. Luke squeezed her hand, and kept holding it. Lorelai held the portable phone in her hand.
"Lor? How long have you been holding or near that cell phone?" Lorelai sighed a long sigh. "All night," she admitted. Luke grinned a bit. That was sure Lorelai, all right. The doorbell rang and Luke went to answer it. It was Lane, but a Lane that seemed to be braindead, tired, and upset.
"Heard anything yet?" she asked Luke as she followed him into the kitchen. God, it felt so weird to be here without Rory.
"Nope," Luke said disappointingly. Lane sighed as she sat down next to Lorelai. Lorelai pulled her into a reasurring hug. "I'm still waiting,too Lane. We all are."
Suddenly, the phone rang. Lorelai held her breath, and let it ring for two counts before she picked it up. "" Hello?" "Miss Gilmore?" "Yes?" "This is Constable Jones from the RCMP. Some campers were hiking along that route and came across your daughter. Another officer has gone to get her to take her back to our office. It's off of 119th and Broadway."
"I'll come, thank you officer," she breathlessly said. Hugging Lane and swirling Luke around, Lorelai finally came to a complete stop. After two unbearable hours, her baby girl was coming home. Lorelai bumped into Luke, as they gazed into each-others eyes.
"Do you guys want to come and get Rory with me?" Loreali said, breaking Luke's eye contact. "We'll see her when she get's back," Lane said,smiling. "You be with her right now, though."
Back in the car, Rory shivered as she pulled up the blanket the officer had given her closer to her neck. For some reason she couldn't stop shaking. Maybe it had been all the terrible stress that Chris had bestowed upon her. The police had found him a short while later and he had been taken to one of the cells upstairs.
Rory couldn't wait to see Lorelai, to have her protective arms around her. To feel that love and comfort that she had been waiting for for two days. Besides, she was hungry, and all she wanted to do was to curl up with Lorelai on her with a hot chocolate and a pizza. She wanted to sleep for eternity, and not worry about anything anymore. She wanted to see all the people she cared about-Lane, Luke, Sookie and Paris.
The door opened and Lorelai came in, breathless from running up the stairs. For a second neither of them moved, then Rory rushed into Lorelai's arms, both of them sniffling. They stood there for what seemed like forever. Rory felt Lorelai shuddering from tears, and she hugged her tigher. Finally she was going home.
In the car, Lorelai pulled out a black garbage bag. Rory tried not to laugh. "Mom, what's that?" "Open up and see," Lorelai replied softly. Rory opened it and found her cap, gown, and diploma. She sighed in relief and brushed a few tears from her cheek. So she hadn't missed it after all.
Lorelai kissed Rory on the forehead. "Happy graduation, sweetie."
