Disclaimer: me no own gilmore girls u no sue

Btw, in this fic a lot of things that have happened really, haven't happened cuz I started writing this a while ago (example: dean is not marrying lindsay) and some things are kinda different (example: jess goes to california every weekend but doesn't really live there 24/7). That said, here's chapter 4.

Rory took the car and rushed home way above the speed limit on luckily empty streets. When she got home, Rory power walked through the house grabbing everything she would need for a day or two and shoving it all in a gray duffel bag she had pulled out of her closet.

While Rory was in the bathroom, the phone rang. Rory went out into the kitchen and approached the phone, but didn't pick it up. After a feew rings, the answering machine picked it up, and Rory still stood motionless, listening.

"Rory? Rory are you there? Rory, its Mommy, please pick up honey! We'll get through this Rory, its ok. Rory, come on, I know you're there, pick up. Listen Rory, even if you don't pick up. Don't do anything to hurt yourself or your little addition Rory. I'll be righ-"

Rory picked the phone up, said "I promise," and set it back on the receiver. Then she left.

Lorelai didn't get home immediately. After all, Rory had taken the car. Convincing her parents to let her take their car wasn't working either. It wasn't that they wouldn't let Lorelai go anywhere near the car, but they both insisted the Richard drive her home. Which wasn't so bad, until Lorelai realized that he had downed three glasses of wine in less than two minutes during the past ten minutes. In the end, Lorelai called a taxi.

Rory took the car in the direction of Lane's house. But when she stopped at the traffic light, she realized there was some place else she'd rather be, if it was possible.

Lorelai paid the taxi driver and ran inside. She searched every room, calling for Rory, but she knew inside that Rory wasn't going to be there. Her search completed, she sank into the couch. The only thought running through her head was Where?