A/N: Hello all you crazy kids! I almost fell out of inspiration, but it's back! Thanks reviewers! Let's go.

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"Christopher?" Lorelai said with disbelief.

"Hey Lor."

"What...why are you here?"

Chris shrugged. "To see my daughter and her mother."

"Ok, well, hi. Rory's out, you can see her later. Bye," Lorelai said as she walked toward him.

"Lor," Chris said while putting his hands on her shoulders to stop her. He looked at her closely. "Were you making out with someone?"

Lorelai pulled back embarrassed. "What? Why would you say that?"

"You look flushed, and your lipstick is a little smeared."

"Um, I say Rory earlier, and she was in hysterics."

"What? What's wrong with her?"

Lorelai held up a hand. "Nothing you can fix, Chris."

"You're the father?" Meg suddenly asked.

Chris looked at her. "Rory? Yeah. Who are you?"

Meg stepped closer to Luke. "I was Luke's high school sweetheart."

"What?" Lorelai asked. She looked at Luke. "You never told me about her."

Luke shifted on his feet. "Well, I didn't think it was important."

"I'm not important?" Meg asked him. "I heard you just got divorced, I'm here to help."

"He doesn't need help," Lorelai said.

"Oh, and you know?"

"Yeah, I know. I helped him with it."

"Um, Lor, we should go," Chris said.

"What?" Lorelai turned to face him. She bent over and grabbed Chris' wrist and looked at his watch. "Shoot! I have to go." She turned around in a circle. She then faced Luke. "Where did I put my purse?"

Luke looked at the counter and saw her purse on one of the seats. He grabbed it and walked over to her with it. Suddenly it rang. "No cell phones," he told her.

She smirked as she grabbed the purse and answered it. Luke was about to protest but she covered his mouth with her hand. "Hello?" she spoke into the phone. "Rory? What's wrong?...Oh my God. Ok, calm down, I'll be right there...I know, babe. Don't worry, I'll drive fast." She hung up the phone and dropped her hand.

"Lorelai, what's wrong?" Luke asked her.

Lorelai was staring at her phone. She turned to look at Luke with tears in her eyes and said, "She finally ended it." Every one looked confused. Lorelai started to cry and Luke pulled her into a hug. Meg and Chris looked on with slightly angry expressions. When Luke had calmed her down, Lorelai pulled away. "Crap, I have to get to her." Lorelai turned and ran out the door toward her jeep.

Chris, Luke, and Meg watched her drive off. "What was that about?" Chris asked Luke.

Luke shrugged as he stared out the window. "Something big."

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Lorelai raced to the inn as fast as she could go. As soon as she pulled up she ran out of her jeep toward her office. Once she got inside she saw Rory sitting in her chair sobbing quietly. She looked at her daughter and walked over to her. Rory saw her walking toward her and whimpered, "Mommy," before Lorelai kneeled beside the chair and pulled Rory into her arms. They were like that for almost a half hour until Rory pulled away from Lorelai. "Mom, I'm going to Europe with Grandma tomorrow."

Lorelai eyes widened. "What? You can't be going, Rory. You need to stay here so I can help you."

Rory shook her head. "I need to get away so I can move on and Dean can get over me."

Lorelai frowned. "Do you really think going away is the best answer?"

"Yes, Mommy, I need to breathe."

Lorelai nodded. "Fine. How long will you be gone?"

"Two months."

"I can't survive without you that long, babe! What about the opening?"

"Mom, I'm sorry, I forgot about the opening," Rory said. "I've just been thinking about other things, I'm sorry."

"It's ok," Lorelai said while stroking Rory's lower arm. "You also wont' be able to help me pick out clothes for my second date with Luke."

Rory smiled. "You guys are going on another date?" Lorelai nodded. "Yay! Mom, I'm happy for you." Rory leaned over and hugged her mom.

"Thanks, sweets." Rory pulled away and looked at her mom. "You know, there's someone who came hoping to see you."

"Who?"

"Christopher."

"Dad? No way."

"Way. He came into the diner as I was have a lovely little argument with Luke's high school sweetheart."

"What? Luke had a sweetheart?"

"Apparently. It started out nice, but then it became rude. Chris asked who she is, because she was insulting me and Chris, and she said she was Luke's high school sweetheart. I so wasn't prepared for that. And then well, my lunch break was over. Still no food. Wow, I can't seem to organize anything anymore, huh?"

"Why is Dad here?" Rory asked.

"He wanted to see you and me. I guess he's going to see more of me than you," Lorelai said standing up.

Rory stood up as well. She hugged Lorelai again. "I love how you make me forget about my problems."

Lorelai hugged her back. "No problem."

She released Rory. "I better go pack."

"Yeah, and go see if you can find Chris."

"Ok, I love you, Mom."

"Love you, too." Rory walked over to the door and left. Lorelai sighed and sat down in her chair. "Why do I the longest days of my life back to back?" she asked herself.

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"So is that Lorelai your girlfriend?" Meg asked after Chris left.

Luke went around cleaning up the tables. "So why are you here, Meg?"

"You're avoiding my question," she said as she watched him move from table to table.

He stopped and looked at her. "I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know? Either she is or she isn't."

The bell rang as someone entered the diner. "I'm not having this conversation now," Luke said as he went to go take Kirk's order.

"Luke, I want to thank you again for what you did the other night," Kirk said as Luke walked over to his table.

Luke groaned. "You know, I distinctly remember telling you to never mention it again."

"I'm sorry, it's just that without your help, Lulu might have been worried without me there."

"Kirk. Stop. If you want to talk about, you never get fed here again."

"Got it," Kirk said. He sat up straight and looked at directly of what was in front of him which happened to be Meg. "You're new."

Meg smiled at him. "It's me, Kirk. Meg Unger."

Kirk's eyes grew wide. "Wow. Meg! You look so different," he said looking her over.

She looked at him. "Well, you look...the same to me."

He smiled. "Thanks, I've been trying to stay youthful."

"You're doing a very good job of it."

Kirk's smile grew wider. "You're still as nice as ever."

"I have to be! I have to protect everyone from my big mean boyfriends."

"Yeah, you rarely ever let Luke hurt me. I thank you for that."

"You're welcome. So, why were you thanking Luke?"

"It's not important," Luke said.

"Oh yes it is! He saved me," Kirk said.

"Wow! You two must be the best of friends now!" Meg exclaimed.

Kirk grinned. "Well, I'd like to think that."

Luke set a plate in front of Kirk. "Shut up and eat."

"Luke, I didn't even order yet."

As Luke walked away he said, "It's your usual, now eat it and get out." He walked behind the counter and started wiping it down.

"Ah, Luke, that's not a very nice thing to say to your best friend," Meg joked.

"He's not my best friend." The familiar bell rang as someone entered. Luke looked up. "Rory." Meg turned around and looked at the girl who had just walked in. She looked tired and hurt. Her eyes were red and puffy. And her lips formed a deep frown. Rory came up and sat at the counter a few stools away from Meg. Luke poured a cup of coffee and set it in front of Rory.

"Thanks, Luke," Rory said as she wrapped her hands around the mug.

"Are you ok?"

Rory looked into the brown liquid. "Not really." She looked up at him again. "I guess Mom's told you already."

Luke shook his head. "No, but she did say it was big." Rory nodded and looked away. "Do you want to talk about it?" She looked up at him with wide eyes.

"I can't, Luke. I just need to get over him."

"Him?" Rory bit her bottom lip. "Rory, who's 'him?' Is it Dean?" Rory shyly looked at the stool beside her and nodded.

"I did something with him."

Luke suddenly became very nervous and awkward. "Oh, uh, well...a-are you, you know, ok?"

Rory looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "I don't know." She broke down and started crying. Luke walked around the counter and sat next to her. He pulled her into a hug as she cried. After a few minutes she pulled away wiping her eyes. "You think I would run out from all the crying I've been doing."

"Look, Rory, I'll...I'll make him pay for wh-"

"No!" She looked at Luke. "You can't do that. I told him to move on and get over me. If Lindsey saw him come home all bloody, she'd be suspicious. You can't do anything."

Luke nodded. "It's going to take him a really long time to get over you."

Rory nodded. "I know."

They heard a chair shift and the bell over the door ring. Luke quickly stood up. "Damn it!"

"What?" Rory asked.

"Kirk heard you." Rory eyes' became wide with fear. Luke looked at her and back and the retreating figure of Kirk. "I'll be right back." He then ran off after Kirk. She watched him catch up to Kirk and grab him by the collar. She watched their mouths as they exchanged words and then Luke let Kirk go. Luke came back into the diner and gave Rory a small smile. "Don't worry; I've got it taken care of."

Rory smiled at him. "Thanks, Luke."

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Lorelai was calculating the budget when there was a knock at her door. "Come in," she said as she wrote down their new budget on piece of paper. She looked up and saw Chris standing in her doorway. "Chris."

"Hey," he said as he walked in and shut the door behind him. "I can't find Rory anywhere."

"Did you try the house?"

"Of course."

"Well, she's not here, so have you tried the diner?"

"We were just there."

"Well, she was here when I left, so maybe she's eating something." Her phone rang. "Hang on." She picked up the receiver and said, "Dragonfly Inn, Lorelai speaking."

"Hey Lorelai," a gruff voice said.

"Oh, hey Luke. What's up?"

"Um, Rory just left here, and she told me about Dean."

"She did?" Lorelai was surprised. "Wow, I didn't think she'd tell anyone except me. I'm not sure she's going to relieve all the facts to my mother."

"Yeah, well, two other people know."

"Who?"

"Meg and Kirk."

"Why do they know?"

"They overheard our conversation. I had to bribe Kirk to keeping it a secret, but I'm pretty sure Meg won't tell anyone."

"But you did ask her not to, right?"

"Yeah."

"Good. So, did she say she was going home?" Lorelai asked.

"Yeah, she said something about packing. Do you know what that's about?"

"Um, actually I do. She's going to Europe this summer."

"I thought she went with you last summer."

"She did, but Emily offered a real trip this time. I still think backpacking was super fun."

"How long is she going?"

"Two months." Lorelai looked over at Christopher's shocked expression. "Listen, I have to go. I'll talk to you later, all right?"

"Ok, bye."

"Bye." Lorelai hung up the phone and turned to look at Chris. "So, there are some things that need to be said, but first you need to get back to the house because Rory's on her way there to pack. It's better the whole story comes from her rather than me. So, go."

Chris stood up with a dazed expression on his face. "Right, um, bye."

He walked out the door and closed it behind him. Lorelai sighed as she picked up the paper and looked at the very small number on it.

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A/N: Ok, not a whole lot of Chris/Lorelai stuff; that will be later. I'm only doing this because of spoilers. Anywho, Meg is an original character and there will be more of her. I'll try to put Rory in later chapters, but I don't know if I want to do that. Well, please review. Au revoir for now!