"Dean, it's Rory." Rory told the voice mail. "I still want to go out tonight, but there's this really important thing I have to do, so I might be a little late. Give me a call, or I'll call you when I have some more info about how long this will take. I'll talk to you later." She said as she hung up the phone and returned her attention to the road ahead. She had been driving for a while and was almost to her destination. After a few more turns she was on the right street. As she pulled up to the building she noticed a familiar car driving away, with complete confusion she walked up to the door and knocked.

"Rory? What are you doing here?" Chris asked when he opened the door to see his oldest daughter standing in front of him.

"I came to talk to you." She said as she stepped in.

"Thank god! I need your help. I've been trying to get a hold of your mom but she's not answering her phone. And I'm freaking out I don't know what to do." Chris rambled as Rory noticed the sound of a crying baby in the other room.

"Dad, what's going on?" she went into the other room and picked up Georgia out of her crib. Not knowing what else to do she started to bounce the baby to try and calm her.

"I don't know what to do, she's been screaming since Sherry left. I can't get her to stop. I tried to call you mom but..."

"Hey calm down. I don't know what to do either. Babies aren't exactly my specialty." Rory continued as she walked and bounced the baby. "Ok, let think, what do babies need." She said out loud. Georgia's crying had slowed but not stopped. "Ok dad, have you tried changing her?"

"Yes, didn't do anything."

"Ok, what about food? This is the sound mom makes when she's hungry."

"Oh, food that's good. There a bottle in the fridge." Chris said as he walked into the kitchen to get it. "I know you have to heat it up. But how long?" He asked her.

"Well it take 45 seconds to heat coffee, try that."

"For once in your life I'm thankful for your coffee addiction." Chris said a minute later when he brought the bottle out to Rory who began feeding the baby with it. Georgia's screams were instantly silenced by the bottle. "Wow, how did you do that? Where did you learn that?" Chris asked as they sat

"I don't know I've only ever held one baby and that was only for like 3 seconds before Sookie decided to take him back. I guess it's just instinct. And living with mom." She joked

"Well yes. You know your mom does have quite a bit in common with a 6 month old." They laughed. After a few minutes Georgia was asleep and Rory put her back in her crib.

"So where did Sherry go?" Rory asked. Trying to find a way to ease into the real reason she was there.

"Um, well she's gone." Chris quietly said.

"What? Gone where? When is she coming back?"

"I don't know where she went and she's not coming back." Chris said as he jumped into explanation. "She decided that she was tired of trying to make us work so she left. She said she was seeing someone and thought it would be best if I took Georgia. So she's gone."

"Just like that? Wow, dad I'm really sorry." She suddenly felt bad about why she was there.

"I have no idea what I'm doing. I tried to call you mom, I mean she's been here, she's done this. She'd know about the bottles and diapers and crying." Chris explained.

"Dad you should know about them already." Rory told him. "Besides it's been a while since Mom's done this."

"Yea, but she must remember."

"Dad, I know that you were in Stars Hollow." Rory admitted tiring of the games.

"I'm sorry I didn't get to see you, it was kinda a last minute thing."

"You weren't there to see me. You were there to try to get Mom back." She was calling him out.

"Ok, I admit, I thought it would be nice to see here."

"Don't. don't do this to her. Her life is going really well. the Inn is doing great, she's living her dream and she's with Luke finally." Rory told him getting angry. "You had years of time to come back and try to work it out and you didn't, but that's your fault. Don't jerk her around. Luke loves her and he's good for her and he's good for us." She was off, now that it started all the anger she'd held for years came out. "He was there for us for everything! Anytime either of us needed anything Luke was there. He's the one who fixed things and comforted us and protected us. He's been more of a father to me in then years than you have in twenty. We gave you the chance, the door has always been open but it's now that you decide to take it! I don't think so. You are not going to mess this up!"

"Rory, I'm sorry I wasn't there, but that's what I'm trying to do now."

"No!" Rory interrupted. "You wasted your chances. You don't have anymore."

"What do you want me to do?" he asked in near despair.

"I want you to stay away from her." She told him. "I want you to stay away from me. You've let both of us down too many times." With that she turned to leave but stopped at the open door. "You may be my father but you've never been a dad, be a dad for Georgia. You can't fix what you missed with me, but you can with her." With those words she was gone. All Chris could do was stare at the door for several minutes. When he finally broke away he walked over to the crib where Georgia lay sleeping, it was then that he realized that she was his life now. It was then that he made a promise to her to be the best father he could.