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Chapter 2 – Unexpected Visitors

Sitting with is his back to the door was none other than Christopher. She couldn't imagine what would have brought him here, but she knew that Luke would not be happy, he didn't seem to take the arrival of her past boyfriends very well and she didn't want to repeat the verbal tug-of-war that occurred when Jason had showed up at the Inn. Facing the inevitable she walked over behind Christopher and spoke, "What a surprise. What brings you to our neck of the woods?"

Startled, Christopher turned in his seat to stare up at Lorelai. "I um ..." he tried to answer, flustered. Then he recovered in grand fashion. He stood and leaned in to kiss Lorelai on the cheek. She accepted the perfunctory greeting and repeated her question.

"Well, do I need a special reason to come see my two best girls?" Christopher asked.

Lorelai, still reeling from seeing him there, spat out, "Oh, do you say that to all of your families?" Immediately after the words left her mouth, she regretted them and saw the hurt look on Christopher's face. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. I just, well, it's only 8 am and I've already had a day." To emphasize her point she slumped down onto the couch and sighed loudly.

Christopher took this as an invitation to sit next to her and she didn't move away. "Okay, what are you really doing here?" Lorelai asked in earnest.

Christopher stalled, he didn't know how to start, but just then Sookie came around the corner followed by Davey and Georgia. Both Christopher and Lorelai stood up as the children entered the room and Sookie led Davey away so the threesome could have some privacy. Lorelai looked at the little girl who she hadn't seen since the day she was born and knew immediately who she was. She turned to Christopher, "Oh, she is so beautiful."

Christopher knelt down and opened up his arms, the little girl ran into them. He scooped her up and planted kisses on her forehead. "Georgia, this is Lorelai. Lorelai, I'd like you meet Georgia ... again." Christopher proudly displayed his daughter, a look of pure admiration on his face.

Georgia let go of her father's neck and reached her pudgy arms toward Lorelai. Lorelai was amazed that the little girl was so outgoing and after receiving a nod from Christopher she took Georgia in her arms and held her tight. Lorelai's happiness lasted only a moment though as, staring into Christopher's face, she recalled this scene from her past. But it had not been a real scene, it had been a dream, a dream she had had many times of her and Christopher and Rory all together as a family. Quickly she passed Georgia back to her father and turned away to wipe a tear from her eye.

Christopher was confused by Lorelai's sudden change of mood. "Lorelai?" he asked.

Lorelai quickly reigned in her emotions and faced Christopher again with a smile. "And is Sherry here too?"

"No, no, umm, Sherry and I are, well, we're separated," Christopher stammered.

"Oh, really," Lorelai muttered. She didn't quite know what to feel, two years ago she would have been elated at the news, in fact twelve months ago she probably would have been thrilled, but now ... so much had changed for her in the past year; so much might change today if she could only get a few minutes alone to use the bathroom.

"Yeah, that's kind of why I'm here. I, I didn't know who else to turn to. Lorelai, I'm a wreck. I don't know what I'm doing ... with Georgia I mean. I don't know how to take care of a two-year-old. I let her stay up late and she eats whatever she wants. I can't say no to her, she just looks at me with those beautiful eyes and I cave." Christopher looked scared, truly like a fish out of water. "Lorelai, I need help and, and I didn't know where else to go."

Lorelai tried to take in all of the information Christopher gave her and she knew that she should help him, but a silent rage took over her emotions instead. She began to speak, not to offer kind words, but to yell at him, to ask him where he had been when she was eighteen years old trying to raise a two-year-old. But no words came out. She simply stood there with her mouth open staring at Christopher and his beautiful daughter. Slowly she closed her mouth, but remained silent.

"Lor, I know that this is unexpected, but I really need you to say something, say anything." Christopher pleaded with her to end the silence. But she continued to stare at him, dumbfounded, until Christopher started to pick up Georgia's bags.

Lorelai saw Christopher giving up, packing up his stuff as if to leave. "No, don't leave. Hey, maybe Sookie can watch Georgia for awhile and we can talk. It's not too busy yet today and we can, I don't know, figure some things out," Lorelai offered.

"Yeah, I'd like that." Christopher smiled.

"I'll go find Sookie," Lorelai mumbled and left the room in a daze. She passed the front desk on her way to the kitchen and eyed her purse with its secret cargo. She tried to push the thought of her own possible pregnancy to the back of her brain, but realized that with Christopher around pregnancy was all she could think about.

Sookie was playing with her son, but upon seeing Lorelai she looked up and spoke, "So, what's he doing here?"

Lorelai shook her head, "I think he wants to stay for awhile. He said he needed help. Look, can you watch Georgia for a bit while he and I talk and I try to figure out what's going on?"

Sookie saw the confusion evident on Lorelai's face and quickly agreed to help out. Sookie and Lorelai trudged back into the sitting room and Sookie enticed Georgia to follow her with a cookie.

Lorelai again sat on the couch and Christopher took a place next to her. "So tell me what happened."

TBC