Thursday 5 pm - Rory's POV

I was looking through my journal while I waited for Lane to pick up her phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi. It's me"

"Hi, Rory...."

"Listen, I need to ask you a favor. You know mom and Luke broke up but that's so wrong, right?"

"Right, but...."

"I had the thought we should do something against it. I have no classes tomorrow and just came back from my last one for today. I thought of coming home tonight and we could unite our powers to reunite those two. What do you say Supergirl?" – I asked her with a small chuckle.

"Rory..." – The tone in her voice indicated that I was about hear something I won't like. "...Luke left. He left town and won't probably come back."

"What? That can't be true" – I said, not wanting to believe what she just told me. "But why, when, how..."

"I think he left this morning or late last night. Yesterday he was at work and was supposed to open the diner this morning. Today when I went over I only found Ceasar in an empty diner. He handed me a letter from Luke. He wrote that he left, won't probably come back. He felt sorry for not telling us sooner. Ceasar and I picked a sign to the window letting everyone know that the diner will stay closed for an indefinite time." – Lane finished sadly. "Rory? Are you still there?"

"I...I don't know what to say. I'm shocked."

"Believe me, everyone else is too."

"I can't believe she didn't tell me."

"What?"

"My mom. I just talked to her before I called you and she didn't tell me. My God, she must be devastated. I'm coming home right now. Bye Lane, I'll see you in a bit." – I said and put the phone down without even waiting for Lane to say 'bye'. I packed in a hurry, jumped into my car and left Yale.
When I entered Stars Hollow I drove to Luke's. I needed to see it myself. Somehow I still hoped it was all just a sick joke. Unfortunately everything Lane said was true. The diner was dark and the sign she wrote in black capital letters was staring back at me.

I got into my car again and drove home with the intention to comfort my mom but when I arrived I only found dad sitting in the kitchen sipping coffee. The sadness and frustration that I felt over the whole Luke issue combined with anger. My mind screamed, that everything was my dad's fault. He messed up things again. Dad looked up as he noticed me coming into the kitchen.

"Rory. Did we know you were coming home?"

"How could you?"

"Wha...?"

"I warned you before. I told you to leave her alone, now you destroyed everything. Why did you do that?"

"Rory, I didn't....."

"Yes.Yes, you did...a great relationship is over."

"No, I didn't destroy anything. If their relationship was that great than nothing could have ruined it."

"The relationship was great. You came back even after I asked not to and then you ....you practically "stole" mom from Luke."

"Stole? Even if I did do such a thing, don't you think that maybe she wanted to be "stolen"? Maybe she wasn't as happy as you think she was. I don't like your tone. You make it sound like I forced her into something. You of all people know your mom. You know that you can't force her into anything."

"You're right, I know mom. I know why she's doing all of this. Because she's scared. She's scared of her feelings for Luke. She finally found that one person she was looking for and it scares the hell out of her. If you wouldn't have come back, she would have faced her fears but you come back and she did the one thing she always does when scared....she runs away. Mom's doing all of this because you're the easy way out and not because she's in love with you. They broke up, they are both hurt and now Luke left town and won't return!" – After I almost screamed the last part the room grew too quite for a split second before it was shattered by the loud sound of keys hitting the floor. I turned and saw mom standing in the hallway, a shocked expression on her face. I didn't know what to do or say but it didn't matter 'cause I got no chance to do either. Mom picked up her keys and ran out of the house before anything else could have happened.
My heart was beating fast and I was slightly out of breath as I looked over to my dad. He was still staring at the spot where mom just stood then he turned to me. The look upon his face made me regret the words I've just spoken. I felt a bit helpless, couldn't come up with anything else to say so I left too. I walked out of the kitchen door and left dad alone behind me.

TBC