Lorelai smiled wistfully as she heard Rory pull out of the driveway and head back to Yale. She was happy for her daughter and her new – boyfriend? She guessed Logan was a boyfriend. At the same time, it made Lorelai feel the emptiness in her house a hundred times more. She remembered those evenings that she had that grin on her face as she rushed out of her house to meet Luke somewhere, glowing like Rory had been tonight. All that was gone now. She had been so lonely since their break up. It had been a month and it still hadn't gotten much easier to be without him.

Lorelai knew Sookie was right. She was turning into couch potato girl, a spinster, whatever. She was just sitting at home eating junk food and watching movies all day. But Rory was at Yale, and as amazing as her daughter had been, stopping by frequently to keep her company, calling all the time to be sure she was okay, it didn't help during those nights when she couldn't sleep, or when she found herself watching a sappy movie and crying inconsolably.

And then there was Emily. The nerve her mother had, doing what she had done. What could she have possibly been thinking, getting Chris to pull what he had pulled? And now pretending everything thing was fine, sending those postcards, all the phone calls? What was going on in her head? Aside from being incredibly angry, Lorelai was hurt. She wanted so much for her mother to be happy for her now that she'd found a relationship that worked for her, and instead, she sabotaged it and left Lorelai searching for answers.

So here she was, watching Judy Garland's A Star Is Born, feeling sorry for herself. She missed Luke so much. She'd never felt this way about a guy, never hurt so badly after being dumped. She missed talking to him, missed their banter, missed seeing him, kissing him, waking up next to him in the morning. Everything about him. He was such a huge part of her life, and now he was gone – her best friend, and the man she loved. God, life could be so cruel.

The night is bitter
The stars have lost their glitter
The winds grow colder
Suddenly you're older
And all because of the man that got away….

Lorelai sighed. This was probably not the best choice in movie, she thought to herself as she continued to binge on the wide spread of junk food that lay in front of her.

And then there was a knock on the door.