Maybe Now: Chapter Twelve: Truthfully

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Thank you for all the wonderful reviews. I haven't decided what I will do with Marty yet, but believe me he will be back in the story. This is a small filler chapter. I don't know how well I did with it. It's between Lane and Mrs. Kim...and well I have no idea how to write them. so I return you to the Kim's doorstep.

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Lane had finally gotten the courage to knock, she was now waiting for the door to open. Her mother appeared in the door.

'Lane.'

'Momma.'

'What are you doing here?'

'I came to talk. Is that alright?'

'That is fine Lane, come in.'

Lane stepped through the doorway. Feeling like a stranger in her own home. She tried to make small talk with her mother.

'How's the sale going?'

'Very well.'

'That's good.'

'Yes, good for business.'

'Momma?'

'Yes, Lane?'

'Can we go into the kitchen and talk?'

'Give me a few minutes, I will meet you there.'

'Okay.'

Lane walked into the kitchen. Sitting down at the small white table. She was looking around at everything, realizing nothing had changed. All the sudden she felt very lonely. She wanted to cry. A tear escaped her eye, she brushed the tear away, but not before her mother saw. Mrs. Kim came into the kitchen and sat down next to Lane. And for the first time in many years she held her baby girl. Lane was amazed at the contact. Her mother had not shown this much compassion in a long time. Lane hugged her mother tighter. Not wanting to let go of this moment. She might never get another one. Still holding on to her mother she spoke.

'I broke up with Zach, I'm so sorry momma. I didn't mean to yell at you the other day. Truthfully I'm glad you are in my head, momma. You saved me, saved me from doing something potentially stupid. I just hope you can forgive me.'

'I forgive you, Lane.'

'Really, momma?'

'Yes.

Neither Kim had been so close to each other. They didn't know where this raw emotion was coming from. Mrs. Kim was just so happy her daughter had come to her. For years she had tried to protect her from everything, but in the end it wasn't enough. It wasn't the way to raise a child, and she now knew that she hadn't been their for Lane. She felt horrible. These past few months had been so hard, not having her baby around, but she was a Kim and Kim's were suppose to do things by a set of rules that had been determined a long time ago. Mrs. Kim never thought about how ridiculous these rules were, but late at night she realized after it was too late that these rules were not meant to protect a child they were meant to imprison a child. And a child like Lane should have been loved not imprisoned. She wanted to tell this to Lane, so many times, but she was stubborn, she didn't want Lane to see her as inferior. She had always wished Lane would come to her, but Lane had always gone to Lorelai or Rory on any matter, and now she understood why. They had tried to help her, listen to her, love her. Mrs. Kim then started crying, she couldn't believe how horrible she had been, she in her own defense had only been trying to protect her, but that wasn't enough. And now she was stuck with an empty house and a Lane replacement. Lane felt her mothers tears and looked up.

'Momma?'

'Yes, Lane.?'

'Are you okay?'

'I'll be fine, I'm glad you are here.'

'Me too, momma, me too.'

They continued to embrace. Until Mrs. Kim spoke again.

'Will you move home?'

'I can't momma, Brian and Zach can't afford the apartment alone.'

'Oh.'

Mrs. Kim released her daughter and stood up.

'Momma, it's not that I don't want to, I just can't, I can't do that to Zach or Brian.'

'That is fine Lane.'

Mrs. Kim started cleaning up the kitchen. Lane began to help her.

'Momma, what if we had dinner once a week?'

'A dinner?'

'Yea, I'll come here for dinner once a week. We can talk.'

'That sounds good.'

'Really?'

'Yes. Lane. You will come to dinner once a week.'

'Okay. I'll have to work around the band's schedule and my night classes.'

'You are in school?'

'Yes, Momma.'

'Oh.'

'I take two classes one Tuesday and Thursday nights at the community college. Luke lets me off early those days.'

'Oh.'

'Yea, and then band practice is Wednesday's and sometimes we have gigs but only on the weekends.'

'Oh.'

Mrs. Kim realized that she didn't know what her daughter had been up to since she left the house. She didn't know she was in school, or that she was still working at Luke's or that her band was still performing.

'Well, momma, i should get home. I have homework to do for tomorrow's class.'

'Yes. Lane?'

'Yes, Momma?'

'So i will see you Friday?'

'Friday.'

'Okay. Goodbye Lane.'

'Goodbye Momma.'

Lane then hugged her mother one last time before she showed herself out. Once out of the house Lane walked to the car, got in and drove home. Once back at the apartment she placed the keys on the table and called for the boys.

'Zach...Brian?'

No one answered, she had the apartment to herself. She went into her room and closed the door. She picked out a cd and put it in her stereo. 'Fall Apart' by Stabbing Westward came through the speakers. Lane then sat on her bed and grabbed the phone, dialing the familiar number.

'Hello?'

'Hey, Rory.'

'Oh, hey Lane. So how did it go?'

'Better than expected.'

'Really, that's good.'

'I think we had a small breakthrough. We are going to start up Friday night dinners and try to have a relationship.'

'Ha, Friday night dinners, hope they go better for you than they do for us.'

'Yea.'

'Well I'm glad it worked out for you.'

'Thank you for getting me to talk to her.'

'No problem.'

'Well I'm gonna go, I've got some homework to get to before class tomorrow.'

'Okay.'

'Talk to you later Rory.'

'Bye.'

Rory hung up her phone. She was lying on her bed with her book on her stomach. She picked her book back up and started reading. She had just gotten a page written when the slamming of doors alerted her that she might want to get up. Rory got up from her bed and went out into the 'living room.' Paris was there with Doyle and as usual they were having a screaming match. Deciding she didn't want to hear any of it, Rory slipped back into her room, completely unnoticed. She was trapped, so she thought. Then she remembered the window that Logan had come in a few night before. She grabbed her bag and threw her cell phone, book and a notebook in to it. She need slipped out her own window. Logan had made it look so easy. Rory though was having some trouble when she felt two hands around her waist helping her out. Once she was standing on two feet she looked up to her savior.

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that's it for now...up next for you Luke and Lorelai fans...LL at Sniffy's.

LP