A few days passed and no sign of Chris had been shown around the Gilmore house. Lorelai was starting to let her guard down, but Rory was still on edge. She hadn't slept in her own room since Christmas day. Lorelai didn't mind it at first, but after a while she was beginning to see this having a long term affect on Rory.

"Lorelai, it's perfectly natural." Luke replied. "Any kid would respond the way Rory is."

"There's something different, Luke." Lorelai sighed. "She's so scared. Any small noise what so ever and she wakes me up. She doesn't get any sleep at night."

"She's afraid he'll come back." Luke noted.

"Did you know she's more afraid of me getting hurt then herself?" Lorelai asked semi-amazed.

"How do you know that?"

"She told me." Lorelai gazed into space recalling their past. "When she was younger she just completely blocked out everything about Chris and surprisingly it worked well for her. Here lately, she cant even think straight. She's constantly worried, or nervous. She wont leave the house, not even to see Lane." Lorelai sat down and let out another sigh.

"She'll pull through this." Luke said sitting down beside her "Just be there for her."

"Of course I'll be there for her." Lorelai replied. "And I know she'll pull through, but I can't help but despise Chris for everything he has ever done to her."

"I've got to go back to the diner tomorrow." Luke changed the subject. "I'll still stay here every night, but of the days I'll be gone."

"We've got to go on living." Lorelai replied.

"Why don't you do something with Rory tonight, just the two of you. Something that will take her mind of Chris." Luke suggested.

"That's a good idea."

"I'll go over to my apartment and pick up a few things, check in on the diner and be home in a couple of hours." Luke smiled.

"Alright." lorelai replied.

Luke leaned over and kissed Lorelai. "I love you."

"I love you too." Lorelai smiled.

Luke left, and Lorelai headed off towards Rory's room. "Hey, kid." Lorelai spoke softly.

"Hey." Rory replied with the same tone of softness.

"How about we watch a movie? We haven't done that in a while."

"Just you and I?" Rory asked.

"Yeah. Just us. Luke is going out for a while. He'll be back soon."

Rory sat down her novel and walked towards her mother. "Did you lock the door after him?" Rory asked.

Lorelai shook her head. "Come on." Lorelai guided her daughter into the living room.

"Okay, you pick the movie. I'll get the blankets and pillows and food." Lorelai said cheerfully.

Rory scanned through some movies and finally decided on Casanova. They had seen it a hundred times, but that's what made it so nice, it was something they always had shared together.

Lorelai threw some pillows and blankets on the couch and headed off towards the kitchen. Rory made herself comfortable and waited for her mother to return. While reaching for a bowl out of the cupboard Lorelai accidentally knocked over a glass, causing it to fall to the floor and shatter. The unexpected, loud noise made Rory's heart stop. Lorelai didn't think anything about it, and began picking up the pieces of the broken glass. Rory kept waiting to hear her mother's voice, after several seconds went by, the worst had went through Rory's mind. She quickly ran to the closet and hid, she hoped and prayed that Luke would come home soon. After Lorelai had finished picking up all the glass she grabbed the food and headed towards the living room.

"Alright, so the food isn't great, but ..." Lorelai looked around. "Rory?"

Rory heard her mother's voice outside the closet, and she immediately felt like an idiot. She slowly opened the closet door and stepped out. Lorelia turned around when she heard the door open.

"O...kay." Lorelai said slowly and unsurely. "Rory..."

"I thought he had broken in." Rory interrupted.

Lorelai set the food down and walked over to Rory. "Sweetie, you can't keep going on like this."

"Mom, he's out there..." Rory sniffled. "He knows where we are."

Lorelai hugged Rory. "You'll feel better after the restraining order is filed"

"It's just a piece of paper." Rory replied.

Lorelai grabbed Rory's arm and pulled her towards the couch. She sat Rory down and then sat down beside her. Lorelai grabbed a blanket and put it over both of them and held her arms around Rory. "There we go." Lorelai said. "Push play." Rory reached for the remote and pushed play on the VCR. "Ah, Casanova." Lorelai noted. "Good choice."

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Lorelai rose to answer it, but Rory tugged at her to sit back down.

"Rory, I have to see who it is." Lorelai replied.

Lorelai walked over and unlocked the deadbolt. Slowly she opened the door, herself feeling a tad bit of nervousness that it could be Chris.

"Hey." Luke replied. "I got back sooner than expected."

Lorelai let out a deep breath.

"I see you guys are watching a movie, so I think I'll start working on Rory's piano bench in the garage."

"Oh..." Lorelai replied. "Sure, that would be great."

"Alright, well call if you need anything." Luke walked around to the garage.

Lorelai settled back down on the couch just in time to hear a loud thump come from the garage.