Lorelai walked inside and closed the door. She was feeling some better after her cry. Rory walked out of her room.
"You're home early." Rory noted.
"Yeah." Lorelai replied with no emotion.
"Where's Luke?" Rory asked.
"Dunno." Lorelai answered taking off her jacket.
"O...kay..." Rory slowly replied. "Is something wrong?"
Lorelai sighed and sat down on the couch. "I called off the wedding."
"Wow... okay, didn't see that coming." Rory said sitting down beside her. "Are you and Luke still together."
Lorelai shook her head no.
"I'm sorry." Rory replied.
"Don't be." Lorelai half smiled.
"Why did you call it off?" Rory asked, almost not wanting to know the real reason.
"I need time to think a lot of things over." Lorelai remarked.
"Think what over?"
"Everything." Lorelai stood up.
"Mom..." Rory paused. "What are thinking?"
Lorelai sighed. "What if Luke killed Chris on purpose?"
Rory looked away, the thought had crossed her mind a couple times itself, but she wasn't going to tell her mother that. "What if he didn't?"
"Exactly my point." Lorelai replied. "I battle between those two questions continuously." Lorelai sighed. "Deep down, somewhere, I know the answer. I just haven't found it yet."
"But you'll never marry him... will you?" Rory replied. "No matter what the answer is."
"Probably not." Lorelai answered.
The next day Rory walked passed the diner and she couldn't believe what she saw a closed sign hanging in the door.
"Luke never closes." Rory thought.
Rory continued on her way down the street and over to Lane's. She knocked on the door and waited.
"Hello, Mrs. Kim." Rory replied sweetly when the door opened.
"Hello, Rory." Mrs. Kim replied.
"May I come in and see Lane?"
"Yes, but make it quick, she has chores and homework."
"Yes, ma'am."
Rory walked upstairs to Lane's room and knocked.
"Come in." Lane replied.
"Hey."
"Hey. What's up?"
"I was wondering." Rory began. "Do you know why Luke's is closed?"
"Luke's is closed?" Lane asked shocked. "You're kidding?"
"No." Rory answered.
"Wow... Luke never closes." Lane stated. "Ask your mom, she probably knows." Lane said causally.
Rory cleared her throat. "Actually, they broke up."
Lane started coughing and gagging. "What?"
"Last night."
"Who broke up with who?"
"Mom broke up with him. But what does that matter?" Rory asked.
"It doesn't." Lane replied. "It's just...Oh my God, who saw that one coming?"
"Yeah." Rory replied indifferent.
"Are you okay?" Lane finally asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Rory shook it off.
"Lane! You need to do your chores now." Mrs. Kim yelled from the bottom of the stairs.
Lane rolled her eyes. "I'll call you later."
"Okay... Bye." Rory said turning and exiting Lane's room.
"Lane!"
"Coming Mama!" Lane rushed down stairs.
Rory walked by Luke's yet again, still the closed sign hang in the door. Emptiness filled Rory. She had gotten used to eating every meal at the diner and meeting her mother there after school. Now where would they meet, and more so, where would they eat? It's bad when you consider a hot meal a pop tart fresh out of the toaster. Rory walked on down the street and stopped on the corner, as Rory was about to cross to the other side of the street, she heard Taylor and Ms. Patty talking on the other side of the corner.
"You're kidding!" Ms. Patty gasped.
"I'm not." Taylor replied. "Asked me if I wanted to buy, and at first I thought it was a joke, but he was serious so I told him yes."
"But why would Luke sell the diner?" Ms. Patty asked in confusion.
Rory's eyes widened and she stepped closer to the edge of the corner.
"Well, I saw him carrying out some boxes late last night." Taylor replied. "I don't know for sure, but I think Luke is moving."
"Moving?" Ms. Patty repeated. "To where? Lorelai's house?"
Taylor shrugged.
Rory's heart dropped Luke was going to leave Stars Hollow.
