Luke sped home cursing Richard & Emily. He wasn't sure what they had done but if it made Lorelai and Rory that upset it must have been bad.

Lorelai was sitting on the couch when she heard his truck pull up. She was so angry. Angry at her parents for what they had done, angry at Rory for making Luke come home, angry at Luke for dropping everything to rescue her again, angry at herself for trusting her parents again.

When Luke walked through the front down Lorelai stared at him for a few seconds the got up and walked over to him and leaned her head against is chest. Luke circled is arms around her and held her tight. Lorelai burst into tears, the anger she felt melting away the moment she saw Luke look at her, his eyes large with concern. Luke held her for a few minutes before he pulled away and looked into her eyes "Want to talk about it?"

Lorelai sniffed "You don't want to know"

"Hey of course I do. Your problems are my problems"

"Well my friend you have a huge load of problems then"

Lorelai pulled Luke back to her and hugged him tight. Luke rubbed her back slowly. "Lorelai you can tell me"

Lorelai pulled back and nodded "I..um... have to talk to Rory I was mad and...I kind of yelled at her. I'll be back in a sec"

Luke stopped her and kissed her softly on the lips "I'll be here whenever you're ready"

Lorelai walked to Rory's room, knocked on the door and opened it "Can I come in?"

Rory nodded

"Hun I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you I was just so mad and you were here so you copped it. I'm sorry"

Rory got up and hugged her mother "It's okay.. I know"

"Just add it to the list"

"There's no more room, I'll have to start a new page"

Lorelai laughed

"Is Luke here?"

Lorelai nodded

"I'm sorry I told him to come back"

"No hun, it's okay I'm glad you did. I'm just so used to dealing with all this on my own but I have to tell Luke"

"Yeah you do"

"Are we okay?"

"Always" Rory hugged Lorelai again

Lorelai moved towards the door "I'm going to go talk to Luke"

Rory nodded

Lorelai walked back out into the living room to find Luke holing a mug of coffee. "Here"

Lorelai smiled "Thanks" She took a long sip then put the mug on the table. When she didn't say anything Luke cleared his throat "Lorelai you can tell me… what have they done?"

Lorelai took a deep breath telling herself she could do this, share her problems with Luke "can we go upstairs?"

Luke nodded and took her hand as they walked upstairs.

"I'm just going to get changed"

"Lorelai are you stalling?"

"No I just… Maybe" Lorelai looked at the floor

"Go get changed and then we'll talk" Luke trying to give her the space he could see she needed to get her head around things

Lorelai grabbed her nighty and walked into the bathroom to by some more time. She came out 10 minutes later. Luke was sitting on the bed waiting for her. He couldn't tell her but he was panicked. Lorelai wasn't even ranting about what they had done, she was quite and she was hardly ever quiet. He knew this was not their normal fight. When he saw her walk into the room he stood up and walked over to her. He kissed her softly on the cheek then led her to the edge of the bed to sit down next to him.

Lorelai was quite for a few minutes then she looked at Luke. She could feel the tears coming back. "Luke …okay just remember that I love you and well this has nothing to do with me"

Luke nodded "I know"

"My mother informed me that as a wedding gift for us she and my father want to buy us a house…. A large house… in Hartford. " Lorelai looked at him wondering what he was thinking "and they want to sell this house to pay for the decorating"

"Lorelai is that all? This is your house, they can't sell it without you agreeing. We can deal with this we'll just tell them no"

"That's not all… they want you to give up the diner, want you to work for my father"

Luke was silent. He thought about what Lorelai had said. He realized her parents hadn't accepted him. If he really thought about it, he probably already knew that. He then tried to work out why Lorelai was so upset, then it hit him and h pulled her into a hug "Lorelai I'm sorry"

"Why?"

"I know how much you wanted them to be happy with this and they're not, that's why you're so upset isn't it"

Lorelai stood up and began pacing across the room "I'm so stupid I really truly believed they were happy you know. Luke it's not about you all this it's about me. It's about them being able to control me. They want us to move close to them so they can be close to Rory. You know my mother had the gaul to tell me that if we have kids I need to stay at home, give up my job, move close to them so she can control the baby's life like she does everyone else's." Lorelai took a breath and continued again "I just… I just hoped that they could accept me… accept me for who I am. For my life and my friends and just be there for me an be truly happy that I have finally got everything I wanted but they can't."

Luke stood up and pulled her into a hug "Lorelai I'm so sorry. I now how much you wanted this"

Lorelai looked at Luke "I'm really tired I might just go to bed"

Luke led her over to the bed and once she got in, pulled the cover up over her. He leaned down and kissed her softly. "I just have to go and…um.. check the diner…, I don't think I …ah… locked it in all the rush. Will you be okay?"

Lorelai nodded

Luke kissed her again "I love you"

"Love you too"

Luke walked down stairs and knocked on Rory's door

"Rory"

"Hi Luke... how's mom?"

"She's upset. She's gone to bed though"

"I can't believe they did this" Rory started. She didn't want to start in front of Lorelai and make her more upset but she needed to talk to someone and Luke was there "I can't believe they didn't even ask us. I mean I haven't had the same relationship with them as mom has but I'm starting to see everything mom went through. How can you just decided what's best for a grown woman? They didn't' ask mom and they didn't ask me. I don't want to move. This is my home, my town...I could never move from here... I mean I know I'll go off to college but I'll come back on weekends, holidays. This is our home. Mom worked so hard for this place...I can't believe it" Rory was now pacing just as Lorelai had done upstairs, a few tears running down her cheeks "I thought they were finally getting along, I thought I'd have a real family all together not one of those that can't get along and feel the need to appear on Jerry Springer"

Luke watched Rory as she was pacing back and forward, letting her get it all of her chest. HE watched as she walked over to him and put her arms around him. Luke hugged her back and reassuringly. A few minutes later Rory pulled back "Sorry Luke I just needed to vent and I didn't want to upset mom anymore"

"I know It's okay, you know you can always talk to me"

Rory smiled "Thanks Luke" This is what it's like to have a dad around she thought to herself.

"Are you going to be okay? I just need to go to the diner and check that I locked it... in all the rush I think I forgot"

"Yeah we'll be fine"

"Okay I won' t be long call me if you need anything"

Luke walked out of the house and got into his trucked and pulled out of the driveway and drove off in the opposite direction to the diner.