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Chapter 3

The first place Lorelai headed was to the Dragonfly. She found Sookie in the kitchen, as usual. It was nice to see that there were some things she could still count on. That in some places, life was proceeding as normal and not all upside down, as it was in her world right now. She took Sookie to her office and told her about Rory, but not about Luke. She and Luke had decided not to tell anyone they were getting married until they could tell Rory. Sookie immediately wanted to help with Rory.

"I was hoping you would ask that," Lorelai smiled at her friend. "because I was wondering if you could do without me for a week or so, while I get this fixed."

"Of course." Sookie immediately agreed, but then frowned. "But what are you going to do?"

"I have some ideas." Lorelai took her friends hand. "I'll tell you later, okay. I really need to get going. Is that okay?"

"Of course." Sookie squeezed her friend's hand. "Go, go and let me know if I can do anything else."

"Thank you and don't tell anyone about Rory okay."

"My lips are sealed."

"Okay Belinda." Lorelai gave her friend a quick hug. "Thanks again and just call my cell if you need anything." Lorelai waved on her way out the door.

The next place she headed was over to Lane's. She parked her jeep on the street and headed up the stairs, but when she knocked on the door there was no answer. She was walking down the stairs when Gil pulled up in his van. Lorelai had to look twice but sure enough sitting in the passenger seat was Mrs. Kim. They parked in the driveway and got out.

It took Lorelai a minute to get over her shock, but when she finally did she asked. "What's going on here?" She held her hands out in front of her gesturing to Gil and then to Mrs. Kim.

Mrs. Kim stopped in front of Lorelai. "Kim's are not quitters. I didn't raise Lane to be a quitter."

Between Gil and Mrs. Kim, who were both talking a mile a minute, Lorelai managed to find out about the tour in the church halls and auditoriums and that Lane was shopping with Brian and Zack and then she was going to talk to Luke.

Lorelai left them to their preparations and headed for Luke's. She caught up to Lane as she was walking across the town square in the direction of Luke's.

"Lane can I talk to you for a minute." She gestured to a bench a few feet away.

"Sure." Lane looked curious, but sat down with her.

They talked about the tour for a few minutes and Lane's mom. Lane looked so happy, and Lorelai was happy for her.

"You didn't sit me down here to talk about the tour, what's wrong?" Lane was getting nervous. She could see how upset Lorelai was and although she knew Lorelai was happy for her there was something really wrong.

"No I didn't, but I'm really glad things are working out for you."

"Thanks." Lane was anxious to hear what Lorelai had to say.

Lorelai took a deep breath. "Okay, here's the thing, I know you are busy with preparations and everything, but I was wondering if you could spend tomorrow with Rory, or part of tomorrow, what ever you can do."

"Why?" Lane creased her eyebrows in an effort to understand.

"Well, let's just say she is having a really hard time right now and I know she needs you. She needs an old friend who really knows her, inside and out and that's you, and someone from home, from Stars Hollow, is even better and that's you too." Lorelai put her hand on Lane's knee. "You are just what she needs right now."

"What's wrong? Why is she having a hard time?" Lane face showed how concerned she was about Rory.

"I don't think I should tell you. I think that is Rory's story to tell." Lorelai took another deep breath. "She may not want to talk to you. She may turn you away, but trust me Lane, she needs you and I hope you will be persistent."

"I will." Lane looked more confused than ever. "I don't understand any of this, or why she would turn me away, but I won't give up, if that's what she needs."

Lorelai hugged Lane tightly. "Thank you so much. This means a lot to me and it will to Rory too, I promise."

"I wish you could tell me what's wrong." Lane said returning Lorelai's hug. "I'm really worried now."

"I know, and there's nothing I want more than to tell you, but you need to hear Rory's story without my version going through your head." Lorelai looked into Lane's eyes. "The only thing I want to say is to listen to her, I mean really listen to where she's coming from. I didn't do that and I wish more than anything that I had. I was so shocked that I jumped before hearing her out and I shouldn't have."

Lorelai explained to Lane where Rory was and that it might be best if she just showed up at the pool house unannounced, so as not to give Rory a chance to tell her not to come. Hopefully Rory would confide in her very best friend in the whole world. Finally Lorelai asked if she would deliver something to Rory and Lane agreed immediately.

Lorelai left Lane feeling a bit better, knowing that Rory would have Lane to talk to. She knew that Rory would be feeling cut off from Stars Hollow. Rory knew that everyone loved her around here. She knew how much they wanted her to succeed, and Lorelai guessed that Rory was feeling that she had let everyone down. Having Lane to talk to would help a lot and Lane had agreed to stop by the house in the morning on her way to see Rory. Lorelai sighed. She had a lot to do between now and then.

Next Lorelai drove to Yale. Luckily she had found Paris packing up some of her things for the summer, and through Paris she had found Doyle, Rory's editor on the Yale Daily News. It took a while, but Doyle had been very cooperative and after some research at the paper, Doyle had picked what he thought were the five best articles Rory had written. Of course they were full of questions about what this was all for, but Lorelai had gotten Paris' cell number and had promised to call her. Lorelai actually thought that Paris might come in useful, if things turned out to be harder than she thought.

By the time she returned to Stars Hollow, it was almost dinner time and Lorelai went directly to Luke's. She walked in the door, smiled at Luke and headed straight up to his apartment above the diner. Luke served the plates of food he had in his hands and headed upstairs after her, climbing the steps two at a time.

As soon as he opened the door, Lorelai was in his arms. Her mouth collided with his a little rougher than usual, but the urgency was communicated and reciprocated. His tongue spanned her lips asking for permission and she granted his request immediately. When they finally came up for air, Lorelai hugged him tight. "I missed you." She said into his ear.

"It was a long day for me too." He smiled to himself, knowing just how much she had missed him. "I kept looking at the door, hoping I would see you walk in." He pulled her over to his Lazy boy and sat down pulling her down on his lap. "How was your day? Did everything work out okay?"

Lorelai smiled and nodded. "I got the articles." She continued to tell him about Sookie and Lane and Paris and Doyle and when she was finished they kissed again and his hands began to wander. Her whole body tingled under his touch and as he began to remove her clothes all thoughts about the day left her and once again she became his, and only his

"The things you do to me." Luke kissed her as they lay in bed, cuddled together after their love making. "You are one amazing woman."

"Thank you." Lorelai smiled. "I think I am the luckiest woman ever." She backed up her words by running her fingers through his chest hair and kissing him again.

They lay quietly for a few more minutes touching each other gently and kissing small kisses here and there, and then their passions rose again and they made love one more time before going downstairs for dinner.

After dinner, Lorelai walked behind the counter, took Luke's hand and dragged him halfway up the stairs, out of sight of his customers and they kissed good bye. They weren't people who enjoyed public displays of affection, but now they were even more careful. They feared that if people saw the passion behind their kisses now, they would know that something was different. That they had decided to get married.

It took them a few kisses and more than a few minutes to tear themselves apart but eventually, they said goodbye and Lorelai headed home. She needed to be apart from Luke to do what she had to do. She needed to think about Rory and what better place to do it than at their house.

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