Okay, I would have updated this sooner, but my computer is screwed up and I couldn't go on the Internet. So, when we last left off, Christopher was over for dinner. He had just met Jess. Here we go.
Different Memories Christopher Returns part 2"I'm her dad." Christopher says standing up and shaking his hand.
Jess shakes his hand and looks over at Rory questioningly. Rory shrugs in response. "Nice to meet you." Jess tells him.
"So, how old are you?" Christopher asks.
"Umm, sixteen." Jess said in a curious tone.
"Huh." Chris said angrily shaking his head.
As an awkward silence looms over the room, Lorelai and Ami enter from the stairs.
"Hey guys!" Lorelai says with a nervous grin.
"Hey-" Jess starts to speak up but Chris interrupts him.
"Lorelai, how can you allow this!" Christopher demands.
Lorelai is caught off guard. "What, what are you talking about?" Lorelai asks.
"How can you allow some teenage boy to live her with Rory?" Christopher asked in outrage.
"Easy. He's Luke's nephew. He's family." She told him firmly.
"By marriage." Christopher dismissively.
"Look, I know you come from a world where it only matters if you're blood related, but that's not the way this family is Chris, so get over it." Lorelai said forcefully.
Just before Chris can retaliate, Luke walks in the room.
"Hey, dinner's ready." Luke says. He goes over and gets Ami from Lorelai, and then he notices Christopher. "Hey you must be Christopher, I'm Luke. It's nice to meet you." He says putting a free hand out in front of him.
Chris gave him a tight-lipped smile and shook his hand forcefully. "Nice to meet you too."
"So, everybody ready to eat?" Luke asked sensing the tension.
"Yes." Lorelai said a little TOO loudly.
Luke looked at her strangely with a smile. "Okay." He said chuckling.
The all took seats at the table. Luke was at the head of the table, with Ami and Jess to his left, and Rory and Christopher at his right. Lorelai sat at the other end of the table.
"So Christopher, what are you doing for a living now?" Lorelai asked.
"Well, I'm actually working for this giant internet start-up company." Christopher tells them.
"Luke, could you pass the chicken?" Jess asked.
"Yeah, here." Luke said handing it to him.
"Hey, Rory I got that new Shins CD today. You want to listen to it tonight?" Jess asked.
"Yeah!" Rory said with a smile.
"Rory, you want some of the chicken?" Luke asked.
"Yeah, thanks dad." Rory said without even thinking.
Christopher dropped his fork and looked over at Rory and Luke. "This is unbelievable."
"What?" Lorelai asked.
"I cannot believe this. You've got him in here." Chris says pointing at Jess. "And then Rory calling some guy 'dad'. I'm her dad, not some random guy that you married." Chris said angrily.
"Excuse I am right here." Luke said.
"So?" Chris replied.
"Don't talk about like I'm not here." Luke said. "You know what you've got a lot nerve. Coming in here telling US how to live. From what I've heard from my in-laws you barely keep a steady job. And when's the last time that you've spoken to your daughter?" Luke said furious.
"You know what you should just stay out of this, it does not concern you." Christopher told him standing up. "Rory I think you should come with me." He said looking at her.
"No." Rory said. "I don't even know you. And you don't know anything about me. I love my dad. He was there for mom and me when you weren't. And now you come in our house and criticize the way that we live and act like you have some right to be here. I haven't spoken to you in four years, and now you just suddenly show up, and not even to see me, to see you parents I'm jus a stop on the way." Rory says screaming. "What did you think that I was waiting for you? Did you think that mom and I were waiting for you to come back here to us? You did, didn't you? We were for a while, but then we met Luke and realized that we didn't need you. We still don't!" Rory said in tears. "I think you should just leave." Rory tells him.
"Rory, I-" Christopher starts.
"Look, I would like to remain in contact with you. Just so we can kind of get to know each other. But that will require two-way contact. Can you handle that?" Rory told him.
Christopher nodded. "Here's my number." Christopher said getting out a sheet paper.
"Okay, well I'll keep in touch. Good bye Christopher." Rory said.
Christopher walked out the door.
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"You know exactly what it means!" Lorelai snapped.
"Look I just want some information." Chris said.
Luke spoke up. "She suffered some trauma to her head and broke her leg." Luke said quietly.
"Oh my god." Christopher whispered. "Is she gonna be okay?" Christopher asked.
"She's in recovery right now. They she'll be okay, but right now she's unconscious." Luke said solemnly.
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Lorelai still remembered that night vividly. She was working late at the Dragonfly and Luke was working late at the diner. Jess was in town for the weekend so he picked up Will and Richie.
Michel answered the phone.
"Lorelai your nephew is on the phone." Michel said snootily.
"Hey Jess, is everything okay?" Lorelai asked.
Lorelai almost dropped the phone. After a few moments she finished talking to Jess and ran out of the inn. On the way to her car she called Luke and told him what was going on. When she got home, the front door was open and bright lights were beaming out of it. Lorelai went in the house and saw Rory sitting in a ball on the couch crying.
"Rory, honey, are you okay? What happened?" Lorelai asked.
"I- I- and then he- and Jess, he-" Rory said trying to form a sentence.
"Rory you gotta tell me what happened." Lorelai said worried.
"He broke into the house mom. He came in and then he tried to-" Rory swallowed. "me. And Jess fought him off. Then he tried to take the boys. I was so scared." As Rory talked, she wiped her face off with arm, and a huge purple bruise was there.
"Oh Rory what happened to your arm?" Lorelai asked almost afraid of the answer.
"When Jess pulled me off I fell on the floor, I hit my arm on the table on the way down." Rory said looking up at her mother with tears in her eyes.
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TBCI hope that you like this next chapter. I let it go on a little longer than I expected, but I think I needed it to. You may be confused about why I included that second flashback, but don't worry, all will be told in time. Well, toodlio!
Lorelai looked down at her tear-stricken daughter and gave her sad smile, followed by a hug.