Hey everyone, well this is Lorelai's point of view on what happened, I hope you like it as much as you seemed to have liked the first chapter.

Disclaimer: again, I own nothing but the idea

Things were finally happening for me. I was finally getting all I ever wanted. I had surprised myself when I had asked Luke to marry me. Me the one with a commitment phobia, asking him! But it felt so right and it still does. He had taken a little longer than I would have liked, to answer me, but in the end the answer is what counts and I got what I wanted. He said yes. We had decided to move in together, I made room for him that surprisingly was one of the easiest things I ever had to do. I couldn't wait to be man and wife, to be with my Luke forever.

I had many things on my mind including Rory and her new screwed up reality. I don't know who or what changed my angel into this criminal, but I will do anything to get her back. So when she told me that day at lunch that she needed it to be just the two of us again, I needed to consider it. I know Luke and I had grown very close, hell we were engaged, but here was my daughter, my best friend, my angel asking me to choose her, to help her and dump Luke.

I tried to make it clear to Rory that no matter who was in my life there is and was always space for her. And of all people Luke would understand me spending time with her. But Rory just doesn't see it that way, so I agreed. I told her that she would have to know how much I love her to give up someone as special as Luke for her, she knows how much it killed me to have broken up with him before and now I was going to inflict that pain on him and myself, for her.

That day when I went to tell Luke it was over was probably the worst day of my life. I had walked into that diner with only one goal, to tell him I was out. But there he was looking at me with such love. He had walked over to give me a hug but I pulled away and quickly told him that we needed to talk, I needed to tell him before I chickened out. So when he asked me if I wanted to talk then, all I could do was nod. I think I secretly wished he had said he couldn't talk then and that we would speak that night, that way maybe giving me time to find another solution. I really didn't want to be doing this, but it was for her, for my daughter.

We made our way upstairs to his apartment, the apartment that now resembled an office. We sat at the kitchen table, I was so nervous and I know he could see it in my eyes. He knew me well. I eventually said the first thing that came to mind 'she's coming home.' When I had said those three words, Luke looked relieved, happy. He cared so much for Rory and she was making me cause him pain. Again Luke knew there was something on my mind so he asked if I was ok. Was I ok? Never, I don't think I will be ok for a long long time.

I had prepared a long speech for him, apologising and explaining what had happened over lunch, but the words wouldn't form. So I was glad that I had taken time after lunch to write Luke the letter, maybe one day I would be able to talk to him about it. Maybe one day. I stood up, took off the ring and handed it to him with the letter. I turned and headed for the door, trying to get out of there before he read it. He called after me and I turned, I tried to say that I sorry but I ended up only mouthing the words. Tears streamed down my face as I headed home, passed some members of Stars Hollow that I would have preferred not to see at that moment.

I went straight back to work the next day, not wanting anyone to get suspicious. If someone picked up that I had been crying I just told them that they were tears of happiness as Rory was coming home that afternoon. At lunch I headed home to meet Rory and help her unload some of her things, I never expected to enter the house and see his things gone. It hurt so much seeing his key in the foyer, it made the break up so final. I had a little bit of time before Rory would arrive so I went out to the garage and brought back in all of the stuff I had moved to make room for Luke. In a way things would be easier now cause I wouldn't have to explain to Rory that Luke had moved in with me.

Once Rory had moved back in I felt the immediate shift in our relationship. We spoke again like we used to and had movie nights again. The only thing different was I was harbouring a broken heart and the only way I slept was if I wore his flannel and cried myself to sleep. I never let Rory in my room, I didn't want her to see what I lived in. I had pictures and memories from Luke and my relationship everywhere. I couldn't put them in a box yet.

I heard via the grapevine that Luke had left, people kept asking me when he would be back and why I wasn't with him and the questions just kept on coming. I gave them all the same answer, 'Rory is home and going back to Yale' I think they realised after a while that I wasn't going to tell them anything so they stopped asking.

The summer went by quickly and there was no sign that Luke had returned, I had gone passed the diner a few times hoping that he would be there so that we could talk, maybe we could have still been friends. But he was never there and it hurt, I wonder where he had gone. I had hurt him enough that he abandoned his business, his life.

When summer came to an end, Rory moved back into the dorms at Yale and I was on my own. Miss patty and Babette came to visit me the one day and were determined to find out what happened between Luke and I. They mentioned to me that he was back and he wouldn't answer their questions either. I didn't like knowing that he was back, I didn't want to bump into him anywhere. I don't know if I could look into those eyes and see the pain I caused him. So I told Miss Patty and Babette that it was nothing they had to worry about and kindly asked them to leave.

A couple of days later there was a letter and the inn for me from Luke. He had an official letter drawn up notifying me that he was withdrawing his contribution to the inn. He wanted his money back, he wanted nothing to do with me. I put the letter away and tried to forget about it. That was working well until I received the phone call form him. He sounded so cold on the phone, I could hear the anger in his voice. He demanded that I get his money back to him, that he needed his money back. It took me a moment to talk, but when I did all I could say was that the banks weren't on my side. I didn't know how I was going to get the money to him but I was determined to find a way.

I hung up the phone waited for his fax and headed to all the banks I knew. They all had the same answer, no. they told me it was too risky to give me a loan at that moment. I left not knowing what I could do. I eventually went to the last place I ever thought I would go again. To my parents. I hadn't seen them in 3 months, Rory still went to Friday night dinners and kept me informed. She told me that she hadn't said anything about Luke and I because they hadn't asked and I told her that I was ok with that.

When I arrived both my parents were there, they both had shock on their faces as we went and sat down. When they asked how I was doing I decided to be very honest with them. 'well, I'm not doing very well. Luke and I broke up, I am constantly sick and tired and I am here again needing a favour from you.' 'what can we possibly help you with' my mom asked. 'I need $30,000' 'what could you possibly need that much money for' my dad asked. 'to cut a long story short, it will go to Luke and you would be an investor in my inn.' My mother was quick to respond with ' I cant believe that you would want us to be an investor in your inn after you have done everything in your power to separate yourself from us' 'to be totally honest mom, I don't want you to be an investor in my inn, I want Luke to be the investor. But he doesn't want to anymore and the inn needs that $30,000 and once he has taken it the inn will fail. Now my last option is to come to you and ask you to please invest in my inn, in mine and Sookie's dream, please'

With that I just broke down, I realised then that I hadn't cried in front on anybody yet. Rory hadn't seen how much pain I was in, neither had Sookie or the people around town. But here I was in my parent's living room crying like a baby. 'I'm sorry' I said and got up to leave. 'we would love to invest in the inn Lorelai' my dad said and came over and shook my hand. 'I will have my lawyer draw up the papers.' 'thank you so much, you don't know how much this means to me.' 'don't worry we can see' said my mom. We had a drink to celebrate the investment and I left with a cheque. On the way out I told them that I didn't want Rory to know about the investing in the inn, I wanted them to be the silent type investor and they both agreed.

When I got back to Stars Hollow I immediately put the money in the bank and sent the $30,000 I owed Luke to the bank details in my pocket. I knew well of emotion hit me as my last tie to Luke was gone. He was no longer my Luke, he would be someone else's and that hurt. I headed home, Rory would be there this weekend, I needed to pack the remaining Luke things up in a box and put them away. I needed to start a new life for myself. A Lukeless life.

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