Lorelai and Sookie walked back into the living room. Matthew was digging around behind the tv trying to fix the DVD Player.

"Hey, Rory, can you hand me a flash light?" Matt asked.

Rory slowly walked over to the table and grabbed a flash light as she bent over she winced in pain. When she handed the flash light to Matthew, Lorelai noticed something on the back of Rory's pants. She stared trying to see what it was.

"Rory, honey..." Lorelai began, pulling her aside "Is it time for you period?" She whispered into her ear.

"No." Rory replied.

"You've got something on the back of your jeans." Lorelai added.

"I do?" Rory asked, remembering the beating she had taken earlier. The blood was seeping through her jeans. "I'll go check it out." She replied and hurried to the bathroom, trying not to limp.

Rory took off her jeans and realized the blood had covered her panties and was well on it's way to covering her jeans. She looked in the mirror at her body. He had beaten her in several places. It was already starting to bruise. Immediately she began crying again.

"I should check on Rory." Lorelai said popping up from the couch."She's been in there a while."

"Lore, she's fine." Matt replied still behind the tv.

"Do you want me to check on her?" Sookie leaned over and whispered.

"No, I'll do it." Lorelai answered and walked towards the bathroom.

"Aha!" Matt exclaimed. "Fixed it." he raised up and looked around the room. "Where'd she go?" he asked sookie.

"Hey, Rory..." Lorelai said knocking on the bathroom door. "Are you okay sweetie?"

Rory's heart pounded when she heard her mother's voice. So desperately she wanted to call out for her, and yet she knew she never could. "I'm fine." She managed to say.

"Can I come in?" Lorelai asked.

God, how Rory wanted to say yes. "No." Rory replied. "I'll be out in a minute."

"There you are." Matt said coming up behind Lorelai and making her jump. "I fixed the DVD player."

"Oh.." Lorelai exhaled. "Good... Good.."

They walked back into the living room and sat down. A couple of minutes later Rory walked out of the bathroom in a pair of Lorelai's pajama pants. Her body was becoming sore from the beating and it was all she could do to keep from crying all over again.

"Hey, babe." Lorelai smiled. "Sit next to me." She patted the couch. Rory slowly lowered her body onto the couch. Lorelai reached her a piece of pizza and a soda.

Matthew sat down on the other side of Lorelai, and sookie sat in the chair across from them. As the movie started, and everyone became silent, Sookie watched Rory carefully. Sookie noticed that Rory refrained herself from bending over, or moving her body. She also noticed that Rory's was holding her wrist and massaging it as if it was causing her pain. Matthew pulled Lorelai closer to him and they sat together watching the movie. Lorelai looked over at Rory who hadn't said a word since the movie had started. She looked at Sookie, who wasn't even watching the movie at all, instead she had her hand on cheek and stared off in the air as if she was thinking of a riddle. Every few minutes, Matt would lean over and kiss Lorelai on the head. Everything about this moment Lorelai hated. Finally she couldn't take it anymore.

"Alright." she said raising from the couch. "This movie sucks."

"What?" Matthew asked leaning forward. "Rory picked it out."

"I don't care. It sucks... and I don't want to watch it." Lorelai walked over and turned off the tv.

"What's wrong?" Matt asked standing up.

"I can't possibly make myself watch another minute of this horrible movie. Rory, I'm sorry." Lorelai walked into the kitchen.

Matt looked at Rory "You said she liked Willy Wonka."

"I guess I was wrong." Rory replied gravely.

"Did you do this on purpose?" Matt asked his voice raising.

"No." Rory defended. "I swear."

"Matt." Sookie interrupted. "I think Lorelai's having a bad night."

"Why?" Matt shot back quickly.

"I don't know." Sookie answered. "She's just not her usual self."

Lorelai came back out of the kitchen. "It's starting to snow pretty heavily out there. You'd better get going before you get caught in a storm." Lorelai replied looking at Matthew.

Matt stood looking at her for a moment. He sighed and looked at Rory and then to Sookie. He walked over and grabbed his coat. "Bye, Lore." He said as he kissed her on the cheek.

Relief flowed through Rory's body. She was so happy to see her mother tell Matthew to leave. Lorelai motioned for Sookie to walk into the kitchen with her.

"What were you thinking about?" Lorelai asked.

"When?" Sookie asked in return.

"Just now... During the movie."

"Lorelai..."

"Sookie... please." Lorelai pleaded. "Tell me."

Sookie sighed. "I was watching Rory. She seems like she's in pain. Like she's hurt." Lorelai's face became serious. "I was thinking..." Sookie looked down at the floor. "What if Matt hurt her?"

Lorelai quickly turned and held her hand to her forehead.

"Lorelai I'm sorry." Sookie said walking towards her. "I know it's a horrible thing to say..."

Lorelai pulled herself together. "Rory!" She yelled as she began walking into the living room, Sookie close behind her. "Rory..."

Rory turned her head, but left the rest of her body sitting on the couch. Lorelai walked over in front of her. "Has he hurt you?"

Rory's heart dropped. "Wha... What?" she sputtered.

"Matt... Did he do something to you?"

"No..." Rory quickly replied.

"What was that on your jeans earlier?"

"Nothing..."

"Stand up." Lorelai whispered.

Rory slowly stood up, trying to not show any signs of pain. Lorelai lowered her daughter's pants and lifted her shirt. Her eyes filled with tears as she stared at the marks on her daughter's body. She backed away quickly placing her hands around her nose and mouth.

"Oh my God!" Lorelai gasped.

"He didn't do it." Rory sniffled.

"Then who did?" Lorelai asked chaotically.

Rory racked her brain for an answer, finally she broke down and collapsed onto the couch. "He said if I told he would kill us! If I didn't behave better he would make the beating twice as worse next time!" Rory bawled.

Lorelai hurried to her daughter and embraced her tightly. "It's okay. I won't let anything happen I promise." Lorelai looked up at Sookie. "She needs to go to the hospital."

"I'll warm up the car." Sookie calmly replied, and walked outside.