"Lorelai? What's wrong?" Luke asked concerned.

Lorelai sobbed. "I'm in Hartford… he hurt Rory…"

"Who? Who hurt Rory?" Luke jumped up from his bed.

"Matthew…" Lorelai whispered into the phone. "He beat her."

"Oh my God." Luke replied. "I'll kill him!" He knocked a vase off the table beside his bead. "Where are you?" Luke asked.

"Come the hospital." Lorelai hung up the phone.

"Lorelai?" Luke called back. "Damn it.." Luke quickly changed clothes and grabbed his jacket.

(Hartford Hospital)

"There you are!" Sookie greeted walking towards Lorelai. "Rory has been asking about you. I can't think of anything else to cover for you."

"It's okay." Lorelai replied.

"Lorelai, please tell me you didn't go to Matthews…."

Lorelai didn't reply.

"Aww.. honey, he could have hurt you." Sookie added.

"I'm fine, Sookie." Lorelai smiled. "I called Luke… he should be here soon."

Sookie's face took on a strange appearance. "You called who?"

"Luke." Lorelai repeated.

"Why did you call Luke?"

Lorelai turned and stood with her hands on her hips. "I don't know… it seemed like the right thing to do."

"Lorelai, he'll go ballistic on Matthew!"

"Is that such a bad thing?" Lorelai asked.

"Oh… I don't know anymore." Sookie rubbed her head. "This is all so confusing."

A few minutes passed and Luke walked into the waiting room.

"Sookie…" Luke approached her. "What happened, what's going on?"

"Luke…" Sookie began "It's Rory... Matthew beat her. She'll be okay, but this has really torn up Lorelai."

Instant anger ran across Luke's face. "Where does this asshole live?"

" I have no idea." Sookie replied. "Lorelai's already been out there once tonight."

"Where's Lorelai now?"

"She's in the room with Rory."

Luke walked back into the hospital hallways and eased his way into Rory's room. Rory was sleeping peacefully and Lorelai was sitting by her bed. Lorelai looked up.

"Hey." Luke whispered.

"Hey." Lorelai replied as she stood up and walked over towards him. "Thanks for coming." She greeted as she stretched her arms around him and hugged him.

"Don't mention it." Luke answered.

They walked out into the hallway, and back to the waiting room where Sookie was.

"Lorelai, just give me the address, and I swear to you…."

"Luke… no." Lorelai hushed. "That won't solve anything."

"It would solve everything." Luke defended.

"You'd go to jail." Lorelai added. "We have to be smart about this. We can't let our emotions get in the way."

"Sookie said you went to his place earlier." Luke noted.

"That was different. I went out there to tell him it was over, and not to come around Rory and me anymore."

Luke sighed. "If I ever see the bastard again…"

"I know." Lorelai interrupted. "I know."

"We're going to take care of this." Sookie chimed in "We'll have the police notified tomorrow."

"So, I guess we're all staying here tonight?" Luke asked.

"Yeah." Lorelai confirmed.

(Hartford Hospital 2:00 am)

"Have you slept at all?" Luke asked walking into Rory's room and checking on Lorelai.

"No." Lorelai replied. "I can't."

"If you want, I'll sit up for a while so you can rest."

"I'm fine. I'm not sleepy."

"You know, I never liked that guy from the moment he walked in." Luke added.

Lorelai sighed. "Everyone could see it but me."

"He had you fooled Lorelai. He pretended to be everything you wanted. It's understandable. You can't blame yourself." Luke looked over at Rory who was still sleeping. "She looks so fragile."

Lorelai's eyes began to tear up yet another time. "I mad such a bad mistake. How could I have been so blind?"

Luke wrapped his arms around her. "She still loves you Lorelai. You know that."

"Luke, I almost married that monster."

"But you didn't." Luke reminded.

"She tried to tell me." Lorelai sniffled. "She tried to tell me that he wasn't who said he was… I just didn't listen."

"Hey… it's okay." Luke reassured her. "He'll get what's coming to him. Don't worry about that."