"Why are we in here? What's going on? Answer me, Lorelai!" Luke was getting frustrated. He and Lorelai had been in her father's study for a good five minutes and all Lorelai managed to say was "I um."

"I um…"

"Lorelai? Whatever it is just tell me."

"I…I…I can't do this. I'm sorry."

"Lorelai, wait. What can't you do?"

"I'm sorry."

With that Lorelai got up and went back to the living room. When she entered everybody was staring at her. She gave them a fake smile and sat down in between Laci and Rory. Rory handed her one of the babies which made her a little bit happier. Luke came back a few minutes later still trying to process what exactly had happened. They sat there and talked for a while. Liam, Rory, and Baily were basically the only ones talking, but they were all thankful that Emily didn't recognize that fact.

Twenty minutes later the maid walked into the living room and announced that dinner was ready. Emily's nurse helped her off the couch and into the dinning room. They all sat down around the table. Emily looked around expecting everybody to be seated in the same spot that they normally would be in, but to her surprise they weren't. On one side she found Lorelai then Rory, and then Laci. To the other side she found Baily then Lola, and then Luke. At the head of the table was Liam. Emily found this very strange, because normally it would be Lorelai, Laci, and then Liam. On the end of the table where Liam sat tonight, Luke would be. That seat was next to the one that Lorelai would be sitting on. On the other side of the table Rory's family is usually seated. Emily decided to ignore it.

For once everybody ate in silence. There were a few "this is really good"'s, but besides that nobody talked. Emily watched as everybody devoured their food, everybody except for Lorelai. Lorelai just pushed the food around her plate. Emily was the only one who noticed this and of course she had to bring it up.

"What's wrong with the food Lorelai?"

"What? Oh nothings wrong with it." She tried to fake a smile.

"Then why aren't you eating it?"

"I'm just not a big fan of it."

"That's nonsense! This is your favorite. Why won't you eat it?"

"I guess I'm just not very hungry."

"You're never not hungry. What's bothering you?"

"It's nothing mom, okay?"

"No it's not okay! I want to know why you're not eating!"

"I told you, I'm not hungry."

"Fine. Do what you Lorelai, it's not my problem."

"May I be excused; I have to use the restroom?"

"If I said no you'd go anyway, so just go."

Lorelai made her way to her whole bedroom. Once she was inside, she unlocked the window to the balcony, and climbed outside. Back at the table everyone was getting nervous about Lorelai. Rory made up an excuse to leave the table.

"Matty's diaper needs to be changed. Can you excuse me grandma?" Rory lied.

"Sure Rory."

"Why don't you let me change him Ror? I do need the practice." Laci regretted what she had said as soon as she realized that she had said it.

"Why do you need practice, Laci?" Emily asked. Luke and Rory searched for something to say that would help Laci out of this mess, but they were having trouble. Emily, Baily, and Liam sat there very confused until Rory found the write words to say.

"She is um…she has a full time babysitting job this summer. It's for an infant in Stars Hollow." Rory winked at Laci.

"Oh well in that case I think you should let Laci change Matty."

"Yeah, I do too. Here you go Laci, go have fun."

Laci made her way through the mansion looking for Lorelai. She finally found her on the balcony of her old bedroom. When Laci found her Lorelai was crying. She looked up at Laci and the baby and mumbled Rory's name a few times. Laci got the message and handed the infant over to Lorelai, and then went downstairs to get Rory.

"I forgot the diaper, silly me." She winked at Rory who understood exactly what Laci meant.

"Why don't you finish your dinner while I change him?"

"That sounds good."

"Laci, where did you leave the baby?" Rory knew good and well where Laci had left her baby, but Emily did not, and Emily had to know.

"I left him in the bouncy chair that you keep at your house."

"Um…okay then."

Laci sat back down and just stared at her plate. She knew that she screwed this past year up pretty badly. She wished that for just a minute she could have with Lorelai what Rory had with her. It broke her heart when Lorelai asked her for Rory.

Rory knew she would find Lorelai on the balcony, so she went straight there. She knew her mother to well. She took Matty from Lorelai and placed him on the bedroom carpet. Then she climbed on to the balcony and tried to comfort her mother. She held Lorelai in her arms, just letting her cry. Laci came up to tell them that Emily was looking for them, but when she saw them like that she turned around and went back downstairs. Lorelai had finally stopped crying and she decided to tell Rory about before.

"I didn't do it. I chickened out. Why am I so stupid?"

"You're not stupid mom. Your heart is broken; there is nothing stupid about that. What did dad say when you guys were in there?"

"He was just very confused."

"You need to make things work with him, mom. There's nothing to lose. Nothing bad will come from trying."

"But what if he does it again?"

"He won't do it again, because he didn't do it a first time."

"But what if he really did and he's just lying?"

"He's not lying, mom. I can tell you that for a fact. You just need to talk to him."

"I don't think I can."

"Of course you can. You're still the strong independent women that used to be my mother, aren't you?"

"No, Rory, I'm not."

"Yes you are, mom!"

"I…"

Just then there was a knock on the door. Rory shouted for them to come in, and Luke appeared in the doorway. Rory kissed her mother's cheek, picked up her baby, and left. Luke made his way on to the balcony and sat across from Lorelai. She started to get up, but Luke stopped her.

"We need to talk." This time he didn't sound mad like he had in the study, instead he sounded understanding and sensitive.

"I don't want to."

"Lorelai, we have to. I don't know about you but I can't keep going on like this."

"I need to..."

"No you don't. This is where you have to be, and this is where you're going to stay."

"Why?"

"Because we have to figure things out."

"Not that! Why did you have to kiss her? Things were going so well."

"I told you already, I didn't kiss her. She kissed me. I broke it off just has fast as it happened. What don't you understand?"

"I get it, it's just that…what if next time she does it again, but instead of breaking it off you kiss her back? I don't want to lose you."

"Oh, Lorelai! You'll never lose me. If I can promise you one thing it's that."

"Really?"

"Yes. Can I ask you something?"

"Anything."

"Can I kiss you?"

"Yeah." The hesitation in her voice was obvious and Luke picked up on.

"Why don't we go downstairs now?"

"I thought you were going to kiss me."

"Not right now, maybe later."

"Oh. Okay." This time there was disappointment in her voice.

They went back downstairs and sat at the table. Lorelai still wasn't totally comfortable around Luke, but things were getting better. Laci sat there in silence, upset about Lorelai favoring Rory. It's safe to say that they were all thankful by the time dinner was over. Everyone got in their cars and drove home.

A/N: Just incase I didn't tell you guys, me and my friend don't write this together anymore. She has a different story now. Bloomin Daisy I tried emailing you with the email address the site gave me. I was going to help you with ideas for your story, but I don't know if you got my mail. If you still need help, just let me know.

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