A/N: Okay, so I said that I was going to get better at updating and I know once again I didn't. I'm sorry. I can say one thing though I haven't waited a week this time! Thank you for all the nice reviews.

ProFfeSseR- Sorry about the information being wrong but I did research it. I went to two different websites. The sites said that babies born after 35 have a much higher chance of survival but babies born before aren't developed enough. I think they even said that by 32 weeks they have just fully developed their lungs. Anyway, thanks for letting me know. I can't wait to read your sequel to It doesn't make any sense!

Sea4Shoes- I cannot tell you if he is going to stay or not. I already told 4 people who read this story. I don't think I can tell anyone else, sorry:(

falcons my daddy- I am starting the ideas this chapter although the major thing isn't until the baby is 3 months old and even then it won't really happen until he's 5 months old. I am thinking that after the next chapter I will do the one where he is three months old and then a few more in that time slot. I assume maybe…the other thing will happen in like 3 or 4 chapters?

Bloomin Daisy- Yes, you are Rich's sister. If it makes you feel any better I'm not too thrilled about it either. I just needed a way to have Rich know that Laci had the baby and that seemed like the only possible way.

lackinglime123- Yes he was at that meeting but it wasn't because somebody he knew was pregnant although he could have been picking up Marissa since she's his sister now. Hmmm…..it's worth thinking about. When are you going to update When they shoot they score?

Kylie1403- You always make me feel so good about my chapters! Thanks for that!

raspberry ice, reviewer, addicted to the gilmoregirls, haley, Erik-Mister, Oth2007- Thanks for all the reviews you guys!

Today seemed like it was going to different. It was going to be different in a good way, a very good way. Laci was planning on visiting her parents for the first time since Landon was born. It had been a whole month and Laci had not tried to contact either one of them. At first Laci was just scared that they were mad at her, but then she became afraid that Rich would get mad if she called them. But today, today was going to be different.

Laci woke up extra early and made sure not to disturb Rich. A sleeping Rich was the best Rich there was. A sleeping Rich couldn't hurt or yell at Laci. Laci was rushing around like a mad woman trying to get herself and Landon ready to go. She was finally ready to leave! Just as she approached the door, Rich appeared behind her and started yelling.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?"

"I was just…I was just going to see my parents…"

"To hell you are!"

Rich pushed Laci up against the wall and held her by her throat. She was having trouble breathing and started gasping for air. Rich began to yell louder which caused Landon to start crying. Rich released his hold on Laci and ran towards the baby.

Laci started to panic when she saw Rich approach Landon's car seat. She watched in tears as Rich tried to unbuckle it, and soon realized that he was still drunk from the night before. Laci let out a sigh of relief knowing that her baby wasn't going to get hurt.

Rich could never do any think that required hand-eye coordination when he was drunk. Laci had learned this her first night with Rich. Even if Rich had only three beers, he could not do anything that required hand-eye coordination. Apparently, Landon had also learned this about his father.

Rich gave up after many attempts and stomped back over to Laci. He grabbed her by the throat one more time, and threw her body back onto the wall.

"You will NOT leave this house until it is sparkling clean from top to bottom! Do you understand me?" Rich screamed!

Laci didn't respond which caused Rich to hold her tighter and to yell louder.

"I said, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"

"Yes…yes, I do. I promise I won't leave!"

"Good. When I come home from work, I will check to make sure it's clean and then you can go."

"Thank you so much."

After a few minutes Rich spoke again. "I'm really sorry Laci; I didn't mean to hurt you." Rich lied.

"I know Babe. It's okay. I'm sorry too. I should have asked you before I decided to go out." Laci also lied.

"I'm going to go get dressed and then I'm off to work."

"Okay. I'll just be here cleaning and taking care of Landon."

"Good. I'll be home by three."

Laci cleaned the apartment from top to bottom and did not stop until everything was 'sparkling'. She killed kitchen, the living, the bedrooms, and the bathroom. She mopped the floors, she vacuumed, she changed the sheets and made the bed, she bleached the counters, the oven, the toilet, and the bathtub, and she did the laundry. Meanwhile, she still found time to shower again, and to take care of Landon. Once again she had Landon ready to go, and she was just waiting for Rich.

Three o'clock came and Rich was not home. Then came four o'clock and there was still no Rich. Finally at four thirty, Rich came strolling into the apartment. Laci stood up to leave hoping that Rich would let her go, but he of course he stopped her with his yelling.

"I thought I told you to clean the apartment!" Rich yelled.

"I did. There isn't a spec of dirt anywhere, I swear on my life." Laci started to shake.

"I can see that, but 'the guys' are coming over tonight and they don't know that I have a kid! All of this baby stuff needs to be out of here!"

"But…"

"YOU DO AS I SAY!"

Rich pushed Laci so hard that she fell down half of the flight of stairs that leads to the courtyard. Laci began to cry but gradually got up and limped her way into the living room. She carried the playpen, the swing, the bouncer, the diapers, the wipes, and all the blankets into Landon's room and locked the door. She came back out and picked up Landon's car seat and their bags and began walking down the steps.

"I want you home at 1:30 tonight." Rich said.

"I cannot keep a baby out until 1:30 in the morning."

"You will come home at 1:30. No sooner, no later. 1:30 on the dot!"

"Ok. Can I take the car?" (A/N: I looked up the legal driving age in CT and it is 17, but I am just going to ignore that and pretend that she can legally drive.)

"Yes. Do not tell anyone about what happened before!"

"Thank you and I won't."

Laci got in the car and began driving. She had no idea where she was going to go, but she knew that after what just happened she couldn't see her family. She could call Rory, because Rory wouldn't notice the limp or the bruises around her neck. Rory was always too caught up in her own life, her perfect life. That's what she was going to do. She was going to call Rory and see if she could visit her. Laci dialed Rory's number and waited for someone to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Rory."

"Who is this?"

"Um…It's…" Laci was at a lost of words.

"Laci?"

"Um…yeah."

Rory put her hand over the phone and looked around to see where Lorelai had gone. When she caught Lorelai's attention she mouthed 'Laci's on the phone'. Lorelai acted like she didn't care but there were tears forming in her eyes and a smile spreading across her face.

"Rory? Are you there?"

"Yeh, sorry Lace. So what's up?"

"Nothing. I was just wondering if maybe I could stop by for a few hours. I am in town and…"

"Yeh. We'd love for you to stop by."

"Who's we? Who's there with you?"

"Oh…it's um…it's just me and the kids. Please come. I would love to see you."

"Okay. Well, I'm outside. I've kind of been outside for awhile. Why is mom's car in the drive way?"

"Oh…she's kind of here. I promise you that she will leave you alone. Lace? Laci? What's wrong? You sound like you're crying. Are you crying?"

"No. I'll be right there."

Laci got Landon's seat out of the car along with her purse and the diaper bag. 'I fell downstairs on my way outside. I fell down the stairs on my way outside. I fell down the stairs on my way outside.' Laci had an excuse to why she was limping; now all she needed was an excuse about when she had bruises on her neck. She opened the trunk and found a hoodie. She put the sweatshirt on as gently as she could and rang Rory's doorbell.

"Laci! Come and sit." Rory greeted.

"Um..okay."

Laci limped over to one of the sofas and sat down. Lorelai was also seated in the living room. Both Rory and Lorelai noticed Laci's limp, but neither of them said anything. There was an awkward silence for a minute or so, but Landon decided to break it by crying. Laci got embarrassed and started to sweat, although she wasn't quite sure why. She picked up the baby and realized that it was time for him to eat. Feeding him was nearly impossible when she had on that sweatshirt so she started to panic. Lorelai and Rory also picked up on this.

"I have to go. He needs to eat so…"

"You can feed him here, we don't mind." Rory interrupted.

"I can't."

"We won't look, we promise." Rory said.

"Um…okay."

Laci took her sweatshirt off as slowly has she had put it on. She winced at the pain a couple of times, and did her best to hold in her tears. She figured that the chances of Lorelai and Rory actually noticing the bruises on her neck were very slim, so she proceeded with taking the sweatshirt off. Once the sweatshirt was off, she looked down and noticed that the bruises were getting worse and were very noticeable. She looked at Lorelai and Rory and saw that they could see them as well

"Oh Laci…" Lorelai said and walked over to her daughter.

"It's nothing mom, really. I fell down the stairs, that's all." Laci lied again.

"Laci…"

"Mom! Stop it! I fell down the stairs and I got bruised up, okay?"

"Laci, if you fell down the stairs how come there are two hand prints on your neck?" Rory interfered.

"Because…because Rich tried to grab me as I was falling. Can you please just drop it?"

"No…" Lorelai started.

"Yes." Rory corrected Lorelai.

Laci stayed at Rory's until eight. After that she just drove around aimlessly. Finely around ten she pulled up next to Luke's and waited to make sure that her father had left. Once she was completely sure, she grabbed the baby and her things, unlocked the diner and made her way up to the apartment.

Laci fell asleep the second she laid down. She was awoken the next morning by a set of footsteps approaching the sofa bed.

A/N: Okay, so that was not at all how that chapter was supposed to go. The beginning I had planned to be like that, and I had planned for the end to be this way, but Rory and Lorelai were NOT supposed to be in this chapter at all. Anyway, let me know what you think by reviewing.