A/N: Three days baby! Three days! If you can not tell, I am very proud of myself! I do not think that I have updated this fast in a very long time. As always, I would like to say thank you to all my reviewers.

Sarai- I know that a woman can not have sex until after six weeks but that was kind of the point. I wanted to show Rich kind of forced her into having sex with him. Oh and I know Luke, well not just Luke, but any dad would not let his daughter stay in a relationship like that but I kind of need him to let her to make things work. Also, if you think about it this way if he had refused for her to go back and she went back anyway, she probably wouldn't keep in touch with Luke. Thanks for the review!

This chapter takes place in October and the last chapter took place in September!

Ever since Laci moved in with Rich, Lorelai hasn't been herself. Although she is constantly telling everyone that she is fine, everyone knows that she's not. Unfortunately, Lorelai is a stubborn person and refuses help from anyone unless she believes that the help is needed. She buries herself with work and works long hours from sunrise to sunset. Sometimes, she doesn't even return home at night. She has even cut down on coffee; so much that she is only having two cups a day, if any.

Rory and Luke have confronted Lorelai numerous times but she always makes up some excuse about why she is working so much. About a month ago, Rory had finally had enough and made her mother promise to visit every Friday. Rory called it "the next generation of Friday night dinners". Lorelai agreed to go and has gone every Friday since. When she is there she pretends to be having a good time, but in reality, her heart is broken into pieces. Whenever the family gets together to have these "next generation dinners", Lorelai finds herself constantly thinking about how Laci and Landon should be sitting at the table with them.

On the days when Lorelai actually comes home from work, she spends her time pretending to be her normal happy self. She thinks that she is fooling everybody, but what she doesn't know is that the only people that she is fooling are the people that don't really know her.

Today was a Tuesday and it was the first night since Sunday that Lorelai was planning to spend at home. When Lorelai got home she walked inside and immediately felt the emptiness of the house. She could feel the tears start to form eyes and with out even thinking, she went into Laci's room and curled up on the bed. As she was laying there she clutched Laci's baby blanket. That blanket was the only thing that Lorelai didn't send when Laci moved out. The blanket still had Laci's scent on it and Lorelai devoured the smell as if it were food.

Luke came home at the same time that he always does. He wasn't expecting Lorelai to be home so he had planned to chop fire wood all night. As he made his way into the kitchen for a quick dinner the phone began to ring. He was going to let the machine get it but he figured that it could very well be Lorelai or Laci. Laci had already called him today so he didn't really think that it was her, but then again you never know. He picked up the phone that was lying next to the sink and pressed talk.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Dad. I was kind of wondering if maybe mom was there. I haven't really talked to her for a month, and I was a total bitch when I did, so is she there?" Laci asked, full of hope.

"No. I think she's still at work. You can try her there."

"I did, They said that she left."

"Um…you sure?"

"Yeah! Why do sound so surprised? She always gets home around this time."

"Yeah, I guess."

"So she's not there, huh? Have you checked the bathroom? She could be taking a bath…"

"Laci I don't think she's here, but I can check for you if you insist."

"Great, thanks Dad!"

As Luke walked to the bathroom he stuck his head through Laci's bedroom door and saw Lorelai curled up in a ball grasping Laci's baby blanket. She looked like she had fallen asleep while crying. Luke closed the door to Laci's old room and sat down at the kitchen table.

"I just found her, Lace."

"Great! Can I talk to her?" Laci was getting overly excited.

"Well, she's actually asleep right now. Do you think that you could call back later maybe?" Luke bribed.

"No. You know I can't do that. Please, can't you wake her up just this once?"

"No. She's been very busy at work these past two months. She's hardly ever home. I think its best if we let her sleep."

"Fine. I'll see to you tomorrow, Dad."

"Bye Laci. Have a good night and be careful."

"Yeah, yeah."

With that the conversation was over. Luke had been hung up on. He gobbled down his food as if there was no tomorrow and tip toed into Laci's old bedroom. He got into the bed with Lorelai although there really wasn't a lot of room, and held her close. He held her tight like that until she started to stir.

Lorelai opened her eyes and realized that somebody was lying next to her. She rolled over and saw Luke staring at her. She had been putting on this tough girl act for so long that she didn't know what to say to him. She sat up and began to look around the room for something to focus her attention on. She found a spot on the wall that Laci wrote her name on when she first learned how to write and stared at it with out taking her eyes off of it for a second.

Luke looked at her and followed eyes over to the wall. He could remember when Laci wrote that. She was four and she had just learned to write her name. She wanted the room to be hers and just hers so she wrote her name in permanent marker on the wall. She had gotten into so much trouble for that!

He looked back at Lorelai and she was still staring at that wall. He wanted to comfort her so bad but he just didn't know how. He knew that if he got to close then she would brush him off and leave. The last thing he needed was for her to leave. He put his arm over her shoulder and to his surprise she leaned on him. He kissed the top of her head and hugged her.

"So…It's nice to have you home." Luke said, unsure of whether it was okay or not.

"Ahuh."

"Hey um…so um…how's work?"

"It's…work."

"Lorelai, look at me. Please tell me what's bothering you."

Lorelai just bit her lip and shook her head, no. Luke sighed and continued talking to her.

"So I heard you saw Laci the other day? How is she?" Luke asked.

"Fine."

"I bet she was happy to see you."

"Yeh, I guess."

"Lorelai…"

"What, Luke? What do you want from me? Do you want me to say that I'm happy? Do you want me to say that Laci not being here isn't bothering me? What do you want me to say!" Lorelai yelled and began to cry.

"I…I…I want you to say how you feel. I haven't seen you in a while. You are never home."

"It's just...I…this house. It's…coming home makes it all too real. I don't want it to be real. I can't stand to see the family either. Every time I do, I miss her more. This whole thing is my fault. I should have kept her close. I shouldn't have left the hospital. I should have been stricter. I shouldn't have let her leave with him! I lost her, Luke. Just like my mom lost me. We're never going to see her again, Luke. She's the smitten image of me. I'm Emily. Do you know how much that sucks? I am just like my mother. My daughter hates me! I pushed her away. Unlike my mother I gave Laci freedom, too much freedom, and guess what? That back fired just as much as not having freedom at all. I cannot live with myself anymore. That girl doesn't deserve this! I don't deserve this!" Lorelai cried.

"Lorelai, you did nothing and I mean nothing wrong. You could not have prevented this and you are NOT your mother! Do you hear me? You are NOT Emily and we did not lose her! I need to tell you something. Do you promise you won't get mad?" Luke spoke, calmly.

Lorelai just shook her head and continued to cry in Luke's arms.

"For about a month now, Laci has been coming to see me. She comes every Wednesday. She also calls me on the phone everyday. We have not lost contact with her. I know her phone number and I know where she lives."

"I am just like my mother!"

"You are not like your mother!"

"Yes I am!"

"No you are not! If you were like Emily then you wouldn't be here crying right now. Emily doesn't care, you do. Now, if you don't want to be like Emily you can come to the diner tomorrow to see Laci. She'll be there at nine o'clock. She usually stays for about three hours."

"I don't think she'd want to see me."

"I know she would. She called me tonight looking for you and I told her that you were sleeping."

"Really? She wanted to talk to me?" Lorelai asked, obviously shocked.

"Yes, she wanted to talk to you."

"I guess it wouldn't hurt to come. I have been spending a lot of time at work. I don't think they'd mind if I took a day off."

"I don't think so either."

"So what did you have planned for tonight?"

"Oh…I was just going to chop some firewood, but now that you are here I'd be more then happy to change my plans." Luke said.

"Really? Would you make me dinner? I'm really hungry."

"You? You want to eat? I'm shocked. You, Lorelai Gilmore-Danes do not eat!"

"Yeah, you're right. I guess I'll just go to bed."

Lorelai got off of Laci's bed and left the room. At first Luke thought that she was just playing along with him, but he soon realized that she wasn't. Lorelai had gone upstairs into their bedroom and was lying in bed in her pajamas. Luke climbed the stairs and went into their bedroom.

"Lorelai, you have got to snap out of it! I was just joking down there. Come on, I'll make you anything you want to eat." Luke bribed.

"No. I'm not that hungry."

"You have got to be kidding me! Come on!"

Luke picked Lorelai up and carried her downstairs. He placed her on the counter and told her her options for dinner. She surprisingly she picked something healthy. Luke made her eat the whole thing and then told her that if she still wanted to, she could go sleep. Lorelai agreed and went upstairs to sleep, while Luke chopped firewood outside.

The next day, Laci pulled up in front of Luke's. She got out of the car and then got the baby out. She was surprised to see that Stars Hollow high had the day off. She couldn't help but think that today was going to be a nightmare. She hadn't talked to any of her old friends since the day Landon was born. She rushed into the diner and sat down at the counter. Two minutes later the door to the diner opened, and Luke walked in with Lorelai in tow.

A/N: Ok, I know that this is shorter then my last couple of chapters but I wanted to get it up while I could. I'm not really in the mood to proofread so I'm sorry if there are mistakes. Hopefully you will be able to understand what I wrote. I know this chapter was kind of blah but I will try to make the next one better. The next chapter won't be up for awhile because my newborn niece is in the hospital and I've been helping my sister with her other kids.

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