A/N: Thanks so much for all the reviews. I read over my last chapter when I woke up the next day and there were tons of mistakes, so I'm sorry for that. This author's note is partially for that chapter.
Sarai- That's really cool! I'll think about killing Rich, and then I'll see where it goes. lol.
ProFfeSsEr- I just made a new email address just for fan fiction for when people ask for my email. It is… iHEARTluke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Xh4z3L3y3sx- I know that Lorelai not herself but I kind of wanted it that way. I'm going to try to make her more Lorelaiy in this chapter now that she's on her meds. Thanks for putting the Rory think in your authors note!
The27thGilmore- I might use your wording for Rich later on. Let me tell you, you cracked me up when I was reading your review! It was SO funny! Oh and yesterday I made Rich on The Sims 2 and he looks like a jackass! Lol.
OzDust- Okay, so if chapter 27 almost made you cry, did Gilmore Girls almost make you cry last week? It made me cry and I don't cry very easily unless its real life stuff and its happening to me and the people I know. I thought it was very sad, especially the last couple of minutes. I mean…they could not have made Lorelai look any sadder, could they?
lollysamantha- Yup, only 2 years! Congrats on your French test! BTW, I love that song Superstar!
Sea4Shoes- I took four Advil before I got them removed and then after they took them out I got something MUCH stronger, and thank God for that!
LLLoveForever- I looked back to the previous chapters and I saw that Laci was due November 17. I looked on my calendar for that date and counted eight weeks before it and it brought me to August 21. So, Landon was born on August 21. About school for Laci, she is going to take summer school to catch up on what she missed this year and then go to Chilton in the fall so that nobody will know about Landon.
Luke's Girl- Luke finds out in this chapter, so I hope you like it!
Kylie1403- I am going to have him break in or something. I know when he's going to break in too! And, I know what he's going to do. Hehe Haha!
Bloomin Daisy, gilmoregirly4life, oth2007, the4thlorelai, falcon's my daddy, potostfbeyeluvr, krazykrazykt, controversy-queen, LrnGrhmFan3- Thank you all for the reviews, they mean a lot!
This takes place one day after where we left off in the last chapter.
Early the next morning Luke, Lorelai, and Laci headed to the police station. Liam stayed home to take care of Landon. Laci was extremely nervous on the ride over and once they arrived at the station her nervousness turned into fear.
"I can't do this, Mom! I…I can't go in there. What if he's in there? What if he knew that I would come here?" Laci asked,
"Laci, he is not in there. He is probably at the apartment. You don't need to worry. Once we tell the cops what he did to you, we can get a restraining order and then he can NEVER bother you or Landon ever again!"
"I have his car!"
"What?" Luke and Lorelai asked at the same time.
"I have his car! He's going to get mad at me!"
"Laci, I think it's safe to say that he is already mad and not just about the car, but don't worry. We will get the car back to him sometime today."
"He's going to kill the baby. He's going to kill it. He said he would…" Laci worried.
"He is not going to hurt you or the baby. If we go to get the restraining order, then he won't be able to." Lorelai bribed.
"Has he ever hurt Landon before?" Luke now joined the conversation.
"No."
"Then why would he want to kill him?" Luke asked.
"Oh…um…I think I'm ready to go inside now." Laci said while ignoring Luke
"Laci, why does he want to kill Landon?"
"He doesn't, okay? I'm pregnant again! Now, can we please go inside before I lose all of courage?"
Laci didn't wait for a response. She grabbed Lorelai's hand and dragged her inside with her. Luke walked slowly behind them. Laci's fear came back the second she stepped inside the building. Lorelai led her over to a chair in the corner and approached the officer at the desk.
"Hi…um…we're here to get a restraining order."
"Are you the person filling for one?"
"No, my daughter is. She's over there in the corner. She's kind of emotional; right now…"
"I don't care that she is emotional. I need her to file for the restraining order."
"Sir, she is only sixteen." Lorelai pleaded.
"Fine, take these forms and fill them out. When you are done I will need to hear from your daughter, not you, your daughter. She needs to tell me what happened."
"Thank you, officer."
Lorelai walked over to where Luke and Laci were currently sitting in silence. They both looked up at Lorelai when she approached them but neither of them said anything to her. She sat down in between the two of them and looked at each of them, the still did not say anything.
"So Lorelai, how did it go over there? Are we going to be able to get this restraining order? Gee, thanks for asking. Yes, we are going to be able to get it. We just have to fill these forms out and then Laci needs to tell one of the officers everything that has happened."
"Oh." Luke and Laci said at the same time.
"Hey Laci, when did this all start?" Lorelai asked. She had begun to fill out the forms.
"The day I moved in with him. August 25?"
"Great, thanks. So you would say that this has been going on for four months?"
"Yes."
"What is your reason for this restraining order? Do we want to say physical abuse and sexual harassment or physical abuse and rape?" Lorelai asked.
"Sexual harassment? Rape? I thought he just abused you! When did he start this sexual stuff?" Luke asked angrily.
"Mom, are you almost done with the paperwork?" Laci asked while avoiding Luke.
"Laci…" Luke said.
"I will be done as soon as you tell me whether you want to say it was rape or sexual harassment."
"Laci…" Luke tried again.
"Sexual harassment, I promised him that I would never charge him with rape. Hand me the papers so I can get this over with."
"Good luck, babe."
Laci walked over to a man that was behind the desk. He took the paperwork from her and then led her into a room with a large mirror. The mirror was the only thing it the little room besides a table and a set of chairs. Laci sat down on the chair that was facing the mirror. She remained silent until the officer told her to talk.
"What do you want me to tell you?" Laci asked.
"Well, you should start from the beginning."
"Okay. Well a little over a year ago, my mom and dad started fighting, a lot. I couldn't take it after awhile. There was constant yelling and Mom refused to eat dinner with us. She actually ate very little at all. Well, I had had enough and I wanted to get away for awhile. See the problem was that I was just 15. I couldn't drive or anything, so I got a fake ID and a bus schedule. At night maybe two or three times a week, I would sneak out, and go to a club in Hartford. That is where I met him."
"Good, is that when the abuse started?"
"No, but that's when I got pregnant with our son."
"Did he know about the baby?"
"Not until the day before I gave birth. I ran into him at Planned Parenthood. He told me that I was a liar and that Landon was not his."
"Landon?"
"My baby." Laci said in a 'duh' kind of tone.
"Okay, go on."
"Well he got me upset and the next day I went to the mall with a girl from the class that I attended at Planned Parenthood. The girl ended up being his sister but that is not the point. While I was at the mall I went into labor…I was eight weeks early or rather two months early. Landon was fine though. We had to stay in the hospital for a few extra days before and he came to see us the day before we left. He told me that he wanted me and Landon to move in with him so that we could be a family, and stupid me believed him. I moved in and upon my moving in, I became his personal slave. I scrub the house from top to bottom everyday and I cook all his food, most meals anyway. There was a few times where he tried to strangle me. He would throw me against the wall." Up until this point Laci had showed no emotion at all, but now she began to let the tears roll. "Some days he would slap me, other days he would push me. The worse was when he threw me against the bedroom mirror. When my body hit it, it shattered into pieces. I had to go to the hospital for stitches and I had to bring Landon with me. That day was horrible, Rich wouldn't even come w me so I had to take care of the baby and hold the gauze to my head. I ended up getting four stitches in my head. I haven't told anybody about that day before so…"
"Your secret is safe with me." The officer said.
"Well, then the sex started."
"What do you mean?"
"Well before this point when I would do something that he didn't like he'd abuse me. Finally, I begged him to stop, and to my surprise he did! The only thing was that his new plan was sex. I have sex with him at least once a day. Some times when I was bad, I would have sex with him two times a day. Did you know that he doesn't believe in protection? Yeah, he doesn't believe! That's how I got pregnant the second time! When I told him that I was pregnant again he told me that I had to get an abortion! I protested so then he said that I could give it up for adoption, but only if I promised not to tell anybody about the baby. He said that if I told then he would…he'd…he'd…"
"What is it Laci? What did he say?" The officer pushed.
"He said that he would…kill the baby, himself." Laci began to cry harder and she suddenly felt it hard to keep her tears under control.
"What were his exact words?"
"Um…" Laci squinted at the memory from two days ago. "He said that if I told anyone including my dad, he would put a knife to my stomach."
"Wow, I'm sorry. I've very sorry that you have to go through this. However, it looks like you've got yourself a restraining order. He is not allowed to get within one hundred feet of you."
"What about my son?" As much as Laci wanted to be happy about this, she knew that she couldn't celebrate until she knew that Landon was safe.
"Has he ever posed a threat to your son?"
"Well, sometimes when Landon cries he tries to hurt him, but he never has. See, whenever I am not holding Landon I make sure that he is sitting in something that has a five point harness. Rich does not know how to get him out of a five point harness. Once, I had Landon in a two point harness and Rich ran over to him and took him out. He started to shake him…"
"Well, that is a threat to Landon. Why did you say that he never posed a threat if he did?"
"Thank you! Thank you SO much! Now, can I please go see my mom?"
"Yes, of course. Mr. and Mrs. Danes you can come in now."
"What? No! I don't want to see my dad! Please, just sand my mom in! Please!" Laci said.
"Um…"
"Please! I cannot face my dad. He's probably mad. I can not be in the same room as him. Things are going to be too awkward, just please don't let him come in here, please?"
"Laci, you might want to know that the mirror in front of you is a two way mirror. Your parents are behind there and they can hear everything."
"What? You said…you said that you wouldn't tell them some of the stuff I told you! They were there the whole time? How could you do this? Now they know everything! My father knows about my sex life! My father knows about my sex life! I didn't want him to know! He shouldn't know. He is my dad! Now things are going to be weird between us again and he can hear this. Oh God, he can hear this." Laci took a breath before walking over to the mirror. "I'll see you guys in the car."
Laci stormed off to the car and got inside. While she was waiting for her parents she called Liam to check on Landon. Liam told her that everything was fine and then asked if he could take Landon out somewhere. Laci agreed and then continued to look out the window for her mom and dad. When she saw them approaching the car she looked away.
"So, we got it Laci! You and Landon are both free from Rich! Isn't it great?" Lorelai asked as if nothing had happened.
"Yeah, it's awesome." Laci answered with a fake smile, while trying to avoid Luke's glare,
Luke continued to stare at Laci but she still refused to look back at him. Luke would not take his eyes off of her and it had finally gotten to her. "Dad, would you stop?" Laci screamed.
""I'm not doing anything, Laci."
"You're staring at me! You're just….stop!"
"Does anyone mind if I run into CVS real quick? I need to get a few things?" Lorelai waited for a response but the only response that she received was a yell from Luke and a scream from Laci, neither of which were directed towards her. "Great, I'll see you in about twenty minutes!" Lorelai got out of the now parked car and went into CVS.
"I'm going in with her!" Laci said.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"Why not, Dad?"
"Because, your mother just set the alarm on the car. If you open the door, the alarm will go off."
"Ugh...fine!"
"So, Lace…I don't want things to be weird between us."
"Neither do I but it's too late."
"It's not too late. Why didn't you tell me about the sex? I wouldn't have been mad."
"Yeah you would've. You're mad now because I'm pregnant."
"I'm not mad." Laci didn't say anything; instead she just stared at him. "Alright, I was mad, but I'm not anymore. When you told me that you were pregnant again I was mad, because I didn't think that you were stupid enough to get pregnant, but now I know that you weren't. You weren't stupid at all. Laci if you had told me that he was raping you I could have helped you!"
"Yes, but he wasn't raping me. Just because he was forcing me to have sex doesn't mean that he was raping me."
"Are you going to keep this baby?"
"Yes, what other choice do I have?"
"You know your choices, but do you really want to keep it?"
"Yes. I don't want an abortion, and I don't want my baby living with people that I don't know. I am going to have this baby. I don't want it, but what else can I do?"
"Laci, what about school?"
"What about it, Dad?"
"You have to go back."
"And, I will…just not yet. I'll go back when I am ready."'
"I'm very proud of you. What you did today took a lot of guts but you still did it! You have no idea how proud I am!"
"I think I have an idea." Laci joked.
A/N: I hoped you liked the chapter and I have officially decided on what is going to happen with Laci and the baby! Woot! Please Review and Happy Halloween!
