Chapter 1

Luke's Apartment
Lorelai is lying in bed; Luke's in the bathroom

"Luke! I need coffee!" Lorelai calls out.

"And I need to get back to work." Luke calls from the bathroom.

Lorelai gets off the bed and says, "Yes, but part of your job is to serve your customers, and I'm a customer."

"I'll give you coffee if you stop bugging me and come downstairs for your coffee."

"Fine."

"Fine."

Luke's Diner
Lucy comes in

"Hey Luke, where's Mom?"

"I'm right here." Lorelai says coming down the stairs. "How was your night at your grandparents?"

"Interesting." Lucy says sitting down and putting her bag on the chair beside her.

"Oh do to tell." Lorelai says sitting down on their chair beside her. Luke puts coffee in front of her. "Thank you. Okay go ahead."

"Well, when I got there we ate dinner as normal and whatever, and then after dinner me and Grandma were talking about me and…you."

"Huh. So what exactly did she say about me?" Lorelai asked taking a sip of her coffee.

"Not much really, she just wanted to know when you were…umm…coming back to Friday night dinner." Lucy said looking at her breakfast.

"Anything else?" Lorelai asked as though she didn't care. Lucy shook her head. "So…umm…how's Rory?"

"I don't know." Lucy said looking at her hands and playing with her fingers.

"What do you mean you don't know? You didn't see her?" Lorelai asked, putting her coffee mug down. Lucy shook her head. "Luc, you can't block your sister out because I am. You have to talk to her."

"I know, but I can't right now." Lucy looks at her watch.

"Luc-" Lorelai begins to say.

"I should get going now Mom, figure skating starts soon. Bye Luke." Lucy says as she gets up and walks out the door. Lorelai lets out sigh.

"She still won't talk to her?" Luke says.

"Nope." Lorelai says getting up. "I have to get to the inn, I'll see you later." She says and gives Luke a kiss over the counter.

"See ya later." Luke says as Lorelai leaves the diner.

Richard and Emily Gilmore's House – Pool House
Rory's watching TV; Someone knocks on the door.

Rory turns off the TV, and goes to answer the door. It's Paris.

"Paris what are you doing here?" Rory asks.

"I could ask you the same thing." Paris says folding her arms.

"I live here now." Rory said.

"What do you mean you live here now? What about Stars Hollow? What about your Mom? And Lucy?" Paris said following Rory as she went to get a glass of water.

"Paris, I really don't want to talk about this right now." Rory said becoming a little bit annoyed.

"I do, what's going on Rory?" Paris asked.

"Paris I kinda gotta be somewhere…" Rory said not answering Paris.

"Fine, we'll talk about this later." Paris said leaving without even a goodbye.

I'm sure we will, Rory thought.

Dragonfly Inn – Kitchen
Sookie is cooking; Lorelai comes in

"Hey Sookie." Lorelai says sitting down.

"Hey, coffee?" Sookie says.

"Please." Sookie pours Lorelai a cup of coffee and says, "Why the long face?"

"She still won't talk to her." Lorelai says.

"Lucy?" Lorelai nods.

"She won't tell me why, and even when I try and talk to her, she makes up an excuse to leave."

"Do you have an idea?"

Lorelai shakes her head. "None."

"I'm sure she'll tell you eventually." Sookie says.

"Maybe, thanks for the coffee Sookie. I'll talk to you later."

"Okay, feel better."

"I'll try." Lorelai says with a weak smile.

Lorelai Gilmore's House – Later
Lorelai is sitting at the kitchen table reading the paper; Lucy comes in

"Hey Mom." Lucy says, giving her mom a hug.

"Hey Sweets." Lorelai says. "What's the matter?" Lorelai says, noticing her daughter wasn't looking very happy.

"Mom, I've made a decision."

"About what?" Lorelai asks.

"I've decided I don't want to go to Friday dinner anymore."

"What? Why?"

"Because, Rory might be there and I don't think I can face her just yet. I hope that's okay?'"

"Will it make you happy?"

"Well not necessarily happy, just good enough for me to be satisfied."

"If that's what you want." Lorelai said looking a bit uncertain. "I mean your Grandma won't be too happy about, but it's up to you."

"Yeah, that's what I want, I can't face Rory yet."

"Okay." Lorelai said.

"Okay." Lucy said with a nod.

"Hey Lucy, why can't you face Rory?"

Lucy looked around for a minute. "I can't tell you Mom."

"But-"

"I'm going to go over to Dana's house for a bit. I'll see you later." Lucy said and left so her mother couldn't ask her anymore questions."

Three Weeks Later…

Richard and Emily Gilmore's House
Rory and Emily are talking

"So Rory have you heard from Lucy recently?" Emily asks.

Rory shakes her head. "I called her on her phone like a million times yesterday, but she won't answer it."

"Well this is just ridiculous; I bought her that phone for a reason, to call you with it."

"I know Grandma but-"

"No 'buts' Rory. She's your sister; you should be able to communicate with her."

"But Grandma, she's mad at me, that's why she won't pick up."

"Now what in heaven's name would cause her to be upset with you?"

Rory looked at her hands, "I dropped out of Yale, she's mad because I dropped out of Yale."

"I understand your mother being upset about this, but Lucy? She would never be upset with anyone." Emily said.

"I know. Grandma, I'm a bit tired."

"It's only 8:30."

"I know, but it's been a long day, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Well good night then."

"Good night." And with that Rory left to the pool house.