Chapter 7

Luke's Diner
Lucy and Lorelai come down the stairs in silence

"Why so chatty?" Luke asked when he saw them.

"Congratulations Luke." Lucy said ignoring his statement.

"Thanks. Here's your breakfast."

"Thanks."

"Lorelai, what's wrong?" Luke asked noticing that his fiancée wasn't looking very happy.

"Rory." Lorelai said.

"What, what's wrong with Rory?" Luke said getting worried.

"I have to tell Rory." Lorelai said drinking the coffee Luke put in front of her.

"Yeah, you didn't know that?"

"Well, I knew it, but I never really thought of it. I mean we aren't speaking. What am I supposed to say, 'Hey Rory, I'm getting married, let's be friends again'?" Lorelai said quickly and sarcastically.

"Yeah." Luke said a matter-of-factly.

"Huh?" Lorelai said confused.

"C'mon Lorelai, this is insane. She's your daughter; you can't let this whole dropping out of Yale thing get to you. I mean sure, it was a stupid thing to do, but we'll work on getting her back in."

"Hey, what about her? Shouldn't she apologize to me?"

"Lorelai, let me tell you something my dad told me. 'If you aren't part of the solution, you are the problem'."

"Really? Your dad said that?" Lorelai said.

"Lorelai, don't change the topic. She's going to find out eventually, I mean, we don't have the quietest town."

"I've gotta get to the inn."

"Will you think about it?"

"Yes." Lorelai said hesitantly. "But it doesn't mean I'll do it."

"That's all I'm asking. Bye." Luke said and kissed Lorelai. Lorelai then kissed Lucy on the cheek.

"Bye." Lucy said.

When Lorelai left Luke said, "And what about you?"

"What about me?" Lucy said.

"Are you going to talk to Rory?"

"No, not yet." Lucy said quickly.

"What do you mean 'No, not yet'?"

"It's very self-explanatory Luke."

"Don't be smart ass. You know what I mean."

"Eventually, I'll talk to her, don't rush me." Lucy said getting annoyed.

"Whatever you say."

"I do say."

"You done?" Luke said, pointing to her plate.

"Oh yeah, thanks."

"What do you plan on doing today?"

"I donno. Dana's family went to Litchfield to visit her grandparents today, so not much. I'll probably go to the bookstore, see what books are there, maybe call Daniela, see if she's back from Fort Lauderdale, and that's about it."

"Sounds fun."

"Yup, okay, I'll see you later." Lucy said standing up.

"Later." Luke said giving Lucy a little wave as she left.

Dragonfly Inn – Kitchen
Lorelai comes in

"Sookie!" Lorelai shouts. Lorelai hears clatter. "Sookie?"

"Oh yeah, I'm right here." Sookie says waving her hand up so Lorelai can see. Lorelai goes over. "Hey, what's going on, besides the fact that you almost gave me a heart attack?"

"I have the biggest news." Lorelai said excitedly.

"Ooh, what is it, what is it?" Sookie said excitedly.

Lorelai put up her hand with the ring and said, "Look!"

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!"

"I know!"

"You're getting married!"

"I know!"

"Oh my gosh when, how?"

"Yesterday." Lorelai said pouring herself a cup of coffee. "We went to Cavey's in Hartford?"

"Hartford, why Hartford?" Sookie asked, stirring her sauce.

"That's what I said. Anyway, he took me to Cavey's, but at first, he didn't tell me where we were going. I told him that we didn't have to go there 'cause it looked expensive, but he said that it was okay, and he wanted me to eat and enjoy myself."

"Aww, that's so sweet."

"I know, then, I went to the bathroom, and when I came back he just said he wanted to ask me something, got down on one knee, and just proposed." Lorelai said.

"Aww, that's so sweet. Did you suspect anything?"

"No, I was totally unaware of the fact that he was going to propose, until he actually got down on his knee."

"Did you tell anyone yet?"

"Just you and Lucy." Lorelai said. Sookie looked at her funny. "What?"

"You didn't tell Rory?"

"No, not you too."

"Hon, you have to tell her, and your parents."

"No." Lorelai said walking around the kitchen. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."

"Why?" Sookie said following her.

"Because, if I tell them, it's just another thing for them to criticize me about."

"Well, at least tell Rory. She'll tell them for you, that way you don't have to talk to them."

"I donno."

"Lorelai, c'mon they're parents. You don't want them to find out like they found out about Max."

"I donno," Lorelai paused. "Can we just drop it, for now?" she asked.

"Okay." Sookie said unsurely.

Afternoon – Stars Hollow Main Street
Lucy is walking around by herself

"Lucy!"

Someone called Lucy's name from behind her. "Luc!" they said again.

Lucy turned around. Oh boy, aww geez, why him why now? Lucy thought to herself.

"Hey Lucy." Christopher said giving Lucy a hug.

Lucy didn't return the hug. "Hi." She said coldly. Lucy didn't have the greatest relationship with her Dad.

"How are ya kid?"

"Fine." Lucy said.

"How's your Mom?"

"Good."

"And Rory?"

"Fine." Lucy said, although she didn't really know.

"Good, that's good." Christopher said. They stood there in an awkward silence. "How's your summer been so far?"

"Great." Lucy said sarcastically.

"Okay, I need more then one-word sentences here. Explain, c'mon."

"Why?"

"Because, I haven't been here for a while, I really want to know what's happening with my daughters."

"Wrong."

"What?"

"Daughter." Lucy said, stressing the "er" in daughter.

"What? Why?"

Lucy couldn't take it anymore. All these years of him not knowing why she despised him so much. She was going to tell him. "Well, let's see. When you come to visit, you really only come to see Rory and Mom. When you call you only wanna talk to Rory and maybe Mom if she wants to talk to you. You never call for my birthday; you never said cards for Christmas. Whenever you do however, you never write my name on in it. For all these years you've thought of me as an accident. You were never there for me when I needed you, though I probably never needed you, but when I did need you, I didn't think of you, I thought of Luke." Christopher let out a sigh. "Yeah, that's right Luke. You know the guy who you tried to make Mom break up with. You always thought that I was oblivious to the fact that you hate me. And now, you come here announced, to do what? Huh! To say 'Oh Lorelai, I'm sorry, I was a jerk, please give me a chance'. Wrongo! Guess what, you're late buddy! You can't have her. Do you know why? No, okay I'll tell you why. She's getting married, that's right I said it. Lorelai Gilmore, my mother, your ex-girlfriend, mother of 2 out of your 3 children is getting married."

"Lucy, I" Christopher started to say, but Lucy cut him off.

"Don't 'Lucy, I' me. You think you could come here every time think that everything is fixed and that you can come and destroy our lives. Do you know what's happened this summer?"

"No." Christopher mumbled.

"Well let me tell you. Well first I got the highest marks in my grade. Then, I won 2nd place at skating competition, then Rory dropped out of Yale and stole a yacht. Then, Mom wouldn't and still isn't talking to her. Then, I stopped going to Friday dinner at my grandparents. Then, Grandma stopped skating for me. Now, Luke proposed to Mom, and now I'm here, telling you everything that I've thought and felt, since the day I could talk. And you know what I'm doing now; I'm leaving, because I can't talk to you anymore. All of this yelling at you makes me even more upset and more tired than I already am. Goodbye, Christopher." Lucy said walking away.

Christopher sighed. From a distance, someone saw and heard everything that went on. "Lucy wait!" they called.

Lucy turned around…