Chapter 15

Previously:

"I was angry Mom, hell, I still am angry!"
"You don't think I'm angry? Of course I'm angry! The fact that you didn't bother telling me that you were getting married and Rory was back in Yale made me angry!"
"Excuse me, do you think you could take this argument somewhere else please?" the sales clerk said calmly.
"No need, we're finished here. Let's go Lucy."
Lucy hopped off the bench she was sitting on and followed Lorelai, who was walking very fast ahead.
"I'm not finished Lorelai!" Emily called after her.
"You might not be, but I am!" Lorelai said continuing her walk.

Lorelai Gilmore's House
Lucy comes inside

"Mom?" Lucy called out as she put her coat behind a chair. She walked around looking for her mom. She went upstairs and saw Lorelai's bedroom door closed. She let out a breath and walked over to the door. She knocked lightly, poked her head inside and said, "Mom?"

Lorelai was lying on her bed facing the opposite direction of Lucy.

"Go away Lucy." Lorelai mumbled.

"Come on Mom. Talk to me." Lucy said going over to her mother's bed and sat on it.

"Not now Lucy, I'm too angry."

"Whenever I'm angry you make me talk, so now it's my turn."

"Yes, but I'm the mother and you're the child, it's my responsibility to make sure the child isn't like to her mother."

"That's not fair."

"Life isn't fair."

"Urg. C'mon Mom, talk to me, say something, anything, whatever's going on in your head." Lucy said patting her mother lightly.

Lorelai turned over and said, "Do you really want to know what's going on inside my head?" Lucy nodded. "Fine." Lorelai said getting angry. "I feel hurt, okay. You and Rory kept something from me that you should've told me and now, look what's happened. I have my mother on my case for something I didn't even tell her." Lorelai said getting off the bed. "I have so many things going on at the inn that I don't have time for arguments!"

"Then why are you arguing with me?" Lucy said also getting off the bed. "I'm sorry Mom, we're sorry, me and Rory. We never meant to hurt you. We just thought that maybe it would go away. We didn't know Grandma was going to call you and the call us a few weeks later to go to dinner. We just wanted it all to go away. The fighting, the arguing, it doesn't help anything! I haven't seen Grandpa in so long, and I miss him. Rory and I thought that maybe if you guys talked out your problems, that we could all go back to dinner together, and you could tell them that you're getting married."

"You wanted it all to go away! It won't go away Lucy; you know that it won't go away! After everything we've been through in this past couple of months, you think it'll go away. You can't just erase everything!" Lorelai said getting very upset.

"Maybe if you tried it would!" Lucy yelled, and with that, she left the room, went downstairs, and outside.

"Lucy!" Lorelai called, and sighed when she heard the front door shout.

Luke's Diner
Lorelai enters the diner

"Hey." Luke said.

"Is Lucy here?" Lorelai said quickly without greeting Luke.

"Lucy, no, why?"

"We, we had fight, I yelled at her and she yelled at me, then she ran out of the house, and I don't know where she is." Lorelai said sitting down at the counter.

"I'm sure she's just taking a walk, you know to let her cool off a bit."

"I hope you're right. If something happened to her, I don't know what I would do."

"Nothing will happen to her. Lucy's a big girl."

"I know, but to me she's still my angel, her and Rory. They mean the world to me."

"I know." Luke said nodding his head. "So, do you want to tell me what happened?"

"Well…here's what happened…" Lorelai said and let out a breath. "We were at the mall, having a great time, when my mother showed up."

"Oh no, really?"

"Yeah, then we started arguing about how I didn't tell her I was getting married and that Rory went back to Yale. But apparently, she already knew I was getting married."

"I thought you said you didn't tell her." Luke said confused.

"I didn't, but when Rory and Lucy went to get some stuff from the pool house, and they got into an argument there. I guess they let it slip."

"And why are you upset about this?"

"They didn't tell me, that's the thing. It's practically a month, and they did not even bother to bring it up. That's what upsets me the most."

"It's not really like they lied." Luke said wiping the counter.

"Oh but it is, 'cause I asked them about it the day that my mother called me at the inn, and they claimed they had no idea what I was talking about."

"Give it time, you guys get into fights all the time, you guys will make up and forgive and forget."

"How can you be so calm about this whole thing? I mean my daughter is virtually missing, I'm in a feud with my mother…again, and all you can say is 'give it time'? What happened to the old Luke?"

"He's still here, but I think you should go and look for Lucy, and call Rory." Luke said.

"But-" Lorelai started but Luke stopped her.

Luke kissed her and said, "Go, go look for Lucy, call Rory, and straighten this whole thing out."

"It's not going to get straightened out right away."

"As long as it does, I'm happy. Now go."

"Okay, okay, but I'm still mad." Lorelai said getting off the stool.

"Lorelai…" Luke said warningly.

"I'm going." Lorelai said and opened and closed the door behind her.

Luke shook his head and continued wiping the counter.

Lorelai had been looking for Lucy for over a half an hour, and she started getting worried. It was starting to get dark. Maybe she's at home, Lorelai thought. She started to turn around to go home, when she saw Lucy sitting down at the bridge. "Thank God." She said running over to Lucy.

"Mom?" Lucy looked up and said.

"Where the hell were you?" Lorelai said getting angry again.

"Mom, I went for a walk." Lucy said.

"Do you know how scared I was? I thought something happened to you. I've been looking around forever!"

"I'm sorry Mom! But after all the stuff you said, I thought you wanted some time by yourself. I'm sorry for thinking of you!" Lucy said getting mad.

"Next time can you at least tell me where you are going? I mean it's not that hard saying 'Mom, I'm going for a walk' is it?"

"I said I'm sorry Mom. It's not like I'm Rory, who would stay out all night with a boy. At least I planned on leaving soon."

"This isn't about Rory!"

"No, it's not! It's about you, you and your secrets that you kept from your mother! So you're right, it isn't about me or Rory, it's about you and Grandma. You guys are too stubborn to admit anything to each other!" Lucy shouted. "I'm going home."

"What about dinner?" Lorelai said.

"I'm not hungry." Lucy said, and left for home.

The Next Day…

Luke's Diner – Morning
Lorelai enters the diner

"Good morning." Luke said giving Lorelai a kiss.

"Good morning." Lorelai said returning it.

"Where's Lucy?"

"She left before I was up this morning."

"So she came back?"

"Yeah. Coffee, please." Lorelai said sitting down at the counter.

Luke poured the coffee.

"No lecture?" Lorelai asked taking a sip of the coffee.

"You're upset, I'll let it slide."

"Hmm. I don't know what to do Luke, I plan on going down to Yale to see Rory today and talk to her."

"Did you call her?"

"No, I just want to talk to her face-to-face. It'll be better."

"I think you might want to call her first. I mean if you guys are going to argue, you might as well do it on the phone, so that way you don't have to have people listening to your fight."

Lorelai raised her eyebrow and said, "What do you know that I don't?"

"Nothing, I swear, just a suggestion."

"Okay…I'll think about it. Anyway, I have to get to work; I'll come by for lunch." Lorelai said getting up. She gave Luke a kiss over the counter.

"Bye."

"Bye." Lorelai said with a smile and left.

Author's Note: Review and tell me what you think should happen next! Thanks.