"Hi. Um, Rory?"
"Yeah. I need to talk to you. Can we meet somewhere?"
"Did something happen? Is Lorelai all right?"
That made Rory smile. He still cares about her.
"Yeah, I just need to talk to you. We don't have to meet in Stars Hollow or anything if you don't want to. We can meet in New Haven or at Yale. Whatever you want to do."
"Um…..I'll meet you at Yale tomorrow for lunch?"
"Ok, I'll see you there tomorrow then thanks"
"No problem."
And with that Rory hung up. She knew he was scared as to what she wanted to talk about but she had to know this before anything could change. If Lorelai found out about this meeting though she would be mad. So Rory knew that until this was worked out then she had to keep it a secret. Basically she had to lie to her mom, something she does very little.
Rory was sitting on the couch as she heard the door open. She looked over as her mom was walking through the door.
"Hey mom."
"Hey."
"Listen, I have to get back to Yale tonight but I will try and come home this weekend ok?"
"Ok. Bye sweetie"
"Bye mom."
Next Day at Yale
Rory was sitting in her dorm waiting for the guy she has spoken on the phone with the previous day. It was currently one and he was supposed to be there at twelve so she assumed that he wouldn't show up. Rory could understand why tough. She had always thought that he had loved her and her mom but she was now rethinking that. She was in the middle of a book and someone knocked on the door.
"Coming"
"Hey. So are you ready to go?"
"I…I guess. Where are we going?"
"Oh, just to the dining hall unless you want to go somewhere else."
"The dining hall is fine. I was just wondering."
Rory could tell he was nervous. Heck they hadn't spoken in over a year.
"How is Lorelai doing?' Was the first thing he asked.
"She loves you, Luke."
All Luke could do was look down.
"Luke, I know you loved my mom. Why did you have to leave?"
"Rory, its complicated."
"It can't be that complicated Luke. You and my mom could have worked it out. You didn't have to leave."
"I didn't want to trust me."
"Then why did you?"
"At first I had just left to clear my head but as time went by it was harder and harder to go back and then soon I couldn't go back at all. I couldn't risk coming back and finding out that Lorelai had moved on already."
"Oh"
"I love your mom and I just couldn't stand to see her hurt and know that I am the one that caused it in the first place."
"She really misses you."
Once they finish eating they start walking around the campus. Rory showing him different things as they talk.
"Do you think I should come back to Stars Hollow?"
"I think you should but it is ultimately up to you to decide what you want."
"I want to be with Lorelai." Rory looks at him and smiles. "And have you as a daughter"
"Really?"
"Yeah."
Rory suddenly stops walking. And looks like she is going to start crying at any moment.
"Oh my god!"