Ok so this is not a very eventful part but I wanted to show how Rory's life had changed in the whole time she had been away, so I hope you like it and thank you so much for the reviews they were great, keep them coming, enjoy…..

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Part 11 'Amazing'

"Oh My lord, where the hell are we? Don't tell me this is your apartment, this place is amazing" When Rory had left Adams and led Lorelai up 12 more floors to the penthouse, she had never imagined this. Rory's apartment was amazing. It had everything new and modern with hi-tech gadgets that would never be seen anywhere near Stars Hollow.

"Yeah, this place is mine and Alex's, my place is down the street a little more. I'm renting a suite at the plaza that's where I stay when I let him cool down. A load of my stuffs there too, but I think I'm gonna keep that place, Alex doesn't know about it and I like visiting the city every now and then."

Lorelai nodded and smiled, this place was amazing and she couldn't ever imagine Rory living here or even wanting to for that matter, but she guessed she didn't really know the new Rory and people change.

The apartment was big and had loads of open space and minimal furniture

"Did you decorate the place?"

"Oh no, we got an interior designer to do the job." Rory wandered up a set of stairs leading from the main room into an opened plan kitchen with silver everything. Lorelai followed her curiously, taking in this whole apartment as if unreal.

Rory walked to her room, which was set a flight of slim stairs above the kitchen. The whole place was neat and tidy.

"How come this place is so clean, men are meant to be messy?"

"Oh we have a cleaner/nanny, Alex must of fired her since Libby's gone" Lorelai could hear the hurt in Rory's voice just mentioning Libby's name. Lorelai felt bad asking all these questions about the place Rory feared the most. Watching Rory quickly bundling her belongings together and shoving things speedily and untidily in boxes as fast as possible, showed Lorelai how scared Rory really was of Alex and the fact her might return home any time now.

So, since Rory looked so panicked and Lorelai couldn't bare to see her suffer, she helped and picked things up that belonged to Rory and throwing them into boxes.

They left the apartment almost empty; Rory left a little note on the kitchen table and a pink nail-varnish painted key on top of it.

Rory put all of the boxes into the back of her Moms new car and showed her Mom the way to her other apartment. Rory said they should walk there, it was way more fun.

It was late December, December the 16th, Friday and Lorelai loved Fridays. They walked slowly, watching the people as they passed. 5th avenue, Lorelai still couldn't believe how far Rory had got without her, 2 apartments on 5th avenue, a huge job at The New York times, a little baby and a college degree from Princeton. Lorelai couldn't help but think that all those years, living in Stars Hollow and going to Yale, that Lorelai was holding Rory back, keeping her back from all she could be. And now, Lorelai finally saw what Rory could be, on her own, she didn't need anybody else.

Rory entered the Plaza reception as if she owned the place; Lorelai followed sheepishly behind, scared that she didn't belong here. Rory walked up to the front desk and spoke to the concierge

"Hey Carl, key please" Rory sounded so bold and strong, Lorelai knew she was putting up a front, because inside Rory was hurting terribly and there was nothing anybody could do about it.

"Hey miss Rory, haven't seen you for a while, you ok?" The man behind the desk was very friendly with Rory, not like he was with the customer before, Lorelai guessed they had known each other for a long time.

"Yeah I'm great thanks Carl, been away visiting my mom" Rory had only been with Lorelai a day so Lorelai knew she was lying.

"Oh yeah, have fun"

"As always" Rory was smiling but the smile was fake, Rory knew that the way to get what you wanted was to be friendly, she had learned that.

"Good, so here's the key, you have 72 phone messages and I'll get Harry to bring up your mail"

"Oh no, loads again"

"Yeah loads"

"Just what I need, could you please send someone up in say an hour, I'm moving a few things out and I might need some help bringing them down" Rory seemed so comfortable around this man, Lorelai was proud because right then Rory reminded her of herself when she was young.

"Yeah sure, Jimmy gets in in an hour, as soon as he gets here I'll send him up"

"I owe ya Carl, see ya later" Rory waved as she turned to her Mom and led her towards the 2 magnificent elevators standing before them in the lobby.

"Bye Miss Rory" Carl shouted over the counter before preparing himself to welcome the next guest.

"Hey Rory, how long have you had this apartment?"

"3 years"

"What 3 years, you said you bought this to get away from that evil man, so this has been going on 3 years, I'm so sorry I left you baby"

Lorelai held Rory in her arms as they waited for an elevator.

The elevator stopped and 2 executives stepped out, both dressed in smart suits with briefcases and papers under their arms.

"Good day Miss Rory" One of the executives stepped towards Rory

"Yeah thanks frank, you?" Rory smiled graciously and answered politely

"Great, see you around, maybe lunch" the man was obviously going somewhere as he started to walk backwards heading away from them

"Sure thing, I'll get Amy to call you" Rory shouted back as frank got further and further away making his way through the lobby.

"See you around" Rory waved.

"Do you seriously know everyone here?" Lorelai laughed, Rory was some kind of executive and Lorelai was a stranger to this life, this place, these people, she felt very out of place here.

"Oh yeah, most, that's Frank, he works with me at the magazine."

"Magazine?"

"Oh yeah, I write a the music, movies and books page for some glossy magazine."

"What? You never said anything about that, what's it called?" Lorelai was shocked that Rory was such a big person to these people but to Lorelai she was still her little girl and Lorelai hadn't quite come to terms with the fact that Rory was 25.

Look how much you missed while you were dancing in the sky

I even know now what I didn't and I can fly real high

I learned to dance with diamonds and sing with drops of rain

But where were you to show me, to help me through the pain