Chapter 1: Broken

Lorelai sat in the empty bedroom, on the nice made up bed, her eyes collecting the tears, and letting them go every other second. Her sobs could be heard through the whole house. She missed Rory so much, she looked at the picture on the bedside table of Rory and her at graduation, in the school. She remembered that day, that exact time, like it was yesterday, when she was trying to convince Rory to deface school property and write their initials. The memory made her sobs even louder, so loud that she didn't hear Luke come into the house.

Luke must have heard her because a few moments later, she was crying into his chest, and repeating over and over again that she missed Rory, and that she blew it for both of them. How Rory deserved better, how she could've been anything she wanted. Luke put his arm around her and sat in silence, not knowing what to say. All he could think about, was how he was now determined to get the daughter and her mother back together. Be best friends again.

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Rory stared at the ceiling, lying in bed, with Logan next to her. A tear rolled down her cheek, remembering everything about her childhood. Her mom had always been there for her, and how did she repay her? She ran away, she ran away after the first critic of her work told her it wasn't good enough. Who was he to say? Just because one person thought that she didn't cut it, doesn't mean that others would think the same thing. Would it? "I should have listened to my mom." she thought over and over again to herself. She slipped out of her bed and walked to the washroom of Logan's house. She sat on the ground in front of the door and let the tears that were gathering in her eyes, fall.

Logan woke up shortly after and saw no Ace sleeping beside him. He got up and walked out of the bedroom, hearing sobs he followed them. When they led him to her, to the bathroom, he knocked on the door. "Ace?" he said softly.

Rory opened the door and sniffed, wiping the tears, as Logan sat down beside her. "You need to talk to her." he said.

"But how can I? I broke her heart, she doesn't want to talk to me." she cried. He put his arm around her.

"She's your mom Ace, and not just your mom, your best friend, you can't go on, not talking to her." he said.

Rory nodded and stayed silent, she wasn't sure how, but she had to talk to her, but for now, she sat on the bathroom floor, and cried into Logan's chest.

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Lorelai woke up, tears stained her face. She sat up and found Luke gone, she got up and looked around, she saw a note on the kitchen table.

"Lorelai,

Had to go to work, but I'll bring you back some breakfast. And coffee.

-Luke"

Lorelai smiled, he knew her all too well. She decided she should get changed and have a shower, so she headed upstairs. After she had finished brushing her hair and changing she heard the door open. "Luke?" she exclaimed from upstairs, heading down the hall.

"It's Sookie!" Sookie replied, as she closed the door behind her, "the diner was really busy, so Luke sent me with your breakfast."

"Oh, thanks Sookie." Lorelai said as she walked down the stairs, "are you heading to the inn now?"

"Yeah." she said, "want a lift?"

"Sure." she said, as she grabbed her shoes and put them on, as well as her jacket, then followed Sookie out the door and into her van.

"So, have you and Luke set a date yet?" she asked curiously, starting up the car and putting on her seat belt.

"We're talking about it. We're thinking December maybe."

"That's a month from now, are you really able to plan a nice wedding in a month?"

Lorelai sighed sadly, "I've been planning it since Rory was ten. Me and Rory used to sit in her room and talk about what my wedding would look like, and what hers would. And it would change every so often, but the only thing that stayed the same was, her being my bridesmaid." she said.

"Aww sweetie, if you invite her, she'll come."

"How do you know? I yelled at her the last time we talked." Lorelai said.

"Because I just do." Sookie said, not so sure herself. She just knew that if she invited Rory, she would come, it was Rory. And unless living with her grandparents had changed her, she would come, she would come to her mom's wedding.

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Rory woke up, and rubbed her eyes, surprised to find her head lying on Logan's chest on the ground of the bathroom. She slowly got up, making sure not to wake him, and walked into the bedroom, grabbing her clothes. She put them on and brushed her hair with the pocket brush from her purse, then did her makeup. She kissed Logan on the forehead and spread a blanket on him, then headed to her DAR meeting.

Author's Note: So I had this story on my computer for such a long time, and decided to post it, it's not totally done, but here's the first chapter! Please R&R!