A/N- Hey second chapter in one day. This chapter is Un Betaded, so i'm sorry if there are mistakes. Enjoy and Review, they are what keeps me writing.

"Sherry died last year? Chris never mentioned that to me." Still trying to wrap her mind around this.

"Yes she did. I think she was living in Paris at the time of the accident."

"Wow."

"I know it is a lot to process." Lorelai nods

"Do you think I could have some time to think this over? It's a big decision to make so suddenly."

"Of course, but I am going to need an answer by the end of this week, I'm sorry to have to rush you."

"No, no I understand, thank you." Lorelai gets up to leave.

"Alright well seeing as we all could use some rest tonight, I will see you and the others here tomorrow to discuss when the wake and funeral will be held."

Lorelai nods and walks outside to the others.

"Where is Mrs. Hayden?"

"She went back to the apartment to give the nanny the rest of the night off. She said to meet her there." Rory tells her.

"Okay well I guess we should go then."

Lorelai starts walking out to the car with Luke and Rory trying to catch up with her.

"Mom wait, what just happened in there?"

"Nothing, she was just going over a few things."

"Lorelai, why won't you tell us?"

"Can we please just get in the car?" She says getting frustrated, she tries to open the door but Luke stops her.

"What's going to happen to Gigi?"

"I…I don't know yet, let's just get in the car and I'll explain everything to the both of you on the way to the apartment." She says with pleading eyes which makes Luke and Rory give in. They both nod and all three get in the car, Lorelai let's Luke drive the rental car so she can explain what happened.

"Sherry, Chris's ex, died in a car crash last year in Paris. In Chris's will he said that if anything was to happen to him and if Sherry was unable to care for Gigi then I was to become her guardian." Lorelai doesn't look at either one of them as she says this, she just stares straight ahead at the road as Luke drives, following the directions given by Mrs. Hayden.

"Have you given any thought of what you're going to do?" Rory asks from the backseat.

"A little but I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. Mrs. Lee is giving me until the end of the week." She rubs her temples to try and relieve some of her stress.

"Whatever you decide, I'll back you up one hundred percent mom."

Lorelai turns her head to the back and smiles slightly. "Thanks kid."

"Well here we are." Luke utters his first words the whole car ride as they pull in the apartment parking lot.

All three of them walk into the apartment building and head towards the elevator in what feels like slow motion. Before they knew it they were entering the apartment and Gigi jumped off her grandmother's lap and ran to Lorelai as fast as her little four year old legs could go.

"Aunt Lorelai, where is daddy, grandma won't tell me." Gigi begs Lorelai to tell her, Lorelai sighs, picks her up and carries her over to the couch. They sit down and Luke and Rory follow.

"Sweetie I have to tell you something."

"What's wrong?"

"Well sweetheart your daddy is…..gone, I'm so sorry." Gigi stares at Lorelai for a moment and tears start forming in her eyes.

"Is he every coming back?"

Lorelai shakes her head and hugs the little girl. She hopes she understands what she means when she said that Chris was gone.

"You understand what I mean right?"

"Daddy went to heaven?" Lorelai holds back her tears because she knows she has to be strong not only for Gigi but for Rory and Mrs. Hayden too.

"Yes, daddy went to heaven." Gigi starts crying, runs to her room and slams the door shut. Lorelai's heart breaks for the little girl who lost her mother and now her father.

"Well I guess I'll go try to talk to her." Lorelai gets up and walks down the small hall and knocks on her door.

"Gigi it's me, can I come in?"

"Go away!" She screams.

"Come on let me in."

"No!" She yells in a mean voice.

Lorelai gives up and goes back into the living room of the apartment; she sits back on the couch next to Rory.

"I tried and I failed." She sighs.

"I'll go." Rory says and walks down to the room. She knocks on the door.

"Gigi, it's Rory, can I come in."

"No."

"Come on kiddo, f you come out I'll give you 5 bucks."

Gigi opens the door and sees Rory with no money.

"You don't have any money."

"I know but I got you to open the door didn't I." She smiles and leads Gigi to the edge of her bed.

"I'm sad Rory."

"I know you are and I want you to know that its okay to cry, but what it's not okay to do is go around slamming doors and running away. Everyone in that room out there cares a lot about you and they won't let anything happen to you. You just have to trust them."

"Do you feel sad too?" Gigi crawls onto Rory's lap.

"Yes, of course I do. He is my dad too. When my mom called and told me, I cried all night."

"You did?"

"Yes I did and once I got to my mom's house we started yelling at each other, we knew it was out of pain. I know you are scared right now, but you don't have to be. We are going to protect you and make sure you have a safe and happy life. Now what do you say we go back out there and you can say you're sorry to Aunt Lorelai."

"Okay." Gigi holds Rory's hand as they walk back into the living room. She nudges her forward towards Lorelai.

"Mom, Gigi has something to say to you."

"What is it?" As if Lorelai didn't know.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to run into my room and yell at you." She starts crying a little more.

"Oh hunny it's okay, come here." Lorelai wraps Gigi up in a big hug.

"Is it true that you care about me Aunt Lorelai?"

"Of course I care about you. You are one great little girl."

"Aunt Lorelai can I ask you a question?"

"Sure." She holds the girl on her lap.

"Where am I going to live, I'm too little to take care of my self. I'm only 4." She says sadly.

"Well," She looks at everyone in the room to see if she should tell her, they all nod yes. "That still has to be decided, but the lawyer we went to today said that your dad wanted me to take you if anything happened."

"I would live with you!" She says, smiling a little bit.

"Well honey I need to think about it some more but don't worry you will be loved no matter where you go."

"Please let me come with you Aunt Lorelai." The little girl begs her and Lorelai can't stand to see her give her the puppy dog eyes. Lorelai puts Gigi on the couch and now she is the one the runs out of the room, only she runs into the bathroom.

"I'll go make sure she is okay." Rory says.

"No, Rory you stay here with your grandmother and sister, I'll go." Rory nods and Luke goes to knock on the bathroom door.

"Lorelai it's me can I come in?"

"Luke, are you the only one out there?" She sniffles.

"Yes I promise it's just me." She opens the door and right away falls into his arms. Not crying but just wanting to feel safe and feel like all her problems were gone.

"I don't know what to do Luke, do I let her come with me to Stars Hollow, do we try and find a place here so that she doesn't have to move, do we move to Boston, and if I don't take her. She will go to her grandmother and I don't want that life for her and I know for a fact that Chris does not want that life for her. I...I just…I don't know what to do, please help me now; I know I told you not to say anything and just come for support but I need to know your opinion. Whether we are together or not, I need to know what you think I should do."

Luke moves her into the bathroom and shuts the door behind them.

"I will always be there to help you Lorelai, you know that. I know you want my opinion but its is your choice I can't make up your mind or tell you what to do and as your friend and I say that because it's what I am no matter what our past. But I think you should think what is best for that little girl, put her needs before yours just like you did with Rory the entire time she was growing up."

"But what if she turns out to hate me years from now, that kid thinks of me as her Aunt, I've never been an Aunt before. What if I'm no good at it?"

"Hey look at me." He grabs her shoulders to make sure she stays focused. "You are a fun, caring, beautiful, smart, loving woman and you can be just as great of an Aunt as you are a mother." Lorelai stares into Luke's eyes the whole time he is speaking, all she can think of is that she loves him so much but she is afraid to tell him that because she thinks they are both not ready to move forward. She still had to meet a certain person in his life and Lorelai was not going any further with him until she did, well that's what she thought.

"I love you Luke." She finds her self saying the words she thought she wasn't ready to say after their past."

"I know." She was expecting him to say it back and Luke knows it.

"I'm sorry Lorelai, I know I said those words the night we started talking again but I just can't say them right now, not in his house. I'm sorry."

"I understand." And the truth was, she really did understand.

"Let's get back out there." Lorelai nods and they walk back to the living room.

"So everyone here is the plan. We need to go to the funeral parlor first thing tomorrow morning and set a time for the wake and the funeral; I think it would be easier to have it all in one day. We can do the wake in the late morning and the funeral can be in the afternoon. Is that okay with you Mrs. Hayden?"

"Yes dear that is fine, thank you for taking control of this."

"I don't mind." She looks at the clock and it's already 7:30. "I think we should all go to bed now, it's been a long day."

Everyone agrees and they go to the 2 guestroom and Rory goes to the room her and her mom are sleeping in.

"Aunt Lorelai will you come tuck me in."

"Sure sweetie."

Lorelai gets Gigi under the covers and kisses her goodnight, then turns out the lights and heads down the hall, she hadn't realized this before, but the room they were sleeping in was Chris's.

"Rory I don't think I can sleep here." She says coming into the room.

"I know it weird mom but this isn't the place it happened between you two."

"No, but that's the same bed, and he's gone and I just can't okay." She grabs a blanket and pillow and goes to sleep on the couch.

The next day it all went well at the funeral parlor and everything was set up, the only thing that wasn't decided yet was the Lorelai and Gigi situation. Everyone got through the wake just fine and the funeral went very well too, at the end of the church ceremony Lorelai, Gigi, Rory, and Luke stayed in the church while everyone else left for the ceremony. Rory and Gigi went up to the casket first and said goodbye again and cried. Rory took Gigi outside so that Lorelai could have some time to herself. Lorelai was the only one that had not cried yet. Luke knew it was coming and all he could do was being there for her once she broke down and realized that the person, who she knew since she was little, was gone.

Lorelai walks up to the casket and Luke sits down at the pew. She runs her hands over the expense wood and chuckles to herself but the frowns.

Talking to the casket she says, "Why did you have to go Chris? Why did you choose me to be the one to look after your daughter? I don't think I will ever understand why you did that but I promise I will do it. I will take care of her as if she was my own and I promise not to let you down. Oh hey guess what, Luke and I are talking again. I was going to call you and tell you that but then I got a call saying you were gone." She started crying towards the end of her speech and she bends down and hugs the casket, to some it might seem silly but to others it was heartbreaking. Luke saw that she was starting to breakdown and walked over to her.

"Are you okay?" He asks softly.

"Yes." He waits a minute before asking again.

"Now are you okay?"

"No. I'm not okay!" She turns and he voice echoes through the church. "I just lost one of my best friends, I know that you hate him Luke and so do many other people. Hell, I should probably hate him too but I can't. Chris and I were inseparable as kids. We have known each other since kindergarten. I don't want him to be dead, it's not fair. It's like God is punishing him for not be around more when his daughter was growing up or for the times when he was a total jerk. No one, except his mother can possibly know what I'm feeling right now! So no I'm not okay Luke!" She has tears coming down her face.

"I'm sorry, I was just trying to be a friend and make sure you were okay. I'll just outside and wait with Rory, take your time." Lorelai steps forward and grabs his arm.

"Please stay with me." She says quietly and he stands there next to her listening to her tell him about her best friend and Luke was happy to listen.