Earlier I forgot to add that Luke and Lorelai are engaged. I'm slow and just assumed that everyone would figure it out. I sometimes forget that I'm the only one in my head. Sorry about that. Well, here's chapter five.

Different Plans Like Mother, Like Daughter

It was just another day at the inn. Guests came and went, Sookie cooked fabulous food while her shirt caught fire, Michel was being annoying, and Lorelai had had six cups of coffee that morning. No one knew that of course, because she was in an odd mood. People thought that she should have been more excited at the prospect of getting married. They figured she hadn't been drinking as much coffee. But then again no one knew what happened with Rory. Miraculously.

As Lorelai was checking in the Hughes family, she glanced up and there she was sitting in the lobby. She looked very pale and upset. Lorelai tried to pretend that she hadn't seen her, but that didn't happen. She called her over.

"We need to talk. Now, I know we didn't part on great terms, but I need you to be civil. Do it for your daughter."

"Fine mom. What's going on?" Lorelai said sharply.

"It's Rory." She said softly.

"What about her? Is she okay?" Lorelai asked starting to sound concerned.

"I don't know." She said.

"How do you not know? Rory's a bad liar; you can usually figure her out. I know you could especially. Because have this special gift to get people to say things that they don't want to say. So tell me mom, why don't you know?" Lorelai asked in an outrage.

"Because she's gone!" Emily yelled.

"What?" Lorelai replied in shock.

"She packed up her things and moved away." Emily announced.

"But, where?" Lorelai said, clearly still in shock.

"Here." Emily said handing her an envelope. "Everything you'll need to know is in here." She said walking away.

Lorelai just stood there for about two minutes before she finally went into her office and read the letter.

Dear Mom,

I know that you're disappointed in me, and for that I am sorry. I am not sorry however, for making my decision to not attend Yale next fall. I know that you wanted me to have my dreams, but dreams change. They did for you. If you cannot accept what I want to do, then you are just as bad as Grandma. Now, I didn't write this letter to attack you, I just wanted to tell you these things. I also want to tell you that I understand why you couldn't stand living with Grandma and Grandpa, they've been driving me nuts. I had to get out of there, so when Logan asked me to come with him to New York I accepted his offer. I'll talk to you soon.

I love you,

Rory

Well, Lorelai thought, that's great. Wow. I even have sarcasm in my thoughts. I can't believe that she's running off to New York with Logan! This is crazy. First, she steals a yacht. Then she drops out of Yale. Now, she's moving to New York! Well, at least she least she said where she was going, something I didn't do when I left that house. Huh. Lorelai chuckles to herself. Like mother, like daughter, both running away from the Gilmore Mansion.

Lorelai felt numb. For the first time in her life she just couldn't feel. She had shown so many emotions in the past two weeks, that she was just too tired to show any emotion.

As she pulled up at the diner, she saw Luke wiping down the counter. He had that far off look in his eye. Normally Lorelai would be thinking about how incredibly sexy he looked right then, but tonight she was different. Tonight was the first night in twenty years that she wasn't somebody's mother, and it really freaked her out.

As Lorelai walked into the diner, Luke was just closing up. Noticing the glazed over look on her face, he locked the door then led her upstairs. "What happened?" he asked, once they reached the door. "She left."

"Who left?"

"Rory."

"Yeah…" Luke said confused.

"At least she left a more detailed note then I did when I ran away from the Gilmore Mansion."

"What! She ran away?"

"Yep. Here's the note." She said handing the note to him.

As Luke read over the note, Lorelai stripped her clothes off, put on Luke's shirt and got in the bed. Luke looked shocked. It took him a moment to get over the shock. Hwen he finally did, he got on his sweatpants and a t-shirt and joined Lorelai in the bed.

"How are you feeling?" He asked, holding her in his arms.

"I feel like I'm fifteen.." She said.

"What do you mean?" He asked confused.

"Until I reached that age, I wasn't a mother." She said, on the verge.

"What? No. You will always be Rory's mother. She loves you, and you know that." He said reassuringly.

"Do I? 'Cause I'm not really sure that I do."

"You do. She left you a note. She would not have done that if she didn't love you." He told her.

"Thank you." She said looking over at Luke. She gave him a kiss and snuggled up to him, and soon drifted off into a calm eerie sleep.