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ME AGAIN: To clear things up, unlike what the dr. said Lorelai had to stay in the hospital a few days more so that she could return home without the cast. But she was still slightly too weak to walk up the stairs so Rory slept upstairs while Lorelai slept down. About Rory and school-, well you'll just have to wait for it. ENJOY!

She crawled into her mother's bed, under the covers trying to muffle her sobs with the thickness of the comforter. She didn't want to be discovered but she needed the comfort of the warmth that her mother's mother provided her with. She had missed her mom so much. When her mom finally came back home beneath the happiness there was a part of her that knew she needed to explain herself. The fear and the dread that was running through her was unbearable, she had to let it out in tears.

"Rory? Honey, what's wrong? It's okay mommy's here, sshhh." Lorelai rocked her daughter while she cried; wondering what was bothering her daughter.

Rory tried to speak. Her words mumbled and tangled with sobs but Lorelai heard her baby's words loud and clear;

"Mom, I'm sorry"

Lorelai didn't know what to say. She knew exactly what Rory was talking about, but didn't really understand why she was apologizing; if anyone were to apologise it should be her, not Rory. She just clung to Rory until they both fell asleep.

Rory awoke to the smell of coffee. "LUKE? LUKE? LUKE'S HERE AND YOU DIDN'T WAKE ME UP? MOM!" she screamed in an accusing tone while getting up and rushing out of the room. She inhaled deeply; reluctant to exhale for fear that the scent would escape along with the air.

"RORY! YOURE GOING TO END UP SUFFOCATING!" Luke lectured her.

"How did you kn-" sometimes Rory wondered how he knew so much and yet didn't know he was in love with her mom, or if he knew how could he be so dumb as not to act on it. She averted her gaze around the room. "Where's Mom?"

"She's in the bathroom. Don't worry; she had her coffee fix before heading in there" Luke was setting up the table for breakfast.

Rory rushed up to brush her teeth so that she could down a few mugs of coffee. When she came back down her mom was already out of the bathroom and seated at the kitchen table. "Aw, you started without me!" whined Rory after inspecting her mother's mug and concluding that it was half-empty. Rory took her seat and downed her mug of coffee before stuffing her face with Luke's muffins.

"Urm, Rory, I understand your hungry but chew and swallow!" Luke lecturing again, she smiled. He was like a father figure for her since daddy dearest had his own kiddo to look after; don't get her wrong, she loved GiGi it's just that sometimes it felt unfair to her that she could never experience him as her dad and yet her half-sister could.

"So Rory, you have any plans for today? I thought maybe you'd like to hang out with me and we'd go shopping or whatever" Lorelai told her. "Alright, it'll be great. Just the two of us; there is this garden-park near school. You want to head over there, we could have a picnic?"

"Okay, sure. It's a date", she winked, "Luke, can you provide us with the food goodies?"

AN: be prepared for more. Oh my gosh. I didn't realize my mistake about the 'u' well it's all cleared now. Thanks to primesetter31 for letting me know about it. Plus side: my holidays are coming up. woohoo. REVIEW ME.