Luke had Ceaser close up for him that night. He wasn't in the mood to face the people of the town. Knowing all they would do was hound him with questions. He knew they probably knew something was up between them by the state Lorelai was in when she arrived and left the diner.

Why had he let this happen? He loved Lorelai, but he had hardly paid a speck of attention to her for the past four months. Sure, they had spent a lot of time together, but not as much as they used to. Most of his hours were spent with April, or talking about April, or thinking about April. It wasn't wrong, I mean, she was his daughter. But he was engaged. Was engaged.. meaning not anymore.. But he should have treated Lorelai the way she deserved to be treated. She had done so with him. And when he told her about April, she was upset, but had been in everyway supportive. And he thanked her by not letting her meet her.

Now he didn't know what to do. He had to win her back, but how? Things seemed beyond screwed up. He didn't ever remember seeing her as upset as she was last night before. He was going to have to think long and hard about this.

He took a shower and then climbed into bed, hoping sleep would eventually take him over and get his mind off of earlier's incident.

oOoOo

The next morning Lorelai woke up, momentarily forgetting where she was and why. It all came back to her and she got out of bed and began to get dressed, not wanting to think about it. She turned her cell on, not wanting to, but did so in case of an emergency. She didn't feel like doing her hair today, so she just pulled it back into a ponytail, grabbed her purse, and walked out.

She drove around for a while until she found a Starbucks. She got out and went in and ordered a biscotti and an extra strong coffee to-go. She drove back to the hotel and sat in her room, drinking her coffee and eating her biscotti. She was watching tv when her cell rang. She looked at the caller id before answering.

"Hey hun." she said to her daughter.

"Mom, where are you? Sookie told me you just left."

"Yeah.. I'm staying at a Holiday Inn in Maine." she said, looking down.

"What? What are you doing in Maine?"

"It's.. it's complicated." she said, hoping Rory wouldn't push her any further.

"Mom.. you sound upset. What's wrong?"

Lorelai sighed. "I kind of broke it off with Luke."

"What! Why?" Rory asked her, shocked at what she was hearing.

"I.. we.. I don't know. I just couldn't take it. I'm ready Rory, you know I am. But he doesn't seem to be, and I don't want to just sit around waiting." she said, hugging her knees.

"Oh, mom, I'm sorry. I know how much you were looking forward to this."

"Yeah.. and, I mean, he needs time to get to know his daughter. I just figured that if I give him some time, he can do that."

"So.. you aren't really broken up?"

"I just told him it was until he figured things out." she told her, picking at the blanket.

"So, when do you think that will be? And you aren't going to be staying in Maine until then, are you?"

"I don't know Rory... I really don't. And no, I'll be back soon. I just needed to get away.. sort out my thoughts."

Rory could hear in her mother's voice that she wasn't in the mood to be discussing this at the moment.

"Oh.. well, if you need to talk, or just need someone, you can always come to me."

"Thanks sweetie, I'll be back soon. I promise." she said, smiling at her daughters comment. She could always rely on her to make her feel better.

"Ok, where in Maine are you though?"

"Millinocket, why?"

"Just in case."

"Ok, I'll talk to you later."

"Ok, bye mom. I love you."

"I love you too, hun. Bye."

Lorelai hung up her phone and threw it into the chair beside her bed. She leaned against her pillows, pulling the covers around her. She turned on her side and fell asleep.

oOoOo

Rory sat on her bed, thinking about the conversation she just had with her mom. She felt bad for her and wanted to make it better. Her mom and Luke belonged together. Everyone knew it, they had since the beginning. And they waited all those years for eachother and now it was all falling down.

She grabbed her car keys, walking out of the apartment and to her car.

oOoOo

Lorelai woke up not long after she fell asleep. Probably the coffee prevented her from sleeping long. She wished she could have slept longer. But then she didn't. She hadn't been sleeping well for the past few months, but last night and today she really hadn't been sleeping well. She kept having the same dream.

In the dream, she relived the sceen in the apartment. But, when she left, she never came back. She stayed in the same room in the same hotel for the rest of her life, waiting. Waiting for him to come back, and he never did. He moved on with his life, he lived happily. And she was just waiting.

Now, she wasn't just going to sit in the hotel for the rest of her life waiting. She was going to go back home eventually. She just needed a little more time.

She was still pretty upset, and cried from time to time. But she tried not to think about it much. She tried thinking about her responsibilities in life and the things that needed to be done. But, it just kept coming back to her mind. It wouldn't go away.

oOoOo

Rory walked into the familiar place her and her mother used to visit everyday before she went off to college. Although she still came here every now and then, she still missed it. She looked around her at all the people sitting at little tables with coffee mugs in their hands, all talking and having a good time. She saw Lane walk up to a table and take a couple's orders.

"Hey!" she said when she saw Rory and walked over to her.

"Hey Lane!" Rory said, hugging her best friend.

"Haven't seen you in a while. How are you?"

"I'm good. I just got done with finals last week. Just been relaxing and catching up on some Z's lately. You?"

"I'm great. Zach and I are looking for a house to buy." she told her, a wide grin on her face.

"Aw, that's cute. Is it gonna be made out of cheese?"

"Well, of course! How could I buy a house that isn't made of cheese?"

Rory laughed at their little joke.

"Ok, well, have you seen Luke around?"

"He's been upstairs all day. I think something happened, I'm not too sure. Miss Patty and Babette have been talking about it, but no one knows for sure what went on."

"Yeah.. well, I'm just going to go up there. I need to talk to him about something." she told her and said bye before disappearing behind the curtain and heading up the stairs.

She knocked on the door, hoping he would answer. He did, and she was a little suprised at the state of him. He looked tired and upset. Well, that was expected. But he looked as if he hadn't slept at all lately.

"Rory... hi.. I wasn't expecting you." he said, suprised to see her here.

"Yeah, I wanted to know if I could talk to you." she said

"Yeah.. uh, sure. " he held open the door for her to come in.

Rory walked in and turned to face him.

"Mom told me what happened."

Luke looked down, not really knowing what to say.

"She's pretty upset. She loves you Luke. And I know you guys have hit a rough patch, but you can get through it."

"I don't know how to fix it.." he said, sitting down and looking at his hands.

"You've fixed it before."

"I know, but this time is different. A lot different. I didn't realise how upset she was over this. I didn't mean for it to happen."

"I know you didn't. You're a guy, no offense. But guys are clueless when it comes to stuff like this. Look, I know April coming into your life was a big shock to you. It was to all of us. But things don't have to change because of it."

"I just didn't know what to do. I wasn't sure if she wanted April in her life."

"Of course she does. And she wants to help in any way she can. Just because you had a kid with another women doesn't mean she's going to want nothing to do with April. She had me with someone else, but I'm still in your life."

"Yeah, I screwed up bad this time didn't I?"

"Yeah, pretty much. But you can fix it."

"I want to, but how? Have you seen her yet? I've never seen her that upset."

"That's because she doesn't want to lose you. I haven't seen her, but I've talked to her. I heard she left, but I didn't know where."

"She left?" he asked, shocked. Nobody had told him this. Yet, he hadn't talked to anybody since he told Ceaser to open up for him.

"Yeah, didn't she tell you?"

"No, where'd she go?"

"Maine. I thought you would have known."

"She went to Maine! What's in Maine?"

"Nothing, she's staying at a Holiday Inn in Millinocket. She said she just needed to get away. What's wrong?"

"Nothing.. look, thanks Rory for coming down here. I have to go." he told her, getting up and grabbing his keys.

"Oh..ok. I'll just get going." she said, completely confused as to what was going on.

"Ok, bye." he said, locking the door after them both and walking out of the diner.

He got into his truck and drove off, knowing exactly where he was going.