Sorry, it took me e few days to update this. I usually update everyday or every other day, so I apologize. I was planning a party and.. I had... boy trouble. hehe stupid high school, and stupid girls. I hate girls.. Sucks that I am one. hehe Oh well, nothing a big bowl of popcorn, and watching Grease repeatedly won't solve. Anyhow, I'm back and ready to write. :)


After Lorelai's first encounter with Luke, she walked out of the diner happily holding a hot cup of coffee in one hand, and Rory in the other. She walked around town awhile, getting to know the townspeople; she would some day call friends, and then headed back to the Inn. Before going to the tool shack, she popped her head inside.

"I was just wondering if you needed any extra help." Lorelai told Mia. Lorelai greatly appreciated what Mia was doing for her, and Lorelai, always wanting to be independent, couldn't take someone else's help without feeling as if she were in a great debt to her.

"No, just be back by 6:00 for dinner" Mia told her, with a smile.

"Are you kidding me? Me and Food are like Donny and Marie."

"Oh lets hope not" Mia said with a laugh. Lorelai smiled at her and walked out the door. Lorelai took advantage of the situation, and drove herself to Hartford, where there was a small cafe, she had always loved. The cafe was the only thing her mother and her could agree on, they both thought it was amazing. She walked inside, and sat at one of the booths, and a familiar waitress came over.

"Hi there Lorelai! How are you doing?" The woman asked. She was short, and heavy set with glasses.

"Pretty good, how about you, Vanessa?"

"I'm fine. What can I get for you today?"

"Blueberry pancakes and some chocolate milk." She told the waitress. She was in the mood for a breakfast for dinner.

"Coming right up." Vanessa said, as she walked away with Lorelai's order. Lorelai sat as she waited for her food, lost in a deep thought. Her thoughts were disrupted by a man's voice.

"Lorelai!" He screamed, quite annoyed. Lorelai looked up, startled, and not able to put a face to the voice so quickly.

"Dad! What are you doing here?" She said, terrified.

"I should ask you that same question." He responded.

"I'm having blueberry pancakes."

"If you're going to run away, at least have the decency to run far enough away that I wouldnt run into you."

"I'm not living in Hartford, dad"

"That's besides the point Lorelai. You're coming home with me!"

"No!" Lorelai protested. "I'm going back to my home; I'll call you in a month." Lorelai screamed, as she stomped out of the cafe. Richard followed her, trying to stop her.

"Get back here, young lady!" He screamed after her. "Do not walk away from me! You're home is in Hartford, with your mother and I--"

"No dad! My home is where I'm happy, and that is not with you and mom. You two will never understand me, or except the fact that I have Rory now, and I can accept that. I have accepted that, and now I'm moving on, I'm taking control of my life. I'm sorry, but I'm going back from where I belong, and I never will." Lorelai shouted in the middle of the parking lot at her father.

"Lorelai, this is hardly the place for this."

"Goodbye dad," Lorelai said, and then got into her car and drove away. Richard could do nothing but stand there dumbfounded. Forgetting what he had come there for, he got in his car and drove away. Upon arriving home, he walked inside, closing the door behind him, and was greeted by Emily.

"Hello Richard, did you get me what I asked for?" Emily asked.

"No, I'm sorry Emily."

"I ask you to do me one simple thing!" Emily says, obviously annoyed. "And can you do that? Of course you cant! You can't do anything for me! You go to work, you come home and you take business call after business call, you don't give me, or anyone else any ---"

"I ran into Lorelai."

"What?" Emily asked, shocked by this statement. "Where is she? Is she alright? Is she outside? Where's Rory?"

"I don't know where she is. She's not coming home." Rickard stated simply, and moved his way to the living room.

"What do you mean she's not coming home, where is she?"

"I mean, she's staying where she is, and she has no desire to ever come home. I already informed you, I do not know where she is."

"Why didn't you bring her home Richard? She's a 16 year old girl, she cant be out there alone."

"I'm aware of this."

"Then why didn't you bring her home?"

"I tried, I couldn't."

"What do you mean you couldn't?"

"I mean I tried to bring her home, but I couldn't. Now, I'm going to go upstairs and go to bed."

"How can you be so calm?" Emily asked, as Richard walked away from her. Emily was almost hysterical, and Richard was going upstairs to sleep, she couldn't process how this was happening.

Meanwhile, Lorelai was arriving back at the Independence Inn. She walked inside to have her dinner given the fact that she hadn't eaten hers at the cafe. It was probably for the better anyway, in her mind, she didn't have much money. She vowed to herself she would never go back to that cafe, especially if her parents don't know where she was. After dinner, Lorelai took Rory back to the tool shack and put her to sleep. She took advantage of the extra time, and the quiet to cut and sew the cloth she had bought earlier, to make curtains. She would still need curtains rods though.


I hope ya'll liked it. I'm sure you'll realize this is a growing fad at the end of my chapters but, please review. Reviews make me happy and motivated. :-D I'm gonna go now, cuz my mommy is talking loudly in her sleep.