Chapter 8 - Chris, Emily, and Luke, Oh My!

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Luke stared at the closed door in front of him. He felt like his heart had been torn apart. Tears began to form in his eyes but he quickly wiped them away with his sleeve. He had done the right thing...right? He leaned against the door an began thinking. Did he just let the women he loves walk out the door? And he was the reason she left. It's too much. I can't handle it. The conversation kept playing in his head. He remembered the look on her face. He could see her face anytime he closed his eyes. It only made him feel worse. Liz walked over to him from where she was hiding and punched him in the arm.

"Owww!" Luke yelled as he turned around to look at his sister. "What the hell was that for!"

Liz just stared at him. She was so disappointed at what he had done. Luke stared back and they just stood there for a few minutes. Luke realized that she had seen what had happened and he turned to face her.

"Look, Liz it just had to be done. There is too much going on now." Luke explained. Liz kept staring at him and Luke couldn't take it anymore so he ran upstairs. I don't have to justify anything to her. He thought. It's my life and my decision. He flopped on his bed and buried his face in his pillow.

Lorelai was lying in her bed thinking. Tears continued to run down her face and she didn't wipe them away anymore. She had never felt so horrible in her life. It was a deep sorrow that she could never explain. No breakup had ever hurt this much. She kept wishing that Luke would knock on her door and say that he didn't mean what he said. Right as she finished her thought there was a knock at the door. She sprang out of bed and quickly wiped the tears from her face. When she opened the door she saw the exact opposite of Luke. Christopher. Christopher holding Rory. She felt tears of disappointment form in her eyes and she struggled to keep them from falling. Chris looked at her tear stained face and was worried.

"You ok?" he asked

"Yeah." she said softly. She took Rory from him and went inside. Chris followed her and sat down on her bed.

"What's wrong?" he asked again.

Lorelai put Rory in her crib and looked over at him. She shrugged and sat down next to him.

"Lor, come on. Tell me." he reached and pulled her closer to him. She broke away from his gentle arms and got up.

"Well if you're not going to tell me then I guess I'll tell you what I came her for." Chris said as he walked over to her and held her hand.

"Chris I can't talk to you right now. I'm busy."

"Crying?" he asked as he touched her tear stained face.

She grabbed his hand and pulled it off her face. "I'm sorry Chris. I can't talk."

Chris looked thoughtful for a moment. "Is it that guy?" he asked.

Lorelai was caught by surprise. "How the hell did you know I was here?" Lorelai asked instead of answering his question.

"Your parents told me."

"Goddammit!" she yelled. "Chris you need to go."

"No. Lor, no. This time I'm not leaving until we talk."

"We already talked! It's over Chris!" she yelled again. "It's over."

He sat down on her bed. "I'm not leaving until we figure things out."

Lorelai felt like she was going to explode. The intense anger and sadness was building up inside of her. She took a deep breath. "Ok." she said. "Fine. You stay here for as long as you want but I am not talking to you."

"Why are you so stubborn?"

"Why are you such an asshole?"

"I'm the asshole? I think whoever made you cry that much is the asshole!"

Lorelai closed her eyes and bit her lip to try to deal with her anger. "Chris." she said somewhat calmly. "You need to leave."

"It was that guy. I knew it." Chris muttered.

"My personal life is none of your damn business!"

"Are you kidding me!" Chris yelled. "You're right, we only had sex and had a baby."

"No Chris. I had a baby."

Chris rolled his eyes. "Come on Lor, lets get married. It's perfect now. You're not seeing anyone."

"We may be separated now but we will get back together."

"Oh right. I'm sure you will." Chris said sarcastically.

Lorelai grabbed him by the arm and pulled him towards the door.

"What are you? 4?"

"Maybe."

"How come you like this guy so much?" Chris asked. "You've only known him for a few months."

"Because I do."

He looked into her deep blue eyes. "You really care about this guy?"

"I love him." she whispered.

Chris's eyes widened. He felt a lump in his throat. "You...you love him?" he said hoarsely.

She nodded.

"But you never...we never..." he looked down at the floor and then opened the door.

"Chris..." she started.

"Bye Lorelai." He kissed her softly on the cheek.

She watched him get into his car and drive off. She got Rory out of her crib and walked over to the inn. She decided a few hours of work might get her mind off things. When she was making the beds in a room Rory kept messing up the sheets and giggling.

"Rory." Lorelai said playfully. "What are you doing?"

Rory smiled and made baby noises. Lorelai walked over and scooped her up. "You're so silly!" She began to tickle Rory and she laughed. Things didn't seem so bad when Rory was laughing. She was so happy and so innocent. She had no idea about all the things that were going on, and for a moment Lorelai felt that way as well. As soon as she was done fixing all the rooms she went back to the potting shed. She was happily playing with Rory when the phone rang. She answered it and was horrified by the voice on the other end.

"Why can't you do anything right. Lorelai?"

"Mom?"

"Christopher said he came to get you today and you refused. Something about some other boy that you supposedly love." Emily said , ignoring Lorelai's reaction.

"Ummm...well I was...he..." Lorelai was struggling to form sentences.

"You have to marry Christopher, Lorelai. It's the right thing to do."

"No." Lorelai said plainly.

"What?"

"No. I'm not going to marry him. I ran away to get away from you and dad and Chris and all that stuff. I am happy here and I am not going anywhere."

"Christopher said you were crying when he arrived."

Lorelai shut her eyes. Thanks for helping me out Chris. She thought. "Oh...welll..."

"Yes?"

Lorelai stomped her foot on the floor. "Dammit mom!"

"If you're crying you're not happy. Am I correct?"

"I was crying because I thought Rory was lost."

"Christopher said Rory was there with you."

Lorelai was losing patience and ideas. "Yeah...well..."

"Why don't you just tell me the truth so I can move my day along."

All the anger and sadness that had been brewing inside of her suddenly came out.

"Fine you wanna know the truth! I'll tell you the truth! I was crying because the man who I love, the man who has been there for me and supported me, decided he didn't want to see me anymore because his dad was in a car accident and they don't know if he's going to make it so he said it was too much for him to handle!" she yelled, out of breath.

"Well.." Emily said, at a loss for words for once.

"Goodbye Mother." Lorelai said. She slammed the phone down and began to cry into her pillow. Why did she just tell her mom all of that? She spilled her hearted out and it was to her mother. She couldn't take it anymore. She knew what she had to do. She grabbed Rory and asked Mia for a ride to Hartford Memorial Hospital.

"I'll wait in the car." Mia said. "I'll take Rory."

"Thanks Mia. Do you think I should be doing this?"

"Absolutely. You two love each other."

She took a deep breath and walked over to the hospital and up to the from desk. "Hi." Lorelai said to the women.

"Hello." she said. "Can I help you?"

"Yes. I'm looking for William Danes."

The women typed something into her computer and stared at the screen for what seemed like forever. "Yes. It says that only immediate family are allowed to see him. Are you?"

Lorelai looked at the ground. "Well, not immediate family. But I am dating his son."

"I'm sorry you're going to have to sit over there and wait." The women pointed to a cluster of chairs where a bunch of other worried people were sitting.

As soon as she sat down she saw Luke and Liz walking up the hallway. She hadn't really thought about what she was going to say to him and she became very nervous. Luke looked over and saw her. He almost smiled when he saw her. Liz also saw her and ran over to where Lorelai was seated.

"Hi Lorelai!" Liz said.

"Hi Liz."

Luke caught up and stood behind his sister.

"Liz can you give a minute?" Luke asked.

"Sure." Liz said slyly. "Take your time."

Luke sat down next to her and let out a sigh. "So..."

"How's you dad?"

He shrugged. "He still the same. They still don't know what going to happen."

"I'm so sorry Luke. I really am."

He looked over at her. "No. I'm sorry." He took her hand. "Lorelai, I...I..." She placed her soft hand onto his rough face. "I love you." He whispered.

She smiled and kissed him hard on the lips. "I love you too." she whispered in his ear. They both got up and Luke put her arm around her waist. When Liz saw them a smile spread across her face. When they got outside Luke guided her to his car but she had to stop him.

"I kinda came with Mia." She said.

"Oh. Right. Sorry." Luke said, disappointed.

"Hold on. I'll be right back." she ran over to where Mia was parked and told her she was going to ride home with Luke.

When they arrived at the inn Luke walked her to the door and she wrapped her arms around him. She looked up at him and they kissed. Just then Emily pulled up in her jaguar and saw Lorelai kissing a boy. She was telling the truth. She thought. She does love him. She put the car in reverse and drove off. Lorelai and Luke were still kissing by the shed totally oblivious to anyone else in the world.

I'm not really sure what to do with this story. Ideas are welcome:)