Chapter 14 - Everything Is Good Again

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Lorelai quickly hung up the phone. Who was that? She thought. Her heart ached at the thought of Luke and that girl. He hadn't even been there a day, and he already hooked up with someone. She tried calm herself down. "She is just probably someone from his dorm." She said to herself. "But why would she answer his cell phone?" She scooped Rory off the bed and tried to forget about it.

Luke lied on his bed in his room. He took his cell phone out of his pocket and saw that he had a missed call from Lorelai so he called her.

"Independence Inn, Mia speaking."

"Hi Mia. It's Luke. Is Lorelai around?"

"Yes. I think so. Hold on a second." Mia said as she laid the phone down. "Lorelai!" she called.

"Yeah Mia?" Lorelai answered.

"Luke is on the phone."

"Oh." she said. "Ok." she walked over and picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Lorelai." Luke said.

"Hi."

"So...ummm...you called me before?"

"Yeah. I did."

"Is there something wrong?"

"No." she lied.

"Are you sure you're ok?"

"Yeah. I'm fine. But I have to get back to work. Bye." she hung up the phone and felt tears in her eyes.

Luke frowned and wondered what was wrong. He shrugged and figured it would work itself out.

A few minutes later he heard a knock at the door. He got off his bed and answered the door.

"Hi."

"Hi Rachel." Luke said. "What's up?"

"Nothing. I was just wondering what you were doing."

"Nothing."

Rachel laughed. "Ya wanna go for a walk or something?"

"Sure." Luke shut the door and they walked down the stairs and out the dorm door.

"So are you excited for classes to start?" Rachel asked, trying to start up conversation.

"Oh, yeah. I guess." Luke answered.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah. I'm fine."

They kept walking for awhile enjoying the scenery until Rachel spoke.

"Ya wanna get something to eat?" She suggested. "You look like you need some food."

Luke raised his eyebrows. "I do?"

"Yeah. You do."

"Ok. I guess I could eat."

"Great! I know this amazing restaurant. Come on." she grabbed his hand and led the way.

The more Lorelai tried to forget what happened, the more it played in her head. Hello? Who knew 'hello' could be such a terrible word. Around 6 she didn't feel like doing much of anything so she found the random employee who had Rory and went back to the potting shed. She put Rory on the floor next to her toys and she flopped on her bed. She wished she had a friend she could call. Someone her age who would understand. The only one she would consider calling was Christopher, and the more she thought about it, he wasn't an option. She let out a sigh and looked over at the phone. No. She could not call Chris. But she needed to talk to someone. Even though she kept trying to believe that there was nothing to worry about, her heart was breaking. So she reached for the phone and called Christopher's cell.

"Hello?"

"Hey Chris."

"Lor?"

"Yeah."

"Uhh, hi."

"Hi."

"So...ummmm what's up?"

"I need someone to talk to."

"Ummm ok."

"Luke left for college this morning."

"Oh."

"And when I called him, a girl answered the phone."

Chris raised his eyebrows. "Really?"

"Yeah." Lorelai could feel the tears forming in her eyes again.

"Bastard." Chris muttered.

"Chris!" Lorelai sobbed.

"Lorelai if this guy is cheating on you then he is a bastard."

"I don't know what to think. Or do. Or say."

"Do you want me to come down there?"

"No!" Lorelai answered quickly.

"Oh." Chris said, disappointed.

"I just..."

"I know. Maybe you're just jumping to conclusions. He doesn't seem like a cheating kind of guy."

"If he is cheating I don't know what I would do..."

"Why don't you wait until you have some more information first."

Lorelai appreciated Chris's comforting words. "Yeah, I guess." she said as she wiped her eyes.

"Don't worry. Things will be ok."

"Thanks Chris."

"Yeah. No problem."

"Chris?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't tell anyone about this, ok?"

"I won't. Promise."

"Thanks. Bye."

"Bye , Lor."

Lorelai hung up the phone and felt a little better. She should wait until she had more information until she started freaking out. She couldn't even fathom not being with Luke. He was the first guy she had given her whole heart to. The only guy she had truly loved. She was beginning to realize that she never loved Christopher. At least not this deeply. She decided she would call Luke in the morning.

The next morning Lorelai lied in her bed for a long time just thinking. She decided she was sick of worrying. It was time for her get to the bottom of this. So, she sat up and stared at the phone. She dialed Luke's number and it rang for what seemed like a million times.

"Hello?" Luke answered.

"Hi Luke."

He immediately recognized her voice and he smiled.

"Hey."

"So, umm..how's school?"

"Good. I just had my first class today."

"Really? That's ...that's good." her voice drifted.

"Lorelai."

She felt a shiver down her spine when he said her name. "Yeah?"

"What's wrong?"

"Do you love me?"

"Yes. Of course I do."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

She could tell he wasn't lying so why should she bother to mention the mystery girl? It would just mess things up. It would make him think she didn't trust him.

"Good." she said finally. "I love you too."

"Are you sure?" he mocked.

"Absolutely."

"So, is everything ok now?"

"Yep. I just wanted to hear your voice."

"I'm glad. Because I wanted to hear your voice too."

"Ok, well I guess I'll let you get back to your school stuff."

"Ok. Tell my dad and Liz I said hi."

"I will. Bye."

"Lorelai?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you." he whispered.

"I love you too." she whispered back.

She hung up the phone and felt a million times better. She hated herself for not trusting Luke. He was the most honest person she had ever met. Things were good again and she had a huge smile across her face.

Ok, so I am not a big fan of this chapter. I just don't know where this story is going and I am just kind of going on and on. I will figure it out and more quality chapters will come. But, enjoy, nonetheless. :)