Summary: After he loses his job, Richard, Emily and a 15-year old Lorelai are moving to Stars Hollow.

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Author's Note: The same chapter, but now without the faults and errors, so you should read it easier now! Thanks for the reviews people! The update shouldn't take long.

Thanks to Laura, who beta'd this story!

Chapter 5

There was something wrong with Emily, and Lorelai didn't know exactly what. Sure, Lorelai figured that Emily needed to adjust to this new life, but yesterday, when Richard was away, Lorelai heard her mother, her not-showing-any-emotions-mother, crying in her bedroom. Not knowing what she could do, she'd gone out again. She felt bad for that - maybe she should have gone to her, but she had no idea what she could say to her. She didn't even know her mother that well. So now Lorelai sat on the bridge, legs hanging over the end, just thinking. Too many thoughts were spinning around in her head, because beside the obvious problem with Emily, Lorelai had problems herself, she just wasn't happy with herself, but didn't know why because she loved being in Stars Hallow and its peacefulness.

Lorelai was oblivious for Luke who stood nearby a tree watching her for an amount of time. He just came looking for a quiet place, to get away from home. It was rare when there were other people around the lake, and Lorelai sitting there took him of guard. And such a quiet Lorelai was even a bit scary, and for a moment he couldn't help for staring, not wanting to intrude such a – what looked like – a private moment.

He shook out of his thoughts when he heard her sigh. Embarrassed by the idea of getting caught staring, he walked towards her and sat next to the bridge.

"Hey", Luke said not knowing anything better to say.

Lorelai almost fell in the water of the shock. "Jeez! Make a noise of something, do you want to have me dead!"

"Well emmh…" Luke began, but seeing her glare he decided to give her a break from his sarcastic remarks. "Nope, sorry. Watcha thinking?"

"Oh you know… Things…" Lorelai replied while staring into the water of the lake.

"Very specific. Wanna talk about it?"

"Nah, maybe later. What about you, what're you doing here?"

"Just getting out of the house…"

"Yeah, same here. Should we start group therapy, maybe find a few other people?" Lorelai asked, and to Luke it sounded like a desperate and not to mention very bad try to be her normal bubbly self.

"Sounds like a plan." The silence was painfully obvious for the next minute, until Luke started talking again, a little hesitating. "You know you can talk to me if something's bothering you, right? I'm a good listener.

Lorelai smiled a little. "You're sweet, but I don't think I should bother you with my little problems."

"Try me."

A little hesitating Lorelai started talking. "It's just that well.. Are you sure you want to know?" Luke nodded, so she continued. "I'm just really confused. I mean, I really like it here, it's homier than I ever knew before y'know? But my mother doesn't seem to like it 'cause she's moodier and she cries –she never cries, ever – and what if she wants to move? I don't want to move! I'm just gonna stay here! And" - Lorelai started really to ramble now – "I'm still upset about my ex-boyfriend 'cause he just let me dumped me because of what happened, I wasn't good for his reputation according to his parents. And also, sometimes, like a few moments a day, I don't feel good and get dizzy or nauseas and 10 minutes later its gone, y'know?" Not giving Luke any chance to react she continued her now frantic rant. "No of course you don't know, this is just a special Lorelai-disease. ARRGH I'm just so tired!" and with that she put her head on Lukes shoulder and began to sob a little.

Luke, who hadn't expect any of that, uncomfortable put an arm around her. "Well, just take it one step at the time. Your mother. You just moved here, so maybe she needs more time to adjust. And didn't your father started his new job today?" Lorelai nodded. "So, I don't think you'll move very soon, don't worry about that." She smiled a little, wondering how Luke knew exactly what to say, but before she had more time to think about that, Luke continued talking.

"Okay, next: your ex-boyfriend. The guy's an ass, I don't get why he listened to his parents 'cause they obviously don't know you or something, and he's even stupider 'cause he let go of you. You should be glad to get rid of him, he isn't worth a girl like you." Luke said, visibly and honestly angry about that

Lorelai smiled at that, but said: "You don't know how it's like to have such controlling parents. And I don't ever want to see him again, but still… And it's Chris - he was my first very serious boyfriend y'know, and we were friends since middle school. I never would have expected something so… cruel of him, not from him."

Luke gave her an understanding nod. "I think you'll get over him, you're better off without him." He got very serious again. "What I'm more concerned about is your health. I think you should go see a doctor or something 'cause is doesn't sound good. You know, my sister has the same problems as you for already a month or something, but she doesn't wanna go to that damn doctor, she can be so stubborn sometimes!"

Lorelai, intrigued the girl she didn't know the existed of, said "You have a sister? Didn't know that, tell me about her."

"Not so much to say." Luke stopped, but seeing the unbelieving look on Lorelais face he sighed but continued. "She's 15, ran away two months ago but she's back for about a month and you'll probably see her around school, if she isn't skipping it." Luke said in one breath.

"You shouldn't call that nothing, mister." Lorelai said. "Why'd she run away?"

Luke stared in the water for a moment. "Who knows? She's a bit rebel, you can call it that, and god knows what she's doing but it's probably something were he frowns upon. It started really with her moron boyfriend Jimmy, he's just a jerk. They ran away together, but ran out of money or something, 'cause they're back." He was quiet for a minute, and then Lorelai spoke. "Sounds a bit like Christopher." And they sat back in silence, just staring in the water.

"I can't even blame her that she wanted to get away from here you know?" Luke spoke. Lorelai opened her mouth to say something, but Luke interrupted her. "My dad is practically bipolar since my mom died six years ago. And the worst thing is that he's trying to hide it, but he does a lame job. He just does what he thinks is necessary, and he can provide us so I think he's doing okay, but I just wished he talked to me, and didn't act like he's fine while he's a mess! Liz must feel the same way." And with that he ended the Luke-rant.

Lorelai, for once, couldn't find the words. What do you say to something like that, in her eyes there wasn't a thing good enough to say and that would be true. So she put her arms around his waist and said "I'm so sorry, Luke. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Luke sighed. "No need to feel sorry for me, I'll survive. Feel sorry for my dad." And again there was a silence. "Don't get me wrong, my dad's a great guy and I don't know what to do without him, and seeing him like this…" Lorelai nodded. "I get it. Hey, shall I talk to your sister, convince her to go to the doctor together?" Luke thought a little, but then nodded. "I give you a low chance that it's going to work, but if you want to give it a shot… I'll introduce you."

Lorelai smiled. "Great, let's go."

"What, right now?" Luke asked unbelieving. Lorelai laughed at his shocked face. "Yup, no need to wait. Let's go." And with that she stood up, grabbed Luke's hand, pulled him up and they walked away while she was still holding his hand.

(---)TEN MINUTES LATER AT LUKE'S HOUSE(---)

"I don't know if she's home, so let me check. Make yourself comfortable" And Luke walked away, while Lorelai looked around and sat down on a big brown couch. Not a minute she heard the front door open and closing again, and a blonde girl came in. "Anybody ho-" she stopped yelling when she saw Lorelai. "Hey, emmh tell me if I'm mistaken, but I believe you weren't here this morning." Lorelai laughed a little at the remark. "Nah, I'm the new lamp. See me shining!" she joked, but got serious again. "Hi, I'm Lorelai. And you would be Liz?"

"Yup, the one and only. So you're Lorelai, Luke mentioned you." With Liz' words Lorelai got a bit red, but she did a good job in hiding it. "Always nice to be mentioned. Luke is somewhere around seeing if you're here." And just when she finished that sentence, Luke came down the stairs. "Did I just hear Liz?"

"Hi big bro, nice you recognize me. I'm just meeting your new girlfriend." Luke got red, and raised his voice. "She's not my girlfriend Liz, jeez. Can't you be friends with someone?"

Liz looked at Lorelai, and said to Luke "Sure you can, but she looks like your type." Luke became really uncomfortable now, but expressed that by being irritated. "Based on what? The few girls I ever dated?" Seeing the amused expression on Lorelais face, he got embarrassed so he decided it was a good time to bolt and let Liz and Lorelai talk. "Emh, I just have to go get something from my room. Liz, do you mind sitting with Lorelai for a sec?" Not waiting for an answer he practically ran upstairs, 'getting some stuff'.

There was an uncomfortable silence downstairs. Lorelai, wanting to break it, said a little hesitantly "So Liz… How are you doing?" Liz looked at her a little expectantly. "Fine, and you?"

Lorelai, expecting that question, answered it with an "I'm okay, I guess." She then saw Liz' face turning a little green. "Are you sure you're fine, 'cause that's a lovely shade of green you're wearing." Liz jumped up and ran to the hall, into the bathroom and slammed the door closed. Lorelai followed her, and stood on the other side of the door, waiting for Liz to come out again.

When the door opened again, a pale Liz came out. "Sorry." She said obviously embarrassed. "It's okay. Does this happen repeatedly?" Lorelai asked kindly. Liz looked a little uncomfortable. "Well… Yes."

"Have you seen a doctor?" with those words Liz jumped up. "Not that damn doctor again! Did Luke put you up to this? Just mind your own business! I know what's wrong, so there's no need to go to a doctor!" she yelled, and ran up the stairs. Lorelai, shocked by the outburst, stood still for a few seconds and ran after Liz. She almost ran into Luke, who came to see where the noise came from. He opened his mouth to speak, but before he got a change Lorelai said "I'll explain later, I've got to go after Liz, be right back!" Luke stood still, wondering what the hell just happened.

Lorelai knocked on the door wherein Liz disappeared a second ago. "Liz. Please open up, I won't start about a doctor." There was silence. "Please Liz, if you know what you have, maybe you also know what's wrong with me!" Lorelai tried again. There was silence again, but after a short amount of time Lorelai heard her going to the door to open it. Liz stood there, tear streaked, but stepped to the side to let Lorelai in.

"You're right, Luke told me about your… health, and that's the reason I'm here. Because I have exactly the same trouble – dizziness, throwing up, emotional - but I don't know what's wrong. So maybe you can help me?" Lorelai almost pleaded. Liz watched her for a second, and then asked hesitantly "Do you have a boyfriend?". Lorelai, didn't see that question coming, so she wasn't prepared. "Well, no. I mean, not anymore. What has that to do with anything?" Liz didn't answered that question, but asked another – slightly more blunt – question. "Did you sleep with him?" Lorelai, who got a vague feeling where this was heading, decided to answer that instead of a 'Hello! Personal!'-answer who she would have given anyone else. "Well, yes…" Liz nodded and walked to her drawer, where she grabbed a box. "Than maybe you should take one of these." Lorelai looked at the box and turned pale. "Bu-… Ho-… Can't…" Overwhelmed she put her head in her hands. She now saw all the other signs of a pregnancy. She sighed. "Yes it can."

Liz looked at her full of pity. "I know how you feel." Lorelai looked up at her. "You too?"

Liz nodded. "I for sure, but you don't know it for sure. Take the test." Lorelai got tears in her eyes. "But what if…?"

"Don't 'if' it away, Lorelai. Do you want to take the test now, here? That way you won't have to do it alone." Lorelai thought for a second and than nodded. "Okay, so you take the test, I think you know where the bathroom is. I'll say to Luke that we're gonna talk some more or something." Lorelai only nodded again.

(---)FIVE MINUTES LATER, LIZ' BEDROOM(---)

"Liz, have you told anyone else? Like your boyfriend, or a friend?" Liz shook her head. "No, I don't know how. I probably should, I think I'm about three months." Lorelai did the count. "So that's why you ran away?" she asked.

Liz nodded. "Yeah, I had to clear my mind. Jimmy was with me all the time away, but the great opportunity didn't come." Lorelai understood that. "Sorry to start about again about this, but haven't you stopped by the doctor about this at all?" Liz hesitated a bit. "Well, no. I really, really, really don't like the doctor." Lorelai smiled a little about the 'really, really, really'. "And what if I go with you? I surely have to go, whether this-" pointing at the box of the pregnancy test "-turns out to be pink or blue." Liz sighed. "I guess… I'll have to go sometime, right?" Lorelai smiled. "Yes you have to." She looked at her watch. "Damn, still three minutes to go."