Close Chances
"I swear I didn't mean to break his heart."
"You told him, 'now or never', did you really expect Luke to make that decision?" Lorelai looked at her daughter with hurt.
"No…I guess not."
"Well, go to sleep and in the morning go get coffee." Mindlessly Lorelai replied,
"OK. Night, Rory."
"Nigh, mom." They went to their rooms and Lorelai sobbed herself to sleep.
Rory laid in her own bed starting at the ceiling. She needed to be there for her mom...but what about her and Logan? Did that matter at all? Rory allowed herself to cry silently into her pillow. The Gilmore girls fell asleep at one that morning with their broken hearts.
Eleven that Morning
Rory awoke from her slumber without an alarm. Mindlessly she walked out of her room. She threw on her shoes and began to walk to Luke's. When she reached for the knob to the diner's door she noticed a sign. Large and taunting it read:
Gone Fishing
in Luke's handwriting. Rory ran home to tell Lorelai.
"Mom!" She yelled up the stairs. There was no answer. "Mom?" Rory yelled as she began to walk up the stairs. She found her mother dressed, hair brushed, make-up smeared, sitting cross-legged on the bed crying. She said two simple words,
"I know." They said it al. Rory sat next to her mother and hugged her. Lorelai sobbed quietly into her daughters shoulder.