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Chapter 23: Guilt and Safety

Lorelai went home that night and felt very alone.

'What am I going to tell the town?' Lorelai asked herself as she went to her room.

'I guess I'll just tell them the truth I mean they'll realize that Max and Rory are gone' Lorelai told herself before sighing.

Then Lorelai picked up the phone and called Luke. After a couple of rings Luke answered.

"Hello" Luke said.

"Luke I need you to do something for me" Lorelai said.

"What is it?" Luke asked.

"When you see Miss. Patty tomorrow morning could you please tell here what happened with Max and Rory?" Lorelai asked.

"Are you sure you want everyone to know?" Luke asked shocked she wanted to say something.

"It's best just to get it over with, and be sure that you tell everyone not to talk to me about it" Lorelai said.

"I'll do it" Luke said.

"Thanks" Lorelai said.

"Don't worry about it" Luke said.

"Talk to you tomorrow" Lorelai said as she hung up the phone.

"I guess I'll go to bed" Lorelai said to herself when there was a knock on the door.

'Who could that be at eleven?" Lorelai asked herself and went to answer the door.

Lorelai was very surprised to see Paris standing in front of her with a look of urgency on her face.

"Hello Ms. Gilmore is Rory here?" Paris asked quickly.

"No, she's not, why are you here?" Lorelai asked.

"I need to talk to Rory" Paris said.

'Must be some paper thing' Lorelai thought.

"Well I'm sorry but Rory is going to be with her dad in Boston for the next couple of months" Lorelai said sadly.

"Do you have a number I can use I need to talk to her" Paris said.

"Why do you want to talk to her?" Lorelai asked.

"Listen I heard the Headmaster talking this afternoon and I know what happened to Rory" Paris explained.

'Wow this girl is smart' Lorelai thought.

"Once again why do you want to talk to her?" Lorelai asked.

"I want to apologize to her" Paris said.

"Apologize about what?" Lorelai asked.

"For everything I've done to her I know I've made her life hell and I need to talk to her" Paris said blinking back tears.

"I'm glad you want to, but why is this so important?" Lorelai asked.

"Because I just feel so guilty about it I couldn't even eat today and I've tried to sleep but all I can do I toss and turn" Paris said.

"Well what time did you try to fall asleep?" Lorelai asked.

"I've been exhausted since six" Paris said burying her head in her hands.

'Wow' was all Lorelai could think.

"Do your parents know you're here?" Lorelai asked.

"No, I just left I knew my mom would say no and I just had to talk to Rory" Paris said.

Lorelai was about to interrupt but Paris continued.

"I mean I've always been competitive and maybe if I wasn't so crazy about perfection I would have noticed something, I mean I thought she had been acting weird around Mr. Medina" Paris said.

Lorelai's heart did go out to Paris, 'Sure she's been a little evil but she really does look like she's sorry' Lorelai thought.

"Listen I didn't notice either so don't just blame yourself" Lorelai said.

"I can't help it I mean at least you didn't make her life a living hell" Paris said.

"But I still didn't notice anything" Lorelai said.

Paris stayed quiet for a second 'I guess she can't help me' she thought sadly.

"Well I'll be going" Paris said as she got up to leave.

"You know what I forgive you for what you did to Rory and I'll give you the number, call her in a week and if you have trouble sleeping just remember that I blame you for nothing" Lorelai said writing down the number.

"Thanks Ms. Gilmore you don't know how much this means to me" Paris said.

"Believe me I know the type, you've grown up in Hartford, you had to be perfect but the nanny is more you're mom than your real mom" Lorelai said.

"That's about right" Paris said looking down at the ground.

"Hey just relax a little bit and you'll do fine" Lorelai said.

"Thanks Ms. Gilmore I really do appreciate this, good-bye" Paris said as she got up to leave.

"Wait quick question does anyone else at Chilton know?" Lorelai asked.

Paris shook her head, "All they know is that Mr. Medina is in trouble, nobody else has made the connection but since Rory's left I'm sure someone will" Paris said.

"Thanks" Lorelai said sitting down, Paris took that as a cue to leave and did.

'At least I could help someone' Lorelai thought as she looked around.

Lorelai never noticed how quiet the house really was before, 'Stop it Rory is gone, she was going to leave eventually' she told herself.

'But not like this, you were supposed to have Max' a voice in her head told her as she broke down and cried again.

Meanwhile in Boston Rory was trying to adjust.

"Hello Rory, I'm Sherry" Sherry said introducing herself.

"Hello" Rory said meekly.

"Well I'm sure you've had a long day so I'll show you to your room" Sherry said.

Rory and Chris followed in into the guest room. It was nice but not really Rory's style.

"Would you mind if I talked to my dad for a minute?" Rory asked.

"Sure I'll be in the living room" Sherry said leaving.

"Does she know what happened?" Rory asked biting her lip hoping the answer would be no.

"No, all I told her was that something was going on with your mom and Max so you'd be living here for a while" Chris said.

"Good I don't want her to know" Rory said.

"Well don't worry I won't tell her" Chris promised.

"Thanks" Rory said with a slight smile, something inside of her told her that this was wrong and she needed to be in Stars Hollow but her need for safety overruled that.

"Well I'm tired I'm going to bed" Rory said.

"I'll wake you for breakfast and coffee" Chris said leaving the room.

Rory laid down and her bed and quickly fell asleep feeling safe for the first time in months.

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