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Chapter 24: Friday Night
Paris had called Rory that week and Rory did forgive her since she seemed like she really meant it. This was a huge relief to Paris who was now able to sleep again.
Rory had been in Boston about a week and things were going great for her. She still talked to her mom everyday and she was having fun spending time with her dad and Sherry.
Lorelai was getting along the best she could without her daughter but she was able to do it. The town had heard what had happened and left her alone since then. When she did talk to Rory she felt like she was doing all the talking and Rory was just ignoring her.
Friday had finally come and Lorelai was dreading going to dinner but she knew she had to.
When Lorelai arrived Chris and Rory were already there, 'Emily is not going to be happy' Lorelai thought.
After standing outside for a minute Lorelai knocked.
The door opened and was answered by Emily, "Hello Lorelai" she said.
"Hey mom" Lorelai said with a fake smile on her face and walked inside.
"What can I get you to drink?" Emily asked.
"A martini is fine" Lorelai said, "So where is Rory?" she asked.
"She's in the study with Christopher and Sherry" Emily said a hint of anger in her voice.
"Sherry?" Lorelai asked trying to remember who she was.
"Christopher's girlfriend" Emily answered disdain in her voice.
"Oh that's right" Lorelai said, 'This is going to be a fun dinner' Lorelai said in her head.
Lorelai walked into the study and found Rory, Chris, and Sherry talking with her dad.
"Lorelai how nice of you to join us" Richard said getting up.
"Hey dad, Rory, Chris, Sherry" Lorelai said.
"Hey Lor" Chris said very nervous about seeing her again. He didn't really want to bring Sherry with but since things were getting serious she wanted to come.
"Hey Chris, so this is Sherry" Lorelai said part of Lorelai was a little jealous because Chris had Rory and someone to love him.
'You had that too and look how that turned out' a voice in Lorelai's head said.
"Hello Lorelai, Chris has told me so much about you" Sherry said.
Lorelai put on her best fake smile and shook her hand.
"Well I believe that dinner should be ready soon" Emily said.
"Well lets go and eat" Lorelai said.
Everyone went to the dinner table and waited to be served.
"So I called a lawyer yesterday" Lorelai said.
"Why did you do that?" Emily asked.
"Oh well I just did it so I could start the divorce" Lorelai said realizing she shouldn't have said anything.
"What did the lawyer say?" Richard asked.
Lorelai looked over at Rory and noticed the look of fear in her face.
'Why doesn't she want me to say anything?' Lorelai wondered.
"Well he said that it should be cut and dry, no real problems" Lorelai said choosing her words carefully. She noticed that Rory relaxed a little then.
"So you both want to break up?" Sherry asked just as the food came to the table.
'Prime rib' Lorelai noted in her head.
"Yeah, we do both want to break up and I don't want it to be messy" Lorelai said, it was the truth as far as she was concerned.
"So Lorelai how has work been?" Richard asked quickly changing the subject.
"Works been work, Michel made a couple of people cry and Sookie and Jackson are getting pretty serious" Lorelai said.
"That's nice" Rory said.
"So how's the new school?" Lorelai asked.
"It seemed nice, I start Monday" Rory said.
The rest of the dinner went with this uncomfortable air surrounding the room. Lorelai was so relieved to leave that she said a long good-bye to Rory but barely said a good-bye to anyone else.
'I need coffee' Lorelai thought as she made her way to Luke's.
"I need coffee now" Lorelai said walking into Luke's.
"I take it dinner was bad?" Luke asked.
"Beyond bad, I tried to talk to Rory but she barely wanted to talk to me" Lorelai said trying not to cry.
"Just give her time" Luke said pouring her a cup of coffee.
"How do you know?" Lorelai asked taking a sip of her coffee.
"Just look at Jess he's improved since he came here" Luke said.
"Where is Jess by the way?" Lorelai asked.
"He's upstairs reading" Luke said.
"So I was thinking" Lorelai started.
"That's never a good thing" Luke said.
"You might like this" Lorelai said.
'What's she thinking of?' Luke asked himself.
"Well go ahead" Luke said.
'I hope he goes for this' Lorelai said to herself.
"I was thinking about giving you that chance, for a date" Lorelai said nervously.
Luke was shocked to say the least, 'I thought she would wait a little longer' he thought.
Luke looked back at Lorelai who was waiting for an answer.
"Well?" Lorelai asked.
"Don't you think it's too soon?" Luke asked.
"I don't think it's too soon, I don't have to take care of Rory I've already admitted to myself that Max is gone and not coming back" Lorelai said.
"Lorelai I've waited for this day a long time but I have to say no" Luke said.
"Why?" Lorelai asked.
"Because you're still not ready you've just had a bad day with your parents and Rory, I don't want to be the rebound boyfriend" Luke said.
'He brings up a good point' Lorelai thought.
"I'm sorry, I guess I'm just a bit depressed right now" Lorelai said.
"Don't worry if you still want to we can date in a month but I just want to be sure you're ready" Luke said not sure if he was making a mistake turning her down now.
"I guess you're right" Lorelai said a little let down.
"Lorelai if I was sure you were ready I would go out on a date and if you still want to go in a month then we'll go" Luke said.
Lorelai sighed, "Well I'll be heading home" she said taking out some cash.
Luke shook his head, "You've had a rough day, no charge" he said.
"Thanks" Lorelai said as she started walking home to her empty house.
Meanwhile in Boston Max had just found an apartment and was taking a quick walk around. He considered himself lucky to have enough money for an apartment but Chilton had paid well enough.
Max knew this was a risk but he needed some air and the odds of someone finding him in Boston were low.
Max was walking in a fairly nice neighborhood, 'I need to get a hair cut tomorrow' he thought as a mental note so he'd be harder to recognize.
Just then Max looked over at a car that had just parked and he couldn't believe his luck. He saw Rory, Chris, and Sherry get out of their car.
'She must be in Boston now' Max thought as he kept his distance. He then saw them go into an apartment building.
'Alright I may not be able to get to her tonight but one of these days I'll be able to get her' Max thought as he looked at the address and went back to his apartment to plan out how to get Rory.
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