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Chapter 31: Reassurance
The silence was deafening, Luke and Rory weren't surprised so they watched everyone else's reaction with great attention.
'My daughters a killer' Emily thought. She wasn't really sure how to react.
'My daughter's not going to jail, I'll be sure of that' Richard thought worrying about his only daughter.
'She did the right thing' Chris thought as he started to pace.
Sherry didn't have much on her mind, she did think that Max deserved it but she did think that Lorelai probably should have waited for the police to show up.
"Will someone please say something" Lorelai said breaking the silence.
"Was it absolutely necessary?" Richard asked.
"It was he was going to kill me and then Luke" Lorelai explained.
"Are the police going to press charges?" Richard asked.
"No, they said that it was self defense" Lorelai said looking down at the ground.
"You did the right thing" Emily said out of the blue not looking at Lorelai.
Lorelai's head shot up and everyone looked at Emily.
"What?" Lorelai asked being sure that she had heard her mother right.
"I simply said in that situation you did the right thing, you stayed alive, and it's better for both of you if he's not around" Emily said.
Lorelai couldn't believe her ears, 'I didn't think she would be mad at me, but I wasn't expecting this' she thought.
A silence filled the room for a minute while everyone digested what Emily had said.
Just then a doctor came in the room.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but I have news" Dr. Emmons said.
"What is it?" Lorelai asked as she felt her heart go into her throat.
"I've run all the STD and pregnancy tests" Dr. Emmons said.
"And…?" Lorelai asked fearing the worst.
"Well she's going to have a relapse of Chlamydia but she isn't pregnant nor did any new problems arise, I do want her to get another HIV test a couple months from now just to be on the safe side" Dr. Emmons said.
Chris gasped at that information, 'I knew she was bad but I thought maybe he didn't rape her' he thought as tears welled up in his eyes.
Richard was furious he would have killed Max himself but Max was dead.
"What are my chances of having HIV?" Rory asked quietly.
"Well all your previous HIV tests have been negative but that doesn't mean that he didn't catch it between this and the previous time" Dr. Emmons said.
Rory nodded trying not to cry.
"I'm going to give you some antibiotics, they're going to put you to sleep and you need your rest so only two people in at once" Dr. Emmons said as she gave Rory the antibiotics.
Rory struggled to stay awake but quickly fell asleep.
Sherry left immediately; Richard and Emily looked over Rory for a second before also leaving.
Luke got up and walked over to Lorelai, "Listen I'm going to go back to Stars Hollow" he said.
Lorelai was shocked she was sure that Luke would stay.
"Why?" Lorelai asked pain in her voice.
"In all honesty this is kind of awkward with you family here and I need to be sure that Jess hasn't burned the diner down yet" Luke whispered so Chris wouldn't here.
Lorelai nodded in understanding as Luke left.
"What was that about?" Chris asked after Luke left.
"He had to get back to his diner" Lorelai said sadly.
"Do you love him?" Chris asked.
Lorelai looked at Chris like he had grown a second head.
"I don't know I did have a date with him" Lorelai admitted.
Chris bit his lip, he had to admit it did hurt talking to Lorelai about this, 'But I have Sherry' he thought.
"So that's why you brought him along" Chris stated.
"Yes and the fact that I really needed him" Lorelai said.
Chris sighed, "I've thought something's over lately" he said.
'This won't be good' Lorelai thought as she waited for him to continue.
"I think that Rory should go back with you to Stars Hollow" Chris said.
'Didn't expect that' Lorelai thought.
After about ten seconds Lorelai spoke up.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because that's where Rory belongs and I won't be able to take care of her" Chris said looking down at the ground.
"Once again, why?" Lorelai asked.
"Because Sherry's pregnant" Chris said nervous about her reaction.
Lorelai looked at Chris for a good minute.
"Are you going to marry her?" Lorelai asked.
Chris looked down again, "Yeah probably" he said.
Lorelai sighed, "Don't worry about it" she said.
"Are you sure?" Chris asked.
"Yeah, we aren't together and you are a grown up" Lorelai said firmly.
"Do you hate me?" Lorelai asked out of the blue.
"Why would I hate you?" Chris asked knowing full well what Lorelai was talking about.
"Because I let your daughter be abused and raped" Lorelai said as she started to cry.
"Lor that wasn't your fault" Chris said.
"Yes it was it didn't notice any of this" Lorelai said.
"Lor…" Chris started.
"No this is my fault I mean I thought I loved Max and he hurt me and I do think I might love Luke but how could I expect him to deal with all of this" Lorelai said waving her hands around the room.
"Lorelai none of this was your fault, even your mom thought Max was a good guy and as for Luke he probably wanted to give you some space" Chris said.
"I guess" Lorelai muttered.
"Listen if this Luke guy came all the way to Boston with you he won't leave you he just thought you needed some space" Chris said.
"Your right" Lorelai said.
"I really missed everything didn't I?" Chris asked looking at Rory.
"No you didn't" Lorelai said trying to soothe Chris.
"Yes I did, I mean I only gave her an occasional phone call and I didn't even come and visit you on my own until she was sixteen" Chris said.
Lorelai wanted to tell him that he didn't miss all the stuff but she knew she would be lying.
"You can do all that stuff with Sherry and the baby" Lorelai said.
"Thanks" Chris said smiling at her.
"Don't worry about it, I just wish Luke was still here" Lorelai said.
"How many girlfriends has Luke had?" Chris asked.
Lorelai thought for a moment, "Since I've known him one" Lorelai said just realizing that everyone was right Luke did have a crush on her.
"Then don't worry he won't move on" Chris reassured her as they both looked over Rory.
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