Ch8 wont be far behind im on a role with this at the mo…great I just jinxed it ….will probably take me months to update now……… : D only joking

The same applies to most of my updates at the mo….my beta hasn't got the net so he hasn't checked it…I tried my best to correct um myself but I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few mistakes 

Enjoy……and review as always please.


With the mixture of alcohol and adrenaline that was running through Christopher's body it made the attempted punch aimed at Luke's more than easy to duck. It took Christopher a while to realize he had hit nothing but air and that he was being dragged in the direction of the door.

After a few minutes Luke realized that it wasn't going to work by dragging Chris out by his neck and reluctantly let go of him and threw him against the floor, and judging by Christopher's reaction it apparently hurt. "Look I don't know that the hell you think…."

"How could you do that?" Chris was now officially confused. He had no clue who this strange guy was and what the hell he was talking about but he guessed his best bet was to just shut up.

"And not just to Lorelai, to Rory as well. I mean you're her father, does she really mean that little to you? To think that I used to sit by and watch everything… you would come into their lives and rip them apart and disappoint them….I would always think that you were never good enough for either of them…. what an understatement that was."

Luke's breathing had got heavier and the urge to throw Christopher under a moving bus was winning by a land slide. He waited until the impact of what he had said seemed finally settle into Chris's brain and he slowly pulled himself up from the floor.

"Now I suggest you leave before things get a lot worse." There was hardly an inch between Luke and Christopher's face and it was at this point that Chris realized that he was mentally and physically backed into a corner.

"No" what? His brain was telling him to go, he knew he should, he had no right to be there. After all he was the one who had put her in the hospital. He thought the effects of his alcoholic binge were over, apparently not. No matter how much his brain tried to tell his legs and what ever was doing the talking to go, it wouldn't listen.

Part of Luke had been hoping that he would say that, just to he could kick his sorry ass into the middle of next week. But the other part of him wanted him to leave and never come back, to leave Lorelai and Rory alone. Needless to say that Luke didn't have much of a problem when it came to physical violence against the man who had hospitalized the woman he loved but he didn't want Rory to see Chris. With a disappointed sigh he stepped back and silently sized up Christopher. With out another word he roughly placed his hand on Christopher's upper arm and continued to push him towards the door.

Just like before the struggle continued until both men stood frozen in place, staring openly at the person standing in front of them. Rory hadn't seen the argument until she had rounded the corner to the waiting room. She had a very similar reaction to Luke and for what seemed like hours was contemplating if she should throw up, scream or run away.

"Rory.." it was the first time since he had woken up in his apartment that he had actually had a chance to take in his appearance. He now understood why everyone was giving him concerned looks and walking in the other direction to him when he made the mad dash to get to the hospital. It was now he understood what the strange man who was still painfully holding onto his arm was talking about. He wasn't a father to Rory, he didn't deserve either her or Lorelai. oh god Lorelai. What have I done, I'm sorry.

The three of them stood there for a long time until Rory finally broke the silence. "What are you doing here? You have no right." Chris could clearly hear the pain in her voice at seeing her father, he wasn't sure if it was because of how he looked or what he had done, his commonsense should of told him it was both but it didn't.

"Rory I need to talk to you" he tried to take a step towards Rory but was firmly stopped by the now very painful grip on his arm. He whipped his head around to look at the owner of the arm only to discover a very angry looking face glaring at him. "Two things. Your not going any where near her and two you're never going to be alone with her." his words were barely above a whisper and he spoke through gritted teeth making it harder for Christopher to hear his instructions.

"She's MY daughter I can do what I want." For the third time in the space of an hour Chris tried to escape Luke's grip but failed miserably as he almost fell over and would have succeeded if it weren't for Luke holding him up with effortlessness.

"You lost the right to call her your daughter when you laid a hand on her mother." If Rory hadn't heard what Luke had said earlier then she definitely heard that. Disgust ran though Rory as she thought how she used to call this man her father.

"I never want to see you again. Seeing you make's me sick, to think that I used to call you my dad makes my skin crawl…. Just go." The tears that had stopped a long time ago were streaming down her cheeks and settling on her already tear stained t-shirt. Ashamed that she was crying again she quickly brushed away her tears with the back of her hand and turned to head back in the direction she had come from.

"RORY….NO…please…" it was the moment Luke had feared, Chris had finally gotten free from his grasp and making his was towards Rory who was already halfway down the hall. As soon as Luke had seen him work his way free he was running after him. Rory turned around to see her dad running towards her and Luke firmly standing between them, protecting Rory from him as though he were a brick wall.

"Get out of my way." Christopher's anger was building and he had finally had enough from this guy, he was going to talk with his daughter and he wasn't going to let anyone get in his way.

"Never" if Rory thought that Luke had been more like a father to her before this then she had no doubt now, suddenly there was a spot of light in the darkness and she realized that she may have lost her father forever but she always had Luke.