I'm Sorry – Chapter 6 "Phone Calls"

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Rory sat at the table staring at her cell phone. She had to call him. She had to let him know that she was okay. It could wait though, she needed to take a shower and get dressed. She'd call him later.

Rory showered, got dressed, and headed back downstairs. Her phone was still there. She picked it up and dialed Logan's number. She was relieved when the voice mail picked up.

"Logan, its me. Just letting you know that I'm alright." She said it quickly and hung up. It was almost 12:30 so Rory headed to the diner.

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"Rory!" Lane yelled seeing Rory walk in.

"Hey," Rory said sitting at a table.

"Hi, Rory," Luke called from behind the counter.

"Hi,"

"Coffee?" he asked.

Rory smiled, "Yes, please. " It had been so long since she had Luke's coffee.

Lane had sat down next to Rory and the two were laughing and talking. Luke smiled as he watched Lane and Rory catch up. He brought Rory her coffee and went back to the counter. The two girls talked until Lorelai walked in.

"Hi," Lorelai said sitting at the table. Luke walked over and poured her a cup of coffee.

"Thank you," she said taking a sip.

"Well, I have to get home and make sure the guys haven't destroyed the place." Lane said standing up.

"See ya," Lorelai told her.

"Call me later." Rory told her as she walked out.

"What can I get you guys?" Luke asked.

"Cheeseburger, chili fries, and more coffee," Rory ordered.

"The same?" Luke looked at Lorelai.

"You know me so well," she told him.

"I know you well enough to know you would want this garbage you call food." He left to make their food.

"So," Lorelai looked at her daughter, "did you call him?" Rory nodded, but didn't say anything. "And?"

"I left a message saying that I was fine."

Lorelai looked at her skeptically, "Is that all you said?" She asked as if that was the strangest message ever.

"Yeah," Rory said a little offended, "Why?"

Lorelai realized that she had upset her, "Well, because you just leave saying that you have to talk to some guy and then after three days you call and all you say is that you're fine. He's probably freakin' out." Lorelai explained.

Rory didn't know how to defend herself, "Well," she stammered, "I thought you didn't even like him?"

Lorelai laughed, "Is that all you can think of?"

"Shutup," Rory said throwing a napkin at her. The two of them laughed as Luke brought over their food. After they had eaten Lorelai thought it was safe to approach the Logan topic again. "So," she began only to be met with angry eyes. "Hon, we both know that Logan's not one of my favorite people, but this isn't fair to him. You have to—"

"I know," Rory said quietly, "I just don't know what to do."

Lorelai nodded, "Maybe talking to him will help you decide."

Just then Rory's phone rang. She looked at the caller I.D. "It's Logan," she said solemnly. She walked outside and answered her phone, "Hello."

"Ace," his voice was relieved and surprised, "Where the hell have you've been?"

Rory was quiet for a second, "I went," she took a deep breath, "I went to see Jess."

"Jess? That kid that lived with you?" Rory had told Logan briefly about Jess.

"Yeah, Luke's nephew."

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Meanwhile inside, Luke walked over to the table where Lorelai now sat alone. "Where's Rory?" Lorelai pointed to the window where you could see Rory talking on her cell phone. "Logan called." She told him.

"Oh," Luke sat down. "Is she –" Luke began, but Lorelai knew what he was going to say.

"I don't know." Luke nodded.

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"Why did you go see him?" Logan asked.

Rory could hear the jealousy in his voice. "Because, I needed to," Rory said, "He knows me better than anyone and I," Rory sighed, "I just needed to talk to him."

"Why couldn't you talk to me?"

"Because," Rory was getting angrier and angrier, " Logan we don't talk. We party and we drink, but we don't talk."

"Whoa, what the hell did I do?" he asked just as angry.

"Rory sighed, "Nothing, I just needed a different perspective is all." She explained.

"Well, do you wanna get together for dinner or something?" he asked her hopefully.

Rory was quite for a moment, someone beeped in on the other line, but she ignored it. "Ace?" Logan said.

"I don't know, I'll call you in a couple of days." She hung up on him.

Inside, Lorelai's pone rang. "Hello," she answered as Luke pointed to the door and lipped the word 'OUT', but Lorelai waved him off.

"Lorelai this is your mother." Emily's distraught voice said.

"Hi mom,"

"Rory's missing," Emily, sound like she was on the verge of tears. "She said that she was going to stay a couple nights at Paris's, but it has been three days. I've called her cell phone a hundred times, but I just keep getting some weird message and I can't find her I try calling Paris but –"

"Mom," Lorelai interrupted, but Emily continued, "MOM!"

"What Lorelai? Aren't you listening? Rory's missing." Lorelai walked outside and gave her daughter a look.

"Mom, Rory's here."

"She's where?"

"Right here, standing next to me. Here I'll let you talk to her." Lorelai handed Rory the phone.

Lorelai listened to Rory's side of the conversation. "Hi Grandma…I know, I'm sorry…I didn't know that you called…I know I should of called…Again I'm really sorry…I know…I know…Okay, bye Grandma." Lorelai smiled, it was fun listening to her mother chew someone else out for a change.

Rory hung up the phone and handed it back to her mother. "So," Lorelai asked.

"I told him that I went to see Jess. And he asked me out to dinner, but I told him that I didn't know and that I would call him in a couple of days." Rory told her. "He seemed kind of mad."

"Well at least he knows that you aren't off with some hot Cuban guy." Lorelai smiled.

They two girls walked back into the diner and sat at their table. Luke had brought each of them a slice of pie. After they ate Lorelai was getting up to head back to the inn.

"I'm probably going to go over and pick some things up from Grandma's," Rory told her.

"Alright, well I'll see you when you get home then?"

"Yep," Rory told her as she left the diner.