Chapter Four:

Emily Gilmore walked into the pool house where Rory was staying. She opened the door slowly since there was no answer after she knocked. She saw Rory lying on her back on the bed with dried tears on her cheeks. Emily walked towards the bed and sat on the edge. She ran a hand though her granddaughters hair and spoke softly,

"I thought Logan was a good boy. I can't believe that he would do this to you, Rory." Emily felt sadness begin to well inside of her throat. She hated the fact that Rory was this broken, especially over a boy. "I want you to know, that there is someone really special out there for you, Rory. And I hope you find him." Emily only stayed for a moment longer and then decided that she should leave.

Rory, who had heard everything her grandmother had said, slowly sat up. She walked to the bathroom to wash her face. She looked at her eyes and realized that they were broken, as was her heart. She couldn't believe that she was still so upset about this. She asked herself probably the most important question she could have asked,

"Did I really love Logan?" She stood there with a damp rag in her hands staring at her reflection for a while. Then she heard the door open again, half expecting it to be Logan, but praying it was not.

"Rory?" It was mom. Her heart skipped a beat with excitement.

"Mom?" She exclaimed. She ran out of the bathroom dropping the rag on the floor and ran to her mom. They embraced each other tightly and laughed. When their hug ended Lorelai led her daughter to the bed and asked,

"Are you OK?"

"I told you not to come here."

"I had to, Rory. You're my daughter and I care about you." Rory smiled and then the door opened again and Rory was completely confused.

"Luke?" Rory smiled once more and stood to hug Luke. Luke only half hugged her and then put his hands on her shoulders.

"Who cheated on you?" Rory could only laugh at his serious fatherly concern. She suddenly imagined her mother's hopeful wedding to Luke, and all she could do was smile.

Luke looked at Rory with confusion slowly clouding her vision because of Rory's sudden yet slow smile that creped onto her face. He opened his mouth to repeat the question because he was desperate for an answer but Rory stopped him with her words.

"It doesn't matter. Because we're over."

"Who?"

"Logan and I." Rory smiled at the closure those words brought to her life. But now it was time for Lorelai's closure.

"Why didn't you come and talk to me about this?" By now Luke had taken his hands off of Rory's shoulders and moved to the side to allow the mother and daughter to talk. He considered leaving, but he knew he really had no where else to be. Instead he moved to the couch which was a decent distance away and sat down to wait for them to talk.

Rory shrugged her shoulders but looked into her mother's eyes with an apologetic expression painted clearly on her face. "I wanted to, but…" Rory couldn't think of anything to say that would in any universe be construed as a reason for what she had done. Instead she let her eyes fall to the floor and stayed silent and let Lorelai speak.

"Have I ever not been there for you?"

"No." Rory stated simply while keeping her gaze at the floor.

"Exactly. So you understand why I am so confused about this?"

"Of course." Rory looked up suddenly as she said this, almost begging her mom to believe her. She was truly sorry, but she couldn't think of anyway to make up for what she had done. Lorelai took a deep breath let it out quickly.

"So, you're OK about all of this?"

"As much as I can be right now." Lorelai knowing it would take a few days for Rory to be completely OK with this sudden change, but for tonight, everything seemed alright. "Let's go out."

"Huh?" Rory asked confused at this sudden statement.

"To eat. I'm hungry, and you're heartbroken." Lorelai paused a moment and saw that confusion was still surrounding them. "Luke's paying." She said in her normal lighthearted manner.

"Well, in that case." Rory smiled and forgot about Logan completely and thought only of spending that evening with her mother and step father to be. She linked arms with her mother as Luke stood up from the couch. Lorelai followed the chain by linking with Luke and they walked out the door in a chain-like manner.

As soon as they exited the pool house Luke pulled his arm away from Lorelai's and let the girls continue to the truck. Luke closed the door behind them and walked to the driver's side and drove to the restaurant of Lorelai and Rory's choice. All that was on Luke's mind was how to avenge Rory's broken heart against Logan, because he knew that Logan would try something stupid, because he knew how all teenage boys were.

He adjusted the review mirror and saw Lorelai and Rory in the backseat talking and laughing about something he didn't know but didn't bother to ask about. He let himself forget about every anger-based thought and allowed himself to enjoy the night.