Rory sat in silence on the air mattress. She had no idea how little she actually knew about her mother and her past. Finally, Rory decided to speak up.

"It explains a lot…" She said. "About the way you act sometimes."

"I never meant to act strange, Rory." Lorelai replied.

"Now that I know all of this, I don't think you acted strange at all." Rory picked up the necklace that was laying by her on the floor. "You should have this…" she handed it to Lorelai.

"Oh, sweetheart, no…" Lorelai objected. "Mia wants you to have it."

"But it's something from your mother."

"And your grandmother." Lorelai added. "I have a few things of mom's. I want you to keep the necklace, Rory. Mia's right, you'll appreciate it more than anyone else."

Rory sat the necklace down on the floor again. "I used to worry that not knowing my father would make me … not as strong in some ways."

Lorelai cast Rory a strange look. What exactly did Rory mean by that?

Rory looked up at Lorelai and continued. "But after seeing how strong you are… and you never knew your real father either… I guess I was just trying to pity myself."

Lorelai reached out and took Rory's hand. "Hey, it's not self pity." Lorelai reassured. "You should have a father. Not having a dad around is tough… believe me. Richard and Emily loved me very much. I was lucky to have them, even if it was for a short while."

"Do you think Richard loves you?" Rory asked.

"I'm not sure…." Lorelai replied softly. "I used to think so. I used to think he was the most heroic and strongest and greatest man on earth."

"And now?"

"And now… I feel sorry for him." Lorelai quickly stopped herself from thinking anymore about the subject. "Well, I guess that's enough life revealing secrets for one day. How about we get some grub?"

Rory smiled. "I saw another restaurant today."

"You did?" Lorelai asked. "And what was it called?"

"Al's Pancake World." Rory replied. "But there were signs that had cheese burgers and hotdogs…"

Lorelai raised an eyebrow "Really? Well, we have to see what that's about. Come on… I'm starving."

The girls grabbed some cash from Lorelai's purse and headed out the door. As they reached Al's Pancake World, Luke stopped them just before they entered the door.

"Lorelai."

Lorelai turned around quickly. "Oh, hi."

"Hi…" Luke replied he gazed down at Rory. "Hi."

"Hi." Rory replied. Rory looked at Luke then to Lorelai. "I think I'll go inside and find a good table." Rory removed herself from her mother's side and left her standing outside with Luke.

"So…" Luke began. He stuffed his hands in his pockets. "I… Um… I'm sorry I didn't really get to talk to you, the other night… at Miss Patty's."

"Yeah… It was kind of weird." Lorelai replied. "But it's not a big deal."

Luke nodded his head. "We… We should talk. I mean… sometime…"

Lorelai let a nervous small streak across her face. "I don't know if that would be such a good idea. I'm already on Sookie's enemy list…"

"No, you're not." Luke immediately responded. "Sookie… she just… she…" Luke rubbed the back of his neck. "She's gone."

"What?"

"She left… this morning. She left." Luke clarified. "She umm… she didn't want to be with me anymore."

"Oh my God…" Lorelai replied. "Oh my God… it just keeps getting worse." She held her hand up to her head. "This is so messed up."

"Lorelai… Sookie left because …"

"Because she thinks that I still love you." Lorelai filled in. "I tried to tell her yesterday that it's not true, but she's convinced that I do… Luke, I never meant to cause problems. I have tried very hard to not cause a problem, and yet I've caused a problem."

Luke blinked several times. Did Lorelai just say she didn't still love him? God, he hoped she didn't really mean that. It didn't matter, he still had to say this. "Lorelai… you're not why she left."

"Of course I am." Lorelai replied blankly.

"No… you're not. She left because…" Luke paused. "Because I …"

"You?" Lorelai waited.

Luke closed his eyes. "I still love you." He slowly opened them. Lorelai was staring at him with a very confusing look on her face. "I've never stopped." He added. "I never wanted you to go to London." Luke's eyes were getting red and puffy. "I've missed you… and Rory. I've missed you so much."

Lorelai exhaled a large breath of air. "Luke… I… I can't talk about this right now. Not here."

Luke shook his head. "Okay… Sure." He quickly regained control of his emotions. "Can I call you sometime?"

Lorelai was hesitant to reply. "Yeah. Umm. My cell number is 690 0695. We don't have a phone yet at the town house."

"Oh… yeah. Hey, if you need my help moving in or anything..." Luke began.

"I'll let you know." Lorelai smiled.

"Alright." Luke turned to walk away but stopped. "She's beautiful, you know."

"Who?" Lorelai asked.

"Rory." Luke replied. "I can tell you've done a great job raising her."

"Thanks."

Luke held up his hand and waved. "Bye, Lorelai." He walked back across the street to his diner.