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Part 16 'And There Was Nothing I Could Do To Help Her'

"Yeah, I'll see you in Stars Hollow." Rory said smiling.

"Flight HRT 4675 to Hartford is now Boarding, Business and First Class only." The announcer chimed "Please make your way along to Gate 17, Thank You"

Rory dragged her case behind her as she pushed through the ever-growing crowds towards gate 17. Eden was resting on Rory's hip and several photographers were following behind her. People were watching her and taking quick photographs, but she was going way too fast for anyone to stop her for an autograph.

Rory wasn't really bothered about the photographers or the people staring, all she was bothered about was getting to the plane and boarding so she could be in Stars Hollow soon. Ever since she had put the phone down on her Mom earlier that day, she felt this sudden longing for Stars Hollow, like she was being drawn in.

Rory managed to push her way through the crowds to Gate 17; she took out her passport and tickets and handed them to the woman behind the desk. The woman politely nodded as she pushed the button to open the door that lead onto the plane. Rory kindly thanked the woman and carried Eden onto the plane.

Rory stored her case above her head and then got comfortable in her leather seat, sitting Eden next to her. Rory sat back and closed her eyes, the flight was only about 2 hours, So Rory decided to see if she could catch some much needed sleep while flying.

The Plane landed in Hartford at around Midnight and both Rory and Eden had slept for the entire flight.

Rory stepped off the plane and out into the fresh Stars Hollow air, it felt good to be home. Rory breathed in the air, it was fresh and clean, nothing like in LA.

Rory was met at the entrance to the airport by a driver; Logan had recommended him, so she took his suggestion and hired him. It wasn't because she was posh or stuck up that she needed a driver, It was just she hadn't drove in over 4 Years and she wanted to see Connecticut properly, As if she were just a mere outsider, looking in. Rory wanted to go to Stars Hollow as just a visitor, she didn't want to get sucked into Stars Hollow again, and she knew she couldn't stay there, she had to go back to Cali and she knew that.

The driver drove quite quickly from the airport on to Stars Hollow. Rory watched through the window, all of the scenes that she used to think were familiar, seemed strange and unknown to her. Rory wished she could show all of these things to her boys; Levi and Dylan would love Connecticut, especially at this time of year, the time of year when Snow was a regular occurrence. Rory remembered last Christmas when they had called her up at like 4 in the morning, The night before they were due to come to hers, They asked her if she would take them to the East coast, So they could see the snow. She remembered when Levi read out a list of States on The East coast from a text book, it had made her cry when he had had trouble saying Connecticut.

Rory had vowed after that night that she would put Stars Hollow and Connecticut behind her and it would become just another regular state to her. But now it wasn't, Right now she felt like she was going home for the first time in 5 years.

Rory was suddenly jolted awake. She must have drifted asleep as they drove from the airport and when she awoke the car had stopped. She sat up and looked around, Eden was still sleeping next to her and the sun was shining brightly into the car. Rory suddenly looked up and she saw where the driver had stopped, Right in the town square, Outside Luke's. A few people had gathered on the grass in the square, Miss Patty and Babette being 2 of them. Rory felt this sudden rush of emotion and tears started to flow fast and quick. No one could see inside the car because of the special tainted glass windows, But no one with a big long car like this ever drove through Stars Hollow, let alone stopped.

Rory looked around as a few more people had gathered including Andrew and Gypsy. Suddenly Rory heard a tapping on the window behind her and she quickly swivelled around to see her Mom standing at the window. Rory quickly sat up and rolled down the window.

"Rory sweetie, Oh My G-d I'm so happy you're here!" Lorelai sounded so excited; she had a huge smile plastered across her face

"I'm glad I'm here too." Rory said

"So come on, get out, Oh you brought my little Eden!" Lorelai said, Reaching into the car and scooping Eden up as she slept silently.

"What about…..Them?" Rory asked, wondering how she was going to make it into Luke's without being bombarded with questions from the local daily news, A.k.a Babette and Miss Patty.

"Don't worry about them; they know all about how you left and all the stuff that's gone on since then, they may as well write you biography. They know we made up because it was the talk of the town when Luke and I got back from California and April had accidentally told everyone where we were and what we were doing!" Lorelai laughed "Get out, Come on!"

Rory could tell how much her being here meant to her Mom, So Rory gracefully dragged her skinny body out of the car and across the street into Luke's.

The now crowd of people who had assembled on the Stars Hollow lawn, all quickly shuffled away when Rory shot a glance at them. Rory was scared, Scared that these people who she used count as being her friends, Were no longer.

Rory suddenly got this feeling of regret resting heavy on her heart; she had never felt this way before. She often thought about Stars Hollow, In fact she had thought about Stars Hollow everyday since she had left it. But she had always associated Stars Hollow with resentment, all of the resentment she had held against her mother, but now, she was thinking about Stars hollow from the other side of the door. Rory realised who she was to them. She wasn't Rory Gilmore the little girl who ran around town knocking on people's doors asking if they wanted to go to her caterpillar's funeral anymore. No, she was Rory Gilmore Hollywood superstar who turned her back on the place she had called home.

Rory hadn't spoken to Lane in over 4 years, since right after Levi had been born. They had kept in touch for a while, when Rory was at her grandparents, then at Logan's and even after she had first moved out to LA with Logan and a newly born Levi, But then after that Rory had got wrapped up in fixing her relationship with Logan, her first acting job and then the rest of her life. It wasn't until now Rory realised just how much she had left behind. When Rory left, she didn't just leave her mom and all of their problems behind, she left everyone in stars hollow behind, the people who would have done anything to help her, the tows Rory.

Now Rory wasn't Stars Hollow's Rory, she was Hollywood's Rory, and that hurt her to know that, because that wasn't who she wanted to be.

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"Rory, Rory what are you doing here" her mom was shouting but Rory wasn't moving.

Rory was standing in the gazebo, in the dead of night. She had a tiny t-shirt on and a little skirt. Rory had no shoes on and her hair was freely blowing with the wind.

4Am. Rory had needed to see it for the last time before she went. Her plane was leaving in 2 hours and Rory couldn't bear jus to get on that plane and go to la, leaving all of this behind.

She had to see what she was leaving behind, just so if when she got there, it wasn't as good, she knew where she belonged. Rory was breathing deeply, breathing n the freezing cold air and getting out all of her guilt, ready to wreak havoc on the world.

Lorelai had been out with Luke, they had been at the diner for just a few minutes when she had spotted her standing there. Lorelai couldn't be sure it was her at first. Rory looked an awful lot skinnier and a lot paler than usual. It had been about 7 months since Lorelai had last seen Rory. Lorelai had been trying to forget, trying to move on, just the same as Rory. But seeing her there made all the progress she had made, All the help she had received from Luke and Sookie, It had all been a complete waste of time.

Lorelai was running towards Rory, but Rory couldn't tell, she was in a sort of trace, like she ad had a fit. As Lorelai got closer, she began to fear for Rory's life, Rory looked like she was dead or dying, her eyes were bright and open and they were all dark and puffy underneath. Rory didn't look well at all.

"Rory, Rory. Rory!" Lorelai was screaming now

"Wake up, Rory what are you doing here" Tears began to fall from Lorelai's eyes; she really truly thought Rory was dead.

There was still a pulse though, she needed help.

Lorelai called "Luke, Come quick"

Luke came running out f the diner from where he had been stood. People had begun to wake up now; they were peering out of windows and looking through curtains after hearing a noise.

"What's wrong?" Luke questioned as he ran "Rory? Is she ok?"

"Does she look ok? Help her, she's not moving" Lorelai was screaming now

Luke leaned in and rested his head on Rory's chest, feeling her pulse.

"She's breathing fine, I think she's just really cold, that's why her eyes are all blue black and she's paler than normal.

"Great" Lorelai quickly pulled her coat ff and wrapped it around Rory. She held her and led her to sit down on the bench under the gazebo

"She'll be ok" Luke said, wrapping his arm around Lorelai

"I know" Lorelai whispered.

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"So sweetie, How's Cali been since we left?" lobelia asked, sitting down at the counter with Eden wresting against her body.

"It's been great" Rory answered happily, sitting down at Luke's carefully. It felt unreal, she hadn't been to Luke's for years and she had longed so much for his cheeseburgers

"What do you want Rory, It's all on the house today" Luke asked, popping up from behind the counter

"What were you doing behind there?" Rory asked

"I'm looking for something" Luke answered as if it were obvious

"Down there?" Rory looked strangely at Luke

"Yes down there" Luke replied

"Why?" Rory questioned

"Because something I needed was down there" Luke answered standing up straight

"But why did you put it there, I mean then you have to bend down" Rory said

"Why do I get the feeling I've had this conversation before" Luke said sarcastically, Turning away

"Because it makes n sense to put things down there" Lorelai shouted after him giggling

"What's with him?" Rory asked

"Aww don't worry sweetie, he gets like that sometimes" Lorelai said laughing

Luke walked back over to them and asked again "So then, what do you want?"

"Do you even have to ask" Lorelai said still laughing at Luke

"2 cheeseburgers it is then" Luke said plainly, turning to the kitchen.

"My G-d, I've waited years for this. A Luke's cheeseburger, finally" Rory said smelling the air around her

"Smell like teen spirit?" Lorelai asked jokingly

"No, It smells like Stars Hollow" Rory answered, looking around at the now overflowing diner.

"Welcome to el casa de Gilmore" Lorelai said Holding her arms out in the entrance to her home. It was the same house but very different inside. There had been an extension and the whole house had been painted. The kitchen looked bigger and there were finally flowers in the garden and a path leading up to the porch.

"Wow, it looks so different!" Rory said, looking around, she wandered into the kitchen and found the door that led to her room "Is it still?" Rory asked indicating the door to lorelai

"It's still there" Lorelai answered

Rory pressed down on the handle and pushed open the door. The door hinge made a squeaky noise; it was obvious no one had been there in a while. The room was covered in dust and boxes of stuff were piled up high against the wall, just how Rory had left them.

"You haven't even dusted in here!" Rory said shocked at how different this room looked compared to the rest of the house.

"Yeah well, considering this is the first I've seen of this room in the past 5 years, I didn't expect the dust fairies to have been" Lorelai answered sensitively. Rory's room had always been a sensitive issue with Lorelai. When the building work was being done, Lorelai had kept that room off-limits, covered the door up with a roll of wallpaper, to make it look like there wasn't a room there when people were in the kitchen. But when she had returned from California after making up with Luke, Lorelai figured the room could be there again, Just in case Rory decided to come back.

Rory carefully looked around the room, Walking over to her book shelves and examining every little detail. Everything she took in showed her who she used to be. Rory wanted to be that person again, she missed the old Rory. The new Rory may have a Yale degree and a couple of Golden Globes and Oscars, but the new Rory hadn't picked a book up in over 3 years and she hadn't been home in over 4 years. The old Rory beat the New Rory any day.

"Wow, five years, that's a long time" Rory said amazed at that thought

"I know" Lorelai replied simply, watching Rory open her old books and sitting on her old bed. This moment was something Lorelai had waited a long, long time to see.

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Ok, So Thank You So much for reading and I hope you liked it, again no Logan but I have big plans for the next one, lets just say the plans involve a little party and 2 overly drunk young people…..

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