A/N: Took forever, but I'm finally back. I won't give you any excuses this time. Anyway, I decided that this is going to be the last chapter. Which is weird, and you'll understand why when it ends, however, it doesn't make sense to go on when they're no longer holed up at Luke's. So therefore, I have decided to make a sequel which will be called Loose Ends, so look for it soon! Thanks for all the support and wonderful comments guys!
That night, hardly anyone had slept. Lorelai and Luke stayed up thinking about their situation. Rory and Jess didn't want their romantic night to end and Kirk had night terrors, ran around the diner, and accused everyone of being assassins with guns. However, eventually he calmed down and fell asleep huddled up by the toilet.
It was early the next morning and Lane was the first to wake up. She walked downed stairs to see the progress of the snowstorm, and to her excitement, found that the snow up against the door had melted enough for everyone to be free.
"Finally!," she screamed and giddily jumped in the air. She ran upstairs not caring that everyone was asleep and shouted, "We're free!"
Rory jumped a bit at the sound of her voice, "What?," she said groggily. Everyone else slowly rose out of their sleeping arrangements.
"The snow melted!," Lane said. "Well, not completely, but enough for us to escape!"
Everyone clapped in excitement. However, Lorelai almost wished she hadn't heard Lane's words. Things between her and Luke were weird, and she wanted at least one more day to fix them. Now that the snow had melted, she wouldn't get that chance.
"I'm leaving." Kirk announced. He got up, and everyone noticed the toilet bowl shaped imprint he had on his face. "Bye, everyone," he said, not knowing of all the ruckus he had caused the night before. He went downstairs and left.
"Well, if Kirk's leaving so am I," said Lane. "Thanks for everything, Luke. See you later guys"
Everyone said goodbye to Lane, and then Dean was the next to leave. He said goodbye to Rory, Luke and Lorelai, not acknowledging Jess.
Lorelai got up. "I guess that's our cue to leave as well," she said. "Come on, Rory"
Lorelai asked Rory if she and Jess could say goodbye to each other downstairs because she needed to talk to Luke. They exited.
Lorelai walked over to Luke who was now standing by the kitchen counter. She had thought about their situation all night and as much as she didn't want to talk to him, she felt she should say something. The first thing that came to her mind was.
"So I guess I'll see you around?"
"I guess so." Luke replied, not wanting to say anything more.
"Luke, please. Can't we just talk about this?"
He didn't want to talk to her, he just wanted her to go, but he felt it was necessary to say something. "Lorelai, we already did talk about it. I've already heard everything you had to say," he replied.
"No. You didn't," Lorelai said almost pleadingly.
"Look. I'll see you later. Okay?" Luke said coldly and walked over to the sink, facing away from her.
So many emotions were going through her head. She was angry at Luke for not letting her speak, she was hurt, she was angry at herself for letting all of this happen, but mostly she was sad. Sad because she had been so happy only a day before. She shrugged off his comment and replied, "Okay...I guess..." and walked away.
Luke knew he wouldn't be able to stay angry at her for long. He wondered if he had made a mistake. Should he have forgiven her? He tried to convince himself that he had made the right choice, but wasn't sure it was working.
Downstairs, Rory found her way over to Jess and gave him a kiss on the lips. "Bye," she said.
"I'll call you after I get home and freshen up."
Jess responded by giving her a quick peck on the cheek. Right then, Lorelai came down the stairs and said, "Okay kids, enough of that. Come on Rory, lets go home." she smiled slightly, happy to be going home.
Rory could tell that she was upset and she knew it probably had to do with the scene she had witness earlier between Luke and her mom. As soon as they exited the diner and began walking home she asked her about it.
"What happened with you guys?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Lorelai pretended nothing was wrong.
"Mom, you're obviously upset about something, something with Luke."
"No...I'm not upset. Just confused I guess..." she trailed off. She didn't want to talk about this anymore.
"Confused about..." Rory continued for her.
"Well, it's just amazing how you can be so happy one day, and so sad the next."
"So you are upset?"
"Fine. You win, I'm upset," she gave in. "I messed things up so bad this time. It's like it's impossible for me to actually be happy with someone, like there's a catch, so I somehow have to mess it up. Is that weird"
"Yes," Rory replied. "Except now I understand why things have never worked out for you before," she said almost jokingly. "Why would you purposely mess up your relationships?"
"Well, that's not really what I meant. I just think deep down that's what I'm thinking or something, which is why I always seem to have doubts. I don't know. Forget I said anything. Luke and I will be fine."
"You're sure?" Rory asked, not convinced.
"I'm sure." Lorelai said, trying to convince herself. "Of course we'll be fine. We always fight and make up. Why should this time be any different? Luke will get over it." she thought to herself.
They walked home, not bringing up the subject of Luke again. As the entered their house, Rory ran to the couch and dove onto it.
"I missed you, lumpy couch!" she said to it.
They were both happy to be home.
"I'm gonna call Jess!" exclaimed Rory.
"What? We just got home. Make out with the couch some more."
"I'd rather not," said Rory. "I know we just got home, but I want to see if he wants to come over later"
"Alright, fine. But don't think he won't find out about your affair when he comes over and sees your lipstick all over the couch."
"Nice try, Mom, but do you actually think I had lipstick while we were holed up at Luke's?" Rory began dialing Jess's number."
"Guess I'll have to just tell him myself," she said and grabbed the phone from Rory, they were both laughing. It was ringing.
"No, Mom...stop," she said in between laughs.
Right then, Lorelai heard a voice on the other end. "Hello? Hello?"
"Luke," she said, stopping dead in her tracks.
"Lorelai?" he asked.
"Yea...um...Rory wanted to talk to Jess."
"And she had you call for her?"
"Well no, not exactly...but...is he there?"
"Actually he just ran out." Luke said.
"Oh, okay... bye, then." Lorelai said quickly and hung up the phone. All the while Rory was looking up at her with a serious face.
"Are you okay?" she asked her mom.
"Yea." she lied. "I'm gonna go make some coffee." She walked into the kitchen.
Rory stared at the ceiling, trying to figure out what she could do to make this better.
The End.
A/N: I know thats a pretty crappy ending. However, think of it as a cliffhanger at the end of a season. Then, my next story will be a new season. New possibilities, new storylines. It'll be fun!! Drama is what makes the story interesting remember. Anyway, Look forward to my sequel Loose Ends. Oh and I loveee reviews!!