a/n- ok so i just finished watching the new episode. God- it makes me soooo angry. Chris is such a total ass. He was sooo mean to her when she told him what she thought about everything, i mean come on, she was threatened by sherry? what a loser. and then when he snapped at her in the bathroom after she tried to make up when she didn't do anything wrong in the first place, i was like oh no you didn't. and what was with that whole scene where Lorelai was talking to sookie and was like Chris isn't Luke, as if it were like a good thing, which it definatly is not. She's trying to make it seem like chris is like this God and Luke is this horrible person and i know that he was a jerk in the last season, but it wasn't all his fault, it was her fault too because she didn't tell him how she was feeling, ever. So when the season started and she was talking about how angry luke made her i was like you go girl, because she had been so passive during the last season and it was good to see her have opinions and stand up for herself again. But now she's saying Chris is the better guy?? Come on, he hasn't changed and he's proved it- and now what?, she's gonna go to Paris with him? I am also upset that Luke and Lorelai have zero interactions, zero. How boring can it get? I wanted her to go into that meeting so badly so that she could at least be in the same room with him, but nope. And what is with them never showing Gigi? Its sooo weird, like you can't just pretend she is there. Ew. Ok . Gag. I hate Chris. The End.

Chapter 3: All That You Can't Leave Behind:

About two weeks later Lorelai was sitting on her bedroom floor lost in a pile of clothes. The Bangle's song in the background helped to drown out her thoughts as she sifted through the pile deciding what she needed to take with her and what she could leave behind. She picked up a tanktop and figuring that it was the end of November, she through it aside. They had decided on keeping the house in Stars Hallow, because Rory was so close to it, and because of how much the house and the town meant to Lorelai. Because of this she could keep all of her summer clothes and useless yet meaningful trinkets at the house, and they were only going to be two hours away so if for any reason Lorelai needed to come back to get them, she could.

"Mom do you plan on watching Spice World: The Movie anytime soon?" Rory asked from the other room. It was her job to pick out important movies and cds for her mom to take with her.

"Nah- I think that's more of a summertime movie." Lorelai yelled back.

"Good call." Rory yelled. Lorelai continued to work through the pile when she heard the phone ringing.

"Ror can you get that!" She yelled. Lorelai was underneath piles of clothing and even if she knew where the phone was, she wouldn't have been able to get to it.

"What!" Rory said.

"CAN YOU GET THAT!" Lorelai yelled.

"I can't- HOLD ON!" Rory came into her mom's room and saw her mom underneath a giant pile of clothes.

"What?" Rory laughed, Lorelai was laughing harder and her eyes were starting to water.

"The phone..." Lorelai struggled to make out. "It was ringing..." Rory took in the scene of her laughing mother and smiled, giggling a little. It had been so long since she had seen her mom smile. For a minute though, she could swear Lorelai was going insane.

"And..." Rory asked, confused to why it was so funny. She went over to the radio and turned down the music so she could hear Lorelai.

"And...I couldn't get to it because the clothes attacked me..." Lorelai tried to catch her breath. Rory stopped laughing and looked at her mom. What was going on? Lorelai had had fits of laughter before about absolutely nothing, but that was before everything happened. Rory was starting to get concerned. Lorelai continued to laugh and she fell backwards and laid down. "And so i called you...but you couldn't hear me..." Lorelai started to calm down when she saw Rory's serious expression. "Because of the Bangles." Lorelai finished, in a less humorous tone. Now she was only crying, a few tears escaped her eyes slowly, and Lorelai's face was filled with disbelief. She shook her head a little. "I can't believe I'm leaving this place..." Lorelai said.

"aw mom..." Rory said. She sat down on top of the clothes and collapsed next to her mom on the floor. "You'll be back. You're only moving two hours away, and you're not selling the house." Rory assured her.

"I know." Lorelai said, wiping her face off with her sleeve. "But it will be so different. I've lived here for over twenty years. I just never imagined what it would be like if I left." Lorelai went on. "I mean i love this place, i love everything about it. I've been so dependent on coming home and having it here. This whole town I mean. It's been apart of my life for so long. And I love it so much, and I am going to miss it...so much." Tears continued to escape her eyes against her will. "It's the only town i've ever loved. I mean... It's home, you know?" Rory nodded before she turned on her side and faced her mom who was still looking at the ceiling. "and I know Boston is great, and I know that it loves me, but I just don't know- I don't feel that connection between us that I feel with Stars Hallow. I don't know if I ever will- I never thought I'd be leaving it." Most people would think that what Lorelai had said were the ramblings of a crazy person, but her daughter knew that when Lorelai made the least sense, that was when what she said was the most important. Rory chose her next words carefully, figuring that somewhere in there Lorelai had stopped talking about Stars Hallow.

"Are you going to say goodbye to him?" Rory asked. Lorelai immediatly turned her head to face her daughter.

"Who?" Lorelai asked. Rory gave her mom a frustrated, knowing look. "Rory..." Lorelai warned.

"Mom..." Rory imitated. Lorelai returned her attention to the ceiling. "I think you should."

"Drop it kid." Lorelai told her.

"I know you and dad are married now and that's great, really. It's just that you guys were friends for eight years before you started dating. It wouldn't hurt to just say goodbye to him, I think you owe yourselves that much." Rory told her.

"I'm not dying Rory. I'll be back." Lorelai said, brushing off the real reason.

"How do you know? Don't you want to at least have said goodbye?" Rory pushed. Lorelai turned back to Rory, frustrated and finally giving in.

"It would be too... hard." She stated simply. Rory nodded and sat up.

"Ok." Rory said. "I should get back to the CD's and movies. You know you really should think about getting an ipod, it would definatly save you some space." Lorelai sighed happy that the subject had been changed. She too sat up and started organizing her clothes again. Rory left the room and Lorelai walked over to her closet and grabbed a shoe box that had been sitting on the back of the shelf. How was she supposed to decide what to leave in stars hallow? There were things that were easy to decide between, bikini's and shorts could obviously be left behind, to be picked up when the weather started to get warmer. But there were other things, more meaningful things, that were important no matter what the season. She took the shoe box and placed it in her pink suitcase before she started piling clothes into it.

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a/n- thank you for all of the reviews i got. Please, I encourage more people to review, and this is not a self esteem thing, really. It's just that i like to know where you guys are. How you like it. I really don't care i just need to know what you are thinking and help me to improve my fic. It could be anywhere from a word to a novel, i would really just like to know what you think so far. Thank you. And i will not bribe you with a chapter for more reviews, because i think that is a little mean, but i really want you to tell me if you are enjoying it or not. It encourages me to write more and better, and they really inspire me. Review!

The chapter is called All that you can't leave behind. This is from a U2 song called Walk On which is completely and utterly amazing. Sooooooo...check it out...

also- i got a review asking if there was a spoiler that Lorelai was moving to Boston, and just to clarify i have no idea- i'm pretty sure that it's not a spoiler, i just threw that in there. The only spoiler so far is just that Lorelai and Chris eloped. Beyond that i have no idea what is going to happen in the show. Ok- thanks to everyone, and i hope you enjoyed this chapter...review please...

-Javajunkieness-