AN: Sorry for the long delay but I've had a research paper to write, a friend to help after a break-up, and my own life has gotten in the way. Look for more regular updates now but no guarantee.
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Chapter 12: A Bad Flashback
After Rory and Jess left Luke started walking around the house trying to work off some of his energy.
"Why did this have to happen?" Luke asked himself as he sat down on the couch and put his head in his hands.
"Everything was going so well, I was even considering marrying her" Luke continued. He wasn't really sure why he was doing this but he figured that it couldn't hurt.
As Luke got up and started walking around he heard a scream from Lorelai's room. He ran to the room as quick as he could and when he got there he found her fighting an invisible attacker.
'Are you supposed to wake someone up if they're having a nightmare?' Luke asked himself but he didn't have time to answer it because Lorelai woke-up.
Luke just stood there for a second and waited for her to calm down before he said anything.
"Lorelai…" Luke started to say but was interrupted.
"Please just leave me alone" Lorelai said inching away from Luke. In her mind she saw her rapist coming back for her.
"What do you mean?" Luke asked very confused about what was going on.
"Please just leave me alone, my boyfriends downstairs" Lorelai said in a small hope that it would get him to go away.
"Lorelai I'm right here" Luke explained to deaf ears.
It was at that moment Lorelai decided to try and run to get away from her "rapist". She ran as fast as she could for the door but slipped before she got there.
'Please save me Luke' Lorelai begged in her mind as she tried to crawl to the door.
Meanwhile Luke's mind was still racing, trying to figure out what was going on.
Against his better judgment Luke decided to try the direct approach and try to look her in the eyes and talk to her. He took a knee on the ground to get to her level and he grabbed her shoulders and looked her right in her eyes.
Luke never forgot what he saw that day in her eyes he saw hurt, despair, panic, but most of all fear. It was at that moment Luke realized that she was reliving her attack.
"Please just don't do it again" Lorelai begged as she closed her eyes and waited for him to do something.
"Lorelai listen to me I'm not him it's me Luke" Luke said saying that phrase over and over again so she would listen to it.
After about a minute Lorelai started to return to reality. "Luke is it really you?" she asked as the image of her rapist began to fade away.
"It's really me" Luke said with tears in his eyes.
Lorelai thought she couldn't feel any lower than she already had but it turned out that she was wrong. That moment that she realized she had mistaken Luke for her rapist was the lowest moment of her life.
"I'm sorry" Lorelai said between sobs as she cried on Luke's shoulder.
"It's alright, it's alright" Luke said trying to soothe her the best he could. "I promise no one is ever going to hurt you again" he promised.
"I'm so stupid I should have known it was you" Lorelai said as she broke away from him and got up off the ground.
"It wasn't your fault" Luke said getting up of the ground near her but not touching her.
"Yes it is, I should have known better" Lorelai said looking down at the ground as humiliation rose inside of her. She didn't want Luke to see her like this.
"Lorelai nothing that happened was your fault, you just had a flashback I'm sure after a while they'll stop" Luke said hoping that these words would settle her down.
"Yes it was Luke if I hadn't gone to Chris's, or if I had moved faster, or if I didn't dress like I was in my twenties then maybe it wouldn't have happened" Lorelai said.
"Lorelai no matter what happened if was not your fault what happened was because of him and nothing else" Luke said turning her around to look at him.
Lorelai looked down at the ground she knew that Luke was right but she just wasn't ready to admit that yet.
"I know it's not my fault but I just can't get over the feeling that it was" Lorelai said truthfully.
Luke nodded, 'At least she's being honest' he thought. "Don't worry you will get over that feeling just give it some time" Luke said.
Lorelai sighed she knew that he was right but she just wanted the feeling to go away she hated it. "You should get to the diner, I'll be fine I promise" Lorelai said.
"You're not fine, at least not yet, don't worry I want to stay here with you" Luke assured her.
"All right, so what do you want to do?" Lorelai asked.
"How about I go and rent a couple movies" Luke said.
Lorelai nodded, "Don't forget to pick up some junk food" she said in a small, scared voice.
Normally Luke would fight her on the junk food and give her a lecture but he decided that this time it would be fine.
Just then there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it" Luke said as he headed to the door. He was surprised to see Sookie at the door.
"Is Lorelai here?" Sookie asked.
"Yeah she's here" Luke said while at the same time wondering 'What's she doing here?'
"Good I need to talk to her" Sookie said pushing Luke off to the side.
"What's it about?" Luke asked.
"Well the fact that we are opening an inn and she seemed to forget that we had work to do today" Sookie said.
"Hold on, something happened to her and I just need to talk to her first" Luke said.
"What happened?" Sookie asked immediately concerned for her friend.
"Just give me a minute to talk to her then either she or I will tell you" Luke said.
Sookie nodded at that statement and sat down on the couch to wait.
Luke went upstairs to talk to Lorelai.
"Who was it?" Lorelai asked.
"It's Sookie" Luke said.
'Damn I knew I forgot something' Lorelai thought mentally kicking herself.
"She's downstairs waiting for you, I didn't tell her anything" Luke said.
'She needs to know' Lorelai thought, she sighed she wasn't ready for this yet but knew that her best friend needed to know.
"Just go and get the movies and I'll tell her" Lorelai said.
Luke nodded, "Don't worry I know your favorites" he said.
"I know you do" Lorelai said as they both headed down the stairs.
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