When Luke pulled into the Gilmore's driveway Lorelai expected to see the entire town on her front lawn. Needless to say she was surprised to only see Babbette looking out her front window.

"Where's the town?" Lorelai asked softly.

"I told Lane to only tell her Mom that you would tell the town yourself if you wanted to," Rory explained. She, Lorelai and Luke were in Luke's truck. Jess was following behind them in his car.

"Okay, thanks. I think I'll tell them, but not today. I just want to get inside," Lorelai pleaded.

"You got it," Luke said as he shut off the truck and got out. After closing his door he headed over to open the passenger side door. Once it was open he helped Rory down from the truck then reached his hand in for Lorelai to take.

"Here take my hand," Luke offered. Lorelai nodded and took his hand. Gently Luke helped her down from the truck and began guiding her towards the house. A soft smile came to Lorelai's face as she saw Rory unlocking the door with Jess's arm around her.

"Where do you want to go?" Luke asked as they walked through the door.

"I think I'm going to ly down for a bit," she answered.

"Do you need any help Mom?" Rory asked.

"No, I think I've got it, sweets," Lorelai said as she let go of Luke's hand and headed for the stairs. The other occupants in the room watched her go in silence.

"Well I guess I had better…" Jess began when a scream echoed through the house. All three of them took off running for the stairs.

"Lorelai? What is it, honey?" Luke called as he reached her.

"No, no, no," Lorelai mumbled as she rocked back and forth. Tentatively Luke reached out a hand but pulled it back as he saw her flinch.

"Here, let me try," Rory suggested.

"Mom? What's wrong?" Rory asked as she to reached out a hand but stopped as her mother scooted farther away from them. Jess thought he knew what was wrong and spoke up.

"Lorelai, he isn't here, your safe. It's just Luke, Rory, and me. Christopher isn't here. Were you in the bedroom when he attacked you?" Jess asked gently. A nodd and a whimper was the only response. Luke slapped his forehead he couldn't believe he didn't think about that.

"Lorelai, do you want to sleep on the couch or in Rory's room?" Luke asked.

"Rory's," Lorelai whispered.

"Okay, can you walk or do you want one of us to carry you?" Lorelai replied.

"Will you carry me?" Lorelai requested.

"Of course I will. I'm going to place one arm under your knees and one arm around your back to lift you okay?" Luke asked permission. Lorelai nodded and moved closer to her boyfriend.

"You ready for me to lift you?" Luke inquired.

"Yes," Lorelai whispered.

"Okay here we go," Luke said as he gently lifted her into his arms and walked slowly down the stairs. Rory ran ahead to open the door and turn down the bed covers.

"Here you go, Mom. You can stay in here as long as you need to," Rory reassured as she placed a kiss on her mom's cheek once Luke had laid her down.

"Night Lorelai, I love you," Luke said softly.

"MMM, me, to," Lorelai mumbled as her eyes drifted closed and she finally fell asleep.

Gggggggggg

"I can't believe I didn't think about the attack happening in the bedroom," Luke scolded himself out loud.

"None of us did," Rory added.

"I think I'm going to go. Are you staying here tonight?" Jess asked addressing Luke.

"Yeah I need to go to the diner to work for a few hours but I'll be back this evening. I'll probably sleep on the couch I don't want to pressure Lorelai," Luke explained.

"I'm not sure she'll even sleep in her room tonight so sleeping on the couch is probably good you'll be closer if she wakes up in the middle of the night. I'll sleep in her room for the time being," Rory said.

"Okay, since it looks like everything is under control I'm going to head out. Call if you need anything," Luke said as he placed a kiss on Rory's forehead.

"Okay I will," Rory assured him with a wave as he walked out the door.

Gggggggg

"I guess I'll see you later," Rory said as Jess leaned in for a kiss.

"Bye Ror, I'll bring dinner over so Lorelai doesn't have to go out. I may work for a bit around dinner time so Luke can bring it himself," Jess amended.

"Okay, sounds good," Rory agreed as she turned and headed for the stairs. She could feel the tears burning the back of her eyes and wanted to get out of Jess's sight before she started to cry. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. Just before she reached the stairs the first tears began to fall and she started to cry. Jess paused as his hand reached for the door knob and turned at the sound. He was across the room and pulling his girlfriend into his arms in a few strides.

"Oh Rory, it's okay. Shh, don't cry," Jess soothed.

"No, it's not okay, my mom was raped, and what makes it worse was that it was by my dad. If only I had been here I could have stopped him," Rory cried remorsefully.

"No!" Jess said vehemently. "If you had been here Christopher would have hurt you to. He was drunk and angry. When someone is drunk and angry they hurt anyone in their path. Trust me, I should know," Jess added softly. Rory lifted her head and nodded slightly.

"I guess your right, but it still makes me sick to think about what he did to her," Rory said.

"I know, me, to." Jess reached into his pocket and pulled out a slip of paper.

"What's that?"Rory asked.

"It's abbey's contact info. Give it to Lorelai when you think she can handle it," Jess said, handing her the paper.

"Thanks, Jess. I think I'm going to read for a bit."

"Okay, I'll leave you to it, see you later," Rory," Jess replied as he took one last glance at her to make sure she'd be fine on her own.

TBC?