A/n I'm curious to see if anyone would be interested in a Gilmore Girls fan fiction awards? If so let me know and I'll set it up. I think it would be cool if people earned an icon or something if they won. I can't do icons so I'd need help creating some. Send me a PM or leave a review if you'd be interested in a GG fan fiction awards. Anyway enough rambling, on with the story. Forgive any mistakes; our AC is broken so I'm roasting while sitting in my house. We're skipping ahead about a week, just so you know.

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"To what do I owe the pleasure of a call from the Gilmore house so early in the morning?" Luke asked as he answered his cell.

"He's out, his lawyer convinced the judge to let him out until the trial," Lorelai gasped out.

"What? What the hell do you mean he's out? The judge let him out on bale? How'd he manage that?" The moment he asked the question he knew the answer.

"Straub," Lorelai said angrily. "He used 'Daddy's money," she explained. Damn Straub and his damn money. He knew the only reason Lorelai had regained some of her self confidence and security was because Chris, the good-for-nothing bastard was in jail.

"Do you want me to come over? Where's Rory?" Luke asked.

"No, I think I'll be okay, he wouldn't be stupid enough to go against the restraining order against him. At least the judge upheld that," she said. Lorelai wasn't sure if she truly believed that but she was trying to convince herself as much as she was trying to convince Luke.

"You sure you'll be okay on your own?"

"Yeah, Rory's going to spend sometime with Jess. I'll probably be over for lunch sometime, if that's okay?" Lorelai said.

"Sure, that's fine; I'll see you whenever you get here. I hate to rush, but some customers just came in," Luke said.

"Okay, see you later, I love you Luke," Lorelai replied.

"I love you to," Luke said. Hanging up, Lorelai let a ghost of a smile cross her face. She was scared but she didn't want to worry her daughter or Luke.

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"Are you sure you'll be okay if I hang out with Jess for a while?" Rory asked as she walked into the kitchen from her room to get a cup of coffee.

"I'll be fine, sweets. Go enjoy your day with Jess."

"But what about Dad? I can't believe he's out of jail," Rory commented in disbelief.

"I've got a restraining order against him, remember?" Lorelai reminded her. Rory nodded she just hoped her father didn't disobey it. She wasn't sure if her mother could take that. She wasn't sure any of them could.

"Well I'm off; meet you at Luke's for lunch?" Rory asked.

"Sure, sounds good, see you at Luke's," Lorelai answered.

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Lorelai hummed as she climbed into the shower. She smiled as one of her favorite groups came on the radio. She cranked up the volume on the radio sitting on her bathroom sink so she could hear the GoGos song. She began singing along with the radio as she opened her Warm Vanilla Sugar shampoo and began washing her hair. Feeling refreshed after the shower, Lorelai stepped out and wrapped herself in a fluffy bath towel as she made her way into her bedroom to get dressed. Before she could get there, someone grabbed her and shoved her against the wall.

"You thought you'd charge me with raping you, didn't you?" the voice spat. Lorelai recognized Chris's voice instantly.

"What are y-y-you doing here?" she stammered.

"I'm out of jail, I'm sure you heard from your lawyer," he answered acidly.

"But the restraining order," she protested as she pushed against him trying to get free.

"Who cares about a restraining order? You're the mother of my kid and I'll see you whenever I please," he snarled. He punctuated every word with a slap to the face. Lorelai was crying openly.

"S-s-stop, Chris, please. You'll only make it worse for yourself," she said.

"I'll stop when I damn well want to and not until then!" he shouted as he gave her a shove. Lorelai let out a scream as she realized Chris had moved them so she was at the top of the stairs. Her scream echoed off the walls as she tumbled down the stairs coming to a stop at the bottom as her head hit the ground with a resounding thud. Chris stared in shock at the woman who was lying unmoving on the floor. Before he could move he heard a woman yelling for Lorelai as she ran through the front door.

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Babette was looking at her gnomes fondly when she thought she heard a cry from Lorelai's house. Her curiosity was peaked, Lorelai had told the town what happened at the town meeting the day before and everyone was shown a recent picture of Christopher so they knew what he looked like. At the loud anguished scream that followed Babette ran across the yard seperating her house from Lorelai's and ran for the door. She was glad that Lorelai and Rory didn't lock their door.

"Lorelai you okay, honey?" Babette called as she walked into the house. She continued calling Lorelai's name as she looked around for her. Her heart climbed into her throat when she saw her lying crumpled on the floor at the bottom of the stairs. Looking up she saw Christopher standing at the top. Grabbing the lamp on the table where she stood Babette threw it up the stairs and smiled in satisfaction as she heard it hit Christopher squarely in the head. Crying out in pain he fell to the ground unconscious. Confident that he wouldn't be a problem for a while she hurried over to Lorelai. Babette was relieved to find Lorelai breathing but she was greatly concerned because she was unconscious and their was a puddle of blood forming under her head. Reaching for the phone she dialed 911. After giving them her location she hung up and called the diner.

"Lukes," came the gruff voice of the diners owner.

"You need to get to Lorelai's right now! She's on the floor unconscious and bleeding. Christopher's at the top of the stairs unconscious I threw a lamp at his head," Babette explained.

"Christophers at Lorelai's? I'll be right over!" Luke shouted as he hung up the phone.

"Caesar, your in charge, Rory, Jess!" Luke shouted up the stairs as he turned towards the curtain where Rory and Jess were reading. Both teenagers came running down the stairs and pushed through the curtain.

"What is it Luke? What's wrong?" Rory asked anxiously.

"Come on, we need to get back to your house, now. Chris broke in and your mom's hurt pretty bad, according to Babette. Babette knocked him out," Luke finished. The three of them headed for the Crap Shack at a run. They made it to the house just as the ambulance was pulling up and the paramedics were getting out. Coop was questioning a clearly shaken Babette on the front lawn.

"I told ya all I know, now can I go see Luke, Rory, and Jess?" Babette asked. Noticing the three people who were running up the driveway Coop nodded. Babette moved across to them as fast as she was able.

"I'm sorry I didn't get to her sooner. She looks pretty bad but she's still wrapped in a towel so I don't think he..." Babette left the sentence unfinished but everyone knew what she meant. At that point the medics came out with two stretchers. Two of them were carrying a dazed and pissed off Christopher Haden and the other two were carrying an unconscious, badly beaten and bleeding Lorelai.

"Mommy!" Rory cried as she ran towards her mother. Quickly Jess followed her. Luke stood transfixed staring at his motionless girlfriend.

"That damn woman assaulted me, aren't you going to arrest her?" Chris asked indignantly.

"It was self defense, your the one who violated a restraining order that was placed against you. Your the one whose under arrest," Coop said as she read Christopher his rights as he slapped the cuffs on him.

"Herb Jackson, the Gilmore's lawyer needs to be called as do her parents," Luke offered.

"I'll take care of ensuring both Chris's and Lorelai's lawyers are contacted," Coop responded before asking if it was necessary for Christopher to ride to the hospital in the ambulance or if he could be transported in his patrol car. He knew that Lorelai conscious or not didn't want to be anywhere near him.

"He's well enough to ride in the patrol car. As for her, we need to get going. I'm concerned at the fact that she hasn't regained consciousness. From the way she was laying it appears that she was pushed down the stairs," the medic explained. A sobb escaped Rory at the news. Jess pulled her close to him and did his best to comfort her.

"Shh, she'll be okay, Ror," Jess soothed.

"We need to head to the hospital, one of you can ride with us," the paramedic said. Rory and Luke spoke at the same time.

"You go, Luke," Rory said.

"You should go she's your mom, Rory," Luke said.

"She'll want to see you when she wakes up I'll ride with Jess," Rory argued. Luke gave a resigned sigh he knew that he would never win when it came to the Gilmore girls.

"Okay, I'll see you at the hospital. I'll call Emily and Richard, I don't want them to find out from their lawyer," Luke said as he followed the stretcher to the ambulance. He was about to climb in when Chris's voice reached him.

"She'll never win, the bitch will never win." Spinning on his heels Luke stalked over to the patrol car and yanked Chriss out by the collar of his shirt. Everyone stood back and watched as Luke landed a solid right hook to Christopher's jaw. Chris came back swinging.

"Don't you ever talk about her like that again," Luke snarled as he punched the other man again. Coop let this go on for another minute or so before breaking it up.

"Luke! That's enough, your girlfriend needs you I'll deal with him," he said as he threw Christopher a hard look.

"Okay, fine, lets go," Luke said as he walked back over to the ambulance and climbed in.

"See you at the hospital," Jess called back as he guided Rory to her mom's jeep.

"Are you able to drive?" he asked.

"Yeah," Rory answered as she pulled her set of keys for the jeep out of her pocket and slid them into the ignition or tried to rather. Her hands were shaking too badly for her to do so, however.

"How about I drive?" Jess suggested.

"Okay, but don't tell Mom, she'll kill us both if I let you drive her car," Rory replied.

"My lips are sealed," Jess said, sliding a finger across his lips and pretending to throw away the key. Rory gave a short laugh before sobering.

"Lets go Luke shouldn't be alone," she said as she buckled her seat belt.

"Okay," Jess replied as he began to pull out of the driveway and turned on to the street.

TBC?

A/n2 please read and review and let me know if your interested in a Gilmore Girls fan fiction awards.