Luke comes down from the deck as Lorelai rushes towards the woods. Luke stops her from going any further.
"Lorelai take the kids inside now." He says sternly.
"No Luke, I'm going to help look for her."
"Lorelai, go." He demands, she nods sadly and rushes the kids inside the house. Luke searches through the woods, calling out Kelsey's name and searching for anything that might give him a clue as to what happened. He doesn't find anything. He then goes back inside where he hears Lorelai on the phone with the police. She hangs up and walks over to him.
"The police will be here any minute." She says robotically. Luke reaches out to touch her but she backs away.
"Lorelai-,"
"No Luke, don't. This is all you're fault!"
"How is it my fault!?"
"You promised me! You promised me that you'd protect her. That you wouldn't let anything happen to her." She says and starts to hit him. Luke let's her punch him and then he grabs her wrists gently and pulls her close to him as she cries.
"Shh…its okay, we'll get her back."
"What if…what if we don't."
"We will." She just nods and then they hear a knock on the door. Its two detectives, one is a stocky older looking man, and the other is a younger woman. The enter the house and sit down with the family in the living room. Lorelai gives them a detailed description of Kelsey.
"Well Mr. and Mrs. Danes, we'll do that best we can. Now you say she's a child actor?"
"Yes, well not quite yet, she's been in a few commercials." Lorelai explains.
They are glad to hear that because it will make their search even more wide spread. "Good, would you mind giving us the name of the television company. We can get them to run 'find me' ads for you're daughter. That is, if you don't mind."
"No, no of course not, do whatever it takes, just please bring our daughter back." Luke says, speaking for him and Lorelai, who is just staring at the floor in front of her.
"Very well then, we'll get going on this right away. Anyone that would like to help in the search is more than welcome. We'll start the search as soon as the rest of my men get over here."
"Thank you both so much." He shakes their hands and walks them to the door. Then the detectives/officers walk outside and search around a little while waiting for the rest of their team to arrive. Luke walks back inside and sits in the living room with the rest of his family. Brendan walks over to him.
"Dad, where's Kelsey?" He asks in a scared voice.
"Um…well…she's missing son."
"Well then we gotta find her!" He says and rushes towards the door but Luke grabs him.
"We will find her, but it's going to take time. Right now we have to be here for each other and let the police officers do their jobs."
He looks down at the floor and walks back to where his mom and big sister are sitting. Katrina has tears coming down her face as she looks at her mom, who is a sheet of white, and then looks at her dad.
"Daddy, they'll find her right?"
Luke sits next to his 13 year old daughter and holds her close to him. "Shhh…its okay. It'll be okay. They will find her. Why don't you go take you're brothers upstairs so that you're mom and I can talk."
She wipes her eyes. "Okay. Come on guys." She carries Colin and Brendan walks along side them, up the stairs, leaving Luke and Lorelai alone.
"Lorelai, I know you're upset, but we have to be strong for the kids."
She wipes her eyes and then looks at her husband. "I am being strong. See, I'm not even crying." She says, continually wiping face. Not wanting to show him that she's crying. He pulls her close and kisses the top of her head.
"I didn't mean that it's not okay to cry. You can cry all you want, hell, I want to cry. Maybe I should have listened to her when she told me she heard something outside."
"Oh honey, its not you're fault. Who would have known that something like this would happen in Stars Hollow."
"That doesn't matter Lorelai, I should have listened to her!" He snaps at her and stands up. "And now that bastard has her!" He goes out the back door, slamming it shut. Lorelai rushes out after him. Luke goes over to one of the officers as the rest are all in the woods.
"I'm helping."
"What?" He asks, confused.
"In the search for my daughter, I want to be involved, I do not just want to sit here and wait while some sick bastard is doing god knows what with my 7 year old kid!"
"Okay, okay Mr. Danes, calm down. You can help in the search as much as needed. The first thing you can do is alert you're entire town, and have them form more search parties."
"Right, more search parties, I'm on it." He goes back to where Lorelai is standing. "Stay here with the kids, I'm gonna go around and tell Patty and Babette about what happened."
"Woah wait, I'm coming with you."
"No, stay here with the kids, I'll be back fast I promise."
"Really fast, like super man fast."
He kisses her, and knows that she doesn't feel as safe knowing that he's leaving the house. "It'll be okay, just stay here." He gives her one more kiss and then leaves the house to alert the town.
I've never written this type of story before, with details, and police and stuff. So I really need to know if I wrote this part okay.
and if you guys have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.