"Then talk." Rory said bitterly.

"I still want to be with you Ace." Logan said bluntly.

"Don't call me that right now… it doesn't seem like you want to be with me. You'd rather have fun with your friends."

"Okay, maybe I was wrong to spend my free time with Colin and Finn, but I just wanted to take a load off and have some fun. Is it wrong for me to want torelieve some stress every once and a while?"

"It's the fact that you'd rather have fun then be there for me!" Rory raised her voice. "You're my boyfriend Logan; you're supposed to be there for me… especially at a time like this." She glared at him, her arms still crossed.

"That's…" Logan stopped and took a breath. "That's been really hard for me." He looked at Rory.

"What's hard for you?" She asked calmly.

"Being your boyfriend. I'm not used to being in a committed relationship." He admitted.

"Oh." Rory said softly. She looked away from him.

Logan continued. "And I'm still learning how to be a good boyfriend. It's just a big change for me."

"I get that, but you agreed to be my boyfriend. You agreed to be exclusive. You told me you loved me." Rory's voice broke.

"I do, at least I think I do. I don't know… I've never been in love. I just know that I want to be with you Rory." He stepped closer to her and reached out.

Rory took a step back. "I want to be with you too but how can I be sure of that when it seems like you want to avoid me? I know you'd rather spend time with Colin and Finn, and that hurts Logan! I need you but I just don't think you need me. You don't want all the baggage I come with!" She shouted.

"Baggage?" Logan was confused.

"I'm a relationship girl; you're not a relationship guy. And now with everything with my mom I think you feel obligated to stay in this relationship because you don't want to hurt me. I know you care about me Logan… but you've hurt me. You chose the easy way out by spending your free time with your friends. I just don't know if I can rely on you."

"So are you breaking up with me?" Logan asked in a low voice.

"I… I think it would be best if we just take a break. Maybe until the new semester starts, we need time apart to evaluate this relationship. I think you need time to think about me, about us. And I just need to focus on my mom until I have to go back to Yale." Rory answered.

Logan nodded. "Are you sure?" He asked, sounding a bit hesitant.

"Yes." Rory answered simply.

Logan took a step toward her. Rory didn't step back this time. He kissed her softly. It was a goodbye kiss. "I'll see you at Yale." He said gently.

Rory just nodded. She didn't cry as he walked away. You did the right thing. She told herself.

When Rory stepped into the living room, she saw Lorelai and Luke cuddled up on the couch. Lorelai's head was on Luke's chest and both of their eyes were closed. She didn't want to disturb them, so she tiptoed past them. On the way to her room, she accidently bumped into the table. Lorelai opened her eyes and lifted her head.

"Rory?" Lorelai called out. Luke also opened his eyes. They both turned to face Rory.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up." Rory muttered as she walked back towards them.

"It's okay, I wasn't asleep yet." Lorelai told her. She looked at Rory's face. "How did the talk with Logan go?"

"Um we decided to take a break… probably until I go back to Yale."

Lorelai's brow furrowed and she frowned. "I'm sorry hon."

"It's okay, really." Rory replied.

Lorelai nodded. "Are you heading to bed?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty tired. I'm going to read in bed then go to sleep."

"All right, good night."

"'Night Mom," Rory turned around and walked to her room.

"Do you think she'll be okay?" Luke asked, concerned.

"I hope so." Lorelai said quietly.

"Ready to go to bed?" He asked.

Lorelai nodded. "Will you carry me? I don't want to walk."

Luke got up quickly then bent down to pick her up.

"Whoa I was kidding. I probably shouldn't have joked about that, I can walk hon."

"It's fine." Luke deadpanned as he lifted her in his arms.

Lorelai smiled. "You're a wonderful man."

Luke didn't say anything. He carried her upstairs and put her down when they got to the bedroom. They both went into the bathroom and brushed their teeth. It was a bit awkward for them to spit into the same sink, Luke noticed.

"Hey maybe we should do some renovations on the house." He said.

"Renovations? Like what?" Lorelai wondered.

"Well, we could put another sink in the bathroom for one thing. And there isn't much room for my clothes in your closet so we could make it bigger."

"Hmm, it seems like you're planning on living here a long time mister. Dare I say for the rest of your life?" She raised her eyebrows at him.

Luke spat into the sink as she finished her sentence. "Well yeah, maybe," He shrugged.

"Maybe?" She hit him playfully. "Well, I don't have a ring yet" She said quietly.

Luke looked down.

"I was just teasing you babe. It's fine if you're not ready for marriage. I'm totally okay with living together and not being married. I love living with you." Lorelai smiled and reached out to touch his hair.

Luke rinsed his toothbrush under the tap and wiped his mouth with a towel. "I know, don't worry about it." He said a little stiffly. Then he smiled softly. "I like living with you too." He brought his hand up to her face and touched her chin lightly.

Lorelai smiled back. "We can renovate the house eventually… once everything is normal again." She continued brushing her teeth.

Luke nodded then grabbed his cup of water and left the bathroom. Lorelai quickly finished brushing her teeth and headed back into the bedroom. Luke was already lying down. He must have changed really fast Lorelai thought. The lamp on his side was turned off. Lorelai went to the closet and dug around until she found what she was looking for. She quickly changed into one of Luke's flannel.

"Hey." She said gently to get Luke to look at her.

Luke sat up quickly. He saw the flannel and noticed it was a clean one, but he didn't care. He grinned.

Lorelai giggled. She knew he liked when she wore his flannels, he just didn't admit it.

She got in bed next to him and turned off the lamp on her side. Luke was still sitting up and he leaned in and kissed her twice.

"Night," He whispered.

"Night," They both lied down and he wrapped an arm around her.

A few days later, Lorelai went to her next treatment. Richard was already at the hospital when she, Rory and Luke arrived.

"Hi Dad." She greeted him with a smile.

"Hello Lorelai, Rory, Luke." Richard gave her a small smile back. Rory gave him a quick hug.

A little while later, Lorelai started the treatment session.

"Does it hurt?" Richard asked.

"No. Not really." Lorelai responded.

Luke and Rory were eating lunch in the cafeteria while Richard stayed with Lorelai.

"Are you comfortable or do you need anything?" Richard seemed to be nervous.

"I'm fine Dad, don't worry." She smiled at him.

"How long will you be receiving chemo?" He asked.

Lorelai was a little surprised that he had so many questions. She guessed that she forgot to tell her parents the details of everything, but Emily didn't ask. But she was touched that Richard cared.

"Well, each treatment can take as long as a few hours." She told him.

"I meant how long will you need chemo treatment?" Richard clarified.

"Oh, well it takes a lot of chemo to shrink the tumor. I won't be done until sometime after Rory goes back to Yale."

"I see." Richard responded.

"And then after chemo, it's surgery and probably radiation."

Richard nodded. "You can get through it." He assured.

Lorelai teared up and smiled softly at him, thankful to have him here.

Luke and Rory returned a couple of minutes later.

Richard stood up. "I have to go make a phone call. I'll be back soon."

"All right," Lorelai replied simply.

Luke took the seat on the left side of Lorelai. He took her hand.

"You okay?" He asked.

Lorelai just nodded.

Rory took the seat across from Lorelai.

An elderly couple sat down a few feet away. A nurse was setting the woman up for chemo.

Lorelai had never seen them before and she wanted to be friendly and talk to them. She found that talking to other patients was comforting in a way.

Luke, Rory and Lorelai chatted for a bit. They talked about missing town meetings. Sookie had called Lorelai every other night to try to keep her up with the happenings of the Inn and the town, but it wasn't the same as being there. Kirk had come to the house to ask Luke when the diner would be opening again. Luke told him when then asked him to leave.

Lorelai came to the door and Kirk tried to hug her, but Luke stopped him. Lorelai smiled at Kirk, she knew he was just trying to be supportive.

They were silent for a couple minutes. Lorelai noticed that Luke's thumb was brushing her ring finger but she didn't think it meant anything.

The elderly woman started conversation. "Hello dear. I don't think I've seen you here before. I'm Greta and this is my husband, Tim."

Lorelai smiled at her. "Hi. I'm Lorelai and this is my daughter Rory and my man, Luke."

Luke frowned. He thought that was a weird way for her to introduce him.

"Your daughter? I thought she was your sister, you look very young."

"Oh, well thank you, I think. I am on the younger side to be diagnosed with breast cancer." Lorelai said bluntly.

Luke swallowed nervously and Rory looked around the room.

Greta nodded. Tim spoke, "It nice to see another supportive husband," He said to Luke.

"Oh, I'm not her husband." Luke said in a low voice.

"Oh, is that so?" Greta asked.

"He's my boyfriend, my live-in boyfriend actually." Lorelai regretted saying that thinking that the couple might disapprove.

"That's nice. I just thought you two were married since you seem so close." Greta said. "But it is nice to see that you have someone to be here with you." She smiled.

Luke and Lorelai both smiled at that. Luke and Tim talked found a common interest to talk about, fishing. The five of them talked for a little while. Greta told them her cancer story. She had been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer and the prognosis wasn't good. She had transferred to this hospital from a suburban one. She was still staying as positive as she could though and she kept saying how lucky she was to have Tim by her side. Lorelai felt the same way about Luke and she tried to imagine them still being together at that age. It was a little hard to imagine, but she smiled at the thought.

Richard returned soon after that. He told Lorelai that he had a business matter to attend to.

"I'm sorry." He said gently.

"It's okay Dad. I'm just happy you came today. Don't work too hard." Lorelai cautioned.

Richard nodded and gave her gentle smile. "I'll see you soon, sweetheart."

Lorelai almost gasped. She couldn't remember the last time Richard had used a term of endearment. She felt herself tearing up. She almost said "I love you" but she couldn't bring herself too. She wasn't sure why.

Richard said a quick goodbye to Rory and Luke and left.

"Your father seems like a kind man." Greta said.

"He is." Rory spoke fondly of her grandfather.

Lorelai shared a smile with Luke. He could tell she was pleasantly surprised. He knew Richard was never a bad father, he just did what he thought he was supposed to so to support his family.

Later that night, as they lied in bed and watched TV, Lorelai had a thought. She turned off the TV.

Luke was almost asleep.

"Hey, you still awake?" She whispered.

"Hmm." Luke turned to face her.

"How about when all of this is over, we go on a vacation?" She asked.

"Where would we go?" He asked.

"I don't know. Maybe we could go camping."

"Camping? You don't like camping." He pointed out.

"Yes, but you haven't been fishing or camping in forever. Don't you want to go?"

"Well yeah, but you don't. We should go somewhere you want to go." Luke wondered why she seemed so insistent on doing something he liked.

"I would go camping with you. We always do things I like to do. I feel like you're left out or something. It's not fair." Lorelai said. She wanted to do something nice for him. He deserved to relax.

"I like doing things with you. I like spending time with you. We should do something you like… you deserve it after everything you've been through." He said in a low voice.

Lorelai knew he was right. "Okay, but imagine you and me all cuddled up in a sleeping bag together." She moved closer to him and kissed his chin. "We would have a good time I think." She kissed his cheek.

Luke smirked. "You make a good point." He kissed her temple.

Lorelai pulled back a little. She frowned suddenly. "But that won't be for a while." She sniffed.

Luke reached out and pulled her against him. "The wait will be worth it." He whispered. "Everything is going to work out." He tried to assure her.

She pressed her face into his chest and sighed. She pulled her head away and looked up at him. "I don't know what I'd do without you."

Hopefully you never have to find out. He thought. He didn't want to say it out loud. He wanted to try to stay positive.

"Luke?" She got his attention back.

"Yeah?" He whispered

"Goodnight." She moved to kiss him. It was a sweet, long kiss.

"Goodnight." He said back when she pulled away.

She lied down and closed her eyes, facing him.

He watched her breathe in and out. He knew that he would never love another woman as much as he loved her. She was it for him. Even if he lost her, he would never be able to love the same way again. He just knew that.

Luke closed his eyes and fell asleep fast. He dreamed of a happy future.

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