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Chapter 24

Olivia was walking back home after spending time with Ben when she suddenly heard a familiar voice behind her. "You've got to be kidding me..." She said.

"Hey Liv, how's Rory doing?" Chris said running to catch up to her.

"Like you care." She snapped.

"What?" He said surprised.

"Mom and Rory had their accident three weeks ago! You're three weeks too late, dad." Olivia said angrily.

"I was busy..." Chris tried.

Olivia snorted. "Busy. Yeah sure." She said.

"Hey, I wanted to come. I was caught up with work!" He said.

"No, you weren't. You were just too scared to face the fact that your daughter suffered a serious injury and is still trying to recover." Olivia snapped.

"She's still having memory problems?" Chris asked shocked.

"Don't act all surprised! I know mom left you so many voicemails."

"Well yeah but...I thought..."

"You thought Rory would be fine now and that she would just be happy to see you. Well guess what dad, she won't even know who you are. She's still trying to piece everything together. Now I have to get home." She said storming off.

"Liv wait!" He called rushing after her.

Lorelai walked in from work and heard voices in the kitchen. Intrigued she walked quietly through the hallway and looked in. She smiled when she saw Luke teaching Rory how to cook burgers. "What's going on?" She asked.

"Luke's teaching me how to cook burgers." Rory smiled shyly at her.

"I can see that." She smiled.

"I feel like I've done this before. I just..." Rory said before sighing. "I can't remember." She said quietly.

"Well in this instance, I'm pretty sure you haven't done this before." Lorelai laughed. "You've got your cooking skills well lack of cooking skills from me." She joked.

Suddenly they were interrupted by shouting and Olivia storming through the house.

"Just leave me alone! I don't want to see you!" She shouted.

"Liv, come on!" Chris exclaimed but stopped when he saw Lorelai, Luke and Rory all staring at him.

"Chris..." Lorelai said stunned. "What are you doing here?"

"I..uh..I got your messages. I'm sorry I didn't come sooner..." He said.

"Sooner? You mean when our daughter was lying in a coma in hospital? When I was going out of my mind with worry?" Lorelai said angrily. "I mean, really Chris? You think we'd just be happy seeing you show up now?" She snapped.

"I thought..." Chris said, glancing over at Rory. "Hey kiddo..." He said softly.

"Don't you even talk to her." Olivia snapped reappearing. "She doesn't need you. I don't need you."

"I'm still your dad." He frowned.

"Yeah, some dad!" Olivia said angrily. "Where were you when we needed you, huh? My mom and sister were in hospital and I was so scared...I was so scared I was going to lose them both." She said her voice cracking. "I needed you, dad. The one time I actually needed you there. I needed you to tell me everything was going to be fine but you weren't there! I'm not even surprised anymore. You let us down the whole time."

"Liv..." Chris said quietly.

"Don't." She said shaking her head.

"You're our dad?" Rory spoke for the first time.

"Yeah. You remember?" Chris asked hopefully.

"I remember something..." She said frowning slightly. She glanced at Luke. "You have taught me how to make burgers before, haven't you?" She asked quietly. She nodded when she saw Luke nod. "I...remember...sort of. I was upset..." She said. She glanced at Chris. "I...I think it was father's day. You were meant to come and visit. I was...I was excited because I was going to show you the town. We both were, right?" She asked Olivia.

Olivia's head whipped up. "You remember our plans? Our plans together?" She asked.

"Well I'm assuming we were doing it together..." Rory said.

"Oh. Right." She said deflating a little bit.

"You didn't show up though." Rory said glancing at Chris. "I was upset and...and Luke cheered me up. He let me behind the counter..." She smiled slightly. "I was so excited because...because I knew mom was going to be so jealous."

Lorelai blinked back tears. "You bet I would have been." She said softly.

"You taught me how to flip a burger." Rory said quietly, glancing at Luke. "You're the one who has been here since the accident. I...I actually thought you were my dad for the first few days because you were always around. But then Olivia called you Luke and it confused me. But...I get it now."

"Rory..." Chris said quietly. "I...I'm sorry."

"I was scared. You're our dad. Apparently. Why weren't you there?" She asked quietly.

"I was..."

"You weren't working." Olivia shook her head. "You were travelling. You know I was really struggling the last couple of days and I tried calling you. It said you were out of the area. Which meant you were travelling, not working."

"Liv..."

"I hate you! Just get out! Get out!" She shouted.

"Liv, honey..." Lorelai said softly.

"No! Why are you defending him? You always defend him!" Olivia shouted. "I'm sick of it! I'm sick of everything! Why can't things go back to normal? Why can't my dad care about me? Why can't my sister remember who I am? Why is everything so screwed up?" She cried before rushing out of the house.

As she ran out, she bumped into a familiar figure.

"Liv?" Jess said taken aback by the state of her.

"Just leave me alone." She mumbled trying to wipe away some tears.

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked softly.

"I said leave me alone!" She snapped pushing past him.

"Liv!" Jess said shocked.

"No! It's ok for you! She knows who you are. She knows everything about you. She feels safe with you and she enjoys being with you. Do you know how it feels to not have your own sister know who you are? To have her feel uncomfortable around you? Well I do and it sucks!" She cried. "It's ok for you! Just go inside. Be with Rory. I'll be fine." She sniffed starting to walk away.

"Ok, come on." He said.

"What?"

"We're going to get some coffee and we're going to sit down and talk." He said.

"But Rory..."

"Has Luke and your mom with her at the moment. She's fine." Jess said. "But I think you really need someone right now. And I'm here. Whether you like it or not."

Olivia sniffed and nodded. "Thank you." She said quietly.

"Wow..." Jess said. "I can't your dad would just show up like that. So long after...everything..."

"Well...that's our dad." Olivia sighed. "It did trigger another memory for Rory though so I guess it's not all bad..."

"Oh yeah?"

"Something about Luke cheering her up on a father's day." Olivia said.

"So...she seems to be remembering Luke..." Jess said carefully.

"Apparently." She nodded. She sighed. "I should be happy. I should be happy that she's starting to remember things but I can't help but wonder why she can't remember me rather than Luke..." She admitted. "Urgh, I'm so selfish!"

"No you're not." Jess assured her. "You're hurting. It's understandable."

"I miss her." Olivia admitted quietly. "I miss my sister."

"I know." He said softly. "If she's starting to remember Luke, it means she must remember you and mom soon. I know it. She's really trying."

"I know she is." She sighed. "I know she is." She said quietly. "I'm sorry. I guess things are just getting a bit on top of me." She admitted. "I didn't mean to take it out on you. I'm glad you've been there for Rory. I'm glad she has you."

"Hey, you have me too." Jess said softly. "Anytime you need to talk, I'm here. Anytime you need to vent, I'm here. Anytime you need to punch someone, hey I'm here for that too." He joked.

Olivia smiled slightly. "I might hold you to that." She smirked. "Thanks Jess." She said softly.

"Rory will get better. It just...might take some time." He said.

Olivia nodded. "I know." She said.

"So...walk you back home?" He offered.

"Sure." She nodded. "Thanks."

Olivia and Jess walked back into the Crap Shack. They found Lorelai and Luke sat in the living room. "Is dad gone?" Olivia asked quietly.

"Yeah, he's gone." Lorelai said.

"Good." Olivia said.

Lorelai sighed. "Why didn't you tell me how much you were hurting?" She asked softly.

"You were hurting too." Olivia said quietly. "I didn't want to burden you..."

"Oh hon..." Lorelai said getting up and pulling her into a hug. "You could never burden me. Ever."

"I'm sorry I shouted at you. I just..."

"It's ok." She assured her.

"Where's Rory?" Olivia asked.

"In your room." She said.

"I think I might go talk to her."

"Ok. Luke's going to finish making dinner and then we thought we might all watch a movie. You up for that?" Lorelai asked.

Olivia smiled. "Sure." She nodded. "I'll be back."

"Ok hon." She said.

Olivia walked to her bedroom. She took a deep breath before going in. She found Rory sat on Rory's bed, looking through a photo album. "Hey..." She said.

Rory looked up and gave her a small smile. "Hey." She said.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Trying to remember." Rory admitted. "I thought this might help..."

Olivia went and sat down next to her. "I haven't looked through this for ages." She said.

Rory glanced at her. "So that was our dad huh?" She asked.

Olivia sighed. "The one and only."

"Wow..." Rory said.

"Yep."

Rory sighed and looked back at the photo album. "Was this a party?" She asked pointing to a photo.

Olivia smiled and nodded. "Our 8th birthday party. It was a great one. Mom is great at parties."

Rory smiled as she looked through the photos of that party. "Looked like a fun party."

"It was." Olivia smiled softly.

"Jess was there..." She said spotting him in one of the photos. "Oh...and Luke..."

"Yeah...mom's great at getting Luke to come to our parties." Olivia smiled. "He...was always there."

Rory smiled. "Our 8th birthday party..." She said quietly. She frowned slightly.

"What's up?" Olivia asked.

"I don't know. I just...I feel like that was a big one..." She said.

"Oh...well, it was. A lot happened." She said. "The cops shut us down." She smirked slightly.

"Really?" Rory laughed slightly. "Wow..." She said. She was quiet for a moment. "Why?"

"Well...a lot happened. But it ended with the clown..." Olivia said.

"Being arrested..." Rory said.

Olivia glanced at her in surprised. "Yeah..."

Rory laughed slightly. "I don't know what made me remember that..."

"But you really do? Remember it?" Olivia asked.

"Yeah, I really do." Rory smiled softly at her. "And we sang the macarena at that party as well."

Olivia laughed as tears welled up in her eyes. "Yeah. Yeah we did."

Rory wiped some tears from her eyes as well, smiling softly at Olivia before slowly looking back at the photo album. "So...what else do we have in here?"

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