AN: Hey everyone! Okay so I have another story. This idea just popped into my head a few days ago and I thought about it. Thought about how the story could plan out and all the other ideas I have for it. So, I hope you like it!

Summary: Rory Gilmore used to love her life. She loved every aspect of at as well as everyone in it. Who wouldnt? She had a loving mother and step father, a step sister who reminds her of her at that age, her best friends and she was intelligent and beautiful. Well, what happens, when this fairy tale life takes an unexpected twist, and everything goes down from there?

Okay so basically the story starts out in the present. This is when her life isnt so perfect anymore. In the end, everything will work out for the better and she'll find that she loves her new life more than her previous. Things will be better than they ever were before.

Warnings: Will end up a Rogan and BalconyBuddy. Very OOC.
Main characters: Rory, Lorelai, Luke, Logan, Colin, Finn, Louise, Madeline, Steph, Paris, some Dean, and Chris will appear in later chapters. And Anna appears like...once or twice.

Disclaimer: If I owned anything do you honestly think I would be sitting at a computer writing fan fictions? Ha.

Chapter one: The way it used to be...

Rory Gilmore walked into her dorm room finding it empty. No Paris, Madeline, Louise or Steph. (okay I know dorm rooms dont usually have more than three people, but in my story they happened to get a very large suite because of their names and they all wanted to live together) She walked straight into the bathroom and started the shower, making sure the water was very warm. Looking at herself in the mirror, what she saw, though nothing unusual to her after a day like this, made her frown deepen before she quickly looked away. She began peeling off her disheveled, torn clothes, careful not to run the material over any open or bad wounds or sensitive bruises. Stepping into the shower she tenderly moved the wash cloth over her body, washing away dried blood, dust and dirt stains.

Why was she so messed up? Well, she had just returned from a visit with her all but loving boyfriend, Dean Forrester. Their relationship was horrible. This was their third time being together, and she wanted OUT. After a while, things began to get out of hand. Dean never really went to college, and never got a real job. He still worked part time in Stars Hollow and was trying to save up enough money to move out on his own. Rory used to love Dean, but she wasnt in love with him. Now she couldn't stand being around him.

His jobs started to get stressful, or so he claimed, and he said all she ever did was get in the way. He would beat her and rape her. She had tried numerous times to dump him, but he said if she did she would find herself in a much worse situation. He was possesive, and hated the relationship she had with her four best guy friends, Logan Huntzberger, Colin McCrae, Finn Morgan and Tristan DuGrey. He would always accuse her of cheating, and then rape her saying it was the least she owed him.

Stepping out of the shower, she noticed most of the dirt had come off, and the redness and swelling around the cuts and scratches was going down. It was early evening and she wasnt planning on going anywhere after she got coffee, so she just threw on jeans and a pullover, and applied only cover-up to hide the marks on her face and neck.

On top of the fact that her relationship with her boyfriend was bad, her mothers marriage was spiraling downward. Lorelai Gilmore-Danes had always thought that she would have the perfect marriage and life with Luke, because they were meant to be. But she got upset and suspiscious each time she was told by her husband to leave the diner because his daughter, her step daughter, was coming to see him.

Flashback

Rory and Lorelai were sitting in the diner on a Friday afternoon, just finishing up their lunch.

"Okay Mom, I gotta get back to school"

"Alright, bye kid, drive safe"

"I will, love you. Bye Luke!"

"Bye Rory" Luke said before returning back to his work when the phone rang.

"Luke's...Oh, hey Anna...yeah...she is?...alright well I'll be here...yeah, see ya" he finished and then hung up the phone, looking pointedly at Lorelai.

"Hey Lorelai, April's on her way over here"

"Really? Cool. I havent seen her in a while"

"Well do you think maybe I could just see you at home?"

"Huh?"

"April's coming, you should go. I'll see you at home"

"She's my step daughter, Luke. Why are you still against me seeing her here. I saw her before our wedding, she was at our wedding, why cant I see her now"

"Lorelai just go home or back to the inn, I'll see you tonight"

"Why, Luke?"

"Lorelai!"

"Okay, sorry, I'm going" she said suddenly scared as she gathered her things and scurried out of the diner. People were eyeing Luke with questioning eyes. He just waved them away and went back to work.

End Flashback

Everything between them had gone down from there. And Rory had thought she could trust Luke, all the time she was growing up. 'I guess people change' she thought, closing the door to her dorm behind her before walking through the halls to the nearest coffee cart.

AN: Okay, there you go. Kind of an intro chapter. I know all you L/L lovers are probably wondering whats up. Well Luke's weird behavior will all plan out and make sense within the next few chapters. I told you it would be OOC. Because of that, Rory isnt going to be the innocent little girl we see on tv. She is still smart, of course, and still loves books and coffee and pop culture and all that. I know she seems like she's in normal character from the way it sounds like she doesnt stand up to Dean, but she isnt. Neither are her friends. I will generally explain within the next few chapters and it should all make sense soon. Please review!

Sarah