Season 6, Charlie is 4

"Did we get robbed?" Charlie asked, horrified as she looked into the room she and Rory had shared. Rory's half of the room was empty.

"No," Lorelai said without looking into the room. She was still tearing down the notes Emily had left around the house.

"Then where are Rory's things?" she asked again as she finally went into the room and started to look around. She concentrated on examining Rory's side of the room.

"At Emily and Richard's," Lorelai said coolly as she pulled a bottle of water out of the fridge. Charlie stayed quiet for a moment as she considered things.

"Rory's not coming home, is she?" Charlie finally asked.

"Charlie. . . " Lorelai started from the kitchen table.

"She's not coming home, is she?" Charlie asked again as she left her room and stood in the kitchen .Lorelai finally looked up at her youngest and the two locked eyes for a long moment. "My tummy hurts," Charlie said after a moment.

"So does mine," Lorelai said as she welcomed Charlie into her arms. The little girl wandered over to her mother and curled up in her lap. The two sat quietly until Luke came in the house. He paused in the doorway as he took in the scene.

"Maybe I'll stay at my. ." Lorelai shook her head and Luke grew quiet.

"Go find some jammies and I'll fill the tub, ok?" she whispered. Charlie nodded and slid from Lorelai's lap, heading to her room. The pair watched Charlie go before Lorelai got up and headed to Luke. "My tummy hurts," she whispered to him as he drew her close.

"I know," he whispered to her as he held her close.

Still Season 6, Charlie is still 4

Luke crept into the house quietly, trying not to wake Charlie or Lorelai who was now sleeping in the living room because of the giant hole and subsequent renovations. He slipped off his shoes and paused when he saw an odd shaped lump in one of the chairs. He crept a little closer and realized that it was Charlie. He furrowed his brow for a moment as he tried to puzzle this out, but instead he simply crept over, gathered the little girl into his arms and carried her back to her room before he headed up to the bathroom to get ready for bed.

"I don't think Charlie's sleeping in her room any more," Luke said the next day.

"What on earth are you talking about?" Lorelai asked as she pointed some of the construction workers towards coffee. Luke quickly pulled her away from the crowd after making sure that Charlie had a muffin in her hand to share with Paul Anka. "I have come home late 3 nights this week and every night I've found her curled up in that chair in the living room." Lorelai thought about this for a moment.

"I'll talk to her about it," she said after a while, knowing that he was right.

"So, you can't stay here any more," Lorelai told him when Luke appeared in the next evening. "You're half of hte bed is spoken for," she finished, gesturing to the lump of little girl in it.

"So she really wasn't . . ." Lorelai shook her head and Luke sighed.

"I knew this was going to be hard on me, I just didn't realize how hard it was going to be on her. Maybe . . . maybe I should call Rory," she said quickly. "At least try and get Rory back into Charlie's life. . . " she looked to Luke for guidance. Unfortunately, he didn't really have any.

"I don't know what to tell you," he said, shoving his hands in his pockets as they wandered out to the kitchen.

"I have no idea how to handle this." The pair fell into silence for a long moment.

"I guess I should go then," he said after a moment. "Hey, if you, uh, you want some grown up company, the two of you are always welcome at my place."

"Thanks," she said with a smile before he kissed her goodnight and snuck out of the house.