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Rory looked out the window and was deep in thought. "Hey kid, what's on your mind?" Lorelai asked her daughter as she glanced at her quickly, then back at the road.
"Oh nothing." Rory said absentmindedly, without looking at her mother. She hugged her pillow tighter. "No, I've heard that excuse already. You have been quiet ever since we got back from Europe, no, even before that. Rory, are you still thinking about Jess?"
Rory smiled. Her mother always had a way of reading her mind. Lorelai stole another glance at her daughter and from what she saw she knew she had guessed right.
"Honey, its okay to be sad. Cry, sulk, do something, I hate when you put up a face!" "I'm not putting up a face." Rory insisted. "Yes you are, you did it when you and Dean broke up, and you're doing it again, if anyone knows if you put up a face it would be me. I brought you into this world after all."
Rory rolled her eyes, she heard this story thousands of times, and didn't care to hear it at the moment. She looked out the window again and realized they were back in Stars Hollow.
"We're back!" Rory exclaimed, "Do you think anyone missed us?"
"Only since the second we left." Lorelai said with complete confidence. "So are we going to go home first?" she asked her daughter.
Rory gave her mother a what-are-you-kidding look and Lorelai knew to park her car right outside Luke's.
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"Ahh, home sweet home!" Lorelai exclaimed extremely loud as her and Rory walked into Luke's. "And the infamous Gilmore Girls have returned." Luke said in his regular tone of voice.
"Nice to see you again too Luke." "Coffee?" "What else?" The two girls took a seat at their regular table and looked around. Everything was just as they left it.
Rory wouldn't look over at the door that led up to Jess' room, she would force herself not to look at it. But she was struggling. Her mom saw this and asked, "You wanna trade chairs with me?" Rory nodded and the two switched.
Luke was back in a moment with two steaming cups of coffee. "So how was Europe?" he asked conversationally, very unlike Luke.
"It was GREAT," Lorelai said reminiscing. "But we had to sleep in some very unusual places." Rory added. Luke raised one of his eyebrows. "Where exactly?"
"Right next to this slimy, dirty, disgusting homeless guy who kept looking at me and winking!" Lorelai said excitedly. Luke looked at Rory for confirmation and Rory nodded. "It's true, although I'm not sure about the slimy part." "He was too slimy." "What made him slimy?" "His hair was all greasy." "So then wouldn't greasy be the better word to use?" "Ahh yes, but if you use the word greasy it doesn't give the REAL greasiness effect of it." "That is true."
Lorelai looked up after her discussion with her daughter to find that Luke had already left their table and was serving another customer.
Rory noticed too. The customer he was serving looked amazingly familiar, but she just couldn't place the man. He was definitely not from Stars Hollow, yet she knew him, somehow.
All of a sudden her thoughts were broken by a knock on the window. It was Lane. Rory shot up and ran out of the diner to greet her friend.
"LANE!" Rory yelled when she reached her friend and they hugged each other. Then Rory saw that Mrs. Kim was also with Lane. Rory straightened up and said, "Hello Mrs. Kim."
"Hello Rory, your trip went well I hope." "Yes ma'am." "Good. Lane are you coming?"
"Mama, can I please go with Rory?" Mrs. Kim looked at the two girls suspiciously but finally said, "As long as you are back in home in an hour." She then did a complete turn and headed back to their house.
"Oh my gosh, Rory! I have so much to tell you, and to ask, how was Europe? Any cute guys? Where did y'all go?" Rory laughed. Lane was so excited to tell her something, but didn't want to sound rude and not ask how her trip was.
"Our trip was fine. What happened here?" Lane jumped up and down a bit and finally said, "Dave and I are going out. And my mother approved!" "Wow, that's great Lane, how did you get your mother to approve?" "I let her think it was her idea that I shouldn't be 'on the market' and how there weren't any really nice boys around, except maybe that Dave guy. Oh Rory, this was the best thing that has ever happened!!!" Lane practically screamed.
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Lorelai looked out the window, watching the two teenage girls catching up. She smiled. She was glad that Rory had her friend back, then maybe she could talk about Jess.
Lorelai knew Rory all to well and knew that she would eventually tell Lane, and then herself not to long after.
Luke put his coffeepot down and sat where Rory was sitting. He had a serious expression on his face, more serious than she had seen in a long time.
"What is it?" Lorelai asked. Luke reached in his pocket and handed her a worn out envelope. Lorelai took it and opened it. It was from Jess. Before reading she looked up at Luke. He nodded and she skimmed it.
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He wasn't supposed to be here. But he had to come. He had been coming for the past week, everyday. But he heard yesterday from eavesdropping that Lorelai and Rory would be back today. So he made an effort of coming in extra early today to make sure he wouldn't miss her.
Sitting at a table in the corner, he could see everyone sitting, entering, or exiting the little diner. He knew that Luke was suspicious. So were a lot of other Star Hollowians. They didn't like outsiders in their little town, but they left him alone.
Then he saw them pulling up, parking, and then entering. All of a sudden he didn't want to see her any more. She was going to get up and leave quietly, but the table that they sat at was right by the door; therefore if anyone left, they would know about it.
He tried to hide his face, but it didn't work very well. And then he thought to himself, why do I need to hide myself, it's been forever since she has seen me anyway. She probably doesn't even recognize me.
So he had no choice just to sit there until he was sure that Rory and her mother were gone.
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Lorelai finished the letter. "Oh dear," was all she could manage to say. "I didn't want to tell Rory, just in case you know." "Yeah, I understand." "You can tell her if you want, but I cant. I feel that I have already hurt her enough." "What do you mean Luke? You never hurt Rory."
"Yes I have. Every time she looks at me, it reminds her of Jess. I see it. So this is your call. You can tell her about what it says in the letter, or just keep it from her. It doesn't matter."
Lorelai sighed as she brought her coffee cup to her lips and took a big drink.
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A/N: hey yall, this is the first chapter, hope you liked it. Nothing to say really, but review! Thanks!
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Rory looked out the window and was deep in thought. "Hey kid, what's on your mind?" Lorelai asked her daughter as she glanced at her quickly, then back at the road.
"Oh nothing." Rory said absentmindedly, without looking at her mother. She hugged her pillow tighter. "No, I've heard that excuse already. You have been quiet ever since we got back from Europe, no, even before that. Rory, are you still thinking about Jess?"
Rory smiled. Her mother always had a way of reading her mind. Lorelai stole another glance at her daughter and from what she saw she knew she had guessed right.
"Honey, its okay to be sad. Cry, sulk, do something, I hate when you put up a face!" "I'm not putting up a face." Rory insisted. "Yes you are, you did it when you and Dean broke up, and you're doing it again, if anyone knows if you put up a face it would be me. I brought you into this world after all."
Rory rolled her eyes, she heard this story thousands of times, and didn't care to hear it at the moment. She looked out the window again and realized they were back in Stars Hollow.
"We're back!" Rory exclaimed, "Do you think anyone missed us?"
"Only since the second we left." Lorelai said with complete confidence. "So are we going to go home first?" she asked her daughter.
Rory gave her mother a what-are-you-kidding look and Lorelai knew to park her car right outside Luke's.
~*~
"Ahh, home sweet home!" Lorelai exclaimed extremely loud as her and Rory walked into Luke's. "And the infamous Gilmore Girls have returned." Luke said in his regular tone of voice.
"Nice to see you again too Luke." "Coffee?" "What else?" The two girls took a seat at their regular table and looked around. Everything was just as they left it.
Rory wouldn't look over at the door that led up to Jess' room, she would force herself not to look at it. But she was struggling. Her mom saw this and asked, "You wanna trade chairs with me?" Rory nodded and the two switched.
Luke was back in a moment with two steaming cups of coffee. "So how was Europe?" he asked conversationally, very unlike Luke.
"It was GREAT," Lorelai said reminiscing. "But we had to sleep in some very unusual places." Rory added. Luke raised one of his eyebrows. "Where exactly?"
"Right next to this slimy, dirty, disgusting homeless guy who kept looking at me and winking!" Lorelai said excitedly. Luke looked at Rory for confirmation and Rory nodded. "It's true, although I'm not sure about the slimy part." "He was too slimy." "What made him slimy?" "His hair was all greasy." "So then wouldn't greasy be the better word to use?" "Ahh yes, but if you use the word greasy it doesn't give the REAL greasiness effect of it." "That is true."
Lorelai looked up after her discussion with her daughter to find that Luke had already left their table and was serving another customer.
Rory noticed too. The customer he was serving looked amazingly familiar, but she just couldn't place the man. He was definitely not from Stars Hollow, yet she knew him, somehow.
All of a sudden her thoughts were broken by a knock on the window. It was Lane. Rory shot up and ran out of the diner to greet her friend.
"LANE!" Rory yelled when she reached her friend and they hugged each other. Then Rory saw that Mrs. Kim was also with Lane. Rory straightened up and said, "Hello Mrs. Kim."
"Hello Rory, your trip went well I hope." "Yes ma'am." "Good. Lane are you coming?"
"Mama, can I please go with Rory?" Mrs. Kim looked at the two girls suspiciously but finally said, "As long as you are back in home in an hour." She then did a complete turn and headed back to their house.
"Oh my gosh, Rory! I have so much to tell you, and to ask, how was Europe? Any cute guys? Where did y'all go?" Rory laughed. Lane was so excited to tell her something, but didn't want to sound rude and not ask how her trip was.
"Our trip was fine. What happened here?" Lane jumped up and down a bit and finally said, "Dave and I are going out. And my mother approved!" "Wow, that's great Lane, how did you get your mother to approve?" "I let her think it was her idea that I shouldn't be 'on the market' and how there weren't any really nice boys around, except maybe that Dave guy. Oh Rory, this was the best thing that has ever happened!!!" Lane practically screamed.
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Lorelai looked out the window, watching the two teenage girls catching up. She smiled. She was glad that Rory had her friend back, then maybe she could talk about Jess.
Lorelai knew Rory all to well and knew that she would eventually tell Lane, and then herself not to long after.
Luke put his coffeepot down and sat where Rory was sitting. He had a serious expression on his face, more serious than she had seen in a long time.
"What is it?" Lorelai asked. Luke reached in his pocket and handed her a worn out envelope. Lorelai took it and opened it. It was from Jess. Before reading she looked up at Luke. He nodded and she skimmed it.
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He wasn't supposed to be here. But he had to come. He had been coming for the past week, everyday. But he heard yesterday from eavesdropping that Lorelai and Rory would be back today. So he made an effort of coming in extra early today to make sure he wouldn't miss her.
Sitting at a table in the corner, he could see everyone sitting, entering, or exiting the little diner. He knew that Luke was suspicious. So were a lot of other Star Hollowians. They didn't like outsiders in their little town, but they left him alone.
Then he saw them pulling up, parking, and then entering. All of a sudden he didn't want to see her any more. She was going to get up and leave quietly, but the table that they sat at was right by the door; therefore if anyone left, they would know about it.
He tried to hide his face, but it didn't work very well. And then he thought to himself, why do I need to hide myself, it's been forever since she has seen me anyway. She probably doesn't even recognize me.
So he had no choice just to sit there until he was sure that Rory and her mother were gone.
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Lorelai finished the letter. "Oh dear," was all she could manage to say. "I didn't want to tell Rory, just in case you know." "Yeah, I understand." "You can tell her if you want, but I cant. I feel that I have already hurt her enough." "What do you mean Luke? You never hurt Rory."
"Yes I have. Every time she looks at me, it reminds her of Jess. I see it. So this is your call. You can tell her about what it says in the letter, or just keep it from her. It doesn't matter."
Lorelai sighed as she brought her coffee cup to her lips and took a big drink.
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A/N: hey yall, this is the first chapter, hope you liked it. Nothing to say really, but review! Thanks!