Rory had lived in Stars Hollow her whole life before her whole world changed and she was forced to live with her father in New York (More on why later)...
She was sitting on the bus with a book in her lap, looking out the window sadly. The thought of leaving Stars Hollow and everyone she had ever known broke her heart.
The bus slowed down as it pulled into the bus station. When she got off the bus she saw Chris waiting for her, he has a huge smile on his face and flowers in his hand, "Hey doll face." He said, handing her the flowers and taking her bags, "How was your trip?"
"Fine." She felt uncomfortable around him, Luke was more of a father to her than he was. Luke, she sure missed him. She looked around the city, not as dirty and dark as she had thought it would be but it wasn't Stars Hollow either.
They walked a few blocks to Christopher's car, "My lady." He said as he opened the door for her.
Rory got in the Explorer and put on her seatbelt. She even missed the Jeep, this car just didn't feel right to her.
It took about fifteen or twenty minutes to get to his apartment and the whole ride was awkward, Chris would say something and Rory would barley respond to it.
"Your room is all ready for you to move in. I mean it has a bed and a dresser and even a T.V." He said, glancing over at her.
Rory just nodded.
"And you'll have your own bathroom."
"I had my own bathroom at home." She stated in a quiet, cold voice.
Chris nodded, he knew it would be weird for a while but he hated the fact that she hated him.
When they got to the apartment Chris took her on a tour, "And this is your room." He said, opening a door.
Rory looked around, there wasn't much to look at. The walls were a moss green color and the floor was hard wood. She looked around, there was a desk and chair in one corner and across the room was the bed, there was also a dresser with a television on top.
She stepped into the room and set her backpack on the bed.
"I hope you like it." Chris said as he set her suitcase down in front of the dresser, "I know it's not much but I'm sure you can make it work."
"It's fine." She said, still using the same tone she had in the car.
"Well I'll let you get settled in." He said as he walked out and shut the door behind him.
Rory sat on the bed for a while just looking at the room and thinking about her room back home.
~*~Flashback one month earlier~*~
"I'm not going!" Rory yelled.
"You don't have a choice sweetheart, if I don't let him see you he'll take me to court and I could never see you." Lorelai told her daughter. The thought of Rory staying with her dad all summer sucked as bad for her as it did for Rory.
Rory's eyes were filled with tears, "I don't want to go."
Lorelai wrapped her arms around her, her own eyes welling up with tears, "I know baby."
"Why is he doing this? Why does he all the sudden care?" Chris had never really been there for Rory while she was growing up. When she had needed a father figure she had her Grandpa and Luke there for her whenever she needed them.
Lorelai was as confused as Rory was, "I don't know, but he really wants this and I can't really fight it, I've had you the last 17 years."
"This sucks."
~*~ End flashback~*~
Rory's eyes were filled with tears for what seemed like the millionth time that day. Why did she have to be there? Why couldn't she be home with her mom, watching movies and eating junk food?
"Rory, I'm about to order pizza, what kind do you like?" Chris asked through the door.
"Anything."
"Nothing special?" He asked.
Rory shook her head even though he couldn't see her through the closed door, "Nope."
"Okay."
She hated everything about this stupid place, it even smelled weird to her. She picked up her backpack and took out a few books and set them on the night stand that was beside her bed, looking over the titles one by one as she set them down, Catcher in the Rye, Howl, The Nanny Diaries, and one Lorelai had given her the day before called The Secret Life of Bees. She opened her suitcase and began to unpack.
Forty-five minuets later Chris knocked on her door and told her the pizza was there.
She came out and sat down at the table, "Can I call mom and tell her I got here?"
Chris nodded, Lorelai had always let him talk to Rory whenever he wanted to.
Rory jumped up and grabbed the cordless phone off the counter before she scurried off to her room.
Once she was in her room she dialed the number and waited for her mother to pick up. After the second ring Lorelai picked up, "Rory?"
"Mom!" It was so good to hear her mom's voice, it seemed like it had been forever since she had talked to her not just that morning.
"Hey babe how was the trip?"
Rory sighed, "Long, I wish I was home." She said as she fell onto the bed.
Lorelai was sitting on the couch in the livingroom flipping through the channels hoping Rory would call soon and tell her how the bus ride went. "Give it a few days and I'll bet you won't want to come home." She joked.
"Oh yeah I'm sure." Rory laughed.
"Tell me about your new room." Lorelai said.
Rory gave her mother every detail of her bedroom, trying to make her as much a part of this trip as she could.
"Sounds great." Lorelai said after Rory had finished telling her all about her room.
"Yea I guess so." Her voice was back to the tone she had used with Chris all day.
"Rory please try not to make this trip miserable." Lorelai begged.
Rory didn't want to make her mother upset so she agreed to at least try to make the most of it.
After she hung up with Lorelai, Rory took the phone back to the kitchen and got another slice of pizza.
"How was your mother?" Chris asked.
"She was good, a little bored, but good." She sat back down across from Chris and started eating her pizza.
"Rory I know you didn't really want to come here this summer but I'm glad you came, we're gonna have a good time together."
Rory wondered how many times he had rehearsed that little speech before he actually said it, "Yeah."
"How about we go shopping tomorrow? We could go anywhere you want to go." He offered.
"That's fine." She said, trying to sound excited about it.
Chris nodded, "Good, we can sleep in and go have lunch and then go wherever you want to go."
"Sounds like a plan." She said, "I think I'm gonna go take a shower and go to bed, it's been a long day."
"Okay, goodnight sweetheart." He said, trying to be fatherly (about 17 years late).
"Night." She said, going into her room.
AN: What do you think so far? This idea just kinda came to me tonight so I thought I'd start on it. Hopefully I'll have longer chapters but this is all for now because I'm sleepy. REVIEW!
She was sitting on the bus with a book in her lap, looking out the window sadly. The thought of leaving Stars Hollow and everyone she had ever known broke her heart.
The bus slowed down as it pulled into the bus station. When she got off the bus she saw Chris waiting for her, he has a huge smile on his face and flowers in his hand, "Hey doll face." He said, handing her the flowers and taking her bags, "How was your trip?"
"Fine." She felt uncomfortable around him, Luke was more of a father to her than he was. Luke, she sure missed him. She looked around the city, not as dirty and dark as she had thought it would be but it wasn't Stars Hollow either.
They walked a few blocks to Christopher's car, "My lady." He said as he opened the door for her.
Rory got in the Explorer and put on her seatbelt. She even missed the Jeep, this car just didn't feel right to her.
It took about fifteen or twenty minutes to get to his apartment and the whole ride was awkward, Chris would say something and Rory would barley respond to it.
"Your room is all ready for you to move in. I mean it has a bed and a dresser and even a T.V." He said, glancing over at her.
Rory just nodded.
"And you'll have your own bathroom."
"I had my own bathroom at home." She stated in a quiet, cold voice.
Chris nodded, he knew it would be weird for a while but he hated the fact that she hated him.
When they got to the apartment Chris took her on a tour, "And this is your room." He said, opening a door.
Rory looked around, there wasn't much to look at. The walls were a moss green color and the floor was hard wood. She looked around, there was a desk and chair in one corner and across the room was the bed, there was also a dresser with a television on top.
She stepped into the room and set her backpack on the bed.
"I hope you like it." Chris said as he set her suitcase down in front of the dresser, "I know it's not much but I'm sure you can make it work."
"It's fine." She said, still using the same tone she had in the car.
"Well I'll let you get settled in." He said as he walked out and shut the door behind him.
Rory sat on the bed for a while just looking at the room and thinking about her room back home.
~*~Flashback one month earlier~*~
"I'm not going!" Rory yelled.
"You don't have a choice sweetheart, if I don't let him see you he'll take me to court and I could never see you." Lorelai told her daughter. The thought of Rory staying with her dad all summer sucked as bad for her as it did for Rory.
Rory's eyes were filled with tears, "I don't want to go."
Lorelai wrapped her arms around her, her own eyes welling up with tears, "I know baby."
"Why is he doing this? Why does he all the sudden care?" Chris had never really been there for Rory while she was growing up. When she had needed a father figure she had her Grandpa and Luke there for her whenever she needed them.
Lorelai was as confused as Rory was, "I don't know, but he really wants this and I can't really fight it, I've had you the last 17 years."
"This sucks."
~*~ End flashback~*~
Rory's eyes were filled with tears for what seemed like the millionth time that day. Why did she have to be there? Why couldn't she be home with her mom, watching movies and eating junk food?
"Rory, I'm about to order pizza, what kind do you like?" Chris asked through the door.
"Anything."
"Nothing special?" He asked.
Rory shook her head even though he couldn't see her through the closed door, "Nope."
"Okay."
She hated everything about this stupid place, it even smelled weird to her. She picked up her backpack and took out a few books and set them on the night stand that was beside her bed, looking over the titles one by one as she set them down, Catcher in the Rye, Howl, The Nanny Diaries, and one Lorelai had given her the day before called The Secret Life of Bees. She opened her suitcase and began to unpack.
Forty-five minuets later Chris knocked on her door and told her the pizza was there.
She came out and sat down at the table, "Can I call mom and tell her I got here?"
Chris nodded, Lorelai had always let him talk to Rory whenever he wanted to.
Rory jumped up and grabbed the cordless phone off the counter before she scurried off to her room.
Once she was in her room she dialed the number and waited for her mother to pick up. After the second ring Lorelai picked up, "Rory?"
"Mom!" It was so good to hear her mom's voice, it seemed like it had been forever since she had talked to her not just that morning.
"Hey babe how was the trip?"
Rory sighed, "Long, I wish I was home." She said as she fell onto the bed.
Lorelai was sitting on the couch in the livingroom flipping through the channels hoping Rory would call soon and tell her how the bus ride went. "Give it a few days and I'll bet you won't want to come home." She joked.
"Oh yeah I'm sure." Rory laughed.
"Tell me about your new room." Lorelai said.
Rory gave her mother every detail of her bedroom, trying to make her as much a part of this trip as she could.
"Sounds great." Lorelai said after Rory had finished telling her all about her room.
"Yea I guess so." Her voice was back to the tone she had used with Chris all day.
"Rory please try not to make this trip miserable." Lorelai begged.
Rory didn't want to make her mother upset so she agreed to at least try to make the most of it.
After she hung up with Lorelai, Rory took the phone back to the kitchen and got another slice of pizza.
"How was your mother?" Chris asked.
"She was good, a little bored, but good." She sat back down across from Chris and started eating her pizza.
"Rory I know you didn't really want to come here this summer but I'm glad you came, we're gonna have a good time together."
Rory wondered how many times he had rehearsed that little speech before he actually said it, "Yeah."
"How about we go shopping tomorrow? We could go anywhere you want to go." He offered.
"That's fine." She said, trying to sound excited about it.
Chris nodded, "Good, we can sleep in and go have lunch and then go wherever you want to go."
"Sounds like a plan." She said, "I think I'm gonna go take a shower and go to bed, it's been a long day."
"Okay, goodnight sweetheart." He said, trying to be fatherly (about 17 years late).
"Night." She said, going into her room.
AN: What do you think so far? This idea just kinda came to me tonight so I thought I'd start on it. Hopefully I'll have longer chapters but this is all for now because I'm sleepy. REVIEW!