0.1 Raymond Hacker
[hi people! it's me! i'm back! and so is raine! yay! i don't know exactly where this is going, but i hope you all read it! it would be nice also if you guys could review. thanks!]
[disclaimer: only raine is mine. oh, and leo, too.]
"Okay, you two disgusting people. I'm going to the diner to keep Luke company. You guys are too gross to be with." Lorelai walked to the door. She opened it and stopped.
"You two have a nice eight-month anniversary, alright? Jess, if you take any of my beer again, I'll smack you with my shoe."
"Yes, mommy dearest."
"Don't call me that, Jess. Bye Rory!"
Luke was upstairs, watching television. It had been months since Raine left. He missed her terribly. He replayed her eagerness and youth in his mind. He thought about the way she got all excited over little things, or how well she behaved when things went wrong. A knock on the door broke his thoughts.
"Hey, chum. Why so glum?"
He grinned a little at Lorelai's voice.
"What are you doing here, Lorelai?"
"I see you've found the grown-up TV. I came over because your nephew and my daughter are celebrating. It's their eighth month together and they're mutating into mutants who can't get enough of each other. It's horribly demoralizing."
Lorelai sat beside him and brought out a plain white letter envelope.
"I found it downstairs. It was stuck in your mailbox."
Luke took the letter and studied the front. It was for him.
"So who's Raymond Hacker? Sounds like a serial killer." Lorelai asked. She watched as Luke quickly tore the envelope and read its contents. He held the Snoopy stationery with shaking hands. He looked up and smiled faintly.
"It's Raine."
"Raine?"
"Yeah. She writes to me from time to time. Apparently, she lives in Los Angeles and she's a magazine model now. Go figure."
"Wow, she got as far as LA? But why the serial killer name?"
"Oh, ah, she doesn't want Jess to know that she keeps contact with me. Oh, God, Jess! Lorelai, you can't tell him about any of this alright?"
"Okay, I won't. Just tell me why, Luke."
"Well, I never told you, but do you remember Raine just disappearing a few months ago?"
"Oh, yeah. The whole town was talking about it."
"Do you know why she left? Only you and I know about this, and Dean, too, okay?"
"Dean?! How does HE fit in all this?"
Luke turned the television off and slowly told Lorelai the whole story.
It had been four months since she got this job, one year exactly from the time she left Stars Hollow. Raine looked at the reflection of herself in the mirror in front of her. Unknown hands floated all around her face, transforming it into a canvas of beauty and color. They abruptly stopped moving, finished making her someone else.
Through the mascara and the foundation and the eyeliner that were weighing down her face, Raine squinted at her own image and whispered, "Who the hell am I?"
"Are you okay, hon?"
"No, I'm not, Leo. I have to leave."
"But the photo shoot is starting in five minutes!"
Raine stood up and ran to her trailer. She had to leave. She wasn't Raine anymore. She had become a commodity. She had to change that.
She had to find herself again. And she knew exactly where to go.
[hi people! it's me! i'm back! and so is raine! yay! i don't know exactly where this is going, but i hope you all read it! it would be nice also if you guys could review. thanks!]
[disclaimer: only raine is mine. oh, and leo, too.]
"Okay, you two disgusting people. I'm going to the diner to keep Luke company. You guys are too gross to be with." Lorelai walked to the door. She opened it and stopped.
"You two have a nice eight-month anniversary, alright? Jess, if you take any of my beer again, I'll smack you with my shoe."
"Yes, mommy dearest."
"Don't call me that, Jess. Bye Rory!"
Luke was upstairs, watching television. It had been months since Raine left. He missed her terribly. He replayed her eagerness and youth in his mind. He thought about the way she got all excited over little things, or how well she behaved when things went wrong. A knock on the door broke his thoughts.
"Hey, chum. Why so glum?"
He grinned a little at Lorelai's voice.
"What are you doing here, Lorelai?"
"I see you've found the grown-up TV. I came over because your nephew and my daughter are celebrating. It's their eighth month together and they're mutating into mutants who can't get enough of each other. It's horribly demoralizing."
Lorelai sat beside him and brought out a plain white letter envelope.
"I found it downstairs. It was stuck in your mailbox."
Luke took the letter and studied the front. It was for him.
"So who's Raymond Hacker? Sounds like a serial killer." Lorelai asked. She watched as Luke quickly tore the envelope and read its contents. He held the Snoopy stationery with shaking hands. He looked up and smiled faintly.
"It's Raine."
"Raine?"
"Yeah. She writes to me from time to time. Apparently, she lives in Los Angeles and she's a magazine model now. Go figure."
"Wow, she got as far as LA? But why the serial killer name?"
"Oh, ah, she doesn't want Jess to know that she keeps contact with me. Oh, God, Jess! Lorelai, you can't tell him about any of this alright?"
"Okay, I won't. Just tell me why, Luke."
"Well, I never told you, but do you remember Raine just disappearing a few months ago?"
"Oh, yeah. The whole town was talking about it."
"Do you know why she left? Only you and I know about this, and Dean, too, okay?"
"Dean?! How does HE fit in all this?"
Luke turned the television off and slowly told Lorelai the whole story.
It had been four months since she got this job, one year exactly from the time she left Stars Hollow. Raine looked at the reflection of herself in the mirror in front of her. Unknown hands floated all around her face, transforming it into a canvas of beauty and color. They abruptly stopped moving, finished making her someone else.
Through the mascara and the foundation and the eyeliner that were weighing down her face, Raine squinted at her own image and whispered, "Who the hell am I?"
"Are you okay, hon?"
"No, I'm not, Leo. I have to leave."
"But the photo shoot is starting in five minutes!"
Raine stood up and ran to her trailer. She had to leave. She wasn't Raine anymore. She had become a commodity. She had to change that.
She had to find herself again. And she knew exactly where to go.
