Sugar and Spice
By Misha
Disclaimer- I don't own "Gilmore Girls" or anything associated it. T I wish I did, but I don't, they belong to people with way more money than me. I'm not making any money off of this story, so please don't sue me. Thanks!
Author's Notes- I've seen lots of "Rory has a twin" stories and decided to write one. It's sort of a Parent Trap premise, one twin per parent, though in this case they definitely know about each other. I think managed to do it and keep Christopher true to character. This starts at the end of "That Darned Donna Reed" and goes from there, covering the rest of the first season and borrowing from cannon, but diverting a little. That's all for now. Enjoy!
Pairings- Rory/Dean, Tristan/Other, minor Christopher/Lorelai.
Summery- What if Rory had a twin? One as different from her as night and day...
Spoilers- Everything, especially season one.
Rating- PG-13
Chapter One: Surprise Visit
Lorelai Gilmore made an appreciative noise as a motorcycle drove by. "Kill me and bury me with that bike." She told her daughter.
"What is it?" Rory asked. "A Harley?"
Lorelai shook her head, obviously she had left out a key part of Rory's education. It crossed her mind that Christa would be able to identify it instantly and she filed away the thought to mention the bike sighting when she talked to her other daughter on the phone next.
"That is a 200 Indian, 80 horsepower, 5 speed close ratio Andrews transmission and I want to get one." She informed her daughter.
"No." Rory said flatly.
"Why not?" Lorelai asked plaintively.
"You'd die." Rory informed her.
Lorelai shrugged. "Oh, that." She was actually able to drive a motorcycle and not die, but it didn't surprise her that Rory didn't like the idea. Her kid was just too cautious, at least this one was. The other one would be all for getting a motorcycle, since that one had never met a risk that she didn't like.
Just then the bike stopped and two people got off.
"Hey." The driver said.
"Hi." Lorelai said, and turned to walk the other direction.
"Take your shirt off." He said from behind her.
What the Hell? Lorelai thought, after all that was not what you normally heard on the streets of Stars Hollow.
She and Rory turned around to see the guy take off his helmet and reveal a very familiar face. Christopher Hayden, Rory's father.
"Dad!" Rory shouted, running to hug him.
Lorelai didn't pay much attention to Christopher, she was too occupied by his companion: her daughter Christa.
"Hey there." She said, holding out her arms. Her other daughter ran into them, and Lorelai hugged her tightly.
"Hey Mom." Christa said with a grin. "Surprised to see us?"
"Surprised and delighted." Lorelai said, tucking Christa's hair behind her ear. "You know I always love seeing you, kid."
She often regretted the deal she'd made with Christopher, that had her raising Rory while he raised Christa. She'd offered many times since she'd bought the house and made a good life for herself, to have Christa come live with her and Rory, but both Christopher and Christa always turned her down. They had their own thing going and they liked it. And while Lorelai loved and missed her daughter, she couldn't force her to come live with her.
Lorelai reluctantly let Christa go, so that Rory could embrace her twin. She turned to Christopher and accepted his hug, though she was slightly wary.
This was the first time Christopher had ever come to Stars Hollow, Christa had been, of course, but never Christopher.
"This is great!" Rory exclaimed excitedly. "What are you guys doing here?"
Christopher and Christa exchanged looks, setting off Lorelai's internal alarm.
"Straub and Francine are back in Connecticut." Christa announced after a moment. "So, Dad and I are making an appearance and since we're here, I told him that I refused to come here without seeing you guys."
"And I agreed, so here we are." Christopher told them. "You guys look great."
"So do you." Lorelai told him and then looked at Christa. "And you, you keep growing on me."
She studied her daughter. On the surface, Rory and Christa were identical and as children they had always been interchangeable, at least physically, but at sixteen the subtle differences were more obvious. Christa's hair was longer than Rory's, hanging to her waist, and she wore it down, unconstrained, it also had purple streaks in it. Her face was made up more dramatically than Rory's and where Rory wore her school uniform, Christa wore a pair of jeans, a leather jacket that matched Christopher's and an AC/DC shirt, that showed off the piece of metal in her navel-which she hadn't had last time Lorelai had seen her.
"So where would somebody find someplace to stay around here?" Christopher asked.
"Stay, really?" Rory asked excitedly. "You guys are staying?"
"Thinking about it." Christopher told her.
"Stay with us!" Rory invited excitedly.
"Christa will, but I'll find a hotel or something." Christopher began.
"Mom, please?" Rory asked her.
Lorelai took a deep breath. "Christopher, why don't you stay with us for a couple days?"
"Thanks Lor." Christopher told her. "You won't even know I'm there."
Lorelai doubted that, but she figured it might be fun. She looked at Christa. "You'll stay in Rory's room, of course."
Christa nodded. "Sounds fun."
Christopher turned to Rory. "Hop on." He said, referring to the bike.
Lorelai bit her tongue, after all she would never object to Christa riding it, and watched Rory climb on and watched the two of them ride down the street.
"Christopher." She whispered, then turned to her other daughter. "So, I guess we walk."
"I guess we do." Christa said with a smile. "I've missed you, Mom."
"I've missed you." Lorelai told her, giving her another hug.
She hated that she almost never saw Christa, but she also didn't see that changing. Christa was happy with her life with Christopher and Lorelai had to live with that.
"You have to meet Dean." Rory told Christa excitedly when they made it back to the house.
She'd told her sister lots about him over the phone and vice versa, but the two had never actually met face to face before, so Rory was excited about that.
"Of course." Christa said with a grin. "I can't wait."
Rory looked at her twin. She loved it when Christa visited and now it was even better, because their dad was there too. They were all under the same roof, like a real family.
"How's it going in here?" Lorelai asked from the doorway.
"I'm impressed by how many books she's acquired since my last visit." Christa told their mother. "I swear they must breed or something."
"I've always wondered that myself." Lorelai said with a grin.
Rory knew how happy her mother was having Christa there. She never felt jealous of the fact that when Christa was around, Lorelai focused almost entirely on her. She just figured it was natural. After all, Christa didn't live with them and they didn't see her very often, so of course Lorelai would want to spend all the time with her that she could. Besides, Rory always felt the same way when Christa was around, wanting to absorb as much time with her twin as she could to make up for all the time they were apart.
"I told Christa that tomorrow I want her to meet Dean." Rory told Lorelai.
"Dean?" Christopher asked from the doorway, coming up from behind Lorelai. "Who's this Dean?"
"Rory's boyfriend." Christa answered.
Christopher shook his head. "You have a boyfriend. Wow."
"Doesn't Christa date?" Rory asked, looking at her twin.
Christa often mentioned guys in her e-mails and phone calls, though not usually the same guy.
"Not long enough to call someone my boyfriend." Christa responded with a grin.
Lorelai rolled her eyes. "Ah, so you take after your father then."
"And your mother." Christopher chimed in. "I don't seem to recall any mention of you having found the 'one' either, Lor."
"Let's just admit it, Rory's the only one here capable of a mature relationship." Christa said grinning at her sister.
"We already knew that." Rory chimed in.
Everyone laughed at that.
Rory looked around and took in the sight in front of her. Her, her mom and dad, and her twin, all in the same room, laughing together. This was perfect.
