Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls, which saddens me... but I'll get over it
Okay… so this is just something that has been floating around in my head for a while now…
What if Rory actually had a good relationship with her father's parents? What if they were the doting grandparents that supported Lorelai running away and split the cost of Chilton with the Gilmores, without strings? No one in Hartford knows the identity of the Hayden's granddaughter or who the mother is. Now everything is the same for Rory, she is keeping the Hayden part of her a secret until she turns 21 and becomes the Hayden Heiress… we are starting this story off right before the dinner at Logan's parents house, however, Logan is informed that there will be company, in the form of the Haydens... Let the drama begin…
Ring, Ring, Ring, Rory searched for her phone that was under a pile of clothes that she had thrown on her bed. She had dinner with her boyfriend's, Logan, parents and she needed to find the perfect outfit. Looking at the caller ID, she quickly flipped open the phone before the caller could hang up. "I have no clothes to wear to meet the parents of my boyfriend and I am in panic mode. What do I do?" she rambled to the person on the other line without preamble.
"Honestly, Rory, what have I taught you about us Hartford elite?" the woman's voice came over the line. "We are never satisfied with anyone our precious child brings home, especially for the first time. Just wear that blue dress you wore to the last party your grandmother Gilmore threw and you will look divine." Rory heard the laughter in the woman's voice as she was giving out the advice.
"Hi Grandma Francine!" She chirped taking a deep breath while grabbing the aforementioned dress. "What's up?"
"Well, I was informing you that one of your grandfather's business associates has been asking about our 'mysterious' granddaughter." Francine drolled. Rory could hear the annoyance in her Grandmother's voice. They had decided early on that Rory wasn't coming out as a Hayden until she was twenty-one. However, that didn't stop all the Hartford snobs from wanting to know who this young girl that was inheriting the Hayden fortune was. "They apparently have a son-"
"Imagine that" Rory stuck in sarcastically.
"Quite." Her grandmother agreed. "However, they claim that he has just announced that he has a girlfriend and this seems to be a problem with his parents."
"Uhhh, may I ask why this is a problem" Rory asked.
"Certainly, you see, this girl is unsuitable to be the wife of their son. Apparently she is something of a scandal. This young girl apparently wants to be an international correspondent…" Francine trailed off letting Rory put together the pieces. She herself had been shocked when Straub had come home livid, ranting about how his granddaughter was not unsuitable for anyone. After she calmed him down, she received the entire story out of him.
"WHAT?!? What do you mean that they think I am unsuitable for Logan? I am a Gilmore and a Hayden! My ancestors came over on the Mayflower for goodness sakes!" Rory ranted. "How did you hear this?" She asked her grandmother once she calmed down.
"Well, your grandfather came home livid this afternoon after a meeting with Mitchum Huntzberger, who was upset that his son had, in his words 'settled down with someone completely inappropriate for someone of his son's status'. When Straub asked who it was, he responded 'Rory Gilmore, that scandal from a while back'. Straub was furious, but couldn't say anything because we have everything kept under wraps. Now Mitchum has invited us over to dinner today, which I am assuming is the same dinner you were panicking about earlier?" Francine asked steering the conversation back into cooler waters. She was still incensed about the entire thing.
Rory was thinking about everything that was said. "Hey Grandma? What do you say to letting the cat out of the bag a little early about my identity?"
Francine could hear the wheels working in her granddaughter's brain. "Rory why? Everyone's still on board with the whole twenty-first birthday idea."
"We are going to upset the Huntzberger's tonight… I'm going to call mom after this, but here's the plan…"
Okay, so this is my first fanfiction. let me know what you think. Please don't completely destroy it.