Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls.

A/N: This is my first Gilmore Girls story. I hope it's long and turns out good. I don't usually like to write using other people's ideas (i.e. Gilmore Girls, HP, etc) I like to create my own original ideas. But here's an exception.

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"Mooom! I'm going to be late." Finally Lorelei Gilmore marched down the stairs wearing a professional lavender suit. Both her and Rory (her daughter) walked into Luke's Diner.

"Coffee?" Luke said gruffly.

"What's the matter? Did you wake up and your hat was facing forward?" Lorelei asked with a sarcastic tone to her voice.

"Are you going to order?"

"Blueberry pancakes for both of us and two coffees." Rory quickly said.

"I was having fun," Lorelei whined to Rory.

"I'm sorry but I can't work on an empty stomach and by the look of Luke's expression- thanks Luke these look great- we weren't going to get food if you kept acting up. Where's Jess this morning? School early?"

"Heh. Rory, don't you know that I don't dream?"

"My mistake- hey Jess! You gonna help out Luke now?"

"I don't know. Am I?"

"Yes, You are."

"Look it's our favorite person Dean." "Dean!" Rory ran out of the diner and met up with her boyfriend Dean.

"Hi. Look I have to get to school early. I have to go to the library, or something." Dean hastily said and walked away. A frown appeared on Rory's face. She walked slowly back into the diner. "I have to go to school. I'll see you tonight mom."

"Ok. Stay out of trouble!" Rory looked at her mother with a weird expression then left.

"She's acting weird." Luke mentioned.

"She's fine okay? She'll be fine."

"Ok." Luke said.

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"Rory! Are you okay? You look like you're about to fall asleep. I thought you were interested in Shakespeare." One of Rory's teachers noticed that her thoughts were not on Shakespeare.

"Oh. Um. Uh. Sorry. I had a rough morning."

Paris looked at Rory with a questioning look. Rory smiled with a pleasant face trying to make Paris annoyed.

"Everyone listen. The essay contest winners have arrived. The people who will be going on the tour of Lake Michigan in two weeks are, Paris, Madeline, Henry, Michael, and Rory Gilmore." The teacher announced.

"Don't get in my way while we're there!" Paris yelled at Rory after class.

"What are you talking about?" Rory pressed.

"You know hundreds of other schools will be there right?"

"Yeah so?"

"Tristen's going."

"And I would care because?"

"Just stay out of the way!"

[Paris stomps off}

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"Sookie! Where's the soup? I need the soup. There are many people here saying 'we need the soup' so where's the soup?"

"Sorry, sorry, sorry. I was making salads."

"Well are the people asking for salads? No, they're asking for SOUP!"

"Okay, okay. Soup is on the way."

"Good."

Lorelei was kept at work for more than she intended and picked up some Chinese food for her daughter and herself.

"Mom where have you been?" Rory screamed as a greeting.

"The banquet went longer than expected. How was your day?"

"I won the contest! I'm going to Michigan!"

"Wow. You can be like those sailor dudes. And we have to get you a little sailor hat. So you can say things like 'aye captain.'"

"Mom." "What?"

"Get the phone."

"Hello? Oh hi Jess. Called to speak with Rory? Ah yes. I know. She's really sexy in that skimpy top she goes to bed in. You wanna sleepover? That's good idea. Tomorrow night you say?"

"Mom!"

"Hold on a second Jess. You do? Okay what's up?" Lorelei put her hand over the speaker. "He wants to talk to me."

Rory gave her mother a confused look then walked over to the table and started unpacking her Chinese food.

"No, Rory's going to Michigan for two weeks in a little while. That's good? Ohhhh, it's a secret from Rory? Well your secret's safe with me." Lorelei hung up the phone and walked toward the table where Rory sat,

"I love secrets. Tell me."

"I'm sorry I was sworn to secrecy."

"Hello! I'm your daughter." Rory begged her mother.

"You'll have to wait till you come home from Michigan."

::Rory glares::

================~*_*~================ "I all of a sudden think I'll stay here. I mean. I can't miss Friday night dinner twice in a row."

"Rory. You'll be fine. Now remember. 'Aye Captain'."

"Right Mom. Well I better go."

"Bye. I love you."

Rory walked away and spotted Paris and Madeline talking with Tristen. "Rory!" she turned around and spotted Tristen calling her.

Rory kept walking. "Rory! Ah, you're ignoring me."

"Tristen stop it."

"Things have changed since last time I saw you."

Tristen grasped Rory around the waist despite her reluctance. "Rory is something wrong?"

Rory turned her head and gasped. She was going to spend two whole weeks with.. Jess!

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"Luke. I need coffee."

"Have you ever spent two weeks away from your twin?"

"I don't think so."

"I needed the time away from Jess too."

"Why? Where's Jess?"

"In Michigan. With Rory. He won the essay contest too."

"He.did?"

"Yes. He called you and told you. " "He called me and told me he would pick her up when she came home from Michigan."

"That damn kid! He lied. I'm very sorry that he lied. He's in Michigan with Rory. They'll be fine."

"He's in Michigan with Rory!?"

"Oh Dean," Lorelei sighs.

"That punk went to Michigan with Rory?"

"He won the essay contest."

"When does the flight leave?"

"In an hour."

"I'm going to Hartford."

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