One in a Million By Nichole

Pairing: Mentions of L/C and L/M

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, except for the ones that I made up.

Summary: Rory does an interview with Max for the Franklin. She not only learns about Max's past, but about her mother's past as well.

Rating: PG

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Chapter 1: Friendships and New Beginnings

It was Rory's senior year at Chilton, and she one again, was chosen to do an interview with the student's favorite teacher, Mr. Medina. Rory and the rest of the Franklin staff were in an empty classroom having a meeting, and Rory was arguing with Paris about why she had to interview Max.

"Paris, why do I have to interview Mr. Medina?"

"Because you interviewed him last year, and I really have to work on this issue of the Franklin."

"What about Madeline and Louise?"

"They couldn't do an interview to save their lives. Will you do it?"

Rory sighed heavily and rolled her eyes. "What do I have to do?"

"You have to get a life story from Mr. Medina."

"Why?"

"I took a poll and the most of the students say that they would like to know more about their favorite teacher."

"Alright."

The following day after school, Rory was scheduled to interview Max. Rory made her way down the hallways of Chilton to Max's classroom.

"Come in." Max said.

Rory entered the classroom and took a seat across from Max's desk.

"Hi." Rory said.

"Hi." Max replied.

"We should start the interview now." Rory suggested.

"That's a good idea," Max agreed. "Where should I start?"

"Well, I'll need your birth date, place of birth, and any interesting events that occurred in your life. "

"I was born in 1967 to Andrew and Alison Medina. My younger brother's name is Joseph. I was born on Long Island, but then I moved to Hartford when I was sixteen years old." Max said. "As for interesting events, I have plenty of them."



Max Medina stood outside the massive infrastructure that was Chilton. He knew that Chilton took academics seriously. On the entrance exam, he had to know the Pledge of Allegiance in five different languages! Oh, what fun that was!

He entered the Hell that was called Chilton. He honestly didn't hate Chilton; he just didn't understand why the school was so damn hard on its students. Max remembered what Headmaster Thompson had told him. "Chilton wasn't for everybody. Chilton is hard and so is life."

Max took out a piece of paper from his pocket and neatly unfolded it. It had his locker and schedule information on it. He read it and neatly folded it up, and placed it back into his pocket. His locker was located by two boys, who were chatting by it.

Max began to remove some books from his over-stuffed backpack and place them in his locker.

The two boys stopped talking to introduce themselves.

"Hey, you look new around here. What's your name?" A tall, thin boy with dark brown hair, and blue eyes said.

"My name's Max Medina. What's your name?" Max asked the same boy.

"Rick O'Connell." Rick said, "My friend's name is James Clarke."

James was as tall and as thin as Rick. He had red hair and hazel eyes.

He shook Max's hand and said, "Do you want me and Rick to show you around the school?"

"Sure." Max said.

During lunch, Rick and James showed Max the array of students that attended the school, the jocks, cheerleaders, popular kids, etc. Max noticed two fifteen year olds; one was a boy, the other was a girl.

Max studied the blonde boy carefully and asked, "Who's that boy?"

"Oh, you don't want to know. He gets any girl that he wants. His name is Christopher Hayden. He's a rich boy." James said.

Max looked at the fifteen year old girl with brown hair and blue eyes, who was talking to Christopher Hayden.

"Who's that girl?" He said.

This time Rick answered. "Lorelai Gilmore."

TBC