Chapter 1
One cold dark afternoon around dinner time in NYC Rory walks into her favorite diner and goes up to the counter and sits down on one of the bar stools
''what can I get you?'' a girl working at the diner asks her
''just coffee for now please'' she says and takes her backpack off her shoulders and sets it on the ground next to her and smiles at the brunette woman sitting next to her
The girl comes over and pours Rory some coffee
''thank you'' Rory says and smiles and takes a sip of it
''um excuse me are you old enough and even allowed to drink coffee?'' the brunette woman sitting next to her asks her
''um yea I think so I'm 16 and yea I'm pretty sure that I'm allowed to have/drink coffee my dad doesn't mind/care and there is no ahe limit to drinking coffee'' Rory says in a snotty tone
''oh well I didn't start drinking it until I was in college I'm Lorelai'' the brunette woman introduces herself
''oh Rory I'm Rory... Rory Hayden'' Rory tells her
''it's nice to meet you Rory wait a minute Rory Hayden?'' The Brunette woman asks her
''um yea?'' Rory questions her
''Hayden...Hayden like Hayden from Hayden Law Firm?'' Lorelai asks her
''yea...yea that's the one that's my dad it's his business'' Rory tells her
''wow I work for Gilmore Consulting Insurance Agency/Consulting Firm'' Lorelai tells her
''oh do you know my father Christopher Hayden?'' Rory asks her
''no I don't think I do''
''oh we'l he's great he's the greatest father in the world I'm sure you would like him and would like to meet him'' Rory tells her
''I'm sure I would so do you live here in NYC?'' Lorelai asks her
''yea I do in a penthouse suite over in one of the towers that pretty much looks over the entire city'' Rory tells her
''neat'' Lorelai says
''have you ever been in a penthouse suite?'' Rory asks her
''no no I havn't'' Lorelai says
''it's nice it's huge I'm sure you would like it maybe I could show you one day'' Rory says
'' oh I don't know hun we just met'' Lorelai tells her
''ok well I guess then we would wait then and get to know each other a little better'' Rory tells her
''I think that would be a good idea sweetie I think that we should get to know each other a little more before you take me to your place and get introuble for taking a total stranger you just met over coffee in a diner in a huge city where there are a million people over to your place I mean what if your dad walked in to a complete stranger in his house'' Lorelai says
''oh daddy's not like that plus you wouldn't be a totally complete stranger you are my friend we are friends so I think it would be ok'' Rory tells her
''let's just wait ok?'' Lorelai asks her
''yea ok'' Rory says and smiles at her
''so I like your ring'' Lorelai tells her
''thanks my daddy bough it for me for my 16th birthday in october'' Rory tells her
''neat'' Lorelai says
''are you going to order something?'' the girl behind the counter asks her
'' just a burger please'' Rory tells her
''oh so do they have good food here?'' Lorelai asks her
'' yea it's fine I come here everyday afterschool for dinner after I have been studying long hours at the library and I usually order the same thing I usually just come here by self because my dad works late at night and doesn't get home until after 9'' Rory tells her
''don't you ever get lonely?'' Lorelai asks her
''I do yea but I'm used to it it used to bother me but not anymore it's kind of nice actucally because it gives me alot of privacy and studying time'' Rory tells her
''oh'' Lorelai says
''I mean yea I guess it would be nice to have dinner with my dad sometimes or all the time actucally like everynight but he's busy and his job pretty much comes first even though he tells he that I come first'' Rory tells her
''your making me wish I had a daughter and someone cool like a girl like you to hangout with I wish I could hangout with you more often so your not so lonely'' Lorelai tells her
''thanks and yea that would be nice'' Rory says and smiles at her and takes another sip of her coffee
'' so tell me more about your father'' Lorelai says and smiles gently puts her hand on Rory's then takes it away
''oh well we don't really know all that much about each other like we would like to because he gets home from work late because he works crazy hours and I am either exhausted from my day and getting ready or bed or already asleep by the time he gets home but he has to make the money so he can raise and support me and send me off to Harvard and get me whatever I want when I want it which I want to go to Harvard so badly for college I have always wanted to go there since I was a little girl it's what we are working towards and have been working towards all my life I want this more than anything and he is going to give me anything I want before he does anything for himself'' Rory tells her
''oh'' Lorelai just says
''yea I mean I guess I'm spoiled but I try not to think about it like that because I don't want to act like that because I'm not that type of girl'' Rory says
''yea you don't seem like you would be the snotty type'' Lorelai tells her
''thanks'' Rory says
''so what do you want to study at Harvard? Lorelai asks her
''Journalism and be an over sea's foreign Coorespondent like Christiane Amanpour and work for CNN and travel and see the world up close and record/report about what I see and write books or newspaper articles or magazine articles about it'' Rory tells her
'' that's cool sounds like you've got a big future'' Lorelai tells her
''I do I really do I'm excited about'' Rory says
'' one burger'' the girl behind the counter says and pushes it towards Rory
''thank you'' Rory says and takes a bite of it
''good?'' Lorelai asks her and sips her coffee
''very'' Rory says and smiles
'' so does your dad have any hobbies? Lorelai asks her
Rory puts her burger down
''well he likes to drive his motorcycle if that counts he doesn't really have time to have hobbies because he's so busy with his job'' Rory tells her
''oh yea I get that'' Lorelai tells her
Rory picks up her burger and starts eating it again
Lorelai just watches her and drinks her coffee
after Rory finishes her burger
''ok I should be getting home it's getting late and I sitll have some more studying to do'' Rory tells Lorelai
''ok hun are you going to be ok walking home by yourself?'' Lorelai asks her
''yea I'll be fine I take the subway home'' Rory tells her
''ok be safe hun have a good night I will see you tomorrow'' Lorelai tells her
''ok I'll be here at the same time'' Rory says
''ok'' Lorelai says
Rory grabs her jacket off the floor and puts it on then buttons it up and picks her backpack up off the floor and walks out of the diner
Lorelai just watches her and sips her coffee