Author's: There are two author's for this story. Tanny and Noodle. This is our joint account. Our solo pen name's are WyleFan(Tanny) and cream-cheese-iced-carrot-cake(Noodle).
Spoliers: Many! Most of the first season of Smallville and lots to the first two seasons of The Gilmore Girls.
Author's Note: Please review this story! We go through lots of coffee to post this, so it would make us oh-so-happy to know what y'all think of it to!
ALSO: The chapter's will be fairly short until we can get all the character's together. This is to help get the story up quicker!
Rory Gilmore looked around the room at the people she'd spent every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon with for the past ten months. It was now the last meeting of Chilton Prep School's student newspaper 'The Franklin' before summer holidays, and Rory was getting excited. She couldn't wait for the two months with just her mother Lorelai, her best friend Lane, her boyfriend Dean, and Luke. No Friday night dinners, no bus commutes, no Jess, and no....
"Rory!" Paris Geller screamed, cutting into Rory's thoughts. "What do you think?"
"About What?" Rory asked.
Paris sighed. "About working over the summer to have an issue out the first day?"
Rory shook her head. "I don't like that idea. Why would it take two months to put out an issue about the nothing happenings of this past summer?"
"Rory, honestly, think about it! We could do a look back on all of Chilton's accomplishments this past year, and look ahead to what could happen next year," Paris explained, becoming somewhat excited.
"Isn't that what the last issue this year was?" Rory asked.
"That's what we've been trying to tell her for the past hour," Madeline broke in.
Paris sighed. "But what about the new students next year? They won't know what images they have to help Chilton maintain."
Rory shrugged. "So why don't we re-issue the last issue in September?"
Paris shook her head. "'The Franklin' is sent to every major university in the country. How impressed do you think Harvard would be if we simply sent out another copy of the same newspaper?"
"Paris listen," Rory cut in. "I am not spending all summer here at Chilton."
"Of course not," Paris replied. "I'm going to come stay with you in the middle of nowhere, Conneticut, and we'll...."
"What?!" Rory said, interrupting Paris. "You are not coming to stay with me this summer."
"Don't worry," Paris said. "I promise this won't interrupt your life too much. We won't work nights so you can have time with your precious Prince Charming, and we can work at that little diner...."
"Luke's," Rory inserted.
"Right, Luke's. And... we can work when and wherever you like."
"I'd like it to be here at Chilton in September!" Rory told her.
Paris shook her head. "Sorry, but that is not an option. I'm going to be shadowing you, wherever you go this summer, until we have this issue done."
"Hey, I have and idea," Rory broke in. "Why don't we rearrange the pages of the final issue and...."
"Rory!" Paris shouted.
Rory sighed. "Fine, but just to let you know, we have no country club in Starshollow."