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Rory sighed loudly, she couldn't help it, it had just been that sort of week. One of those weeks that seems to clutter your mind with silly things, things that shouldn't be there in the first place. Rory Gilmore was stuck pondering where she had gone wrong? Normally she was so predictable (though she would deny it); but she had to face it she wouldn't ever even dream of what she had done. Until well…when she did it. She couldn't even talk to her mother, who she always talked to. She most certainly couldn't talk to her best friend. Her boyfriend was a; heck no! No, she sat by the window staring out onto the snow covered lawn, thinking to herself.
She had done terrible thing, a back stabbing, no good, sluttish thing! In her defense she hadn't intended for it to happen…but that really made no difference. She had kissed her best friends boyfriend! How it came about…well you'd have to start at the beginning.
Rory had yawned loudly, it was seven thirty in the morning on a Saturday. Yet she was awake reading, Romeo and Juliet to be exact. She heard movement from up above, ignoring it, she turned her page. She could never get enough of these stories, they enthralled her.
There was someone clunking beside, but she remained unfazed in the old beaten up couch.
"Rory Gilmore why are you awake?" demanded a shrill voice from beside her.
Rory tearing her eyes away from her book looked up at the figure that was her mother. "I'm meeting lane," she replied.
"This early?"
"Around ten," she shrugged.
"So why, my dear rooster, are you up three hours early, dressed and ready to go?" smirked Lorelei staring at her daughters appearances.
"I had to take a shower before you did, you always take all the hot water, and our pipes are old and tired and they wouldn't have reheated in time for my shower!"
"I KNEW," shouted the mother triumphantly.
"Knew what?"
"That my shower was colder than usual."
"My shower wasn't that long," said Rory indignantly.
"No I meant your icy personality brings down the temperature where ever you go, our pipes aren't old; they're just can't get warm while you live here."
"Are you suggesting I move out?"
"I bet you and Jack Frost would make an adorable couple!" She then stormed off into the kitchen to get coffee. Rolling her eyes Rory went back to her book. Hoping to not be disturbed again till at least the next chapter. She heard her mother shout, "YOU DRANK ALL THE COFFEE," she wasn't going to get to go back to her reading any time soon.
Still extremely vexed at her mother for forcing her to get up from her cozy couch and make her a whole pot of coffee like some slave child. And then have the nerve to state that it was taking much too much time to perk and she needed to get to the inn. Rory found herself still in a fit when she arrived at Al's pancake world.
"Rory," squealed her overly excited best friend Lane Kim.
"Hey," smiled Rory walking over to where she was sitting. Then she looked around confused, "why aren't we sitting in our usual table?"
"Because it only has two chairs."
"So?"
"So…didn't I tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"Well…Dave sort of wanted to hang out with me today, but I told him that I was chilling with you. And he totally looked all disappointed; and you know I can't resist his adorable brown eyes. So…I sort of told him he could come along, that we weren't planning on doing anything girly. Of course he didn't want to impose he's so sweet like that…you're not mad are you?"
It was a lot to process, this coming from a girl who read fluently in Shakespearian! Yet sometimes her friend's rushed high pitched sentences still confused her.
"Yeah, no, that's cool," she replied once she sorted out the basis of Lane's point. Dave was coming, hope you don't mind. Seating herself and picking up a menu Rory idle wondered about Dave and Lane, they had been a sort of couple for a while now. Lane was currently dating Hueng Cho (A/N I have no Idea how to spell his name, but ya'll know who I'm talking about). Some random Korean that Lane's mother had picked out for her. Granted Lane had no attachments to Hueng Cho what so ever, Rory still wondered if it bothered Dave. It would bother her if Jess had to pretend to date some other girl for his mom. Then she paused…would it really? Sure she thought it would, but now…she wondered if she would honestly care. Her and Jess weren't that tight anymore. Things had defiantly gone downhill once they started dating. It was like the mystery was gone.
Dave came in a second later and sat down in between Rory and Lane. "Hey Rory, Lane!" he smiled picking up his own menu.
Rory smiled in return, and stared at his face for a second, "His eyes weren't that adorable," she thought bitterly. She was a tad upset about Lane invited Dave on their day together, gees what was the point of being girls if you don't ever have girl time.
"So Dave," she said deciding it wasn't his fault.
"Yeah," he asked looking up from his laminated menu.
"What college are you thinking about?"
"Uh…well I'm hoping Brown," he answered.
"What? But that's far away?" stated Lane dumbly. "How would that work."
"Maybe you Cho could give you a ride to visit me sometime," he responded slightly coldly.
Rory looked down at her at her lap, she had defiantly started something. She honestly didn't mean to, she wasn't that mad. More like slightly annoyed, but not annoyed enough to purposely get them fighting.
"Hey now, you know momma Kim is the one making us go out, and pretty soon he'll break my heart, and she'll have to let me go out with you!"
"Yes, yes I know, we've been through it," he looked exhausted, Rory couldn't help but notice that he rubbed his forehead somewhat. She knew it then she was right it bothered Dave, how could it not, some girl he's crazy about; willing to do all this insanity for her. And she's still seeing another guy. That had to hurt.
"So Dave," Rory piped in trying to change the subject. "What are you going to study at Brown?"
"If I get in, I'm hoping to major in Medicine, and Minor in Music," he was now focusing on Rory ignoring Lane.
"Oh wow, you want to be a doctor?"
"Yeah, I'd like it, but it helps that my parents are willing to pay for half my schooling if I major in either Medicine or Law. And law bores me."
Rory laughed. "What medicine field do you want to go into."
"Pediatrician."
"Awe, kids!" she squealed.
"Yeah," he smiled.
"I have to pee!" Announced Lane suddenly throwing Dave and Rory out of their conversation.
"Okay…?"
"Rory didn't you say you had to pee too?" she asked pointedly.
"Um yes," she answered confused. She figured she better stand up and go with Lane, even though she hadn't had a beverage since her morning coffee three hours ago. Come to think of it she was quite thirsty if anything.
The girls went into the girl's room Lane glared at a five year old girl washing her hands. "Come on little girl, you wasting water, you going to put us in a drought!"
Poor thing began to cry as she ran out of the room, "LANE!" shouted Rory starting to go after the girl.
Lane grabbed her arm and kept her from going after the girl, "I'll apologies later, me and you need to talk! Sabotage is happing at Starshallow High School!"
"What are you talking about?" laughed Rory watching a Lane freaking out.
"All these girls at school are totally hitting on Dave; they all think I'm with Hueng Cho so I can't tell them to back off."
"Sure you can."
"They'd tell my mom."
"Why would they do that?"
"Because they are female."
"I'm female."
"Yes, but you're you Rory, and you wouldn't dream of sabotaging me."
"Well we are best friends."
"Exactly!" grinned Lane, "You as my BEST friend, can help me out!"
"How?"
"You can become friends with Dave!"
"How would that work?"
"You'd keep his attention off those other girls."
"You mean keep him distracted?"
"Well…yeah."
"Lane that's crazy!"
"Just till Hueng Cho finally breaks up with me!"
"You can't be serious," she shouted taken very taken aback.
"Come on Rory, you're my best friend! You're the only one who can help me!"
"But…you want me to keep Dave attention away from other girls?" sighed Rory giving in.
"Yes!"
"How?"
"Talk about me, tell him how awesome I am, and tell me when he starts to get upset about Hueng Cho." Rory nodded only because she didn't want to tell Lane that he already was upset.
"I guess we can hang out tomorrow after school," shrugged Rory.
"Thank you, Thank you, thank you!" Lane squeezed her friend appreciatively before bouncing back into the restaurant. Dave sat waiting patiently, staring idly around the diner. Rory sort of felt bad for him, he looked lonely.