On The Cover Of A Magazine

Chapter 1

"Perspiring From The Irony"

"Logan…" She called from the shower. "Logan… I can't do this."

"Of course, you can. This is going to be simple. Just finish washing your hair." Said Logan Huntzberger, as he sat on the bathroom counter. "Come on, Hads, it's not gonna be bad."

"Yes, it is. It's gonna suck." Hadley Allison Bennet. reached out of the shower and grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her before stepping out of the shower, not daring to look in the mirror at her hair. The bleached blonde was now back to her roots, otherwise known as a dark, sort of chestnut brown. She grabbed another towel to wrap around her hair. "I'm gonna slip up. I just know it."

"You're going to be fine. And I was talking about your hair. Which looks amazing, by the way."

"Turn around." Logan turned around while she dropped her towel and slipped on a denim mini-skirt, a bra, and a Rainbow Bright t-shirt from Kitson. She took her hair down and began to blow-dry it, still avoiding the mirror. She finished blow-drying and started straightening it. Logan watched her, silently laughing. "What?"

"You can't avoid mirrors forever."

"Watch me. I'll do it, too." She nodded. He laughed and he got up to turn her towards the mirror. He had his hands on her shoulders and she glared at him. "I will beat you like a red-headed stepchild." He moved her in front of the mirror, facing it. She looked at her reflection. "This isn't me."

"You're right. It's not. It's the real you. It's the real Hadley." He kissed her on the forehead. "You never told me who you're mom was. You just said you had found her."

"Lorelai Gilmore. That's her name. She lives in some little town... Star something."

"Gilmore." He looked straight at her. "Doesn't that name sound familiar?"

"Yeah. Emily. I know. But she's gonna help me with this. She wasn't to happy, but whatev."

"No. My girlfriend, Rory Gilmore. That's Lorelais daughter."

"Your girlfriend is my sister? How... Ironic. That... Doesn't help at all."

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Three days later, she woke up in bed to find The Hartford Gazette in her face. A picture of her was on the front page, with a big question mark over her head. The headline said Where In The World Is Hadley Bennet? "And you're showing me this, why?"

He began to read her the article. "Hadley Allison Bennet, age 22, has been out of the spotlight now for almost a week. The Hartford-born socialite and hotel heiress, usually always in the media's eyes, hasn't made an appearance since she was seen buying a new pair of glasses Tuesday afternoon." He skipped a few lines. "This article continued on page 3."

"Please don't read anymore." She sighed. "Please."

"Oh, why not? They love you. They miss you. They're going crazy without you."

"It's The Hartford Gazette. How sad could they be?"

"Just wait 'til it makes the news. All over the country."

"Shut up, Logan." She shoved her head under her pillow and tried to fall back asleep. Logan grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the bed.

"Noooo. You have to get ready. You're going today." She sat up and glared at him and he handed her, her glasses. "Today, you stop being Hadley Bennet, and you become Hadley Gilmore." Hadley groaned and reluctantly got out of bed.

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About 2 hours later, in Star's Hollow, Lorelai Gilmore picked up her copy of The Hartford Gazette. She walked into Luke's and fixed herself a cup of coffee and sat down at the counter. Luke was about to object, but she interrupted him. "Hey, guess what? That Hartford hotel heiress is missing."

"That Hadley girl? Yeah, I heard it on the news. What have I told you about going behind the counter?"

"Absolutely nothing?" She smiled at him before continuing. "Her parents don't seem too worried. If Rory ever disappeared like that, I'd be out of my mind."

"They're rich. They pay people to worry for them."

"Yeah. You got that right." She laughed and continued reading the paper.

A few minutes later she got up, paid, and dragged herself to work. About 20 minutes later a girl walked in wearing a blue jean mini skirt, a Hollister shirt, Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses, Old Navy flip-flops, and her brunette hair in low pigtails.

She walked up to the counter and waited for Luke to assist her. When he walked up, she smiled sweetly and asked, "Do you know where The Dragonfly Inn is? I'm supposed to be meeting someone there and I didn't get very good directions. The guy on the phone was, like, incredibly rude."

Luke willingly gave the girl, who looked very similar to one, scratch that, two of Stars Hollows very lovely citizens, the directions. As she left, he looked over at Miss Patty, who was already thinking up what to tell everyone.

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