~ Lorelai's Love Chronicles~
"Mommy, tell me a story!" asked a excited, younger Rory.
"Sure sweetie," replied the 20-year-old mother.
"About your boyfriends!" squealed the 4-year-old.
"Ok, Rory. Let Mommy think for a while." she said. "Ah-ha I've got one........."
I had been going out with Jim since the beginning of the year. It was almost
Valentine's Day and I had his Valentine all ready. It had a picture of a little honeybee and said
"Bee Mine" on the cover. Sure it was corny, but it was also $2.75. Hey, did you think I
would make a valentine?
So anyway, Valentine's Day is always the 14th of February and in 5th grade,
believe me, there is a serious sensation every February 14th. In the year 1979, it fell
on a Friday, which did not help the chaos.
None of the couples ever gave Valentines to other people besides their "spouses".
Jim and I weren't about to break that tradition. Maybe I should tell you more about Jim.
He was the tallest boy in the class and the object of every girl's desire, but I had him. But
of course, having a popular boyfriend had its ups and its downs. That year I was going to
learn it the hard way.
Along with the corny card, I also got Jim a little teddy bear, courtesy of
Emily Gilmore, my probing mother. She insisted I get Jim more than a card, and I
was beginning to regret the day I told her we were going out.
Besides that, everything else was set and ready to go. The teacher gave us
construction paper to make "mailboxes" to put the cards in. Mine was careless, but feminine,
and the crooked handwriting spelled "Lorelai" across the pink paper. I chose a Cupid
sticker to put on the already crowded mailbox.
When we all finished, finally it was time to exchange the Valentines. We all lined
up in the hall, and one by one, put the Valentines on the designated places. I placed
the teddy bear on Jim's desk and put the card in his mailbox, which was alarmingly messy
and ugly. Did he care anything for love?
I sighed and stepped out of the room, letting the next person in. I flashed Jim
a thumbs-up sign but he didn't flash one back. That got me worried.
The Valentines I got were either from my friends or anonymous male admirers.
Some of them were signed and some of them weren't. The largest one, a red envelope with
some chocolates attached, was at the bottom, and I decided to save for last.
Before I could get to it, though, my arch-enemy, Tara Links, said aloud," Since
when is my name Lorelai?"
I looked at Jim and his face was so green I was thinking about dumping him right
there. The card he had meant to give to me was small and cheap, and I remembered the
large chocolates at the bottom. Sure enough, the card read," To Tara, Go out with me?
I'll dump Lorelai. Love, Jim."
Jim stared at the card and teddy bear. I grabbed them off his desk, threw them out,
and yelled at him," You're dumped, Jim Winston!"
Laughter tittered throughout the class. The teacher looked up alarmed.
Jim was turning bright red, but determined to sass me back, he walked over to Tara and
did what he was planning to do all along- go out with her.
I didn't really care, except I had been expecting so much more and I thought that
I had been cheated out of my first Valentine's Day with a boyfriend. But it didn't really matter
much, because then I found Christian-
"Mommy, tell me about Christian tomorrow." said Rory." I'm tired"
"Ok, Rory, go to sleep, honey."
"Night Mom."
"Night Rory."
2 b continued....
"Mommy, tell me a story!" asked a excited, younger Rory.
"Sure sweetie," replied the 20-year-old mother.
"About your boyfriends!" squealed the 4-year-old.
"Ok, Rory. Let Mommy think for a while." she said. "Ah-ha I've got one........."
I had been going out with Jim since the beginning of the year. It was almost
Valentine's Day and I had his Valentine all ready. It had a picture of a little honeybee and said
"Bee Mine" on the cover. Sure it was corny, but it was also $2.75. Hey, did you think I
would make a valentine?
So anyway, Valentine's Day is always the 14th of February and in 5th grade,
believe me, there is a serious sensation every February 14th. In the year 1979, it fell
on a Friday, which did not help the chaos.
None of the couples ever gave Valentines to other people besides their "spouses".
Jim and I weren't about to break that tradition. Maybe I should tell you more about Jim.
He was the tallest boy in the class and the object of every girl's desire, but I had him. But
of course, having a popular boyfriend had its ups and its downs. That year I was going to
learn it the hard way.
Along with the corny card, I also got Jim a little teddy bear, courtesy of
Emily Gilmore, my probing mother. She insisted I get Jim more than a card, and I
was beginning to regret the day I told her we were going out.
Besides that, everything else was set and ready to go. The teacher gave us
construction paper to make "mailboxes" to put the cards in. Mine was careless, but feminine,
and the crooked handwriting spelled "Lorelai" across the pink paper. I chose a Cupid
sticker to put on the already crowded mailbox.
When we all finished, finally it was time to exchange the Valentines. We all lined
up in the hall, and one by one, put the Valentines on the designated places. I placed
the teddy bear on Jim's desk and put the card in his mailbox, which was alarmingly messy
and ugly. Did he care anything for love?
I sighed and stepped out of the room, letting the next person in. I flashed Jim
a thumbs-up sign but he didn't flash one back. That got me worried.
The Valentines I got were either from my friends or anonymous male admirers.
Some of them were signed and some of them weren't. The largest one, a red envelope with
some chocolates attached, was at the bottom, and I decided to save for last.
Before I could get to it, though, my arch-enemy, Tara Links, said aloud," Since
when is my name Lorelai?"
I looked at Jim and his face was so green I was thinking about dumping him right
there. The card he had meant to give to me was small and cheap, and I remembered the
large chocolates at the bottom. Sure enough, the card read," To Tara, Go out with me?
I'll dump Lorelai. Love, Jim."
Jim stared at the card and teddy bear. I grabbed them off his desk, threw them out,
and yelled at him," You're dumped, Jim Winston!"
Laughter tittered throughout the class. The teacher looked up alarmed.
Jim was turning bright red, but determined to sass me back, he walked over to Tara and
did what he was planning to do all along- go out with her.
I didn't really care, except I had been expecting so much more and I thought that
I had been cheated out of my first Valentine's Day with a boyfriend. But it didn't really matter
much, because then I found Christian-
"Mommy, tell me about Christian tomorrow." said Rory." I'm tired"
"Ok, Rory, go to sleep, honey."
"Night Mom."
"Night Rory."
2 b continued....
