AN: I don't own Gilmore Girls

This is just a bunch of random bits based on the song titled above each one. As a warning, I have an eclectic taste in music, so these are really random. Some are set in series, some before, some after. Nothing too crazy, and all over the board for points of view. The stories are also shuffled, they're in no logical order at all.

Let me know if you enjoy it, I had a lot of fun doing it, and this is maybe a stand alone, or maybe more... see the details in the end Author's Note.

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight – U2

"Rory, come on! Let's just go!" he tells her.

"Jess, I can't just leave. I'm not that girl," she replies.

"Please?" he begs. "I can't take it. I can't be here anymore, this place is making me crazy."

She pauses for a moment, considering his pleas. "For how long?"

"I don't know, an hour, a day, a week, forever?"

"Okay."

He picks her up and spins her around, "Thank you!" he whispers in her ear as he holds her close to him. She nods and they run towards his car.

Ain't Nothing Wrong With That – Robert Randolph and the Family Band

The town square is filled to the brim with every possible member of the community. They're all different and unique. Lorelai smiles knowing that they're all there for her, well for her and Rory. She can't believe her baby girl is getting married, and is willing to subject her husband and his family to the craziness that is Stars Hollow. At least no one can claim they didn't know about the crazies before the wedding.

Set Adrift on Memory Bliss – PM Dawn

He opened the door to find his wife dancing in the living room. She was singing off key with the radio, and his breath was taken away. He couldn't believe after all these years she was finally his, and still so amazing.

"You know the Go-Go's broke up years ago right?" he asked after we watched her for a while.

"Gah! You scared me! Never sneak up on a Gilmore! How do you not know this lesson yet?" she asked.

"You'd think that after more than 30 years I'd learn that lesson," he said with a smile.

"You'd think," she smiled back at him. "Come dance with me?"

He wandered over to a rack of cds and pulled out an album to pop into the cd player, the song started and he extended his hand to her. "May I have this dance?"

She nodded and took his hand, "This is the first song we ever danced to."

"I know."

"I love you Christopher."

"I've loved you all my life Lorelai."

Keep It Simple – Cobra Starship

"Zach, get Steve and Kwan out of here!" Lane yelled as she tried to keep her two year old twins away from the recording equipment.

"Sorry babe, I had an idea and I had to jot it down," Zach said coming out of the bedroom. "You know how the muse works."

"Daddy!" one of the twins called excitedly.

"Hey little dudes! You want to go get some ice cream to get out of Mommy's hair for a bit?" he asked as he knelt down in front of them.

"Ice screen!" they both shrieked and ran towards him.

"Thanks babe," Lane said as the trio headed for the door.

"Anything for you."

Lane plopped down on the couch next to Rory. "Nothing's simple anymore is it?"

"No, and you love it!" her best friend reminded her.

King of Pain – The Police

He pulled the truck over to the side of the road after about ten minutes. Did he really just walk away from her? He banged his head on the steering wheel.

"She just looked so comfortable with those guys in their suits, and she was wearing all of those diamonds! She was wearing a tiara," he said aloud trying to rationalize his behavior. "She would have left me eventually anyhow."

He swiped angrily at the tears that had fallen down his cheeks and restarted the car. He really was an idiot.

Machinehead – Bush

She took a deep breath and tried to regain control of herself. She was a Gilmore damnit she was strong enough to get through this. Her heart had been broken before, and it would probably be broken again. She sighed deeply and forced herself to sit up in bed. She felt around blindly looking for the cordless phone. He'd called several times and she had refused to answer, and now she finally needed to call him back.

"Lorelai?" he answered on the first ring.

"It's me," she said after a minute or so.

"Talk to me," he begged.

"I don't want to!" she shouted back.

"Then why did you call?" he asked honestly confused.

She sighed. "I need you. Bring cookie dough."

For A Little While – Tim McGraw

The California heat was so intense he was sure he could literally fry an egg on his sidewalk. He'd been in Palo Alto for two months, and he was still miserable. He didn't know why he tortured himself by staying the house with the avocado tree, but he did it just the same.

He walked into his backyard with a beer and sat down under the shade of that tree, and thought of better times. As much as it hurt, he would rather have had her once then to have never had her at all. He took a strong pull of his beer and closed his eyes hoping someday soon things would get better.

Sing For Absolution – Muse

"I said I'm sorry, what more do you want?" she shouts at her mother.

"I want you to fix it Lorelai. I want you to do the right thing!" Emily shouts back at her.

"What's right for you isn't what's right for me," she screams, "why can't you understand that?"

"Lorelai, calm down. All that screaming can't be good for the baby," Richard interjects.

"God! Can't you just love me?" Lorelai begs, tears streaming down her face.

Emily cracks first, she rushes to Lorelai's side and pulls her into her arms. "We do love you sweetheart. We just want what's best for you."

Lorelai sobs harder. "We'll try to be more open minded, just please stop crying," Richard says as he approaches her offering her his handkerchief.

Embraceable You – Ella Fitzgerald

They were seated for dinner, exactly the same way they'd done it almost every night for the last 45 years.

"I was thinking we should go to New York for the weekend," Emily said thoughtfully.

"Why?" Richard asked curiously.

"I just thought a night of dinner and dancing at the Rainbow Room would be nice. We haven't done that in a long time."

"No we haven't," he said. "Book the trip and we'll go, it's been too long since I've had you in my arms on the dance floor."

She smiled and looked up at him. "I love you Richard Gilmore."

"And I'm glad I married you and not Pennilynn Lott," he teased.

Keep The Faith – Bon Jovi

"Bartender, another round!" the Australian called out.

"Make mine a double," Colin yelled.

"So which of these lovely ladies should I take home tonight?" Finn asked no one in specific.

"What makes you think any of those girls will go home with you?" Logan asked teasing his friend.

"Yeah Finn, there are only a few redheads here, what if none of them are interested?" Rory added.

"You've gotta keep the faith, love," Finn told her. "And there goes my future wife." He left his friends to follow a tall redhead across the room.

Can't Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon

"I told you I wasn't boyfriend material," Logan reminded her.

"And I accepted that. You're the one that decided you needed to prove you could do it," she reminded him in turn.

"I didn't want to lose you."

"I don't blame you, I'm a pretty great girl," she said with a sudden boost of self confidence.

"Don't I know it?" he teased.

"Seriously though Logan, fights are part of relationships. They're going to happen. You just have to decide if it's worth it."

"It is. You are infinitely worth it."

1985 – Bowling For Soup

"Mom?" her daughter started.

"Yeah Sweets?"

"Is your life what you thought it would be?" she asked seriously.

"Yes and no."

"Well that's not an answer!" her daughter exclaimed indignantly.

"I guess you have to look at it from a specific point in time. In 1985, did I think I'd be here today? Well no, but I was still holding out hopes of being the fifth Bangle. How do you think I got rid of the pregnancy weight?"

"You can't sing though," Rory reminded her.

"Honey there are several recording artists out there that can't sing."

"So are you upset with the way your life turned out? Bangles aside of course," she said turning the conversation back to the serious side.

"Of course not. I have more than I could ever have wished for, I have you." She pulled her daughter into a hug.

Have A Little Faith In Me – John Hiatt

"Shhhh," he soothed, "Don't cry Rory, please don't cry."

"But-" she started.

"Do you trust me?" he asked. She nodded in response. "Then have a little faith. We'll get through this."

"But Mom…" she started again.

"I know Mom would have known better, but I promise, it's going to be okay."

"Okay Dad."

He got up and crossed the room, spraying the turkey one more time with the fire extinguisher, just in case. "Now, where are the take out menus?"

Waking Up In Vegas – Katy Perry

Rory woke up and it felt like there were elephants practicing ballet in her head. She gingerly opened her eyes, finding the lashes stuck together from her failure to remove her makeup the night before. She stretched and hit something solid on the other side of the bed.

"Ugh," the mass groaned.

"Sorry babe," she said.

"Where are we?" he asked.

"Uh, Vegas I think."

"Please tell me we didn't get married!" Logan exclaimed.

She smiled to herself, and then decided to tell the truth since her headache won't allow her to hear more yelling. "Don't worry babe, it wasn't us." She looked down at the sparkling engagement ring on her fourth finger. "Ours is still coming."

"But someone did get married?" he asked.

"Yeah, Colin and Steph, don't you remember? It was your idea."

Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't) – All Time Low

He really wanted to hit someone. Not that it would do any good, and really with his luck as of late he'd probably end up with an assault charge. But man did he want to hit someone.

Why couldn't they have moved out of town? But no, instead he had to watch them walk around the town hand in hand. At least they didn't come into the diner, but he still saw them everywhere else.

If he could pick one thing in his life to redo, it would be marrying Lorelai. He should have said yes and dragged her off to Atlantic City that night, his stalling was never because he didn't want to marry her. But now it was too late, and he was stuck with constant reminders of what might have been.

He stood up from the chair in his apartment and punched the wall behind him.

Take Me As I Am – Sugarland

She turned the volume up on her iPod hoping if she got it loud enough she could drown out his words, which were playing over and over in her head.

"Not everyone is perfect like you are Rory," he had shouted as he stormed out of the restaurant.

She leaned her head against the window of the bus, and silently wiped the tears that had made their way down her face. Why couldn't he just understand that she wasn't perfect either? That she didn't have to be perfect to be worth it.

Here I Go Again – Whitesnake

He entered the hallowed halls of Chilton and wondered if she would remember him. He'd been such an ass to her when she'd started here that he wouldn't be surprised if she blocked him from her memory all together.

A bell rang indicating that classes done for the day, and students began to pour out of various classrooms. He wanted to duck into the restroom and hide until he was officially reenrolled for classes, but he wasn't quick enough.

"Tristan?" he heard a familiar voice call out to him before he could move. It was the same voice he'd heard countless times in his dreams, it sounded as angelic as he remembered.

"Hey Mare, I'm back. Did you miss me?"

Somebody Told Me – The Killers

"Can I get another martini here?" she asked the bartender.

"Coming right up, Miss." He set a fresh glass in front of her a minute later. She picked it up and took a healthy sip. She knew he was here, she could feel it. She hadn't seen him since she turned him down a year and a half ago. She was sure he was here with some hot blonde girl, all moved on and happy while she was still miserable with out him. At least that was the last rumor she'd heard. She tried to block out Hartford gossip, but her grandmother couldn't take the hint and kept peppering her with information about him.

She tipped the glass up finishing the drink and called to the bartender for a third one.

"You should really slow down there," a familiar voice said from behind her.

"Logan, hey." She hoped he wouldn't get too close, she wasn't sure if she could stop herself from grabbing on to him and begging for another chance.

Our House – Madness

Gigi Hayden watched her little brothers run around the front yard, chasing each other with squirt guns.

"Gigi," they yelled and came running towards her guns a-blazing.

She put her hands up to cover her face, "Mark! Richie! Stop it right now!" she squealed.

The front door opened and her father came out, "what's going on out here?"

"Just squirt gun fights," Gigi explained. "For some reason they decided to attack me."

Christopher smiled at her, "I'll fix it," he whispered with a conspiratorial wink. Not more than a minute later he was chasing both boys around the yard spraying them with the garden hose.

They were so caught up in the action that they didn't notice a car pull into the driveway until the boys screamed "Mommy!" and went running towards Lorelai as she got out of the car. Gigi could see her dad try to stop, but he wasn't in time, Lorelai got drenched with the hose.

"Christopher!" she shouted, but Gigi could tell she wasn't really mad. She stayed on the porch laughing at her family.

Everything – Buckcherry

She was having a nervous breakdown. She hadn't had one in years, but right now she felt like she deserved it.

"Paris? Are you decent?" she heard her best friend call from outside of her door. "I'm coming in either way, so I'm just really giving you polite notice."

"Agh! Fine! Come on in!" she shouted.

"So, you want to tell me what's going on?" Rory asked her. "Nanny says you haven't gotten out of bed in three days."

"He left me Rory. He. Left. Me," she enunciated carefully.

"What?"

"Doyle. He's gone. He kissed the kids goodbye and headed out the door. I haven't seen him in a week."

"What ever it is, you'll work it out, I promise," Paris tried to cut her off but Rory kept talking. "And if not, you'll get through it, we'll help you in any way we can."

"Do you think Logan would destroy him for me?" she asked, hopeful for the first time in days. "Professionally of course," she added for good measure.

Misery Business – Paramore

"I never want to see you again!" she screamed and slammed the door.

Luke looked up from his position at the counter to see his daughter angrily storm past him and head up the stairs.

April sat down on her bed in her dad's apartment and fumed with anger. How dare he treat her like that? It was times like this that she missed her mom the most. She picked up the phone to call her in New Mexico but stopped when she heard the door to the apartment open.

"You okay?" her dad asked hesitantly as he poked his head in the door.

"I'll be fine Dad."

"Want to tell me what that was all about?"

"Nope." There were some things that a girl could never discuss with her father, and this was one of them.

"All right, well tell me if you need anything."

"Thanks Dad." He left the room and she flopped back on the bed to call her mother.

What It Takes – Aerosmith

He hadn't seen her in years, and yet there she was out of the blue, not more than twenty feet away from him, chatting happily with one of his colleagues. She looked the same as always.

He blinked twice to make sure she was still there, he'd randomly thought he'd seen her before a couple times, so he wanted to be doubly sure she was really there before he approached her. Convinced that she was, he walked over to her.

"Rory?" he started tentatively?

She spun to see him, "Marty! Is that you? What are you doing here?" She hugged him firmly and he inhaled deeply. It'd been 5 years since the Lucy debacle and she still smelled exactly the same.

"I work here, what are you doing here?" he asked when she finally let him go.

"I'm here with Logan. He seems to have business everywhere," she replied. He looked down and saw the gigantic sparkler of a ring on her all important finger, and felt like someone punched him in the stomach. He began to wonder if he'd ever get over her.

Stop & Stare – OneRepublic

He'd lived in Stars Hollow his entire life. People always took him for a bumbling idiot, but he paid attention to way more than he was given credit for. The reason he did as many jobs as he did was because he liked being around people. He knew he annoyed them, he just couldn't control himself, when he got excited and went overboard. Someday though, he'd be the one that would make them all stop and stare. He just hoped when he finally managed it, it would be for something good, and not because he'd screwed up again.

The life of Kirk Gleason – always on a search for something more.

My Never – Blue October

Colin looked over to see his bride still sound asleep in their honeymoon suite. He couldn't believe she finally agreed. Who'd of thought that uptight Colin McCrea would land someone as amazing as Stephanie Vanderbuilt. He waited for years for her to finally notice him, and then a few more for her to finally decide to date him. He smiled and slid closer to her pulling her into his arms.

His parents were going to die when they found out about the elopement, but some things needed to be done in exactly the right moment and this was one of them. She was finally his. Forever.

Thank God for Logan and Finn and their crazy plans!

RESPECT – Aretha Franklin

"Order, order!" Taylor called as he banged his gavel on the podium. "I'd like to get back to the matter at hand."

"Taylor, we've been here for three hours now," Lorelai called from the second row.

"Yeah Taylor, we're tired!" Rory whined from the seat next to her.

"Come on sugah, hurry up and take a vote already," Babette added from the back row.

"There are just a few more points I'd like to cover," he told them. He felt his gavel being pulled from his hand, and he looked over to see Miss Patti standing next to him.

"All in favor say 'Aye,'" she called when she had the gavel in hand. The crowd was silent. "All opposed say 'Nay.'"

A chorus of 'nays' erupted from the crowd, and she banged the gavel on the podium. "The nays have it." As soon as she said that people started getting up to leave.

"Wait, people! I haven't dismissed the meeting," he shouted. No one even bothered to turn and acknowledge him. "I'm the town selectman people, you should respect me!" he yelled to the now empty room.

Dirty Little Secret – The All-American Rejects

Shira ground the butt of her cigarette into the top of the brick bulkhead in her garden and instantly lit another one. She put it to her lips and inhaled deeply. She couldn't believe this was happening.

"Shira are you out here?" she heard Mitchum call from the terrace.

"Yes," she replied weakly hoping he wouldn't come out to talk to her, he hated it when she smoked.

"Are you smoking?" he asked.

"My son is about to propose to that girl! What do you think?" she shot back bitterly.

"All right, well let me know if you need another pack."

Sweet Child of Mine – Guns N' Roses

He locked his door as he entered his office, he didn't want to be interrupted. He pulled the shades too, just in case. He headed over to the bar behind the desk and poured himself a scotch, then sat at his desk and fished a set of keys out of his pocket. He found the smallest key on the ring and set about opening the locked drawer of his desk. Once it was open he felt around until he found what he was looking for, a photo album.

He pulled the album out and set it in front of him. He took a large sip of his scotch then opened the book. He flipped through the pages of photos of his kids growing up. Honor's first Halloween costume, she was a princess. Logan's first birthday, he had chocolate cake smeared everywhere. School pictures. Birthday party pictures. Formal dance pictures. He hated that his kids thought he didn't love them, maybe they'd change their opinions if they ever saw him as he was now, staring lovingly at the pictures of them. He'd never tell them about this, it was better for his business image that the whole world thought he was a hardnosed bastard. Even his own kids.

Beware! Cougar! – The Academy Is…

"You have to admit he's cute!" the chef squealed.

"Totally," her best friend agreed.

"I would just love to bake him a cake," Sookie confessed.

"Bake him a cake Sook? That's what you'd want to do with him?"

"You know celebrities, they never get to eat," she explained.

"What are you two talking about?" Michel asked as he came into the kitchen.

Lorelai lifted the page of the magazine they were looking at to show him a picture of the young actor they were discussing.

"That's disgusting. You two are old enough to be his mother! I'm going back to the front desk." Michel shook his head at the two women and promptly left the kitchen with the sound of Sookie and Lorelai laughing echoing in his ears.

Love Drunk – Boys Like Girls

They'd been dating for a few months before he realized it. She wasn't the one. He was still stuck on the girl that broke his heart a year ago. No matter how cute and sweet and fun Savannah was, she'd never replace Rory.

He stuck it out for another few months, hoping that if he tried hard enough he could train himself to love her. On paper she was perfect for him, he just couldn't get past the fact that she wasn't Rory. He kept taking her to parties and buying her things. But in the end, he couldn't do it. Everybody deserved to be with someone who loved them. He had to find a way to get Rory back.

Not Your Girl – Bree Sharp

His every touch drove her crazy! She tried to control her reactions to it around him, but she wanted desperately to attach herself to him and never let him go. But he wasn't that kind of guy, and she knew it, so instead she'd settle for what she could have. A few minutes of flirting and the occasional roll in the sheets.

It was that damn Founders Day Punch that finally made her see the light, and she finally had to admit it, to herself, as well as him. "I'm not your kind of girl."

AN:

Okay guys! Here's my idea, and you can tell me if you think it sucks. I'm going to leave this open, and use this a title page for a bunch of one-shots. One shots based on these snippets here. You, as the readers, can tell me which ones you want to see expanded, and I'll try to do them in the order in which they're suggested. (There are some that belong together, and if those are requested I'll probably combine them into one chapter.)

So if you're interested, review and tell me which scenes you'd like to see expanded. (Come on, you know you want to know more about Mitchum as a softie, and find out who Lorelai and Sookie are checking out in the magazine!)

Also - I am admittedly Rogan/Balcony Buddy - HOWEVER - there are several scenes in here that could obviously be Trory/Literati/JavaJunky if you want a scene elaborated in a certain way (ie: Here I Go Again as the start of a great Trory) let me know, and I'll see what I can do to accommodate you.

Lastly - this does not mean that I've given up on Winning Back The Gilmore Girls - I've just got the writing bug right now.

Thanks for reading and I hope to hear from you - S