·i will follow, if you lead
·By Averie
·Character and locations property of Amy and Daniel Palladino
·If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.-Lewis Carroll (Alice and Wonderland)
·Written on January 25, 2005
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January 9, 2000
Life isn't fair. That is my conclusion and I don't believe it's cynical. Especially since the gov't is sending me to live with some woman I barely know, just because Chris died. I also know that I should call him 'Dad' or something similar, but he wasn't a 'Dad', he was a 'Chris.' So now, I have to move to some Hicksville in the middle of Connecticut! I was perfectly fine with staying west. My case worker gave you to me, said I should, and I quote '…record the most memorable moments, in a blog or something, so you're sure to remember them…'. I have trouble thinking that makes sense since, if it's really a memorable moment, I'll remember it no matter what. Moving on, the name of this idiotic little town is Stars Hollow.
Thank the heavens for stupid social workers with the dough for a laptop,
RLH-(G?)
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Stepping off the bus and into the small town, Rory Hayden shifts the weight of her bags for walking. She heads straight to Luke's, knowing that her mother will be there from the few times she'd visited the town in the past.
People murmur and glance at her as she passes, mostly about how she's the 'bastard daughter' of the towns favorite business owner. She glances at Miss Patty, a robust woman, before speaking, "Lacosta, shut it!" The woman, after taking a moment to look offended, goes back to the quiet murmurs.
Rory continues, rambling into the diner and walking to her mother before throwing her bags on the floor. The elder woman smiles warmly at her, engulfing her in a hug she knows won't be reciprocated. "Lori! You're here!"
"Rory," she corrects, pulling out of Lorelai's strangling embrace. "My name is Rory. I don't care what fantasies you've entertained about finally having your Princess Lori to appease this nuthouse's expectations, and I don't want to hear about them. I'm not here of my own accord and will not act as if I am." She sat, directing her attention to the diner's brute proprietor, Luke Danes, "You remember my order?"
Rory would admit, she liked Luke. One of the few townsfolk she could stand aside from Lane Kim, music freak extraordinaire, and Andrew Last-Name-Withheld, the proprietor of the book shop.
"Yeah. Hey kiddo, how you doin'?" He asked, a soft gruffness to his voice. He'd never much liked the elder Hayden, mainly for his hold on Lorelai, but he did like Rory, even with her tendency to misbehave. Of course, every person had at least one redeeming quality, her's happened to be her eating habits. They were nothing like the sugar-candy-caffeine-cholesterol laden habits of her mother or the expensive, picky habits of her father. She, more often than not, settled for water or tea and a salad.
Smirking up at him, she replied shortly, "As well as can be expected in the village of dupe's." She shrugged, "You?"
Shaking his head with a chuckle, the man replied, "About the same. I'll have your order in a minute."
Lorelai watched the exchange between her daughter and The Coffee God with conflicting emotions. For once, seeing Rory and Luke didn't make her hyperHappy or either or. She noticed her daughters questioning glare and turned to inspect her focus; only to see Jess Mariano, Luke's nephew and town badass. She watched with heated worry as Rory stood and charged the boys table, sitting across from him.
Jess looked up as the table shook, only to find a girl he hadn't seen before. "What?" he asked, rudely, wondering fleetingly who the girl was.
"I've been to this town every summer for twelve years, I've never seen you. Therefore, you're new and I despise you as much, if not more than, these miscreants." She sat back, arms crossed defensively over her chest and legs spread. Her hair fell every which way and she raised an eyebrow. A challenge to Jess.
Luke set the salad and water in front of Rory, looking between the teens, "Rory, this is my nephew Jess. Jess, Lorelai's daughter."
Rory grabbed a cucumber and ate it before standing and walking back to the counter. Picking up her bags, she walked to the door. "See ya, Luke." And she left.
Raising an eyebrow at his uncle, Jess spoke. "Lorelai procreating? Scary." After a moment, he went back to his book.
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Okay, so that was the first chapter, aka, the Teaser.
And before the one person asks, I'm not continuing 'Skin' or 'Bare Skin' or whatever at the moment due to an immense crashing on the hd which totally bludgeoned my ram and screwed my sys. So, I lost chapters 4-13, which is every one except 1-3. Moving on:
Any reveiws are of the muchly appreciado variety. And if anyone says anything, I'm not trying to be Spanish. I took two years of the crap and still understand it in a zero sort of sense.
Over and Out