Daddy's Little Girl
By Amelia DuGrey
SUMMARY:
An AU story... what if, instead of Lorelai taking Rory, Christopher had? What if someone could actually take Lorelai's place? Strange... yes, I know, just thought I'd try it.
December, 1985
"Lor, just give me Rory." Christopher Hayden was fed up. His
girlfriend, Lorelai Gilmore, had just tried to run with their daughter again.
"Chris, no. I'm keeping her," Lorelai said, guarding the baby's cradle.
"What does she look like to you, an animal? You can't give her a stable life. Both of our parents agree, now hand her over."
"Never."
That was it. Lorelai's parents, Emily and Richard, restrained her while he took his young daughter, Lorelai Leigh, out of the cradle and out of Lorelai Gilmore's life.
September, 2001 - 16 Years Later
"Daddy? Are you here?" Lorelai Leigh Hayden walked into the Hartford mansion that she, her father, and her step-mother Alexandra shared.
"Rory?"
"Alex, is that you? Where are you?"
"Study."
"Stay there, one second." Rory had never met her real mother. She had lived alone with her father until she was 10, when he and Alexandra had gotten married. Luckily, Christopher wasn't like some of her friend's fathers... he hadn't insisted that she like Alex, he had just requested that she respect her. It had worked for 7 years, and they were all happy with the arrangements.
*~*~*~*~*
"Hey Alex." Her step-mother was stunning. Before she had married Christopher, she had been a model. She was 5'9", with stylish blonde hair. They had the type of relationship every mother and daughter envied. They were never mother and daughter, always friends.
"Hi Rory... you'll never guess who called."
"Who?"
"Do you remember the DuGrey's son... Tris.... no, Dris.... that would never work... Chris?"
"Not Tristan."
"Yes Tristan."
"Oh my god!!!! Did he say what he wanted?"
"No... call him. Do you need the number?"
"Yeah."
"694-2302"
"Thanks.... I'm gonna go call him..... I'm calling a DuGrey.... AHHH!"