Author's Note:
Two of my friends asked me to posted. I tried to keep the original characters in their character. Hope you enjoy.
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Chapter 1
"What was that all about?" Rory asked as Alex walked in, heading over to the table.
"Did you guys order food without me again?" Alex asked back.
"Yes, we ordered without you and we were just talking about our date tonight." Lorelai answered sitting down.
"Wait, you and Luke are going on an actually date tonight?" Alex asked sitting down across from Rory.
"Finally." Rory commented.
"Yah finally, huh?" Lorelai asked back.
"I'm so happy for you." Alex answered.
"What you going to wear?" Rory asked all excited.
"Yes, do tell." Alex spoke up smiling.
"I was thinking glass slipper, backwards baseball cap." Lorelai answered smiling.
"And nothing else." Rory interrupted smiling back.
"Exactly." Lorelai replied.
"I'm very excited." Rory replied back.
"We both are. You're such a role model mom." Alex laughed.
"Me too and yes I am. Yah, have you talked to?" Lorelai asked Rory.
"No." Rory answered looking down at the table.
"Do you think you're going to before..." Lorelai began to ask Rory.
Rory shook head as Alex answered. "She doesn't want to, even though I think she should."
"Alex!" Rory cried.
"Oh food, thank god." Lorelai stated as Luke came over with Rory's and hers.
"Hot plates. And your chocolate chip pancakes with harsh browns and scrabbled eggs with cheese are almost done, Alex." Luke spoke as he placed the plates down for Rory and Lorelai.
"See he called me hot plates. He so likes me." Lorelai commented smiling.
"Geez." Luke stated little frustrated.
"Thanks Luke." Alex replied smiling before Luke went to get her food.
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"Careful. If you stain that our grandmother will hunt you down and kill you. I wish I was kidding." Rory spoke as she headed to get the door.
"We both wish we were kidding about our grandmother." Alex commented looking around. "Marty!"
"Hey Alex, Rory." Marty replied smiling as Alex's gave him a hug.
"Marty hi! It's nice to see you. Your here too?" Rory asked as Marty let go of Alex to give her a hug.
"Yah, I'm living here." Marty answered as they started walking towards the door.
"We're so happy that you're here. Rory, we need to let them in." Alex replied opening the front door for the movers to get in. "It should be unlocked."
"So how was your summer?" Rory asked as she and Marty walked through the door that Alex was holding open.
"I met Nicole Richy, then spent the next six weeks showering." Marty answered.
Alex and Rory laughed as they saw the movers just holding the couch there.
"Are you sure it's not unlocked?" Rory replied as she and Marty stopped in front of her place.
"It's not." One of the movers spoke.
"That's weird. Paris should be here." Alex responded looking a little confused.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Rory stated as she got the key out and unlocked the door.
We all got in before the movers brought in the couch.
"Nice room." Marty commented looking around.
"Thanks." Rory replied as Alex began checking all the rooms. "I'm finding it hard to believe that we beat Paris here."
"I know." Alex called out of her room that she just picked to be hers.
"She normally would get dibs on the best bedroom and set the furnisher in the exact way she likes it." Rory commented as she pointed to the movers where the couch should go.
"Maybe she's running late." Marty replied.
"Paris is never late, at least I've never know her to be late." Alex said after looking in the last bedroom. "I'm calling her."
"Go for it." Rory replied back.
"Paris, we're in our room and just wondering how it was even possible for us to beat you here?" Alex asked a little worried about where Paris was.
"Hello Alex. Don't worry about it. I'll be there later." Paris replied unhappy.
"What's going on?" Alex asked noticing that Paris was sounding funny, which normally would be entertainment for her.
"Asher's dead." Paris replied.
"Paris, I'm so sorry. How did it happen?" Alex asked.
"Heart attack." Paris answered.
"Where? When?" Alex asked concerned.
"What's going on?" Rory asked Alex as she got the answer to her
"Asher died from a heart attack, Rory." Alex answered irritated. "So you're handling all of his affairs?"
"Yes." Paris answered again in a somewhat irritated voice.
"Is there anything we can do to help you?" Alex asked worried.
"No thanks." Paris replied sadly. "I'm sad."
"Was it in bed?" Marty asked with hope in his voice.
"No, Marty." Alex replied. "I know. I'm so sorry Paris. We're talk to you when you get here. Bye."
"Man, I lost the pool." Marty replied just as Alex got off the phone.
"Sorry Marty." Alex responded a little happy that Marty had lost.
"Is she okay?" Rory asked as she told the movers where to place things.
"I think so. She doesn't want us to help, but she's sad." Alex answered shrugging. "Go pick out your room."
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"We so should've started with Rory's summer." Alex remarked after hearing about Marty's.
"She's right." Rory replied drinking some coffee.
"Oh, sorry." Marty said after Colin bumped into him.
"Seriously couldn't see me?" Colin asked.
"Not everyone is staring at you Colin." Finn answered putting his arm around his neck.
"Hey, I know you. I've seen you inform or something." Logan stated a little drunk.
"Maytag repair man." Finn commented, clearly not knowing what was going on.
"They're either drunk or high." Alex whispered to Rory.
Rory simply nodded as Finn and Colin looked at them weirdly.
"I've bartend for your parties." Marty clarified.
"Oh yah. He makes a kick ass drink." Logan replied.
"Thanks." Marty replied smiling a little.
"What's your name again?" Logan asked not trying to remember.
"Marty. This is Rory and Alex." Marty answered.
"Hi." Logan replied not really caring. "Still for hire? Nothing has changed?"
"Nope, nothing has changed." Marty answered.
"I'll give you a call." Logan replied getting ready to leave. "Where you living now?"
"Branford." Marty answered.
"It's good to have ran into you." Logan remarked just before he left.
"I see what you two see in him." Colin comment smugly.
"Don't be an ass Colin." Logan replied back to Colin as he made his way.
"Me? Never!" Colin commented back following him. "I'm friends to all."
"I really hate those guys." Marty stated after they were out of ear shot.
"It's not hard to see why." Rory spoke as we headed back to our dorm.
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The next day...
Paris walked out of her room with an arm full of books.
"That's a lot of books Paris." Alex remarked as Paris set them up on the coffee table.
"I think we need more candles. The fact that the bookstore had any in-stock shows the sadness of the American reading habits." Paris replied finishing up.
"I think our mom put some candles in our trunks. I'll check for you." Rory responded setting the newspaper down and heading for her trunk first.
"What can we do to help?" Alex asked hoping there was nothing.
Paris got up and grabbed some flyers and handed them to Alex. "You could put these up, since Rory is looking for candles."
"Why did you make flyers, Paris?" Alex asked not wanting to do it.
"This great man taught here. Anyone who wants to pay their respect deserves this opportunity." Paris replied a little annoyed.
"Glad to know that I still annoy you sometimes." Alex commented smiling. "All right. I'll go put them up."
Alex left the room just as Rory walked out with a few more candles for Paris.
"Okay, Finn. This is the last building. Please say it's familiar." Logan spoke as he and Colin followed Finn inside past Alex.
"Ah." Finn cried looking around.
"It's not familiar." Colin stated as Finn stopped.
"Hold on. Yes, it's here. This is where she lives." Finn replied back
"No offense, but do you guys need help?" Alex asked as they walked over to her room.
"No, thanks." Logan answered rudely. "Don't put your number."
"I'm not. I'm putting your number." Finn laughed.
"Well, I hate to tell you guys this, but that's my room. And since Logan turn my offer of help down, I wish you luck on finding your soulmate." Alex commented annoyed.
"Put my number." Logan spoke after checking Alex out.
"Are you sure?" Finn asked.
"Yes, that is my room." Alex answered.
"I knew this was her room." Finn replied a little confused.
"Do you know her name?" Alex asked.
"It was short." Finn answered using his hands to show how short it was.
"I don't know what to tell you, Finn." Alex responded trying not to smile.
"We're sorry about this. Finn really means no harm. He just hasn't learned that innocent blondes don't mix." Logan replied smiling.
"It's red heads." Finn spoke before he and Colin headed up stairs.
Logan laughed a little. "We're really sorry, and now leave you alone to finish putting up this poster of a really old guy."
"This is Professor Asher Fleming. He died last week and we're holding an awake for him." Alex explained, this time trying not to laugh.
"So... were you and Fleming?" Logan asked using inappropriate hand gestures.
"Oh, hell no. I have better taste than that." Alex answered grossed out.
"Sorry. You're putting him up in your hallway, which makes it appear that he's more than a teacher." Logan quickly replied back.
"He was more than a teacher. He was... an amazing author and a big inspiration, along with many other things that your little brain will never understand." Alex remarked more irritated than annoyed.
"You don't know me, yet you don't like me." Logan implied.
"You're not hard to figure out and I know you." Alex confirmed.
"Oh, you do?" Logan asked confused.
"We meet yesterday. My friend Marty introduced you to me and my sister?" Alex answered attempting to jog his memory.
"I'm sorry, yes. It completely slipped my mind. I met you and your sister yesterday with Marty. It's good to see you again..." Logan recollected.
"It's Alex." Alex told him rudely.
"Well, it's great to see you Alex. Angry works for you." Logan commented.
Alex laughed. "This is not me angry. This is me being irritated by you, who only knows how to party, drink, and use a credit card. How did you even get into college?" Alex asked mocking him.
"You're irritated with the fact that I forgot your name for a moment. Or does this have something to do with your friend Marty?" Logan asked back ignoring what Alex had just said about him.
"You need to learn how to properly speak to people. No one is below you." Alex answered smugly.
"I said hi and told him that he made a kick ass drink. What did I do wrong?" Logan asked back confused.
"It's how you said it, Judge Judy." Alex remarked more irritated.
"Now, that hurt." Logan acknowledged trying to look hurt.
"Nice try, but that really didn't hurt." Alex observed. "Just because someone does a job, like bartender, for you and your friends doesn't mean that you can treat them like a servant."
"In actual reality, I'm paying Marty for his serve which is what a servant does. And I bet if you talk to him, he'll tell you about the excellent tips which are very important to a bartender." Logan argued.
"That is not the point. You can't treat people like they are below you. It goes against the constitution and any civilized society." Alex argued back.
"Well, it is a free country. Meaning I can speak to anyone in any matter I choose, but you're right. Rules of a civil society attend to frown upon a show of snobbery. Is that your argument?" Logan asked smiling.
Alex couldn't help but smile back. "I don't have an argument and I don't need a moment to come up with one."
"You conceded, then?" Logan asked a little amused.
"You're just going to have to forgive me. And no, I just don't like it when people like you hurt my friends." Alex answered before she started walking away.
"Your gloated." Logan called.
Alex walked back over. "You can't be serious. Get out your compass, if you have one, and I'll show you how far I am from gloated."
"You're a serious debater." Logan replied smiling bigger.
Finn came down the stairs. "I found her, Logan."
"All right." Alex and Logan replied at the same time.
Finn hurried back up the stairs.
"Let Marty know that I say hi and I promise to remember you the next time we meet." Logan replied. "Now tell that wasn't fun."
"Let me think. I insulated you a few times, so I guess a very small part was." Alex answered putting on a fake smile. "Your friends are up the stairs, just in case you forgot where they were."
Logan nodded and headed for the stairs. "Master and Commander."
Alex laughed. "Not happening Logan."
"A guy can dream." Logan replied as he headed up the stairs.
Alex stuck her tongue out before heading back into her room where Paris was smoking a pipe.
"I just wanted to smell like him again." Paris spoke noticing Alex's confused looked.
Alex nodded setting the flyers down and going over to sit with Paris. "Completely understandable, Paris."
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Alex walked up to Rory and Marty. "Here's your phone, and yes mom's calling. Just let me know what she wants."
"All right." Rory replied just as she answered her phone and Alex went to mingle. "Hello?"
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Lorelai replied.
"What for mom?" Rory asked.
"Rory!" Emily called as she walked into our dorm room.
"Grandma." Rory responded back.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Lorelai repeated.
"Well, what's going on here?" Emily asked looking around.
"I need to hung up now." Rory replied to her mom.
"Did I mention that I'm sorry?" Lorelai asked.
"Yes. Bye." Rory answered hang up as Alex walked over.
"Grandma. What are you doing here?" Alex asked stopping next to Rory.
"I had to get out of the house. Your mother kindly told me that you both were at home. Now, explain to me why there are pictures of Asher Fleming everywhere?" Emily asked back as they moved away from the door.
"This is awake for Professor Fleming. He died." Rory answered.
"And you would think that your grandfather would've mentioned it to me, but no. I bet he's going to make me go to that in insufferable man's funeral." Emily remarked annoyed.
"He was cremated, grandma." Alex replied as Paris came over.
"Oh, thank god." Emily responded as Paris called to her.
Paris gave Emily a hug. "It's so good that you came."
"Of course. Asher was quite committed to his students." Emily replied back.
Paris started crying and Emily tried to comfort her. Alex and Rory shook their heads.
"Mom apologized for this right?" Alex asked a little annoyed.
"Yes, several times." Rory answered as Marty came over.
"Root Beer?" Marty asked.
"No thanks Marty. I'm going to go mingle so more." Alex answered smiling.
"Sure." Rory answered taking the cup from Marty just as Alex left. "Thanks for everything. You've been a huge help tonight."
"Anything for you. So Rory?" Marty asked not taking a drink while Rory did.
"Hmm." Rory responded looking up at Marty.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Marty asked bluntly.
"Excuse me?" Rory coughed.
"Just curious. You're not here with someone and you haven't mention anyone." Marty answered. "Was wondering what the deal was?"
"I don't really know." Rory answered a little lost and confessed looking at her drink.
"What does that mean 'I don't know'?" Marty asked back taking a drink.
"I don't know." Rory answered again.
"All right. Because that's usually the kind of thing that people know." Marty replied.
"I know that." Rory replied back thinking.
"Okay, so you just don't know." Marty replied trying to turn the conversation back to a more comfortable one.
"Will you excuse me for just one minute?" Rory asked as she got pass Marty.
"Um, sure." Marty answered as Rory headed for the door.
Alex had been watching them and followed Rory out. "Rory!"
"Yes?" Rory remarked as she stopped and turned around.
"You're going to go see Jess aren't you?" Alex asked a little concerned.
"No. Why would you think that?" Rory asked trying to denied it.
"Because I know you. Just be careful." Alex answered.
"I will." Rory replied.
Alex quickly gave Rory a hug before she went on her way.