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AN: thank all of you for your comments! and oh yes I have plans!! ;-) sorry this one was short, but it seemed like a good cliff ender ;-) but i will update the third chapter fairly soon, not to worry!
Live Laugh Love
Live Laugh Love
Chapter 2
The next day Rory found herself walking through the streets of Stars Hollow. Rory had stopped by Luke's diner and the Independence inn to say 'hi' to her mother and soon to be stepfather. She was now on her way over to Lane and Zack's home. About two years ago they had moved into their own house. Brian had stayed in the duplex, quite happily living with his girlfriend. Rory didn't bother to ring her best friends doorbell. She simply walked into the house. She walked through a small foyer and into a dining room kitchen area.
"Marco?" Rory said just loud enough for Lane to hear. She didn't know where the kids were, but because the house was quiet she figured they were napping. Being almost four could be exhausting.
Lane looked up from the dishes she was putting away. With a loud clunk the plate she was holding hit the crème counter. "RORY!" Lane skipped over to where her best friend stood. "This is such a cool surprise!" The two quickly hugged and stood slightly apart. They looked each other over as if they hadn't seen one another in months.
"So what brings you to Stars Hollow? Certainly it wasn't Kirks new venture of selling his own rapping single?"
Rory choked as she held back laughter. "Kirk rapping? I know it really shouldn't surprise me." Rory shook her head, "But no, mom and Luke asked me to come to dinner tonight. So here I am." Rory smiled.
The two used an afternoon to catch up. And play with the twins once they woke up from their naps. In what seemed like no time at all, it was time for Rory to meet her mother, Luke and April for dinner.
Rory walked into the house surprised her mother wasn't in the living room. She walked to the kitchen where she heard Luke talking softly. She was surprised more yet to find her mother not even in the kitchen. Instead Luke was huddled over the stove stirring some sort of pasta, and a younger man back facing Rory. But she didn't need to see his face to know who it was.
"Jess?"