She's Back

Chapter 2

And We all Fall Down

The first classes flew by quickly and the group soon found themselves in free period. All of the girls, except Madeline, and all of the boys, except Colin, were in the class – and only them. The teacher didn't bother to watch them, as they would just get away with whatever they did, anyway. This class was also the time that the boys planned on executing the plan.

The bell rang, signaling the beginning of class. The boys all nodded at each other and went over to the girls' desks. Tristan grabbed Paris' books and papers. Kevin grabbed Rory's and Logan grabbed Louise's.

Colin burst into the room with Madeline hot on his heels. Colin handed the books from all of the girl's lockers to Kevin and then joined the boys at the front of the room near the teachers' desk. Madeline had just started screaming at them to stop when the rest of the girls turned their attention to the scene in front of them.

"Kevin, what they hell are you doing?" Rory calmly asked with a small twitch in her eyebrow the only indicator otherwise.

Kevin looked back at her from his position, where they were putting all the things into a large metal bin that Logan had dragged in. "We're burning your books," he said with a shrug. Tristan put a lit match into the bin causing flames to shoot out.

"Paris, let's go," Rory emotionlessly said and stood up and sent out a text to Martin. "Paris, please," she pleaded, as she noticed Paris just sitting, glaring at the boys. "We're going to do something that we will regret."

With a final glare at the boys she pulled her purse from the back of her chair and joined Rory. "Fine," she said bitterly.

When they got to the door, they turned around to look where the boys were standing, frozen in shock. They had expected the girls to make a scene.

"See you in a few years, boys," Rory said, blowing a kiss their way, before turning on her heel and leaving the room with Paris.

Once they were out of the room, Louise pulled out her cell phone, pressed the speed dial one, and sat it on her desk waiting patiently.

Rory and Paris were almost to the car when she heard her phone ring. "It's Louise," she told Paris, flipping it open. She didn't greet her, as she figured it was for her and Paris to listen. She put it on speaker and began listening to the new conversation.

"Louise, what did she say?" they could hear Kevin asking, his voice strained.

"Why I didn't know what you're talking about Kevin," Louise replied in a sweet tone. The two girls laughed as they got in the car and headed toward Rory's mansion. Once Martin had picked her and Paris up, they then began to head to Rory's home and they would then finally head to Paris' home to get their bags. Finally they would then end up at the elder's Gilmore mansion to start their Europe trip early.

"You know what he's talking about Grant, so spill," Colin snapped impatiently.

"She said that'll she will see you in a few years," Louise told them, laughing with Madeline.

"What did she mean by in a few years?" Logan asked, trying to make her get to the point.

"One second," she said sweetly, holding up her finger to the confused boys. She grabbed her phone and put it to her ear, whispering so that only Madeline could hear the conversation. "Can I tell them?"

"Go ahead," Rory said, as she and Paris fought the giggles that were coming from listening to the conversation.

Louise turned back to the boys and announced, "Rory's going to boarding school."

The boys stared at her – confused and then shocked. "Why?" Tristan asked as the same time that Kevin asked, "Where?"

"Rory sweetie, where are you going?" Madeline asked, grabbing the phone from Louise's hand, as she perched on the desk beside the girl.

"Australia," Rory replied to her softly, as she knew the girl would not take the news well. Paris gave her a questioning glance, lifting an eyebrow, but stopped once she realized why Rory was going so far away.

"She's going to Au-," Madeline began but realized why Rory had told her. "You're going to Australia?" she screamed into the phone.

"What?" the four boys yelled at the same time.

"Put me on speaker, please, Maddy," Rory said, softly, sighing as Paris clapped her hands together, ready for round two.

"Yes, I'm going to Australia," she told them through the pain.

"Why, Ror," Kevin asked confused. He was pretty sure that she had no reason to go away, so he was completely caught off-guard.

"Because of you and Lorelai, you jackass," Paris screamed at him through the phone, causing the boys to be rendered speechless again. It also caused the girls to laugh, as they had been waiting on Paris' outbursts for a few years now.

"Par," Rory said in a warning tone, not wanting her to do it now. "Not now."

"No, Rory, we are going to do this now," Paris said in a forceful tone, causing Rory to roll her eyes, but shut up nonetheless. "Now, listen to me Kevin. I've put up with Rory coming to my house in the middle of the night these past few years, crying because of something you've pulled or something that Lorelai said, or didn't say. I'm not going to do it anymore. I'm tired of you tormenting her and I'm tired of Lorelai ignoring her. Your father and both sets of grandparents are the only ones in your family that I can tolerate, and if you know what's good for you, you'll stop. Other than that, I'll see you in three months. Rory and I are leaving for Europe right now. Maddy, Louise – we'll call."

When Paris finished her rant, she slipped the phone shut. Rory was looking at her with a mixture of appreciation and grief in her eyes and Paris was angry at Kevin and Lorelai for causing it. "Ror, you'll be fine; I promise," she told her as they pulled into the driveway of the Hayden mansion.

"Gold, I hope so Paris," she said, climbing out of the car behind Pris and going to the house to get her bags.

The four boys were sitting stunned from Paris' rant. They had to sit down right after she started because it was too much. Kevin looked angry and in denial about what she had said. Logan looked upset that Kevin and Lorelai had done that much to Rory. Tristan and Colin were sitting there, stunned about Paris' ability to do that, with a mixture of admiration and fear in their eyes.

Madeline and Louise, on the other hand, were laughing so hard that tears were streaming down their faces. "I…can't…believe…she…actually…did…that," Louise chocked out through her fits of laughter.

"I know…she's been…saying…that…she's…going to do…that for years," Madeline chocked out as well.

This seemed to wake the guys up.

"Louise, Madeline – what they are you talking about?" Kevin demanded.

"What part do you mean, Kev?" Louise asked sarcastically. She didn't like him and Lorelai either; neither did Madeline.

"What do you mean Paris has been saying that she was going to tell me off for years?" he asked curiously. He had no idea what he had done to get on the bad side of the girl.

Louise rolled her eyes and Madeline scoffed at his remark. He really didn't have any idea about the pain he caused Rory. "Kevin – Rory has been coming to our houses, especially Paris', for years when you make fun of her or do something cruel. She come every time that Lorelai pays attention to you, but none to her," Madeline said matter-of-factly.

"You guys do that stuff to her?" Tristan asked Kevin incredulously. He had no idea that Lorelai and Kevin behaved that way. He always thought that they were a close-knit family, but he was apparently wrong.

"None of that is true," Kevin lied, even though they all knew it was true.

"You're saying that when your grandparents chose her as heiress over you that you didn't go insane. You're saying that when your mother found out about a party Rory threw, but you took credit, that she congratulated Rory, and not just you?" Louise asked incredulously. She knew that all of these things were true as she had been present for almost every time something like this had happened.

Madeline continued her little speech. "You're saying that whenever you do something good or even bad, that your mother doesn't listen to everything that you say, and actually asked Rory things about her life? You're saying that every time she does something good, the only people that notice aren't your father and grandparents, besides us?"

By that point Kevin started anger was clearly displayed on his face. "You have no right saying those things," he bellowed so loudly that the room became quiet. "She does everything. She always had to be a perfect, shy, quiet bookroom." Madeline glared at him while she muttered loud enough for them to all here, "And the truth comes out."

The girls continued glaring at him and grabbed their purses. "Well, I hope that's a nice one," Louise said walking out of the door with Madeline at her heels.

"WHAT?" Kevin yelled at Tristan, Colin, and Logan who were staring at him like he had two heads.

"I can't believe that your Mom does those things," Colin said shaking his head. He always had like Lorelai and thought that she was a sweet woman who doted on both of her children.

"Neither can I," Kevin replied, acting as though he was sad. He figured that since he didn't get to be the heir, he deserved all of the attention that his mother gave him.

"Wonder what would happen if Rory decided to come back from her adventure early?" was what the other three boys briefly thought.