Ch 2
Shelby sat quietly on the porch of her aunt's house. She wondered if she had made the right decision about coming to Stars Hollow to stay with Rory and Lorelai. She knew that once Lorelai found out that she had run away that she would flip, and call Shelby's dad. It's like in the parents code book or something like that. Just then the front door opened and the guy that had been kissing Rory walked out.
"Later Rory, see ya at school," he called as he walked out of the house and across the porch. When he looked and saw Shelby sitting on the porch swing and said, "Bye."
Just as he got into his car and started it up, Rory came out onto the porch and sat down beside her cousin.
"Mom told me you were coming, but I didn't think that you'd get here this soon."
"Yeah well, Dad put me on a plane last night, 'cause he had to leave this morning."
"Oh,"replied Rory, not completely believing her cousin's story. She knew that Shelby loved to travel, and that she normally went wherever her dad did, but she also knew that Shelby and her dad weren't exactly the best of friends and that he had had a lot of girlfriends lately, and that was something that Shelby had always hated. "Well lets get your stuff and take it up to your room, OK?"
"Alright,"Shelby got up and followed Rory into the house.
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That night Rory and Shelby sat in Luke's waiting for Lorelai to get there. They looked up as the bell on the door rang and Lorelai walked in.
"Ahhhh Shelby!!!!," Lorelai squealed and ran over to give her niece a hug. "It is soooo good to see you. What's it been, like 2 years?"
"Hey to you too Lorelai. And I think more like six months." Shelby replied.
"Well the way you and your dad travel and how little we get to see you it seems like 2 years." Lorelai stepped back and gave her a once over, "ya look good kid, real good. Has that half brother of mine been taking care of you?"
"Yep,"she said, along with his millions of girlfriends she thought.
"Ok, good. Well now I guess we sit and eat."
"Sounds like a plan." Shelby and Lorelai sat down.
"Finally, I thought you two would never stop squealing and screaming and hugging and....." she was interrupted as her mother screamed " Luuuuuke, we need coffee!"
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The next week passed by quickly in a blur of mornings of her aunt and cousin rushing of to school and work, meeting just about everyone in Stars Hollow, and a Friday night dinner at her grandparents' house in Hartford.
" Hey Shel, c'mere for a second," Lorelai called as she came in the door on Sunday evening.
" Yeah Lore?" Shelby said as she walked into the kitchen.
"I got a surprise for you," she said, watching her niece's face light up, "but," Shelby's face fell, "I'm not promising that you're gonna like it."
"By the way you're makin' it sound, I'm not." She paused for a moment waiting for her aunt to start talking again, but when she didn't she said, " Alright, spill."
" You, young lady, are starting school tomorrow."
" What!! School? Ugh.....why?"
"Because, you are only 16 years old, and unless you have already graduated, which I highly doubt, and if you have and I wasn't invited then we are going to have some major problems..."
" Lorelai, you're babbling."
" Like I was saying, you havent graduated yet, which means school is still an absolute must."
" But why?"
"Because for some stupid reason it's the law, and it's also in the Mother's Handbook, which I know that you and Rory love dearly."
" But you went to school, and got pregnant at 16, both of which are bad examples."
" Nuh uh, you aren't getting out of this one kiddo. I know you are determined too, 'cause I can see it on your face. You are going." She started to leave the room, " and going to school was a good example, it was getting pregnant that wasn't," she saw saw her niece start to say something but cut her off and said, " YOU ARE GOING......period!!!!!!!"
" Ughhhhh!!!!!!" Shelby flopped down in a chair defeated.
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The next morning, Lorelai went into Shelby's bedroom and shook her awake. "C'mon sleepyhead, it's time to get up." Shelby just groaned and rolled over with the pillow covering her head. Lorelai reached over, yanked the pillow from Shelby's grasp, and pulled her out of bed.
"Go away, it's the middle of the night!!"
" No it's not the middle of the night. It's morning, and that means that you get to get out of bed, take a shower, get dressed in this lovely Chilton uniform, which amazingly resembles the Britney Spears, "Baby One More Time," music video costume, if I do say so myself, and then you get to go to Luke's, grab a cup of coffee and the go to Chilton with Rory for a day of shoving meaningless crap, 'scuse me, I meant meaningful learning material into that sweet little head of yours. Sound fun, good, now up we go." Lorelai pulled a once more half asleep Shelby off the bed and into the bathroom. "Ok sweetie, hurry we don't have all day."
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Shelby sat in the car, sipping her coffee, as Lorelai drove her and Rory to Chilton. "Okay so what's this place like anyways? Is it like majorly preppy or...ok dumb question, I mean uniform and the name, Chilton Prep just about says it all." she quieted for a few seconds but the burst out, "Hey Ror are the guys like really hott or what?"
"That's a girl Shel, I knew you'd think like me. So Rory answer the question, are that guys hott or what?"
"Ugh, you all are hopeless,"Rory replied shaking her head.
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As the school came into sight, Shelby just stared. Lorelai came to a stop, and got out of the car, as did Rory and Shelby. The three of them stood infront of the car just staring up at the place.
"They have gargoyles?" Shelby said in fasinaction.
"Yep," Rory answered.
"Well kid welcome to Heaven," Lorelai began.
"And Hell," Rory finished.
" All in one big ol' piece of cold gray stone," Lorelai put and arm around Shelby's shoulder as they followed Rory inside.
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Hey yall, its Kate. To all of yall that reviewed, thanks bunches. I know that Tristan has left the show, but he is gonna be in this story. Also to the reviewers most of yall said that u luvved the Troryness and now i kinda feel a little bad for what I'm gettin ready to tell ya. There will be a little Trory action, but its really not gonna amount to much. Sorry to all of u that love Rory and Tristan, believe me I tried to make it into a Trory but by the time I started writing I had it all planned out for something else and I just couldn't change it. But please keep reading, cuz ya never know, ya might end up liking it right? So whether u luv me or hate me now, please keep reading the future chaps, reviewing, and of course enjoy!!!!
Shelby sat quietly on the porch of her aunt's house. She wondered if she had made the right decision about coming to Stars Hollow to stay with Rory and Lorelai. She knew that once Lorelai found out that she had run away that she would flip, and call Shelby's dad. It's like in the parents code book or something like that. Just then the front door opened and the guy that had been kissing Rory walked out.
"Later Rory, see ya at school," he called as he walked out of the house and across the porch. When he looked and saw Shelby sitting on the porch swing and said, "Bye."
Just as he got into his car and started it up, Rory came out onto the porch and sat down beside her cousin.
"Mom told me you were coming, but I didn't think that you'd get here this soon."
"Yeah well, Dad put me on a plane last night, 'cause he had to leave this morning."
"Oh,"replied Rory, not completely believing her cousin's story. She knew that Shelby loved to travel, and that she normally went wherever her dad did, but she also knew that Shelby and her dad weren't exactly the best of friends and that he had had a lot of girlfriends lately, and that was something that Shelby had always hated. "Well lets get your stuff and take it up to your room, OK?"
"Alright,"Shelby got up and followed Rory into the house.
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That night Rory and Shelby sat in Luke's waiting for Lorelai to get there. They looked up as the bell on the door rang and Lorelai walked in.
"Ahhhh Shelby!!!!," Lorelai squealed and ran over to give her niece a hug. "It is soooo good to see you. What's it been, like 2 years?"
"Hey to you too Lorelai. And I think more like six months." Shelby replied.
"Well the way you and your dad travel and how little we get to see you it seems like 2 years." Lorelai stepped back and gave her a once over, "ya look good kid, real good. Has that half brother of mine been taking care of you?"
"Yep,"she said, along with his millions of girlfriends she thought.
"Ok, good. Well now I guess we sit and eat."
"Sounds like a plan." Shelby and Lorelai sat down.
"Finally, I thought you two would never stop squealing and screaming and hugging and....." she was interrupted as her mother screamed " Luuuuuke, we need coffee!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next week passed by quickly in a blur of mornings of her aunt and cousin rushing of to school and work, meeting just about everyone in Stars Hollow, and a Friday night dinner at her grandparents' house in Hartford.
" Hey Shel, c'mere for a second," Lorelai called as she came in the door on Sunday evening.
" Yeah Lore?" Shelby said as she walked into the kitchen.
"I got a surprise for you," she said, watching her niece's face light up, "but," Shelby's face fell, "I'm not promising that you're gonna like it."
"By the way you're makin' it sound, I'm not." She paused for a moment waiting for her aunt to start talking again, but when she didn't she said, " Alright, spill."
" You, young lady, are starting school tomorrow."
" What!! School? Ugh.....why?"
"Because, you are only 16 years old, and unless you have already graduated, which I highly doubt, and if you have and I wasn't invited then we are going to have some major problems..."
" Lorelai, you're babbling."
" Like I was saying, you havent graduated yet, which means school is still an absolute must."
" But why?"
"Because for some stupid reason it's the law, and it's also in the Mother's Handbook, which I know that you and Rory love dearly."
" But you went to school, and got pregnant at 16, both of which are bad examples."
" Nuh uh, you aren't getting out of this one kiddo. I know you are determined too, 'cause I can see it on your face. You are going." She started to leave the room, " and going to school was a good example, it was getting pregnant that wasn't," she saw saw her niece start to say something but cut her off and said, " YOU ARE GOING......period!!!!!!!"
" Ughhhhh!!!!!!" Shelby flopped down in a chair defeated.
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The next morning, Lorelai went into Shelby's bedroom and shook her awake. "C'mon sleepyhead, it's time to get up." Shelby just groaned and rolled over with the pillow covering her head. Lorelai reached over, yanked the pillow from Shelby's grasp, and pulled her out of bed.
"Go away, it's the middle of the night!!"
" No it's not the middle of the night. It's morning, and that means that you get to get out of bed, take a shower, get dressed in this lovely Chilton uniform, which amazingly resembles the Britney Spears, "Baby One More Time," music video costume, if I do say so myself, and then you get to go to Luke's, grab a cup of coffee and the go to Chilton with Rory for a day of shoving meaningless crap, 'scuse me, I meant meaningful learning material into that sweet little head of yours. Sound fun, good, now up we go." Lorelai pulled a once more half asleep Shelby off the bed and into the bathroom. "Ok sweetie, hurry we don't have all day."
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Shelby sat in the car, sipping her coffee, as Lorelai drove her and Rory to Chilton. "Okay so what's this place like anyways? Is it like majorly preppy or...ok dumb question, I mean uniform and the name, Chilton Prep just about says it all." she quieted for a few seconds but the burst out, "Hey Ror are the guys like really hott or what?"
"That's a girl Shel, I knew you'd think like me. So Rory answer the question, are that guys hott or what?"
"Ugh, you all are hopeless,"Rory replied shaking her head.
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As the school came into sight, Shelby just stared. Lorelai came to a stop, and got out of the car, as did Rory and Shelby. The three of them stood infront of the car just staring up at the place.
"They have gargoyles?" Shelby said in fasinaction.
"Yep," Rory answered.
"Well kid welcome to Heaven," Lorelai began.
"And Hell," Rory finished.
" All in one big ol' piece of cold gray stone," Lorelai put and arm around Shelby's shoulder as they followed Rory inside.
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Hey yall, its Kate. To all of yall that reviewed, thanks bunches. I know that Tristan has left the show, but he is gonna be in this story. Also to the reviewers most of yall said that u luvved the Troryness and now i kinda feel a little bad for what I'm gettin ready to tell ya. There will be a little Trory action, but its really not gonna amount to much. Sorry to all of u that love Rory and Tristan, believe me I tried to make it into a Trory but by the time I started writing I had it all planned out for something else and I just couldn't change it. But please keep reading, cuz ya never know, ya might end up liking it right? So whether u luv me or hate me now, please keep reading the future chaps, reviewing, and of course enjoy!!!!