Chapter 2: Take Away the Pain, I Create My Paradise

Rory hung up the phone and sat for a minute. She had been expecting him to be supportive. She continued to sit for a moment longer, stuck wondering what her next move should be. Her eyes wondered over to the clock. "Crap" she said out loud. She was supposed to be at breakfast in ten minutes. "Copper boom!" she thought to herself with a small smile. A smile that was quickly erased due to the memories that followed. It not only reminded Rory of her mother but also of her very first day at Yale. Once more she began to speak aloud to herself "Stop thinking about that. C'mon Rory you can do it."

She hastily drove the thoughts from her mind and raced to get ready. Without any time to shower Rory hurriedly brushed her hair and slipped on a pair of jeans. "Where's my navy blue Drifters t-shirt?" she thought. Deciding against ripping her newly organized room apart, she tore off her jeans and replaced them with a pink polka dot sundress surely to be Emily Gilmore approved. A little lip gloss and she was out the door with two minutes to spare.

Rory then slowly wandered up to the Gilmore house. Not sure of how to go about entering. Does she knock, does she just go in. It was weird now that she lived there. She took a deep breath and opened the door letting herself in. The moment she did it she immediately regretted it. The voices coming from somewhere inside seemed irritated and were growing in volume by the second.

"Richard, what are we going to do no?"

"I don't know Emily but you needn't be so loud."

"I can be as loud as I wish to be. We were finally on good terms with Lorelai. She came to us for her help and we double crossed her. Now she's back to no longer speaking to us" said Emily.

"This isn't our fault. Lorelai is going to do what she wants to do, that's how she's always been that's how she'll always be, we can't control her actions. We aren't the ones in the wrong here." Richard responded trying to calm his wife down.

"Aren't we though? Did you see her face last night? She looked so…so hurt. Now I know that was mostly about Rory but some of it was the fact that we betrayed her."

Richard was now more annoyed with his wife more then ever. "Emily, we did not betray her."

"Yes Richard we did, we told her we would be on her side. We told her we'd help her get Rory back on the right track."

Rory had heard enough. She raced out of the house tears of anger filling her eyes. She jumped in her car and wheeled off at top speed.

Rory's POV

Did I hear that right? Did my mom go behind my back to the two people she distrusts the most in the world? They were supposed to take her side to. The three of them, they were going to gang up on me. I can't believe this. Why would my mom do this. She never goes behind my back. They took my side not hers. Mine. That doesn't change the fact that they were planning on backing mom. What if they change their minds? What will I do then? Where will I live?

Rory had been driving for a while, with no final destination in mind. She gazed out the window, her mind preoccupied. She finally realised she had past by this very spot before and began actually paying attention to her surroundings. She really hadn't gone far, she was still in Hartford. She abruptly stopped her car and got out.

There was a bookstore on her left and a store she had never seen or heard of before on her right. As much as she prided herself on being able to get lost in a book at a moments notice, she had too much on her mind for even reading to make it disappear. She turned and face the new store, Steaming Vinyl. From the sign it looked like a record/coffee shop. "Perfect" she thought and walked towards the entrance. Once inside she ordered herself a extra-large coffee. Taking a sip she began to browse the alternative section.

A/N: So that was the second chapter. I hope you liked it, please review. I know where i'm going with the next two chapters so expect updates soon. Again, please review!