A/N: I'm not going to even try to apologise for the long delay, only that I hope you have some pity as it has not been the nicest of times. I have to thank you all for being so supportive and still reading, even though it must have felt like I'd abandoned it!
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own Gilmore Girls! Nor the songs "All These Things That I Have Done" by The Killers, Disney's 2003 "Freaky Friday" and "Finally Woken" by Jem.
RATING: PG-13 (T) to R (M) - language, angst, possible mild sexual interactions, etc. Think Drunk, Depressed Finn.
TIMELINE: AU. Season 5, only Rory never slept with Dean. Her no-strings relationship with Logan ended when she confronted him, but she got her wish and they are still friends – which means she never stole the boat and dropped out of Yale. No Marty! Josh and Tristan are brothers and they have history with our favourite Gilmore's!
SUMMARY: Rory Gilmore's sophomore year at Yale is over, but in order to make it back for her junior year, she has to survive the summer first.
PAIRING: PDLD:)
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Chapter Two: Finally Woken
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Whilst Rory was more sober than her three fellow Chiltonites, she was still a long way past tipsy. Not really registering the gaping faces, she nodded toward Josh and started to stumble towards the staircase. Only she slipped and landed on the floor, laughing her ass off. Shaking his head, Josh made apologies to the others in the room and lifted Rory onto his shoulder, with her rambling about Alice and falling down rabbit holes.
Clearly she was even more drunk then her inability to stand up showed.
With Josh upstairs, tending to the drunkards, the Limo Boys and Steph just stared at each other, as if to determine whether they had really just seen what they believed they'd seen. It was deathly silent amongst them, and it was Honor who finally broke this, not understanding what everyone's shock boiled down to.
"Someone want to explain what's going on?"
Not sure how to explain, the group looked at each other before diving towards the stairs to follow the Gilmore and the DuGray.
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Josh dropped Rory on top of Tristan, before turning to leave the room, but soon learnt his escape was blocked by everyone else. Sighing, he turned to sit at the end of his brother's bed, laughing slightly as he watched his brother and psuedo-sister fight in their sleep.
"Rory's mom used to baby-sit Tris and I as kids. We lost contact, until Ror ended up at Chilton. It took them a little time to realise who the other was. They used to have a fifth, but Maddy stole Louise's love. They do the drinking thing once a month, sometimes less other times more. Rory knew would be here, she worked it out and turned up early."
Not sure what else they wanted to know, he shut up momentarily. The silence was broken this time by a poorly-timed phone ringing.
"Gilmore, answer your phone or I'm gonna drive to Star's Hollow and beat your mom!"
"I'd do it Mary, remember what happened last time?"
Josh helped the sleepy girl out, handing her phone which had fallen from her pocket onto the floor. It was playing Ultimate from the 2003 remake of Freaky Friday, making Louise stifle a laugh. Flipping the plastic open, Rory rubbed her eyes and squinted,before finally speaking into the contraption.
"Rory's currently with her whore's, please leave a message after the laughter, and she'll get right back to you!"
"Why can't Mommy change her ringtone from Lash? And I want to come and see you! Josh is clearly having it to comfortable if you only just sober enough to answer your phone." Rory snickered as Josh paled. Both mother and daughter were far too loud, and everyone could hear the conversation. Josh shook his head and waved his hands as if to say: 'Don't you dare!'.
"Come on Thursday. Bring step-Daddy! Don't think Josh has met him yet. Plus, everyone will be slaughtered by then, so no one will remember what we've got to share... All the gossip on those DuGray boys..."
Steph and Honor both perked up at the sound of this. Both shouted very loudly: "Lorelai! Come tomorrow please!"
Josh groaned and Tristan bolted up right, throwing Rory onto the floor. Tomorrow was not going to be fun!
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It's very short. But hey, it's an update!
