Parent's Day (Part 4 revised) By Nichole

Couples: Lorelai/Max/Christopher Rory/Dean/Tristan

Summary: When Max gives advice to Rory about college, and Lorelai finds out, will it lead to something between him and Lorelai? Will Rory go to the dance with Tristan? Or Dean?

Rating: PG

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"Hey Lorelai, Rory, and... well, I've never met you before." Chris said gesturing towards Max.

"I'm one of Rory's teachers at Chilton, Max Medina." Max said.

"It's nice to meet you Max. I'm Christopher Hayden, Rory's dad." said Chris.

"Well, I'd better be going. It was nice meeting you Christopher." Max said as he got into his car and left.

"I'm going to go hang out with Dean." Rory said. "I'll catch up to you guys later."

"Ok." Chris and Lorelai said at the same time.

"I don't remember Rory having a dance or a debate, or anything along those lines, so why are you here." Lorelai asked.

"Can't a father spend quality time with his daughter?" Chris asked, pretending to be hurt.

"Well you never come here on a regular basis unless you need something or Rory has an event at school. So what's the reason?"

"Look I know that I ended things on bad terms the last time I was over here."

"Yeah."

"Well, Sherri and I have been having some problems lately, and I need a place to stay to clear my head."

"Ok. What did you fight about?"

"Well I said she should get use to seeing me and accept the fact that you are a part of Rory's life and a part of mine."

"Wow... she really was a witch."

Chris laughs.

"Do you want some coffee?" Lorelai asked.

"Sure."

1 Inside Luke's Diner

Lorelai and Chris are sitting at a table talking.

1.1 "Was Rory's Chilton teacher the infamous Max that I've heard so much about?" Chris asked.

"Yeah."

"Why did you two break up?"

"We had our reasons."

"Don't you mean you're reasons? Because from the way that he was looking at you it looked like he would have never broken up with you."

"I realized that I wasn't ready for that kind of commitment. And I probably thought that I would end up with you so Rory could stop fantisizing about what life with both her parents married and living together."

(The radio is on)

"This is KC 101.1 and we have some news for you. As we said early, there would be a major storm, as in rain. The roads are way too slippery to be driving late this evening, so I suggest that all of you drivers out there to just stay at a friend's house or something. It's likely to cause an accident."



Later that day at the Independence Inn

Lorelai and Sookie are talking and drinking coffee.

"So what happened at Parent's Day?"

"Well, I apologized to Max for dumping him like that, but that was about it."

"If you had another chance to date Max, would you date him?"

"Of course. I made a huge mistake."

1.1.1 Lorelai's house later that night

Lorelai is getting ready for bed when the doorbell rings. Lorelai goes downstairs and answers the door.

"Hi." A soaked looking Max said.

"Max, what are you doing here?" Lorelai asked.

"Well it's raining hard outside. There were accidents all over the roads. Plus I would have gone to the Inn, but it's closed early tonight, so could I stay here?" Max asked.

"Sure." Lorelai said as she opened the door to let him in.



Lorelai's House 15 minutes later

"You can sleep on the couch over there." Lorelai said pointing to a couch on the left side of the room.

"Where's Christopher sleeping?" Max asked.

"He's sleeping on the couch over there." Lorelai said pointing to a couch across from the couch that Max was sleeping on.

"Where's Chris?" Max asked.

"He's picking Rory up from Dean's house." Lorelai explained.

"I'll go get you some blankets." Lorelai said.

The Gilmore living room later that night

Max is laying on the couch getting ready to go to sleep and Chris laying on the couch across from Max staring up at the ceiling.

"Isn't it funny that we all got stuck in the same house?" Chris asked.

"I guess, but what's so funny about that?" Max asked.

"It's obvious that you and Lorelai still have feelings foreach other." Chris said.

"I do have feelings for her, but..." Max said as sighed.

"But what?" Chris asked with a puzzled expression on his face.

"I just wouldn't jump feet first into another relationship with her again, that's all." Max added.

Lorelai's room the next morning

Lorelai's radio alarm clock goes off.

"Wake up all you sleepyheads, it's time to get up. It's now 7:30 A.M. Now I have the latest info on last nights mini flood. In the last 12 hours it has rained five inches! There have been five car accidents as a result of the rain, so be very careful when you're driving!"

Lorelai turns the clock off and gets out of bed.

The Gilmore House later that evening

"Max, would you like to come to my grandparents house with my mom and dad?" Rory asked.

"Ok, if it's not too much trouble." Max said.

"It's not any trouble don't worry about it."

1.1.2 The Elder Gilmore Residence that night

Lorelai, Rory, Christopher, Max, Emily, and Richard are in the living room, sitting down, having drinks, and talking.

"So Max, I haven't seen you in a while. Were you just stopping by?" Emily asked.

"Well, Lorelai left her coat at Chilton so I returned it to her, and on my way home it started raining really hard. It rainded so hard that I couldn't see if there were any cars in front of me. I had my radio on, and it said to stay with a friend until the rain stopped, and they predicted a flood. So I kept driving, and every restaurant and hotel was closed early because of the flood warning, and because of the rain." Max said.

"Christopher could I see you in the kitchen please?" Emily asked.

"Sure. Excuse me I'll be right back." Chris said.

"I know that you heard from Lorelai that I wanted you two to eventually end up together, but I saw that poor man out there sitting next to Lorelai. He looks sad and hurt and- I want you to get those two together." Emily exclaimed." Emily said.

"Wait a minute me, why me? And how?" Chris asked.

"You have to because it's obvious they still have feelings for each other. They're just too stubborn and hurt to admit it. Now you have to do anything that you can to make Max jealous so he'll tell Lorelai." Emily stated.

"Now I'm going to tell Lorelai about this so she isn't surprised when one of you have done something stupid, like leaving the other in the hospital." Emily said as she walked out of the room.



Part 5 coming soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!