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okay hi guys...you may be a bit irritated with me because I was updating all fast and then out of nowhere they came to an abrupt stop, but I had a touch of the writers block as you know. I knew what I wanted I just didn't know how I wanted it so please, I'm on my knees begging for your forgiveness. I will try to update again next week since I have week off from school (mid winter break, Crazy I know.) but I dont see it happening before then. Who knows maybe I will even be able to update more than once. :) lol. Okay enjoy this chapter, I worked real hard on it. And please dont forget to review.
Lorelai's eyes widened.
Rory's mouth dropped.
"Mommy meet Rory."
"Rory this is our Mommy."
Rory didn't know what to say. She tried to move her mouth but she couldn't make any sound come out. How was she supposed to handle this? What was she supposed to do? Her face was frozen in shock. How could she be so stupid not to think that her mother had moved on? Her father was sure trying his hardest.
Lorelai felt ambushed. She felt as if all the oxygen was being sucked out of the room. She was going to tell Rory. She was going to sit down with her explain everything. She was going to do the same thing with Lauren and Alexis. But Rory never called. After that night at her party she never expressed any desire of wanting Lorelai in her life or wanting to be a part of Lorelai's life. If she had known she would have been better prepared. What to do now but fake it. Act as if she'd planned it this way all along.
Luke came out from the back to greet his wife. "Hey…" he stopped seeing the expression on her face. "Lorelai what's wrong?"
Her eyes shifted from Rory to Luke. "Nothing I…" drifted off not sure how to explain, or begin to tell Luke that the girl standing before him is the daughter she had at sixteen, the daughter she left behind. "Um…hi." she said to both them with a smile.
Rory was rendered speechless, and the best she could conjure up was a half smile. Her heart was beating so fast that she thought she might actually be having a heart attack at sixteen.
"Girls finish you food." Luke instructed as he started to see the resemblance between his wife and the young girl seated in front of him. He looked at Rory and then at Lorelai realizing that he had never asked the girl her name. "You're not…I mean you aren't Rory…are you?" Rory nodded slightly. Luke laughed in nervousness. This was not the way he expected to meet Rory Gilmore. He looked back to his wife her face had softened and a blank smile magically appeared on her face.
"Well this is a surprise." she said.
"Yeah I…I uh…I tried to call but…you know, I can just go…" Rory started.
Lorelai stopped her "No wait, I'm glad you're here." She had already organized what she was going to say in her head. She told herself no matter what that if Rory had gotten up the drive to come here then she was going to use the same amount of enthusiasm in keeping her here.
"You are?" Rory asked surprised.
"Yeah. Rory I always want you near me."
Rory hadn't expected this response at all. Her smile widened. "Oh."
Lorelai quickly turned back to her husband remembering his presents. "Hi honey."
"Ah, hi." Luke still wore the same blank expression.
"I think we should talk."
"You read my mind."
Luke walked behind the curtain but Lorelai waited a second and looked at Rory. "Be right back." Rory nodded and Lorelai took a couple steps forward to where the twins were seated. "Just because you can't see me doesn't mean I can't see you so behave."
"Okay mommy." Alexis said with a mouth full.
Lorelai rushed off to join Luke.
"What's going on?" he asked as soon as she was close to him.
"I have no idea."
"So you didn't know she was coming."
"Absolutely not. I haven't heard from her since the party."
"So what are we going to do?"
"I have no idea."
"Well we need to come up with something quick."
Lorelai hesitated for a second. "Okay change of plans. The girls are going to stay here with you today."
"They are."
"Yes and Rory can go with me to the Inn. I mean she came all the way down here. I want to be able to give her some sort of attention, and tonight you and I will sit down and talk to the girls."
"Okay."
"Okay. Good. Now we have a plan."
Lorelai took a deep breath, exhaling slowly, trying to calm her nerves and her excitement.
"Are you okay?" Luke asked.
"Coffee would be nice but yeah, I'm fine." she smiled for her husband and kissed him softly before exiting back into the main room of the diner. Rory looked at her expectantly.
"Sorry about that. I think an introduction is in order." She looked at Luke.
"Rory, this is my husband, Luke. He owns this place." She said talking about the diner. "And Luke this is my daughter, Rory."
Luke smiled. "Hi."
"Hello."
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"Emily, calm down now. What's matter?" Richard asked concerned over his wife's fussing. She had just called him ranting. All he heard was "Rory ….Star's something or other…Lorelai…."
"My goodness Richard, would it kill you to pay attention?"
"I'm trying Emily. Now start over and slow down."
"Fine. I left this morning to run a few errands, then I went to the DAR office, then I went over to the beauty parlor because when I went last Wednesday that new Hippy looking girl did it all wrong and I-"
"Emily, you called me at work to tell me you got your hair done."
"Of course not Richard."
"Then I'm completely lost."
"Let me finish."
"Could you just give me the reader's digest version?"
"Okay so I come home from the beauty parlor, and I thought maybe Rory and I could go shopping. So I come home and do you know what I found Richard?"
"A monkey swinging from the chandelier." He said teasing her playfully.
"Oh be serious Richard. I found a note on the kitchen table and do you know what it said?"
"I can only imagine."
"It said: Grandma, Went to Star's Hollow for the day. See you later. -Rory." Emily huffed.
"What?" Richard asked still not sure what this conversation was about.
"She's not here Richard, she's gone. But let me tell you I'm not going to do this again. She is not going to run all over us like… like… you what I am just going to go get her. Yes, that's exactly what I'm going to do. I'm going to find this star's burrow place and drag her home."
"Okay." Richard said head spinning.
"Goodbye Richard." and with that she hung up her phone grabbed her keys and walked out the door.
Emily is soooo mellowdramatic. lol. Review Time.
