A/N Ok…all of the votes have been tallied and I will tell you who won when the Gilmore challenge starts. Oh and I know that it is not football season right now but for the sake of the challenge, just pretend that it is. Thanks. Right now Part 1 of Stephanie's test is starting……NOW!

Chapter 14 Go Yarvard Part 1

Rory opened the box to reveal a Harvard cheerleading costume, complete with pompoms, shoes and socks.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Rory said looking at the costume.

"Finn did say that if he got it, he would love it." Stephanie said laughing.

"Oh God, what have I gotten myself into?" Rory asked as Stephanie pulled out of the parking lot.

"Well Ror, you don't have much time, so you better figure out what your test is." Stephanie said smiling.

"Ya Ok, I know it apparently has to do with cheerleading, Harvard cheerleading to be exact."

"Well, ya that is kind of obvious."

"Umm and it has to do with the task that I just did. Oh God I have to talk to Jenny again, don't I? That's why you told me not to have her notice that I stole her ring." Rory said looking at Stephanie.

"So that's why you go to Yale, you're smart." Stephanie said sarcastically.

"Well, I am trying to figure this out. Anyway, Um I don't have to steal Harvard's mascot, do I?" Rory asked.

"No, that would be too illegal for you." Stephanie said smirking.

"It would not, I could do it."

"So you want to steal Harvard's mascot?" Stephanie asked.

"No! I just said that I could, if I wanted to." Rory said defensively.

"Whatever, Hun" Stephanie laughed, looking back at the road.

"Ok, back to the Challenge. Um, it has to do with making friends, since that is what the Vanderbilt's chose the LDB to stand for."

"Yes, and I personally think that it is the best one out of the five." Stephanie said.

"That's because you're good at it."

"True."

"I have to cheer, don't I.? My mom and I have a thing about cheering and cheerleaders." Rory said.

"Good thing or bad thing?"

"Definitely bad. We aren't supposed to cheer or be cheerleaders. We are supposed to mock them. It is one of our rules."

"Well, think of it this way, you aren't really a cheerleader. You are pretending to be one, so technically you are mocking them."

"That is the worst piece of logic that I have ever heard."

"Well, I try."

"Ok, So I am going to be a cheerleader and cheer for Harvard at what I'm guessing is a football game. Jenny is the captain of the cheer squad, so I have to talk to her." Rory said.

"So far, so good." Stephanie agreed.

"Wait, how will I be able to cheer at a game, I'm not a cheerleader. I don't even go to Harvard."

"And that, my dear, is where you find your challenge." Stephanie said taking out another white box.

"And then there were two." Rory sighed

"Ok, what you have to do is, put on the costume, get Jenny Thompson to let you cheer with the squad, and switch their Harvard sign with this Go Yale sign. At the game, you have to do at least one cheer with the squad. Then, you know when the girls are cheering how they hold up cards with individual letters that spell what their cheering about? Well when they cheer and hold up the Go Yale sign, you have completed your test."

"Wow, that sounds complicated."

"Ya, but I know that you can handle it." Stephanie said pulling up in Yale's Football stadium parking lot.

"Why are we at Yale?" Rory inquired looking all around her.

"Because that is where the Harvard cheerleaders practice for tonight. The Yale cheerleaders practice on campus, since they are the home team's cheerleaders."

"Oh, well, what do I have to do again?" Rory asked as she took out her 2 boxes and her purse from the back seat of the car.

"Here, I will text you the info on your phone. Each part of the test will be one text. That should make it easier." Stephanie said taking out her phone.

"Ok thanks. What am I going to do with the Go Yale sign? I can't very well take it in with me. They might see and then they will know what I'm up too." Rory worried.

"Here, just keep it in my car. When you need me to give it to you, call me." Stephanie told her, taking the box with the sign in it and putting it back in her car.

"Ok, I think I'm ready. Where do I go?" Rory asked.

Stephanie pointed to a set of metal double doors. Rory smiled at her and then walked over to them and went inside of the building. It was a large stadium, with about 10,000 seats spread in a circle around the arena. Rory saw a group of cheerleaders on left side of the field by the guest locker rooms. She slowly walked up to them and tried to keep calm. She knew that in order to pull of this rather elaborate stunt, she needed to play the part of a Harvard cheerleader. When Rory reached the girls, all twenty-five of them looked at her. They had been stretching but got distracted when they saw her approaching.

"Hi, can we help you?" A pretty red head girl in black dance pants and a white wife beater, asked.

"Hi, um my name is Rory. I was wondering if Jenny Thompson is here." Rory asked, trying to sound as friendly as she could.

"Oh Jen and about fifteen other of our girls aren't here yet. They had something to go to this morning and should be here any time now.

"Who's not here?" Jenny Thompson asked walking up to the cheerleaders from the opposite entrance from where Rory came through.

"Oh My God Jenny, you look adorable." A blond haired girl said admiring the leather outfit that Jenny was still wearing.

"Thanks! I didn't have time to change from my costume party, because I came straight here." Jenny said as she walked over to a bench by the girls and set down her duffel bag.

"Hey Jen, this girl named Rory came here to talk to you." the read head announced.

"Hi, Jenny." Rory said walking over to the bench.

"Oh, Rory, hi. What are you doing here?"

"Well remember what you said to me just an hour ago?"

"Oh ya, about if you ever needing anything, to tell me. Did you think of something already?"

"Ya, um, it has always been my dream of doing a cheer with the cheer squad, so, I was wondering if I could do a cheer with you guys at tonight's game?" Rory lied.

"Wow, um I don't know, do you have a Harvard cheer outfit, cuz you have to have one to cheer."

"Yes I do." Rory said showing them the outfit.

"Well, I have to talk it over with my girls. Give me a second." Jenny said walking over to the other cheerleaders.

Rory sat on the bench and watched them talk it over. Suddenly she heard a short ring from her phone. She took it out and saw that she had 5 texts from Stephanie. Rory decided to read them one at a time. The first text said Get Jenny Thompson to let you cheer with the squad. Rory looked up to see that they were still discussing, so she looked back at her phone. She decided to delete that text because she had already done all of the work, she was just waiting for their response. Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Ya?" Rory said looking up and closing her phone. She wasn't about to let them see her texts and have that ruin the whole test.

"Um, we have all decided. Since your story touched all of us and I did say anything, we will teach you one cheer to do with us at the game tonight." Jenny said.

"Really?" Rory asked getting up.

"Ya, welcome to the Harvard cheer squad, for a day anyway." Jenny giggled.

"Thank you so much!" Rory said relieved.

"Sure. We should start practice now, especially if we have to teach you a routine. "Jenny said.

"Oh, ok." Rory said, grabbing her purse.

"Ok everyone, let's get changed into our dance clothes and meet back here in like ten minutes." Jenny said as everyone started to walk to the locker rooms

"I have nothing to wear but my cheer outfit." Rory told Jenny.

"I have an extra pair of pants and shirt that I can let you borrow. Come on girly, let's get changed." Jenny said, looping her arm with Rory's and taking her in the same direction as the other girls.

Later that afternoon… 4:50pm

"That was awesome Rory, who knew that you could learn so fast!" A raven haired girl told Rory after they completed a run through of their cheer routine.

"Thanks." Rory panted. She was sweating from head to toe and was completely out of breath. Cheering was a lot harder then she anticipated.

"Ok, you should go get changed so you can practice the routine in uniform. You know, to get used to the skirt." Jenny said.

"Thanks again for letting me use one of your practice outfits." Rory said before walking to the locker rooms.

Just then Rory's phone started to ring. It played "We've got the beat by the GoGo's. Jenny ran over to Rory's purse, which was on the bench, and took her phone out. She flipped it open and saw MOM in big letters on the screen. She decided to answer it since Rory was still changing.

"Hello? Rory's phone, Jenny speaking." Jenny Thompson said.

"Um Hello, where is Rory." Lorelai asked.

"Oh she's in the bathroom changing into her cheer costume." Jenny said nonchalantly.

"Excuse me, did I here you correctly? Did you just say that Rory, my daughter, is changing into a cheer costume?" Lorelai asked, taken aback.

"Um,Yes. Oh you don't know. Rory asked us if she could cheer with us, since she has always wanted to cheer." Jenny said in an appreciative tone.

"Really, you mean Rory, as in brown hair, piercing blue eyes, 5.9', Rory." Lorelai asked still completely shocked.

"Ya, that's her."

"Well, when is she cheering and where? I gotta see this."

"Um, it's at Yale. The game starts at 7:30pm and goes until about 10:30pm."

"I'll be there. But could you do me a little favor?" Lorelai asked.

"Sure."

"Don't tell Rory that I called. I want to surprise her." Lorelai said grinning evilly.

"Aww that's sweet. I'm sure that she would love that." Jenny smiled.

"Yes, I know that I will love video taping her so that I can watch this historic and yet, very rare moment, over and over again." Lorelai said. She couldn't wait to see this.

A/N OOh this ought to be good. R and R and Happy Early Halloween everybody.