"Rory, hey." said Paris. "Doyle and I are finally settling in and I realized somehow one of your boxes got mixed in with ours. I wasn't sure where you would want it sent." Paris had found a box of Rory's, but wasn't sure how to call her friend after their last call. She thought Rory was crazy, but Rory also had been her only good friend and she did want to keep this friendship.
"Hey Paris. My mom's is good, if you still have the address." said Rory. "How are you and Doyle doing in Boston? Find a nice place?"
"Doyle was able to find a job as an editor within a reasonable commute. I am going to classes this summer as there's no way I'm spending that many years in med school and plan to reduce it by at least a year and a half." said Paris, talking as fast as ever. "Since I want to get through my internship and residency before I hit 30 and then move on to law school. And of course I still have the address. We did find a cute little place in a reasonable price range as well."
"Well, I trust you will manage it all. You always set up a fast pace for yourself and accomplish it." said Rory, leaning back against her pillows. "And since you didn't ask, I'm doing well. Logan and I are together. We bought a house and are moving in possibly next weekend."
"Sounds like you two have been busy too." said Paris, fact-checking a paper as she talks, making mental corrections to make it perfect. "So you two going to make it official or just live together? There are pros and cons of both. Look at my parents for example - they never get along. And as far as I know, they are divorced now. I won't be able to find out until they can enter the country again or I have time to track them down."
"You have me and Doyle at least." said Rory, feeling bad for her friend. "We both care about you."
"It's fine, whatever." said Paris, not wanting to deal with emotions. "So anyways, yeah, just wanted to ship you your stuff since you may want it. I'll get it in the mail tomorrow in between classes. Talk again soon. Bye." Paris hangs up quickly as usual.
"Bye Paris." said Rory to her phone. The entire call had been all typical of Paris. Laughing a little, she lies back down on the bed and quickly falls asleep.
The next morning after breakfast and after Lorelai and Luke leave for work, Rory chooses to sort through some of her boxes in the garage to sort out what she really wants to keep versus donate. Opening up the doors, she's shocked by how full it had managed to get since her and her mom had cleaned it out for Lane's band to practice in. Several hours later, she had managed to sort down a couple boxes for donation, though most of her books she had planned to take. After taking a quick shower due to being sweaty, she dropped of the donation boxes at various places, and then stops by Luke's for lunch.
Walking in, Rory quickly notices a few looks. Sighing, she takes a seat at the counter. Luke walks up moments later. "Hey Rory, what can I get for you? The usual?" he said, pulling out his notepad.
"Perfect...except can I get half onion rings and half fries?" said Rory. "And coffee of course."
Luke gives her a look on the coffee, but knows better than to argue with any of the Gilmore girls and leaves to put in the order and comes back quickly with a cup of coffee. Rory takes a sip and tries to ignore the gossip she knows the town is still doing and any looks she may still be getting.
"So I heard you are expecting." said Kirk, switching stools to sit next to Rory. "I have recently considered becoming a midwife. I would be done in training in time if you would be interested in my services."
Rory resists a shudder with the thought. "Aw, thanks Kirk, but I have a doctor and Logan and I are happy with him and it's the route we will be going as he is more experienced." she said, trying to turn down Kirk easily. "But it's a good idea if you and Lulu ever decide to have kids though. You should save any skills until then." Kirk sighs and moves back to his original seat.
Rory pulls a book out of her purse to read and wonders how many other crazy things this town will do before the due date. A few minutes Luke drops off her order in front of her, a little heavily. "Something wrong Luke?" she can't help but ask.
"Oh it's just Taylor, as always. Just was thinking of last night." Luke said with a sigh. "I did want to say I support your decisions though...and if he starts anything else, let me know."
"Thanks Luke." said Rory, taking a bite of a fry. "And you'll be the first to know." Luke nods and walks away. Biting into another fry, she drifts her thoughts onto dinner tonight with her grandparents. While her grandfather had calmed down drastically, she had no idea how her grandmother would continue to react. She hoped that this dinner would go better than the last, but at least she would be seeing Logan afterwards.