Chapter 8: Broken Pact
It was Monday. Christmas was on Friday and the play was on Wednesday. Rory still wasn't sure when Dean would be home, but she decided not to let it bother her. The play went very well. There was no trouble at all. Even Michel didn't have a problem with kissing Lorelai.
"Okay, everyone," Rory said, Monday afternoon. "That's all for today. See you all tomorrow."
Rory's cell phone rang. It was Dean.
"Hey ya," Rory said.
"I am not singing that," Dean said.
"Why you do such a perfect impression of Andre," Rory said.
Dean chuckled. "Honey, I've got some bad news," he said.
"What?" Rory said, even though she knew what he was about to say.
"I have to stay here for another week," he said.
"So you're not going to be home for..." Rory trailed off.
"Yeah. I'm so sorry, Rory."
"It's okay. I'll have someone tape the show for you."
"I'm sorry. Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah. I'll see you when you get back."
"Okay. Again, I'm sorry. I love you."
"Love you, too."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Rory sat down in a wooden chair in Miss Patty's dance studio. She was going to spend Christmas alone.
"Rory?" said a voice. "Are you okay?"
Rory turned around. She forgot Lorelai was still here.
"How much did you hear?" Rory asked.
"Pretty much all of it," Lorelai said, sitting down next to her and hugging her.
"I'm glad we decided to make it a no-guy week."
"Rory, I have some bad news."
"What?"
"Tonight, Luke and I are celebrating our one-year anniversary and it's kind of special, so.."
"You're breaking the pact?"
Rory couldn't believe what was going on. They had made a pact and now Lorelai was going to break it.
"I didn't say-" Lorelai started.
"You are going to break the pact so you can make out with your boyfriend just because you've been together for a year?" Rory interrupted her. "Does the word 'pact' mean anything to you?"
"I'm sorry, Rory," Lorelai's voice was getting edgy. "But being together for a year is important. For your one year anniversary with Dean you blew off a Friday night dinner at my parents' house just so you two could celebrate it."
"That's different. We were married for a year."
"What do you want me to do? Cancel the date?"
"You know what? Go on the date. See if I care."
"Fine. I will go."
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
Rory and Lorelai furiously stormed out of Miss Patty's and went their separate ways.
A/N: That was chapter 8. Chapter 9 is coming soon.
It was Monday. Christmas was on Friday and the play was on Wednesday. Rory still wasn't sure when Dean would be home, but she decided not to let it bother her. The play went very well. There was no trouble at all. Even Michel didn't have a problem with kissing Lorelai.
"Okay, everyone," Rory said, Monday afternoon. "That's all for today. See you all tomorrow."
Rory's cell phone rang. It was Dean.
"Hey ya," Rory said.
"I am not singing that," Dean said.
"Why you do such a perfect impression of Andre," Rory said.
Dean chuckled. "Honey, I've got some bad news," he said.
"What?" Rory said, even though she knew what he was about to say.
"I have to stay here for another week," he said.
"So you're not going to be home for..." Rory trailed off.
"Yeah. I'm so sorry, Rory."
"It's okay. I'll have someone tape the show for you."
"I'm sorry. Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah. I'll see you when you get back."
"Okay. Again, I'm sorry. I love you."
"Love you, too."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Rory sat down in a wooden chair in Miss Patty's dance studio. She was going to spend Christmas alone.
"Rory?" said a voice. "Are you okay?"
Rory turned around. She forgot Lorelai was still here.
"How much did you hear?" Rory asked.
"Pretty much all of it," Lorelai said, sitting down next to her and hugging her.
"I'm glad we decided to make it a no-guy week."
"Rory, I have some bad news."
"What?"
"Tonight, Luke and I are celebrating our one-year anniversary and it's kind of special, so.."
"You're breaking the pact?"
Rory couldn't believe what was going on. They had made a pact and now Lorelai was going to break it.
"I didn't say-" Lorelai started.
"You are going to break the pact so you can make out with your boyfriend just because you've been together for a year?" Rory interrupted her. "Does the word 'pact' mean anything to you?"
"I'm sorry, Rory," Lorelai's voice was getting edgy. "But being together for a year is important. For your one year anniversary with Dean you blew off a Friday night dinner at my parents' house just so you two could celebrate it."
"That's different. We were married for a year."
"What do you want me to do? Cancel the date?"
"You know what? Go on the date. See if I care."
"Fine. I will go."
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
Rory and Lorelai furiously stormed out of Miss Patty's and went their separate ways.
A/N: That was chapter 8. Chapter 9 is coming soon.