**Thanks to everyone who gave me positive reviews. Riley, I had no clue I was making a Sabrina reference. I knew the name sounded familiar but I didn't know from where. Kitty and Mimi thanks for the advice about continuing my other stories. I think I might after I finish this one. To everyone else, thanks. Melissa** Becoming Beautiful

Part One: Nails

" Good Morning Stars Hollow! It's time to wake up and get a move on with your day. The high today will be eighty and the low will be sixty. The sun is shining and so are you! Now lets hear N'Sync featuring Nelly, it's the Girlfriend remix." The voice of the faceless DJ said as Rory's alarm came on.

' One more hour.' She thought as she reached for her snooze button.

" Rory get up!" Lorelai yelled from the kitchen.

" No."

" Come on. We have to leave in a hour to get our nails done."

" Fine."

          Rory threw her sheets to the side and stood up. Stretching she headed out to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee.

" You're up!"

" Of course I am. Coffee."

" Here."

          Lorelai handed her daughter a large mug of coffee and pushed her in the direction of the bathroom.

" Shower."

" Going."

          Thirty minutes later Rory finished blow-drying her hair and applied her make-up. Glancing into the mirror she ran a brush through her hair and turned to leave. Grabbing her purse she went into the living room and saw her mother sitting on the couch with her hand out-stretched holding a cup of coffee in it.

" Ready to go?"

" Yes mom. Is that for me?"

" Yes. We have to stop at Luke's for more and then we are going to get our nails done."

          An hour later they were looking through the colors the nail salon offered.

" What color Rory?"

" Um…you're wearing gold so get a French manicure."

" My toes too?"

" Yeah. What about me?"

" Get yours in a light pink."

" The type that looks like it changes in the light?"

" Yeah that kind."

" Toes too?"

" Yeah."

          Picking up their colors they sat down and let the women get to work.

" Lets watch a movie."

" What movie though mom?"

" How about 'A Walk to Remember'?"

" Ooh. I heard that movie was great."

" We haven't seen a movie together in a while."

" I know."

" We need to though."

" So lets go see it."

          Two and a half hours later both girls walked out of the theater tears in their eyes.

" That was so sad." Lorelai sobbed.

" I wish someone loved me like that."

" Me too."

" You do."

" Yeah I do. Don't I?"

" Yeah you do." Rory said as she thought about Tristan.

" Whoa it's five o'clock mom we need to get home."

" Yikes we do!"