I'm back! Sorry about the lack of updates, but I went up north and forgot
my laptop, and then came home to find that ff.net was down. So to appease
my loyal readers, here are not one, but two chapters for you to read.
Enjoy!
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The group of teens walked around downtown. It was the first day of the Cherry Festival, and Traverse City was crowded. They came across an outdoor market, and everyone got some stuff. Homemade soaps, muffins, cherry pies, etc. Then they walked into the town, deciding they wanted to get something to eat.
"Follow me, I know the perfect place" said Lucy, leading them to The Omelet Shoppe and Bakery.
The group walked into the small restaurant, and after twenty minutes or so, they were all finally able to sit down. The waitresses had put several small tables together in the center of the restaurant, to form one big table. Their waitress came over and asked if she could take their drink orders. Everyone ordered coke, orange juice, decaf coffee, or water, except for Rory.
"I'll have three coffees." Tristan smiled.
"Why don't you just have one to start with, I'm sure you can get refills later."
Rory pouted, but knew Tristan was right. "Fine. One black coffee, please."
The waitress was back with their drinks in a matter of minutes, but it was enough time for everyone to figure out what they wanted. Matt and Sarah decided to try the cherry pancakes; Lucy, Rory, Tristan, and Washu had blueberry pancakes; and Mona, Amanda, and Danni wanted French toast.
When the food arrived, everyone dug in and discussed plans.
"It's supposed to rain on Friday" said Mona, disappointedly, as she looked at the weather section of the newspaper.
"Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood starts that day," said Rory, who was really enjoying the novel. "Let's go see it!"
"Ya-ya!" said Amanda. The previous night, the girls had discovered they had all read the book 'Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, except for Danni. They decided to make themselves 'Ya-Yas'. They weren't sure yet exactly what that entailed, but they thought it was fun. The guys just looked confused at Amanda's statement.
"Chick flick" muttered Tristan, disgustedly.
"Ok, go see a different movie then. One of those action flicks with no plot" said Mona.
"Fine!" said Matt. We will. (I have nothing against action movies, btw. In fact, I love them. Has anyone seen 'The Sum of All Fears? Great movie! Oh, and I know the dates are off, but this is fanFICTION, right? So pretend 'Devine Secrets' and 'Sum of All Fears' comes out in July)
And so the plans were made. The group would go to the mall that Friday, shop, and see movies.
When the meal was over, the group walked outside, stopped briefly at The Firehouse Fair antique shop, and turned onto the main street of town. They each got a slice of fudge at Doug Murdock's, and they went to the toy store (just to look around and revert back to childhood, Rory said.). Then, Rory spotted Horizon Books. She insisted they go in. Matt and Danni, who weren't really into books, decided to hang out outside at one of the outdoor tables. The rest of the group joined them long before Rory was done. Tristan saw there was a theater next door to the bookstore, and the group went over to check it out. Tristan saw that 'The Phantom of the Opera' was playing there that week, and, remembering that Rory loved that book; he asked the group if they would mind going to see it.
Nobody minded, and each bought a third-row ticket for that Tuesday night. Tristan got Rory's as a gift and asked the gang to keep it a surprise until later. (Highly unlikely 9 third-row tickets would be available on such short notice, but whatever)
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Lorelai rang the doorbell. She and Luke were at Richard and Emily's house to pick up the twins, and also to have the requisite weekly dinner. Richard and Emily were going to be out of town that Friday, so Emily had asked if they could have the dinner that night instead.
"Luke! Lorelai, come on in" Emily beckoned them inside. "The twins will be thrilled to see you."
"How were they?" Lorelai asked her mother.
"Little angels, of course" Emily replied. "Richard! Luke and Lorelai are here!"
"Hello, hello" Richard's voice boomed in the foyer. "Let's go into the living room, shall we?"
Everyone headed into the living room, and Emily began to pour glasses of white wine. Lorelai, knowing she couldn't have alcohol, ignored hers and set it discreetly aside.
"Mom, Dad, we have some news" Lorelai began.
"What is it, Lorelai? Spit it out" said Emily impatiently. "What do you need to tell us, that you joined the Mile-High club or something?"
"Actually, we did, but that's not the news," said Lorelai, as her husband blushed. "I'm pregnant!"
"Pregnant? I'm going to be a grandmother?"
"Yep, again" said Lorelai.
"Congratulations, you two!" said Richard. Just then, a maid appeared in the doorway.
"Dinner is served."
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When everyone got back to the cabin, they all got their bathing suits on. They found Rob and Katie sitting on the dock, and Tristan asked if anyone wanted to go for a boat ride.
Everyone did, and Lucy and Rob decided to take turns driving the pontoon boat that Lucy's family owned. They packed a cooler full of pop, grabbed some bags of chips, pretzels, etc, and hopped on the boat. Sunny, of course, jumped on after them. Everyone settled on cushions and towels and chairs, and the boat was off. When they got back, they all bathed in the lake, and then decided to go to Giovanni's pizza place for dinner. Then, they swung by the video store and tried to pick out a movie that they could all agree on. Rob and Katie opted not to be a part of the decision, as they planned to go to bed as soon as they got back. Finally, the teens decided on an old classic, 'Animal House'. They watched the movie, and went to bed.
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The next day, the weather was gorgeous. Everyone decided to just hang out by the lake, so they got up, got their suits on, and walked out into the sunshine. The thermometer read 80 degrees, and it was only 10 am! Everyone went down to the dock, and Matt and Lucy decided to go put the jet-skis in the water. Mona brought down the portable stereo from the girls' room, and turned on 106.7 The Peak, a top-40 station. She and Amanda sang along to 'The Middle' by Jimmy Eat World.
"It just takes some time, little girl, in the middle out the right…" Danni groaned. "Shut up! You're ruining the song!"
Amanda and Mona looked at each other. Wordlessly, they picked up Danni and threw her in the water. Danni came up, sputtering.
"You will so pay for that!" She started splashing Mona and Amanda. The girls shrieked and jumped into the water. Mona dunked Danni, and Amanda just swam away and taunted them.
"Come get me!"
Sarah and Washu appeared just then, arms full of squirt guns, fun noodles, extra goggles (most of them already had a pair, but whatever), rings (to throw to the bottom of the lake and try and find), and other assorted goodies that one might use for water fun. Rory appeared behind them, rolling a gigantic inner tube (the kind with the bottom, you go tubing in it…). She plopped it into the water, tied it to the dock, climbed into it, and began to read. She had finished 'Devine Secrets' the previous night, and was now reading 'Sense and Sensibility'. Matt and Lucy chose that moment to roar up on the Yamaha jet-skis. Lucy walked to the boathouse and grabbed the two pair of water-skis that the family owned. One pair was hers, the other Rob's. She doubted Rob would mind, however. The speedboat was already in the water, as was the paddleboat. She set the skis down and started singing along with the radio.
"She got her hands up on her knees and her bows on her thighs
She got the twerkin and the servin so I know that she fly
She got me hype, I wanna bite right now yi yi
Say I yi yi yi yi"
"What song is this?" asked Tristan.
"Say I Yi Yi Yi, by the Yin-Yang Twins. Lucy bopped her head to the music.
"It's catchy" said Rory.
"Yeah" agreed Tristan. He was pleased to note that Rory had put her book on the dock and was now just lying on the tube, eyes closed under her sunglasses.
"Come swimming, Rory" he said.
"In a minute" Rory said drowsily, comfy as a cat in the sunlight.
Tristan jumped in the lake and glided, underwater, to where Rory was floating in the tube. With a wicked grin, he positioned himself under the tube and overturned it, causing Rory to topple into the warm lake. She shrieked in surprise, and glared at him.
Tristan held his hands up and looked at her innocently. "What? It's been a minute."
Rory just dunked him and swam away, daring him to catch her. She had forgotten, however, that Tristan was a record-setting swimmer at Chilton. He had caught up with her within 10 seconds, and the two joined the water fight already going on between Danni, Amanda, and Mona. Super-Soakers had now been added, and everyone else decided to join in the fight. They all jumped into the water.
Within a few minutes, the fight was over, and Lucy had been declared the winner.
"Let's play chicken" Amanda proposed.
Everyone was game, except for Washu, who wanted to dry off a little.
It was Rory and Tristan vs. Mona and Amanda; and Matt and Lucy vs. Danni and Sarah. Rory and Tristan beat Mona and Amanda, and Lucy and Matt beat Danni and Sarah. So those two teams went against each other, and Rory and Tristan won.
By this time, Washu had brought down a tray with plastic 9 cups on it (each a different color), three huge pitchers full with Lemonade, Iced Tea, and Cherry Kool-Aid, and bowls full of chips, pretzels, popcorn, and grapes, as well as a plate full of crackers. Sunny was jumping around excitedly, trying to get the food. Washu set the tray carefully on the table, and everyone dug in. Just then, two boys came swimming up to the dock. They looked to be about 14 and 16. The younger one had messy blonde hair and a somewhat pudgy stomach, and the older one had spiked brown hair and a six- pack. Both of them had great tans.
Lucy introduced them as Ben and Joe, from the house down the street. They were her best friends up here, and the only kids her age. Rory noticed Lucy staring at Ben with a look of admiration on her face. She smothered a grin. Clearly Lucy had a major crush on the dark-haired boy, and who could blame her? He was hot!
Then, they noticed Sunny was missing. But not for long. She came bounding up to them, a small black-and-white dog in tow.
"Pepper!" Lucy began to pet the smaller dog.
"Pepper belongs to the Glovers, they live next door" Lucy explained, nodding her head toward the larger house with the two-story deck that was next to the cabin.
"Hi, Mrs. Glover!" Lucy waved toward a woman sitting on a dock, watching several small children swim. Her grandchildren, Tristan supposed. Though she was nice-looking, she looked too old to be the mother of children that young. The woman waved back with a friendly smile.
The rest of the day, the gang had a great time. They went jet-skiing and water-skiing; took rides in the speedboat and hooked the huge tube up to one of the jet-skis.
When dusk fell, they all decided to grill. They put hamburgers and hot dogs on, as well as a couple of turkey burgers for Sarah, who didn't eat red meat. Mona often teased her about this.
"Come on! Red meat isn't bad for you, green fuzzy meat is." Sarah just ignored her.
The guys were in charge of the grill, and everyone put on cover-ups and sat around on the dock talking. Washu, Lucy, and Sarah, who liked to cook, went inside and made a salad, a fruit salad, and corn on the cob. They ate dinner at the long picnic table set up on the grass, down by the lake. When dusk fell, it was still 80 degrees. The day's high had been 97, a record high for that day. After they had eaten and cleaned up, they decided to build a bonfire, since the ice cream places would unfortunately be closed by then. They built a bonfire, and Lucy dug out stuff for S'mores.
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After awhile, the group decided to head inside and go to bed. They doused the fire with water from the lake, and went inside the cabin.
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And that's all I'm going to write for now. Sorry there wasn't much trory action in this chapter, but there will be more in the next chap, I promise.
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The group of teens walked around downtown. It was the first day of the Cherry Festival, and Traverse City was crowded. They came across an outdoor market, and everyone got some stuff. Homemade soaps, muffins, cherry pies, etc. Then they walked into the town, deciding they wanted to get something to eat.
"Follow me, I know the perfect place" said Lucy, leading them to The Omelet Shoppe and Bakery.
The group walked into the small restaurant, and after twenty minutes or so, they were all finally able to sit down. The waitresses had put several small tables together in the center of the restaurant, to form one big table. Their waitress came over and asked if she could take their drink orders. Everyone ordered coke, orange juice, decaf coffee, or water, except for Rory.
"I'll have three coffees." Tristan smiled.
"Why don't you just have one to start with, I'm sure you can get refills later."
Rory pouted, but knew Tristan was right. "Fine. One black coffee, please."
The waitress was back with their drinks in a matter of minutes, but it was enough time for everyone to figure out what they wanted. Matt and Sarah decided to try the cherry pancakes; Lucy, Rory, Tristan, and Washu had blueberry pancakes; and Mona, Amanda, and Danni wanted French toast.
When the food arrived, everyone dug in and discussed plans.
"It's supposed to rain on Friday" said Mona, disappointedly, as she looked at the weather section of the newspaper.
"Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood starts that day," said Rory, who was really enjoying the novel. "Let's go see it!"
"Ya-ya!" said Amanda. The previous night, the girls had discovered they had all read the book 'Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, except for Danni. They decided to make themselves 'Ya-Yas'. They weren't sure yet exactly what that entailed, but they thought it was fun. The guys just looked confused at Amanda's statement.
"Chick flick" muttered Tristan, disgustedly.
"Ok, go see a different movie then. One of those action flicks with no plot" said Mona.
"Fine!" said Matt. We will. (I have nothing against action movies, btw. In fact, I love them. Has anyone seen 'The Sum of All Fears? Great movie! Oh, and I know the dates are off, but this is fanFICTION, right? So pretend 'Devine Secrets' and 'Sum of All Fears' comes out in July)
And so the plans were made. The group would go to the mall that Friday, shop, and see movies.
When the meal was over, the group walked outside, stopped briefly at The Firehouse Fair antique shop, and turned onto the main street of town. They each got a slice of fudge at Doug Murdock's, and they went to the toy store (just to look around and revert back to childhood, Rory said.). Then, Rory spotted Horizon Books. She insisted they go in. Matt and Danni, who weren't really into books, decided to hang out outside at one of the outdoor tables. The rest of the group joined them long before Rory was done. Tristan saw there was a theater next door to the bookstore, and the group went over to check it out. Tristan saw that 'The Phantom of the Opera' was playing there that week, and, remembering that Rory loved that book; he asked the group if they would mind going to see it.
Nobody minded, and each bought a third-row ticket for that Tuesday night. Tristan got Rory's as a gift and asked the gang to keep it a surprise until later. (Highly unlikely 9 third-row tickets would be available on such short notice, but whatever)
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Lorelai rang the doorbell. She and Luke were at Richard and Emily's house to pick up the twins, and also to have the requisite weekly dinner. Richard and Emily were going to be out of town that Friday, so Emily had asked if they could have the dinner that night instead.
"Luke! Lorelai, come on in" Emily beckoned them inside. "The twins will be thrilled to see you."
"How were they?" Lorelai asked her mother.
"Little angels, of course" Emily replied. "Richard! Luke and Lorelai are here!"
"Hello, hello" Richard's voice boomed in the foyer. "Let's go into the living room, shall we?"
Everyone headed into the living room, and Emily began to pour glasses of white wine. Lorelai, knowing she couldn't have alcohol, ignored hers and set it discreetly aside.
"Mom, Dad, we have some news" Lorelai began.
"What is it, Lorelai? Spit it out" said Emily impatiently. "What do you need to tell us, that you joined the Mile-High club or something?"
"Actually, we did, but that's not the news," said Lorelai, as her husband blushed. "I'm pregnant!"
"Pregnant? I'm going to be a grandmother?"
"Yep, again" said Lorelai.
"Congratulations, you two!" said Richard. Just then, a maid appeared in the doorway.
"Dinner is served."
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When everyone got back to the cabin, they all got their bathing suits on. They found Rob and Katie sitting on the dock, and Tristan asked if anyone wanted to go for a boat ride.
Everyone did, and Lucy and Rob decided to take turns driving the pontoon boat that Lucy's family owned. They packed a cooler full of pop, grabbed some bags of chips, pretzels, etc, and hopped on the boat. Sunny, of course, jumped on after them. Everyone settled on cushions and towels and chairs, and the boat was off. When they got back, they all bathed in the lake, and then decided to go to Giovanni's pizza place for dinner. Then, they swung by the video store and tried to pick out a movie that they could all agree on. Rob and Katie opted not to be a part of the decision, as they planned to go to bed as soon as they got back. Finally, the teens decided on an old classic, 'Animal House'. They watched the movie, and went to bed.
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The next day, the weather was gorgeous. Everyone decided to just hang out by the lake, so they got up, got their suits on, and walked out into the sunshine. The thermometer read 80 degrees, and it was only 10 am! Everyone went down to the dock, and Matt and Lucy decided to go put the jet-skis in the water. Mona brought down the portable stereo from the girls' room, and turned on 106.7 The Peak, a top-40 station. She and Amanda sang along to 'The Middle' by Jimmy Eat World.
"It just takes some time, little girl, in the middle out the right…" Danni groaned. "Shut up! You're ruining the song!"
Amanda and Mona looked at each other. Wordlessly, they picked up Danni and threw her in the water. Danni came up, sputtering.
"You will so pay for that!" She started splashing Mona and Amanda. The girls shrieked and jumped into the water. Mona dunked Danni, and Amanda just swam away and taunted them.
"Come get me!"
Sarah and Washu appeared just then, arms full of squirt guns, fun noodles, extra goggles (most of them already had a pair, but whatever), rings (to throw to the bottom of the lake and try and find), and other assorted goodies that one might use for water fun. Rory appeared behind them, rolling a gigantic inner tube (the kind with the bottom, you go tubing in it…). She plopped it into the water, tied it to the dock, climbed into it, and began to read. She had finished 'Devine Secrets' the previous night, and was now reading 'Sense and Sensibility'. Matt and Lucy chose that moment to roar up on the Yamaha jet-skis. Lucy walked to the boathouse and grabbed the two pair of water-skis that the family owned. One pair was hers, the other Rob's. She doubted Rob would mind, however. The speedboat was already in the water, as was the paddleboat. She set the skis down and started singing along with the radio.
"She got her hands up on her knees and her bows on her thighs
She got the twerkin and the servin so I know that she fly
She got me hype, I wanna bite right now yi yi
Say I yi yi yi yi"
"What song is this?" asked Tristan.
"Say I Yi Yi Yi, by the Yin-Yang Twins. Lucy bopped her head to the music.
"It's catchy" said Rory.
"Yeah" agreed Tristan. He was pleased to note that Rory had put her book on the dock and was now just lying on the tube, eyes closed under her sunglasses.
"Come swimming, Rory" he said.
"In a minute" Rory said drowsily, comfy as a cat in the sunlight.
Tristan jumped in the lake and glided, underwater, to where Rory was floating in the tube. With a wicked grin, he positioned himself under the tube and overturned it, causing Rory to topple into the warm lake. She shrieked in surprise, and glared at him.
Tristan held his hands up and looked at her innocently. "What? It's been a minute."
Rory just dunked him and swam away, daring him to catch her. She had forgotten, however, that Tristan was a record-setting swimmer at Chilton. He had caught up with her within 10 seconds, and the two joined the water fight already going on between Danni, Amanda, and Mona. Super-Soakers had now been added, and everyone else decided to join in the fight. They all jumped into the water.
Within a few minutes, the fight was over, and Lucy had been declared the winner.
"Let's play chicken" Amanda proposed.
Everyone was game, except for Washu, who wanted to dry off a little.
It was Rory and Tristan vs. Mona and Amanda; and Matt and Lucy vs. Danni and Sarah. Rory and Tristan beat Mona and Amanda, and Lucy and Matt beat Danni and Sarah. So those two teams went against each other, and Rory and Tristan won.
By this time, Washu had brought down a tray with plastic 9 cups on it (each a different color), three huge pitchers full with Lemonade, Iced Tea, and Cherry Kool-Aid, and bowls full of chips, pretzels, popcorn, and grapes, as well as a plate full of crackers. Sunny was jumping around excitedly, trying to get the food. Washu set the tray carefully on the table, and everyone dug in. Just then, two boys came swimming up to the dock. They looked to be about 14 and 16. The younger one had messy blonde hair and a somewhat pudgy stomach, and the older one had spiked brown hair and a six- pack. Both of them had great tans.
Lucy introduced them as Ben and Joe, from the house down the street. They were her best friends up here, and the only kids her age. Rory noticed Lucy staring at Ben with a look of admiration on her face. She smothered a grin. Clearly Lucy had a major crush on the dark-haired boy, and who could blame her? He was hot!
Then, they noticed Sunny was missing. But not for long. She came bounding up to them, a small black-and-white dog in tow.
"Pepper!" Lucy began to pet the smaller dog.
"Pepper belongs to the Glovers, they live next door" Lucy explained, nodding her head toward the larger house with the two-story deck that was next to the cabin.
"Hi, Mrs. Glover!" Lucy waved toward a woman sitting on a dock, watching several small children swim. Her grandchildren, Tristan supposed. Though she was nice-looking, she looked too old to be the mother of children that young. The woman waved back with a friendly smile.
The rest of the day, the gang had a great time. They went jet-skiing and water-skiing; took rides in the speedboat and hooked the huge tube up to one of the jet-skis.
When dusk fell, they all decided to grill. They put hamburgers and hot dogs on, as well as a couple of turkey burgers for Sarah, who didn't eat red meat. Mona often teased her about this.
"Come on! Red meat isn't bad for you, green fuzzy meat is." Sarah just ignored her.
The guys were in charge of the grill, and everyone put on cover-ups and sat around on the dock talking. Washu, Lucy, and Sarah, who liked to cook, went inside and made a salad, a fruit salad, and corn on the cob. They ate dinner at the long picnic table set up on the grass, down by the lake. When dusk fell, it was still 80 degrees. The day's high had been 97, a record high for that day. After they had eaten and cleaned up, they decided to build a bonfire, since the ice cream places would unfortunately be closed by then. They built a bonfire, and Lucy dug out stuff for S'mores.
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After awhile, the group decided to head inside and go to bed. They doused the fire with water from the lake, and went inside the cabin.
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And that's all I'm going to write for now. Sorry there wasn't much trory action in this chapter, but there will be more in the next chap, I promise.
