TITLE: Homesick
SUMMERY: Post kiss fic. The third season "my" way. You'll get Rory's return from D.C., her confrontation with her mom, Jess, Dean, and others, depending on where I go with the story. DEFINATELY a Literati. well, eventually
DISCLAIMER: Nope, don't own 'em. Wish I owned Milo, but then again, anyone in their right mind wished they owned Milo! The title comes from the song Homesick by Train. Nope, don't own any rights to that either. The title is a quote from a movie ( I can't remember what one).
SPOILERS: Anything and everything you've seen and read.
E-MAIL: *NEW EMAIL* someone18_13@yahoo.com
A/N: Howdy Doody Peoples! Okay, it's now the night of the imfamous dinner. Did I spell that right? Hmm, I don't think I did. Maybe its actually 'infamous'. Oh well. Anyhoo, most of you have probably guessed what is coming, but I think I add a few twists. Maybe not. I hope you enjoy it anyway. I know there hasn't been any REAL Literati stuff, but I promise it will happen in either this chapter or the next one. You guys are probably gettin' impatient with me. Sorry. ALSO, THANK YOU to all of the people reading and reviewing this. It only took me nine chapters to finally remember to write that! All of you are AWESOME and I really appriciate your encouraging words. K, I KNOW I spelt 'appriciate' wrong, but I'm too lazy to look it up in the dictionary. In case you've noticed, I can't spell at all! I'm a straight A student and I'm in my school's Honors program, but I can't spell to save my life. So sorry for all of the errors. Wow, what a long authors note. I also ramble, so you probably disragarded this entire thing and your now reading the actual fic. So no one's reading this...or this...or this. Alrighy then, in case you still are reading this, I'll wrap it up. TO THE FIC.....
P.S.: Just realized that 'appriciate' is actually 'appreciate'. And I didn't even have to look it up! See, I'm not stupid, I'm just slow.
"Love: its a big deal, but it hurts like hell"
"MOM! Hurry up. We're going to be late again." Rory yelled upstairs to her mom.
"We're always late. Why would we want to break tradition?"
"Since grandma doesn't want us there 'til eight, you even had an extra hour! You could easily be ready by now."
"Where's the fun in being on time? I like to see Emily's face tense up when we're late." Lorelai said, while running down the stairs in a simple black knee-length dress trying to put in an earring.
"Great. You're ready. Can we go now?"
"Why so anxious to get there?"
"I'm starving!"
"Oh, alright. I just have to find my purse."
"Right here." Rory said, pulling Loralai's purse out from behind her back.
"Sneaky"
"I'm a very sneaky person"
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"Knock"
"Wait a minute"
"Mom, just knock"
"Ten more seconds and we're officially late. Five, four, three, two..."
"I'm knocking"
"One. YES! Never break tradition baby!"
"Ugh" Rory knocked on the door. Emily greeted them with a huge smile on her face.
"Girls, well hello! Come in, come in."
"Uh, hi mom. Why are you so happy? Did ya do something slutty?"
"I beg your pardon Lorelai?"
"Oh, nothing. You just seem overly chipper, that's all"
"Well, why can't I be happy to see my daughter? Or my grandaughter at that. Rory, six weeks was too long." Emily said as she led them into the sitting room.
"I agree" Rory said as she took off her coat, revealing her knee length black skirt and blue 3/4 sleeve shirt.
"Ah, Rory, how was Washington?" Richard said as he entered the room.
"Educational"
"As it should be. And how is Paris? Doing well, I presume?"
"Oh, yes. She loved every minute of the trip. She gave most of the senators a run for their money too."
"A very intelectual girl, in my opinion"
"She's something alright"
"So dad, how was Martha's Vineyard?"
"Refreshing. It was good to take a vacation."
"Although it wasn't really a vaction. His phone was ringing non-stop. He refused to turn the darn thing off." Emily interjected.
"Emily, there are important things that the CEO of a company must attend to. Just because I'm away doesn't mean the world stops." They continued bickering as Lorelai looked over to Rory and they said in unison "Oy with the poodles already"
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"Grandma, this chicken is delicious." The four of them were seated in the dining room; they were about half-way through dinner.
"Why thank you Rory. Our new cook is just wonderful." A short silence fell upon the group.
"So mom, is ther any particular reason why you wanted us to come later?"
"I don't see how that is important."
"Just curious." The table fell silent once again. Rory had already talked about her trip and school.She dodged questions about Dean and didn't dare bring up Jess. The elder Gilmore's had embellished about their time away from home. Lorelai talked about the inn. There was nothing else to say really. Just then, was a knock at the door. Lorelai and Rory looked up, surprised. Emily and Richard looked almost excited.
"Just in time for desert" Emily said, to Richard more than to anyone else.
"Whats 'just in time for desert?' " Lorelai asked, bewildered. Just then Christopher walked into the room, recieving a jaw-drop from Rory and a glare from Lorelai.
"Why, hello Christopher"
"Chrostopher!" The older Gilmore's warmly greeted him. Rory couldn't find her voice. Lorelai sure could though.
"Hello. Emily, Richard" He nodded to each of them. "Hey Lor"
"Don't you even 'Hey Lor' me. What in the hell are you doing here?"
"Lorelai..." Emily was quickly cut off. Lorelai stood up, visibly angry and exasperated.
"Your mom invited me. Since you won't return my calls, I thought you might talk to me in person."
"I have been avoiding you calls for a reason. I don't want to talk to you. I don't want to see you. I thought you would get a clue."
"Lorelai, we need to talk about this."
"What's there to talk about? Yea, Chris, things were good. They were great even! We were going to be a family. Finally, after seventeen years, we were all going to be together. But you just up and left."
"I didn't just take off. Sherry is pregnant. She needs me. The baby needs me."
"What about us?" Rory stood up to speak. "What about when mom needed you? What about when I needed you? You were never there for us..." Now Christopher cut in.
"Rory, this is different"
"Of course this is different. Because we've made it seventeen years without you. I've made it seventeen years without you. And right now, I don't think I ever want to see you again. Just go be someone else's father!" With that, Rory ran out of the dining hall. The four adults just stood there, shocked by what Rory had just said. *God, how could I have been so stupid. She's been holding that inside when I thought she was honestly okay* Lorelai was mentally kicking herself for not seeing it before.
"I can't believe you set this up. I hope your happy with youselves" Lorelai said to her parents before going after Rory.
"LORELAI! Lorelai, wait" Emily said, following her.
"Well, that didn't go very well" Chris said.
"I'm sorry Christopher" Richard empathasized. "Maybe we should follow them too."
"Sure" With that, they too, headed after the girls.
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"Rory, honey, come here." Lorelai embraced her daughter as they sat down in Richard's study. "You okay?"
"I can't believe I said that."
"Did you mean it?"
"I think so. That's why I feel so horrible. What about you? Are you okay?"
"I will be. I'm just worried about you. I've never seen you so angry. Well, I have, once."
"Once? When?"
"That night at your grandpa's office party, after you broke your wrist. You know, when I was yelling and you were defending Jess."
"Oh, yea"
"You were so mad at me. And I just kept antagonizing you."
"I still don't think it was his fault"
"I know"
"You do?"
"He's been dong a lot better. And he OBVIOUSLY came back for you. He wouldn't hurt you intentionally. I can see now that I was wrong."
"Wow."
"I know. It only took Sherry getting pregnant and your father leaving...again...for me to look at both sides."
"I want to see him"
"Hmmm?"
"Jess. Can we go to Luke's? I want to see to Jess."
"Yea. I could use some coffee too."
"Excuse me?" They both looked up to see Emily in the doorway. She was not happy at all. "What's this I hear about JESS. I thought that deliquent was gone for good."
"He came back mom"
"And what about Dean? He is a nice young man. Why doesn't she want to see Dean?"
"Dean and I broke up. Well, I broke up with him, actually."
"Oh my God. Do you see where this is going Lorelai? How can you let her even talk to him? This can only end horribly"
"You don't know him mom"
"I thought we agreed on this"
"We did. But I listened to Rory. She knows him better than, well, anyone. And I kind of got to know him too...a little. He's not that bad."
"I am not hearing this"
"Not hearing what?" Richard asked. The two men had been able to follow the sudden outbursts to find the three in the study.
"Rory broke up with Dean. Plus that thug, that Jess, moved back to Stars Hollow and Rory is currently friends with him."
"Wait a minute. Jess? As in the one who crashed your car and broke your wrist Jess?" Christopher was outraged.
"And your friends with him! He almost killed you Rory!" Richard got his two-cents in as well.
"It wasn't his fault. None of you even know him!" Rory was now crying openly. She struggled to form more words. "Mom....can we......ju....just go? Please?"
"I was just about to ask you the same thing. Goodbye mom, dad, I hope your both happy with yourselves. And Christopher....I...I don't even know what to say to you. Just stay out of our lives. And give Sherry our best." Sarcasm and bitterness fell from her shrill voice as she spoke the last five words. They picked up their coats from the chair in the hall and left without saying another word.
"Well then, who wants a drink?" Richard asked.
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A/N: I think that was one of my better chapters. Either that, or it really sucked. You be the judge. In other words...REVIEW! By the way, I don't know if you caught it or not, but the 'I'm a very sneaky person' part was in reference to 'Master of Disguise' and the 'Why are you so happy? Did ya do something slutty?' part was in reference to the pilot episode. Just wanted to clarify in case you weren't sure and you thought I was crazy or something.
'And now for a taste of things to come...'
Lorelai and Rory at Luke's and some R/J action! I promise!
SUMMERY: Post kiss fic. The third season "my" way. You'll get Rory's return from D.C., her confrontation with her mom, Jess, Dean, and others, depending on where I go with the story. DEFINATELY a Literati. well, eventually
DISCLAIMER: Nope, don't own 'em. Wish I owned Milo, but then again, anyone in their right mind wished they owned Milo! The title comes from the song Homesick by Train. Nope, don't own any rights to that either. The title is a quote from a movie ( I can't remember what one).
SPOILERS: Anything and everything you've seen and read.
E-MAIL: *NEW EMAIL* someone18_13@yahoo.com
A/N: Howdy Doody Peoples! Okay, it's now the night of the imfamous dinner. Did I spell that right? Hmm, I don't think I did. Maybe its actually 'infamous'. Oh well. Anyhoo, most of you have probably guessed what is coming, but I think I add a few twists. Maybe not. I hope you enjoy it anyway. I know there hasn't been any REAL Literati stuff, but I promise it will happen in either this chapter or the next one. You guys are probably gettin' impatient with me. Sorry. ALSO, THANK YOU to all of the people reading and reviewing this. It only took me nine chapters to finally remember to write that! All of you are AWESOME and I really appriciate your encouraging words. K, I KNOW I spelt 'appriciate' wrong, but I'm too lazy to look it up in the dictionary. In case you've noticed, I can't spell at all! I'm a straight A student and I'm in my school's Honors program, but I can't spell to save my life. So sorry for all of the errors. Wow, what a long authors note. I also ramble, so you probably disragarded this entire thing and your now reading the actual fic. So no one's reading this...or this...or this. Alrighy then, in case you still are reading this, I'll wrap it up. TO THE FIC.....
P.S.: Just realized that 'appriciate' is actually 'appreciate'. And I didn't even have to look it up! See, I'm not stupid, I'm just slow.
"Love: its a big deal, but it hurts like hell"
"MOM! Hurry up. We're going to be late again." Rory yelled upstairs to her mom.
"We're always late. Why would we want to break tradition?"
"Since grandma doesn't want us there 'til eight, you even had an extra hour! You could easily be ready by now."
"Where's the fun in being on time? I like to see Emily's face tense up when we're late." Lorelai said, while running down the stairs in a simple black knee-length dress trying to put in an earring.
"Great. You're ready. Can we go now?"
"Why so anxious to get there?"
"I'm starving!"
"Oh, alright. I just have to find my purse."
"Right here." Rory said, pulling Loralai's purse out from behind her back.
"Sneaky"
"I'm a very sneaky person"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Knock"
"Wait a minute"
"Mom, just knock"
"Ten more seconds and we're officially late. Five, four, three, two..."
"I'm knocking"
"One. YES! Never break tradition baby!"
"Ugh" Rory knocked on the door. Emily greeted them with a huge smile on her face.
"Girls, well hello! Come in, come in."
"Uh, hi mom. Why are you so happy? Did ya do something slutty?"
"I beg your pardon Lorelai?"
"Oh, nothing. You just seem overly chipper, that's all"
"Well, why can't I be happy to see my daughter? Or my grandaughter at that. Rory, six weeks was too long." Emily said as she led them into the sitting room.
"I agree" Rory said as she took off her coat, revealing her knee length black skirt and blue 3/4 sleeve shirt.
"Ah, Rory, how was Washington?" Richard said as he entered the room.
"Educational"
"As it should be. And how is Paris? Doing well, I presume?"
"Oh, yes. She loved every minute of the trip. She gave most of the senators a run for their money too."
"A very intelectual girl, in my opinion"
"She's something alright"
"So dad, how was Martha's Vineyard?"
"Refreshing. It was good to take a vacation."
"Although it wasn't really a vaction. His phone was ringing non-stop. He refused to turn the darn thing off." Emily interjected.
"Emily, there are important things that the CEO of a company must attend to. Just because I'm away doesn't mean the world stops." They continued bickering as Lorelai looked over to Rory and they said in unison "Oy with the poodles already"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Grandma, this chicken is delicious." The four of them were seated in the dining room; they were about half-way through dinner.
"Why thank you Rory. Our new cook is just wonderful." A short silence fell upon the group.
"So mom, is ther any particular reason why you wanted us to come later?"
"I don't see how that is important."
"Just curious." The table fell silent once again. Rory had already talked about her trip and school.She dodged questions about Dean and didn't dare bring up Jess. The elder Gilmore's had embellished about their time away from home. Lorelai talked about the inn. There was nothing else to say really. Just then, was a knock at the door. Lorelai and Rory looked up, surprised. Emily and Richard looked almost excited.
"Just in time for desert" Emily said, to Richard more than to anyone else.
"Whats 'just in time for desert?' " Lorelai asked, bewildered. Just then Christopher walked into the room, recieving a jaw-drop from Rory and a glare from Lorelai.
"Why, hello Christopher"
"Chrostopher!" The older Gilmore's warmly greeted him. Rory couldn't find her voice. Lorelai sure could though.
"Hello. Emily, Richard" He nodded to each of them. "Hey Lor"
"Don't you even 'Hey Lor' me. What in the hell are you doing here?"
"Lorelai..." Emily was quickly cut off. Lorelai stood up, visibly angry and exasperated.
"Your mom invited me. Since you won't return my calls, I thought you might talk to me in person."
"I have been avoiding you calls for a reason. I don't want to talk to you. I don't want to see you. I thought you would get a clue."
"Lorelai, we need to talk about this."
"What's there to talk about? Yea, Chris, things were good. They were great even! We were going to be a family. Finally, after seventeen years, we were all going to be together. But you just up and left."
"I didn't just take off. Sherry is pregnant. She needs me. The baby needs me."
"What about us?" Rory stood up to speak. "What about when mom needed you? What about when I needed you? You were never there for us..." Now Christopher cut in.
"Rory, this is different"
"Of course this is different. Because we've made it seventeen years without you. I've made it seventeen years without you. And right now, I don't think I ever want to see you again. Just go be someone else's father!" With that, Rory ran out of the dining hall. The four adults just stood there, shocked by what Rory had just said. *God, how could I have been so stupid. She's been holding that inside when I thought she was honestly okay* Lorelai was mentally kicking herself for not seeing it before.
"I can't believe you set this up. I hope your happy with youselves" Lorelai said to her parents before going after Rory.
"LORELAI! Lorelai, wait" Emily said, following her.
"Well, that didn't go very well" Chris said.
"I'm sorry Christopher" Richard empathasized. "Maybe we should follow them too."
"Sure" With that, they too, headed after the girls.
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"Rory, honey, come here." Lorelai embraced her daughter as they sat down in Richard's study. "You okay?"
"I can't believe I said that."
"Did you mean it?"
"I think so. That's why I feel so horrible. What about you? Are you okay?"
"I will be. I'm just worried about you. I've never seen you so angry. Well, I have, once."
"Once? When?"
"That night at your grandpa's office party, after you broke your wrist. You know, when I was yelling and you were defending Jess."
"Oh, yea"
"You were so mad at me. And I just kept antagonizing you."
"I still don't think it was his fault"
"I know"
"You do?"
"He's been dong a lot better. And he OBVIOUSLY came back for you. He wouldn't hurt you intentionally. I can see now that I was wrong."
"Wow."
"I know. It only took Sherry getting pregnant and your father leaving...again...for me to look at both sides."
"I want to see him"
"Hmmm?"
"Jess. Can we go to Luke's? I want to see to Jess."
"Yea. I could use some coffee too."
"Excuse me?" They both looked up to see Emily in the doorway. She was not happy at all. "What's this I hear about JESS. I thought that deliquent was gone for good."
"He came back mom"
"And what about Dean? He is a nice young man. Why doesn't she want to see Dean?"
"Dean and I broke up. Well, I broke up with him, actually."
"Oh my God. Do you see where this is going Lorelai? How can you let her even talk to him? This can only end horribly"
"You don't know him mom"
"I thought we agreed on this"
"We did. But I listened to Rory. She knows him better than, well, anyone. And I kind of got to know him too...a little. He's not that bad."
"I am not hearing this"
"Not hearing what?" Richard asked. The two men had been able to follow the sudden outbursts to find the three in the study.
"Rory broke up with Dean. Plus that thug, that Jess, moved back to Stars Hollow and Rory is currently friends with him."
"Wait a minute. Jess? As in the one who crashed your car and broke your wrist Jess?" Christopher was outraged.
"And your friends with him! He almost killed you Rory!" Richard got his two-cents in as well.
"It wasn't his fault. None of you even know him!" Rory was now crying openly. She struggled to form more words. "Mom....can we......ju....just go? Please?"
"I was just about to ask you the same thing. Goodbye mom, dad, I hope your both happy with yourselves. And Christopher....I...I don't even know what to say to you. Just stay out of our lives. And give Sherry our best." Sarcasm and bitterness fell from her shrill voice as she spoke the last five words. They picked up their coats from the chair in the hall and left without saying another word.
"Well then, who wants a drink?" Richard asked.
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A/N: I think that was one of my better chapters. Either that, or it really sucked. You be the judge. In other words...REVIEW! By the way, I don't know if you caught it or not, but the 'I'm a very sneaky person' part was in reference to 'Master of Disguise' and the 'Why are you so happy? Did ya do something slutty?' part was in reference to the pilot episode. Just wanted to clarify in case you weren't sure and you thought I was crazy or something.
'And now for a taste of things to come...'
Lorelai and Rory at Luke's and some R/J action! I promise!
