She turned to the final page and there was just one large picture. It was
of many people. She seemed to know all of them. There was Tristan, Lorelai,
Dean, Jess, Luke, Lane, Paris, Linda, and her grandparents. All the people
that she cared about.
Rory closed the book and then closed her eyes. She opened them and smiled. She felt like she was getting somewhere with this. She could almost remember who she was. Who everyone was. She heard a car horn honk. She looked out of the window and saw Tristan's SUV parked out front. She closed the window and ran down the stairs to meet Tristan as he came in the door.
"Hey." he said.
"Hey." She replied. He eyed her suspiciously.
"So, any revelations today?"
"Actually yeah. It's so frustrating. You know that feeling when someone asks you a question and you know the answer and it's just on the tip of your brain?" Tristan nodded.
"Well that's how I feel when people say they know me. When you told me who I was. I feel like I know it but I don't." Rory said. Tristan gave her a hug.
"It's okay you'll figure it out." He let go and went to get a sleeping Richard and put him in the car. Halfway through the car ride, Rory began to feel dizzy.
"Mare, are you okay?" Tristan asked, concerned. Rory wanted to nod but she would just end up feeling dizzier. Once the car stopped in their house, she jumped out and ran into the downstairs bathroom. It seemed like different voices were swimming in her head.
"I'm going to be in a Brittany Spears video? " "You got into Chilton!" "You're going to Chilton whether you want to or not." "Hey Mary" "It's Rory!" "I'm the best in this school." "Hi Mr. Medina." "I wish I loved him, I really did." "I'm Rory." "I figured." "About forty times" "I thought you said you didn't read much." "What is much?" "Oliver Twist!" "Why so silent now, huh Quippy?!" "Did I bite your lip or something?" "I love you! I hate him!" "Are we gonna hold hands and skip now?" "If you cared about me-" "What makes you think I care about you?" "Don't say a word!" "What happens when we go to college?" "I do." "Do you need a tour guide?" "I'm going to be a dad!" "You have a new baby boy." "The prestigious Dr. Gilmore-" "Bible boy." "Oh master of seduction!" "hi Mr. Luke."
All of a sudden she couldn't take it any more. Her head was throbbing. She dropped to the floor and started crying. She heard music coming from the other room.
L- is for the way you look at me
O-is for the only one I see
V-is very very extra ordinary
E-is even more than any one that you adore.
She stopped crying. She slowly opened the door and heard that the music was coming from Tristan's office.
She suddenly felt the need to go into that last room in the hall. She crawled over and opened the door. This room had the same smell of the room in Lorelai's house. More memories swam through her brain. She ran out of the room and closed the door. All of a sudden everything went black. She opened her eyes and was staring at a pretty pattern. She recognized it as the hall ceiling. She figured she couldn't have been out that long because Tristan was playing that stupid song that he played at least once a day in his office. Wait, everything made sense now. She was Rory Gilmore-DuGrey. She couldn't believe that she had her memory back. She walked into Tristan's office and he looked up.
"Love was made for me and you." Rory sang. Tristan smiled. His Mary was back.
"I never thought you would be a Sinatra fan." Rory said. Tristan jumped up and engulfed (Hey that's my new word now) Rory into a bone-crushing hug.
"I missed you Mary." Tristan whispered smothering kisses all over her face.
"You have no idea how scary it was." Rory said, with tears of joy and fear flowing down her face. Tristan kissed those away.
"I didn't know anything and everyone expected me to and-" Tristan silenced her with his lips. Rory just smiled against him and abruptly pulled away.
"Oh my god! I can't believe how I treated Riccy!" With that she ran up the stairs to find a sleeping Richard.
She went and sat on the bed next to him and he sat up slowly and rubbed his eyes.
"Mommy?" he said sleepily.
"Mommy!" he screamed and jumped into her arms. It was like they said, kids could always tell the difference.
"I'm so sorry baby for leaving you. It'll never happen again." Rory said, hugging him fiercely. She felt so guilty. Richard pulled away and saw Rory crying.
"Don't cwy mommy. I know you didn't mean to go bye bye. Your here now." He said. Rory smiled, this kid was too smart.
"I gotta go see Grandma okay." Rory said, wiping the tears away. Richard nodded and got off the bed and exited the room. Rory turned around to see Tristan standing in the doorway.
"I'm so sorry Tristan, for everything. For how I acted, f-for treating Richard that way. For acting like a complete ditz!" Tristan just smirked and put his arms around her again.
"And I'm sorry for getting you into that accident. If it wasn't for me, you would've never had amnesia." Rory pulled away and smiled.
"I guess we're even huh?"
"Yeah I guess we are." Tristan said. Rory stuck out her pinky and Tristan hooked his larger one around her smaller one in a "truce".
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Rory jumped out of her PT Cruiser (YAY! ) and walked into the inn to see a very surprised Michel.
"Um ... uh ... hi Rory. Shouldn't you be at home?" The Frenchman stammered.
"It's okay Michel, I'm back." Rory said. Michel let out a breath of relief.
"Good, I was afraid I would have to be nice. Your mother's in the kitchen now go away you devil child." Michel scowled. Rory knew that he was really happy she was back though.
She walked into the kitchen to see Lorelai chattering away with Sookie. She stopped when she saw Rory standing in the doorway.
"Um hi ... Mary." Lorelai said.
"It's Rory." Rory whispered. She moved closer to Lorelai as she saw tears build up in her eyes. Rory wrapped her arms around her.
"I'm sorry mom! I acted like a complete jerk!" Rory sobbed.
"It's okay, it wasn't your fault Hun. It was the amnesia. I'm just glad to have you back." Lorelai said. They both were hugging for so long, they almost forgot about Sookie who was standing there watching the whole exchange. Rory broke off from Lorelai and turned to Sookie and gave her a hug.
"I really wasn't mean to you but I'm sorry anyway." She said to Sookie, which made her laugh. After spending some quality time with her mom and Sookie she decided that the rest of the town needed apologies.
!~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ !
There was only one person she hadn't seen. Luke. She rushed over to Luke's and ran in and hugged him almost knocking him over.
He akwardly hugged her back. Rory was back and he knew it.
"It's great to have you back. I was afraid I lost my favorite customer." He said.
"Don't tell mom that I'm your favorite customer."
"Okay." The stood there, slowly rocking back and forth in a father/daughter type of passion.
"Um Rory?" Luke asked.
"yeah."
"Can you let go of me now?" Rory blushed and pulled away. She said her good- byes and decided it was time to go back home. She hadn't felt like she had a home in a while. And it felt good.
A/N: Hey guys, I've been having so much fun with this story. I regret to inform you that the next chapter will be the last. This story must come to a close some day. REVIEW PLEASE!
Rory closed the book and then closed her eyes. She opened them and smiled. She felt like she was getting somewhere with this. She could almost remember who she was. Who everyone was. She heard a car horn honk. She looked out of the window and saw Tristan's SUV parked out front. She closed the window and ran down the stairs to meet Tristan as he came in the door.
"Hey." he said.
"Hey." She replied. He eyed her suspiciously.
"So, any revelations today?"
"Actually yeah. It's so frustrating. You know that feeling when someone asks you a question and you know the answer and it's just on the tip of your brain?" Tristan nodded.
"Well that's how I feel when people say they know me. When you told me who I was. I feel like I know it but I don't." Rory said. Tristan gave her a hug.
"It's okay you'll figure it out." He let go and went to get a sleeping Richard and put him in the car. Halfway through the car ride, Rory began to feel dizzy.
"Mare, are you okay?" Tristan asked, concerned. Rory wanted to nod but she would just end up feeling dizzier. Once the car stopped in their house, she jumped out and ran into the downstairs bathroom. It seemed like different voices were swimming in her head.
"I'm going to be in a Brittany Spears video? " "You got into Chilton!" "You're going to Chilton whether you want to or not." "Hey Mary" "It's Rory!" "I'm the best in this school." "Hi Mr. Medina." "I wish I loved him, I really did." "I'm Rory." "I figured." "About forty times" "I thought you said you didn't read much." "What is much?" "Oliver Twist!" "Why so silent now, huh Quippy?!" "Did I bite your lip or something?" "I love you! I hate him!" "Are we gonna hold hands and skip now?" "If you cared about me-" "What makes you think I care about you?" "Don't say a word!" "What happens when we go to college?" "I do." "Do you need a tour guide?" "I'm going to be a dad!" "You have a new baby boy." "The prestigious Dr. Gilmore-" "Bible boy." "Oh master of seduction!" "hi Mr. Luke."
All of a sudden she couldn't take it any more. Her head was throbbing. She dropped to the floor and started crying. She heard music coming from the other room.
L- is for the way you look at me
O-is for the only one I see
V-is very very extra ordinary
E-is even more than any one that you adore.
She stopped crying. She slowly opened the door and heard that the music was coming from Tristan's office.
She suddenly felt the need to go into that last room in the hall. She crawled over and opened the door. This room had the same smell of the room in Lorelai's house. More memories swam through her brain. She ran out of the room and closed the door. All of a sudden everything went black. She opened her eyes and was staring at a pretty pattern. She recognized it as the hall ceiling. She figured she couldn't have been out that long because Tristan was playing that stupid song that he played at least once a day in his office. Wait, everything made sense now. She was Rory Gilmore-DuGrey. She couldn't believe that she had her memory back. She walked into Tristan's office and he looked up.
"Love was made for me and you." Rory sang. Tristan smiled. His Mary was back.
"I never thought you would be a Sinatra fan." Rory said. Tristan jumped up and engulfed (Hey that's my new word now) Rory into a bone-crushing hug.
"I missed you Mary." Tristan whispered smothering kisses all over her face.
"You have no idea how scary it was." Rory said, with tears of joy and fear flowing down her face. Tristan kissed those away.
"I didn't know anything and everyone expected me to and-" Tristan silenced her with his lips. Rory just smiled against him and abruptly pulled away.
"Oh my god! I can't believe how I treated Riccy!" With that she ran up the stairs to find a sleeping Richard.
She went and sat on the bed next to him and he sat up slowly and rubbed his eyes.
"Mommy?" he said sleepily.
"Mommy!" he screamed and jumped into her arms. It was like they said, kids could always tell the difference.
"I'm so sorry baby for leaving you. It'll never happen again." Rory said, hugging him fiercely. She felt so guilty. Richard pulled away and saw Rory crying.
"Don't cwy mommy. I know you didn't mean to go bye bye. Your here now." He said. Rory smiled, this kid was too smart.
"I gotta go see Grandma okay." Rory said, wiping the tears away. Richard nodded and got off the bed and exited the room. Rory turned around to see Tristan standing in the doorway.
"I'm so sorry Tristan, for everything. For how I acted, f-for treating Richard that way. For acting like a complete ditz!" Tristan just smirked and put his arms around her again.
"And I'm sorry for getting you into that accident. If it wasn't for me, you would've never had amnesia." Rory pulled away and smiled.
"I guess we're even huh?"
"Yeah I guess we are." Tristan said. Rory stuck out her pinky and Tristan hooked his larger one around her smaller one in a "truce".
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Rory jumped out of her PT Cruiser (YAY! ) and walked into the inn to see a very surprised Michel.
"Um ... uh ... hi Rory. Shouldn't you be at home?" The Frenchman stammered.
"It's okay Michel, I'm back." Rory said. Michel let out a breath of relief.
"Good, I was afraid I would have to be nice. Your mother's in the kitchen now go away you devil child." Michel scowled. Rory knew that he was really happy she was back though.
She walked into the kitchen to see Lorelai chattering away with Sookie. She stopped when she saw Rory standing in the doorway.
"Um hi ... Mary." Lorelai said.
"It's Rory." Rory whispered. She moved closer to Lorelai as she saw tears build up in her eyes. Rory wrapped her arms around her.
"I'm sorry mom! I acted like a complete jerk!" Rory sobbed.
"It's okay, it wasn't your fault Hun. It was the amnesia. I'm just glad to have you back." Lorelai said. They both were hugging for so long, they almost forgot about Sookie who was standing there watching the whole exchange. Rory broke off from Lorelai and turned to Sookie and gave her a hug.
"I really wasn't mean to you but I'm sorry anyway." She said to Sookie, which made her laugh. After spending some quality time with her mom and Sookie she decided that the rest of the town needed apologies.
!~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ !
There was only one person she hadn't seen. Luke. She rushed over to Luke's and ran in and hugged him almost knocking him over.
He akwardly hugged her back. Rory was back and he knew it.
"It's great to have you back. I was afraid I lost my favorite customer." He said.
"Don't tell mom that I'm your favorite customer."
"Okay." The stood there, slowly rocking back and forth in a father/daughter type of passion.
"Um Rory?" Luke asked.
"yeah."
"Can you let go of me now?" Rory blushed and pulled away. She said her good- byes and decided it was time to go back home. She hadn't felt like she had a home in a while. And it felt good.
A/N: Hey guys, I've been having so much fun with this story. I regret to inform you that the next chapter will be the last. This story must come to a close some day. REVIEW PLEASE!