One In A Million
Chapter 6
By Nichole
A/N: I would just like to take this time to thank everyone for the wonderful reviews; keep them coming. I'm sorry that it took so long to get this chapter out; I've been really busy with school. Anybody who can guess what song this story is named after gets to beta read it. Anyway, you've probably had enough of me. Now, on with the story!
"Hey, you've reached the Medina residence; leave a message at the beep." Max's voice said over the answering machine. BEEP!
"Max?" A voice over the answering machine said, "Max, pick up the phone! It's me, Lorelai. You've been avoiding me for the past, uh, what is it now? Month? Listen; whatever I said to make you avoid me, I'm sorry. Bye."
Max turned off the answering machine by the stairs.
"So, when are you going to call her?" James asked.
"What would I tell her?"
"The truth."
"That I like her? She has a boyfriend."
Max arrived at Chilton early, Monday morning. He had been arriving early for the past month to avoid Lorelai. He also stopped going to Starbucks and the mall to avoid her too. Max quietly got some books from his locker. Lorelai slowly crept up behind him.
She placed a hand on his shoulder and said, "Hey Max, long time no see."
He slowly turned around, "Yeah."
"How come you've been avoiding me for the past month?"
"I've been really busy with school. They give us so much homework, right?"
"They've given us tons of homework before and you still had time to hang out with me. By the way, what happened to you and Rick?"
"We had a fight."
"About what?"
"It's not important."
"It must have been to make you two stop hanging out."
"It was over something stupid."
"Oh. So what are you doing here so early?"
"Extra help."
"Really? For the past month?"
"Yeah, History class is pretty hard this year."
"You're not at extra help."
"I'm not?"
"No. Just an excuse to avoid me, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well how come you've been avoiding me for a month?"
"I needed a break."
"Well even I need a break from myself sometimes, but you could have told me." She said, a little hurt that he avoided her for a month."
"I'm sorry."
"It's.okay."
Max wasn't the only one who was avoiding someone. Lorelai was so consumed over Max that she hasn't gone on a date with Chris in a month. A very distraught Christopher called her one day.
"Hello?" Lorelai said.
"Hello?"
"Chris! How are you?"
"I could ask you the same thing."
"I've been really busy lately."
"Oh?"
"Why haven't I seen or heard from you in a month, Lorelai? It's like you disappeared from the face of the earth."
"Like I said, I've been really busy lately."
"With what?"
She couldn't bare to tell him the truth-that she spent that last month asking herself, 'Why was Max avoiding her?' He would think that she was seeing Max. Maybe she liked Max, and maybe she didn't. But then again, who would stop dating their boyfriend for a month to wait for their best friend to call? What would she tell him? She would tell him the same answer that Max gave her that morning about why he was avoiding her.
"I've been really busy with school."
"I understand, just let me know next time, ok?"
"Yeah, sorry."
"Are we on for next Tuesday?"
"Yeah."
"Bye."
She let out a sigh of relief as she hung up the phone.
Max waited patiently in Rick's living room. He felt guilty about causing him so much anguish over him and Stephanie. Rick's mom took a seat next to him.
"Is he here?" Max asked.
"Yes." She replied.
"Can I see him?"
"Yeah. His room is upstairs. It's the first door on the left."
"Thanks."
Max knocked on the door to Rick's room.
"Yes?" Rick said from behind the door.
"It's me, Max. Can I come in?"
".Fine."
"Thanks." He opened the door and found Rick sitting on his bed.
"Why are you here?"
"To say that I'm sorry."
"Sorry doesn't cut it." He said coldly.
"You know that I didn't mean to hurt you. Does Stephanie know?"
"No, but I should tell her."
"Yes you should, but don't."
"Why?"
"Because I messed up. And I really like her."
"But not as much as Lorelai."
He sighed. "Right. A blind date does involve risks-any relationship does. Do you forgive me?"
Rick sat up, walked over to him, and embraced him. "Yeah."
During the preceding weeks and months that followed, things began to return to normal between Chris and Lorelai, and Max and Lorelai. It was now January 1983. Chris and Max got to know each other; you could even call them good friends, with the exception of a few minor incidents concerning Lorelai.
"What's going on with you and Lorelai?" Angela, Max's mom, asked Max one day after school.
"We're still friends mom." He replied.
"Oh?"
"Yeah."
"I remember a few months back how you were pining for her."
I'm with Stephanie, Rick's cousin. We've been dating since October."
"Really."
"What?"
"Oh, nothing."
"Tell me." He insisted.
"It sounds like you're settling." She said.
"No I'm not!" He exclaimed.
She rolled her eyes, "Right."
"Whatever." He headed upstairs towards his room.
A few weeks passed by. It is now January 24, 1983 Christopher's sixteenth birthday. The couple has just returned from dinner and a movie, and is on the way to Lorelai's house in Chris's new Porsche.
Chris smiled as an idea was conceived. "Now, we can either I can either drop you off, or I can take you to the park."
She smiled back. "Take me to the park."
Chris parked on a hill and left the engine running. They would walk down the hill to the park.
"I guess you didn't take me here to look at the stars." Lorelai said.
"Nope." He replied.
Lorelai slowly leaned over and kissed him. She leaned over the passenger seat and kissed him again. As she did so, her foot must have hit the gearshift, because the car went speeding down the hill into oncoming traffic below with a loud CRASH!!!
TBC.part 7 coming soon!
A/N: I would just like to take this time to thank everyone for the wonderful reviews; keep them coming. I'm sorry that it took so long to get this chapter out; I've been really busy with school. Anybody who can guess what song this story is named after gets to beta read it. Anyway, you've probably had enough of me. Now, on with the story!
"Hey, you've reached the Medina residence; leave a message at the beep." Max's voice said over the answering machine. BEEP!
"Max?" A voice over the answering machine said, "Max, pick up the phone! It's me, Lorelai. You've been avoiding me for the past, uh, what is it now? Month? Listen; whatever I said to make you avoid me, I'm sorry. Bye."
Max turned off the answering machine by the stairs.
"So, when are you going to call her?" James asked.
"What would I tell her?"
"The truth."
"That I like her? She has a boyfriend."
Max arrived at Chilton early, Monday morning. He had been arriving early for the past month to avoid Lorelai. He also stopped going to Starbucks and the mall to avoid her too. Max quietly got some books from his locker. Lorelai slowly crept up behind him.
She placed a hand on his shoulder and said, "Hey Max, long time no see."
He slowly turned around, "Yeah."
"How come you've been avoiding me for the past month?"
"I've been really busy with school. They give us so much homework, right?"
"They've given us tons of homework before and you still had time to hang out with me. By the way, what happened to you and Rick?"
"We had a fight."
"About what?"
"It's not important."
"It must have been to make you two stop hanging out."
"It was over something stupid."
"Oh. So what are you doing here so early?"
"Extra help."
"Really? For the past month?"
"Yeah, History class is pretty hard this year."
"You're not at extra help."
"I'm not?"
"No. Just an excuse to avoid me, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well how come you've been avoiding me for a month?"
"I needed a break."
"Well even I need a break from myself sometimes, but you could have told me." She said, a little hurt that he avoided her for a month."
"I'm sorry."
"It's.okay."
Max wasn't the only one who was avoiding someone. Lorelai was so consumed over Max that she hasn't gone on a date with Chris in a month. A very distraught Christopher called her one day.
"Hello?" Lorelai said.
"Hello?"
"Chris! How are you?"
"I could ask you the same thing."
"I've been really busy lately."
"Oh?"
"Why haven't I seen or heard from you in a month, Lorelai? It's like you disappeared from the face of the earth."
"Like I said, I've been really busy lately."
"With what?"
She couldn't bare to tell him the truth-that she spent that last month asking herself, 'Why was Max avoiding her?' He would think that she was seeing Max. Maybe she liked Max, and maybe she didn't. But then again, who would stop dating their boyfriend for a month to wait for their best friend to call? What would she tell him? She would tell him the same answer that Max gave her that morning about why he was avoiding her.
"I've been really busy with school."
"I understand, just let me know next time, ok?"
"Yeah, sorry."
"Are we on for next Tuesday?"
"Yeah."
"Bye."
She let out a sigh of relief as she hung up the phone.
Max waited patiently in Rick's living room. He felt guilty about causing him so much anguish over him and Stephanie. Rick's mom took a seat next to him.
"Is he here?" Max asked.
"Yes." She replied.
"Can I see him?"
"Yeah. His room is upstairs. It's the first door on the left."
"Thanks."
Max knocked on the door to Rick's room.
"Yes?" Rick said from behind the door.
"It's me, Max. Can I come in?"
".Fine."
"Thanks." He opened the door and found Rick sitting on his bed.
"Why are you here?"
"To say that I'm sorry."
"Sorry doesn't cut it." He said coldly.
"You know that I didn't mean to hurt you. Does Stephanie know?"
"No, but I should tell her."
"Yes you should, but don't."
"Why?"
"Because I messed up. And I really like her."
"But not as much as Lorelai."
He sighed. "Right. A blind date does involve risks-any relationship does. Do you forgive me?"
Rick sat up, walked over to him, and embraced him. "Yeah."
During the preceding weeks and months that followed, things began to return to normal between Chris and Lorelai, and Max and Lorelai. It was now January 1983. Chris and Max got to know each other; you could even call them good friends, with the exception of a few minor incidents concerning Lorelai.
"What's going on with you and Lorelai?" Angela, Max's mom, asked Max one day after school.
"We're still friends mom." He replied.
"Oh?"
"Yeah."
"I remember a few months back how you were pining for her."
I'm with Stephanie, Rick's cousin. We've been dating since October."
"Really."
"What?"
"Oh, nothing."
"Tell me." He insisted.
"It sounds like you're settling." She said.
"No I'm not!" He exclaimed.
She rolled her eyes, "Right."
"Whatever." He headed upstairs towards his room.
A few weeks passed by. It is now January 24, 1983 Christopher's sixteenth birthday. The couple has just returned from dinner and a movie, and is on the way to Lorelai's house in Chris's new Porsche.
Chris smiled as an idea was conceived. "Now, we can either I can either drop you off, or I can take you to the park."
She smiled back. "Take me to the park."
Chris parked on a hill and left the engine running. They would walk down the hill to the park.
"I guess you didn't take me here to look at the stars." Lorelai said.
"Nope." He replied.
Lorelai slowly leaned over and kissed him. She leaned over the passenger seat and kissed him again. As she did so, her foot must have hit the gearshift, because the car went speeding down the hill into oncoming traffic below with a loud CRASH!!!
TBC.part 7 coming soon!