Chapter 10
It was Rory's last day of bed rest and Jess was on his way to visit her. He approached the door and knocked. Lorelai opened the door with a frowning face. "What's wrong?" he questioned, entering the house. "Is Rory okay?"
"Yeah, she's absolutely fine," she replied. "She's resting."
"Then what's the problem?"
"SHE'S RESTING!" she repeated. "I'm going to lose the bet, huh?"
"At this point, it appears so," he told her.
"Are you sure you won't reconsider helping me out a little?" she pleaded.
"I'm sure." He laughed.
"What's that?" She questioned, pointing to the plastic bag by Jess's side.
"Just some stuff for Rory."
"Fun stuff to keep her in bed?"
"Yeah, I guess," He admitted reluctantly.
"Traitor."
He shook his head at her as he walked towards Rory's room and knocked on the open door frame. "Good afternoon, Ms. Gilmore."
"Hey! What are you doing here?" she questioned excitedly.
"I asked Becka to come a little later," he told her. "Happy?"
"Very." She smiled as he leaned down and kissed her, only this kiss was a little bit longer then any of their other kisses. "What do you have?" She pulled at the bag.
"I made you a boredom busting package." He took a seat on the bed and opened the bag. "A deck of cards." He pulled them out and put them on the bed and then took out a stuffed bear with the words 'Hug me' on it. "I figured if I can't sleep with you, this is the second best." He told her and she blushed. "Okay, you're tough to shop for." He sighed and looked into the bag. "I found this at the used book section in the book store." He held out a book for her.
"Your Pregnancy." She read the title and took the book from him. She opened to a page and looked at one of the pictures. "Ewww." She made a face.
Jess took it from her and turned it around so he could see. "Aw, that's disgusting!" he yelled and threw the book down.
"Thank you for the book but remind me to avoid page 15."
"Will do" he agreed. "Okay, last but not least." He smiled and pulled out another book.
"Oh my God Jess." She smiled taking it from him. "A baby name book."
"Yeah. I figured you could pass the time in bed by picking out names you liked." he told her.
"You're so sweet. Thank you." She beamed ,opening the book. "Hey, wanna make fun of the weird names with me?"
"As fun as that sounds ,I have to go."
"What are you studying today?"
"Math again. I have a test tomorrow."
"Oh well, good luck," she wished. "I'll see you in Luke's tomorrow before school! I'll finally be able to get out of this house," she said excitedly.
He grinned and kissed her goodbye. "I'll see you tomorrow."
**Next morning**
Jess was already in the diner when the girls came in. "Wow. You get earlier and earlier every day, don't you?" Lorelai asked.
"Only when I have something to get up for." He smiled at Rory. "How does it feel to be free?"
"Great." She took out her 10 dollar bill. "Coffee for my mom and orange juice for me."
"Don't worry about it. You're practically family now," Luke told her.
"What's the fun of winning money if I can't spend it?" Rory questioned.
"Hey, don't argue with the man. He's offering free food." Lorelai nudged her. "So does this practically family thing go for me too?"
"Of course," Luke replied. "But you're probably gonna put me in the poor house with all the coffee you inhale."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, just bring on the free coffee," she joked.
"I have to leave. I don't want to miss the bus on my first day back," Rory announced.
"Oh no!" Lorelai complained. "You have to stay with me."
"What the fun in watching you drink coffee?"
"It's not fun."
"See." Rory insisted.
"But it's fun for me to watch you drool over watching me drink coffee."
"I'm going." Rory repeated before kissing her good bye and grabbing her bag.
"I'll walk you," Jess offered and they left to catch the bus.
"Will I see you later?" she wondered.
"I don't know, I'm gonna be studying with Becka right after school, so I'll probably be done around 5:00 if you wanna stop by."
"Okay. I'll see you then." She smiled and kissed him goodbye before getting on the bus.
**Chilton**
Rory made her way down the halls with Paris stuck to her side babbling on about something, but Rory wasn't really paying attention. She would just throw in a "You're absolutely right," in every once and a while and Paris was happy. As she walked, Rory noticed that a couple of the people she passed were whispering and laughing. She dismissed it, thinking that everything was just in her head. She and Paris entered the cafeteria and grabbed a tray of food before taking their seats. About 20 minutes later, Madeline and her friends giggled as they approached Rory with an extra tray of food. "Rory," she laughed. "We brought this for you."
"Why?" She questioned, looking at the tray. "What did you do to it?"
"Nothing." She smiled. "We just figured you would need it since you're eating for two now." Rory, surprised, looked up at them. "Yup that's right mommy, we know."
"Go away Madeline. You have no idea what you're talking about." She growled, opening her milk.
"So you're saying you're not pregnant?" Madeline questioned.
"That's exactly what I'm saying," Rory retorted. She just wanted them to leave. She knew they would find out eventually but she wasn't prepared to deal with it today. Madeline and her friend rolled their eyes and walked away.
"What was that about?" Paris questioned. "Why would they think you're pregnant?"
"Who knows," Rory sighed, wondering how they had found out.
**Later that day**
Rory sat staring out the window of her English class. She was occasionally writing down name ideas for the baby.
"Rory," a voice interrupted her. "Rory, are you listening?"
"Yeah. What?" she replied.
"The dean wants you in his office," her teacher told her.
"Oh, okay." she said, unsure of what he would want. She got a hall pass from her teacher, made her way down the hall and entered the waiting room. "Um, I'm Rory Gilmore. The dean wanted to see me."
"Yes, one minute please," his secretary sighed and dialed a few numbers of the phone before putting the receiver to her ear. "Rory Gilmore is in the waiting room," she heard her say before hanging up. "You can go in."
"Thanks," she smiled, before entering the dean's office. She found her mother and grandmother sitting in the leather chairs in front of his desk.
"Rory. Sit down please," the dean told her. "Now that we're all here we can start."
"What's going on?" Lorelai questioned as Rory took a seat beside her.
"Well, the nurse brought something to our attention the other day," he told them. "We received an absence excuse from a Dr. Murphy saying that Rory was on bed rest, because she was having complications with her baby."
"Yes. What does that have to do with anything?" Emily questioned.
"The topic of Rory's pregnancy was brought up at the PTA meeting on Tuesday and….."
"Oh God," Rory sighed, burying her hands in her face. "That's how everyone knew."
"Everyone knows?" Lorelai questioned.
"How dare you discuss my granddaughter's private problems with the entire school."
"It's not a problem, Mom. It's a baby," Lorelai corrected.
"WHATEVER it is.," The dean interrupted, "Chilton does not promote this type of situation."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Lorelai asked sternly.
"I'm very sorry Rory, but we can't allow you to continue in Chilton."
"WHAT!" all three girls yelled at once.
Rory looked up at the dean with determination. "This doesn't mean that my grades are going to slip. I'll work just as hard as I did before. I promise. Just don't make me leave."
"I'm sorry Rory, there's nothing I can do."
"Don't be ridiculous, of course she's going to stay," Emily stated.
"No Emily. This is one thing that I will not budge on," the dean told her. "The whole school board has voted and this is Rory's last day at Chilton."
"I'm paying good money for this school and Rory is not leaving," Emily told him, standing up. "Now go on, Rory. We don't want you to miss any more class time."
"The only reason Rory will be going back to class is to get her bag." He looked at Rory. "You can go."
Rory was stunned, she sat staring at the dean for a minute before she could process what was happening. *There goes Harvard.* she thought to herself as she slowly stood and left to get her things. *This can't be happening,* she almost cried as she listened to her grandmother yelling from down the hall. She stopped at the classroom door, this was the last time she would ever enter this room. Rory opened the door with tears rolling down her cheeks and walked through her ex-classmates to her desk across the room. Looking up she watched Madeline lean over and whisper something to one of her friends. She collected her notebooks and her English book, then threw her backpack over her shoulder. "Rory, what are you doing?" the teacher questioned.
"Leaving," she replied simply because it was all she could get out. She walked up to the front of the class towards her teacher and handed him her book. "I won't be needing this." She sighed and threw her notebooks in the trash beside his desk.
"Rory...," he sighed, knowing exactly what had happened. There had been a rumor going around the school all day about her pregnancy and now the whole school would know it was true. Rory shook her head and turned to her class. She felt like such an idiot, she knew that they all knew what was going on. Chilton was like Stars Hollow, a small town where news and gossip traveled quickly. She walked out quickly, slamming the door behind her. "Rory," a voice called once she was halfway down the hall.
"Hey Paris." she tried to smile.
"Is it true?" she questioned as she approached her.
She nodded. "They kicked me out."
"Wow." Paris sighed. "I'm really sorry Rory." She stopped and thought for a minute. "Look, I know that I haven't always been the nicest to you, but I feel like we kind of... you know, became friends in Washington." Paris was acting strangely, was she actually being sincere? "Anyway, um, good luck and maybe I'll come visit you some time." She told her before wrapping her arms around Rory's neck and pulling away quickly. "Bye."
"Bye." Rory smiled a little as she watched Paris hurry back to class. "That was weird." She could hardly believe it, but she was actually going to miss Paris.
"Rory," Lorelai called as Emily and Lorelai came out of the office.
"Mom," she sobbed as Lorelai wrapped her arms around her. "Oh, sweetie. I'm sorry."
"I'm not going to say a word," Emily interrupted.
"Good."
"But if I were to say something, it would probably be I told you so."
"Mom," Lorelai warned. "Now is not the time."
"Oh, come on Lorelai. This is ridiculous. I tried, I really did, but look what this child is doing to her life," she protested. "I can't stand to be here anymore. I'm leaving. Good luck at Stars Hollow High." Emily sighed before leaving.
"Forget her," Lorelai told Rory. "Come on kiddo, let's go home. We don't need this stuffy place anyway."
**Home**
Rory was tucked in her bed, watching soap operas on the tiny travel TV that Lorelai bought for her. "Hey, do you feel better?" Lorelai wondered as she popped her head into Rory's room.
"What do you think?" Rory asked, pointing to the TV. "I'm actually watching soap operas."
"Ooo, what are you watching?" she questioned.
"Days of Our Lives."
"Oh my God." Lorelai ran to the bed. "Did they find Hope and the baby yet?"
"Nope. But Belle and Shawn are making out so it's not a total loss," Rory joked.
"Oh good." Lorelai smiled sitting down next to her. "Have you called Jess and told him yet?"
"No. He's still at school," she sighed staring at the TV.
Lorelai smiled. " I'm gonna go get some grub from Luke's. You wanna come?"
"Nope, I'm gonna sleep a little."
"Okay, you want me to bring you back anything?"
"Yeah. Lots of fries and a sandwich."
"I'll see ya later then."
**Luke's diner**
"Hey Luke," Lorelai sighed, shoved her purse on the counter. "Coffee please."
"You look like you had a fun day." he said sarcastically.
"You have no idea." He handed her a cup of coffee. "Wow."
"What?"
"You gave me coffee...without a protest." she said, amazed.
"So."
"That was way too easy." She smiled, taking a sip of her coffee. "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, you looked like you needed it. I was afraid you would hurt me if I didn't give it to you."
"Wise man."
"So, what's going on?"
"Rory got kicked out of Chilton," she told him.
"What? Why?"
"They found out that she was pregnant." She did her best impression of the dean. "Chilton doesn't promote that kind of situation."
"Wow. What an ass."
"I know." She frowned. " My poor kid is devastated. She took a final sip from her coffee cup and sighed.
"As much as I'd like to continues my rants," She stood and grabbed her bag. " I have to go enroll Rory at Stars Hollow High."
"Have fun."
"I'm sure I will," she called as she left. Lorelai arrived at the high school and stepped out of the car. It looked so dumpy compared to Chilton's cherry wood walls and marble floors. Her shoes clicked as she walked across the tile towards the main office. She walked by two girls then turned the corner.
"Oh my God, Jess is so hot." This caught Lorelai's attention, she backed up and peeked around the corner. She recognized the girls as the tutor that had been helping Jess. " You should see him trying to figure out the problems, it's so cute." she gushed. "I just want to kiss that boy. Of course I think he likes that Rory Gimore girl, but I can make him forget all about her."
"That hussy." Lorelai whispered to herself.
"When are you gonna make your move?" the girl's friend asked.
"I don't know. I was thinking tonight when I go over to his place. We study all alone in his apartment."
"You are so lucky Beck," she said and looked at her watch. "We better get back to class."
"I'll see you tomorrow." Becka called as she began to walk closer Lorelai, who panicked. Becka turned the corner and bumped right into Lorelai. "Excuse me. I'm so sorry."
"You should watch where you're going." Lorelai warned before turning away and walking towards the office.
It was Rory's last day of bed rest and Jess was on his way to visit her. He approached the door and knocked. Lorelai opened the door with a frowning face. "What's wrong?" he questioned, entering the house. "Is Rory okay?"
"Yeah, she's absolutely fine," she replied. "She's resting."
"Then what's the problem?"
"SHE'S RESTING!" she repeated. "I'm going to lose the bet, huh?"
"At this point, it appears so," he told her.
"Are you sure you won't reconsider helping me out a little?" she pleaded.
"I'm sure." He laughed.
"What's that?" She questioned, pointing to the plastic bag by Jess's side.
"Just some stuff for Rory."
"Fun stuff to keep her in bed?"
"Yeah, I guess," He admitted reluctantly.
"Traitor."
He shook his head at her as he walked towards Rory's room and knocked on the open door frame. "Good afternoon, Ms. Gilmore."
"Hey! What are you doing here?" she questioned excitedly.
"I asked Becka to come a little later," he told her. "Happy?"
"Very." She smiled as he leaned down and kissed her, only this kiss was a little bit longer then any of their other kisses. "What do you have?" She pulled at the bag.
"I made you a boredom busting package." He took a seat on the bed and opened the bag. "A deck of cards." He pulled them out and put them on the bed and then took out a stuffed bear with the words 'Hug me' on it. "I figured if I can't sleep with you, this is the second best." He told her and she blushed. "Okay, you're tough to shop for." He sighed and looked into the bag. "I found this at the used book section in the book store." He held out a book for her.
"Your Pregnancy." She read the title and took the book from him. She opened to a page and looked at one of the pictures. "Ewww." She made a face.
Jess took it from her and turned it around so he could see. "Aw, that's disgusting!" he yelled and threw the book down.
"Thank you for the book but remind me to avoid page 15."
"Will do" he agreed. "Okay, last but not least." He smiled and pulled out another book.
"Oh my God Jess." She smiled taking it from him. "A baby name book."
"Yeah. I figured you could pass the time in bed by picking out names you liked." he told her.
"You're so sweet. Thank you." She beamed ,opening the book. "Hey, wanna make fun of the weird names with me?"
"As fun as that sounds ,I have to go."
"What are you studying today?"
"Math again. I have a test tomorrow."
"Oh well, good luck," she wished. "I'll see you in Luke's tomorrow before school! I'll finally be able to get out of this house," she said excitedly.
He grinned and kissed her goodbye. "I'll see you tomorrow."
**Next morning**
Jess was already in the diner when the girls came in. "Wow. You get earlier and earlier every day, don't you?" Lorelai asked.
"Only when I have something to get up for." He smiled at Rory. "How does it feel to be free?"
"Great." She took out her 10 dollar bill. "Coffee for my mom and orange juice for me."
"Don't worry about it. You're practically family now," Luke told her.
"What's the fun of winning money if I can't spend it?" Rory questioned.
"Hey, don't argue with the man. He's offering free food." Lorelai nudged her. "So does this practically family thing go for me too?"
"Of course," Luke replied. "But you're probably gonna put me in the poor house with all the coffee you inhale."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, just bring on the free coffee," she joked.
"I have to leave. I don't want to miss the bus on my first day back," Rory announced.
"Oh no!" Lorelai complained. "You have to stay with me."
"What the fun in watching you drink coffee?"
"It's not fun."
"See." Rory insisted.
"But it's fun for me to watch you drool over watching me drink coffee."
"I'm going." Rory repeated before kissing her good bye and grabbing her bag.
"I'll walk you," Jess offered and they left to catch the bus.
"Will I see you later?" she wondered.
"I don't know, I'm gonna be studying with Becka right after school, so I'll probably be done around 5:00 if you wanna stop by."
"Okay. I'll see you then." She smiled and kissed him goodbye before getting on the bus.
**Chilton**
Rory made her way down the halls with Paris stuck to her side babbling on about something, but Rory wasn't really paying attention. She would just throw in a "You're absolutely right," in every once and a while and Paris was happy. As she walked, Rory noticed that a couple of the people she passed were whispering and laughing. She dismissed it, thinking that everything was just in her head. She and Paris entered the cafeteria and grabbed a tray of food before taking their seats. About 20 minutes later, Madeline and her friends giggled as they approached Rory with an extra tray of food. "Rory," she laughed. "We brought this for you."
"Why?" She questioned, looking at the tray. "What did you do to it?"
"Nothing." She smiled. "We just figured you would need it since you're eating for two now." Rory, surprised, looked up at them. "Yup that's right mommy, we know."
"Go away Madeline. You have no idea what you're talking about." She growled, opening her milk.
"So you're saying you're not pregnant?" Madeline questioned.
"That's exactly what I'm saying," Rory retorted. She just wanted them to leave. She knew they would find out eventually but she wasn't prepared to deal with it today. Madeline and her friend rolled their eyes and walked away.
"What was that about?" Paris questioned. "Why would they think you're pregnant?"
"Who knows," Rory sighed, wondering how they had found out.
**Later that day**
Rory sat staring out the window of her English class. She was occasionally writing down name ideas for the baby.
"Rory," a voice interrupted her. "Rory, are you listening?"
"Yeah. What?" she replied.
"The dean wants you in his office," her teacher told her.
"Oh, okay." she said, unsure of what he would want. She got a hall pass from her teacher, made her way down the hall and entered the waiting room. "Um, I'm Rory Gilmore. The dean wanted to see me."
"Yes, one minute please," his secretary sighed and dialed a few numbers of the phone before putting the receiver to her ear. "Rory Gilmore is in the waiting room," she heard her say before hanging up. "You can go in."
"Thanks," she smiled, before entering the dean's office. She found her mother and grandmother sitting in the leather chairs in front of his desk.
"Rory. Sit down please," the dean told her. "Now that we're all here we can start."
"What's going on?" Lorelai questioned as Rory took a seat beside her.
"Well, the nurse brought something to our attention the other day," he told them. "We received an absence excuse from a Dr. Murphy saying that Rory was on bed rest, because she was having complications with her baby."
"Yes. What does that have to do with anything?" Emily questioned.
"The topic of Rory's pregnancy was brought up at the PTA meeting on Tuesday and….."
"Oh God," Rory sighed, burying her hands in her face. "That's how everyone knew."
"Everyone knows?" Lorelai questioned.
"How dare you discuss my granddaughter's private problems with the entire school."
"It's not a problem, Mom. It's a baby," Lorelai corrected.
"WHATEVER it is.," The dean interrupted, "Chilton does not promote this type of situation."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Lorelai asked sternly.
"I'm very sorry Rory, but we can't allow you to continue in Chilton."
"WHAT!" all three girls yelled at once.
Rory looked up at the dean with determination. "This doesn't mean that my grades are going to slip. I'll work just as hard as I did before. I promise. Just don't make me leave."
"I'm sorry Rory, there's nothing I can do."
"Don't be ridiculous, of course she's going to stay," Emily stated.
"No Emily. This is one thing that I will not budge on," the dean told her. "The whole school board has voted and this is Rory's last day at Chilton."
"I'm paying good money for this school and Rory is not leaving," Emily told him, standing up. "Now go on, Rory. We don't want you to miss any more class time."
"The only reason Rory will be going back to class is to get her bag." He looked at Rory. "You can go."
Rory was stunned, she sat staring at the dean for a minute before she could process what was happening. *There goes Harvard.* she thought to herself as she slowly stood and left to get her things. *This can't be happening,* she almost cried as she listened to her grandmother yelling from down the hall. She stopped at the classroom door, this was the last time she would ever enter this room. Rory opened the door with tears rolling down her cheeks and walked through her ex-classmates to her desk across the room. Looking up she watched Madeline lean over and whisper something to one of her friends. She collected her notebooks and her English book, then threw her backpack over her shoulder. "Rory, what are you doing?" the teacher questioned.
"Leaving," she replied simply because it was all she could get out. She walked up to the front of the class towards her teacher and handed him her book. "I won't be needing this." She sighed and threw her notebooks in the trash beside his desk.
"Rory...," he sighed, knowing exactly what had happened. There had been a rumor going around the school all day about her pregnancy and now the whole school would know it was true. Rory shook her head and turned to her class. She felt like such an idiot, she knew that they all knew what was going on. Chilton was like Stars Hollow, a small town where news and gossip traveled quickly. She walked out quickly, slamming the door behind her. "Rory," a voice called once she was halfway down the hall.
"Hey Paris." she tried to smile.
"Is it true?" she questioned as she approached her.
She nodded. "They kicked me out."
"Wow." Paris sighed. "I'm really sorry Rory." She stopped and thought for a minute. "Look, I know that I haven't always been the nicest to you, but I feel like we kind of... you know, became friends in Washington." Paris was acting strangely, was she actually being sincere? "Anyway, um, good luck and maybe I'll come visit you some time." She told her before wrapping her arms around Rory's neck and pulling away quickly. "Bye."
"Bye." Rory smiled a little as she watched Paris hurry back to class. "That was weird." She could hardly believe it, but she was actually going to miss Paris.
"Rory," Lorelai called as Emily and Lorelai came out of the office.
"Mom," she sobbed as Lorelai wrapped her arms around her. "Oh, sweetie. I'm sorry."
"I'm not going to say a word," Emily interrupted.
"Good."
"But if I were to say something, it would probably be I told you so."
"Mom," Lorelai warned. "Now is not the time."
"Oh, come on Lorelai. This is ridiculous. I tried, I really did, but look what this child is doing to her life," she protested. "I can't stand to be here anymore. I'm leaving. Good luck at Stars Hollow High." Emily sighed before leaving.
"Forget her," Lorelai told Rory. "Come on kiddo, let's go home. We don't need this stuffy place anyway."
**Home**
Rory was tucked in her bed, watching soap operas on the tiny travel TV that Lorelai bought for her. "Hey, do you feel better?" Lorelai wondered as she popped her head into Rory's room.
"What do you think?" Rory asked, pointing to the TV. "I'm actually watching soap operas."
"Ooo, what are you watching?" she questioned.
"Days of Our Lives."
"Oh my God." Lorelai ran to the bed. "Did they find Hope and the baby yet?"
"Nope. But Belle and Shawn are making out so it's not a total loss," Rory joked.
"Oh good." Lorelai smiled sitting down next to her. "Have you called Jess and told him yet?"
"No. He's still at school," she sighed staring at the TV.
Lorelai smiled. " I'm gonna go get some grub from Luke's. You wanna come?"
"Nope, I'm gonna sleep a little."
"Okay, you want me to bring you back anything?"
"Yeah. Lots of fries and a sandwich."
"I'll see ya later then."
**Luke's diner**
"Hey Luke," Lorelai sighed, shoved her purse on the counter. "Coffee please."
"You look like you had a fun day." he said sarcastically.
"You have no idea." He handed her a cup of coffee. "Wow."
"What?"
"You gave me coffee...without a protest." she said, amazed.
"So."
"That was way too easy." She smiled, taking a sip of her coffee. "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, you looked like you needed it. I was afraid you would hurt me if I didn't give it to you."
"Wise man."
"So, what's going on?"
"Rory got kicked out of Chilton," she told him.
"What? Why?"
"They found out that she was pregnant." She did her best impression of the dean. "Chilton doesn't promote that kind of situation."
"Wow. What an ass."
"I know." She frowned. " My poor kid is devastated. She took a final sip from her coffee cup and sighed.
"As much as I'd like to continues my rants," She stood and grabbed her bag. " I have to go enroll Rory at Stars Hollow High."
"Have fun."
"I'm sure I will," she called as she left. Lorelai arrived at the high school and stepped out of the car. It looked so dumpy compared to Chilton's cherry wood walls and marble floors. Her shoes clicked as she walked across the tile towards the main office. She walked by two girls then turned the corner.
"Oh my God, Jess is so hot." This caught Lorelai's attention, she backed up and peeked around the corner. She recognized the girls as the tutor that had been helping Jess. " You should see him trying to figure out the problems, it's so cute." she gushed. "I just want to kiss that boy. Of course I think he likes that Rory Gimore girl, but I can make him forget all about her."
"That hussy." Lorelai whispered to herself.
"When are you gonna make your move?" the girl's friend asked.
"I don't know. I was thinking tonight when I go over to his place. We study all alone in his apartment."
"You are so lucky Beck," she said and looked at her watch. "We better get back to class."
"I'll see you tomorrow." Becka called as she began to walk closer Lorelai, who panicked. Becka turned the corner and bumped right into Lorelai. "Excuse me. I'm so sorry."
"You should watch where you're going." Lorelai warned before turning away and walking towards the office.