Author's Note: Alright, first of all, I just wanna say that I'm so sorry it
took so long for me to actually write this. I was crazily busy and just not
inspired. but I really hope that this makes up for my lack of writing in a
way and that we still have some readers out there.
SO, as you can see, we have decided to continue with our fic. We hope that all can be forgiven and that you will all realize that our story IS original. Thank you also for the amazing support we've received. It means SO much to us. All we ask is that if you have a problem with this story because you think we "ripped it off" of someone, please refrain from flaming us. We have already decided that we will continue writing this fic because we feel very strongly that this is original. If we have offended anyone in writing this, we apologize sincerely, but once again, we ask you to not flame, but instead simply discontinue reading our story.
Ok, moving on. just so you know, this is me, Lauren, writing this chapter. it picks up basically where the last chapter left off. I hope you like it! Oh, and please, please, please review! I really like hearing suggestions and feedback and it'll motivate me to write more and faster! hehe
Disclaimer: For once I'm going to be official and that we do not own any rights to Gilmore Girls or the movie Kate and Leopold (which is mentioned again in this chapter).
~*~
As soon as I stepped a foot into my house, the phone rang. Luckily, after the incident from that morning, I had put the phone in its charger on the table. I picked it up and with a tired sigh said, "Hello?"
I smiled when I heard the voice on the other end. "Wow. not even an attempt at a crude joke. what happened?"
"Rory! God, do I miss you hun!"
"Ok, now you're scaring me. what happened?" Rory asked with anxiety in her voice.
"Ugh. Rory, I just agreed to go out with a guy that your grandmother was attempting to set me up with!" I cringed even as I listened to my own voice saying those words.
"What?! Why?! Who is it?!" The shock was easy to recognize in my daughter's voice.
"His name is Jake and. well, I don't know why! It was so weird! I actually think I really like this guy!" I waved my hands around in an obvious sign of confusion, even though I knew Rory couldn't actually see me.
"Well, tell me what happened!"
"Well I was having this horrible, horrible morning because I was running late."
"No surprise there." Rory interrupted.
"Hush you! This is my story!"
"Sorry Mom. Continue."
"Well, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted." I said pointedly and Rory just sighed, "Your grandmother called and said that she was inviting a guest to dinner. And she didn't even give me time to say no! She just told me and then hung up!"
"That's because she knew that you would object to her plan," Rory pointed out.
"Yeah, well. whatever! Anyways, so I had a really crappy day and I showed up to dinner and BAM! He was there, and well. he was good looking and funny and my evening turned out to not be as bad as I thought it would have been."
"Oook. so when did he ask you out?"
"I was just getting there. after dessert I said that I had to leave because I have to host a wedding at the inn tomorrow. So, I was saying good-bye, and Jake insisted on walking me to my car."
"Aww. how very charming and high-society-ish of him!" Rory squealed mockingly.
"Sweetie, I don't think 'high-society-ish' is even close to being considered a word."
"Hey, it's 10:30 and I have had a long day filled of Paris."
"No, sweets, you're in Washington D.C.," I said jokingly.
"Mom." Rory whined.
"All right, I'm sorry. Do you want to go to bed? You can call me tomorrow if you want." I hoped she would want to talk to me instead of going to bed, for my own selfish reasons. But, hey, it was not my fault that I missed my baby girl!
"No, it's ok Mom. I wanna hear your story. plus if I get off the phone now Paris will probably wanna go over tomorrow's agenda and prepare, and I'm really not ready for that yet."
"Ok, you sure?" I asked, concerned.
"Absolutely. just move on with your story."
"Right, ok. Yeah. Umm. sooo."
"You left off at the part where he walked you to your car," Rory supplied.
"Oooooo! Of course. thanks! Ok, so yeah. he walked me to my car and I made some sort of reference to Kate and Leopold."
"What?!" Rory was confused.
"I was talking about his manners and how they were like Leopold's or something witty like that."
"Oh, of course."
"Right, so then he told me that he usually didn't act like that. He said it was only how he acted around high-society."
"Aww. but there's something so charming about a modern day Leopold."
"Yes, but there's also something so very annoying about that."
"Agreed."
"Right. so then he said that he really liked me."
"Awww."
"Yeah, well now we get to the bad part."
"Uh oh."
"This is when he asked me out."
"Oh, he should definitely be arrested for that. Actually, never mind being arrested. he should be banished from the country all together. He should be to Yemen or Sri Lanka or some other unknown place where people probably have like no rights. of course I'd have to do the research on that. but I'm just guessing. Cuz don't you think Yemen and Sri Lanka just sound like odd names for a country?" Rory's voice held a good deal of sarcasm.
"You have been away from home for far too long. it's affecting the power of your brain."
"Yeah, well enough time spent with Paris and other power-crazed teen leaders from around the country can do that to a girl!"
"Point well taken. Right. so I didn't even get to the worst part of my story yet."
"Oh this should be good."
"I said yes! Rory, what is wrong with me?!"
"Mom, relax. You met a guy that you like and he asked you out and you said yes. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that." Rory's voice was soothing. It just made me miss her more.
"Yeah, but I'm going to go out with a guy that my mother approves of! I don't think I've ever done that before! I've gone completely crazy!"
"Mom, you went crazy a looooooong time ago. In fact, I think you were born crazy. I mean, you are the queen of insanity. all crazy people bow down to you. and."
I interrupted her, "Ok, sooooo not helping right now, hun. And besides, if I'm the queen of insanity, then you are the princess of insanity and then we've got a whole insanity monarchy going on and I thought we didn't like monarchies."
"We don't. I'm sorry I even opened that can of worms. But you really need to relax. It's just one date. I'm sure it will go fine! You can get to know Jake and see if you like him. If things don't work out, than that's just going to have to be ok with Grandma." Rory was calm and reasoning once again. She usually was when I needed her to be.
"But see, that's just the thing. she won't be ok with it! And besides that, I swear. I think this is the first time I've dated a guy that my mother had picked out for me! And it's scaring me!"
"Mom, just go on the date. Try and have a good time. Don't worry about Grandma and everything else until after the date, ok? You owe it to Jake and, most importantly, yourself."
"Ugh, how did you get so smart?!" I asked smiling.
"Must have been luck," Rory joked.
"Must have been. ok sweets, I'm gonna let you go. I want you to go to bed and get a good night's sleep, ok? Oh, and tell Paris to give ya the night off. say that you had to deal with a family emergency."
"I'll try. but I hardly think that your dating crisis counts as a family emergency. Well, not in Paris' family anyways."
"Yes, but in our family it's a major crisis. explain that to your darling roommate."
Rory laughed. "Like I said, I'll try."
"All right. By hun. I love you."
"I love you too, Mom. Call me tomorrow after your date if you get home before twelve, ok?"
"Oh, I'll definitely be home by twelve."
"K, so I'll talk to ya then."
"Ok." I was about to hang up the phone but then I remembered something and pulled it back up to my ear. "Oh, wait! Rory!"
"Yup, I'm still here."
"What should I wear?!"
I could tell Rory was smiling on the other end. "How about your black skirt with the slit and that pretty blue top that brings out your eyes? Oh, and your strappy black heels. That outfit gives the 'Hi, I'm pretty and stylish, but not high maintenance because I don't take hours to get ready. I can just pull out something as cute as this from the back of my closet.'"
"Oooo! I have taught you so well! Thank you!!!" I exclaimed with delight.
Rory just laughed and said, "Good night, Mom."
"Night babe." I hung up the phone, smiled one more time, and went up to my room to get some sleep.
~*~
The next night after a crazy day at the inn, what with the big wedding and all, I was exhausted. Of course, I was excited at the same time because I was looking forward to my date with Jake. I stood in front of the mirror and pulled my brush through my hair one last time. When I looked at my reflection, I saw how right Rory had been about my outfit and with my hair down, just the right earrings and a touch of makeup, I thought I looked pretty good.
The doorbell rang and I made my way down the stairs, grabbing my purse along the way. When I got to the door, I opened it with a bright smile, expecting to see Jake on my porch. What I saw instead shocked me.
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Mwahaha! lol Gotta love my cliffhanger! Once again, thank you so much for those of you who are still reading this and we would really appreciate it if you'd show us that you are still interested by reviewing, because, to be quite honest, we are both a little worried about our decision to keep writing this. So, thank you to all, and I'm not making promises, but I can almost guarantee that the next chapter will be out within the next week because I'm really excited to write it! lol Ok, so please review and thank you again! :-D
SO, as you can see, we have decided to continue with our fic. We hope that all can be forgiven and that you will all realize that our story IS original. Thank you also for the amazing support we've received. It means SO much to us. All we ask is that if you have a problem with this story because you think we "ripped it off" of someone, please refrain from flaming us. We have already decided that we will continue writing this fic because we feel very strongly that this is original. If we have offended anyone in writing this, we apologize sincerely, but once again, we ask you to not flame, but instead simply discontinue reading our story.
Ok, moving on. just so you know, this is me, Lauren, writing this chapter. it picks up basically where the last chapter left off. I hope you like it! Oh, and please, please, please review! I really like hearing suggestions and feedback and it'll motivate me to write more and faster! hehe
Disclaimer: For once I'm going to be official and that we do not own any rights to Gilmore Girls or the movie Kate and Leopold (which is mentioned again in this chapter).
~*~
As soon as I stepped a foot into my house, the phone rang. Luckily, after the incident from that morning, I had put the phone in its charger on the table. I picked it up and with a tired sigh said, "Hello?"
I smiled when I heard the voice on the other end. "Wow. not even an attempt at a crude joke. what happened?"
"Rory! God, do I miss you hun!"
"Ok, now you're scaring me. what happened?" Rory asked with anxiety in her voice.
"Ugh. Rory, I just agreed to go out with a guy that your grandmother was attempting to set me up with!" I cringed even as I listened to my own voice saying those words.
"What?! Why?! Who is it?!" The shock was easy to recognize in my daughter's voice.
"His name is Jake and. well, I don't know why! It was so weird! I actually think I really like this guy!" I waved my hands around in an obvious sign of confusion, even though I knew Rory couldn't actually see me.
"Well, tell me what happened!"
"Well I was having this horrible, horrible morning because I was running late."
"No surprise there." Rory interrupted.
"Hush you! This is my story!"
"Sorry Mom. Continue."
"Well, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted." I said pointedly and Rory just sighed, "Your grandmother called and said that she was inviting a guest to dinner. And she didn't even give me time to say no! She just told me and then hung up!"
"That's because she knew that you would object to her plan," Rory pointed out.
"Yeah, well. whatever! Anyways, so I had a really crappy day and I showed up to dinner and BAM! He was there, and well. he was good looking and funny and my evening turned out to not be as bad as I thought it would have been."
"Oook. so when did he ask you out?"
"I was just getting there. after dessert I said that I had to leave because I have to host a wedding at the inn tomorrow. So, I was saying good-bye, and Jake insisted on walking me to my car."
"Aww. how very charming and high-society-ish of him!" Rory squealed mockingly.
"Sweetie, I don't think 'high-society-ish' is even close to being considered a word."
"Hey, it's 10:30 and I have had a long day filled of Paris."
"No, sweets, you're in Washington D.C.," I said jokingly.
"Mom." Rory whined.
"All right, I'm sorry. Do you want to go to bed? You can call me tomorrow if you want." I hoped she would want to talk to me instead of going to bed, for my own selfish reasons. But, hey, it was not my fault that I missed my baby girl!
"No, it's ok Mom. I wanna hear your story. plus if I get off the phone now Paris will probably wanna go over tomorrow's agenda and prepare, and I'm really not ready for that yet."
"Ok, you sure?" I asked, concerned.
"Absolutely. just move on with your story."
"Right, ok. Yeah. Umm. sooo."
"You left off at the part where he walked you to your car," Rory supplied.
"Oooooo! Of course. thanks! Ok, so yeah. he walked me to my car and I made some sort of reference to Kate and Leopold."
"What?!" Rory was confused.
"I was talking about his manners and how they were like Leopold's or something witty like that."
"Oh, of course."
"Right, so then he told me that he usually didn't act like that. He said it was only how he acted around high-society."
"Aww. but there's something so charming about a modern day Leopold."
"Yes, but there's also something so very annoying about that."
"Agreed."
"Right. so then he said that he really liked me."
"Awww."
"Yeah, well now we get to the bad part."
"Uh oh."
"This is when he asked me out."
"Oh, he should definitely be arrested for that. Actually, never mind being arrested. he should be banished from the country all together. He should be to Yemen or Sri Lanka or some other unknown place where people probably have like no rights. of course I'd have to do the research on that. but I'm just guessing. Cuz don't you think Yemen and Sri Lanka just sound like odd names for a country?" Rory's voice held a good deal of sarcasm.
"You have been away from home for far too long. it's affecting the power of your brain."
"Yeah, well enough time spent with Paris and other power-crazed teen leaders from around the country can do that to a girl!"
"Point well taken. Right. so I didn't even get to the worst part of my story yet."
"Oh this should be good."
"I said yes! Rory, what is wrong with me?!"
"Mom, relax. You met a guy that you like and he asked you out and you said yes. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that." Rory's voice was soothing. It just made me miss her more.
"Yeah, but I'm going to go out with a guy that my mother approves of! I don't think I've ever done that before! I've gone completely crazy!"
"Mom, you went crazy a looooooong time ago. In fact, I think you were born crazy. I mean, you are the queen of insanity. all crazy people bow down to you. and."
I interrupted her, "Ok, sooooo not helping right now, hun. And besides, if I'm the queen of insanity, then you are the princess of insanity and then we've got a whole insanity monarchy going on and I thought we didn't like monarchies."
"We don't. I'm sorry I even opened that can of worms. But you really need to relax. It's just one date. I'm sure it will go fine! You can get to know Jake and see if you like him. If things don't work out, than that's just going to have to be ok with Grandma." Rory was calm and reasoning once again. She usually was when I needed her to be.
"But see, that's just the thing. she won't be ok with it! And besides that, I swear. I think this is the first time I've dated a guy that my mother had picked out for me! And it's scaring me!"
"Mom, just go on the date. Try and have a good time. Don't worry about Grandma and everything else until after the date, ok? You owe it to Jake and, most importantly, yourself."
"Ugh, how did you get so smart?!" I asked smiling.
"Must have been luck," Rory joked.
"Must have been. ok sweets, I'm gonna let you go. I want you to go to bed and get a good night's sleep, ok? Oh, and tell Paris to give ya the night off. say that you had to deal with a family emergency."
"I'll try. but I hardly think that your dating crisis counts as a family emergency. Well, not in Paris' family anyways."
"Yes, but in our family it's a major crisis. explain that to your darling roommate."
Rory laughed. "Like I said, I'll try."
"All right. By hun. I love you."
"I love you too, Mom. Call me tomorrow after your date if you get home before twelve, ok?"
"Oh, I'll definitely be home by twelve."
"K, so I'll talk to ya then."
"Ok." I was about to hang up the phone but then I remembered something and pulled it back up to my ear. "Oh, wait! Rory!"
"Yup, I'm still here."
"What should I wear?!"
I could tell Rory was smiling on the other end. "How about your black skirt with the slit and that pretty blue top that brings out your eyes? Oh, and your strappy black heels. That outfit gives the 'Hi, I'm pretty and stylish, but not high maintenance because I don't take hours to get ready. I can just pull out something as cute as this from the back of my closet.'"
"Oooo! I have taught you so well! Thank you!!!" I exclaimed with delight.
Rory just laughed and said, "Good night, Mom."
"Night babe." I hung up the phone, smiled one more time, and went up to my room to get some sleep.
~*~
The next night after a crazy day at the inn, what with the big wedding and all, I was exhausted. Of course, I was excited at the same time because I was looking forward to my date with Jake. I stood in front of the mirror and pulled my brush through my hair one last time. When I looked at my reflection, I saw how right Rory had been about my outfit and with my hair down, just the right earrings and a touch of makeup, I thought I looked pretty good.
The doorbell rang and I made my way down the stairs, grabbing my purse along the way. When I got to the door, I opened it with a bright smile, expecting to see Jake on my porch. What I saw instead shocked me.
~*~
Mwahaha! lol Gotta love my cliffhanger! Once again, thank you so much for those of you who are still reading this and we would really appreciate it if you'd show us that you are still interested by reviewing, because, to be quite honest, we are both a little worried about our decision to keep writing this. So, thank you to all, and I'm not making promises, but I can almost guarantee that the next chapter will be out within the next week because I'm really excited to write it! lol Ok, so please review and thank you again! :-D