Daddy's Little Girl
By Amelia DuGrey
Chapter 2 - Where Do I Belong?
I promise some Trory interaction in this chapter... be it a phone call or whatever.
"Call! Call!"
"Alex....."
"Call!"
"You're acting like a toddler.... I'm gonna tell Dad and he's gonna take away your barbies missy!" I said jokingly.
"Oh no.... anything but the barbies!" Alex said sarcastically. "I don't want to lose my bimbo-like role models!"
"You be good!"
"Just call him!"
"Go away and I will!"
"Fine."
ring... ring... ring...
"Hello?" One of the DuGrey butlers answered.
"Hi. Is Tristan there?"
"May I ask who is speaking?"
"Lorelai Hayden."
"Please wait. Master DuGrey will be on the phone momentarily."
"Thank you." Evil butlers... making nice with their momentarily talk... bah humbug....
"Miss Hayden?"
"Yes?"
"Master DuGrey is currently occupied, however, he will call you back. May I have a number that you can be contacted at?" I'll bet ya 10 to 1 he's probably doing something 'unspeakable' with his flavour of the week in his room....
"Of course. 694-2039."
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"And the verdict is???"
"Not there."
"Darn... even though I was eavesdropping.... 'Master DuGrey will be on the phone momentarily'. Could Jeeves be any snootier?"
"Alex, we have a Jeeves, remember? His name is Alfred and he brings us coffee in the morning and then you routinely declare your love for him because of his coffee bringing talents, even though Dad is right beside you."
"Have I mentioned how much I like Alfred lately?"
"You just did."
"Evil child."
"Jeez Alex, don't you have to go to work or something... it's not the weekend."
"I took the day off."
"I'm going to Louise's."
"Didn't your dad explicitly tell you to stay away from her?"
"No." or definitely yes
"Okay... get out of my hair."
"Bye Alex."
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It was strange. I had known Alex forever, she worked with my dad at his law firm, and she had acted like my mother from day one, but something was wrong. We used to have an amazing bond... we usually finished each others sentences. But now, we were drifting apart...
The therapist my dad had insisted that I see when he married Alex said I needed to see my real mother. And that it was only natural. Not that I had any idea who she was. Whenever I asked dad or Alex, they just skirted around the question. All I knew know was that Alex had adopted me when she and dad got married, so I technically was her daughter. All I really and truly knew about my self was my name - Lorelai Leigh Hayden.
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I hung out with Louise for a while at her house. Then some guys from Chilton showed up and we went to one of the new clubs in Hartford. When we got there, we just flirted with the security guys and they let us in. We had a couple of martinis at the bar. I turned around and bumped into Tristan.
"Rory?" He sounded surprised to see me.
"Oh, hi Tristan."
"Why are you here?"
"Oh, Micheal and Sean came with us."
"With us?"
"Louise is out somewhere with Micheal."
"I see. So, has your mom started planning your deb yet?" Tristan asked.
"She's not my mother." I snapped at him.
"Okay..."
"Just because I live with her doesn't mean that she's my mother. My father just happened to marry her and then she adopted me so that she could feel like she had some sense of belonging in my life."
"Bitter anyone?"
"Hey Lorelai." Sean came up behind me and put his arms around me.
"Hi Sean. And don't forget, it's not Lorelai... only my grandparents call me that." I turned around and kissed him, hoping that maybe Tristan would get a bit jealous.