*A/N: Wow...you people really got me going! But hey...you gotta give me a break for awhile because today is my first day back to school and I'm gonna have lots of homework coming up soon...Just keep on reviewing! Thanks!*
"Rory wait up!" Paris called after her when the bell rang
"what to you want Paris?"
"my, why are you always moody Rory?" she asked
Rory sighed, "why do you even care?"
Paris shrugged, "well, I just want to…um…be friends again or at least try to be civil with each other,"
Rory thought about it and decided it won't bad at all if they were civil, "I'll try Paris, I better go or I'm going to miss the bus,"
Paris smiled and nodded, "sure Rory, see you tomorrow,"
"see you tomorrow," Rory nodded and left.
"what's that about?" Paris jumped
"urg! Don't ever sneak up behind me like that," she growled
Tristan chuckled, "sure, so what was that about? Are you begging Rory to work on the Franklin aren't you?"
"no, I just asked her if we could try to be civil with each other and be friends again, lucky me," she teased
"haha," he said sarcastically
Paris smiled and patted him on the shoulder before leaving, "and I'll see what's she's up to."
"Rory!!!" Rory just got off from the bus in Star Hollow and Lane came running to her from her house
"hey Lane," Rory greeted
"you have to help me Rory! I need to get away from dinner! Mama's bringing guests over and the next thing I know, she would be planning my marriage with his parents!"
"have you seen him and they are Korean too?" Rory asked
"no and yes,"
"what about if he's cute and probably the next thing, you wanted him to be friends with you?"
Lane shrugged, "well I guess I'll meet him but if I find out he's not what I like and the parents already planning on marriage, I'm going for suicide,"
"tell me about it soon before you suicide,"
"sure," Lane smiled and headed back to her house and Rory went to Luke's.
"Lukey!!! I want coffee! I'm in fix!" Lorelai complained
"no, coffee is bad for your health,"
"aw Luke, I'm gonna hate you forever if you don't give me coffee in 2 minutes," she whined
"I don't care, what matters to me is your health than you hating me,"
Lorelai pouted her lower lip, "then I officially now hate you Luke and I really don't care about my health. And here comes Rory," Lorelai said when she saw her approaching into the diner
"hey Rory,"
"hey mom," Rory frowned, "Luke, give my mom coffee before she leaves, she's serious if she said she's going to hate you because one time Sookie won't give her coffee, she got mad at Sookie and not to mention, she had a very bad day that time,"
"well, looks like your mom doesn't have a bad day today, so I don't think she going to blow up on me," Luke smirked at Lorelai who rolled her eyes
"sure I'm not going to blow up on you because I had a good day? No, I'm not going to have a good day anymore and everyday, it just gets uglier and uglier and I hate this!" Lorelai started to leave the diner. Rory shrugged and Luke was confused
"Luke, can I have two coffees to go?"
Luke only nodded and handed her two styrofoam cups and Rory took them and started to head home but Luke stopped her
"is your mom mad at me now?"
Rory shook her head, "no, she's not just in a good mood like me," she said and left. Luke shrugged and continued serving the costumers in his diner.
"Rory, I'm sorry, so sorry about it," Lorelai said when Rory got home and she was sitting on the sofa
"it's okay mom, here's your coffee," Rory walked to her and handed her coffee
"thank you," Lorelai took it and drank it and faced Rory again, "you know I have been doing a lot of thinking lately,"
"about what?" she asked
"come here," she motioned Rory to sit beside her on the sofa and Rory took her place
Lorelai took her hands in hers and started talking.
"I met this woman in Starbucks today in Hartford after my business class, and I came up to her because she was shaking and I asked her if she was alright. She said she needed to sit down and I helped her to a table and got her drink and I joined her on the table. She thanked me and started crying. I didn't know what to do. I don't know her, I can't just leave her alone there crying so I thought of comforting, and I did. She thanked me and said that I reminded her of her sister. I asked her about her sister and she said that her sister died few days ago and that was why she was crying. She missed her sister and they were so close…"
"oh mom,"
Lorelai shook head, "I'm not yet done dear. They were so close that she told me her sister was sick for a long time. Not knowing when she was going to die, her sister had filled her life with joy. Spent her remaining months and days with happiness and fun and I was hoping you would do that Rory,"
Rory was silent
"I want you to be happy and have fun for now. I want you to stop being so angry with yourself because you know that you're not going to make it even if it hurts so much. I want to see you smile again, and laugh like the way you used to be. I want my old happy and cheerful Rory back…"
"mom…"
Tears formed in Lorelai's eyes and she wiped them away. Rory felt bad for making her mom feel this way. Since her mom wanted it, then Rory decided that she would fulfill her life with joy. Rory smiled and hugged her mom and Lorelai hugged her back, not wanting to let her go.
"I'm sorry mom…"
"no…don't be sorry Rory, it's life," Lorelai finally let go of her grasp on her
"so I've made my decision mom," Rory said with a weak smile
Lorelai chuckled, "that was fast,"
"maybe my sickness made me think quickly,"
"haha sure," Lorelai laughed and was glad to see Rory smiling again, "so what did you decide?"
"well," Rory smiled, "that I would be old Rory again,"
Lorelai sobbed and hugged Rory, "oh Rory…this mean so much to me…"
"I know mom…I love you mom,"
"I love you too Rory."*A/N: And then I'll post the next chapter soon when I can... By the way I would like to know some of your expectations on this story so I can have an idea for the ending :) - Love Nina*