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Author's Note: R&R please. Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Exploring the New Mansion
About 12 o'clock.
Rory and Lorelai decided to drive the short distance to Luke's diner. "Now, tell me why you're making me drive us here, again Rory."
"Because we're going to go visit our new house-"
"Mansion." Lorelai interjected.
"Mansion. We're going to go visit our new mansion, and we should start taking some boxes with us. Slowly move in." Rory explained,
"Fine. Well, although we just got in the car, we have now arrived at our destination." Lorelai hesitated. "Wait, what's with the big truck here?"
"Moving truck."
"Wow, Chilton really has made you smart." Lorelai marveled at her daughter.
"Yup. I'm a quick one. Now let's go get us some coffee!" The two exited their SUV and walked into Luke's.
"We're closed," Luke said, without looking up from counting his money.
"Coffee!" They both said together.
Luke noticed who his customers were, and said, "Hey, I thought you two were coming in for lunch, not coffee."
Lorelai sighed dramatically, and said, "Luke, do you know nothing about us?"
"Coffee is the best beverage for every meal." Rory finished.
Jess popped up from behind a cardboard box, and said, "Diner's closed. Lunch will have to wait until after the movers have left."
Lorelai and Rory pouted, and Lorelai said in a southern accent, "Oh, but can't you two take pity on two precious souls like ours?" Rory couldn't take it any more, and she and the boys doubled over in laughter. "What? Is it my accent? It's not that bad, is it?"
"Come on, let's go look at our new house," Rory said to everyone.
"Mansion." Lorelai corrected again.
"Mansion. Let's go." Jess and Luke followed Rory and Lorelai out of the diner and into the Gilmore SUV.
"I hope having Jess in our car doesn't cause us to get in an accident." Lorelai muttered under her breath when she thought no one was listening.
"Mom, I thought we talked about this," Rory said in a quiet voice as they started towards the mansion.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll try harder."
"To do what?" Jess asked.
"Nothing," Lorelai and Rory said in unison.
"Isn't that weird?" Luke asked Jess.
"Yeah, just a little."
"Well, you better get used to it, cause it happens a lot." Lorelai said as they pulled onto their street. "1562, 1566, 1570, 1574! This is it!"
"Whoa," The other three said, barely able to get their words out. This house was huge. And unlike most mansions, they weren't stuffy people that were going to stuff the mansion with stuffy furniture and stuffy everything.
"Look at that! A four car garage!" Jess said as they pulled into the driveway.
"Can we even find the front door?" Rory asked as they all hopped out of the SUV.
"See, and you guys thought that I was crazy for getting excited about this!" Lorelai said as she gazed up at their new home.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go inside!" Jess said.
Jess and Rory began to run towards the doorway. Lorelai began to walk, and said something to Luke over her shoulder, but he was just staring at the house in a wordless trance. "Hey, coffee supplier, don't give up on me now! Remember to breath. In, out, in, out." Lorelai informed him in a loud voice. That didn't work, so she yanked him out of his trance and towards the door by his arm. The two went inside, and stopped as soon as they did. Just the front hall was probably big enough to put all of their possessions in, and it only got bigger from there. "Wwwwow." Lorelai said in awe.
"Mom, this is so cool!" Rory said. She and Jess had stopped inside the front hall as well.
Jess was the first one to realize what they were doing. "Hey, you guys, we're in a huge house, and we're standing here admiring the entrance. Let's go look around."
"You know, Jess is pretty bright too, now that I think about it. Maybe we should send him off to Chilton, too, Rory." Lorelai said.
"Come on," Rory said, and the two adults followed the two young adults. From the front entrance there were two 'wings', or sections of the house. They decided to go right. Inside was a room that was obviously built to be a study, or a library. The walls were lined with bookshelves that were permanently installed into the walls, and there were sections to plug in a computer and internet access. Where their weren't bookshelves, there were windows showing beautiful gardens and landscapes, a few even had a waterfall! "Wow!" Jess and Rory gasped. This was their heaven.
"Cool! Next." Lorelai said impatiently.
"Oh, come on Mom!" Rory said.
"Please, you'll have a very long time to hang out in this study. Let's look around some more." Lorelai said.
"Yeah, come on." Luke added.
"Ok." Rory and Jess said, defeated.
The foursome walked out the opposite end of the study, and found a kitchen, a dining room and a bathroom. They went up to the second floor, and found about ten bedrooms, which could be fashioned into other types of rooms, and another three bathrooms. They went back down, and through the kitchen and the study, and into the other door in the front hall. Inside was a personal home audio system, from 'Star's Hollow and 105.7', that included speakers, audio, video, DVD, VHS, TV, anything you can think of. "Wait a minute, this would have never have gotten past Taylor." Luke said in a disbelieving tone.
Lorelai paused to think, and then said, "Oh, wait, I remember this! When it was being built, Ms. Patty had this secret fund going, and it sounded like so much fun, I think I donated like $50."
"Really? How come you never told me about any of this?" Rory asked.
"I did. You had other things on your mind over the summer," Lorelai said, briefly glancing at Jess, which did not go unnoticed by Luke. Rory blushed, and said, "Oh yeah, sorry."
"Well, if this is real then that's really cool!" Luke said.
"Yeah, it is. Let's go see what else is around." Jess said. They went out the opposite door they came into, and found the same rooms, just in the opposite order. In the kitchens on both sides were doors to the outdoors, which they decided that they would check out later, since it looked like a storm was coming.
"It almost seems like it's two housed joined in the middle. Like two of us could live on the one side, and two on the other."
"Should we do boys, girls, or mix it up?" Rory asked.
"I think that Luke and I should stay over on the side with the entertainment equipment, and you and Jess should stay over on the study side."
The other three stopped everything, and said, "Wait, what?"
"Oh, come on. Rory and Jess will always be in the study anyway. Besides, I need practice for when Rory goes to college! I can't go cold turkey, I need the patch!" Lorelai said.
Rory turned to Jess, and said, "Jess, is this ok with you?"
Jess shrugged, and said, "What Lorelai said is true. We are probably going to be in there all the time. I mean, it's a room devoted to books! It's ok with me, if it's ok with you."
"Sure, why not?" Rory said.
"I don't care either." Luke said.
"Ok then, it's settled. Luke and I on this side, you and Jess on that side." Lorelai waited for a second, staring at the two young adults.
"What?" Rory and Jess finally asked.
"Go over to your side." Lorelai said. Rory just laughed, and Jess rolled his eyes.
"Let's go practice for the real thing, Rory. Maybe we can get a gold medal in living arrangements!" Jess said with mock enthusiasm as the two walked away.
"Oh yeah, and then we gotta see who can decorate their side of the house better!" Rory continued as their voiced faded away from the adults.
"So, what do you want to do now, Luke?" Lorelai asked once Jess and Rory left.
"I don't know. Hey, come here." Luke said, staring at a wall.
"What, is it a magic wall?"
"I don't know. It looks like a-" Luke paused and pushed on the wall. It opened to reveal itself to be a door. "Door." He finished.
"Cool! Lorelai exclaimed, and ran into the huge room.
Meanwhile, Jess and Rory were looking around their room, and Rory noticed a similar problem just like Luke had. "Hey, Jess, come here. This bookshelf looks funny."
Jess tilted his head and looked at it. "It does. Maybe it's a-" Jess pushed on the bookshelf. It too opened to reveal itself a door, with Lorelai and Luke standing inside the huge room already. "Door." Jess finished.
"Wow. What is this place?" They all look around, and realized that it was a ballroom. It was a huge room, complete with a bar and everything (not a stocked bar, of course).
"Oh, fun, it's a ballroom! We're going to have so much fun in here!" Lorelai exclaimed. They noticed a small little room just behind the bar, and Lorelai and Rory entered it first. What they saw inside made them squeal in delight.
"You guys are not going to believe what is in here! This place was made for us!" Rory said, motioning for Luke and Jess to come inside. Inside this room was a large counter, with cabinets underneath. But the best part was in the very center of the back wall. A huge coffee machine stood in their house.
Luke laughed, and Jess said, "This house was made for you two!"
"Luke, I never have to leave this house again!" Lorelai said, jumping up and down just thinking of the caffeine possibilities.
"Yeah, if we don't bounce out from a caffeine high, Mom." Rory added.
"True. So very true." Lorelai said.
"Ok, let's step away from the coffee machine and come back to that later," Luke said as he started to take Lorelai out, and Jess started to take Rory out.
"Oh, but you guys!" Rory said, still looking over her shoulder at the chrome piece of heaven.
"There's not even any coffee mix, you two. Come on, let's go." Jess said, with his hand on the small of Rory's back. It felt so right, neither of them ever noticed.
"Oh, but Jess, can't we just stare at it?" Lorelai asked.
"Maybe another time," Luke said.
"Fine." The Gilmore's mumbled as they were escorted to their proper sides of the house.
"Let's go get some of those boxes," Jess suggested to Rory as they went back into their library.
"Yeah, but my mom and I packed our stuff together, and so we have to separate it and everything."
"It'll all work out, Rory. Besides, you guys only had like four boxes in the car. It think we'll be able to manage. We can just put all the stuff in the front hall for now." Jess said.
"How is it that you have a solution to almost everything?" Rory asked.
"Let's go get those boxes," Jess said, deciding to avoid the question. Rory let it drop, for now at least.
The two young adults went into the front hall, which had a lush deep blue carpeting, and found Lorelai and Luke already standing there.
"Ok, I think that we should just leave all of our stuff in here for now, and we can decide where to put it later." Jess told the others.
"Good plan, Jess. Showing your smart side, once again." Lorelai commented.
"Let's go get some more boxes," Luke said, and they all went out into the windy day.
Author's Note: Was this a good chapter? I'm writing this while I'm like half asleep, but I have big plans for the next chapter. R&R please!
Author's Note: R&R please. Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Exploring the New Mansion
About 12 o'clock.
Rory and Lorelai decided to drive the short distance to Luke's diner. "Now, tell me why you're making me drive us here, again Rory."
"Because we're going to go visit our new house-"
"Mansion." Lorelai interjected.
"Mansion. We're going to go visit our new mansion, and we should start taking some boxes with us. Slowly move in." Rory explained,
"Fine. Well, although we just got in the car, we have now arrived at our destination." Lorelai hesitated. "Wait, what's with the big truck here?"
"Moving truck."
"Wow, Chilton really has made you smart." Lorelai marveled at her daughter.
"Yup. I'm a quick one. Now let's go get us some coffee!" The two exited their SUV and walked into Luke's.
"We're closed," Luke said, without looking up from counting his money.
"Coffee!" They both said together.
Luke noticed who his customers were, and said, "Hey, I thought you two were coming in for lunch, not coffee."
Lorelai sighed dramatically, and said, "Luke, do you know nothing about us?"
"Coffee is the best beverage for every meal." Rory finished.
Jess popped up from behind a cardboard box, and said, "Diner's closed. Lunch will have to wait until after the movers have left."
Lorelai and Rory pouted, and Lorelai said in a southern accent, "Oh, but can't you two take pity on two precious souls like ours?" Rory couldn't take it any more, and she and the boys doubled over in laughter. "What? Is it my accent? It's not that bad, is it?"
"Come on, let's go look at our new house," Rory said to everyone.
"Mansion." Lorelai corrected again.
"Mansion. Let's go." Jess and Luke followed Rory and Lorelai out of the diner and into the Gilmore SUV.
"I hope having Jess in our car doesn't cause us to get in an accident." Lorelai muttered under her breath when she thought no one was listening.
"Mom, I thought we talked about this," Rory said in a quiet voice as they started towards the mansion.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll try harder."
"To do what?" Jess asked.
"Nothing," Lorelai and Rory said in unison.
"Isn't that weird?" Luke asked Jess.
"Yeah, just a little."
"Well, you better get used to it, cause it happens a lot." Lorelai said as they pulled onto their street. "1562, 1566, 1570, 1574! This is it!"
"Whoa," The other three said, barely able to get their words out. This house was huge. And unlike most mansions, they weren't stuffy people that were going to stuff the mansion with stuffy furniture and stuffy everything.
"Look at that! A four car garage!" Jess said as they pulled into the driveway.
"Can we even find the front door?" Rory asked as they all hopped out of the SUV.
"See, and you guys thought that I was crazy for getting excited about this!" Lorelai said as she gazed up at their new home.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go inside!" Jess said.
Jess and Rory began to run towards the doorway. Lorelai began to walk, and said something to Luke over her shoulder, but he was just staring at the house in a wordless trance. "Hey, coffee supplier, don't give up on me now! Remember to breath. In, out, in, out." Lorelai informed him in a loud voice. That didn't work, so she yanked him out of his trance and towards the door by his arm. The two went inside, and stopped as soon as they did. Just the front hall was probably big enough to put all of their possessions in, and it only got bigger from there. "Wwwwow." Lorelai said in awe.
"Mom, this is so cool!" Rory said. She and Jess had stopped inside the front hall as well.
Jess was the first one to realize what they were doing. "Hey, you guys, we're in a huge house, and we're standing here admiring the entrance. Let's go look around."
"You know, Jess is pretty bright too, now that I think about it. Maybe we should send him off to Chilton, too, Rory." Lorelai said.
"Come on," Rory said, and the two adults followed the two young adults. From the front entrance there were two 'wings', or sections of the house. They decided to go right. Inside was a room that was obviously built to be a study, or a library. The walls were lined with bookshelves that were permanently installed into the walls, and there were sections to plug in a computer and internet access. Where their weren't bookshelves, there were windows showing beautiful gardens and landscapes, a few even had a waterfall! "Wow!" Jess and Rory gasped. This was their heaven.
"Cool! Next." Lorelai said impatiently.
"Oh, come on Mom!" Rory said.
"Please, you'll have a very long time to hang out in this study. Let's look around some more." Lorelai said.
"Yeah, come on." Luke added.
"Ok." Rory and Jess said, defeated.
The foursome walked out the opposite end of the study, and found a kitchen, a dining room and a bathroom. They went up to the second floor, and found about ten bedrooms, which could be fashioned into other types of rooms, and another three bathrooms. They went back down, and through the kitchen and the study, and into the other door in the front hall. Inside was a personal home audio system, from 'Star's Hollow and 105.7', that included speakers, audio, video, DVD, VHS, TV, anything you can think of. "Wait a minute, this would have never have gotten past Taylor." Luke said in a disbelieving tone.
Lorelai paused to think, and then said, "Oh, wait, I remember this! When it was being built, Ms. Patty had this secret fund going, and it sounded like so much fun, I think I donated like $50."
"Really? How come you never told me about any of this?" Rory asked.
"I did. You had other things on your mind over the summer," Lorelai said, briefly glancing at Jess, which did not go unnoticed by Luke. Rory blushed, and said, "Oh yeah, sorry."
"Well, if this is real then that's really cool!" Luke said.
"Yeah, it is. Let's go see what else is around." Jess said. They went out the opposite door they came into, and found the same rooms, just in the opposite order. In the kitchens on both sides were doors to the outdoors, which they decided that they would check out later, since it looked like a storm was coming.
"It almost seems like it's two housed joined in the middle. Like two of us could live on the one side, and two on the other."
"Should we do boys, girls, or mix it up?" Rory asked.
"I think that Luke and I should stay over on the side with the entertainment equipment, and you and Jess should stay over on the study side."
The other three stopped everything, and said, "Wait, what?"
"Oh, come on. Rory and Jess will always be in the study anyway. Besides, I need practice for when Rory goes to college! I can't go cold turkey, I need the patch!" Lorelai said.
Rory turned to Jess, and said, "Jess, is this ok with you?"
Jess shrugged, and said, "What Lorelai said is true. We are probably going to be in there all the time. I mean, it's a room devoted to books! It's ok with me, if it's ok with you."
"Sure, why not?" Rory said.
"I don't care either." Luke said.
"Ok then, it's settled. Luke and I on this side, you and Jess on that side." Lorelai waited for a second, staring at the two young adults.
"What?" Rory and Jess finally asked.
"Go over to your side." Lorelai said. Rory just laughed, and Jess rolled his eyes.
"Let's go practice for the real thing, Rory. Maybe we can get a gold medal in living arrangements!" Jess said with mock enthusiasm as the two walked away.
"Oh yeah, and then we gotta see who can decorate their side of the house better!" Rory continued as their voiced faded away from the adults.
"So, what do you want to do now, Luke?" Lorelai asked once Jess and Rory left.
"I don't know. Hey, come here." Luke said, staring at a wall.
"What, is it a magic wall?"
"I don't know. It looks like a-" Luke paused and pushed on the wall. It opened to reveal itself to be a door. "Door." He finished.
"Cool! Lorelai exclaimed, and ran into the huge room.
Meanwhile, Jess and Rory were looking around their room, and Rory noticed a similar problem just like Luke had. "Hey, Jess, come here. This bookshelf looks funny."
Jess tilted his head and looked at it. "It does. Maybe it's a-" Jess pushed on the bookshelf. It too opened to reveal itself a door, with Lorelai and Luke standing inside the huge room already. "Door." Jess finished.
"Wow. What is this place?" They all look around, and realized that it was a ballroom. It was a huge room, complete with a bar and everything (not a stocked bar, of course).
"Oh, fun, it's a ballroom! We're going to have so much fun in here!" Lorelai exclaimed. They noticed a small little room just behind the bar, and Lorelai and Rory entered it first. What they saw inside made them squeal in delight.
"You guys are not going to believe what is in here! This place was made for us!" Rory said, motioning for Luke and Jess to come inside. Inside this room was a large counter, with cabinets underneath. But the best part was in the very center of the back wall. A huge coffee machine stood in their house.
Luke laughed, and Jess said, "This house was made for you two!"
"Luke, I never have to leave this house again!" Lorelai said, jumping up and down just thinking of the caffeine possibilities.
"Yeah, if we don't bounce out from a caffeine high, Mom." Rory added.
"True. So very true." Lorelai said.
"Ok, let's step away from the coffee machine and come back to that later," Luke said as he started to take Lorelai out, and Jess started to take Rory out.
"Oh, but you guys!" Rory said, still looking over her shoulder at the chrome piece of heaven.
"There's not even any coffee mix, you two. Come on, let's go." Jess said, with his hand on the small of Rory's back. It felt so right, neither of them ever noticed.
"Oh, but Jess, can't we just stare at it?" Lorelai asked.
"Maybe another time," Luke said.
"Fine." The Gilmore's mumbled as they were escorted to their proper sides of the house.
"Let's go get some of those boxes," Jess suggested to Rory as they went back into their library.
"Yeah, but my mom and I packed our stuff together, and so we have to separate it and everything."
"It'll all work out, Rory. Besides, you guys only had like four boxes in the car. It think we'll be able to manage. We can just put all the stuff in the front hall for now." Jess said.
"How is it that you have a solution to almost everything?" Rory asked.
"Let's go get those boxes," Jess said, deciding to avoid the question. Rory let it drop, for now at least.
The two young adults went into the front hall, which had a lush deep blue carpeting, and found Lorelai and Luke already standing there.
"Ok, I think that we should just leave all of our stuff in here for now, and we can decide where to put it later." Jess told the others.
"Good plan, Jess. Showing your smart side, once again." Lorelai commented.
"Let's go get some more boxes," Luke said, and they all went out into the windy day.
Author's Note: Was this a good chapter? I'm writing this while I'm like half asleep, but I have big plans for the next chapter. R&R please!