FRIDAY IN CHOIR ROOM
Rory sat along in the choir room, her schedule changed today, today she started choir. she had decided to practice alittle during lunch. she took her moms advice and brought music to "on my own" and she popped it in, starting to relax knowing no one was there but her.
What rory didnt know was Mrs.Ross was in her office
She started to sing
on my own pretending hes beside me all alone, I walk with him till morning without him, I feel his arms around me and when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has foun dme
in the rain, the pavement shines like silver all the lights are misty in the river in the darkness, the trees are full of starlight and all I see is him and me forever and forever.
and I know its only in my mind that im talking ot myself and not to him and although, I know that he is blind. still I say, theres a way for us
I love him, but when the night is over hes gone, a rivers just a river without him, the world around me changes the trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers.
I love him, but everyday im learning all my life, ive only been pretending wihtout me, his world would go on turning a world thats full of happiness that I have never known!
I love him I love him I love him but only on my own.
Rory let out a deep breath "You're Rory arent you?" Mrs Ross came up behind her.
"oh my god" Rory jumped
"Im sorry dear" she stepped back
"No no, its okay, Yes, Im Rory" Rory said cautiously
"Good, so that means that you will be in my class"
"I was told I Had Mr. Green"
"No, No, Im putting you in my show choir"
"No, No..Really. Im only doing this because I have to"
"Rory, I have been looking for the perfect voice to sing a song from "a walk to remember", and its you"
"Whoa.. you mean by myself?"
"Yes dear. Our school is defending champions for the best solo and this year no one can handle it to my standards, and you are well above my standards."
"Really Mrs. Ross, im only doing this class to have Head Master Carleston off my back, so he'll write me a good recomendation for Harvard, Ive already got in, they would just like more recomedations"
"harvard?"
"Yes Ma'am, a recomendation from him and the new Journalism teacher, and Im good to go"
"Rory- do you know who the new teacher is?"
"All I know is her name is Mrs. Davis"
"Mrs. Davis is my sister, she was just married, what if I could promise a glowing recomendation from Charleson, Mrs. Davis, and myself?"
Rory Sighed.. "Fine"
"Good"
"one condition"
"Name is"
"Well, you see, I am deathly afraid of audiences, I can usually only sing in front of my mom, she gets front row seatng so I can see her, other wise you have a cracking notes Rory." Mrs Ross laughed
"Deal"
IN CHOIR CLASS
Rory sat uncomfortably in her chair and waited for Mrs. Ross to introduce her.
"Okay class, we have a new addition to the class, Rory Gilmore" Everyone clapped as she stood up
"she is our new soloist" the cheers grew louder
"no no no.. scared.. remember?"
" Its okay Rory, we all were at first, dont worry, we dont talk about what goes on in here outside of this room- we dont want another school to hear what we are singing" a Boy said from the back
"Rory, you can start by singing with the group and we will move to your solos later"
"Solos?.. as in More than one?"
"Yes, all of our songs have a featuring soloist in them"
"and let me guess.. Im it"
"yes you are"
"Great.." she sat down
HOME
Rory walked in the house and found her mom on the phone.
"Okay.. Bye" she said
"who was it?"
"Your dad?"
Rorys face fell she didnt want to see her dad and lorelai knew it. about 9 months ago, he left their lives for another baby, he didnt want to make the same mistake again with this one as she did with him. She trusted him that thime.. she thought her dad would stay, but he didnt. it took her mom a long time to get over it.
"what did he want?"
"Huh? oh, he calls every week, but ever since you found out everything you havent wanted to talk to him much"
"I know"
"He called to say that you have a baby sister, her name is Robyn Leigh"
"I have a baby sister?"
"Yeah, you do babe"
"Oh.."
"How was school?"
Rory shot her mom an evil look
"that bad?"
"Oh yeah"
"what happened?" she said patting her lap for her to lay down
"I have to be in show choir- she heard me sing.. she snuck up on me"
"aww.. Im sorry"
"there is a good, and a horrible side"
"Horrible side first"
"I have to represent our school for their solos in compition"
"awww.. NOW GOOD" Rory pouted
"Mrs. Ross, my choir teacher promised a glowing recomendation from her, satan, and the journalism teacher to harvard- and you get front row seating so I wont freak"
"Good! wait, how did she pull off the satan and journalism?"
"Satan is really picky about chilton being best at everything, and Mrs. Ross told him im the only way we can win- so he agreed"
"Ohh.. Jailbait.. you're so my kid!"
"well, Mrs. Davis, my new journalism teacher is her sister and promised a good recomendation"
"good"
"yeah, I face my worst fear, and I get what I want most out of life"
"I know.. coffee?" rory perked up when she heard that
"Yeah"
LUKES
Rory and lorelai leaned over and whispered "Rorys a little upset, her new baby siste just arrived, and now she has to do show choir.. and shes the new soloist"
"Ouch.. Rory hate singing in public" Luke said appologetically
"I know.. wait, how did you know?" Luke Shrugged
"when she was about 5, you tried to get her to sing some song and she ran behind the counter and hid behind my leg"
"Oh yeah.. how'd you remember that?"
"I dont know, I just did" he looked at the ground
Lorelai noticed Rory was seated with her head in her hands "Two burgers and Two large coffees"
"Got it"
Luke came back with 2 pots of coffee and 2 mugs
"Your mom told me today wasnt a good day" he said putting a pot on her side and a pot on lorelais side
"Yeah, thanks luke" she said trying to smile, but not succeeding
Luke wasnt satisfied with her attempt to smile suddenly he remembered their favorite game
"everyone out" he yelled
There was chaos. he kept his hands on lorelai and rorys shoulders to keep them sitting. once everyone was out he shut the blinds and pulled out the cd player. some bagels and some whipped cream.
"Go crazy, I'll clean up"
Rory and Lorelai looked at eachother and lorelai grinned... rory was smiling big
"You remembered our favorite game"
"Yep"
Lorelai and rory got to work on spraying whipped cream on the counter to make it slippery and cranked the music up, then started playing bagel hockey.
Once they decided they had enough bagel hockey, they decided to re- inact coyote ugly, and started dancing on the bar.
Luke sat there amused, but gald rory was smiling, Lorelai was flashing greatful smiles at him and he felt his heart skip a beat everytime.
Rory decided to be brave when she realized luke did everything in his power to make her happy- so she sang.
The only song she was comfortable with right now was "on my own" so she sang it
"on my own, pretending hes beside me all alone, I walk with him till morning. without him, I feel his arms around me."
she sat down on the bar and stared at her mom- knowing luke was watching so she wouldnt chicken out
"wow" luke whispered
" I know" lorelai whispered back
"and when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me. In the rain, the pavement shines like silver, all the lights are misty in the river in the darkness, the trees are fill of starlight- and all I see is him and me forever and forever."
she was stopped by jess walking in
"Hey, whats going on here? its a mess?"
"Rory had a bad day, so I let her play"
"Ohhh." he said looking at luke
Jess had feelings for Rory, but he knew she didnt feel the same way. He knew that Luke was in love with Lorelai, so it didnt surprise him that Luke let them trash his diner.
"Well, dont let me stop you, im going to watch TV:
"Yeah, we better go too, its getting about time to go to my parents house"
Rory Groaned "They're going to find out and insist on coming to the show"
"what show?" Luke asked
"The show on Tuesday for practice on contest Thursday"
"Ohh.. Gotcha"
"We'll lie to them"
"No, its okay, I just dont want them there, if I lie, they'll only make things worse"
"whatever you want babe"
Luke always admired their relationship very rarely did Lorelai ever pull the "Mom card" she was always like a mix between her mother and her best friend.
"Well let me fix you some coffee for the drive"
"You're a sait Lukey" Rory said hopping up and hugging him"
"Hey, its no problem, you have a beautiful voice Rory" he whispered. She blushed
"Thanks.. you can umm come to the show if you want"
"Id love to"
GILMORE MANSION
"Rory! how was school this week?" Emily asked as she led them to the sitting room.
"it was eventful"
"I read the chilton news letter youre in choir?"
Rory threw a panicked look to her mom
"Yeah mom, shes doing it to make sat- I mean charleson happy" Lorelai caught herself
"How lovely, it says you are to do a solo"
"Yes, I am doing many of them apparently, but one of which I am completely on my own"
"I didnt know you like to sing" again she threw a panicked look at her mom
"she doesnt, only in front of me"
"well, when is your show? Id love to see"
"well.. umm.. here is the thing mom.. shes uncomfortable infront of people singing. no one besides me is going to be there that she knows, that way she doesnt freak out"
"Well I dont see why me and your grandfather cant go" she protested
"Grandma- its just that I dont like singing infront of people" she was getting upset
"Rory, calm down" Emily sternly said
"Ugh.. fine grandma, GO, FINE, Just Go." she yelled
"Rory, settle down" Emily yelled
"Look mom- you like making deals- you go- and you dont say anything to her about it. Good/bad, whatever it maybe, you dont say anything"
"thats absurd"
"Take it or leave it mom"
"Fine" Rory shot a thank you look to her mom
"Grandma, Im not up to diner, can you leave early?" she said it still obviously still upset
"Thats not the agreement we had rory, every Friday night."
"well mom, one- I made that agreement, not her, and two, the agreement was to be activly involved in her life, you are going to her damn contest against her will, and that should count as Friday night dinner"
she caught her there "alright, fine"
SATURDAY
Rory sat in the park and read her book when Dean came up
"Hey baby"
"God, you scared me"
"sorry"
"Hey" he kissed her
"so how are you doing with the concert thing?"
"alright"
"do you want me to go"
"No no.. I dont want people I know there"
"But Im your boyfriend"
"I know, I just dont like the whole picture of everyone I know there"
"Alright, I understand"
"thank you"
TUESDAY- SHOW DAY
All the teachers knew about rory leading them to win the contest the following week, and as per charleston requested, didnt give her much work.
Rory was nervous as hell. she had memorized the songs and practiced as much as she could. Eventually, she was able to sing infront of her class, they all understood her stage fright so they were supportive
That night came very quickly. she dressed in her show uniform and got ready while lorelai curled her hair
"You're gonna do great hon"
Rory sat along in the choir room, her schedule changed today, today she started choir. she had decided to practice alittle during lunch. she took her moms advice and brought music to "on my own" and she popped it in, starting to relax knowing no one was there but her.
What rory didnt know was Mrs.Ross was in her office
She started to sing
on my own pretending hes beside me all alone, I walk with him till morning without him, I feel his arms around me and when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has foun dme
in the rain, the pavement shines like silver all the lights are misty in the river in the darkness, the trees are full of starlight and all I see is him and me forever and forever.
and I know its only in my mind that im talking ot myself and not to him and although, I know that he is blind. still I say, theres a way for us
I love him, but when the night is over hes gone, a rivers just a river without him, the world around me changes the trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers.
I love him, but everyday im learning all my life, ive only been pretending wihtout me, his world would go on turning a world thats full of happiness that I have never known!
I love him I love him I love him but only on my own.
Rory let out a deep breath "You're Rory arent you?" Mrs Ross came up behind her.
"oh my god" Rory jumped
"Im sorry dear" she stepped back
"No no, its okay, Yes, Im Rory" Rory said cautiously
"Good, so that means that you will be in my class"
"I was told I Had Mr. Green"
"No, No, Im putting you in my show choir"
"No, No..Really. Im only doing this because I have to"
"Rory, I have been looking for the perfect voice to sing a song from "a walk to remember", and its you"
"Whoa.. you mean by myself?"
"Yes dear. Our school is defending champions for the best solo and this year no one can handle it to my standards, and you are well above my standards."
"Really Mrs. Ross, im only doing this class to have Head Master Carleston off my back, so he'll write me a good recomendation for Harvard, Ive already got in, they would just like more recomedations"
"harvard?"
"Yes Ma'am, a recomendation from him and the new Journalism teacher, and Im good to go"
"Rory- do you know who the new teacher is?"
"All I know is her name is Mrs. Davis"
"Mrs. Davis is my sister, she was just married, what if I could promise a glowing recomendation from Charleson, Mrs. Davis, and myself?"
Rory Sighed.. "Fine"
"Good"
"one condition"
"Name is"
"Well, you see, I am deathly afraid of audiences, I can usually only sing in front of my mom, she gets front row seatng so I can see her, other wise you have a cracking notes Rory." Mrs Ross laughed
"Deal"
IN CHOIR CLASS
Rory sat uncomfortably in her chair and waited for Mrs. Ross to introduce her.
"Okay class, we have a new addition to the class, Rory Gilmore" Everyone clapped as she stood up
"she is our new soloist" the cheers grew louder
"no no no.. scared.. remember?"
" Its okay Rory, we all were at first, dont worry, we dont talk about what goes on in here outside of this room- we dont want another school to hear what we are singing" a Boy said from the back
"Rory, you can start by singing with the group and we will move to your solos later"
"Solos?.. as in More than one?"
"Yes, all of our songs have a featuring soloist in them"
"and let me guess.. Im it"
"yes you are"
"Great.." she sat down
HOME
Rory walked in the house and found her mom on the phone.
"Okay.. Bye" she said
"who was it?"
"Your dad?"
Rorys face fell she didnt want to see her dad and lorelai knew it. about 9 months ago, he left their lives for another baby, he didnt want to make the same mistake again with this one as she did with him. She trusted him that thime.. she thought her dad would stay, but he didnt. it took her mom a long time to get over it.
"what did he want?"
"Huh? oh, he calls every week, but ever since you found out everything you havent wanted to talk to him much"
"I know"
"He called to say that you have a baby sister, her name is Robyn Leigh"
"I have a baby sister?"
"Yeah, you do babe"
"Oh.."
"How was school?"
Rory shot her mom an evil look
"that bad?"
"Oh yeah"
"what happened?" she said patting her lap for her to lay down
"I have to be in show choir- she heard me sing.. she snuck up on me"
"aww.. Im sorry"
"there is a good, and a horrible side"
"Horrible side first"
"I have to represent our school for their solos in compition"
"awww.. NOW GOOD" Rory pouted
"Mrs. Ross, my choir teacher promised a glowing recomendation from her, satan, and the journalism teacher to harvard- and you get front row seating so I wont freak"
"Good! wait, how did she pull off the satan and journalism?"
"Satan is really picky about chilton being best at everything, and Mrs. Ross told him im the only way we can win- so he agreed"
"Ohh.. Jailbait.. you're so my kid!"
"well, Mrs. Davis, my new journalism teacher is her sister and promised a good recomendation"
"good"
"yeah, I face my worst fear, and I get what I want most out of life"
"I know.. coffee?" rory perked up when she heard that
"Yeah"
LUKES
Rory and lorelai leaned over and whispered "Rorys a little upset, her new baby siste just arrived, and now she has to do show choir.. and shes the new soloist"
"Ouch.. Rory hate singing in public" Luke said appologetically
"I know.. wait, how did you know?" Luke Shrugged
"when she was about 5, you tried to get her to sing some song and she ran behind the counter and hid behind my leg"
"Oh yeah.. how'd you remember that?"
"I dont know, I just did" he looked at the ground
Lorelai noticed Rory was seated with her head in her hands "Two burgers and Two large coffees"
"Got it"
Luke came back with 2 pots of coffee and 2 mugs
"Your mom told me today wasnt a good day" he said putting a pot on her side and a pot on lorelais side
"Yeah, thanks luke" she said trying to smile, but not succeeding
Luke wasnt satisfied with her attempt to smile suddenly he remembered their favorite game
"everyone out" he yelled
There was chaos. he kept his hands on lorelai and rorys shoulders to keep them sitting. once everyone was out he shut the blinds and pulled out the cd player. some bagels and some whipped cream.
"Go crazy, I'll clean up"
Rory and Lorelai looked at eachother and lorelai grinned... rory was smiling big
"You remembered our favorite game"
"Yep"
Lorelai and rory got to work on spraying whipped cream on the counter to make it slippery and cranked the music up, then started playing bagel hockey.
Once they decided they had enough bagel hockey, they decided to re- inact coyote ugly, and started dancing on the bar.
Luke sat there amused, but gald rory was smiling, Lorelai was flashing greatful smiles at him and he felt his heart skip a beat everytime.
Rory decided to be brave when she realized luke did everything in his power to make her happy- so she sang.
The only song she was comfortable with right now was "on my own" so she sang it
"on my own, pretending hes beside me all alone, I walk with him till morning. without him, I feel his arms around me."
she sat down on the bar and stared at her mom- knowing luke was watching so she wouldnt chicken out
"wow" luke whispered
" I know" lorelai whispered back
"and when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me. In the rain, the pavement shines like silver, all the lights are misty in the river in the darkness, the trees are fill of starlight- and all I see is him and me forever and forever."
she was stopped by jess walking in
"Hey, whats going on here? its a mess?"
"Rory had a bad day, so I let her play"
"Ohhh." he said looking at luke
Jess had feelings for Rory, but he knew she didnt feel the same way. He knew that Luke was in love with Lorelai, so it didnt surprise him that Luke let them trash his diner.
"Well, dont let me stop you, im going to watch TV:
"Yeah, we better go too, its getting about time to go to my parents house"
Rory Groaned "They're going to find out and insist on coming to the show"
"what show?" Luke asked
"The show on Tuesday for practice on contest Thursday"
"Ohh.. Gotcha"
"We'll lie to them"
"No, its okay, I just dont want them there, if I lie, they'll only make things worse"
"whatever you want babe"
Luke always admired their relationship very rarely did Lorelai ever pull the "Mom card" she was always like a mix between her mother and her best friend.
"Well let me fix you some coffee for the drive"
"You're a sait Lukey" Rory said hopping up and hugging him"
"Hey, its no problem, you have a beautiful voice Rory" he whispered. She blushed
"Thanks.. you can umm come to the show if you want"
"Id love to"
GILMORE MANSION
"Rory! how was school this week?" Emily asked as she led them to the sitting room.
"it was eventful"
"I read the chilton news letter youre in choir?"
Rory threw a panicked look to her mom
"Yeah mom, shes doing it to make sat- I mean charleson happy" Lorelai caught herself
"How lovely, it says you are to do a solo"
"Yes, I am doing many of them apparently, but one of which I am completely on my own"
"I didnt know you like to sing" again she threw a panicked look at her mom
"she doesnt, only in front of me"
"well, when is your show? Id love to see"
"well.. umm.. here is the thing mom.. shes uncomfortable infront of people singing. no one besides me is going to be there that she knows, that way she doesnt freak out"
"Well I dont see why me and your grandfather cant go" she protested
"Grandma- its just that I dont like singing infront of people" she was getting upset
"Rory, calm down" Emily sternly said
"Ugh.. fine grandma, GO, FINE, Just Go." she yelled
"Rory, settle down" Emily yelled
"Look mom- you like making deals- you go- and you dont say anything to her about it. Good/bad, whatever it maybe, you dont say anything"
"thats absurd"
"Take it or leave it mom"
"Fine" Rory shot a thank you look to her mom
"Grandma, Im not up to diner, can you leave early?" she said it still obviously still upset
"Thats not the agreement we had rory, every Friday night."
"well mom, one- I made that agreement, not her, and two, the agreement was to be activly involved in her life, you are going to her damn contest against her will, and that should count as Friday night dinner"
she caught her there "alright, fine"
SATURDAY
Rory sat in the park and read her book when Dean came up
"Hey baby"
"God, you scared me"
"sorry"
"Hey" he kissed her
"so how are you doing with the concert thing?"
"alright"
"do you want me to go"
"No no.. I dont want people I know there"
"But Im your boyfriend"
"I know, I just dont like the whole picture of everyone I know there"
"Alright, I understand"
"thank you"
TUESDAY- SHOW DAY
All the teachers knew about rory leading them to win the contest the following week, and as per charleston requested, didnt give her much work.
Rory was nervous as hell. she had memorized the songs and practiced as much as she could. Eventually, she was able to sing infront of her class, they all understood her stage fright so they were supportive
That night came very quickly. she dressed in her show uniform and got ready while lorelai curled her hair
"You're gonna do great hon"