Title: Expect the Unexpected
Chapter Three: Unpleasant Surprises...and maybe a pleasant one.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Gilmore Girls, or any of the characters. I do, however, own the little kids, new characters, and situations.
A/N: Thank you to those who reviewed! I appreciate the feedback and especially the compliments!!!! Yay!!
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Lane recognized one person in the diner. She went over to him. "Jess. Jess!" Lane tugged on his sleeve and he turned around.
"I'm not Jess," he grinned, "I'm Chris."
"Chris! Little Chris!" Lane gushed. "Oh, I haven't seen you since you were four! And now you're eighteen and all grown up!" She threw her arms around him. "I'm Lane, by the way."
Jess came out from the kitchen and noticed his son with a shocked look on his face and a woman's arms wrapped around him.
"Who's that hugging you, Chris?"
"Um, she says her name is Lane."
"Oh, Lane." Jess pulled Lane off of Chris and gave her a hug. He laughed at the shocked look on her face. "I've had twenty years with my bride, I'm happy."
"Oh, that's right, today is your twentieth anniversary. Congratulations."
"Thank you. And I hear congratulations are in order for your oldest daughter."
"What? Oh, yeah, she's getting married."
"You don't sound too happy. Who's she getting married to?"
"Oh, the drummer in the band she's in. I just think she's too young. But, she's eighteen, legally allowed to get married, so what can I do?"
"You got married at eighteen, right?"
"Yep, to a future Korean doctor. Married at eighteen, divorced at twenty-one, boy was Mama mad, and married at twenty-three to another future Korean doctor. Of my choosing."
"And you're about to celebrate your twentieth anniversary?"
"Two months."
Rory came downstairs with two bundles of clothes, one a foot taller and lagging behind the other one. Rory herself was bundled up and carried a coat for Chris."Come on Chris, let's go.Time for school."
"Mom, I've got another half-hour."
"He does, Ror. I need help with the morning rush before you get back, anyway."
"Fine." Rory reluctantly gave in. She wasn't as stubborn as her mother; it was hard to be that stubborn.
"Can I walk with you?" Lane spoke up.
"Sure." Rory brightened a bit at that, and Lane grabbed her coat and they were gone. Jess retreated in the kitchen, leaving Chris to deal with the customers.
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A girl sat on one of the stools and sad to the guy behind the counter, "Two coffees, please."
Chris looked up at the girl sitting alone. "One for you and one for your imaginary friend?"
The girl laughed. "No, actually I'm slightly addicted to caffeine, and I've found I need more than one cup to get me going in the morning."
"Then you haven't heard the tale of the infamous Gilmore girls of Stars Hollow."
"Um, no."
"Ah, it is a tale of woe, it is a tale of joy, it is a tale of coffee."
"Go on," the girl laughed.
"Well, some say they were invented by a mad scientist in his lab. He was trying to make crazy robot people. He built two beautiful girls, a mother and a daughter, but before the lightning storm that would give them life, he spilled a cup of coffee on the controls. Now they roam the world, searching, searching for coffee strong enough to keep them awake and hyper."
"Oh, that's great! Did you just make that up?"
"No, my dad and grandfather tell the story to anyone who will listen. The mother of the mother-daughter team is my grandmother, and the daughter part is my mom."
"You mean it's true?"
"Just the mad scientist part."
"Hmm, well I think I'm brave enough to try this strong coffee."
"Okay, but I'll only give you a cup."
Chris plunked a cup in front of the girl and poured coffee from a pot labeled "WARNING! THIS COFFEE IS ONLY FOR THE GILMORES! THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES CRAZY ENOUGH FOR IT!!" The girl smiled at the label and took a sip.
"Wow! That is some strong coffee!"
"I told you," Chris smirked.
The girl pointed her empty cup at him. "Can I have more?"
"Wow, my mother would love you." Chris poured her another cup. "I'm Chris Mariano, by the way." He extended his hand.
"Jen Forester ." She took it.
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Rory and Lane came back in the diner fifteen minutes later. They were laughing. Rory was able to stop long enough to say, "Chris, school, now."
"Wow, no verbs. Something must have been really funny."
"Kirk-Kirk was-was,"Lane tried to start."I can't stop laughing."
"Kirk was-was dancing!" Rory finally burst out, and she and Lane both doubled over. Chris just raised his eyebrows at Jen before clearing his throat and introducing her.
"Mom, Lane, this is Jen Jones."
That shut both of them up. Rory turned pale and turned to head upstairs, but thought of something and turned around.
"It's nice to meet you," Rory said, "and please tell your father I said hello." With that she headed upstairs.
Lane turned to Jen and said, "Tell Dean I said hi, too." Then she ran up the stairs after Rory.
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A/N:Dean's last name is Forester, as shown by the new episode of Gilmore Girls, and I totally missed that part when I watched it, so thanks to that reviewer. Anyway, Henry(the guy who Lane chose), his last name is Cho, as shown by other friendly reviewers. Also, thanks once again to all my reviewers, I adore you!
Chapter Three: Unpleasant Surprises...and maybe a pleasant one.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Gilmore Girls, or any of the characters. I do, however, own the little kids, new characters, and situations.
A/N: Thank you to those who reviewed! I appreciate the feedback and especially the compliments!!!! Yay!!
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Lane recognized one person in the diner. She went over to him. "Jess. Jess!" Lane tugged on his sleeve and he turned around.
"I'm not Jess," he grinned, "I'm Chris."
"Chris! Little Chris!" Lane gushed. "Oh, I haven't seen you since you were four! And now you're eighteen and all grown up!" She threw her arms around him. "I'm Lane, by the way."
Jess came out from the kitchen and noticed his son with a shocked look on his face and a woman's arms wrapped around him.
"Who's that hugging you, Chris?"
"Um, she says her name is Lane."
"Oh, Lane." Jess pulled Lane off of Chris and gave her a hug. He laughed at the shocked look on her face. "I've had twenty years with my bride, I'm happy."
"Oh, that's right, today is your twentieth anniversary. Congratulations."
"Thank you. And I hear congratulations are in order for your oldest daughter."
"What? Oh, yeah, she's getting married."
"You don't sound too happy. Who's she getting married to?"
"Oh, the drummer in the band she's in. I just think she's too young. But, she's eighteen, legally allowed to get married, so what can I do?"
"You got married at eighteen, right?"
"Yep, to a future Korean doctor. Married at eighteen, divorced at twenty-one, boy was Mama mad, and married at twenty-three to another future Korean doctor. Of my choosing."
"And you're about to celebrate your twentieth anniversary?"
"Two months."
Rory came downstairs with two bundles of clothes, one a foot taller and lagging behind the other one. Rory herself was bundled up and carried a coat for Chris."Come on Chris, let's go.Time for school."
"Mom, I've got another half-hour."
"He does, Ror. I need help with the morning rush before you get back, anyway."
"Fine." Rory reluctantly gave in. She wasn't as stubborn as her mother; it was hard to be that stubborn.
"Can I walk with you?" Lane spoke up.
"Sure." Rory brightened a bit at that, and Lane grabbed her coat and they were gone. Jess retreated in the kitchen, leaving Chris to deal with the customers.
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A girl sat on one of the stools and sad to the guy behind the counter, "Two coffees, please."
Chris looked up at the girl sitting alone. "One for you and one for your imaginary friend?"
The girl laughed. "No, actually I'm slightly addicted to caffeine, and I've found I need more than one cup to get me going in the morning."
"Then you haven't heard the tale of the infamous Gilmore girls of Stars Hollow."
"Um, no."
"Ah, it is a tale of woe, it is a tale of joy, it is a tale of coffee."
"Go on," the girl laughed.
"Well, some say they were invented by a mad scientist in his lab. He was trying to make crazy robot people. He built two beautiful girls, a mother and a daughter, but before the lightning storm that would give them life, he spilled a cup of coffee on the controls. Now they roam the world, searching, searching for coffee strong enough to keep them awake and hyper."
"Oh, that's great! Did you just make that up?"
"No, my dad and grandfather tell the story to anyone who will listen. The mother of the mother-daughter team is my grandmother, and the daughter part is my mom."
"You mean it's true?"
"Just the mad scientist part."
"Hmm, well I think I'm brave enough to try this strong coffee."
"Okay, but I'll only give you a cup."
Chris plunked a cup in front of the girl and poured coffee from a pot labeled "WARNING! THIS COFFEE IS ONLY FOR THE GILMORES! THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES CRAZY ENOUGH FOR IT!!" The girl smiled at the label and took a sip.
"Wow! That is some strong coffee!"
"I told you," Chris smirked.
The girl pointed her empty cup at him. "Can I have more?"
"Wow, my mother would love you." Chris poured her another cup. "I'm Chris Mariano, by the way." He extended his hand.
"Jen Forester ." She took it.
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Rory and Lane came back in the diner fifteen minutes later. They were laughing. Rory was able to stop long enough to say, "Chris, school, now."
"Wow, no verbs. Something must have been really funny."
"Kirk-Kirk was-was,"Lane tried to start."I can't stop laughing."
"Kirk was-was dancing!" Rory finally burst out, and she and Lane both doubled over. Chris just raised his eyebrows at Jen before clearing his throat and introducing her.
"Mom, Lane, this is Jen Jones."
That shut both of them up. Rory turned pale and turned to head upstairs, but thought of something and turned around.
"It's nice to meet you," Rory said, "and please tell your father I said hello." With that she headed upstairs.
Lane turned to Jen and said, "Tell Dean I said hi, too." Then she ran up the stairs after Rory.
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A/N:Dean's last name is Forester, as shown by the new episode of Gilmore Girls, and I totally missed that part when I watched it, so thanks to that reviewer. Anyway, Henry(the guy who Lane chose), his last name is Cho, as shown by other friendly reviewers. Also, thanks once again to all my reviewers, I adore you!