Title: Expect The Unexpected
Chapter 20: Trouble Is Found and Avoided
Disclaimer: Nope, no owners here.
A/N: I totally didn't see the whole "Luke and Rachel" thing! That's so cool!
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"Danes residence, at your service. If you're a child who wishes to reach us, press one. If you're an adult who wishes to reach us, press two. If you're a salesperson wishing to reach us, piss off and find a better job."
"Mom?"
"Yeah, Rory?" Lorelai clicked out of her "fake answering machine" mode.
"What was that speech?"
"Oh, well, I'm getting really tired with all these telemarketers. They always call for all these different people!"
"Like the catalogs, Tootie McPerkison?"
"Yeah, like the catalogs, only it's Squeegy Bottomtoes. Or something. Anyway, this is my new project. I figure I'll act like an answering machine, and screen all my calls."
"I'm gonna come over next week and you'll be the new maid answering the door, won't you?"
"Maybe."
"And what does Luke think about this new 'project'?"
"Oh, he's all for it. Thinks it's a great idea. He wants to burn our answering machine."
"Doesn't know, does he?"
"Nope! What gave it away?"
"The burning of the answering machine was a bit much."
"Yeah, I almost left that part out. Guess I should've."
"Yep. Might've been more convincing."
"So, what's up, Lady-Bug?"
"That's a new one. Did I suddenly become a big red bug?"
"Yep! A two-year-old big red bug at that. But--this is the killer--it's red like r-e-a-d. Ha! You get it?"
"Yes, Mom, I get it. Anyway, the reason I'm calling is to ask you and Luke a favor."
"You want me to pick up the kids from Cathy's house and bring them over here?"
"Yep."
"And you want to make sure Room 202 at the Dragonfly is open."
"Yeah."
"It is. To get the key, you need to go behind the front desk, find my favorite chair, and once you locate that, you must look for the little desk behind it. After you find the little desk, you must find the drawer and then pop the secret drawer out from underneath it to find the key lying there on a nice little pink silk pillow!"
"Wow. Complicated instructions."
"Yeah. I think the phone might be bugged, and if the FBI is listening, I want them to think my life is much more interesting and spy-like than it is."
"By letting them know you think up places to hide keys to rooms in your Inn?"
Lorelai paused. "Yeah. You know, when you say it, you make me sound pathetic."
"Well, sometimes you can be."
Lorelai gasped. "Take that back."
"Sorry, sorry, taken back."
"Thank you."
"See you tomorrow."
"You too."
"Love ya."
"Right back at you, Lady-Bug."
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Chris arrived back in Stars Hollow and deposited his motorcycle back where it had been that morning. He locked it up and then walked over to the bridge to throw the key away. He wasn't going to ride it again. As he neared the bridge, he thought he saw Jen. He walked up right next to her.
"Hi."
Jen, shocked, turned around, throwing the ciggarrette in her hand into the water. "Hi." With her left hand behind her back, she hid the bottle of whiskey in her pocket and half-hugged Chris with her right arm.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing. You are very cute." Jen leaned in to kiss Chris.
"Are you drunk?"
"I dunno, are you drunk?" She started giggling uncontrollably.
"Okay, I'm gonna take you home."
"Take you home, I'm gonna! Hee-hee, see, that was me, being Yoda. Hee, isn't that funny?"
"Yeah. Come on, let's go." Chris led Jen towards the Dragonfly.
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Kim Cho Rygalski--daughter of Lane and Henry Cho--winced as the doctor entered the hospital room. She knew the answer he held in his hands before he uttered anything.
"I'm pregnant," she whispered as she buried her face into Danny Rygalski's--son of Dave and Monica Rygalski, and her new husband--chest.
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Chris walked out of the Dragonfly Inn as Rory, Jess, Lane, Henry, Margaret, and Dean drove up. He barely managed to sneak away without them seeing him and he even made it back to the Clarkson homestead before Luke and Lorelai detached at the lip long enouch to pick up their grandparents. Therefore, trouble was found and avoided, all in a few hours.
Chapter 20: Trouble Is Found and Avoided
Disclaimer: Nope, no owners here.
A/N: I totally didn't see the whole "Luke and Rachel" thing! That's so cool!
~~~~~~
"Danes residence, at your service. If you're a child who wishes to reach us, press one. If you're an adult who wishes to reach us, press two. If you're a salesperson wishing to reach us, piss off and find a better job."
"Mom?"
"Yeah, Rory?" Lorelai clicked out of her "fake answering machine" mode.
"What was that speech?"
"Oh, well, I'm getting really tired with all these telemarketers. They always call for all these different people!"
"Like the catalogs, Tootie McPerkison?"
"Yeah, like the catalogs, only it's Squeegy Bottomtoes. Or something. Anyway, this is my new project. I figure I'll act like an answering machine, and screen all my calls."
"I'm gonna come over next week and you'll be the new maid answering the door, won't you?"
"Maybe."
"And what does Luke think about this new 'project'?"
"Oh, he's all for it. Thinks it's a great idea. He wants to burn our answering machine."
"Doesn't know, does he?"
"Nope! What gave it away?"
"The burning of the answering machine was a bit much."
"Yeah, I almost left that part out. Guess I should've."
"Yep. Might've been more convincing."
"So, what's up, Lady-Bug?"
"That's a new one. Did I suddenly become a big red bug?"
"Yep! A two-year-old big red bug at that. But--this is the killer--it's red like r-e-a-d. Ha! You get it?"
"Yes, Mom, I get it. Anyway, the reason I'm calling is to ask you and Luke a favor."
"You want me to pick up the kids from Cathy's house and bring them over here?"
"Yep."
"And you want to make sure Room 202 at the Dragonfly is open."
"Yeah."
"It is. To get the key, you need to go behind the front desk, find my favorite chair, and once you locate that, you must look for the little desk behind it. After you find the little desk, you must find the drawer and then pop the secret drawer out from underneath it to find the key lying there on a nice little pink silk pillow!"
"Wow. Complicated instructions."
"Yeah. I think the phone might be bugged, and if the FBI is listening, I want them to think my life is much more interesting and spy-like than it is."
"By letting them know you think up places to hide keys to rooms in your Inn?"
Lorelai paused. "Yeah. You know, when you say it, you make me sound pathetic."
"Well, sometimes you can be."
Lorelai gasped. "Take that back."
"Sorry, sorry, taken back."
"Thank you."
"See you tomorrow."
"You too."
"Love ya."
"Right back at you, Lady-Bug."
~~~~~
Chris arrived back in Stars Hollow and deposited his motorcycle back where it had been that morning. He locked it up and then walked over to the bridge to throw the key away. He wasn't going to ride it again. As he neared the bridge, he thought he saw Jen. He walked up right next to her.
"Hi."
Jen, shocked, turned around, throwing the ciggarrette in her hand into the water. "Hi." With her left hand behind her back, she hid the bottle of whiskey in her pocket and half-hugged Chris with her right arm.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing. You are very cute." Jen leaned in to kiss Chris.
"Are you drunk?"
"I dunno, are you drunk?" She started giggling uncontrollably.
"Okay, I'm gonna take you home."
"Take you home, I'm gonna! Hee-hee, see, that was me, being Yoda. Hee, isn't that funny?"
"Yeah. Come on, let's go." Chris led Jen towards the Dragonfly.
~~~~~
Kim Cho Rygalski--daughter of Lane and Henry Cho--winced as the doctor entered the hospital room. She knew the answer he held in his hands before he uttered anything.
"I'm pregnant," she whispered as she buried her face into Danny Rygalski's--son of Dave and Monica Rygalski, and her new husband--chest.
~~~~~~
Chris walked out of the Dragonfly Inn as Rory, Jess, Lane, Henry, Margaret, and Dean drove up. He barely managed to sneak away without them seeing him and he even made it back to the Clarkson homestead before Luke and Lorelai detached at the lip long enouch to pick up their grandparents. Therefore, trouble was found and avoided, all in a few hours.