Title: Life As I Know It
Chapter Three: Birthdays

Disclaimer: Standard. I own none of the characters that you recognize, but I made up a few.

A/N: Thank you to the person who pointed out the wrong year, this has been remedied.



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October, 1983. To be exact, October 20, 1983. Christopher Hayden's sixteenth birthday. Straub and Francine Hayden threw a huge party in honor of Christopher. Everyone at Highland Prep came. The party was stiff, and boring, and the only music was supplied by a string quartet, but the big part of the evening came at the end, when all of the guests had left. Straub, Francine, and Christopher Hayden, along with their best friends, Richard, Emily and Lorelai Gilmore, walked out the front door of the house. Christopher's eyes popped open when he saw what waited for him at the end of the drive: a Porsche. Lorelai screamed in delight when she saw it, and she and Christopher jumped up and down in the driveway. The Haydens were delighted the gift went over well, and the Gilmores were shocked at the extravagance. Emily immediately started planning an even better gift for Lorelai's birthday in two months. Lorelai and Christopher, happily oblivious to their parents, were having too much fun kissing, and when both of their mothers cleared their throats, they seperated and silently planned a midnight meeting. Lorelai smiled and pecked Chris on his cheek.

"Bye, Lor."

"Bye, Chris."

Lorelai headed off with her parents, Chris stayed with his, and their eyes never left the other person's face.



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Chris knocked on Lorelai's balcony window two hours later: midnight. Lorelai jumped out of bed in jeans and a Pinkie Tuscadaro t-shirt. She climbed out the window and hugged Christopher's tall, slim form. Lorelai shivered and Chris put his leather jacket around her shoulders. She smiled at shimmied down the tree after Chris. At the bottom of the tree, Chris caught her and slowly lowered her to the ground. Their bodies were melded together. Soon their lips were too. Chris pinned Lorelai to the tree, rubbing his arms up and down her body. Lorelai did the same. They got caught up in their passion, and when the leather jacket was shed and the shirts were coming off, Lorelai stopped Chris. She looked pointedly at the nearby parked Porsche. Chris shrugged and took Lorelai's hand and led her to the car. He lifted Lorelai up and over the car door into the seat. Lorelai giggled. Chris jumped over his door and started the car. He gunned the engine and they drove out into the street. Lorelai and Chris were silent until they passed out of the Gilmores' driveway, and then started shrieking delightedly. Chris got faster and faster, Lorelai got closer and closer, and then...CRASH!!!