Title: Life As I Know It
Chapter 19: Higher Education
Disclaimer: Hey! How ya doin? Yeah, that's great. So, I'm here today to tell you, that I, of course do not own, Gilmore Girls, repeat do not own Gilmore Girls. Anyway. So, whatcha doin' there? Really? That's absolutely great. So....I've run out of things to say. Weird. Cool!!! Kay, gotta go! Dance, Live, whatever. Hey, who's that you're making out with? Don't wanna tell me, huh? Oh, cheating on your boyfriend/girlfriend? Naughty, naughty, naughty girl/boy. Hehe, I'm soooooooo hyper!
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"Hey, babe!"
Lorelai waved across the elementary school playground to Rory. Rory waved back but kept talking to her teacher. Lorelai walked past the fence into the playground area. An aggressive kindergartener almost knocked her over as she walked toward the impromptu student-teacher meeting.
"We'll just have to clear it with your mother." Lorelai heard Rory's teacher say as she got close.
"Clear what with me?" Lorelai asked, slipping her arm around Rory and squeezing her in a half-hug. Rory smiled up at Lorelai as Ms. Tusa explained.
"Rory's a very gited student."
"Yes, I know," Lorelai agreed.
"She needs to be challenged."
"Oh, I agree."
"So...my former math teacher, Mrs. Rutledge, has offered to tutor Rory in algebra three afternoons a week!" Ms. Tusa finished excitedly.
"Oh, wow. Uh, really?"
Ms. Tusa nodded.
"Okay. Uh, Rory, are you sure you wanna learn math? And, it's not only math, it's higher math."
"Oh, I already asked her that, but the truth is, she's already very advanced in literature. I mean, how many fifth-graders have read Anna Karenina?" Ms. Tusa giggled.
"Not many, I'm sure." Lorelai mock-laughed. "So, Rory, sweetie, are you sure about the whole math thing?"
"Yeah. I wanna learn algebra." Rory nodded.
"Okay, sure. Oh yeah, not to be rude, but is this gonna cost me?"
"Only in lost hotel worker's fees." The girls started walking away from Rory's teacher.
"Oh, no, I'm gonna lose my best worker!" Lorelai cried out in pretend distress.
"Don't worry, I'll help you hire someone to take my place."
"And train them too?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, good. Hey, we should celebrate. What do you say, coffee, candy, movies?"
"Willy Wonka?"
"Ooh, yeah! Okay, I get coffee, candy, you get the movie?"
"Mmm, you get coffee, I get movie, we both get candy."
"Deal." Lorelai watched Rory walk around the corner to the video store, and then she turned and headed into Luke's. She was hoping for friendly, coffee-producing banter, but instead of Luke ehind the counter, there was Cesar.
"Hey...Cesar, where's your flannel wearing counterpart?"
"What?"
"Luke. Where's Luke?"
"Gone."
"Yeah, I figured that. Gone, where?"
"Dunno." Cesar shrugged.
"Okay, that's great. Can I get two extra-large coffees to go?"
"Luke said you can have no coffee."
"What?"
"He said no coffee for Lorelai Gilmore. Right here on this note." Cesar held up a piece of paper. Lorelai read it.
"'Absolutely no coffee for Lorelai--' Oh, my God, he said no coffee! Oh, kicking his ass is gonna be soooo fun!" Lorelai ran out of the diner, but before the door closed, she ran back in. "So no idea where he is?" Cesar shook his head. "Okay." Lorelai ran back out.
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"Taylor, I am so sorry." Rory ran into Doose's market. "I had no idea she'd do that."
"Well, all I have to say is that you need to learn to control your mother more. She's running around like a teenager!"
"I know, I know, Taylor. I'll try to keep her under my watch from now on. I went to go get a movie, I'm really sorry."
"Okay, well, just don't let it happen again."
"Sure. So can you relinquish my twenty-seven-year old mother to sweet little eleven-year-old me?"
"Well, okay. It's not store protocol, but sure."
"Thank you."
Taylor walked to the back of the store. Lorelai came out a few minutes later, grinning sheepishly. Rory hit her.
"Mom, how could you be so stupid? In front of Doose's?"
"I'm sorry, I thought maybe Luke was buying groceries."
"Okay, A), from Taylor? And 2), did you really think screaming 'Luke' and throwing your coat in the air was gonna make him come out?"
"Well, 1), my judgement was clouded, and B), you've gotta stop doing homework in front of Mad About You."
"Oh, but Paul and Jamie are so funny!"
"Sweetie, Paul and Jamie are not real. Paul and Helen are real."
"Mom, you ruined it."
"Yeah, well, you made fun of my Streetcar Named Desire stunt."
"Anyone would have made fun of that."
"You're my daughter, you're supposed to be nice."
"Only when you're not stupid."
"That rule's not gonna work."
"Yeah, I gotta rethink that."
Lorelai and Rory giggled and continued home.
Chapter 19: Higher Education
Disclaimer: Hey! How ya doin? Yeah, that's great. So, I'm here today to tell you, that I, of course do not own, Gilmore Girls, repeat do not own Gilmore Girls. Anyway. So, whatcha doin' there? Really? That's absolutely great. So....I've run out of things to say. Weird. Cool!!! Kay, gotta go! Dance, Live, whatever. Hey, who's that you're making out with? Don't wanna tell me, huh? Oh, cheating on your boyfriend/girlfriend? Naughty, naughty, naughty girl/boy. Hehe, I'm soooooooo hyper!
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"Hey, babe!"
Lorelai waved across the elementary school playground to Rory. Rory waved back but kept talking to her teacher. Lorelai walked past the fence into the playground area. An aggressive kindergartener almost knocked her over as she walked toward the impromptu student-teacher meeting.
"We'll just have to clear it with your mother." Lorelai heard Rory's teacher say as she got close.
"Clear what with me?" Lorelai asked, slipping her arm around Rory and squeezing her in a half-hug. Rory smiled up at Lorelai as Ms. Tusa explained.
"Rory's a very gited student."
"Yes, I know," Lorelai agreed.
"She needs to be challenged."
"Oh, I agree."
"So...my former math teacher, Mrs. Rutledge, has offered to tutor Rory in algebra three afternoons a week!" Ms. Tusa finished excitedly.
"Oh, wow. Uh, really?"
Ms. Tusa nodded.
"Okay. Uh, Rory, are you sure you wanna learn math? And, it's not only math, it's higher math."
"Oh, I already asked her that, but the truth is, she's already very advanced in literature. I mean, how many fifth-graders have read Anna Karenina?" Ms. Tusa giggled.
"Not many, I'm sure." Lorelai mock-laughed. "So, Rory, sweetie, are you sure about the whole math thing?"
"Yeah. I wanna learn algebra." Rory nodded.
"Okay, sure. Oh yeah, not to be rude, but is this gonna cost me?"
"Only in lost hotel worker's fees." The girls started walking away from Rory's teacher.
"Oh, no, I'm gonna lose my best worker!" Lorelai cried out in pretend distress.
"Don't worry, I'll help you hire someone to take my place."
"And train them too?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, good. Hey, we should celebrate. What do you say, coffee, candy, movies?"
"Willy Wonka?"
"Ooh, yeah! Okay, I get coffee, candy, you get the movie?"
"Mmm, you get coffee, I get movie, we both get candy."
"Deal." Lorelai watched Rory walk around the corner to the video store, and then she turned and headed into Luke's. She was hoping for friendly, coffee-producing banter, but instead of Luke ehind the counter, there was Cesar.
"Hey...Cesar, where's your flannel wearing counterpart?"
"What?"
"Luke. Where's Luke?"
"Gone."
"Yeah, I figured that. Gone, where?"
"Dunno." Cesar shrugged.
"Okay, that's great. Can I get two extra-large coffees to go?"
"Luke said you can have no coffee."
"What?"
"He said no coffee for Lorelai Gilmore. Right here on this note." Cesar held up a piece of paper. Lorelai read it.
"'Absolutely no coffee for Lorelai--' Oh, my God, he said no coffee! Oh, kicking his ass is gonna be soooo fun!" Lorelai ran out of the diner, but before the door closed, she ran back in. "So no idea where he is?" Cesar shook his head. "Okay." Lorelai ran back out.
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"Taylor, I am so sorry." Rory ran into Doose's market. "I had no idea she'd do that."
"Well, all I have to say is that you need to learn to control your mother more. She's running around like a teenager!"
"I know, I know, Taylor. I'll try to keep her under my watch from now on. I went to go get a movie, I'm really sorry."
"Okay, well, just don't let it happen again."
"Sure. So can you relinquish my twenty-seven-year old mother to sweet little eleven-year-old me?"
"Well, okay. It's not store protocol, but sure."
"Thank you."
Taylor walked to the back of the store. Lorelai came out a few minutes later, grinning sheepishly. Rory hit her.
"Mom, how could you be so stupid? In front of Doose's?"
"I'm sorry, I thought maybe Luke was buying groceries."
"Okay, A), from Taylor? And 2), did you really think screaming 'Luke' and throwing your coat in the air was gonna make him come out?"
"Well, 1), my judgement was clouded, and B), you've gotta stop doing homework in front of Mad About You."
"Oh, but Paul and Jamie are so funny!"
"Sweetie, Paul and Jamie are not real. Paul and Helen are real."
"Mom, you ruined it."
"Yeah, well, you made fun of my Streetcar Named Desire stunt."
"Anyone would have made fun of that."
"You're my daughter, you're supposed to be nice."
"Only when you're not stupid."
"That rule's not gonna work."
"Yeah, I gotta rethink that."
Lorelai and Rory giggled and continued home.