Title: Life As I Know It
Chapter 20: Make Like A Tree And Get Outta Here!
Disclaimer: Hey! I'm back. And I still own nothing. Absolutely nothing. Cool, huh?
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"Rory!" Lorelai called as she walked into the house.
"In my room!" Rory called back. Lorelai walked from the front door into Rory's room, depositing the pizza box in her hands on the kitchen table. Rory was at her desk, studying.
"Ror, sweets, you're twelve. Live a little!"
"After the history test."
"Aw, babe, you're gonna ace it."
"After I study, I will. What are you so excited about?"
"Me? Oh, not much. I brought pizza and a movie home."
"Yeah, that sounds normal. Why are you so happy?"
"Oh, nothing. Come on, get some pizza. I've got news." Lorelai said, leading Rory to the kitchen table.
"Ahh! What's your news? Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me now!"
"Oh, calm down, child of mine. Okay, you remember that cute guy I told you about?"
"The one who's always flirting with you when you come out of your yoga class?"
"That's the one!"
"Did you find out what he does?"
"Yeah, he teaches a class near mine."
"A yoga class?"
"No, a craft class. Anyway, he asked me out!"
"No!"
"For tonight!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"So are you going?"
Lorelai nodded. "Mm-hmm. But only if you want me to. Otherwise I can call him right now."
"No, don't! You have to go! I'll just stay home and watch your peace offering." Rory lifted the video.
"Ack, you can see right through me."
"Always. Now, you better go get ready."
"Yes, I better!" Lorelai grabbed another slice of pizza and started upstairs to her room. Rory smiled and got up from the table to grab her history book. "Don't you even think about studying!" Lorelai called from upstairs. Rory smiled and sat back down.
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"Is he here yet?" Lorelai called from upstairs twenty minutes later.
"No!"
"Thank god! Hey, have you seen my silver dangly bracelet?"
"Yes. It's in my room!"
"Why is it in your room?"
"Be-" Rory started to yell, before noticing her mother was walking down the stairs. "Because it's mine. Grandma gave it to me last year for Christmas."
"Ugh, don't say that name. I don't have to see her for another four months, I'm happy."
"We're not going for Thanksgiving?"
"What?"
"We're not going to Grandma and Grandpa's for Thanksgiving?"
"I don't know. I--can I borrow your silver dangly bracelet?"
"Yes. Just as long as you promise not to bring home the Back to the Future trilogy the next time you have a date."
"Oh, you don't like it?" Lorelai walked out of Rory's room and into the living room. She held her arm out to Rory and Rory started fixing the bracelet on Lorelai's arm.
"Sure, it's just not something you can watch over and over and over by yourself."
"Call Lane."
"Mrs. Kim's still a little mad about the chocolate covered coffee beans you sent Lane home with last week."
"Aw. Mrs. Kim needs to get a life."
"She has one: ruining Lane's."
"Oh. Well, call another friend."
"Like who?"
"The girl you swim with over the summer. What's her name?"
"Kathy Fischer?"
"Kathy Fischer! Call Kathy Fischer."
"I guess I can call her."
"And hey, if she's not home?"
"Yeah?"
"Call Sookie. Or Luke! See if you can get Luke to close up and watch Back to the Future with you."
"That's an idea. I could just watch it alone."
"You could, you sociopath."
"Go get ready for your date."
"I am ready!" Lorelai stood up and looked down at her outfit. "You don't think I'm ready?"
"Well, I think you should wear shoes."
"Shoes! I knew I forgot something." Lorelai ran upstairs. The doorbell rang. "Ahh! Stupid early men."
"Mom, he's half-an-hour late."
"No, he's not. I'm not ready yet, he's early." The doorbell rang again. "Sweetie? Could you be a doll and get that?"
"Oh, why not." Rory headed for the door and pulled it open. "Hi. It's nice to see you again. I'll be ready in just a few seconds. Come, sit on the couch and watch some of the beginning of Back to the Future. It's the first one." Rory led the bewildered man to the couch, held up one finger and ran upstairs. Seconds later her mother ran downstairs, fully dressed, complete with shoes and a purse.
"Ted! Hi."
"Uh, hi."
"Ready to go?" Lorelai smiled and picked up her coat from a nearby chair.
"Uh, yeah. I guess. Did I just see you--?"
"See me what?" Lorelai smiled and titled her head, waiting for the rest of the question.
"Uh, never mind. Let's go." Ted shook his head and started herding Lorelai out the door.
"Whoo. I guess we're leaving. Bye!" Lorelai called seconds before Ted shut the door.
"Do you always say good-bye to your house?" Ted asked, staring curiously at Lorelai.
"Uh, sure. I just love it so much." Lorelai laid a hand on the side of the house.
"Okay. Whatever." Ted shook his head and started for his car. Lorelai stood on the porch for a second and then walked toward Ted's car.
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Halfway through the second Back to the Future, Lorelai walked back into the house.
"Bye!" She waved and then slammed the door. "Ugh!" she yelled, throwing her purse and coat on the floor.
"Uh-oh. Bad date?"
"Awful date. Horrible date. I was waiting for the Apocolypse to come, cause even that would have been better than the date." Lorelai sank onto the floor next to Rory.
"So, bad date."
"Yes."
"What happened?"
"I don't want to relive it."
"Oh, come on. I got all embarrased for Michael J. Fox for you."
"That's because you're a weirdo who gets embarrased when people in movies get embarrased."
"Yeah, well. It just shows I'm empathetic."
"Ha!"
"What?"
"Did you just call yourself pathetic?"
"I said empathetic."
"Yeah, but if you drop the 'em-'...."
"Mom! What happened?"
"You know your little joke you play, the one where you say 'I'll be ready in a few minutes,' and then you disappear upstairs and the next thing they see is me?"
"To weed out the dumb ones, yeah."
"Usually after I tell them I have a twelve-year-old daughter they figure it out and run. Not this one, oh, no."
"Didn't run?"
"Didn't figure it out. I finally had to tell him."
"When?"
"As we were pulling up to the house."
"Really? An hour and a half?"
"Yep."
"Ooh, that's bad."
"That's not just bad, that's horrible. Oh, well. At least one good thing came out of the evening."
"What?" Rory asked suspiciously.
"He told me about a craft he's teaching his class next week, and I got an idea."
"Oh, no." Rory groaned.
"We're gonna make seashell candles!"
"No, we're not. You are."
"Ugh. That's mean."
"Sorry, Mom, but I don't want to do another one of your projects. You'll just abandon it halfway through and make me finish it."
"You are not being very nice to your mother."
"I am always very nice. By nature, I am a sweet, kind, loving person."
"Yeah. If you didn't have my same taste in clothes and my eyes, I'd think you were switched at birth."
"Nope. No luck."
"I am not having a good day."
"Hey, I'll rewind the movie and we can make fun of Christopher Lloyd."
"Mmm, not Christopher Lloyd, but we can make fun of Michael as his son."
"Deal."
"Okay, I'm gonna change, and then we'll get started." Lorelai stood up and started towards the stairs. When she reached the first landing she muttered under her breath, "Butthead."
"Hey!" Rory yelled when she heard it. "Why don't you make like a tree and get outta here?"
"Sure, sweets. I'll be right back with the chocolate I stopped to buy for you on my way home from the horrible date. But you don't get any, cause I've gotta make like a tree and leave!"
"No, I'm sorry! I love trees! Trees are my friend!" Rory ran after her mother.
Chapter 20: Make Like A Tree And Get Outta Here!
Disclaimer: Hey! I'm back. And I still own nothing. Absolutely nothing. Cool, huh?
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"Rory!" Lorelai called as she walked into the house.
"In my room!" Rory called back. Lorelai walked from the front door into Rory's room, depositing the pizza box in her hands on the kitchen table. Rory was at her desk, studying.
"Ror, sweets, you're twelve. Live a little!"
"After the history test."
"Aw, babe, you're gonna ace it."
"After I study, I will. What are you so excited about?"
"Me? Oh, not much. I brought pizza and a movie home."
"Yeah, that sounds normal. Why are you so happy?"
"Oh, nothing. Come on, get some pizza. I've got news." Lorelai said, leading Rory to the kitchen table.
"Ahh! What's your news? Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me now!"
"Oh, calm down, child of mine. Okay, you remember that cute guy I told you about?"
"The one who's always flirting with you when you come out of your yoga class?"
"That's the one!"
"Did you find out what he does?"
"Yeah, he teaches a class near mine."
"A yoga class?"
"No, a craft class. Anyway, he asked me out!"
"No!"
"For tonight!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"So are you going?"
Lorelai nodded. "Mm-hmm. But only if you want me to. Otherwise I can call him right now."
"No, don't! You have to go! I'll just stay home and watch your peace offering." Rory lifted the video.
"Ack, you can see right through me."
"Always. Now, you better go get ready."
"Yes, I better!" Lorelai grabbed another slice of pizza and started upstairs to her room. Rory smiled and got up from the table to grab her history book. "Don't you even think about studying!" Lorelai called from upstairs. Rory smiled and sat back down.
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"Is he here yet?" Lorelai called from upstairs twenty minutes later.
"No!"
"Thank god! Hey, have you seen my silver dangly bracelet?"
"Yes. It's in my room!"
"Why is it in your room?"
"Be-" Rory started to yell, before noticing her mother was walking down the stairs. "Because it's mine. Grandma gave it to me last year for Christmas."
"Ugh, don't say that name. I don't have to see her for another four months, I'm happy."
"We're not going for Thanksgiving?"
"What?"
"We're not going to Grandma and Grandpa's for Thanksgiving?"
"I don't know. I--can I borrow your silver dangly bracelet?"
"Yes. Just as long as you promise not to bring home the Back to the Future trilogy the next time you have a date."
"Oh, you don't like it?" Lorelai walked out of Rory's room and into the living room. She held her arm out to Rory and Rory started fixing the bracelet on Lorelai's arm.
"Sure, it's just not something you can watch over and over and over by yourself."
"Call Lane."
"Mrs. Kim's still a little mad about the chocolate covered coffee beans you sent Lane home with last week."
"Aw. Mrs. Kim needs to get a life."
"She has one: ruining Lane's."
"Oh. Well, call another friend."
"Like who?"
"The girl you swim with over the summer. What's her name?"
"Kathy Fischer?"
"Kathy Fischer! Call Kathy Fischer."
"I guess I can call her."
"And hey, if she's not home?"
"Yeah?"
"Call Sookie. Or Luke! See if you can get Luke to close up and watch Back to the Future with you."
"That's an idea. I could just watch it alone."
"You could, you sociopath."
"Go get ready for your date."
"I am ready!" Lorelai stood up and looked down at her outfit. "You don't think I'm ready?"
"Well, I think you should wear shoes."
"Shoes! I knew I forgot something." Lorelai ran upstairs. The doorbell rang. "Ahh! Stupid early men."
"Mom, he's half-an-hour late."
"No, he's not. I'm not ready yet, he's early." The doorbell rang again. "Sweetie? Could you be a doll and get that?"
"Oh, why not." Rory headed for the door and pulled it open. "Hi. It's nice to see you again. I'll be ready in just a few seconds. Come, sit on the couch and watch some of the beginning of Back to the Future. It's the first one." Rory led the bewildered man to the couch, held up one finger and ran upstairs. Seconds later her mother ran downstairs, fully dressed, complete with shoes and a purse.
"Ted! Hi."
"Uh, hi."
"Ready to go?" Lorelai smiled and picked up her coat from a nearby chair.
"Uh, yeah. I guess. Did I just see you--?"
"See me what?" Lorelai smiled and titled her head, waiting for the rest of the question.
"Uh, never mind. Let's go." Ted shook his head and started herding Lorelai out the door.
"Whoo. I guess we're leaving. Bye!" Lorelai called seconds before Ted shut the door.
"Do you always say good-bye to your house?" Ted asked, staring curiously at Lorelai.
"Uh, sure. I just love it so much." Lorelai laid a hand on the side of the house.
"Okay. Whatever." Ted shook his head and started for his car. Lorelai stood on the porch for a second and then walked toward Ted's car.
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Halfway through the second Back to the Future, Lorelai walked back into the house.
"Bye!" She waved and then slammed the door. "Ugh!" she yelled, throwing her purse and coat on the floor.
"Uh-oh. Bad date?"
"Awful date. Horrible date. I was waiting for the Apocolypse to come, cause even that would have been better than the date." Lorelai sank onto the floor next to Rory.
"So, bad date."
"Yes."
"What happened?"
"I don't want to relive it."
"Oh, come on. I got all embarrased for Michael J. Fox for you."
"That's because you're a weirdo who gets embarrased when people in movies get embarrased."
"Yeah, well. It just shows I'm empathetic."
"Ha!"
"What?"
"Did you just call yourself pathetic?"
"I said empathetic."
"Yeah, but if you drop the 'em-'...."
"Mom! What happened?"
"You know your little joke you play, the one where you say 'I'll be ready in a few minutes,' and then you disappear upstairs and the next thing they see is me?"
"To weed out the dumb ones, yeah."
"Usually after I tell them I have a twelve-year-old daughter they figure it out and run. Not this one, oh, no."
"Didn't run?"
"Didn't figure it out. I finally had to tell him."
"When?"
"As we were pulling up to the house."
"Really? An hour and a half?"
"Yep."
"Ooh, that's bad."
"That's not just bad, that's horrible. Oh, well. At least one good thing came out of the evening."
"What?" Rory asked suspiciously.
"He told me about a craft he's teaching his class next week, and I got an idea."
"Oh, no." Rory groaned.
"We're gonna make seashell candles!"
"No, we're not. You are."
"Ugh. That's mean."
"Sorry, Mom, but I don't want to do another one of your projects. You'll just abandon it halfway through and make me finish it."
"You are not being very nice to your mother."
"I am always very nice. By nature, I am a sweet, kind, loving person."
"Yeah. If you didn't have my same taste in clothes and my eyes, I'd think you were switched at birth."
"Nope. No luck."
"I am not having a good day."
"Hey, I'll rewind the movie and we can make fun of Christopher Lloyd."
"Mmm, not Christopher Lloyd, but we can make fun of Michael as his son."
"Deal."
"Okay, I'm gonna change, and then we'll get started." Lorelai stood up and started towards the stairs. When she reached the first landing she muttered under her breath, "Butthead."
"Hey!" Rory yelled when she heard it. "Why don't you make like a tree and get outta here?"
"Sure, sweets. I'll be right back with the chocolate I stopped to buy for you on my way home from the horrible date. But you don't get any, cause I've gotta make like a tree and leave!"
"No, I'm sorry! I love trees! Trees are my friend!" Rory ran after her mother.