Fool for Love
By
Javakamp
Chapter 17: Accusations, Recriminations, and Allegations.
The following morning Lorelai was sitting with Rory in Luke's diner eating breakfast. Rory looked at Lorelai and asked, "Mom?"
"What sweetie?"
"Are you alright?"
"Sure why?"
"I don't know. You just seem awfully quite this morning," Rory shrugged.
Lorelai smiled sadly and said, "Sometimes I miss the days when you were a kid, and you didn't notice things like that."
Rory leaned forward and asked, "Okay, so what's the matter?"
Lorelai shook her head and said, "It's nothing, never mind."
"Mom, don't do that. You know you can tell me anything."
Lorelai shrugged and said, "Okay, I think we should get matching tattoos."
"Ewwww."
"Sure. Mine could say, Rory, and yours could say, Mommy."
"Actually, could mine say grandpa?" Rory asked with a teasing look in her eyes.
Lorelai sat back, her eyes getting big. "Oookayyy, new subject now."
"Good, can it be about what's bothering you?"
Lorelai sighed and said, "You are very stubborn, you know that."
Rory just stared at her mother. "I wonder where I get that from."
Finally, Lorelai gave in, and said, "Okay. But remember you made me."
At that moment Luke appeared at the table asking, "More Coffee?"
"Oh, my hero," Lorelai cooed, holding out her cup. "Yes please."
As Luke refilled the cup, Rory said, "I have to leave for the bus in five minutes, but if I could get some to go, I'll… alphabetize all your books."
"But he only has two books, "Lorelai teased, that won't take very long."
Luke glared at Lorelai as he answered, "Sure Rory. You want that now when you leave."
"When I leave."
As Luke put the ticket on the table, he said, "Sure, just say when."
"Thanks, Luke." Rory turned to her mother and said, "And in the mean time, you will tell me what's bothering you."
Lorelai sighed as she said, "Okay but you have to promise not to get mad."
"Why did you break something, throw something important out, or get something gross pierced."
"No."
"Then we should be good."
"We'll see," Lorelai said leaning forward. "I need to ask you something. " When Rory nodded, Lorelai continued, "Okay, I want you to know that I hate myself for thinking this, but I can't help it. And remember that I don't think that you did it, but you might have done it, and if you did do it, I think I would understand why you did it, even though I don't think you did, but you might have."
Rory looked defensive as she said, "Mom I swear that I didn't realize that we were out of toiler paper."
"No, it's not about that."
Rory looked a little fearful as she asked, "Then what?"
"Rory, did you talk to your grandmother, about the way you feel about Colin?"
"What!? No, I would never do something like that," Rory replied in a shocked voice. "God, how could you think I would do something like that?"
"I didn't think you did. Okay, I thought that there was a very, very, very teeny tiny chance that you might have said something to grandma. I mean mini, mini me small. But I didn't want to think that."
Rory shook her head. "What happened to even make you think I might have done something like that?"
Lorelai recounted the encounter with her mom at the Briar Forest mall the previous evening, and then concluded, "So I thought that since you thought that Colin was a little creepy, that you might have said something to grandma. But I am glad you didn't."
"I swear, mom, that I would never do something like that to you." Rory said, "If grandma, didn't like Colin, it wasn't because of me."
"I believe you hon. I'm sorry that I even thought that you might have. Please don't be mad."
"I'm not mad, Rory said unconvincingly. "I just…Oh no I'm going to be late for the bus." Rory jumped up and put on her coat. "I got to go."
"Okay, we'll talk more tonight, Okay?" Lorelai asked.
Rory put her backpack over one shoulder and said, "Sure, mom. Bye." Then Rory was out the door and trotting towards the bus stop.
Lorelai sat quietly berating herself on what an awful parent she was, until Luke appeared next to her holding a to go cup, asking, "Where did Rory go?"
"She had to run to get the bus," Lorelai said. She caught sight of the cup and continued, "Oh, she forgot her coffee." She reached down and picked up her purse. As she started to get out money to pay for breakfast, she said, "I guess I'll have to take it. The sacrifices we make for our children."
Luke rolled his eyes and sat the cup down, then returned to the counter. A couple of minutes later, Lorelai walked up and handed Luke some money. Luke rang up the bill. As he handed back her change he asked, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Lorelai said, with a dismissive wave.
"Cause if something was wrong, and I could be any help, all you have to do is ask."
"I know that," Lorelai nodded.
"Cause ya know I would. Help I mean."
"That's good to know."
They stood silently staring at each other for a few moments. Finally Lorelai broke her gaze, looking down at the change in her hand. She put the change on the counter, and said, "Thanks. See you later."
"See ya later."
By
Javakamp
Chapter 17: Accusations, Recriminations, and Allegations.
The following morning Lorelai was sitting with Rory in Luke's diner eating breakfast. Rory looked at Lorelai and asked, "Mom?"
"What sweetie?"
"Are you alright?"
"Sure why?"
"I don't know. You just seem awfully quite this morning," Rory shrugged.
Lorelai smiled sadly and said, "Sometimes I miss the days when you were a kid, and you didn't notice things like that."
Rory leaned forward and asked, "Okay, so what's the matter?"
Lorelai shook her head and said, "It's nothing, never mind."
"Mom, don't do that. You know you can tell me anything."
Lorelai shrugged and said, "Okay, I think we should get matching tattoos."
"Ewwww."
"Sure. Mine could say, Rory, and yours could say, Mommy."
"Actually, could mine say grandpa?" Rory asked with a teasing look in her eyes.
Lorelai sat back, her eyes getting big. "Oookayyy, new subject now."
"Good, can it be about what's bothering you?"
Lorelai sighed and said, "You are very stubborn, you know that."
Rory just stared at her mother. "I wonder where I get that from."
Finally, Lorelai gave in, and said, "Okay. But remember you made me."
At that moment Luke appeared at the table asking, "More Coffee?"
"Oh, my hero," Lorelai cooed, holding out her cup. "Yes please."
As Luke refilled the cup, Rory said, "I have to leave for the bus in five minutes, but if I could get some to go, I'll… alphabetize all your books."
"But he only has two books, "Lorelai teased, that won't take very long."
Luke glared at Lorelai as he answered, "Sure Rory. You want that now when you leave."
"When I leave."
As Luke put the ticket on the table, he said, "Sure, just say when."
"Thanks, Luke." Rory turned to her mother and said, "And in the mean time, you will tell me what's bothering you."
Lorelai sighed as she said, "Okay but you have to promise not to get mad."
"Why did you break something, throw something important out, or get something gross pierced."
"No."
"Then we should be good."
"We'll see," Lorelai said leaning forward. "I need to ask you something. " When Rory nodded, Lorelai continued, "Okay, I want you to know that I hate myself for thinking this, but I can't help it. And remember that I don't think that you did it, but you might have done it, and if you did do it, I think I would understand why you did it, even though I don't think you did, but you might have."
Rory looked defensive as she said, "Mom I swear that I didn't realize that we were out of toiler paper."
"No, it's not about that."
Rory looked a little fearful as she asked, "Then what?"
"Rory, did you talk to your grandmother, about the way you feel about Colin?"
"What!? No, I would never do something like that," Rory replied in a shocked voice. "God, how could you think I would do something like that?"
"I didn't think you did. Okay, I thought that there was a very, very, very teeny tiny chance that you might have said something to grandma. I mean mini, mini me small. But I didn't want to think that."
Rory shook her head. "What happened to even make you think I might have done something like that?"
Lorelai recounted the encounter with her mom at the Briar Forest mall the previous evening, and then concluded, "So I thought that since you thought that Colin was a little creepy, that you might have said something to grandma. But I am glad you didn't."
"I swear, mom, that I would never do something like that to you." Rory said, "If grandma, didn't like Colin, it wasn't because of me."
"I believe you hon. I'm sorry that I even thought that you might have. Please don't be mad."
"I'm not mad, Rory said unconvincingly. "I just…Oh no I'm going to be late for the bus." Rory jumped up and put on her coat. "I got to go."
"Okay, we'll talk more tonight, Okay?" Lorelai asked.
Rory put her backpack over one shoulder and said, "Sure, mom. Bye." Then Rory was out the door and trotting towards the bus stop.
Lorelai sat quietly berating herself on what an awful parent she was, until Luke appeared next to her holding a to go cup, asking, "Where did Rory go?"
"She had to run to get the bus," Lorelai said. She caught sight of the cup and continued, "Oh, she forgot her coffee." She reached down and picked up her purse. As she started to get out money to pay for breakfast, she said, "I guess I'll have to take it. The sacrifices we make for our children."
Luke rolled his eyes and sat the cup down, then returned to the counter. A couple of minutes later, Lorelai walked up and handed Luke some money. Luke rang up the bill. As he handed back her change he asked, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Lorelai said, with a dismissive wave.
"Cause if something was wrong, and I could be any help, all you have to do is ask."
"I know that," Lorelai nodded.
"Cause ya know I would. Help I mean."
"That's good to know."
They stood silently staring at each other for a few moments. Finally Lorelai broke her gaze, looking down at the change in her hand. She put the change on the counter, and said, "Thanks. See you later."
"See ya later."
