Title: Always You
Chapter 11: Crazy Ass Pregnant Woman
Don't own nothin'.
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Previously, on Gilmore Girls:
Lor, Chris, Rory and Lane walk out of a town meeting.
Lane: So, how was lunch with Harvard guy?
Rory: Great, he answered all my questions.
Chris: And he makes a killer chicken.
Lorelai: Yep, sticks a lemon up its butt.
Lane: Nice.
Dave Rygalski and Lane are talking.
Dave: I'm sort of an audio geek, sorry.
Lane: No, don't apologize, I love you...for that, for being that way.
Jess walks up to Rory.
Jess: Are you really broken up with Dean?
Rory: Yes, I'm really broken up with Dean.
Lorelai and Christopher are in Luke's.
Chris: Second trimester?
Lor: Second trimester!
Lorelai squeals and they hug.
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"So how far are you today?" Rory asked her mother as their little family walked into Luke's diner.
"Seventeen weeks, on the dot," Lorelai announced proudly.
"And your clothes are already getting too small. Wow, you're gonna be a whale," Rory whistled. Well, she tried to. She couldn't exactly whistle, so she licked her lips and made a 'whoo' sound. Loreali hit her.
"That is the worst thing to say to a pregnant woman, especially a pregnant Lorelai," Chris whispered to Rory, who just shrugged.
"Hey, Luke!" Lorelai proclaimed as she walked up to the counter. Luke sighed.
"Whaddya want?"
"Uh, let's see. Give me...three--no, four strips of bacon, five blueberry pancakes, a couple of scrambled eggs with onions and cheese and all that crap mixed in there, although no crap, cause that would taste bad, of course."
"Of course," Luke nodded.
"Yeah, and ooh! A chocolate sprinkled doughnut and one of those hole-less donuts with the cream in the middle."
"Is that all?" Luke raised his eyebrows.
"Mmm, no, a large milk, small orange juice, and one of those little bowls of coffee."
"Okay," Luke continued scribbling on his order pad.
"And--can you throw a couple of those little sausage links in there somewhere?"
"Uh, sure. Okay, I'll be right back." He turned to go into the kitchen.
"Wait!" Lorelai turned to Chris and Rory. "You guys want anything?"
Luke sighed and turned around to take their order.
"A couple of pancakes and coffee," Rory shrugged.
"Yeah, same for me." Chris said.
"Huh. A low-maintenence Gilmore. You know, Chris, having you around might not be so bad."
"Thanks," Chris said as Luke headed for the kitchen. "So, Lor, appetite's kicking in already?"
"Yeah. I'm just thrilled I don't throw up anymore. Unfortunately, that means Mom's gonna make me eat her fancy-schmancy food now."
"Aww, poor Mom." Rory slightly mocked.
"I know you're making fun of me, but thank you anyway, sweetie."
"You're welcome, Mom."
"Hey, Lukey! Food!" Lorelai yelled toward the kitchen.
"Mom, that's not gonna work."
"Yes, it so is! Lucas! Food!!!"
"Shut up, Lorelai. Here's your doughnuts, and coffee," Luke said, handing the items to Lorelai, who gleefully accepted them. "Now stop yelling in my diner."
"Hee hee, I got me some food."
"Hey, Luke?" Rory called, hoping for coffee. He slightly waved his hand and went back into the kitchen to finish the rest of Lorelai's order. Rory turned to Lorelai with a pout on her face. "Can I have some?" she asked, pointing to Lorelai's coffee.
"Uh-uh, I worked for it."
"But, I need coffee!"
"Nope, sorry." Lorelai took a big gulp of her coffee, and Rory sadly watched.
"Coffee?" someone asked, placing an empty cup in front of Rory. She looked up into Jess' eyes.
"Hi," she greeted, a goofy smile spreading across her face.
"Hi," he smiled back.
"Hi," Chris said pointedly. Jess turned to him.
"Hi. Hi," he repeated, this time to Lorelai, who just waved a hand and continued drinking her coffee.
"Uh, you want some coffee?" Jess asked again, holding the pot up.
"Sure," Rory nodded. Jess nodded back and poured her a cup. She took a sip and smiled. He smiled back and watched her drink. After a few minutes, Chris cleared his throat.
"Oh." Jess came out of his stupor. "Oh, Ror, you know, I have that book you wanted to borrow upstairs."
"Oh, really? That...book." Rory said, only slightly confused.
"So...you wanna come get it?"
"Oh, yeah! That book. Sure." Rory finally caught on, took a last sip of her coffee, and headed upstairs after Jess. Chris stared, shocked, at the retreating teenagers' backs, and then turned to Lor.
"You're just going to let her go upstairs with...him?" he asked, pointing towards the stairs.
"Just as long as she's not cheating on her boyfriend," Lorelai shrugged, sipping Rory's abandoned coffee.
"But they could be doing God knows what up there!"
"Rory's a good kid. So they're only doing goodness knows what up there."
"How can you joke at a time like this?"
"Like this: What's a nice guy like you doing in a dirty mind like mine?" Lorelai waggled her eyebrows.
"That's not really joking, that's just you trying to pick me up."
"Which is a joke all in itself, seeing as how I didn't have to get you, you had to get me."
"Ha!" Chris laughed.
"See, I made you laugh, and proved my point." Lorelai took a big gulp of the rest of Rory's coffee.
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"So, do you really have a book up here?" Rory asked as Jess opened the upstairs apartment.
"What, are you kidding? I've got hundreds, but that's certainly not why I invited you up here." Jess turned around to realize that Rory was still standing in the doorway. "Hey, come on in. I'm not gonna bite. Well, actually...."
Rory playfully hit Jess on the shoulder as she walked past him into the apartment.
"So...this is your apartment."
"Yep."
"Wow, I haven't seen it since you guys redid it."
"Oh, yeah."
"It's bigger."
"Ripping a wall down can have that effect on a room."
"Yeah. That part, over there." Rory pointed.
"That's mine."
"Yeah. It is."
"Yeah. You want a soda?" Jess gestured to the fridge. Rory shook her head.
"No, I'm fine."
"Okay."
Jess and Rory were standing about ten feet apart. A very long, uncomfortable ten feet apart.
"You sure you don't want a soda?"
"Yeah, I'm sure."
"Please let me get you a soda. I gotta do something other than stand here like a moron."
"Take comfort in the fact that you are not doing it alone."
"Okay, let's just regroup here."
"Yeah, regroup." Rory nodded.
"First of all, we should try to get within, say, a foot of each other."
"Okay."
Jess and Rory slowly walked closer to each other, covering the nine feet between them in a few seconds.
"I think that's about a foot." Rory observed.
"Huh, that school of yours is really paying off."
"So, now what?"
"Now we should...." Jess couldn't think of anything.
"Well, I think we either need to get a little closer or need to warm up."
"Okay." Jess agreed. They covered eight more inches and then Jess reached for Rory's hands. "Hi." he smiled.
"Hi," she smiled back, as they covered the remaining four inches and started to kiss. It was a nice kiss. Rory half-giggled. She didn't remember the other two kisses being this good. Maybe it was because this time they both wanted the kiss, and they both went for it. Jess let go of her hands and she wrapped them around his neck. He went for her waist and pulled her closer, when all of a sudden Luke burst in the room and they jumped apart as fast as they could.
"Lorelai wants an omelet and we ran out of eggs," Luke grumbled as he searched through the fridge. "Crazy ass pregnant woman."
"So, Jess, I guess I'll see you later." Rory stumbled over her words.
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Bye." Rory stood there awkwardly for a second, and then Jess leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. She grinned. "Bye." She left the apartment and ran down the stairs. Luke stood up from the fridge and walked over to Jess.
"What was going on up here?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing? I walk in here and the two of you are like shrapnel."
"Your timing is perfect, by the way. Next time I'll hang a sock on the door."
"Hey, there will be no hanging of socks on the door in my house, do you hear me?" Luke stuck a finger in Jess' face.
"Relax, I was kidding." Jess held up his hands in defense.
"Oh, really? Hanging socks on doors--that's your idea of funny."
"Depending on the sock design, could be hilarious."
"Okay, that's it, sit down."
"Don't you need to get those eggs to Lorelai?" Jess pointed to the eggs in Luke's hand.
"Yes, dammit, but I'll be back." Luke shook his finger in Jess' face one more time, turned, and went downstairs to make Lorelai's omelet. Jess shook his head, grabbed a book, and sat on the couch to read.
"Crazy ass uncle."
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"Hello, Stars Hollow, are you ready to rock?" Lane shouted as she walked into the diner and sat down at the table Lorelai, Christopher and Rory had migrated to after most of Lorelai's order had come.
"Let me guess, band practice tonight?" Lorelai guessed, shoveling pancakes into her mouth.
"Yes, we're going to learn our fourth song. That's practically a set!" Lane explained as she picked up one of Lorelai's sausage links and took a bite.
"Hm, I'm impressed." Chris said.
"And then once we have a set, we'll get a gig, and then once we get a gig, we'll get a record deal." Lane continued, excited.
"Swallow." Lorelai instructed.
"And then after we get a record deal, we'll get really famous and then we'll have to give all of these interviews about how horrible it is to be really famous and how we never wanted this in the first place, all we care about is the music, and fame is gonna tear us apart. It's gonna be great!" Lane exclaimed.
"And rehearsing in the music shop's been working out?" Rory asked.
"Perfectly--it's totally time efficient, being a thirty-second commute from my house. We practice for two hours, I'm home in time to watch reruns of Johnny Yune's talk show on Korean television with my mom, who thinks I hooked up with you guys--which I did, so I'm not even lying." Lane pointed out.
"Well, you're kinda lying." Lorelai said.
"I'm fibbing, but a fib is not a lie."
"Hm, I'd say it's a fib-slash-lie."
"No, no, it's not a lie, and I can always tell 'cause of the few times that I've out-and-out lied to my mother, I'd get this feeling in my gut like a wild animal was burrowing into it, and I'm not getting that. Oh, I've gotta go." Lane jumped up and grabbed her jacket. "Bye."
"Oh, Lane, I'll walk you out. I need to talk to you." Rory jumped up too.
"Okay, sure."
"Okay, I'll see you guys at home. Bye." Rory left with Lane.
"Ha, she left her food." Lorelai picked up Rory's remaining pancakes and plopped them on her plate.
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"So what do you have to tell me?" Lane asked Rory as they walked out of the diner.
"Oh, well...I just made out with Jess."
"No!"
"Yes," Rory slightly blushed.
"Oh, my God! Already?"
"Yeah. Well, Dean was a bastard."
"Hmm, I agree, but try not to get me to hate him too much--he's still kinda my friend, you know."
"I know. I guess I don't hate him that much, either. I just don't love him."
"I completely understand. That same thing happened to me one time too."
"Really?"
"No. Just sounded like the right thing to say."
"Aw. You're so sweet. Always looking out for me." Rory hugged Lane.
"Hmph. Okay, I'll look out for you later, but right now I gotta go single-handedly improve the reputation of drummers everywhere by being on time for every rehearsal."
"Of course. Bye."
"Bye." Lane waved and ran towards the music store. Rory watched her leave and then headed back into the diner for the rest of her breakfast. Unfortunately, when she got there, her mother was chewing up the last of Rory's pancakes.
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"So you've got class on Monday?" Emily asked Lorelai, confused, at the following Friday night dinner.
"Yes."
"But--didn't you graduate last year?"
"This isn't business class, Mom. I'm just going into the high school on Monday and talking to them about what a success I am."
"You're a success?"
"Well, Mom, Stars Hollow is a very small town."
"Hm, that's certainly true."
"These family dinners are just a kick, aren't they?" Lorelai beamed to Chris and Rory, who were sitting silently next to her.
"Yeah, a kick in the--"
"Chris!" Lorelai interrupted him. "Please. These are civilized affairs. We mustn't insult the hostess."
"Lorelai, I believe mocking me also counts as insulting me."
"Eh, po-tay-to, po-tah-to."
"So, Mom, did you tell Grandma about our shopping spree tomorrow?" Rory butted in before Emily could open her mouth. Her announcement made Emily's eyes light up and Lorelai's get fire in them.
"A shopping spree? Oh, what for?" Emily asked, delighted.
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all," Rory cowered under her mother's gaze.
"Oh, but you brought it up. You wouldn't bring it up if it wasn't important."
"Oh, nothing. We just--we're just going shopping for maternity clothes and a few things for the wedding."
"The wedding! Oh, that sounds absolutely delightful! I'd love to come."
"But...no one invited you, Mom."
"Nonsense. No one needs to invite the bride's mother when they're shopping for wedding items! I'm supposed to be paying for it."
"Yeah, but you're not. We are." Lorelai gestured to herself and Chris.
"But you're also having a baby. I'm sure you remember how expensive that is."
"Well, yeah, but--"
"Good! Then it's settled. I'll meet you here tomorrow morning at nine. Oh, I believe it's time for dinner. Shall we make our way to the dining room?" Emily stood up and headed into the other room without even waiting for anyone else. Chris shrugged and followed her, and Rory ran after her father and grandmother, trying to escape Lorelai, who was shooting daggers at her back.
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I'd make it longer, but I haven't updated in forever, so I'm just gonna stop here. Coming up next chapter--shopping with Emily and maybe a post-fight confrontation with Dean! Ooh, the fun never stops! I also think I'm going to try to stray from the story line a bit, so I can finally write my own dialouge, cause I love the show's and all, but it's not mine, you know? So anyway, expect sort-of the same stories, but not really. I'll probably still do the Dance Marathon, and I'll try to get Jess to enter with Rory. Ooh, fun! Okay, gotta go...watch tonight's episode again. I've already seen it once. Oh, and if anyone wants to hear about the best movie in the world, e-mail me! The movie involves Romeo and Juliet from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Helena and Demetrius from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from (you guessed it) Shakespeare's Macbeth, along with Hamlet from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Alice from Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland, Mother Goose, and Rose and Jack from Titanic. And the soundtrack is the craziest thing you've ever heard, including the themes from Jaws, Jeopardy, and Footloose, along with Beautiful Stranger from Austin Powers 2 and the Pina Colada song. E-mail me if you wanna know more! sami57peace2u@hotmail.com
Chapter 11: Crazy Ass Pregnant Woman
Don't own nothin'.
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Previously, on Gilmore Girls:
Lor, Chris, Rory and Lane walk out of a town meeting.
Lane: So, how was lunch with Harvard guy?
Rory: Great, he answered all my questions.
Chris: And he makes a killer chicken.
Lorelai: Yep, sticks a lemon up its butt.
Lane: Nice.
Dave Rygalski and Lane are talking.
Dave: I'm sort of an audio geek, sorry.
Lane: No, don't apologize, I love you...for that, for being that way.
Jess walks up to Rory.
Jess: Are you really broken up with Dean?
Rory: Yes, I'm really broken up with Dean.
Lorelai and Christopher are in Luke's.
Chris: Second trimester?
Lor: Second trimester!
Lorelai squeals and they hug.
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"So how far are you today?" Rory asked her mother as their little family walked into Luke's diner.
"Seventeen weeks, on the dot," Lorelai announced proudly.
"And your clothes are already getting too small. Wow, you're gonna be a whale," Rory whistled. Well, she tried to. She couldn't exactly whistle, so she licked her lips and made a 'whoo' sound. Loreali hit her.
"That is the worst thing to say to a pregnant woman, especially a pregnant Lorelai," Chris whispered to Rory, who just shrugged.
"Hey, Luke!" Lorelai proclaimed as she walked up to the counter. Luke sighed.
"Whaddya want?"
"Uh, let's see. Give me...three--no, four strips of bacon, five blueberry pancakes, a couple of scrambled eggs with onions and cheese and all that crap mixed in there, although no crap, cause that would taste bad, of course."
"Of course," Luke nodded.
"Yeah, and ooh! A chocolate sprinkled doughnut and one of those hole-less donuts with the cream in the middle."
"Is that all?" Luke raised his eyebrows.
"Mmm, no, a large milk, small orange juice, and one of those little bowls of coffee."
"Okay," Luke continued scribbling on his order pad.
"And--can you throw a couple of those little sausage links in there somewhere?"
"Uh, sure. Okay, I'll be right back." He turned to go into the kitchen.
"Wait!" Lorelai turned to Chris and Rory. "You guys want anything?"
Luke sighed and turned around to take their order.
"A couple of pancakes and coffee," Rory shrugged.
"Yeah, same for me." Chris said.
"Huh. A low-maintenence Gilmore. You know, Chris, having you around might not be so bad."
"Thanks," Chris said as Luke headed for the kitchen. "So, Lor, appetite's kicking in already?"
"Yeah. I'm just thrilled I don't throw up anymore. Unfortunately, that means Mom's gonna make me eat her fancy-schmancy food now."
"Aww, poor Mom." Rory slightly mocked.
"I know you're making fun of me, but thank you anyway, sweetie."
"You're welcome, Mom."
"Hey, Lukey! Food!" Lorelai yelled toward the kitchen.
"Mom, that's not gonna work."
"Yes, it so is! Lucas! Food!!!"
"Shut up, Lorelai. Here's your doughnuts, and coffee," Luke said, handing the items to Lorelai, who gleefully accepted them. "Now stop yelling in my diner."
"Hee hee, I got me some food."
"Hey, Luke?" Rory called, hoping for coffee. He slightly waved his hand and went back into the kitchen to finish the rest of Lorelai's order. Rory turned to Lorelai with a pout on her face. "Can I have some?" she asked, pointing to Lorelai's coffee.
"Uh-uh, I worked for it."
"But, I need coffee!"
"Nope, sorry." Lorelai took a big gulp of her coffee, and Rory sadly watched.
"Coffee?" someone asked, placing an empty cup in front of Rory. She looked up into Jess' eyes.
"Hi," she greeted, a goofy smile spreading across her face.
"Hi," he smiled back.
"Hi," Chris said pointedly. Jess turned to him.
"Hi. Hi," he repeated, this time to Lorelai, who just waved a hand and continued drinking her coffee.
"Uh, you want some coffee?" Jess asked again, holding the pot up.
"Sure," Rory nodded. Jess nodded back and poured her a cup. She took a sip and smiled. He smiled back and watched her drink. After a few minutes, Chris cleared his throat.
"Oh." Jess came out of his stupor. "Oh, Ror, you know, I have that book you wanted to borrow upstairs."
"Oh, really? That...book." Rory said, only slightly confused.
"So...you wanna come get it?"
"Oh, yeah! That book. Sure." Rory finally caught on, took a last sip of her coffee, and headed upstairs after Jess. Chris stared, shocked, at the retreating teenagers' backs, and then turned to Lor.
"You're just going to let her go upstairs with...him?" he asked, pointing towards the stairs.
"Just as long as she's not cheating on her boyfriend," Lorelai shrugged, sipping Rory's abandoned coffee.
"But they could be doing God knows what up there!"
"Rory's a good kid. So they're only doing goodness knows what up there."
"How can you joke at a time like this?"
"Like this: What's a nice guy like you doing in a dirty mind like mine?" Lorelai waggled her eyebrows.
"That's not really joking, that's just you trying to pick me up."
"Which is a joke all in itself, seeing as how I didn't have to get you, you had to get me."
"Ha!" Chris laughed.
"See, I made you laugh, and proved my point." Lorelai took a big gulp of the rest of Rory's coffee.
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"So, do you really have a book up here?" Rory asked as Jess opened the upstairs apartment.
"What, are you kidding? I've got hundreds, but that's certainly not why I invited you up here." Jess turned around to realize that Rory was still standing in the doorway. "Hey, come on in. I'm not gonna bite. Well, actually...."
Rory playfully hit Jess on the shoulder as she walked past him into the apartment.
"So...this is your apartment."
"Yep."
"Wow, I haven't seen it since you guys redid it."
"Oh, yeah."
"It's bigger."
"Ripping a wall down can have that effect on a room."
"Yeah. That part, over there." Rory pointed.
"That's mine."
"Yeah. It is."
"Yeah. You want a soda?" Jess gestured to the fridge. Rory shook her head.
"No, I'm fine."
"Okay."
Jess and Rory were standing about ten feet apart. A very long, uncomfortable ten feet apart.
"You sure you don't want a soda?"
"Yeah, I'm sure."
"Please let me get you a soda. I gotta do something other than stand here like a moron."
"Take comfort in the fact that you are not doing it alone."
"Okay, let's just regroup here."
"Yeah, regroup." Rory nodded.
"First of all, we should try to get within, say, a foot of each other."
"Okay."
Jess and Rory slowly walked closer to each other, covering the nine feet between them in a few seconds.
"I think that's about a foot." Rory observed.
"Huh, that school of yours is really paying off."
"So, now what?"
"Now we should...." Jess couldn't think of anything.
"Well, I think we either need to get a little closer or need to warm up."
"Okay." Jess agreed. They covered eight more inches and then Jess reached for Rory's hands. "Hi." he smiled.
"Hi," she smiled back, as they covered the remaining four inches and started to kiss. It was a nice kiss. Rory half-giggled. She didn't remember the other two kisses being this good. Maybe it was because this time they both wanted the kiss, and they both went for it. Jess let go of her hands and she wrapped them around his neck. He went for her waist and pulled her closer, when all of a sudden Luke burst in the room and they jumped apart as fast as they could.
"Lorelai wants an omelet and we ran out of eggs," Luke grumbled as he searched through the fridge. "Crazy ass pregnant woman."
"So, Jess, I guess I'll see you later." Rory stumbled over her words.
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Bye." Rory stood there awkwardly for a second, and then Jess leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. She grinned. "Bye." She left the apartment and ran down the stairs. Luke stood up from the fridge and walked over to Jess.
"What was going on up here?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing? I walk in here and the two of you are like shrapnel."
"Your timing is perfect, by the way. Next time I'll hang a sock on the door."
"Hey, there will be no hanging of socks on the door in my house, do you hear me?" Luke stuck a finger in Jess' face.
"Relax, I was kidding." Jess held up his hands in defense.
"Oh, really? Hanging socks on doors--that's your idea of funny."
"Depending on the sock design, could be hilarious."
"Okay, that's it, sit down."
"Don't you need to get those eggs to Lorelai?" Jess pointed to the eggs in Luke's hand.
"Yes, dammit, but I'll be back." Luke shook his finger in Jess' face one more time, turned, and went downstairs to make Lorelai's omelet. Jess shook his head, grabbed a book, and sat on the couch to read.
"Crazy ass uncle."
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"Hello, Stars Hollow, are you ready to rock?" Lane shouted as she walked into the diner and sat down at the table Lorelai, Christopher and Rory had migrated to after most of Lorelai's order had come.
"Let me guess, band practice tonight?" Lorelai guessed, shoveling pancakes into her mouth.
"Yes, we're going to learn our fourth song. That's practically a set!" Lane explained as she picked up one of Lorelai's sausage links and took a bite.
"Hm, I'm impressed." Chris said.
"And then once we have a set, we'll get a gig, and then once we get a gig, we'll get a record deal." Lane continued, excited.
"Swallow." Lorelai instructed.
"And then after we get a record deal, we'll get really famous and then we'll have to give all of these interviews about how horrible it is to be really famous and how we never wanted this in the first place, all we care about is the music, and fame is gonna tear us apart. It's gonna be great!" Lane exclaimed.
"And rehearsing in the music shop's been working out?" Rory asked.
"Perfectly--it's totally time efficient, being a thirty-second commute from my house. We practice for two hours, I'm home in time to watch reruns of Johnny Yune's talk show on Korean television with my mom, who thinks I hooked up with you guys--which I did, so I'm not even lying." Lane pointed out.
"Well, you're kinda lying." Lorelai said.
"I'm fibbing, but a fib is not a lie."
"Hm, I'd say it's a fib-slash-lie."
"No, no, it's not a lie, and I can always tell 'cause of the few times that I've out-and-out lied to my mother, I'd get this feeling in my gut like a wild animal was burrowing into it, and I'm not getting that. Oh, I've gotta go." Lane jumped up and grabbed her jacket. "Bye."
"Oh, Lane, I'll walk you out. I need to talk to you." Rory jumped up too.
"Okay, sure."
"Okay, I'll see you guys at home. Bye." Rory left with Lane.
"Ha, she left her food." Lorelai picked up Rory's remaining pancakes and plopped them on her plate.
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"So what do you have to tell me?" Lane asked Rory as they walked out of the diner.
"Oh, well...I just made out with Jess."
"No!"
"Yes," Rory slightly blushed.
"Oh, my God! Already?"
"Yeah. Well, Dean was a bastard."
"Hmm, I agree, but try not to get me to hate him too much--he's still kinda my friend, you know."
"I know. I guess I don't hate him that much, either. I just don't love him."
"I completely understand. That same thing happened to me one time too."
"Really?"
"No. Just sounded like the right thing to say."
"Aw. You're so sweet. Always looking out for me." Rory hugged Lane.
"Hmph. Okay, I'll look out for you later, but right now I gotta go single-handedly improve the reputation of drummers everywhere by being on time for every rehearsal."
"Of course. Bye."
"Bye." Lane waved and ran towards the music store. Rory watched her leave and then headed back into the diner for the rest of her breakfast. Unfortunately, when she got there, her mother was chewing up the last of Rory's pancakes.
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"So you've got class on Monday?" Emily asked Lorelai, confused, at the following Friday night dinner.
"Yes."
"But--didn't you graduate last year?"
"This isn't business class, Mom. I'm just going into the high school on Monday and talking to them about what a success I am."
"You're a success?"
"Well, Mom, Stars Hollow is a very small town."
"Hm, that's certainly true."
"These family dinners are just a kick, aren't they?" Lorelai beamed to Chris and Rory, who were sitting silently next to her.
"Yeah, a kick in the--"
"Chris!" Lorelai interrupted him. "Please. These are civilized affairs. We mustn't insult the hostess."
"Lorelai, I believe mocking me also counts as insulting me."
"Eh, po-tay-to, po-tah-to."
"So, Mom, did you tell Grandma about our shopping spree tomorrow?" Rory butted in before Emily could open her mouth. Her announcement made Emily's eyes light up and Lorelai's get fire in them.
"A shopping spree? Oh, what for?" Emily asked, delighted.
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all," Rory cowered under her mother's gaze.
"Oh, but you brought it up. You wouldn't bring it up if it wasn't important."
"Oh, nothing. We just--we're just going shopping for maternity clothes and a few things for the wedding."
"The wedding! Oh, that sounds absolutely delightful! I'd love to come."
"But...no one invited you, Mom."
"Nonsense. No one needs to invite the bride's mother when they're shopping for wedding items! I'm supposed to be paying for it."
"Yeah, but you're not. We are." Lorelai gestured to herself and Chris.
"But you're also having a baby. I'm sure you remember how expensive that is."
"Well, yeah, but--"
"Good! Then it's settled. I'll meet you here tomorrow morning at nine. Oh, I believe it's time for dinner. Shall we make our way to the dining room?" Emily stood up and headed into the other room without even waiting for anyone else. Chris shrugged and followed her, and Rory ran after her father and grandmother, trying to escape Lorelai, who was shooting daggers at her back.
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I'd make it longer, but I haven't updated in forever, so I'm just gonna stop here. Coming up next chapter--shopping with Emily and maybe a post-fight confrontation with Dean! Ooh, the fun never stops! I also think I'm going to try to stray from the story line a bit, so I can finally write my own dialouge, cause I love the show's and all, but it's not mine, you know? So anyway, expect sort-of the same stories, but not really. I'll probably still do the Dance Marathon, and I'll try to get Jess to enter with Rory. Ooh, fun! Okay, gotta go...watch tonight's episode again. I've already seen it once. Oh, and if anyone wants to hear about the best movie in the world, e-mail me! The movie involves Romeo and Juliet from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Helena and Demetrius from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from (you guessed it) Shakespeare's Macbeth, along with Hamlet from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Alice from Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland, Mother Goose, and Rose and Jack from Titanic. And the soundtrack is the craziest thing you've ever heard, including the themes from Jaws, Jeopardy, and Footloose, along with Beautiful Stranger from Austin Powers 2 and the Pina Colada song. E-mail me if you wanna know more! sami57peace2u@hotmail.com