Authors Note: Joan wrote this chapter and originally it was going to be a
lot longer and uploaded a lot sooner but it will be updated really, really
soon I promise! Lauren wrote the last chapter, read her other story, The
Intern and her Babysitter by LitJJAiken! Oh & the jewelry is all real
Tiffany jewelry I don't own Tiffany! Or Yale! Disclaimer in other chappies!
*That Friday Night*
Rory & Lorelai stood at the front door to the elder Gilmore household. Lorelai was having a lot of fun continuously ringing the doorbell, as the maid was not answering. They could hear Emily shouting.
Finally Emily appeared at the door. She was glowing and quickly brought the Lorelai's into the living room.
"Come now, sit down," Richard said warmly, "We have some very important things to discuss about Yale" Lorelai and Rory gave each other a quick quizzical glance, 'What could they possibly want?'
"But first," Emily said, "We have some things I know Lorelai adores as much as apple tarts" She revealed two large signatures blue Tiffany bags.
"Presents!!!" Lorelai squealed.
Emily handed the bags to Rory & Lorelai. Lorelai opened hers first, it was a simple diamond pendent. She warmly thanked her parents and watched as Rory opened hers. It was a heart bracelet of all little silver hearts and one gold heart linked together.
Rory smiled and started thank them, but Richard stopped her, "Rory, there are lots of people in this world, some bad and some well, golden. As long as we are paying for Yale we have the right to make decisions." Rory looked confused and Lorelai looked outraged. He patted Lorelai's knee and continued, " Instead of rooming in a dorm with a stranger who could very well be less than golden, Emily and I have taken the liberty of buying you a 2 bedroom apartment in New Haven. It is in right on campus and there is an extra bedroom so you can still have the benefit of a roommate."
Needless to say, Lorelai and Rory were still dumbfounded. Rory spoke first, "but who will my roommate be?"
Emily answered, "Richard and I agreed you could choose one of your friends to room with you. Paris perhaps?"
Rory answered with a sad, "Paris changed her mind and decided to go to UCLA, she wanted to get away from the Ivies."
Richard nodded sadly; Paris Geller had been quite the country club scandal. "Well do you have any other friends attending Yale?"
Rory's face immediately brightened, "Tristan DuGrey!?!? You know his grandfather Janlan?"
Lorelai and Emily stole a glance. They signaled to talk in the kitchen. Lorelai said ,"You are going to let her room with this guy you hardly know who just got back from military school? I am positive he was sent there for good reason!"
Emily replied as calm as she could while talking to her daughter, "I have complete trust in Rory."
Lorelai snapped, "Oh I trust my daughter one hundred percent, I just don't trust her around boys! I swear, sometimes her hormones are as bad as mine and Chris' were!"
Emily smirked, "She is your daughter."
Lorelai was absolutely peeved. "Oh don't feed me any of this, 'She's your daughter crap' Rory, is going to succeed! She is going to do whatever it is she wants to do! She is going to make truckloads of moolah, travel around the world. Rory is going to date plenty of hot men and breed beautiful babies! And I do not, under any circumstances want these things reversed!"
Emily sharply inhaled and exhaled. "Lorelai, I am prepared to allow Rory to make her own decisions just as I allowed you to when you were sixteen. You were the one who decided to sleep with Christopher and then refuse to marry him. You were the one to ran away to Stars Hollow and shut me out of your life and it still pains me deeply that I missed those years of yours and of Rory's lives. Please let me remind you that Rory is ineligible for financial aid and that it was she named Tristan. I didn't even realize Tristan DuGrey was attending Yale! Now, you are Rory's mother and you have done a damn good job of raising her her so if you do not want her rooming with Tristan then I respect your decision and we can go out there right now and tell Rory no."
Emily was very emotional at this point; bad and good memories were flowing through her. Visions of what could be have been and what had been were playing through her mind as she spoke those words. Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she waited for a reply.
Lorelai was shocked; her mother had obviously hit a nerve. She reached over and hugged her tightly as a single tear reached down her cheek.
"I will talk to Rory and get back to you tomorrow, but I will let her room with the bible boy."
Emily returned to the living room.
Lorelai walked up to her old bedroom and thrust open the doors to the balcony. Sitting down Indian style, she opened her purse and took out her cell phone, dialing those oh-so familiar numbers.
Lorelai/Chris Intercut
Screaming Gigi in background
Chris: Hello?
Lorelai: Chrissy-Poo?
C: Lor? Hey! What's Up?
L: The ceiling, you idiot! Listen, I need to tell you something
C: Is it worth an Uh-Oh?
L: Definitely!
C: Uh-Oh! Are you Okay? Is Rory Okay?
L, sniffling: It's not me, it's Rory!
C: Oh my God! Did she do something stupid? Is she pregnant? What hospital are you at?
L: No, she's not hurt or pregnant!
C: Okay, let me sit down. What did she do? Did she decide not to go to Yale?!? Because I'm sure my parents could pull some strings at Princeton.
L blurts out: Its my parents, Chris! They bought her an apartment!
C: Oh wow! That's great! She won't have to have a weird roommate!
L: No! No, its not great! It's a two bedroom and they are letting her choose a roommate!
C: Soooooo
L: She chose Tristan!!!
C: Who the hell is that?
L: Tristan called her Mary when she came to Chilton, terrorized her, kissed her at a party, bought her tickets to a concert and then was turned down when Dean showed up saying he loved Rory, she set him up with Paris,, he had a horrible time Paris was crushed and ticked at Rory and then Tristan got sent to Military school the night he is supposed to be Romeo to Rory's Juliet in a scene at Chilton.
Lorelai said this all in one breath and Chris is dumbfounded.
C: Wow.Sounds like.
L: Rory is clueless?
C: Yea
L, Sighing: I know, and this is the only time I feel like I can't get through to her.
C: Listen, Lor. (He lowers his voice) You have done the best damn job possible of raising Rory over the years and it wouldn't have been possible if we had gotten married or stayed together. I know you will get through to her because you two are closer than burger and fries. You two will always be in my heart, Lorelai. Now go talk to her, All right?
L: Mmkay
C: Bye
L: Bye
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*That Friday Night*
Rory & Lorelai stood at the front door to the elder Gilmore household. Lorelai was having a lot of fun continuously ringing the doorbell, as the maid was not answering. They could hear Emily shouting.
Finally Emily appeared at the door. She was glowing and quickly brought the Lorelai's into the living room.
"Come now, sit down," Richard said warmly, "We have some very important things to discuss about Yale" Lorelai and Rory gave each other a quick quizzical glance, 'What could they possibly want?'
"But first," Emily said, "We have some things I know Lorelai adores as much as apple tarts" She revealed two large signatures blue Tiffany bags.
"Presents!!!" Lorelai squealed.
Emily handed the bags to Rory & Lorelai. Lorelai opened hers first, it was a simple diamond pendent. She warmly thanked her parents and watched as Rory opened hers. It was a heart bracelet of all little silver hearts and one gold heart linked together.
Rory smiled and started thank them, but Richard stopped her, "Rory, there are lots of people in this world, some bad and some well, golden. As long as we are paying for Yale we have the right to make decisions." Rory looked confused and Lorelai looked outraged. He patted Lorelai's knee and continued, " Instead of rooming in a dorm with a stranger who could very well be less than golden, Emily and I have taken the liberty of buying you a 2 bedroom apartment in New Haven. It is in right on campus and there is an extra bedroom so you can still have the benefit of a roommate."
Needless to say, Lorelai and Rory were still dumbfounded. Rory spoke first, "but who will my roommate be?"
Emily answered, "Richard and I agreed you could choose one of your friends to room with you. Paris perhaps?"
Rory answered with a sad, "Paris changed her mind and decided to go to UCLA, she wanted to get away from the Ivies."
Richard nodded sadly; Paris Geller had been quite the country club scandal. "Well do you have any other friends attending Yale?"
Rory's face immediately brightened, "Tristan DuGrey!?!? You know his grandfather Janlan?"
Lorelai and Emily stole a glance. They signaled to talk in the kitchen. Lorelai said ,"You are going to let her room with this guy you hardly know who just got back from military school? I am positive he was sent there for good reason!"
Emily replied as calm as she could while talking to her daughter, "I have complete trust in Rory."
Lorelai snapped, "Oh I trust my daughter one hundred percent, I just don't trust her around boys! I swear, sometimes her hormones are as bad as mine and Chris' were!"
Emily smirked, "She is your daughter."
Lorelai was absolutely peeved. "Oh don't feed me any of this, 'She's your daughter crap' Rory, is going to succeed! She is going to do whatever it is she wants to do! She is going to make truckloads of moolah, travel around the world. Rory is going to date plenty of hot men and breed beautiful babies! And I do not, under any circumstances want these things reversed!"
Emily sharply inhaled and exhaled. "Lorelai, I am prepared to allow Rory to make her own decisions just as I allowed you to when you were sixteen. You were the one who decided to sleep with Christopher and then refuse to marry him. You were the one to ran away to Stars Hollow and shut me out of your life and it still pains me deeply that I missed those years of yours and of Rory's lives. Please let me remind you that Rory is ineligible for financial aid and that it was she named Tristan. I didn't even realize Tristan DuGrey was attending Yale! Now, you are Rory's mother and you have done a damn good job of raising her her so if you do not want her rooming with Tristan then I respect your decision and we can go out there right now and tell Rory no."
Emily was very emotional at this point; bad and good memories were flowing through her. Visions of what could be have been and what had been were playing through her mind as she spoke those words. Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she waited for a reply.
Lorelai was shocked; her mother had obviously hit a nerve. She reached over and hugged her tightly as a single tear reached down her cheek.
"I will talk to Rory and get back to you tomorrow, but I will let her room with the bible boy."
Emily returned to the living room.
Lorelai walked up to her old bedroom and thrust open the doors to the balcony. Sitting down Indian style, she opened her purse and took out her cell phone, dialing those oh-so familiar numbers.
Lorelai/Chris Intercut
Screaming Gigi in background
Chris: Hello?
Lorelai: Chrissy-Poo?
C: Lor? Hey! What's Up?
L: The ceiling, you idiot! Listen, I need to tell you something
C: Is it worth an Uh-Oh?
L: Definitely!
C: Uh-Oh! Are you Okay? Is Rory Okay?
L, sniffling: It's not me, it's Rory!
C: Oh my God! Did she do something stupid? Is she pregnant? What hospital are you at?
L: No, she's not hurt or pregnant!
C: Okay, let me sit down. What did she do? Did she decide not to go to Yale?!? Because I'm sure my parents could pull some strings at Princeton.
L blurts out: Its my parents, Chris! They bought her an apartment!
C: Oh wow! That's great! She won't have to have a weird roommate!
L: No! No, its not great! It's a two bedroom and they are letting her choose a roommate!
C: Soooooo
L: She chose Tristan!!!
C: Who the hell is that?
L: Tristan called her Mary when she came to Chilton, terrorized her, kissed her at a party, bought her tickets to a concert and then was turned down when Dean showed up saying he loved Rory, she set him up with Paris,, he had a horrible time Paris was crushed and ticked at Rory and then Tristan got sent to Military school the night he is supposed to be Romeo to Rory's Juliet in a scene at Chilton.
Lorelai said this all in one breath and Chris is dumbfounded.
C: Wow.Sounds like.
L: Rory is clueless?
C: Yea
L, Sighing: I know, and this is the only time I feel like I can't get through to her.
C: Listen, Lor. (He lowers his voice) You have done the best damn job possible of raising Rory over the years and it wouldn't have been possible if we had gotten married or stayed together. I know you will get through to her because you two are closer than burger and fries. You two will always be in my heart, Lorelai. Now go talk to her, All right?
L: Mmkay
C: Bye
L: Bye
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