Title: Will History Repeat Itself? Part 6

                        Author: Ice

                        Disclaimer: I own nothing…absolutely nothing. Except for the idea of the story.

Olivia Mariano looked at her family around the breakfast table. Her dad was helping himself to more bacon, her mother was getting more coffee on the counter, and her twin brother was scarffing down pancakes. Liv had to plan this right. If she didn't ask at exactly the right time she wouldn't get the car. And she wanted more than anything to borrow the car so that she could go visit Colin Dugrey. His uncle went to school with her mom, his cousin is her brother's girlfriend, and she fell for him the night before at dinner at the Dugrey mansion.

                        "So Mom what are you doing today?" Rory smiled at Liv.

                        "I'm not sure yet Liv. I think Lorelai wanted to go into Hartford for a shopping spree." Rory said, referring to Liv's crazy grandmother Lorelai whom Rory was named after. Liv tried to contain her excitement for her good luck. Chris looked between his sister and his mother. Liv was planning something. Chris turned to his dad.

                        "Does Uncle Luke want me to work today?" the 17 year-old ran a hand through his already messy hair.

                        "I dunno. When we go in later you can ask. I gotta got to New Haven though. Some assignment, and my boss wants me to get an interview with Doctor What." Rory grinned at the mention of her best friend's band. "So when they do come into New York we're gonna have to go see them." Jess said sarcastically.

                        "Mom? Can you drop me off at the DuGrey's when you go into Hartford? Colin asked me last night if we could hang out." Liv said nonchantly. Rory smiled at her daughter.

                        "I suppose. And you'd get home how?"

                        "Colin most likely. I was gonna just see if I could borrow the car but if you're going there anyway…." Liv trailed off. Chris smiled at his sister shaking his head. She was sly. She was a Lorelai, a Gilmore, with a little Mariano thrown in.

            ~~A few hours later~~

            The four Mariano's walked into Luke's Diner for a mid-afternoon snack. Rory and Liv sat down at the counter.

                        "Luke, I'm going to be shopping with my mother until tonight. Please give me coffee." Rory wasn't complaining, she just knew that Luke would give her coffee if she said that. Chris took a seat next to his sister and Jess kissed his wife and kids goodbye after getting a donut and a thing of soda to go.

                        "So. Let me hear what's going on." Rory asked taking a sip of her coffee. Liv was about to start when Lorelai bounded in. Gasping for breath.

                        "Lukey help me. I'm dying from coffee withdrawal. The only other time I felt this bad was when this little one was born," she said patting Rory on the head, "come on Lukey. Pleasssee." He glared at her then poured her a cup. She sipped the goodness and turned to Rory and the twins, "So what are we talking about?"

                        "Liv was about to tell me why she was tagging along with us on our trip today just so we could drop her off at the DuGrey's." Rory said smiing.

                        "Really. You and Lauren getting buddy-buddy?"

                        "Nope she's getting buddy-buddy with Colin, Lauren's 18 year old cousin." Lorelai raised her eyebrows.

                        "Oh realllyyy."  Liv smiled shyly.

                        "Yes. We met last night at dinner and kind of hit it off." She shrugged.

                        "She was online with him for about an hour and a half last night." Chris blabbed.

                        "Shouldn't we be going? I told Colin I'd met him at Tristan's by 2:30." Liv said trying to change the subject, and getting up to leave.

                        "Ooohhhh….somebody's being secretive." Lorelai and Rory said together, but they got up and followed Liv, Rory only stopping to say goodbye to Chris and Luke.

            ~~In the car~~

                        "So we talked for a little while online about music, movies, books, we really got along. He's gonna take me to a undergroundish music store in Hartford and a used bookstore that supposedly has anything and everything I could ever want."

                        "Musically Inclined?"

                        "I think so."

                        "I love that place. It's near Chilton. I didn't know it was still around though." Rory said turning around in the passenger seat, "Turn here Mom."

                        "Damn! This place is bigger than Emily's!" Lorelai said with amazement. She pulled up to the speaker in the driveway. The speaker crackled to life.

                        "Yes?"
                        "Hiya! We're here to drop off Miss Olivia Lorelai Mariano for a day with Mister Colin DuGrey?" Rory and Liv rolled their eyes at Lorelai's properness.

"One Moment please." A few seconds later the gate opened and Lorelai is more impressed at the size of the house. They drove up to the front door and Lorelai stopped the car in front of the door. Colin came out to see them. He opened Liv's door. Lorelai smiled and nodded approvingly.

            "Hey Liv. Rory nice to see you again. And who is this? Your sister Rory?"

            "Nice, charming. I approve Livi. I'm Lorelai, Liv's grandmother."  Colin smiled.

            "I'll have her home by ten, if that's ok Rory."

            "Ask Liv, not me," Liv nodded, "Okay then. See you later Liv." Lorelai waved and they drove away.

            "Shall we?" Colin waved her into the house, and Liv, clad in jeans and a black concert tee from the Bangles, a gift from Lorelai, walked into the house before Colin, who was wearing jeans, a white t-shirt and a blue work-shirt. Liv walked into the house, said hello to Lauren and Tristan and followed Colin upstairs to the game room.

            "I thought we could both do with a little friendly competition. So what should it be? Car racing? Dance Dance Revolution? Or should we go a little retro and play some old fashioned Mario Brothers?" Liv's eyes lit up at the video games. She was the gamer in the family. So many choices and a big screen to play them on. But her game was car racing, a win or lose game. She smiled at Colin.

            "You don't know what your getting yourself into DuGrey. I am a pro at car racing." Colin looked at her, a twinkle in his eye.

They started playing the game and after two hours of Liv kicking Colin's butt, he finally gave up.

            "Want another game?" Liv asked after her fifth win.

            "I think my pride is wounded enough thank you. So. You want to go for a ride? Go to that music I was talking about?"

            "Sure." They walked down the stairs, letting Tristan and Lauren they were going and out the door to Colin's car a 2022 Mazda Protégé.                    

"Nice car."

"Impressed?" Liv gave him a look.

"No. All I said was nice car. Ok you're down two points now."

"Only two?"

"Out of five." Colin smiled and started the car.

            ~~Musically Inclined~~

                        "Oh my god! This is my mom's best friend's band. I didn't think their album made it to stores yet." Liv shrieked when she found Lane's band.

                        "Doctor What. Formed in 2007 that was their first homemade album which came out in 2009. Only 15 copies were sold, the rest were lost in a factory fire. The band didn't even get copies." The storekeeper said. This place reminded Liv of a place in her dad's old neighborhood in New York.

                        "I have to get this for my mom or Lane." Colin smiled at her excitement.

                        "Nope. Can't let you do that." Liv looked at him like he was crazy.

                        "Excuse me? Did you just say that I can't buy something?"

                        "Yep. Because I'm going to buy it for you." Liv was taken aback.

                        "Really." She crossed the aisle to where he was standing.

                        "Yep." He moved closed to her.

                        "Okay then. Give me the money." Colin shook his head and took out his wallet  and handed her the cash.

            They were standing inches apart. He was smiling at her, not quite looking her in the eyes. Liv thought it over. Is he going to do anything? Since when is she the one not to make the move.

                        "Thanks." She kissed him as she took the money. Just a thank-you kiss, like they had been dating for months. She walked away to the counter. Colin smiled, wiped the corner of his mouth with a finger and turned back to flipping through the cds.