"Colin, I we still need chocolate chip cookies and marshmallows." Liv yelled into the next aisle at Doose's. Colin came around the corner with 3 packages of cookies and three packages of marshmallows.
"I wasn't sure which you guys wanted so we're getting chocolate chip, chocolate chunk, and double chocolate chunk, as well as mini marshmallows, huge marshmallows, and star marshmallows." He tossed the products into the cart.
"Good thinking." He came around and kissed her lightly.
"Hey, hey you two stop that." Luke had come into the aisle. They pulled apart, Colin looking slightly embarrassed.
"Hey Uncle Luke. Lorelai clean you out again?"
"Oh dirty." Colin whispered in her ear. Liv nudged him in the ribs.
"Uncle Luke this is Colin DuGrey, Lauren's cousin. Colin this is Luke Danes, my dad's uncle." Colin stuck out his hand and Luke took it.
"Nice to meet you."
"Yeah, yeah, you too. What were you guys doing? I mean I know what you were doing, and as much as I love a good pissed off Taylor, not where I buy my food okay?"
"Yes, Uncle Luke." Luke looked in their cart.
"Movie Night?" Liv nodded, "That stuff'll kill you."
"Yeah.
It'll kill my wallet. I stupidly offered to pay. I didn't know how much they
could eat."
"You under estimated the
Gilmore Trio. Not a good idea. I'll see you for breakfast Liv." Luke walked
away.
"Bye."
"Gilmore? I thought your last name was Mariano."
"Well…yeah, but my mom and grandma are Gilmore, and to this town any girl in the family is a Gilmore." Colin nodded, semi-understanding. They walked out to the checkout line, where Patty was in line in front of them.
"Oh here we go." Liv muttered under her breath. They stood behind Patty, Liv hoping that they weren't noticed. No such luck.
"Olivia darling. How are you?" Miss Patty asked Liv eyeing Colin.
"I'm fine Miss Patty, and yourself?"
"Fine dear, Fine. And you are?" Miss Patty held out her hand for Colin to kiss it.
"Colin DuGrey m'aam."
"I'm Patricia. I'm the dance teacher here. Is he yours Liv?" Liv smiled at her and Miss Patty grinned knowingly.
"You know you remind me of a young man that Liv's mother brought with a group of girls from school to practice at my studio."
"That's Tristan, Colin's uncle."
"Really." Patty said very interested, "Oh, well, I must be going, I'll see you two around." Patty grabbed her bag and left Doose's. Liv and Colin put their purchases on the counter and Liv saw Patty take out her cell phone.
"Oh great, get ready to run to the car." Liv said grabbing the bags. Colin paid, total coming to $153.57, groaned, and then grabbed the rest of the bags. Liv stood at the door looking out tentatively. "Ready?"
"Aren't you being a little….whoa!" Liv had pulled Colin out of the market and towards the car dodging on looking townspeople who were eager to come and greet the town bad girl's new boyfriend. They got to the car and Colin drove away from the heart of the town to Lorelai's house.
"That was fun." Liv said sarcastically.
"They do this often?"
"Only when there's new blood around. Plus your related to someone who almost got into a fight with the supermarket bag boy in that very same store."
"Uncle Tristan?" Liv nodded.
"Yep. These people will do anything for a little bit of gossip. Turn here." The two pulled up to the "Crap Shack" as it was commonly known.
"Ah home sweet home. Grams' house." Colin pulled into the driveway behind Lauren's car and turned off the ignition. The two got of the car and got the food out of the trunk. Then they walked up the creaking steps to where Liv opened the front door,
"Livi? Is that you with the food? I'm starving!" Lorelai made a dramatic fall onto the couch. Liv smiled.
"I called Mom after you to let her know that she was going to pick up the food. We got the junk though." She held up the two of the five bags.
"Yum! Hi Colin." She got off her place on the couch and walked into the kitchen behind Liv and Colin.
"Hi Lorelai. How are you?"
"I'm doing better since you bought us all this stuff. Did Liv tell you that I love you? Cuz I do." She said going through the bags.
"Grams where are Lauren and Chris?"
"Out on the back porch talking. Leave them alone Livi." Lorelai added when she saw the look in Liv's eyes. "So Colin how are you at water bottle refilling?"
"Pretty good why?" Lorelai handed him a towel and pointed out the back door.
"Water bottles that away. Put those muscles to good use." Liv smiled and left Colin to get the water bottle while she went into her mom's old room. Now it was more of a guest/storage room, but the posters were still up and the bed was still the same, the only difference was that now it was cluttered with things Lorelai called, a good idea at the time but should now only be in LaDawn's B&B and most of Rory's books were missing. A few, that both she and Jess have were still there, and some books that the twins had left over time were there too. Liv looked around at it all, this had been her room when she was little and stayed over. Chris got the couch or the upstairs spare that was so small that it was more like a closet or a really small bathroom than a bedroom, when they stayed over. But she still liked to come in here and try to imagine her mom and dad in her making out, or talking about books, or just her mom growing up here. Colin walked in and put his arms around Liv's waist.
"Is this your room?" Liv turned her head a little.
"When I stay here. It used to be my mom's." He smiled that 1000 watt Dugrey smile at her. She smiled back, turned and walked out of the room as she heard the front door close and her mother call out to the household.
"AAGGGHHHH!!!!!!"
"Bad day Rory?" They hear Lorelai ask as Chris and Lauren came in the back door. The four walked into the living room to hear what was going on. Chris and Olivia looked at each other. Their mother rarely gets this stressed out about school. So what was it?
"Bad day? Not really worrisome day, yes. Paris Gellar called."
"Paris? Honey, why did Paris call?" Lorelai sounded supsicous. Liv and Colin sat next to where Rory was on the couch, with Lorelai in her favorite chair and Chris and Lauren sitting across from her. Chris and Liv have known Paris and her 10 year old son through their great-grandmother's parties and from stories from their mom.
"Her paper lost a columnist, well a reporter really. And she called to see if I wanted the job."
"Um...Mom that's good right?" Chris asked.
"Yeah. I guess."
"Um Mom? Isn't Paris's paper in Boston?"
"Hear inlays the problem." Rory sighed and fell back against the couch.
"Colin, Lauren, I think maybe you should go home. This is something that we have to talk about you know?"
"Oh god. Sorry guys I didn't realize you were there. No it's ok they can stay."
"No, no it's okay. Liv I'll call you tomorrow okay?" Colin kissed Liv lightly as she nodded as Lauren and Chris kissed goodbye. They left the house.
"Mom does this mean we move to Boston?"
"I don't know. I think if I persuaded her I could get Paris to let me work down here. But if she needs me there she won't get anything else. Mom? Where's the phone? I have to call Jess." Lorelai pointed to the stair where the phone lay and said to Liv and Chris, "I don't think she got the food. Could you guys go get it? Here's the money." Lorelai handed them some money from out of her pocket and the twins got up and walked out the door hearing their Mom explaining the situation to Jess over the phone.
"Do you think we'll move Chris?" Christopher looked at his sister. The features they shared, their eyes, hair, mouth, was all contorted with worry.
"Don't worry about it Liv. Mom didn't say she'd take the job. She couldn't leave the kids at SHH, and Grams, and Uncle Luke. Plus there's dad's job to think about. And the town, Rory Gilmore could never leave Star's Hollow.
"But you know if she asked Dad'd pick up and leave. Plus we'd be closer to Grandpa and Aunt Georgia. And Lane and Dave. And Paris would probably give Dad a job if he needed it. And Boston is only three hours away, two and a half from Hartford, he could stay with his job that he had now. It's possibly Chris." Chris put his arm around his sister and they walked in silence to the food store.
A/N: I know it's going in a total different direction than I orginially planned. But sometimes that's just what happens.
