Chapter 7: Hey There, Sailor
Rory was sitting at the kitchen table, studying when the phone began to ring. She looked up and saw the cordless sitting across the room. Before she could stand up, her roommate, Brenda picked it up and said, "City Morgue. You stab 'em, we slab 'em."
Rory smiled at Brenda as she returned to her studying, but she looked back up when Brenda said, "Oh hi, Lorelai. No, Rory can't come to the phone, she's in the other room with some guy she picked up off the street. They're probably doing something dirty."
Rory looked around for something to throw at Brenda. She settled on the cap from her pen. Rory threw the cap, but Brenda was never in any danger from the projectile.
Brenda listened for a moment then said, "Yeah, just the one guy. I personally think she's losing her touch. There used to be three or four at a time." Brenda stood and walked towards Rory, "Yeah, she's right here. Bye." Brenda handed the phone to Rory and said, "It's your mother."
"Really," Rory replied. She pushed her hair behind one ear, then placed the phone over the ear and said, "Hi, mom."
Rory listened a moment then said, "Not much just sitting here trying to think up ways to kill my roommate."
Rory leaned back in her chair as she listened to her mother's reply then said, "Oh I like that, nice and slow, but a little messy."
Rory laughed at her mother's response, and then asked, "So, what's up?" As Rory listened to Lorelai the smile left her face. She sat up and she said, "Oh, mom, I'm so sorry to hear that. What happened?"
Rory cradled the phone on her shoulder, as she started to close her books and put them into her book bag while she continued to listen. She glanced at her watch, and then said, "Okay, I want you to order a pizza and veg in front of the TV." She started towards her room as she said, "And I'll be there in a couple of hours. No, tomorrow is Friday, I can miss some classes. No, don't worry about it."
"Listen, I need to go, so I can call Kyle for a ride up there."
"Of course he'll do it for me." Rory listened then teased, "Well, I think it's a skill I learnt from you."
Rory pulled out her overnight case from under the bed and began to throw things in as she said, "I got to go now mom, but I'll call you from my cell once we're on the road. Okay? Bye."
Rory turned the phone off then on, and then pressed a speed dial button. After a moment, she said, "Hi Kyle. How much do you love me?"
Rory was sitting at the kitchen table, studying when the phone began to ring. She looked up and saw the cordless sitting across the room. Before she could stand up, her roommate, Brenda picked it up and said, "City Morgue. You stab 'em, we slab 'em."
Rory smiled at Brenda as she returned to her studying, but she looked back up when Brenda said, "Oh hi, Lorelai. No, Rory can't come to the phone, she's in the other room with some guy she picked up off the street. They're probably doing something dirty."
Rory looked around for something to throw at Brenda. She settled on the cap from her pen. Rory threw the cap, but Brenda was never in any danger from the projectile.
Brenda listened for a moment then said, "Yeah, just the one guy. I personally think she's losing her touch. There used to be three or four at a time." Brenda stood and walked towards Rory, "Yeah, she's right here. Bye." Brenda handed the phone to Rory and said, "It's your mother."
"Really," Rory replied. She pushed her hair behind one ear, then placed the phone over the ear and said, "Hi, mom."
Rory listened a moment then said, "Not much just sitting here trying to think up ways to kill my roommate."
Rory leaned back in her chair as she listened to her mother's reply then said, "Oh I like that, nice and slow, but a little messy."
Rory laughed at her mother's response, and then asked, "So, what's up?" As Rory listened to Lorelai the smile left her face. She sat up and she said, "Oh, mom, I'm so sorry to hear that. What happened?"
Rory cradled the phone on her shoulder, as she started to close her books and put them into her book bag while she continued to listen. She glanced at her watch, and then said, "Okay, I want you to order a pizza and veg in front of the TV." She started towards her room as she said, "And I'll be there in a couple of hours. No, tomorrow is Friday, I can miss some classes. No, don't worry about it."
"Listen, I need to go, so I can call Kyle for a ride up there."
"Of course he'll do it for me." Rory listened then teased, "Well, I think it's a skill I learnt from you."
Rory pulled out her overnight case from under the bed and began to throw things in as she said, "I got to go now mom, but I'll call you from my cell once we're on the road. Okay? Bye."
Rory turned the phone off then on, and then pressed a speed dial button. After a moment, she said, "Hi Kyle. How much do you love me?"