Author's Notes: Thanks for all the reviews guys, I read them all often. You all rock. FOr those that haven't reviewed yet, please do.
So anyway two short chapters tonight, but more soon.
ANd incase you are worried, I will finish this story.
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Chapter 10: Shopping Therapy
Rory was looking at a blouse on a mannequin when she heard the ringing. She looked around for the source of the noise. After a moment, she realized that the sound was coming from her mom's purse which hung on her shoulder. She reached into the bag and pulled out Lorelai's cell phone.
She glanced at the display, but the caller ID indicated 'UNKNOWN'. Wondering what to do, she looked towards the swinging doors that led to the changing area where her mother was trying on a pair of jeans.
Deciding that the caller might be Luke or someone from the Inn, Rory pressed the talk button, put the phone to her ear and said, "Hello?"
The caller paused a second before they asked, "Rory?"
"Oh, hi, Grandma," Rory answered.
"I'm sorry, Rory, I meant to call your mother. I must have read the wrong number in my phone book," Emily explained.
"No, you called the right number," Rory replied. "I'm with mom. We're out shopping."
"Oh, I didn't know you were in town."
"I had a light day of classes, so I made a last minute decision to make it a long weekend at home," Rory lied.
"That's nice," Emily replied. "Well, then you must come over for dinner."
Realizing that a dinner with Emily and Richard would not be good for her mother, Rory started to panic, "Oh, aaa… I don't know. I think mom had big plans for us this weekend."
"I'll talk to your mother. Where is she?"
"She can't come to the phone right now. She's trying on some clothes."
"Who's trying on clothes?"
Rory jumped at Lorelai's sudden appearance behind her. "You are," Rory answered.
"Oh, is that your mother?" Emily asked. "Let me talk to her."
Seeing no way out of it, Rory reluctantly said, "Okay."
She covered the phone with her hand and said, "It's Grandma."
"What does she want?" Lorelai whispered.
"She knows I'm in town and wants us to come over for dinner."
Lorelai shook her head and said, "I really don't think I can take her tonight."
"You'll have to tell her that."
Lorelai sighed and reluctantly reached out for the phone. She put the phone to her ear and said, "Hi Mom."
"Lorelai, Rory's in town," Emily stated.
"I know that, Mom, she's standing in front of me."
"Well I was thinking that you should come over for dinner tonight. It will be like old times," Emily said.
"I don't know if that will work out Mom."
"Well, of course, you can bring Luke with you."
"That's not the problem, mom."
"Well, then what is?" Emily asked.
"We're just busy, that's all."
"Well, surely you can change your plans this once. We never get to see Rory anymore."
"I don't know Mom."
"Lorelai, if I didn't know better, I would say that you are trying to avoid us."
"I'm not trying to avoid you, Mom," Lorelai replied.
"Well, good, it's settled," Emily said. "I'll tell Trina to start preparing for dinner. Will 7 o'clock be good?"
Lorelai started to tell her mother what she could do with 7 o'clock, but she relented and said, "Seven will be fine Mom. We'll see you then."
"Wonderful. We'll see you at seven."
"Alright, Mom. See you at seven."
Lorelai turned off the phone and looked at Rory. The younger Gilmore looked cowed and said, "I'm sorry."
Lorelai put the cell back in her purse and said, "Didn't I teach you not to answer other people's phones?"
"I'm sorry," shrugged Rory, "I thought that it might be Luke or the Inn."
"That's alright," Lorelai sighed. "Come on, let's go."
"Where?" Rory asked as she began to follow her mother.
"Well since we have to go to dinner, we might as well buy new dresses. That way something good will come out of it."
So anyway two short chapters tonight, but more soon.
ANd incase you are worried, I will finish this story.
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Chapter 10: Shopping Therapy
Rory was looking at a blouse on a mannequin when she heard the ringing. She looked around for the source of the noise. After a moment, she realized that the sound was coming from her mom's purse which hung on her shoulder. She reached into the bag and pulled out Lorelai's cell phone.
She glanced at the display, but the caller ID indicated 'UNKNOWN'. Wondering what to do, she looked towards the swinging doors that led to the changing area where her mother was trying on a pair of jeans.
Deciding that the caller might be Luke or someone from the Inn, Rory pressed the talk button, put the phone to her ear and said, "Hello?"
The caller paused a second before they asked, "Rory?"
"Oh, hi, Grandma," Rory answered.
"I'm sorry, Rory, I meant to call your mother. I must have read the wrong number in my phone book," Emily explained.
"No, you called the right number," Rory replied. "I'm with mom. We're out shopping."
"Oh, I didn't know you were in town."
"I had a light day of classes, so I made a last minute decision to make it a long weekend at home," Rory lied.
"That's nice," Emily replied. "Well, then you must come over for dinner."
Realizing that a dinner with Emily and Richard would not be good for her mother, Rory started to panic, "Oh, aaa… I don't know. I think mom had big plans for us this weekend."
"I'll talk to your mother. Where is she?"
"She can't come to the phone right now. She's trying on some clothes."
"Who's trying on clothes?"
Rory jumped at Lorelai's sudden appearance behind her. "You are," Rory answered.
"Oh, is that your mother?" Emily asked. "Let me talk to her."
Seeing no way out of it, Rory reluctantly said, "Okay."
She covered the phone with her hand and said, "It's Grandma."
"What does she want?" Lorelai whispered.
"She knows I'm in town and wants us to come over for dinner."
Lorelai shook her head and said, "I really don't think I can take her tonight."
"You'll have to tell her that."
Lorelai sighed and reluctantly reached out for the phone. She put the phone to her ear and said, "Hi Mom."
"Lorelai, Rory's in town," Emily stated.
"I know that, Mom, she's standing in front of me."
"Well I was thinking that you should come over for dinner tonight. It will be like old times," Emily said.
"I don't know if that will work out Mom."
"Well, of course, you can bring Luke with you."
"That's not the problem, mom."
"Well, then what is?" Emily asked.
"We're just busy, that's all."
"Well, surely you can change your plans this once. We never get to see Rory anymore."
"I don't know Mom."
"Lorelai, if I didn't know better, I would say that you are trying to avoid us."
"I'm not trying to avoid you, Mom," Lorelai replied.
"Well, good, it's settled," Emily said. "I'll tell Trina to start preparing for dinner. Will 7 o'clock be good?"
Lorelai started to tell her mother what she could do with 7 o'clock, but she relented and said, "Seven will be fine Mom. We'll see you then."
"Wonderful. We'll see you at seven."
"Alright, Mom. See you at seven."
Lorelai turned off the phone and looked at Rory. The younger Gilmore looked cowed and said, "I'm sorry."
Lorelai put the cell back in her purse and said, "Didn't I teach you not to answer other people's phones?"
"I'm sorry," shrugged Rory, "I thought that it might be Luke or the Inn."
"That's alright," Lorelai sighed. "Come on, let's go."
"Where?" Rory asked as she began to follow her mother.
"Well since we have to go to dinner, we might as well buy new dresses. That way something good will come out of it."