Cruel Summer
By Emily Carol
Ch. 3
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Summary: Rory's about to enter her Junior Year at Yale and she's spending the summer alone for the first time ever. And then she decides to find someone from her past.
Disclaimer: You think I own Gilmore Girls? Excuse me while I call the psychiatric ward, they'll need to take a look at you.
I DO own Holly and Jane.
Rating: PG right now but it might be changed as some point for certain content.
Author's Note: Thanks reviews! You're all great! Keep reviewing!
I sorta had to do some research for this chapter (like driving times and cars and finding the song) so you all better enjoy it!
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Travel cross the seven seas to be with you
Passion and desire will see me through
The road that I must travel will eind and curl
You're all I ever needed in a perfect world
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Rory lifted her bags into her little Prius she'd gotten from her grandparents as a graduation gift 2 years ago. She'd debated taking the jeep but she figured if her mom beat her back then she wouldn't have her car. So she took the Prius.
She'd called Holly last night and asked if it was okay if she stayed over that night on her way to Venice Beach. Holly quickly agreed. So to get to Havana by 11:00 pm she had to leave at 5:00 am, armed with plenty of (bad) coffee (Luke's was closed due to the honeymoon). If map quest was correct she'd be there in 17 hours and 40 minutes, although she'd done it from Hartford because Stars Hollow doesn't show up correctly so she hoped she wouldn't be too late.
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About 9 1/2 hours later, with 600 miles behind her, and about 10 cups of coffee Rory turned off I-80 and stopped for a late lunch (it was 2:30).
Rory sat in the small coffee stand sipping coffee that rivaled Luke's (something she never thought possible). Looking over her driving directions she figured she had about 9 hours left. Thanks to this half hour break she wouldn't be there until a little before midnight.
Rory reached into her purse and pulled out her cell. She quickly dialed Holly's number.
"Hello?" Holly's voice echoed in her ear.
"Holly?" Rory asked. "It's Rory."
"Hi Rory!" Holly said quickly, Holly always talked fast, faster than Rory. "Where are you?"
"Near Cleveland," Rory said. "I'm about 9 hours away so I'll be a little late."
Holly paused doing the math in her head. Rory laughed to herself, Holly didn't like math, she liked English, she was a journalism major like herself. "So midnight?" she finally asked.
"-ish," Rory said. "Maybe a little before maybe a little after."
"Well I've got nothing to do," Holly said. "I'm not needed at Old Navy until, um, next week, I'm taking my vacation week."
"Why now?" Rory asked.
"You'll see," Holly said.
Rory pouted. "You and you're surprises," she told Holly. "Well I better be going so that I don't show up around 1:00 instead, I've got to get an early start tomorrow."
"What time?" Holly asked.
"I could probably get away with 6 or 7," Rory said. "It's about 33 hours to Venice Beach so I've got to spend the night somewhere in like Oklahoma or Texas, maybe earlier."
"Okay," Holly said. "Can't wait to see you!"
"Bye!" Rory said and she hung up.
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Pulling up to Holly's house Rory's watch read midnight but her car clock read 11:00.
Rory was puzzled until she realized the time change. Connecticut was an hour a head of Illinois. She felt like kicking herself in the head for being so stupid.
Rory hopped out of the car and ran to the front door. She left her bags in the car, she wanted to see Holly right away, it'd been a month since they'd left college last May and she couldn't wait.
She rang the doorbell and Holly answered quickly. "Rory!" Holly said. "You're early!"
"Yeah," Rory said, "Well I didn't figure in the time change."
"Oh yeah," Holly said. "That thing." She made a face. Rory laughed.
"Come on in," Holly ushered Rory into the living room where all the lights were off. She flicked on the lights quickly.
"Surprise!" Jane jumped off the couch and hugged Rory.
"Jane!" Rory said excitedly. "How'd you get here?"
"Well Holly invited me to come out any time and when she called me yesterday to say you were coming today I took the first flight out from Seattle."
Rory squealed and the three of them got in a huge group hug.
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"So Rory," Jane said to her. It was 2 in the morning and they were sitting on Holly's bed. She had two beds in her room and an air mattress; the mattress in there for the night so that they could all fit in the same room. "Why are you heading to Venice Beach?"
Rory had never told them about Jess. "Well in my junior year of high school Luke's nephew came to live with him. I'd been going out with this guy, Dean, for a year with only one break up. But Jess sort of attracted me.
"Anyway, a year later at the 24-hour dance marathon Dean said that it was clear to the whole world that I liked him and he dumped me on the spot.
"Well Dean was right, I did like him. Loved him in fact. We started to go out. This was about halfway through senior year. Then he started skipping school to work more and he was told he couldn't graduate. His deal with Luke was that he had to work at the diner and graduate high school to live with him. So Luke kicked him out and Jess went to go live with his dad in Venice Beach, without saying goodbye." Rory's eyes were starting to well up with tears, again she pushed them back, as she'd done for the last 2 years.
"I found a letter from my mom in the back of a picture frame giving me his address. So I'm trying to find him," Rory said. She was still pushing back the tears.
Jane and Holly didn't know what to say, so they just sat there and looked sympathetic.
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Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed! Please R&R!
*Perfect World by Ace of Base (I was spelling the name wrong earlier, sorry)
By Emily Carol
Ch. 3
***
Summary: Rory's about to enter her Junior Year at Yale and she's spending the summer alone for the first time ever. And then she decides to find someone from her past.
Disclaimer: You think I own Gilmore Girls? Excuse me while I call the psychiatric ward, they'll need to take a look at you.
I DO own Holly and Jane.
Rating: PG right now but it might be changed as some point for certain content.
Author's Note: Thanks reviews! You're all great! Keep reviewing!
I sorta had to do some research for this chapter (like driving times and cars and finding the song) so you all better enjoy it!
***
Travel cross the seven seas to be with you
Passion and desire will see me through
The road that I must travel will eind and curl
You're all I ever needed in a perfect world
***
Rory lifted her bags into her little Prius she'd gotten from her grandparents as a graduation gift 2 years ago. She'd debated taking the jeep but she figured if her mom beat her back then she wouldn't have her car. So she took the Prius.
She'd called Holly last night and asked if it was okay if she stayed over that night on her way to Venice Beach. Holly quickly agreed. So to get to Havana by 11:00 pm she had to leave at 5:00 am, armed with plenty of (bad) coffee (Luke's was closed due to the honeymoon). If map quest was correct she'd be there in 17 hours and 40 minutes, although she'd done it from Hartford because Stars Hollow doesn't show up correctly so she hoped she wouldn't be too late.
***
About 9 1/2 hours later, with 600 miles behind her, and about 10 cups of coffee Rory turned off I-80 and stopped for a late lunch (it was 2:30).
Rory sat in the small coffee stand sipping coffee that rivaled Luke's (something she never thought possible). Looking over her driving directions she figured she had about 9 hours left. Thanks to this half hour break she wouldn't be there until a little before midnight.
Rory reached into her purse and pulled out her cell. She quickly dialed Holly's number.
"Hello?" Holly's voice echoed in her ear.
"Holly?" Rory asked. "It's Rory."
"Hi Rory!" Holly said quickly, Holly always talked fast, faster than Rory. "Where are you?"
"Near Cleveland," Rory said. "I'm about 9 hours away so I'll be a little late."
Holly paused doing the math in her head. Rory laughed to herself, Holly didn't like math, she liked English, she was a journalism major like herself. "So midnight?" she finally asked.
"-ish," Rory said. "Maybe a little before maybe a little after."
"Well I've got nothing to do," Holly said. "I'm not needed at Old Navy until, um, next week, I'm taking my vacation week."
"Why now?" Rory asked.
"You'll see," Holly said.
Rory pouted. "You and you're surprises," she told Holly. "Well I better be going so that I don't show up around 1:00 instead, I've got to get an early start tomorrow."
"What time?" Holly asked.
"I could probably get away with 6 or 7," Rory said. "It's about 33 hours to Venice Beach so I've got to spend the night somewhere in like Oklahoma or Texas, maybe earlier."
"Okay," Holly said. "Can't wait to see you!"
"Bye!" Rory said and she hung up.
***
Pulling up to Holly's house Rory's watch read midnight but her car clock read 11:00.
Rory was puzzled until she realized the time change. Connecticut was an hour a head of Illinois. She felt like kicking herself in the head for being so stupid.
Rory hopped out of the car and ran to the front door. She left her bags in the car, she wanted to see Holly right away, it'd been a month since they'd left college last May and she couldn't wait.
She rang the doorbell and Holly answered quickly. "Rory!" Holly said. "You're early!"
"Yeah," Rory said, "Well I didn't figure in the time change."
"Oh yeah," Holly said. "That thing." She made a face. Rory laughed.
"Come on in," Holly ushered Rory into the living room where all the lights were off. She flicked on the lights quickly.
"Surprise!" Jane jumped off the couch and hugged Rory.
"Jane!" Rory said excitedly. "How'd you get here?"
"Well Holly invited me to come out any time and when she called me yesterday to say you were coming today I took the first flight out from Seattle."
Rory squealed and the three of them got in a huge group hug.
***
"So Rory," Jane said to her. It was 2 in the morning and they were sitting on Holly's bed. She had two beds in her room and an air mattress; the mattress in there for the night so that they could all fit in the same room. "Why are you heading to Venice Beach?"
Rory had never told them about Jess. "Well in my junior year of high school Luke's nephew came to live with him. I'd been going out with this guy, Dean, for a year with only one break up. But Jess sort of attracted me.
"Anyway, a year later at the 24-hour dance marathon Dean said that it was clear to the whole world that I liked him and he dumped me on the spot.
"Well Dean was right, I did like him. Loved him in fact. We started to go out. This was about halfway through senior year. Then he started skipping school to work more and he was told he couldn't graduate. His deal with Luke was that he had to work at the diner and graduate high school to live with him. So Luke kicked him out and Jess went to go live with his dad in Venice Beach, without saying goodbye." Rory's eyes were starting to well up with tears, again she pushed them back, as she'd done for the last 2 years.
"I found a letter from my mom in the back of a picture frame giving me his address. So I'm trying to find him," Rory said. She was still pushing back the tears.
Jane and Holly didn't know what to say, so they just sat there and looked sympathetic.
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Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed! Please R&R!
*Perfect World by Ace of Base (I was spelling the name wrong earlier, sorry)