***
disclaimer: I don't own gilmore girls the show, but i own a picture
of a gilmore girls billboard that i took for some stupid reason when i
was driving through holywood. pretty stupid, huh? plus there's a traffic
light blocking most of it. i admit it, im a big nerd.
***
chapter 7: Getting Even
***
Lori's plan was perfect. Practically fool proof. She had spent
the rest of her day designing it and she knew that she could pull this
off.
Some people would say this was a drastic plan and was completely
unnecessary. But in actuality it wasn't, because Lori found that she
wasn't really mad that Rory went out with Tristan, she was mad that
Tristan chose Rory over her.
And that was only the icing on the cake.
Lori realized this was just kind of the final straw. It summed
up the way she had been treated all her life. Second best. Lorelai had
chosen to take Rory as her own, something that had always made Lori
jealous. Lorelai had also chosen to keep Lori a secret from everyone in
the world but her father. Her legal name was Lori Haden. Untraceable.
No one would ever guess she was a Gilmore.
Lori also hated the way the whole town idolized Rory and jumped
at her every beck and call. Lori didn't think anyone deserved that kind
of treatment, especially not her sister.
Her sister Rory, who would be attending Yale in the fall. Rory,
who her parents were paying full tuition for that school. Rory, who
always had the perfect boyfriend with another one in line waiting for
the inevitable break up. She was never short of a serious, long term
relationship. Yet she was still a good girl. Still a 'Mary' as Tristan
liked to call her.
And Lori found herself envying her.
So, the plan was designed, the bumps were smoothed out, and Lori
knew she could handle the task. All she needed to do was wait. Timing
was key for the success of her payback.
*****
The door to the diner jingled, signaling a customer. Jess'
head popped up, and he was relieved to see that it was Rory in front of
him.
"Hey," she said softly, walking up to the counter and leaning
over for a kiss.
"Hey yourself," he replied. "How was Lori's first day?"
"Hell," Rory answered. "Coffee please?"
"Of course," he said, pouring her a cup.
"I ran into an old friend today," Rory said, reaching for the
heavenly liquid.
"Oh yah, who?"
"Um, this guy, Tristan."
"Wait, the one that you kissed at the party and then he went
to military school?"
"How do you know that?" she cried in surprise.
"Lane told me one day in English," he replied, a smirk playing
on his lips.
"Lane!" Rory cried. "Well, just don't tell anyone O.K? And yes,
That's the one. It was his first day back today, and I found him playing
suck face with Lori."
"Lori?" Jess asked. "How did that happen?"
"I have no idea," Rory answered.
"So anyway, I was thinking that maybe tomorrow night we could
have a picnic at the bridge," Jess said, changing the subject knowing
that Rory didn't want to spend her time talking about her sister.
"A picnic?" Rory asked, perking up a little. "I like the sound
of that. Who's going to cook?"
"Me of course," he answered. She shot him a worried look. "I'll
take some food from the diner. I'll have Caesar make and apple pie. That
way nothing will be burned or so undercooked that we'll get food poisoning."
"That sounds better," Rory said. "I better run. Lot's of homework.
I'll see you later, okay?" And with that, she gave him a quick kiss and
went out the door towards home.
***
a/n: sorry. i know this was totally a filler chapter and i owe u like
a million apologies. next chapter, lori puts her little scheme into
action.
disclaimer: I don't own gilmore girls the show, but i own a picture
of a gilmore girls billboard that i took for some stupid reason when i
was driving through holywood. pretty stupid, huh? plus there's a traffic
light blocking most of it. i admit it, im a big nerd.
***
chapter 7: Getting Even
***
Lori's plan was perfect. Practically fool proof. She had spent
the rest of her day designing it and she knew that she could pull this
off.
Some people would say this was a drastic plan and was completely
unnecessary. But in actuality it wasn't, because Lori found that she
wasn't really mad that Rory went out with Tristan, she was mad that
Tristan chose Rory over her.
And that was only the icing on the cake.
Lori realized this was just kind of the final straw. It summed
up the way she had been treated all her life. Second best. Lorelai had
chosen to take Rory as her own, something that had always made Lori
jealous. Lorelai had also chosen to keep Lori a secret from everyone in
the world but her father. Her legal name was Lori Haden. Untraceable.
No one would ever guess she was a Gilmore.
Lori also hated the way the whole town idolized Rory and jumped
at her every beck and call. Lori didn't think anyone deserved that kind
of treatment, especially not her sister.
Her sister Rory, who would be attending Yale in the fall. Rory,
who her parents were paying full tuition for that school. Rory, who
always had the perfect boyfriend with another one in line waiting for
the inevitable break up. She was never short of a serious, long term
relationship. Yet she was still a good girl. Still a 'Mary' as Tristan
liked to call her.
And Lori found herself envying her.
So, the plan was designed, the bumps were smoothed out, and Lori
knew she could handle the task. All she needed to do was wait. Timing
was key for the success of her payback.
*****
The door to the diner jingled, signaling a customer. Jess'
head popped up, and he was relieved to see that it was Rory in front of
him.
"Hey," she said softly, walking up to the counter and leaning
over for a kiss.
"Hey yourself," he replied. "How was Lori's first day?"
"Hell," Rory answered. "Coffee please?"
"Of course," he said, pouring her a cup.
"I ran into an old friend today," Rory said, reaching for the
heavenly liquid.
"Oh yah, who?"
"Um, this guy, Tristan."
"Wait, the one that you kissed at the party and then he went
to military school?"
"How do you know that?" she cried in surprise.
"Lane told me one day in English," he replied, a smirk playing
on his lips.
"Lane!" Rory cried. "Well, just don't tell anyone O.K? And yes,
That's the one. It was his first day back today, and I found him playing
suck face with Lori."
"Lori?" Jess asked. "How did that happen?"
"I have no idea," Rory answered.
"So anyway, I was thinking that maybe tomorrow night we could
have a picnic at the bridge," Jess said, changing the subject knowing
that Rory didn't want to spend her time talking about her sister.
"A picnic?" Rory asked, perking up a little. "I like the sound
of that. Who's going to cook?"
"Me of course," he answered. She shot him a worried look. "I'll
take some food from the diner. I'll have Caesar make and apple pie. That
way nothing will be burned or so undercooked that we'll get food poisoning."
"That sounds better," Rory said. "I better run. Lot's of homework.
I'll see you later, okay?" And with that, she gave him a quick kiss and
went out the door towards home.
***
a/n: sorry. i know this was totally a filler chapter and i owe u like
a million apologies. next chapter, lori puts her little scheme into
action.