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Chapter Three

Rory slowly headed back to her house after spending half the afternoon comforting Lane. She had promised Lane she'd call Dave the minute she got home. She was a little dirtied and scuffed from climbing out Lane's window. Mrs. Kim had gotten home while Rory was in Lane's room, so she had to make a mad dash out the window. She shook her head. 'Maybe I'll make a detour to Luke's and talk to Mom. Or Jess,' she thought. She couldn't believe Mrs. Kim had found out. As much as she thought it was about time for Lane to rebel against her mother, no one had wanted her mother to find out about the rebellion. Rory walked into Luke's, looking around for Lorelai. Lorelai was sitting huddled at the counter. Rory noticed that Luke and Jess were trying their best to stay away from her. Jess spotted her at the door looking confused and came over to her.

"Um," he started. He lead Rory to a table and sat down across from her. "So. Mrs. Kim came in. She yelled at your mom for letting Lane play last night. Lorelai is really upset. She tried to yell back, in true Lorelai fashion, but Mrs. Kim was sure it was her fault. And Dave's. How's Lane?"

"Not good. She was sobbing when I went over. She's grounded for two weeks and forbidden from seeing Dave or the band ever again. I had to climb out the window."

"That's why your sleeve is torn," Jess said, touching her arm. Rory looked at him. "What? I just noticed your sleeve was torn. That's all."

"I didn't even say anything. You don't have to get all defensive. Do you think it's safe for me to go talk to Mom?"

"You might have better luck than Luke and I did. Of course, your mom doesn't much like me, so I see why I didn't get anywhere."

Rory chuckled. "Thanks, Jess," she said sincerely before getting up and going over to her mom.

Lorelai was huddled over a large mug of coffee. "Rory. Tell Lane that she's not the master of mother-evading."

"Mom, I'm sorry Mrs. Kim yelled at you. If it makes you feel better, Lane is grounded for two weeks and is forbidden from ever seeing Dave or the band again."

Lorelai picked up her head and looked at her daughter, a crestfallen look on her face. "Oh no! Poor Lane! You're gonna sneak in when her mom's not home, right?"

"That's a given. And I'm going to call Dave and let him know, so he doesn't wonder why she'll never call him again."

"This is so horrible. I never thought Lane would do something this radical to rebel against her mother."

"What are you talking about, Mom?" Rory said. "She didn't do anything that bad. She joined a band and fell for a great guy. I gotta go. I'm gonna go home and give Dave a call."

Lorelai nodded and hugged Rory. Rory called goodbyes to Jess and Luke and headed home.

At home, Rory picked up the phone and dialed the number Lane had given her for Dave.

"Hello?"

"Hi, is Dave there?"

"This is Dave. This isn't Lane, is it?" he asked, a hopeful sound in his voice. Rory hated to have to tell him the news.

"No, it's Rory. Rory Gilmore."

"Um...oh, yeah, you're good friends with Lane, right? And you were at our show last night?"

"Yeah. That's kind of what I needed to talk to you about, actually."

"Ok, go ahead."

"Well, I don't know if you know this, but Lane's mother is really strict. She doesn't want Lane to do anything except be Christian and someday marry a Korean doctor. So, we knew she'd be livid if she found out Lane was in a band."

"Let me guess. She found out."

"Yes. And now she's said that Lane is forbidden from seeing you or the rest of the band ever again. And on top of that, she's grounded. And her mom yelled at my mom for letting her play. The whole thing is very not good," Rory told him.

There was silence on the other end of the phone. "She can't ever see me again? She can't ever play with the band again? Really?"

"Really. She was crying when I went over earlier. She wanted me to call you and tell you, since she's not allowed to talk on the phone or in person with any friends, except at school."

"And you went over?"

"I snuck in and climbed out the window."

"Oh. Well, if you see Lane, tell her we'll think of something, ok?"

"Sure thing."

"Thanks, Rory. Also, tell her I'll definitely see her again. And soon."

"Will do. Bye."

"Bye."

Rory hung up the phone and went into her room. She picked up a book and began to read.

Two weeks later, Lane was finally allowed out of her house. She celebrated by going over to Rory's. Rory and Lane watched movies all night. Over the past two weeks, Rory had been the go-between between Lane and Dave. She relayed messages, and she had a feeling she was going to be setting up secret meetings between the two, and secret rehearsals of the band. Lane hadn't asked yet, and Rory wasn't going to bring it up, but she figured it would be soon.

Lane sighed. "What?" Rory asked.

"I miss him already."

Rory smiled. "Dave?"

"Yeah."

"I hate to ask you this, but what are you going to do about it?"

"Well, maybe I could set up some kind of secret rendezvous. You know, like in movies where the two main characters have clandestine meetings, and they make out and have passionate sex?"

"You want to meet Dave secretly to make out and have passionate sex?" Rory asked, giving her best friend a scared look.

Lane laughed. "No. I just want to meet him secretly to see his face. I mean, I still don't know if he likes me."

"Lane, he's called me two times a day for the last two weeks to find out if you were ok. I think he likes you, at least a little bit," Rory teased.

"Rory, do you think you could help me?"

"Help you what, exactly?" Rory asked, even though she knew what was coming.

"Help me meet Dave. You know, stuff like that. Please? Maybe you and I and...I don't know...Jess could go out, and meet him somewhere or something. You have to help me, Rory. You're my best friend."

"I don't know, Lane, I don't know if I like sneaking around like that."

"Please? Plus, you'd get to spend more time with Jess," Lane said, knowing Rory had a hard time resisting things when it came to Jess.

"Fine, Lane. I'll help you. You're gonna owe me so big for this, you know."

"I know, I know. Thank you so much!" Lane gave Rory a big hug.

The next day, Rory ran into Jess at the bookstore. "Hey."

"Hey."

"So..." Jess said, searching for something else to say. "How's Lane?"

Rory chuckled. "Do you remember a couple of days ago, we were sitting on the bridge, and I told you I was surprised that she hadn't asked me to set up secret meetings between them?"

"Yeah. And, did she?"

"Pretty much. She wants me to go out with her to places so she can meet him. She said, 'You and I and maybe Jess can go out, and I can meet him, and we can hang out.' Or something like that. Anyway, I said I didn't know if you'd go for that, but that I'd help her out. I don't suppose you want to help a cause like that?"

"What, sneaking around behind people's backs, doing rebellious things we shouldn't be doing? You're right. Not my kind of thing at all," Jess teased. Rory turned red. "You're not asking me because I've done that kind of thing before, are you?"

"No. It didn't even cross my mind," she said.

A/N: I know this chapter ended a little abruptly. I'll try to make the next one more clear. Any questions, feel free to ask, and I'll try to answer them as best I can. Thanks!