A Whole New Life Back In An Old Place
By Emily Carol
Chapter 3
It Was Just A Dream, Or Was It?
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Disclaimer: I'm 13 years old (almost 14) and you seem to think I own Gilmore Girls. What are you on?
Summary: For a reason unknown to anyone but herself Rory Gilmore fled her life with no trace when she was 20. It's 12 years later and she's back in Stars Hollow with a whole new look and personality to see how life went without her, positive she won't be recognized as Leah Haden. Until she realizes, maybe she never wanted to unrecognizable in the first place.
Rating- PG to be safe
Genre- General/Mystery(ish)
A/N- Hey, I'm really sorry I haven't updated lately. First my computer broke down and then I've decided to start up my friend and my website although she's not going to be doing it anymore so it's just me with help from my friend John. I'm also probably not going to write any more stories on fanfiction.net after this one but I will continue writing, they will just be on my website (listed in my profile).
Also, my internet was down, so this REALLY was written earlier! I swear!
Well here goes the next chapter!
***
Leah ran around her apartment searching through boxes.
'Oh where's my shoe?' she thought to herself. She couldn't go to her first day teaching with only one shoe.
'Ah ha!' she thought pulling it out of a box labeled 'Kitchen'.
She walked out of her apartment stopping to check herself in the mirror. She looked good. Black sundress and white sweater with black sandals with her sunglasses on. She knew she'd have to take off the sunglasses in the classroom but she felt more comfortable with them on. Her eyes had always attracted attention. They were large and bright blue.
***
Leah entered the empty second grade classroom. She held her class list in her hand. Putting down her bag she took off her sunglasses and sat at her desk. She skimmed over the class list. Three names popped out at her.
Forrester, Diana. She must be Dean's kid. Looking at Diana's age she was born almost 4 years after Rory left like most of the other kids.
Gilmore, Jennifer. So she had her half-sister. Only nobody knew that but her.
Melville, Sarah. She must be Sookie's youngest. Maybe. Sookie had been pregnant with her second child when Rory left.
Leah sighed and tried to push away the thoughts, she couldn't remember the past, the past only brought bad things.
Leah looked up to see three girls standing in front of her. She recognized one as Jennifer. One of them had the same colored hair as Sookie making her believe this was Sarah. And the thirds height and hair color made her believe this was Diana.
"Oh, you're the girl from the diner," Jennifer said.
Leah nodded.
"I'm Jennifer Gilmore, and these are my best friends Sarah Melville," she pointed to the girl Leah had guessed as Sookie's daughter. "And Diana Forrester." She pointed to the tall, dark haired girl.
Leah nodded. "I'm Ms. Haden, I'm your new teacher since Ms. Hatch left."
"Okay," the three of them said in unison. They moved away from Leah's desk and sat down. Jennifer and Sarah sat front and center while Diana moved to the back.
"Are those your assigned seats?" Leah asked them. They all nodded. "Well how about you sit where you want?"
Diana smiled and moved up and sat right behind Sarah. "I hate the back," she noted.
Leah nodded.
Within the next ten minutes other kids filed into the class while Leah sat at the front of the classroom and a stool. 'Ms. Haden' was written on the board behind her.
The bell rang and everyone stood up and faced the flag as the pledge was said over the intercom.
When the pledge finished the kids sat down in their desks and looked eagerly at Leah.
"Well I'm your new teacher Ms. Haden," She said. "And I'd like to start by telling you a little bit about myself and then I'm going to go down the rows and ask you to tell me a little bit about yourself. Your name, age, and if you have any brothers or sisters.
"I'm from Portland, Oregon. My name is Leah Haden and..." Leah faltered. "And I'm an only child."
She paid little attention to anyone until Sarah stood up. "My name is Sarah, I'm eight, almost nine, and I have at 13 year old sister Dana, 12 year old brother James, a 10 year old brother John, then there's me, and my youngest sister Christina who's 6."
Leah nodded. Diana was next. "My name is Diana Forrester, I'm eight, and I'm an only child but my mom's going to have a baby soon." Leah nodded. A few more kids went and then Jennifer.
"My name is Jennifer Gilmore, I'm nine, and I have a half-sister Rory," she said quickly sitting down.
"Who ran away from your mother," a boy named Todd yelled from the corner of the room. Jennifer's eyes widened and Leah saw tears fill them. She stood up and ran from the classroom.
Leah went after her instructing Sarah and Diana to keep the class under control.
She found Jennifer sitting in the girls bathroom on the floor near the trashcan.
"Are you okay?" she asked her. She saw down next to her.
"I hate him," she said. Tears were running down her face. "He didn't know Rory, how would he know if that's why she left."
"Jennifer," Leah said. "Did your mom tell you I knew Rory?"
"You did?" Jennifer asked looked up at Leah.
"Yeah," Leah said. "She was in my teaching class in Oregon. She never talked about her past except for two things: Luke's coffee and her mother. She loved her mother. She never said why she left her or this place. She kept to herself mostly. A month later she left again. She didn't like to stay in one place. Never left a forwarding address or phone number."
Jennifer nodded. "She doesn't even know I exist. She doesn't know that Mom and Dad got married. Mom's so upset she left. She still blames it on herself. She didn't want to see me go to school so she kept me back a year, that's why I'm in second grade instead of third. I went to kindergarten when I was 7 instead of 5 or 6 like everyone else."
Leah nodded. "Come back to class when you're ready." Jennifer nodded.
***
Leah snuggled under her covers of her bed. The rest of the day at school at gone pretty well. She fell into a deep sleep.
***
She could feel his warm breath on her and she could feel his hands around her wrists. She struggled but he wouldn't let go. Finally she kicked him. While he cried in pain she ran away.
"I'm going to kill you Rory Gilmore."
***
Leah woke up with a start sweating and breathing rapidly.
It was just a dream, or was it?
***
A/N- I hope you enjoyed this chapter! R&R please!
By Emily Carol
Chapter 3
It Was Just A Dream, Or Was It?
***
Disclaimer: I'm 13 years old (almost 14) and you seem to think I own Gilmore Girls. What are you on?
Summary: For a reason unknown to anyone but herself Rory Gilmore fled her life with no trace when she was 20. It's 12 years later and she's back in Stars Hollow with a whole new look and personality to see how life went without her, positive she won't be recognized as Leah Haden. Until she realizes, maybe she never wanted to unrecognizable in the first place.
Rating- PG to be safe
Genre- General/Mystery(ish)
A/N- Hey, I'm really sorry I haven't updated lately. First my computer broke down and then I've decided to start up my friend and my website although she's not going to be doing it anymore so it's just me with help from my friend John. I'm also probably not going to write any more stories on fanfiction.net after this one but I will continue writing, they will just be on my website (listed in my profile).
Also, my internet was down, so this REALLY was written earlier! I swear!
Well here goes the next chapter!
***
Leah ran around her apartment searching through boxes.
'Oh where's my shoe?' she thought to herself. She couldn't go to her first day teaching with only one shoe.
'Ah ha!' she thought pulling it out of a box labeled 'Kitchen'.
She walked out of her apartment stopping to check herself in the mirror. She looked good. Black sundress and white sweater with black sandals with her sunglasses on. She knew she'd have to take off the sunglasses in the classroom but she felt more comfortable with them on. Her eyes had always attracted attention. They were large and bright blue.
***
Leah entered the empty second grade classroom. She held her class list in her hand. Putting down her bag she took off her sunglasses and sat at her desk. She skimmed over the class list. Three names popped out at her.
Forrester, Diana. She must be Dean's kid. Looking at Diana's age she was born almost 4 years after Rory left like most of the other kids.
Gilmore, Jennifer. So she had her half-sister. Only nobody knew that but her.
Melville, Sarah. She must be Sookie's youngest. Maybe. Sookie had been pregnant with her second child when Rory left.
Leah sighed and tried to push away the thoughts, she couldn't remember the past, the past only brought bad things.
Leah looked up to see three girls standing in front of her. She recognized one as Jennifer. One of them had the same colored hair as Sookie making her believe this was Sarah. And the thirds height and hair color made her believe this was Diana.
"Oh, you're the girl from the diner," Jennifer said.
Leah nodded.
"I'm Jennifer Gilmore, and these are my best friends Sarah Melville," she pointed to the girl Leah had guessed as Sookie's daughter. "And Diana Forrester." She pointed to the tall, dark haired girl.
Leah nodded. "I'm Ms. Haden, I'm your new teacher since Ms. Hatch left."
"Okay," the three of them said in unison. They moved away from Leah's desk and sat down. Jennifer and Sarah sat front and center while Diana moved to the back.
"Are those your assigned seats?" Leah asked them. They all nodded. "Well how about you sit where you want?"
Diana smiled and moved up and sat right behind Sarah. "I hate the back," she noted.
Leah nodded.
Within the next ten minutes other kids filed into the class while Leah sat at the front of the classroom and a stool. 'Ms. Haden' was written on the board behind her.
The bell rang and everyone stood up and faced the flag as the pledge was said over the intercom.
When the pledge finished the kids sat down in their desks and looked eagerly at Leah.
"Well I'm your new teacher Ms. Haden," She said. "And I'd like to start by telling you a little bit about myself and then I'm going to go down the rows and ask you to tell me a little bit about yourself. Your name, age, and if you have any brothers or sisters.
"I'm from Portland, Oregon. My name is Leah Haden and..." Leah faltered. "And I'm an only child."
She paid little attention to anyone until Sarah stood up. "My name is Sarah, I'm eight, almost nine, and I have at 13 year old sister Dana, 12 year old brother James, a 10 year old brother John, then there's me, and my youngest sister Christina who's 6."
Leah nodded. Diana was next. "My name is Diana Forrester, I'm eight, and I'm an only child but my mom's going to have a baby soon." Leah nodded. A few more kids went and then Jennifer.
"My name is Jennifer Gilmore, I'm nine, and I have a half-sister Rory," she said quickly sitting down.
"Who ran away from your mother," a boy named Todd yelled from the corner of the room. Jennifer's eyes widened and Leah saw tears fill them. She stood up and ran from the classroom.
Leah went after her instructing Sarah and Diana to keep the class under control.
She found Jennifer sitting in the girls bathroom on the floor near the trashcan.
"Are you okay?" she asked her. She saw down next to her.
"I hate him," she said. Tears were running down her face. "He didn't know Rory, how would he know if that's why she left."
"Jennifer," Leah said. "Did your mom tell you I knew Rory?"
"You did?" Jennifer asked looked up at Leah.
"Yeah," Leah said. "She was in my teaching class in Oregon. She never talked about her past except for two things: Luke's coffee and her mother. She loved her mother. She never said why she left her or this place. She kept to herself mostly. A month later she left again. She didn't like to stay in one place. Never left a forwarding address or phone number."
Jennifer nodded. "She doesn't even know I exist. She doesn't know that Mom and Dad got married. Mom's so upset she left. She still blames it on herself. She didn't want to see me go to school so she kept me back a year, that's why I'm in second grade instead of third. I went to kindergarten when I was 7 instead of 5 or 6 like everyone else."
Leah nodded. "Come back to class when you're ready." Jennifer nodded.
***
Leah snuggled under her covers of her bed. The rest of the day at school at gone pretty well. She fell into a deep sleep.
***
She could feel his warm breath on her and she could feel his hands around her wrists. She struggled but he wouldn't let go. Finally she kicked him. While he cried in pain she ran away.
"I'm going to kill you Rory Gilmore."
***
Leah woke up with a start sweating and breathing rapidly.
It was just a dream, or was it?
***
A/N- I hope you enjoyed this chapter! R&R please!