Chap 4 - Phone Calls
Rory opened her apartment door and went direct to the phone to call a familiar number.
"You knew it, didn't you?"
"Rory, hon, what are you talking about?"
"Jess. Jess working at New York Tribune. The paper where I wanted to work. God, you knew I'd go there to the interview"
"Calm down. Breath", she paused. Rory sighted and Lorelai continued, "And yeah, I knew"
"I knew that you knew! How could you?"
"I'm sorry, but would you go if you knew?"
"No"
"Exactly. And I couldn't let you give up just cause it'd be a little harder"
Rory took a deep breath and they both stood silent on the phone
"How did you found him? He's in the same office?"
"He's the editor, he made the interview with me, he said that I was probably the one for the job"
"Oh…good"
"What do you mean with 'oh, good'?"
"I don't know. It's nice. Now, because of him you'll probably have a job"
"Yeah, and he'll be my boss"
Lorelai started to laugh frenetically
"Well, I guess you'll have to do whatever he order then"
"Stop it. It's serious. And besides, you're too malicious for someone who should feel guilty"
"Okay, okay. Now, serious question?"
"Noooo"
"What do you felt? I mean, when you saw him"
"I don't know. I was shocked and surprised, happy and afraid…but I was sooo nervous too" Rory said all in just one breath
"You still love him"
"I know"
"Oh, God. You admit it"
"Yeah, I love him. And yesterday I saw a picture of us that he'd given to me with a note on the back. Mom, he wrote such beautiful things"
"Like what?"
"Like he'd always love me, things like that"
"He's sooo sweet"
"You're not helping"
"I'm sorry, but he is"
"I know", she paused. "Mom?"
"Yeah?"
"I miss him. Like him and me, ya know? I really miss him"
"I know, but I think you two can work things out now "
"I don't know. He may have a girlfriend. And he'll be my boss. And I don't know if he wants me anymore", she said in a small voice
"Baby, I can't help with that. You'll have to ask him"
Rory stood quite
"Okay, I have to go. Call me if you need anything, okay? Love ya"
"Love you too Bye"
She put the phone on the coffee table and sat on the couch thinking of Jess when the phone rang and she jumped in surprise
"Hello?"
"Hi. Is Lorelai Gilmore there?"
"Yeah, it's me"
"Hi, it's Monica from New York Tribune. I'm calling to tell you that the job is yours"
"Oh, God. He really chose me"
"What?"
"The editor chose me", she said trying to be coherent
"Yeah, just after you're gone Mr. Mariano told me to call you and hire you"
"But didn't he had other interviews?"
"Yeah, he asked me to cancel them"
Rory was silent. He didn't even made the other interviews. Rory had stopped hearing what Monica was saying till she was almost screaming on the phone, "Hello? Lorelai?"
"Oh, sorry, what?"
"I was asking you if you could start tomorrow"
"Oh, sure. Where I'll work?"
"In the same build, in the same floor. You'll work on the table next to mine"
"In front of Jess' office", she said to herself
"Okay. Be here at 8:30, okay?"
"Sure. Thank you"
She turned the phone off and on again and called a number. After a few seconds waiting she heard the answer machine. Rory just said in a shocked voice: 'Mom, I'll start in New York Tribune tomorrow. Jess hired me'. And hang up the phone
Rory opened her apartment door and went direct to the phone to call a familiar number.
"You knew it, didn't you?"
"Rory, hon, what are you talking about?"
"Jess. Jess working at New York Tribune. The paper where I wanted to work. God, you knew I'd go there to the interview"
"Calm down. Breath", she paused. Rory sighted and Lorelai continued, "And yeah, I knew"
"I knew that you knew! How could you?"
"I'm sorry, but would you go if you knew?"
"No"
"Exactly. And I couldn't let you give up just cause it'd be a little harder"
Rory took a deep breath and they both stood silent on the phone
"How did you found him? He's in the same office?"
"He's the editor, he made the interview with me, he said that I was probably the one for the job"
"Oh…good"
"What do you mean with 'oh, good'?"
"I don't know. It's nice. Now, because of him you'll probably have a job"
"Yeah, and he'll be my boss"
Lorelai started to laugh frenetically
"Well, I guess you'll have to do whatever he order then"
"Stop it. It's serious. And besides, you're too malicious for someone who should feel guilty"
"Okay, okay. Now, serious question?"
"Noooo"
"What do you felt? I mean, when you saw him"
"I don't know. I was shocked and surprised, happy and afraid…but I was sooo nervous too" Rory said all in just one breath
"You still love him"
"I know"
"Oh, God. You admit it"
"Yeah, I love him. And yesterday I saw a picture of us that he'd given to me with a note on the back. Mom, he wrote such beautiful things"
"Like what?"
"Like he'd always love me, things like that"
"He's sooo sweet"
"You're not helping"
"I'm sorry, but he is"
"I know", she paused. "Mom?"
"Yeah?"
"I miss him. Like him and me, ya know? I really miss him"
"I know, but I think you two can work things out now "
"I don't know. He may have a girlfriend. And he'll be my boss. And I don't know if he wants me anymore", she said in a small voice
"Baby, I can't help with that. You'll have to ask him"
Rory stood quite
"Okay, I have to go. Call me if you need anything, okay? Love ya"
"Love you too Bye"
She put the phone on the coffee table and sat on the couch thinking of Jess when the phone rang and she jumped in surprise
"Hello?"
"Hi. Is Lorelai Gilmore there?"
"Yeah, it's me"
"Hi, it's Monica from New York Tribune. I'm calling to tell you that the job is yours"
"Oh, God. He really chose me"
"What?"
"The editor chose me", she said trying to be coherent
"Yeah, just after you're gone Mr. Mariano told me to call you and hire you"
"But didn't he had other interviews?"
"Yeah, he asked me to cancel them"
Rory was silent. He didn't even made the other interviews. Rory had stopped hearing what Monica was saying till she was almost screaming on the phone, "Hello? Lorelai?"
"Oh, sorry, what?"
"I was asking you if you could start tomorrow"
"Oh, sure. Where I'll work?"
"In the same build, in the same floor. You'll work on the table next to mine"
"In front of Jess' office", she said to herself
"Okay. Be here at 8:30, okay?"
"Sure. Thank you"
She turned the phone off and on again and called a number. After a few seconds waiting she heard the answer machine. Rory just said in a shocked voice: 'Mom, I'll start in New York Tribune tomorrow. Jess hired me'. And hang up the phone