Disclaimer Don't you think if I owned the Gilmore Girls that we poor, poor Aussies would still be getting our new episodes of the Gilmore Girls, instead of just getting season 1 on pay tv! Plus Milo and Tristan would not have left, ever! Simple as that. But never fear, I am saving up all my shiny pennies to buy them from ASP, and I am proud to say that after 6 months of very intensive saving I now have a total of 50 cents, Yay me!!
Rating: PG-13
The Clearing
Part Six- Happiness
She loved her life. It was complete, a great job, a great apartment, great friends, great family and a great guy.
She stretched out on her living room couch and sighed in contentment.
"There is no way it could possibly get any better than this. I actually have it all."
Sure, she had her issues, but didn't everybody? Besides they were nothing that she couldn't handle, they were extremely insignificant compared to the problems in other peoples lives. Her coffee was de-caff, her font for an article was the wrong size or she couldn't call her Mum twice that day because she was busy. Nothing too big really.
"Oh, that reminds me, I had better call her or she'll send the negligence police after me!"
Rory stood up and pulled the cushions off the couch in search for the phone. Not there, so she headed to the kitchen and pulled out the draws. It definitely wasn't there. Then she remembered she had it in her closet earlier when she was on the phone to Dean.
"It has to be there, it's the last place I had it. I think… Maybe Lanes right, I should buy a phone with a cord. I'll look tomorrow."
Rory pulled everything out of her closet and realised that it wasn't there. Defeated she walked back into the living room only to find it sitting on top of her television. Now satisfied that she had found the phone she sat down on the cushion-less sofa and dialled the familiar number. Lorelai picked up after about the tenth ring.
"Hello Stars Hollow Crematorium, you kill em' we grill em'!"
Smiling Rory addressed her mother
"Mum… why didn't you tell me our house is the new crematorium and where is my cut of the profit?"
"Rory! The favoritist child of the queen of the world! It's Rory, Luke! Ooh, I don't think I want to talk to you! You are disowned and you are definitely NOT getting a cut of the crematorium profit. You are evil, you neglected a poor defenceless, lonely old lady1"
Rory stood up and walked into her kitchen to make some coffee and noticed the mess surrounding her that she'd have to eventually clean up. Maybe she'd do it tomorrow.
"Hey, I seem to remember you once went a whole two days without calling me and did I disown you? No, and you know why, because I'm a good daughter, so now you can be a good mother and give me a cut of the profits!"
Lorelai sighed through the phone, then she called out to Luke.
"Luke Rory's being evil spawn can you set your plaid army onto her? If you do tonight I'll wear that red lacy bra you really like and we can-"
Rory's eyes nearly bulged out of her head when she realised where Lorelai was going with this, and she definitely didn't need the nightmares that were sure to occur if she heard the rest of the sentence.
"MUM! That is something I really don't need to hear I don't want to know what you and Luke get up to at night!
"Well, actually honey, it's not just night. Yesterday we did it in the diner's kitchen during the lunch rush. I think Miss Patty's jealous…"
"Mum, once again I don't need the scary visuals to be haunting my dreams for the rest of my life, please spare me or I'll be sending you the therapy bills, and you know that'll mean less money for coffee and candy!" Rory warned her mother.
"So darling daughter, how have you been? How is that darling fiance of yours and when are you going to visit? And guess what, I have a tasty tid-bit of gossip that you may or may not want to hear, it's really, really, REALLY juicy. Only, you know, without the juicy part. It's actually kind of dry come to think of it. Do they have dry gossip? Is that even possible, maybe they call really boring gossip dry because there is nothing to it-"
"Mom, back on track. I talked to yesterday so you know I've been good. But today I found out I'm being considered for a promotion! And "darling fiance"? Mum, we all know you only like Jess because he's with me, and I'll come visit next weekend, I have to work all Saturday and Sunday Jess and I are going to see " A Mid-summer Night's Dream" in Central Park." Rory took in a breath and continued excitedly. "Tell me the gossip! Is Miss Patty getting married to Taylor because her got her pregnant? Did Mrs Kim finally breakdown and join Lanes Punk band and start eating deep-fried meat? C'mon you have to tell me!"
On the other end of the line Loralai snorted, and started laughing heartily.
"Oh I wish that would happen! Can you imagine Mrs Kim walking around with a pierced chin and blue hair, eating a corn-dog? Now that is something I'd pay to see. To think I've been wasting my money on movies!"
"Mum…"
"Alright, alright. Oy with the poodle already! Anyhow, for some strange reason I talked to your grandmother today out of my own free will. I think I was tripping or something because it was as pleasant a conversation as you can possibly have with Emily." Lorelai stopped and huffed before she continued. " Well, she was updating me on the Hartford elite social society, that I love oh so much, when she informed me that a certain blonde "Pain in the Butt" was returning in a week to live in New York, where, through a sting of strange events, you are currently residing. Hmph! But I guess it doesn't matter since you're over him and you have Jess, who after realising the error of his ways comes running back to you. Besides New York is a big town, You're not likely to see him…"
Rory sat there silently stunned while her mother rambled on, trying to make her daughter better about the situation.
How could this be happening. Last she'd heard he was planning to stay in Paris for an extra year. Now he was coming back. She wondered if he had a girlfriend. If he was in love with her. She wondered if he liked living in Paris better than America.
She told herself that she didn't care.
"Rory, Rory, are you ok hun?" Lorelai asked Rory in her best concerned mom voice.
"Huh… oh yeah I'm just peachy. Who cares if he's back right? Look I really have to go Mum, I'll call you tomorrow at lunch. Love you"
Rory hung up the phone after her Mum said "I love you" and took a deep breath before collapsing in the chair at the kitchen table.
Ok so maybe this was the one problem that she couldn't handle. The one problem that could turn her picture perfect life upside down and had the potential to ruin everything she had worked so hard for, and bring back memories she had worked even harder to forget.
Rory stayed where she was, lost in thought until Jess got home later that night.
"Well, maybe mom is right. New York is a big town. There's no chance I'll see him!"
ok, so that's another chapter finished for me. My proof reading is not that great so if you find anything major please tell me! And thanks for the reviews, especially cellardoor who has reviewed every chapter so far! And Aussie fans- we can get out GG fix on Arena (the paytv channel) season 1 is on Saturday nights at 7:30 and repeated at 2:30 on Monday afternoons!
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