DREAM COME TRUE



NOTE: I own Rosa and any other Gilmore Girls characters I make up. The rest belong to the wonderful WB.



A/N: This picks up about a couple weeks or so after the last story. If you don't remember the last story then go back and read it, please. For now, enjoy this.

CHAPTER 5

Rory parked her car in front of Emily and Richard's mansion. She took a deep breath as she removed her seat belt then Rosa's. Rosa wore a blue and white party dress and her hair was curled. Rory looked close to the same way.

"Ready?" Rory asked the girl.

Rosa nodded. "Mmhmm."

Rory took Rosa's hand as they got out of the car and guided them both to the front door. Rory rung the bell while Rosa waited nervously. A maid appeared at the door.

"Good evening, Rory. Your grandparents should be down soon," she said.

"Thank you," Rory said, entering the large house. She handed hers and Rosa's coats to the maid then led Rosa to the living room where they both took a seat on the couch. "They'll be here any minute." Rosa just nodded.

"Rory." The fore mentioned young woman glanced up to see Emily and Richard enter the room. Richard had called her/

Emily started to say, "It's so good to see-" then she noticed Rosa. "Well, now, who's this?"

"Um..." Rory stood up, trying to put her words together. "Grandma, Grandpa, this is Rosa. Rosa, this is my grandma and grandpa, Richard and Emily Gilmore."

"Hello," Rosa whispered, standing up and giving them a curtsy.

"Well, she certainly is the polite one," Richard smiled, clearly impressed, much to Rory's relief.

"Hello, Rosa," Emily greeted the child then turned to Rory. "But I don't understand. Who is she?"

"She's... she's..." Rory sighed deeply before continuing. "She's Jess's daughter."

"Jess?" Richard repeated.

"Jess?" Emily seemed outraged. "You mean that hoodlum you used to-?"

"Grandma," Rory cut her off quickly, not wanting Rosa to hear trash about her father. "Can I see you for a minute?"

"Fine," Emily sighed. She and Rory went into the hall.

Richard turned back to Rosa, not knowing what to say. "So... how old are you?" he asked her.

"Rory, I don't understand," Emily started once she and her granddaughter were alone. Rory quickly told her the story of Jess and Shane and everything that had happened. "So you're back together with him?"

"Yes," Rory replied.

"Is it serious?" Rory nodded her reply. "So serious that you're raising his child?"

"Raising?" Rory repeated. "No, Grandma. I help take care of her because I care about her."

"How serious do you plan to get with Jess exactly?" Emily continued.

"I can't say right now, Grandma," Rory said. "Just please try to understand. Jess didn't expect to have a daughter but I'm glad he does. She means a lot to me."

"You expect to be a mother to this child?" Emily asked. "You're far too young to be a mother to a child her age."

"Grandma," Rory interrupted her. "I'm not Mom, OK? I didn't get pregnant when I was a teenager. But I love Jess and his daughter means so much to me. I want them both in my life. Please? Try to understand."

Before Emily could answer a laugh from Richard interrupted her. Rory and Emily went back into the living room to see Richard sitting on the coffee table, listening to Rosa.

"Did he, really?" Richard asked her.

"Uh huh," Rosa nodded.

"What's going on?" Rory and Emily asked simultaneously.

Richard glanced up. "Oh, Emily, Rosa here is telling me a wonderful story. The princess lived with a wicked dragon all her life until she moved in with a kind king."

Rory flashed a smile at Rosa. "I wonder where you got the inspiration for that."

Rosa shrugged and smiled. "Rory, I like it here."

"Absolutely," Richard said then heard the maid announce dinner. "Now I'd say we go eat." Rosa and Richard linked hands and headed for the door. "And after dinner you can tell me more of the story."

"Promise," Rosa said.

Rory beamed. "So far, so pretty good," she thought.

A/N: This chapter was pretty short but, hey, at least I updated quickly. Please review!