Chapter Four
"Wake up," Lorelai and Georgia's voice can be heard through Rory's old bedroom door.
"What's going on?" Rory asks yawning when she pulls her door open."
"We're going to breakfast!" Georgia declares.
"Where?" Rory questions rubbing her eyes.
"Luke's." Lorelai declares firmly, "I've got to have a serious talk with Mr. Danes."
"Who's Mr. Danes?" Georgia questions.
"That's Luke, you'll meet him." Rory responds, "just let me get dressed and we can leave, all right?"
"Yeah, hurry, we'll be waiting." Lorelai states as she ushers Georgia out of the bedroom and back into the kitchen.
When Rory emerges from her bedroom she finds Georgia eating a bag of Gushers, "where did you get those?" Rory questions turning to a guilty faced Lorelai.
"What?" Lorelai shrugs, "she was hungry."
"Let's go." Rory rolls her eyes.
The walk to Luke's was as familiar to Rory as if she hadn't stopped doing it for a long period of time, she still called out hellos to people as if she had seen them yesterday not what seemed to be forever ago. Walking into Luke's seemed just as familiar with Luke behind the counter taking Kirk's breakfast order. When Luke looks up to see who has entered he turns to move back into the kitchen but Lorelai reaches him first.
"You and I are going to have a talk mister, if it's the last thing either one of us does." Lorelai orders gripping onto Luke's shirt.
Rory and Georgia exchange glances and Georgia bursts into a fit of giggles, "she's silly."
Rory nods, "that she is."
"Can I help you?" A girl with frizzy red hair, who must be Jessica, asks once Rory has taken a seat with Georgia, after Luke and Lorelai have disappeared in the back.
"Yes, I'll have a cup of coffee and she will have..." Rory allows herself to trail off so that Georgia can order for herself."
"Chocolate milk." Georgia responds.
"And my mother will have a coffee as well."
"Oh! You must be Lorelai's daughter." Jessica exclaims.
Rory nods, "yes, I'm Rory."
"You're like a legend around here." Jessica states.
"Im a huh?" Rory asks.
"Everyone talks about you around here. Your mom and Luke are constantly bragging about everything you do, especially now that you've taken to raising your sister."
Rory's eyes go wide, "oh."
"And Jess gets this far off look in his eyes whenever..."
"Jessica, shouldn't you be getting back to work?" Luke barks after he comes thudding down the stairs.
"Yes, sir." Jessica quickly hurries away to place their order.
Lorelai appears down the stairs just after Luke but the two avoid contact and Lorelai hurries over to her daughter, "I need to get going, apparently Luke and I can't work things out just yet. Stop by the inn around lunchtime, Sookie wants to cook for both of you."
Rory nods, "all right."
"Bye Sweets." Lorelai waves before hurrying back out the diner door.
"So are you and Mom going to fight forever?" Rory asks Luke as he passes.
"I'm glad you're back Rory." Luke states, ignoring Rory's question.
"Surprisingly, I'm glad to be back Luke."
"Rory I'm glad I found you so early in the day." Taylor bursts through the diner door, "your mother stopped by the soda shop and said you were over here."
Taylor's statement causes a glare to cross Luke's face and Rory laughs lightly, "hi Taylor."
"I spoke to your mother, she said you might be interested in a job." Taylor states.
Rory nods, "she said something about a town bulletin."
"That's exactly right, I thought you would be the perfect person for the job, after me of course. It would be a weekly think and people would pay to advertise in it and you could do a couple articles on whatever you want, so long as you approve it by myself of course."
"I'd love to." Rory responds.
"Excellent." Taylor pulls a stack of papers out of his briefcase, "this has everything you need to know."
"Thank you Taylor." Rory responds taking the bundled papers, "I'll let you know when I have a sketch of something put together."
"Excellent, I'll be in touch." Taylor calls over his shoulder as he walks back out of the diner.
"So where do you want to go now?" Rory asks once she and Georgia are done at Luke's.
Georgia shrugs, "what's there to do?"
"Not nearly as much as in the city, how about the park?" Rory suggests.
"Can you push me on the swing?"
"If that's what you want." Rory responds as they cross the street in the direction of the park.
When they reach the swings Rory spots another familiar face, "Rory I heard you were back in town."
"Hey Dean," Rory glances at the 3 children around him, "how are you?"
"Good. Lindsay and I got a divorce last year."
Rory nods, "I know my mom told me, I'm sorry."
Dean shrugs, "we're happier now, Lindsay and I are still friends."
"Good."
"These are my children Donny, Ryan and Reid." All three of the boys seem to be a little younger than Georgia who instantly initiates a game between the four and they run off to play. "You look good." Dean comments.
"Thanks," Rory smiles, "so do you." The two catch up a little longer before Dean confesses that he is supposed to get the kids over to Lindsay's and then he has to be at work and they separate. Rory is walking over to Georgia when she once again runs into Jess.
"Are we going to keep doing this?" Rory stares at Jess.
"I guess for as long as we're in the same town, I guess I'll take off for the summer visit my Dad or something." Jess turns to leave.
"Jess, wait." Rory sighs, "don't do that."
"What?"
"I mean do we really have to hide from each other our whole lives, because in case you hadn't noticed it isn't working." Rory states.
"You don't want me out of town?" Jess asks.
Rory sighs, "I'll be here for three months and then we can go back to hating each other."
"Fine." Jess snaps.
"Fine." Rory snaps in response as Jess stalks away.
On the next Gilmore Girls:
"Well I love you! You dumb jerk!" Lorelai exclaims.
"I never said I hated you, and you were the one who walked away!" Jess yells.
"You walked away plenty of times before that."
"Wake up," Lorelai and Georgia's voice can be heard through Rory's old bedroom door.
"What's going on?" Rory asks yawning when she pulls her door open."
"We're going to breakfast!" Georgia declares.
"Where?" Rory questions rubbing her eyes.
"Luke's." Lorelai declares firmly, "I've got to have a serious talk with Mr. Danes."
"Who's Mr. Danes?" Georgia questions.
"That's Luke, you'll meet him." Rory responds, "just let me get dressed and we can leave, all right?"
"Yeah, hurry, we'll be waiting." Lorelai states as she ushers Georgia out of the bedroom and back into the kitchen.
When Rory emerges from her bedroom she finds Georgia eating a bag of Gushers, "where did you get those?" Rory questions turning to a guilty faced Lorelai.
"What?" Lorelai shrugs, "she was hungry."
"Let's go." Rory rolls her eyes.
The walk to Luke's was as familiar to Rory as if she hadn't stopped doing it for a long period of time, she still called out hellos to people as if she had seen them yesterday not what seemed to be forever ago. Walking into Luke's seemed just as familiar with Luke behind the counter taking Kirk's breakfast order. When Luke looks up to see who has entered he turns to move back into the kitchen but Lorelai reaches him first.
"You and I are going to have a talk mister, if it's the last thing either one of us does." Lorelai orders gripping onto Luke's shirt.
Rory and Georgia exchange glances and Georgia bursts into a fit of giggles, "she's silly."
Rory nods, "that she is."
"Can I help you?" A girl with frizzy red hair, who must be Jessica, asks once Rory has taken a seat with Georgia, after Luke and Lorelai have disappeared in the back.
"Yes, I'll have a cup of coffee and she will have..." Rory allows herself to trail off so that Georgia can order for herself."
"Chocolate milk." Georgia responds.
"And my mother will have a coffee as well."
"Oh! You must be Lorelai's daughter." Jessica exclaims.
Rory nods, "yes, I'm Rory."
"You're like a legend around here." Jessica states.
"Im a huh?" Rory asks.
"Everyone talks about you around here. Your mom and Luke are constantly bragging about everything you do, especially now that you've taken to raising your sister."
Rory's eyes go wide, "oh."
"And Jess gets this far off look in his eyes whenever..."
"Jessica, shouldn't you be getting back to work?" Luke barks after he comes thudding down the stairs.
"Yes, sir." Jessica quickly hurries away to place their order.
Lorelai appears down the stairs just after Luke but the two avoid contact and Lorelai hurries over to her daughter, "I need to get going, apparently Luke and I can't work things out just yet. Stop by the inn around lunchtime, Sookie wants to cook for both of you."
Rory nods, "all right."
"Bye Sweets." Lorelai waves before hurrying back out the diner door.
"So are you and Mom going to fight forever?" Rory asks Luke as he passes.
"I'm glad you're back Rory." Luke states, ignoring Rory's question.
"Surprisingly, I'm glad to be back Luke."
"Rory I'm glad I found you so early in the day." Taylor bursts through the diner door, "your mother stopped by the soda shop and said you were over here."
Taylor's statement causes a glare to cross Luke's face and Rory laughs lightly, "hi Taylor."
"I spoke to your mother, she said you might be interested in a job." Taylor states.
Rory nods, "she said something about a town bulletin."
"That's exactly right, I thought you would be the perfect person for the job, after me of course. It would be a weekly think and people would pay to advertise in it and you could do a couple articles on whatever you want, so long as you approve it by myself of course."
"I'd love to." Rory responds.
"Excellent." Taylor pulls a stack of papers out of his briefcase, "this has everything you need to know."
"Thank you Taylor." Rory responds taking the bundled papers, "I'll let you know when I have a sketch of something put together."
"Excellent, I'll be in touch." Taylor calls over his shoulder as he walks back out of the diner.
"So where do you want to go now?" Rory asks once she and Georgia are done at Luke's.
Georgia shrugs, "what's there to do?"
"Not nearly as much as in the city, how about the park?" Rory suggests.
"Can you push me on the swing?"
"If that's what you want." Rory responds as they cross the street in the direction of the park.
When they reach the swings Rory spots another familiar face, "Rory I heard you were back in town."
"Hey Dean," Rory glances at the 3 children around him, "how are you?"
"Good. Lindsay and I got a divorce last year."
Rory nods, "I know my mom told me, I'm sorry."
Dean shrugs, "we're happier now, Lindsay and I are still friends."
"Good."
"These are my children Donny, Ryan and Reid." All three of the boys seem to be a little younger than Georgia who instantly initiates a game between the four and they run off to play. "You look good." Dean comments.
"Thanks," Rory smiles, "so do you." The two catch up a little longer before Dean confesses that he is supposed to get the kids over to Lindsay's and then he has to be at work and they separate. Rory is walking over to Georgia when she once again runs into Jess.
"Are we going to keep doing this?" Rory stares at Jess.
"I guess for as long as we're in the same town, I guess I'll take off for the summer visit my Dad or something." Jess turns to leave.
"Jess, wait." Rory sighs, "don't do that."
"What?"
"I mean do we really have to hide from each other our whole lives, because in case you hadn't noticed it isn't working." Rory states.
"You don't want me out of town?" Jess asks.
Rory sighs, "I'll be here for three months and then we can go back to hating each other."
"Fine." Jess snaps.
"Fine." Rory snaps in response as Jess stalks away.
On the next Gilmore Girls:
"Well I love you! You dumb jerk!" Lorelai exclaims.
"I never said I hated you, and you were the one who walked away!" Jess yells.
"You walked away plenty of times before that."
