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*Sorry I haven't written in awhile! I've been working on my other story "The New York Writer." It's one of my best stories so please read it! I need feedback on both stories! Enjoy!*
"All is well with the grandparents." Rory skipped out of her room happily. Lorelai was sitting on the couch, reading the latest issue of Teen People.
Lorelai put the magazine down and practically jumped in her seat. "What? Why?"
Rory just laughed. She knew her mother didn't want to go to Friday night dinners. Now that there was a truce, she knew she would have to go again.
"Because it's not worth it to fight right now. Plus, graduation is in a couple of days and I would want them to come. Say this fight ended after my graduation and that means they didn't come. How many times does a girl graduate?" Rory sat down on the couch.
When she saw Lorelai open her mouth to answer but Rory knew it would be ridiculous.
"Don't answer that." Rory added.
Lorelai smiled. "Well, do we have to go to dinner tomorrow night?"
"Yes." Rory nodded with a fake smile to see if her mother would protest.
"Rory! I don't wanna go! You go and tell me how it was." Lorelai whined.
"No, it was my fight. You could have gone to the dinner anyway." Rory pointed out.
"Technically, no." Lorelai pointed back. "I said something to her that was just a little mean."
"Like...."
"Unbelievable!"
Rory just laughed at her mother's sense of humor. "It doesn't matter, we're good."
"Fi-ne." Lorelai said and went back to reading her magazine. "This magazine sucks this month. Who cares which 40 year old Ashton is screwing?"
"Oh, then here's something interesting for you!" Rory handed Lorelai her yearbook.
"Oh! Now I can make fun of all the ugly kids!" Lorelai said with excitement.
"Right. I'll be in my room while you start your campaign to hell." Rory smiled.
"Ok Babe." Rory walked into her room and Lorelai looked through the yearbook.
"Jeez, some really ugly kids here." Lorelai said out loud, scanning the pages. "Let's see what some of these ugly kids said." She turned to the back of the book where Rory had nearly 100 signatures.
"Don't ever Change. See you over the summer. Good luck in college." Lorelai read three separate entries. She continued scanning the signatures when she ran across one that caught her eye.
Lorelai slowly got up and walked to Rory's room. She knocked and opened the door. Rory was lying on her bed reading a book.
"Rory, Have a great summer. Congratulations on being valedictorian. Marcy." Lorelai read out loud. She looked at Rory who was smiling and blushing.
"Are you valedictorian?" Lorelai asked quietly, smiling wide.
Rory nodded with a huge smile that couldn't even be erased by a huge eraser.
"Rory! Why didn't you tell me you were valedictorian? This is big." Lorelai said quietly, having tears forming in her eyes.
"I know." Rory breathed out. "I just didn't know how to say it."
"How about 'hey mom, I'm valedictorian.'" Lorelai mimicked Rory is the worst imitation ever.
"Yeah. Well I am." Rory laughed.
"We are going shopping this weekend." Lorelai smiled. She loved shopping with Rory, even if it was to buy something for Rory. 90% of the time, whatever she buys for Rory, she'd like too.
"Ok. Where are we going?" Rory asked excitedly.
"Uh.......nowhere. Sorry I forgot I have work all weekend." Lorelai sighed. "How about Monday night."
"Can't, I have plans with Jess. He's helping me with my speech."
"He knew before I did?" Lorelai whined.
"Yeah. Sorry. I was going to tell you."
"Right. Tuesday?" Lorelai paced back and forth.
"Nope, graduation rehearsal." Rory smiled. She was excited about graduating. It was a big accomplishment for her.
"Ugh! Wednesday?!" Lorelai said, raising her voice.
"Graduation!" Rory said and collapsed back down on the bed.
"You know what. Next free chance we get, we'll go." Lorelai sat down next to Rory on her bed.
"Sounds good." Rory agreed.
"So......you going to sleep?" Lorelai asked.
"Maybe, I think I'll read for a bit."
"Ok. I have to get up early tomorrow." Lorelai said, starting to get up.
"Ok. Good night mom."
"Goodnight Hun." Lorelai smiled and walked out the door. She went to go and close the door, but looked back at her daughter who sat there reading. She looked so elegant and smart. Rory was the one thing in her life that never went wrong.
Lorelai closed the door and stood in the kitchen just looking around.
"I'm hungry." Lorelai said aloud, although she was just talking to herself.
She walked over to Rory's room but when she went to open the door, it quickly opened.
"I'm hungry." Rory smiled.
"Luke's?"
"Let's go!" Rory said and they simply walked to Luke's in their pajamas.
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"Hey." Rory said as they walked into the diner. Luke was wiping down the counter and Jess was putting away the mustard and ketchup.
"Hey." Jess walked over and pecked her on the lips. Jess put his arms around Rory's waist and she put her arms around his neck and started kissing.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here? It's 10:00. We are closing in 15 minutes." Luke said.
Lorelai walked over to the counter and sat down. "We are hungry. Since we come here everyday, we figured you could work something out. Like, oh! We could have a diner pajama party!!" Lorelai screamed in excitement.
"What. Come on. I just want to sleep tonight." Luke whined.
Rory pulled away from Jess for air, but didn't let go of him, they kept their arms around each other. "Hey, that's a good idea."
"Oh, so now you decide to disconnect your lips from Jess." Luke snapped at Rory.
Rory just laughed.
"Let's see what Jess thinks. Jess?" Lorelai shot Jess a look.
"Uh...." Jess looked at both Lorelai and Luke's faces. Lorelai was wearing the 'you better say yes or I'll kill you' face. And Luke was wearing the 'your better say no or ill kill you' face.
Why not just say yes? That means Rory would be there all night!
"Sure why not." Jess replied.
"Score!!" Lorelai screamed.
"Fine." Luke agreed.
Honestly, Luke wasn't upset at all. He was glad that Lorelai was staying over.
"Ok. You!" Lorelai pointed at Jess. "Let go of my daughter and go put on your pajamas. Same to you." Lorelai motioned toward Luke.
Jess slowly let go of Rory and walked up the stairs.
"What are you guys doing?" Rory asked her mother when she saw her walk into the kitchen. She followed her in.
"Hmm....I'm looking for some sort of junk food. But hey, I should have thought Luke Danes owns this diner." Lorelai said, looking through the fridge and the shelves of food.
"You know that Luke doesn't buy stuff for himself, he buys it for the people that order from here. It's not his choice." Rory pointed out.
"Yeah, yeah. Then what the hell is wrong with the people of Stars Hollow? No one ever orders anything good. I can tell this by the lack of junk food in this kitchen!" Lorelai said loudly.
"So, what's it gonna be?"
Lorelai sighed. "I'll see what I can do."
"Uh-oh." Rory said.
Within 5 minutes, Lorelai and Rory started up their junk fest. They placed bowls of marshmallows with chocolate syrup on top, popcorn that they found on a bottom shelf with a respectable expiration date, and a big bowl filled with ice cream with lots of different toppings on the table.
"I guess this will just have to do." Lorelai said, staring at the food on the table. "What's taking them so long?"
"I don't know, but I don't think Luke will eat any of this." Rory shook her head as she ate a marshmallow.
"You're right...............maybe he'll make us some burgers. Oh, and maybe some fries. Oh! How about chili topped Pringles." Lorelai jumped.
"You are without shame."
"Thank ya." Lorelai smiled.
Just then Luke and Jess came down the stairs, both wearing flannel pajama bottoms. Luke was wearing a plain white shirt and took off his hat. Jess was wearing a black Metallica shirt.
"Hey, I thought that wasn't proper work attire." Lorelai said to Jess, spotting his shirt.
"I'm not working." Jess replied and sat down at the table filled with junk food. Rory and Lorelai sat down next to him.
"What's all this?" Luke asked, motioning to the food.
"Um, food." Lorelai said as if it wasn't so obvious.
"Yeah. Food that you magically brought here with you." Luke said.
"Um, no. It's that new brand. Luke's incorporated." Lorelai smiled.
"You took food from my kitchen?!"
"Yeah."
"I have a crowd to serve breakfast to in the morning." Luke said, annoyed.
"Come on, Luke. Who is going to eat marshmallows and syrup or popcorn, or ice cream for breakfast?" Lorelai asked.
Luke stood there, thinking of a person that would satisfy Lorelai. "Kirk!"
Dammit, he got her. "Well, besides him."
"You know what, fine" Luke said, walking into the kitchen.
Lorelai looked at Rory and Jess's faces but they looked just as confused as she did. "What are you doing?" She called into the kitchen.
Luke came out holding a bag of carrots. "You didn't think that I was going to eat any of this crap, did you?"
"N-no, I guess not." Lorelai said, still slightly confused.
Luke sat down and started eating his carrots. "So, why aren't you guys eating?"
"Because that bag of carrots is scaring us and our food away." Lorelai said, staring at the carrot in his hand.
"Fine." Luke got up and walked back into the kitchen. He came back out empty handed and sat back down.
"Better?"
"Thank you." Lorelai smiled. "Dig in."
Rory, Jess, and Lorelai picked dup their spoons and ate their ice cream and marshmallows. Luke just stared at the disgusting food on the table.
"Huh. Somehow this just isn't enough." Lorelai said.
"What do you mean this isn't enough, this is too much." Luke growled.
"No, I want something else."
"Something like...." Luke asked, scared of what the answer would be.
"A burger and fries."
"That does sound good." Rory said fakely, remembering their conversation earlier. Jess just nodded in agreement.
"What? No."
"Come one, Luke." Lorelai whined.
Luke sighed loudly. "No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"No."
"Yes."
"A-ha!" Lorelai screamed. "If you insist"
"What. No."
"We can do this all night." Lorelai smiled devilishly.
"Fine. Under one condition. I get to make myself a turkey burger with onion rings."
"F-ine." Lorelai gave in. As long as she got her burger and fries, she was good.
Luke made their burgers and brought them back to the table. As soon as he put the plates down, all three of them dug into them.
After eating a bit, they were all tired. Jess's chair ended up next to Rory's and Rory had he head on his shoulder and Jess had his arm around her. Lorelai and Luke each had one chair to sit on and one chair to put their feet on.
"So, you guys excited about graduation?" Luke asked in a tired voice.
"Yeah." Jess said quickly. "I guess." Rory said with a yawn.
"Rory, you grew up so fast." Lorelai smiled.
"Yeah Jess. I know I hadn't seen you in awhile, but I can remember the day you were brought home form the hospital." Luke smiled.
"Don't get all mushy on me now." Jess smiled slightly.
Rory smiled. "Aw, a baby Jess."
"Stop." Jess laughed.
Rory laughed. "I'm tired."
"Me too." Jess agreed.
"Why don't we all go upstairs and sleep. It's 2 in the morning. I'll clean this mess up in the morning." Luke said.
"Okay." They all said.
All three of them walked slowly up the stairs and into the apartment for a short night of sleep.
***Reviews please!!!!*****
*Sorry I haven't written in awhile! I've been working on my other story "The New York Writer." It's one of my best stories so please read it! I need feedback on both stories! Enjoy!*
"All is well with the grandparents." Rory skipped out of her room happily. Lorelai was sitting on the couch, reading the latest issue of Teen People.
Lorelai put the magazine down and practically jumped in her seat. "What? Why?"
Rory just laughed. She knew her mother didn't want to go to Friday night dinners. Now that there was a truce, she knew she would have to go again.
"Because it's not worth it to fight right now. Plus, graduation is in a couple of days and I would want them to come. Say this fight ended after my graduation and that means they didn't come. How many times does a girl graduate?" Rory sat down on the couch.
When she saw Lorelai open her mouth to answer but Rory knew it would be ridiculous.
"Don't answer that." Rory added.
Lorelai smiled. "Well, do we have to go to dinner tomorrow night?"
"Yes." Rory nodded with a fake smile to see if her mother would protest.
"Rory! I don't wanna go! You go and tell me how it was." Lorelai whined.
"No, it was my fight. You could have gone to the dinner anyway." Rory pointed out.
"Technically, no." Lorelai pointed back. "I said something to her that was just a little mean."
"Like...."
"Unbelievable!"
Rory just laughed at her mother's sense of humor. "It doesn't matter, we're good."
"Fi-ne." Lorelai said and went back to reading her magazine. "This magazine sucks this month. Who cares which 40 year old Ashton is screwing?"
"Oh, then here's something interesting for you!" Rory handed Lorelai her yearbook.
"Oh! Now I can make fun of all the ugly kids!" Lorelai said with excitement.
"Right. I'll be in my room while you start your campaign to hell." Rory smiled.
"Ok Babe." Rory walked into her room and Lorelai looked through the yearbook.
"Jeez, some really ugly kids here." Lorelai said out loud, scanning the pages. "Let's see what some of these ugly kids said." She turned to the back of the book where Rory had nearly 100 signatures.
"Don't ever Change. See you over the summer. Good luck in college." Lorelai read three separate entries. She continued scanning the signatures when she ran across one that caught her eye.
Lorelai slowly got up and walked to Rory's room. She knocked and opened the door. Rory was lying on her bed reading a book.
"Rory, Have a great summer. Congratulations on being valedictorian. Marcy." Lorelai read out loud. She looked at Rory who was smiling and blushing.
"Are you valedictorian?" Lorelai asked quietly, smiling wide.
Rory nodded with a huge smile that couldn't even be erased by a huge eraser.
"Rory! Why didn't you tell me you were valedictorian? This is big." Lorelai said quietly, having tears forming in her eyes.
"I know." Rory breathed out. "I just didn't know how to say it."
"How about 'hey mom, I'm valedictorian.'" Lorelai mimicked Rory is the worst imitation ever.
"Yeah. Well I am." Rory laughed.
"We are going shopping this weekend." Lorelai smiled. She loved shopping with Rory, even if it was to buy something for Rory. 90% of the time, whatever she buys for Rory, she'd like too.
"Ok. Where are we going?" Rory asked excitedly.
"Uh.......nowhere. Sorry I forgot I have work all weekend." Lorelai sighed. "How about Monday night."
"Can't, I have plans with Jess. He's helping me with my speech."
"He knew before I did?" Lorelai whined.
"Yeah. Sorry. I was going to tell you."
"Right. Tuesday?" Lorelai paced back and forth.
"Nope, graduation rehearsal." Rory smiled. She was excited about graduating. It was a big accomplishment for her.
"Ugh! Wednesday?!" Lorelai said, raising her voice.
"Graduation!" Rory said and collapsed back down on the bed.
"You know what. Next free chance we get, we'll go." Lorelai sat down next to Rory on her bed.
"Sounds good." Rory agreed.
"So......you going to sleep?" Lorelai asked.
"Maybe, I think I'll read for a bit."
"Ok. I have to get up early tomorrow." Lorelai said, starting to get up.
"Ok. Good night mom."
"Goodnight Hun." Lorelai smiled and walked out the door. She went to go and close the door, but looked back at her daughter who sat there reading. She looked so elegant and smart. Rory was the one thing in her life that never went wrong.
Lorelai closed the door and stood in the kitchen just looking around.
"I'm hungry." Lorelai said aloud, although she was just talking to herself.
She walked over to Rory's room but when she went to open the door, it quickly opened.
"I'm hungry." Rory smiled.
"Luke's?"
"Let's go!" Rory said and they simply walked to Luke's in their pajamas.
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"Hey." Rory said as they walked into the diner. Luke was wiping down the counter and Jess was putting away the mustard and ketchup.
"Hey." Jess walked over and pecked her on the lips. Jess put his arms around Rory's waist and she put her arms around his neck and started kissing.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here? It's 10:00. We are closing in 15 minutes." Luke said.
Lorelai walked over to the counter and sat down. "We are hungry. Since we come here everyday, we figured you could work something out. Like, oh! We could have a diner pajama party!!" Lorelai screamed in excitement.
"What. Come on. I just want to sleep tonight." Luke whined.
Rory pulled away from Jess for air, but didn't let go of him, they kept their arms around each other. "Hey, that's a good idea."
"Oh, so now you decide to disconnect your lips from Jess." Luke snapped at Rory.
Rory just laughed.
"Let's see what Jess thinks. Jess?" Lorelai shot Jess a look.
"Uh...." Jess looked at both Lorelai and Luke's faces. Lorelai was wearing the 'you better say yes or I'll kill you' face. And Luke was wearing the 'your better say no or ill kill you' face.
Why not just say yes? That means Rory would be there all night!
"Sure why not." Jess replied.
"Score!!" Lorelai screamed.
"Fine." Luke agreed.
Honestly, Luke wasn't upset at all. He was glad that Lorelai was staying over.
"Ok. You!" Lorelai pointed at Jess. "Let go of my daughter and go put on your pajamas. Same to you." Lorelai motioned toward Luke.
Jess slowly let go of Rory and walked up the stairs.
"What are you guys doing?" Rory asked her mother when she saw her walk into the kitchen. She followed her in.
"Hmm....I'm looking for some sort of junk food. But hey, I should have thought Luke Danes owns this diner." Lorelai said, looking through the fridge and the shelves of food.
"You know that Luke doesn't buy stuff for himself, he buys it for the people that order from here. It's not his choice." Rory pointed out.
"Yeah, yeah. Then what the hell is wrong with the people of Stars Hollow? No one ever orders anything good. I can tell this by the lack of junk food in this kitchen!" Lorelai said loudly.
"So, what's it gonna be?"
Lorelai sighed. "I'll see what I can do."
"Uh-oh." Rory said.
Within 5 minutes, Lorelai and Rory started up their junk fest. They placed bowls of marshmallows with chocolate syrup on top, popcorn that they found on a bottom shelf with a respectable expiration date, and a big bowl filled with ice cream with lots of different toppings on the table.
"I guess this will just have to do." Lorelai said, staring at the food on the table. "What's taking them so long?"
"I don't know, but I don't think Luke will eat any of this." Rory shook her head as she ate a marshmallow.
"You're right...............maybe he'll make us some burgers. Oh, and maybe some fries. Oh! How about chili topped Pringles." Lorelai jumped.
"You are without shame."
"Thank ya." Lorelai smiled.
Just then Luke and Jess came down the stairs, both wearing flannel pajama bottoms. Luke was wearing a plain white shirt and took off his hat. Jess was wearing a black Metallica shirt.
"Hey, I thought that wasn't proper work attire." Lorelai said to Jess, spotting his shirt.
"I'm not working." Jess replied and sat down at the table filled with junk food. Rory and Lorelai sat down next to him.
"What's all this?" Luke asked, motioning to the food.
"Um, food." Lorelai said as if it wasn't so obvious.
"Yeah. Food that you magically brought here with you." Luke said.
"Um, no. It's that new brand. Luke's incorporated." Lorelai smiled.
"You took food from my kitchen?!"
"Yeah."
"I have a crowd to serve breakfast to in the morning." Luke said, annoyed.
"Come on, Luke. Who is going to eat marshmallows and syrup or popcorn, or ice cream for breakfast?" Lorelai asked.
Luke stood there, thinking of a person that would satisfy Lorelai. "Kirk!"
Dammit, he got her. "Well, besides him."
"You know what, fine" Luke said, walking into the kitchen.
Lorelai looked at Rory and Jess's faces but they looked just as confused as she did. "What are you doing?" She called into the kitchen.
Luke came out holding a bag of carrots. "You didn't think that I was going to eat any of this crap, did you?"
"N-no, I guess not." Lorelai said, still slightly confused.
Luke sat down and started eating his carrots. "So, why aren't you guys eating?"
"Because that bag of carrots is scaring us and our food away." Lorelai said, staring at the carrot in his hand.
"Fine." Luke got up and walked back into the kitchen. He came back out empty handed and sat back down.
"Better?"
"Thank you." Lorelai smiled. "Dig in."
Rory, Jess, and Lorelai picked dup their spoons and ate their ice cream and marshmallows. Luke just stared at the disgusting food on the table.
"Huh. Somehow this just isn't enough." Lorelai said.
"What do you mean this isn't enough, this is too much." Luke growled.
"No, I want something else."
"Something like...." Luke asked, scared of what the answer would be.
"A burger and fries."
"That does sound good." Rory said fakely, remembering their conversation earlier. Jess just nodded in agreement.
"What? No."
"Come one, Luke." Lorelai whined.
Luke sighed loudly. "No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"No."
"Yes."
"A-ha!" Lorelai screamed. "If you insist"
"What. No."
"We can do this all night." Lorelai smiled devilishly.
"Fine. Under one condition. I get to make myself a turkey burger with onion rings."
"F-ine." Lorelai gave in. As long as she got her burger and fries, she was good.
Luke made their burgers and brought them back to the table. As soon as he put the plates down, all three of them dug into them.
After eating a bit, they were all tired. Jess's chair ended up next to Rory's and Rory had he head on his shoulder and Jess had his arm around her. Lorelai and Luke each had one chair to sit on and one chair to put their feet on.
"So, you guys excited about graduation?" Luke asked in a tired voice.
"Yeah." Jess said quickly. "I guess." Rory said with a yawn.
"Rory, you grew up so fast." Lorelai smiled.
"Yeah Jess. I know I hadn't seen you in awhile, but I can remember the day you were brought home form the hospital." Luke smiled.
"Don't get all mushy on me now." Jess smiled slightly.
Rory smiled. "Aw, a baby Jess."
"Stop." Jess laughed.
Rory laughed. "I'm tired."
"Me too." Jess agreed.
"Why don't we all go upstairs and sleep. It's 2 in the morning. I'll clean this mess up in the morning." Luke said.
"Okay." They all said.
All three of them walked slowly up the stairs and into the apartment for a short night of sleep.
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