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Spoiler: takes place after episode 2x14 It should have been Lorelai
A/N: So this is my very first fanfiction. Thank you to Caitlin, who is beta- ing this story for me...
A/N2: I also wanna thank people for the nice reviews! You rock!
Chapter 2: Ice-cream and evil Sherry
Lorelai stopped on the porch in front of her house and made sure that she didn't look swollen after her little meltdown. She didn't want Rory to see that she had cried, neither did she want to tell her about her fight with Chris.
Rory was a very smart kid, but she couldn't have an impartial opinion about this and she shouldn't get upset.
Lorelai opened the frontdoor, stepped into the house and put her purse on the coat rack.
"Hey sweetheart, meaning of my life, where are you?" she yelled, looking into the living room.
"Kitchen!" was Rory's short reply.
Lorelai went to the kitchen and saw Rory unpacking grocery bags from Doose's.
"Aw, you bought food? What would I do without you?"
"Starve. Or spend all of your money for food at Luke's..."
With hearing his name Lorelai blushed and thought about the happenings in the park. 'Why did I kiss him?' she asked herself.'Is it normal that you kiss one of your best, platonic friends on the mouth, because he cheered you up with coffee?! No, he did not only bring coffee, he was kind and sensitive and I wanted to thank him. There's nothing about it!' she tried to convince herself and sighted deeply.
"Whoa, you're okay?" Rory asked concerned.
"Sure, sure, I'm okay, why?"
"Well, that sigh was serious. An I'm-in-big-trouble-sigh!"
"No, it wasn't such a sigh. More of an it's-boring-sigh."
"No, this one was more than that! Perhaps an I've-got-problems-and-don't- know-who-to-tell-sigh? You can tell me, my ears are always open."
"Ok, it was an I-don't-know-what-to-do-sigh."
"About what?"
"Huh? What about what?"
"Mom, you're confusing me! About what do you not know what to think?"
"Good question..."
"Mom, stop evading this question!!"
"Uh, okay, it's hard to explain. Do you know, when there is a thing, you've always been sure about, because it wouldn't change... Or no, sometimes you weren't exactly sure about it and your feelings towards it, but most of the time it gave you safety, because it wouldn't change. uhm, but suddenly something changes, not the thing, but your attitude towards it and you don't know what to think, because you don't really know if something changed and... I'm babbling."
"Okay, I see that your mouth moves, but I can't understand anything! Did your babbling make any sense??" Rory asked rolling her eyes.
"I said that it's hard to explain!"
"So, I'm confused now. Marshmallow?"
"Rory, it's eleven o'clock in the morning and we had breakfast one hour ago!" Lorelai said in a serious voice.
"Yep, I know." Rory replied unimpressed.
"What about some ice-cream?" she added.
"Aw, that's my daughter! Grab it and come to the living-room!"
They went to the living room, sat on the sofa and ate ice cream out of the container. After a few minutes Rory broke the silence and looked serious at her mother.
"So, can you tell me now what upsets you?"
"Uh, it's, I don't know. I..."
"Is this about Dad and Sherry?" Rory cut her off.
Lorelai's mind was racing. Should she tell Rory the real problem, or should she expect the easy way, she had offered her to get out of this situation. Actually she didn't even know herself, if there was a problem.
"Well, sort of." she answered, still not sure what to say.
"What do you think about Sherry?" she quickly added to distract her daughter.
Rory noticed the evasive action, but she dropped the topic, not to push her mother.
"Well, I already told you everything about her this morning."
"Yeah, you told me facts, but I wanna know how you feel about her. Do you like her?"
"Uhm..." Rory started trying to find the right words. "She was very nice and you can say that she was interested in me..."
"Oh yeah, that's a fact.." Lorelai mumbled interrupting her daughter.
"...but I think it was a little too much. She almost worshipped me and I got the impression, that she did that for Dad."
Lorelai raised a brow and was surprised, that Rory had such a negative attitude towards Sherry.
"Wow, that sounded harder, than it was meant, Sherry is okay, but it's a little bit uncomfortable to hear all of her exaggerations about me." Rory quickly added to explain her thoughts about Sherry.
"What do you think about her?"
"I dunno...Well actually, I do know, but that wouldn't be very nice, so..."
"Are you jealous?"
Lorelai sighed again, though this time she had another reason for it.
"Of course I am... I mean, she is the new girlfriend of my ex and she made him change so much! See, when I was with him, he only thought about his motorbike, he wasn't able to look after you and me. And now he has a family car, a fixed income and he is ready to have a serious relationship. I know, that he was much too young when I got pregnant, we both were, but I think I grew up faster and got the ability to bear the responsibility. He needed another sixteen years, but now he's ready and not together with me!"
Lorelai paused a few seconds to wipe away some tears, 'Wow, I cry a lot today.' she thought.
"This feeling sucks, it really should've been me!" Lorelai laughed sarcastically.
"That's the first time, that I have the same opinion like my mother.. I know that I'm not fair towards Sherry, but that's how I feel!"
Rory wrapped her arms around her mother and tried to reassure her.
"Hey, it's natural to be jealous when somebody gets exactly what you' ve been dreaming about. Is that the only reason why you don't like Sherry?"
"Oh no, when we were in the kitchen yesterday, she made perfectly sure that she didn't want to get to know me or become friends, or whatever. She just wanted to be with you, because you're important for your father. So I don't think she's very sympathetic. But you can spend time with her whenever you like; you should show no consideration for me, because it's your decision. And I'm serious with that. If they invite you, decide on you own whether you want to go or not."
Rory nodded. "Okay, I appreciate that... More ice-cream?"
"Yes please!"
Spoiler: takes place after episode 2x14 It should have been Lorelai
A/N: So this is my very first fanfiction. Thank you to Caitlin, who is beta- ing this story for me...
A/N2: I also wanna thank people for the nice reviews! You rock!
Chapter 2: Ice-cream and evil Sherry
Lorelai stopped on the porch in front of her house and made sure that she didn't look swollen after her little meltdown. She didn't want Rory to see that she had cried, neither did she want to tell her about her fight with Chris.
Rory was a very smart kid, but she couldn't have an impartial opinion about this and she shouldn't get upset.
Lorelai opened the frontdoor, stepped into the house and put her purse on the coat rack.
"Hey sweetheart, meaning of my life, where are you?" she yelled, looking into the living room.
"Kitchen!" was Rory's short reply.
Lorelai went to the kitchen and saw Rory unpacking grocery bags from Doose's.
"Aw, you bought food? What would I do without you?"
"Starve. Or spend all of your money for food at Luke's..."
With hearing his name Lorelai blushed and thought about the happenings in the park. 'Why did I kiss him?' she asked herself.'Is it normal that you kiss one of your best, platonic friends on the mouth, because he cheered you up with coffee?! No, he did not only bring coffee, he was kind and sensitive and I wanted to thank him. There's nothing about it!' she tried to convince herself and sighted deeply.
"Whoa, you're okay?" Rory asked concerned.
"Sure, sure, I'm okay, why?"
"Well, that sigh was serious. An I'm-in-big-trouble-sigh!"
"No, it wasn't such a sigh. More of an it's-boring-sigh."
"No, this one was more than that! Perhaps an I've-got-problems-and-don't- know-who-to-tell-sigh? You can tell me, my ears are always open."
"Ok, it was an I-don't-know-what-to-do-sigh."
"About what?"
"Huh? What about what?"
"Mom, you're confusing me! About what do you not know what to think?"
"Good question..."
"Mom, stop evading this question!!"
"Uh, okay, it's hard to explain. Do you know, when there is a thing, you've always been sure about, because it wouldn't change... Or no, sometimes you weren't exactly sure about it and your feelings towards it, but most of the time it gave you safety, because it wouldn't change. uhm, but suddenly something changes, not the thing, but your attitude towards it and you don't know what to think, because you don't really know if something changed and... I'm babbling."
"Okay, I see that your mouth moves, but I can't understand anything! Did your babbling make any sense??" Rory asked rolling her eyes.
"I said that it's hard to explain!"
"So, I'm confused now. Marshmallow?"
"Rory, it's eleven o'clock in the morning and we had breakfast one hour ago!" Lorelai said in a serious voice.
"Yep, I know." Rory replied unimpressed.
"What about some ice-cream?" she added.
"Aw, that's my daughter! Grab it and come to the living-room!"
They went to the living room, sat on the sofa and ate ice cream out of the container. After a few minutes Rory broke the silence and looked serious at her mother.
"So, can you tell me now what upsets you?"
"Uh, it's, I don't know. I..."
"Is this about Dad and Sherry?" Rory cut her off.
Lorelai's mind was racing. Should she tell Rory the real problem, or should she expect the easy way, she had offered her to get out of this situation. Actually she didn't even know herself, if there was a problem.
"Well, sort of." she answered, still not sure what to say.
"What do you think about Sherry?" she quickly added to distract her daughter.
Rory noticed the evasive action, but she dropped the topic, not to push her mother.
"Well, I already told you everything about her this morning."
"Yeah, you told me facts, but I wanna know how you feel about her. Do you like her?"
"Uhm..." Rory started trying to find the right words. "She was very nice and you can say that she was interested in me..."
"Oh yeah, that's a fact.." Lorelai mumbled interrupting her daughter.
"...but I think it was a little too much. She almost worshipped me and I got the impression, that she did that for Dad."
Lorelai raised a brow and was surprised, that Rory had such a negative attitude towards Sherry.
"Wow, that sounded harder, than it was meant, Sherry is okay, but it's a little bit uncomfortable to hear all of her exaggerations about me." Rory quickly added to explain her thoughts about Sherry.
"What do you think about her?"
"I dunno...Well actually, I do know, but that wouldn't be very nice, so..."
"Are you jealous?"
Lorelai sighed again, though this time she had another reason for it.
"Of course I am... I mean, she is the new girlfriend of my ex and she made him change so much! See, when I was with him, he only thought about his motorbike, he wasn't able to look after you and me. And now he has a family car, a fixed income and he is ready to have a serious relationship. I know, that he was much too young when I got pregnant, we both were, but I think I grew up faster and got the ability to bear the responsibility. He needed another sixteen years, but now he's ready and not together with me!"
Lorelai paused a few seconds to wipe away some tears, 'Wow, I cry a lot today.' she thought.
"This feeling sucks, it really should've been me!" Lorelai laughed sarcastically.
"That's the first time, that I have the same opinion like my mother.. I know that I'm not fair towards Sherry, but that's how I feel!"
Rory wrapped her arms around her mother and tried to reassure her.
"Hey, it's natural to be jealous when somebody gets exactly what you' ve been dreaming about. Is that the only reason why you don't like Sherry?"
"Oh no, when we were in the kitchen yesterday, she made perfectly sure that she didn't want to get to know me or become friends, or whatever. She just wanted to be with you, because you're important for your father. So I don't think she's very sympathetic. But you can spend time with her whenever you like; you should show no consideration for me, because it's your decision. And I'm serious with that. If they invite you, decide on you own whether you want to go or not."
Rory nodded. "Okay, I appreciate that... More ice-cream?"
"Yes please!"