Stars Hollow With a California Twist
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Rory and Jess are married and have two kids, Shawn, who is 16. And Liz, who is 14. They live in California. Luke and Lorelai are also married and have a 14 year old son, Will. They still live is Stars Hollow. (I suck at summaries.)
Hey guys, this is my second GGS fic. The other being Blissful Engagement My Ass. Which FF. net took off :/ anyways, I hope you like it. :)
Chapter 1 – Rude Awakenings(JESS, RORY, SHAWN, and LIZ are at the video store trying to pick out a movie.)
JESS: I vote for Almost Famous.
(They all groan.)
SHAWN: We've all seen it a hundred times.
LIZ: And you have it at home.
JESS: Yes, but this is the special two-disk, extended version.
RORY: We're not getting it.
JESS: But...
(RORY gave him her death glare.)
JESS: Fine.
LIZ: I vote for Harry Potter.
SHAWN: No! We are absolutely not getting Harry Potter.
LIZ: Why not?
SHAWN: Because... it's Harry Potter.
LIZ: But Rupert Grint is hot.
SHAWN: Oh, well you've won me over now.
(RORY and JESS laughed at their kids. She walks over and grabs a movie.)
RORY: We're getting this one.
JESS: What movie would that be?
RORY: A good one.
SHAWN: Title please.
RORY: What? You don't trust me?
JESS/LIZ/SHAWN: No.
RORY: Tuff, I have the card. Now go get into the car. I'll be out in a minute.
(They all groan and walk out and get into the car.)
SHAWN: (To JESS) Why do you always make the mistake of letting her have the card?
(JESS ignores him.)
SHAWN: Now we're going to be stuck watching something stupid, like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Again!
(RORY walks out and gets into the car. JESS starts the car and looks at his wife.)
JESS: What did you get?
RORY: A movie.
JESS: Be more specific.
RORY: A good movie.
(RORY smile.)
LIZ: Mom, just tell us.
RORY: Don't worry Lizzie, you like this one.
LIZ: Is it Harry Potter?
RORY: No.
SHAWN: Oh no, it's a chick flick.
(JESS looks at RORY. Who has the biggest grin on her face.)
JESS: Um, honey?
RORY: Yes?
JESS: Please tell me that our son is wrong.
RORY: Why I have no idea what you are talking about.
(LIZ and RORY laugh. Both JESS and SHAWN groan. They pick up a pizza on their way home. When they got home they all sat down on the couch, RORY puts the DVD in. The title screen comes up.)
SHAWN: No! Not this again.
JESS: Rory, come on.
(RORY laughs.)
LIZ: I love this movie!
RORY: I know.
SHAWN: How can you love this movie? It's a bunch of mentally retarded teenagers sharing their feelings.
JESS: Yeah. Come on.
(RORY ignores them and presses 'play'. They all begin to watch The Breakfast Club. By the time the movie was over, RORY and JESS were crawled up together on one half of the couch; LIZ was asleep on the other half. And SHAWN was asleep on the floor. RORY looks at JESS. Who is about to fall asleep himself. He looks at her.)
RORY: Lets get the kids to bed.
JESS: Okay.
(RORY lightly nudges LIZ, who wakes up immediately. JESS nudges SHAWN, he doesn't wake. He nudges him again, he still doesn't wake up. JESS walks into the kitchen, fills up a glass of water and walks back into the living room.)
RORY: Jess! Don't even think...
(But JESS ignores her. He pours the entire glass of water on his son's head.)
SHAWN: What the hell?!
(LIZ laughs. Then hugs RORY.)
LIZ: G'night, Mom.
RORY: G'Night sweets.
(LIZ looks at JESS, who still has the glass in his hand. She looks down at her brother, she chuckles.)
LIZ: G'Night, Dad.
(She walks into her bedroom and goes to bed. RORY walks into the bathroom and grabs a towel, walks back out into the living room and hands it to SHAWN.)
RORY: Night, babe.
SHAWN: Night, Mom.
(He turns to JESS.)
SHAWN: Satin.
(JESS just smiles at him.)
JESS: Night.
(SHAWN walks into his room and shuts his door. RORY just looks at JESS, she doesn't say anything.)
JESS: What?
(She smiles at him.)
RORY: You're evil.
(He smiles and walks over and hugs her.)
JESS: Hey, you married me.
RORY: Yes, why did I do that again?
JESS: Because I'm deviously handsome.
RORY: No, that's not it.
JESS: Because I'm brilliant.
RORY: Nope.
JESS: Because you knew that if you married me you would get all my books?
RORY: Bingo.
(JESS smiles, they go to bed. The next morning RORY and JESS are waken up by the phone. RORY groans and answers the phone.)
RORY: Hello?
LORELAI: Why hello, little one.
RORY: Hey mom. What are you doing up at six forty-five on a Saturday?
LORELAI: Because my lovely son woke me up asking if we had any pancake mix in the house.
RORY: He wanted to cook?
LORELAI: Yeah.
RORY: Wow, he definitely takes after Luke in that department.
LORELAI: Yup.
RORY: So, what's going up?
LORELAI: Well, I had this fabulous idea.
RORY: Involving...
LORELAI: All of us.
RORY: And what is this fabulous idea of yours?
LORELAI: Well, you know Will's 15th birthday is coming up next week.
RORY: I know, but I already told you. We can't afford to come up there this summer, mom. We have to pay double for the kid's school this year, because they're both in high school now.
LORELAI: No, I know. But, I was thinking...
RORY: That's never a good idea for you.
LORELAI: Well, Luke and I talked, and we both agree that we need a vacation. And we were thinking that if you guys could put up with us for a couple weeks...
RORY: You could come down here?!
(JESS looks at RORY.)
LORELAI: Yeah.
RORY: Oh my god! Really?
LORELAI: Only if you have enough room.
RORY: Of course we do.
LORELAI: You better ask Jess first.
RORY: Okay, hang on.
(RORY puts down the phone, and looks at JESS.)
JESS: What?
RORY: They wanna come up here for a couple weeks.
JESS: When?
RORY: Um...
(She picks the phone up again.)
RORY: When?
LORELAI: We would come up there on Friday.
RORY: (To JESS) Friday.
(JESS groans. RORY gives him the lip.)
RORY: Pleeeease.
(JESS just looks at her.)
JESS: Fine.
(RORY smiles.)
RORY: (To LORELAI) He said you could come over!
LORELAI: Yay!
RORY: Okay, I'll call you later.
LORELAI: All right, hon. Love you.
RORY: Love you too, Mom.
(RORY hangs up the phone and looks at JESS.)
RORY: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
JESS: Yeah, yeah. You can worship me later, I'm gonna go take a shower.
(RORY playfully smacks him on the arm. He snickers and gets up to take a shower. RORY gets up and makes some coffee. LIZ walks out of her room and into the kitchen. RORY pours her a cup of coffee. she smiles.)
LIZ: Dad said I could have anymore coffee.
RORY: What does he know?
(LIZ laughs. She takes a drink. SHAWN walks into the kitchen.)
RORY: Hey.
SHAWN: Hey Mom.
RORY: Oh, hey, your grandma and grandpa and Will are coming up here on Friday.
SHAWN: Cool.
LIZ: Awesome!
SHAWN: Hey mom, is it okay if I go hit the beach for a little while? I wanna go surf, and the beach isn't too crowded right now.
RORY: Yeah, just be careful.
SHAWN: I will.
(He grabs his surfboard and starts to walk out the door.)
SHAWN: Later.
LIZ: Bye.
RORY: Bye.
(He leaves. LIZ turns to her mom.)
LIZ: So what are we going to do today?
RORY: Well, I have to finish up some work. But then I was thinking that we could go down to the bookstore. You want to?
LIZ: Sure!
RORY: Okay, I just have to finish up some paperwork, and then we can go.
LIZ: All right. Is it okay if I hang out with Bridget until you're ready?
RORY: Yeah, go a head.
LIZ: Awesome. I'm gonna go call her.
RORY: Okay hon.
(LIZ goes into her room and dials Bridget's number. She answers.)
BRIDGET: Hello?
LIZ: Hey.
BRIDGET: Hey, Liz. What's up?
LIZ: Nothing much, I just wanted to see if you wanted to hang out.
BRIDGET: Sure, wanna meet me at the surf shack?
LIZ: Sure, I'll be there in 10 minutes.
BRIDGET: Okay, see you then.
(LIZ hangs up the phone and gets dressed. She walks to her mom's office and knocks on the door.)
RORY: Come in.
(LIZ walks in.)
LIZ: Hey, I'm gonna meet Bridget at the surf shack, okay?
RORY: Okay, but don't...
LIZ: Talk to anybody I don't know, I know.
RORY: and take...
LIZ: A sweatshirt in case it gets cold, I know.
RORY: And be...
LIZ: Careful.
(RORY smiles at her daughter. LIZ hugs her.)
LIZ: Love you mom.
RORY: Love you too hon, have fun.
(LIZ walks out of RORY's office and into the living room, heading towered the front door.)
JESS: Hey, where're you going?
LIZ: I'm meeting Bridget at the Surf Shack.
JESS: Oh, you want a ride? I gotta go out anyways.
LIZ: Okay.
JESS: Okay, lets go.
(They walk out and get into the car. It was only a five-minute drive, so they didn't really talk about anything. JESS stops at the Surf Shack. BRIDGET sees the car and quickly goes over to it. LIZ steps out of the car.)
BRIDGET: Hey Mr. Mariano.
JESS: Hey Bridget. How're you doing?
BIRDGET: pretty good.
JESS: That's good. Well, I'll see you later. Bye Lizzie.
LIZ: Bye dad.
(JESS pulls out and drives on. BRIDGET keeps staring until the car is out of sight.)
BRIDGET: God your dad is hot.
LIZ: Ugh!
(LIZ rolls her eyes.)