A Gilmore Christmas

By: Alyson Tierney AKA Halliwellgirls1

DISCLAIMER: The characters of Lorelai Gilmore, Rory Gilmore, Richard Gilmore, Emily Gilmore, Luke Danes, Sookie St. James, Jackson Melville, and Davey Melville are solely the property of Amy Sherman-Palladino and the WB network. The song is "All I Want for Christmas" by Roxanne. I'm just borrowing them for entertainment purposes. Don't sue; I'm a very poor college student who only paid $91 for 14 people's Christmas gifts.

NOTE: Yes, I am well aware that Christmas isn't for a month and a half, but trust me, by the time we get to the end of this, it will be Christmas, so humor me ok? I hope you will enjoy this, I wrote it last winter, and that's when it takes place. This is the first of eight chapters, so please review and hopefully I can get the next one up soon.

Chapter One

"Why do you want to get your grandfather a boring tie color like navy or tan? Let's get him Christmas trees or candy canes or something!" Lorelai Gilmore tried to convince her daughter that Richard Gilmore needed some cheer in his life. She grabbed a candy cane striped tie off the shelf.

"Mom, he's a 60-plus-year-old man. He's my grandpa. He's not a candy cane guy. He's a navy tie guy." Rory Gilmore said, grabbing the navy blue formal tie.

"Rory..." Lorelai pleaded, "It's so cute."

"So get it for Luke or something. Grandpa does not need a candy cane tie." Rory said, firmly.

"Luke? Since when does Luke wear ties?" Lorelai asked, shocked.

Rory laughed at the look on her mother's face. She loved Christmas shopping with her mom. They would take an entire day and just shop for everyone, besides each other of course. They always brought each other's gifts in private. Rory had already brought her mom's present. She'd found it in a little shop in New Haven, near the Yale campus.

Rory moved away down the aisle, looking at some nice men's socks. Maybe she could find something to match the tie. She looked up after a few moments, seeing her mom over the clothes. Lorelai had snuck down a few aisles and was now looking at a pair of women's designer jeans. Rory chuckled, Lorelai herself probably wanted them. Rory was sure they weren't meant for anyone.

Lorelai looked up at her daughter, and smiled. I made that girl. Lorelai thought to herself. Rory smiled back and motioned that she was going to check the next aisle over. Lorelai nodded her head, thoughts of her teenage pregnancy going through her head. She'd been only 16 when Rory was born. The first few years had been tough, but she was now in the process of opening her own inn, and Rory was a freshman at Yale University.

Lorelai snorted as she noticed a pair of purple jeans with pink feathers. The things you find in Stars Hollow. She smiled to herself, and then called out, "Hey, Rory! Look what I found!" she looked back up, but didn't see Rory. She headed down to where Rory had motioned to, but Rory wasn't there, "Rory!" she called, "Honey, where are you?" She searched the next few aisles calling out, "Rory? Rory?"

Lorelai began to get scared, "Rory, if you're hiding this isn't funny! Rory!"

"Is there a problem, ma'am?" a nice-looking guy with a store uniform on asked her.

"I can't find my daughter." Lorelai said, frantically, "She went down that aisle to look at something, and when I followed not even a minute later, she wasn't there."

"What's her name?" the man asked, taking a walkie talkie off of his belt.

"Rory. Rory Gilmore." Lorelai said, her mind going a mile a minute.

"Hair and eye color?" the man asked.

"Brown hair, blue eyes." Lorelai said it without a moment's hesitation.

"Age?"

"Nineteen in October." Lorelai said, and the man was noticeably shocked. Lorelai understood that; she didn't look like she could have a child any older than ten.

"Okay." he put his walkie-talkie to his mouth, "Check the exits, missing person. Nineteen-year-old female, brown hair, blue eyes. Name Rory Gilmore." Lorelai heard someone talk on the other end, and then the man looked at her, "We've got the exits blocked. Come with me, please."