Star Crossed Lovers and Other Revelations...
By Gilmoregirl1979
(Also Available the LuvzAFunEthing edition)
Sum of it's PARTS: A collaboration of GilmoreGirl1979 & LuvsAFunEThing
In the spirit of The Fundamental Things Awry
This could also be considered a "FUN WITH REAL DIALOGUE series" … LOL
A series of stories of how things could have happened,… a lot EARLIER..
-We respect the purpose for MAX, CHRISTOPHER (BASTARD, sorry force of habit), Rachel, Nicole, Jason,.. Hell, even that Alex Guy..
We just wanted to see what would happen … if one little thing was different…
Hi! this is your Friendly Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls. No Harm, No Sue. Dialogue has been borrowed from....episodes1-16 - Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers
teleplay by John Stephens and Linda Loiselle Guzik
story by Joan Binder Weiss
directed by Lesli Linka Glatter;
Some Dialouge and intentions have been altered by me, Gilmoregirl1979.
A/N: I'm (gilmoregirl1979 that is) a comic book girl, and one of my favorite discontinued titles is Marvel's WHAT IF…? Comic. They always open with a What if type question related to our favorite heros, they would explore monthly the alternate realities/possibilities of our favorite super heros,…. How one tiny change … could affect the entire cast of characters… in that spirit here we go……
everything up to Christopher returns is true… except Lorelai didn't sleep with Chris (the bastard), because I think him unworthy of her(dead beat dad bastard man) …. so THERE!!!
THE shout outs:
HEY PINK88: nicely played ref babe!! I'm gone, gone done.. ?well this chapter any way...
jeepgirl259: MST3K Mystery Science Theater 3000 a hilarious show making fun of hirridB movies(availible on DVD rent it sometime...
The Question for this story: What if Rachel's flight was delayed in Star Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers …?
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Chapter 2:
Lorelai's Consideration
That evening, in Rory's bedroom, Lorelai was helping Rory primp for her big night with Dean. She was combing Rory's hair, while Rory had eagerly listened to the her mother retell the peculiar exchange with Luke.
"So do you think he initially meant it as a date?"Rory asked, knowing full well.
"See, that is what is werid. We both were griping about the festival, and we both had this 'down with love attitude', but then he just out of the blue asks me to 'hang out'."
"Well, what about your attitude, are you out of your funk yet? Are you ready to … ummmm date again?"
Lorelai stopped her combing, "What do you mean?" trying to side step the issue.
"Well, I mean, … have you let go … Of Mr. Medina?"
"Well," Lorelai turned away from her daughter, and sunk to Rory's bed. To say it out loud would make it real."I guess, … I have. I mean, it's been like 2 months, right? And besides he is your teacher, and we now all know how awkward that can be. Thank you Paris for the life lesson."
Rory stood up to go to her mother genuinely concerned. "but MOM are you ready to, date again, I mean … Its Luke, …"
"Yeah?" like she hadn't realized who it was.
"Well, are you sure you wanna risk that, He's apart of our everyday. He feeds us, gives us the coffee, what if it doesn't work out with you two. We won't be able to eat there again. And what about Dad? You know, he was just here, and asked you to marry him. ... and..."
Lorelai tried to soothe her daughter, knowing of course like every kid, she wanted her estranged parents together again. "OK OK point taken.. . maybe Luke didn't mean it in the romantic date way. Okay, maybe he's just being nice, trying to cheer me up. Being a good friend. I'm mad at the festival, he's always mad at the world. We will bond in our mutual hatred, and our friendship will be that much stronger for it, okay?"
"Alright." Rory, not believing her.
"Okay, well we could talk about me for years, and believe me, we will. But let's focus on you, the lady of the evening. No hooker reference intended. "
"Glad to hear it." also glad that her mother's wit had returned.
"Now, what are you gonna wear with that?"
"Um, you tell me. " Rory help up two sweaters that may compliment her pink dress.
"Uh, where is he taking you?"
"Why?"
"Well, you don't want to clash with the decor. A lady plans ahead. "
"Well, if you must know, he's taking me to Andoloro's."
"Oh, well isn't that romantic? " she offered, with only a hint of jealousy and bitterness.
"I know!" with that first love grin.
"Wow, it's gonna be just like Lady and the Tramp. You'll share a plate of spaghetti, but it'll just be one long strand, but you won't realize it until you accidentally meet in the middle. And then, he'll push a meatball towards you with his nose, and you'll push it back with your nose, and then you'll bring the meatball home and you'll save it in the refrigerator for years and. . . "
"Mom? "
Coming out of the moment, "Uh, neither. Just wear your coat. "
"Okay. "
"But your flower's just a little smushed." She stood and adjusted the flower, unable to believe her daughter was having a three month anniversary of her first love.
Lane just invited herself in the house and called from front hallway "Rory?"
"There you go, you're all set."
"Is anyone here?" Lane called again.
"You all right?" Rory asked her mom.
"Oh yeah, you look beautiful. Go. Don't forget the meatball." Lorelai winked.
Lane came into the room, "Meatball?"
"It's a mother-daughter thing." Lorelai explained, And Rory went into the living room with Lane. With the meatball joke still making her smile and the anticipation of this evening… and talked with Lane about how amazing this night was going to be.
Lorelai stared at herself in the mirror, and fought the urge to call Max. She grabbed her coat and purse for Friday night dinner.
"Bye, Hon, have a good time." She she kissed her daughter Goodbye.
"Bye mom," and Rory turned back to Lane …"so tell me about this setup … Another future doctor? "
Lane explained "A future chiropractor. I think my mother is losing confidence in my prospects. "
Lorelai over heard this exchange, and chuckled as she made her way to the jeep. Yes, that will be the highlight of this evening, dinner alone, with dear old mom and dad. She sighed as she slammed the car door closed.
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About an hour later, Lorelai sat on her parents ornate couch, with her arms crossed, slouching and sulking. This is so not how I imagined this day when I woke up this morning, It's WORSE. Lorelai hadn't been in the house five minutes, when she already had awkward small talk with her dad, including discussion of the elder Gilmore's sleeping arrangements. EEEWWWW! Emily had gotten in early digs about her tardiness for dinner, her choice of apparel, Lorelai's age and single status; and to top it all off, Emily had invited a blind date for Lorelai. Chase, aka "Connecticut Ken", who had no sense of humor mind you, was fixing her drink as she fumed, glaring at her mother. She accepted her "Gin and Gin" from her appointed escort. Of all the days for this to happen, it had to happen on the firelight festival. She continued to brood as this joker went on and on about the actuarial business.BORING! This was a "Quality man?" As Emily had described him; "…he has good breeding, he comes from a nice family. He makes a nice living, he's attractive." UMM NOT REALLY, Mom. Now Luke. Yeah, Luke was attractive, compared to this guy? Luke would win hands down. Lorelai considered her mothers last private jab at her expense; "… I want you to think about something. Tonight your daughter is celebrating her three-month anniversary. What was the last relationship you had that lasted that long? " when your mother deals from the bottom of the deck, you know you are in trouble. As she sipped her drink, which wasn't nearly strong enough, she considered how long she had known Luke, and wondered why she never really saw him as anything more than the Coffee guy before.
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Chase, AKA Connecticut Ken, was easily making conversation, which Lorelai wanted no part of, but suffered through to keep her mother from the condescending lecturing on manners and etiquette with guests, as if Lorelai were a five year old. "So Lorelai, are you a member of the DAR?" 'Ken' had asked.
"No, I'm not. D-A-R-N." Yes, my wit will save me, as she giggled, but no reaction from the rest of the room, unless you counted the Crickets? "See, uh, that's like darn 'cause it was a play on DAR…. " seeing her joke wasn't flying "Boy, these carrots sure are tiny." The joke doesn't work when you have to explain it.
Being the superior hostess, and rising above her daughter's bizarre humor, "Chase, I'm simply fascinated about your work situation. Tell us how you wound up back here at home. I mean, you move away to make your fortune and you end up right back here. Isn't life funny?"
"Hilarious." Lorelai offered dryly.
"It's a comedy for the masses." Richard interjected suffering too with this dull line of small talk. It had surprised even Richard Gilmore that Emily would stoop to this level and invite a man Lorelai had no interest in, without so much consulting him or Lorelai first. He wanted the best for his daughter, yes; but this man wasn't it. He didn't even want to think about future holidays with this drone.
"Well, I worked hard and the company was very good to me. You know a thing or two about company loyalty I assume, Richard." He flashed a grin.
Brown noser! Richard thought.
"… Well, the company offered me a choice of East Coast locations, sort of a big vote of confidence in the job I was doing. Picking your locale, it's a very coveted position to be in. "
"Yeah, I would like to be picking my locale right now." Like at home, on the couch, in my pjs, eating marshmallows, or how about a nice root canal, least I'd know something was happening. Oh wait, oh wait, I got another one,… Her internal conversation with herself was more entertaining then the one actually taking place. It was then, Lorelai realized how vital Rory was to her survival through these forced dinners. Oh, I know,… I'd rather be at the diner with Luke, making fun of all the love birds in Stars Hollow. She consider that location further, Well, anywhere with Luke would be better than this. At the diner, lecturing me on how I'm killing myself from the inside out. I'll take a Luke rant over this guy, any day. OH, At my house, with him fixing something. At a movie, at a restaurant, in the square, at the gazebo, kissing him in under the stars…. Wait … what?
The stories of past founders firelight festivals and other love birds must have infected her train of thought. She couldn't think about kissing Luke, … but then again, now that she had turned her mind to it, she couldn't help but wonder what it would be like. To kiss Luke, to be in his arms, to run her fingers through his hair; To Finally see what's under that baseball cap. She was usually able to spot a hottie a mile away, and flirt with them just to make them wish they knew her name. Why had she never noticed Luke before? Well, of course, ... I've NOTICED Luke , I'm not DEAD. NOW, He was attractive, very attractive. But Luke was her friend. Sure there were times when he seemed interested, like when she helped him pick out paint colors. They were crouched behind the counter, she thought for sure he was going to kiss her right there, and they would have done God knows what on the diner floor. Whoa, down girl. Sometimes he even seemed … almost jealous. Like when that Chilton dad asked me out on Rory's first day. Luke had double and triple check that I wasn't going. But he's not interested … is he? She was going to stop by later, because he invited her, but maybe she could test the waters while she was there.
Jarred out of her daydream, coming back to the here and now, Lorelai vacantly stared at "Ken", unable to believe how someone could talk so much without a single interesting thing to say. Man, I thought I liked to talk.
"… my decision came down to just two places. One was in New York, one was in Hartford. "
Snapping back into the conversation briefly, just for show, "And you chose Hartford."
"I did at that." Chase knowingly confirmed.
"Emily, is there any more roast? "
Chase ignoring his host's request, Continued."Hartford has all the cosmopolitan big city benefits that New York has, without actually having to live in New York. It just seemed like a no brainer."
"I'll get dad some more roast." Any reason to get a break from Ben Stein over here. Ah, another bit of entertainment, Bueller Bueller Bueller.
"Leta will bring it. "
"Oh, but it's so much more personal this way." She placed her hand on her father's. Anything for moment away from Ken here, please.
"Hurry back. I just simply have to know what the allure of this Stars Hollow is I've heard so much about." Chase's flirting in front of her parents turned her stomach.
"Miles and miles and miles." Away from you.
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And the night, dragged on….Lorelai thought as she, Emily, Richard, and Chase were still at the dinner table. Has it only been 45 minutes? Geez.
Chase haughtily chuckled. "It's really fascinating stuff. "
"It sounds it. Tell us more." Emily pressed.
Mom, don't encourage him!! Lorelai and Richard were both bored out of their minds. Sharing the coffee pot between them. Her father was downing it probably as the only way to stay awake through the droning conversation. Lorelai almost wished it was Irish coffee. Maybe if I was drunk this guy would be remotely interesting.
"Well, we're in the middle of building new statistical models that let us do a better job at predicting death than we've ever been able to do before. Richard, you might find this interesting."
"Well, I've never been one for sitting at a computer building models, Chase. I'm a client contact man myself." Richard shot down.
"But these models give you a better product to sell to those clients."
"That does sound interesting." Emily forever the hostess.
"Oh it is. In fact, if you were to answer a few simple questions for me, I could practically pinpoint the day you're going to die."
"Goodness." Emily was taken about about her mortality in question.
Lorelai grinned deviously, the best thing I've heard all night. "Go ahead. Ask her the questions."
"I think I'll pass." Emily shying away.
"No no, Lorelai! I'd have to feed the information into a computer to get the answer. I'm no Kreskin!"
"Well, Chase, why don't you and Lorelai retire to the living room for some Brandy while I help Leta clean up."
"While you do what?" Mom doesn't clean up.
"That sounds lovely? Shall we?" the longing and suggestive tone in his voice unnerved Lorelai.What do you expect? to make out in my parents house? EEEEEWWWWWW.
"Uh, sure. I'm just going to, um, go and powder my … something. But I'll be back in a minute and I'll meet you in the living room."
"I'll be waiting."
"Super."
Lorelai walked into her old bedroom, and leaned against the closed door. NO MORE, NO MORE!! So she decided to make a break for it, and grabbed her coat off the bed, and started to climb out the window when her Father walked in. "Lorelai, your mother wants to know if. . . "
So close. "Hi daddy. Okay, … I know this is bad. And I know this probably brings back all the horrible aspects of my childhood life for you. And see, I'm really sorry that we fought last week, and I'm really sorry that you're so disappointed in me, and I really wish there was something I can do to fix that, but there probably isn't and I can accept that because I am an adult now and I am proud of who I have become. But I am begging you, please, please do not make me go back down there because that guy is boring."
Sympathy for his daughter took over, "Emily, she's not up here!" he shouted.
Relief and true affection for her father filled her eyes."Thank you Daddy." And she made her escape.
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R/R: PLEASE, I like to better myself. To quote The Princess Bride,
"...Remember this is for posterity, ... so be honest."
Please be specific with R/R; name one(or as many as you can think of or want to mention..…) at least specific thing you like please!!! It makes me feel good...inside (Dirty!)
Hence the Rant option below.
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