Author's notes: I wrote a story like this, but decided it was too complicated and to dramatic for my liking, so I decided to re-write it in to something better! Hopefully!
Disclaimer: I own no one but the people you haven't heard of. I think they are Lorelai III (Ellie), Pat, Emma, and Christian.
Spoilers: No spoiler's of the likes.
Description: Rory meets up unexpectedly with her past when her daughter starts at Chilton Prep, and event all to familiar to Rory. Eventually Trory.
Chapter 8 –'How was last night?' asked Pat as siblings drove towards hell.
'Let's not talk about it,' mumbled Ellie putting on her headphones, turning up Kelly Clarkson's Since You've Been Gone.
'What happened, tell me, did Michael try anything?' demanded Pat.
'Let's just pretend like this never happened ok, that means you and Michael can still be best friends, and I can pretend like this never happened and go back to being shy little Ellie Gilmore,' spat Ellie, but to tell you the truth, she loved the guys attention, she seriously wanted to be the girl that guys wanted.
'Stop saying that, you know how many guys have flirted with you since you started at Chilton? More girls that have flirted with my in the last six months!'
'I know,' said Ellie nodding.
'So what seriously happened? If Michael did anything, it's to late now, you're my sister, your way more important then him. His just a slime ball anyway, you might have took what he said the wrong way.'
'How can I misinterpret, can you give me head? And I saw an easy lay in you?' demanded Ellie.
Pat didn't say anything for the rest of the car ride; he just turned the music up full blast and turned very red, and then he turned pale. He had this wild look that Ellie had only seen once, when they had found out their father was dieing.
English lit was Ellie's first class and she was nervous what would Michael do to her? She walked confidently towards her locker, not noticing the guys staring at her or the girls pitying her. She chose to ignore all other life forms.
'So, I think most of the guys in the hall know that you and Michael have broken up, and realise that they have a chance with you,' said Christian coming up to her locker.
'How could news spread that-' what Ellie saw, nearly made her want to go over to Michael and the whore he was making out and griding against the lock and slap them. But she didn't, instead she grabbed her bag and stalked off to the toilets, to apply another layer of foundation.
Ellie walked into the classroom and the only one that was left was next to Christian or Michael, so she sat down next to Christian, knowing that last night they had formed a friendship.
'Are you ok?' he asked sincerely. 'I'm sorry that Michael was a bastard to you, he can't help it,' said Christian before giving her a friendly hug. He didn't smell like Michael, he didn't have a smoky smell, he smelt of cologne and spearmint. Something about the embrace felt right, it wasn't a boyfriend embrace it was more of a familiar embrace. She couldn't help but feel safe in his arms, she new that they would be friends forever. As corny and as "now and then" (the movie) it sounded she felt like when she did when her dad was alive, happy.
Mr. Cowley entered the classroom and dropped his books on the teacher's desk signalling the start of class. 'Alright kiddies were going to be working on our assignments today,' there was a loud groan heard from everyone, 'yes, yes, now the library is there if anyone needs to do some more much needed thorough research and some plain useless text books are here, so what are you waiting for? Get to work.'
'Come on let's go to the library,' said Christian taking Ellie's hand and grabbing their book bags, he lead them to the recently refurbished library. The two searched effortlessly for an empty room in the library. Ellie dropped down on the first seat she saw while Christian pulled up a chair in front of her.
'You never really told me what happened last night you know.'
'He just wanted me to do something I wasn't comfortable doing,' said Ellie not even blushing.
'Not all guys are like him you know,' said Christian hugging her.
'I know, I just really wanted things to work. I really wanted a guy to give me presents and to hold me and tell me how beautiful I am.'
'You don't need a guy to do all that, I can do that you know. And no Gilmore, I'm not flirting with you,' said Christian, causing Ellie to smile.
'I know, what you mean,' laughed Ellie.
'But we should start on out assignment,' said Christian pulling out his binder.
'Ok,' grumbled Ellie pulling out her own binder. 20 minutes later the bell went.
'So do you want to come to my place after school, we can work on our assignment you can stay for dinner.'
'Sounds good.'
'So I'll meet you at your locker after last lesson,' he said grabbing his books.
'Right,' she mumbled putting her books in her bag and heading to her next class in the opposite direction. She couldn't concentrate and she didn't want too.
Ellie was the kind of kid that didn't have to do anything, everything came so easy to her; all she had to do was flick her hand and it was brought to her on a gold platter with a ticket parade. She never worried about school, anymore. She was changing, she use to be terrified of change, and now she embraced it, now she was changing herself so everyone would love her.
The old Ellie would hate this girl, what happened to the innocent Gilmore Girl?
'Hey Ellie, what's wrong?' asked Pat coming up to Ellie later that day.
'Nothing's wrong, could you tell Rory that I won't be home till late, I have to work on an assignment with Christian.'
'Wait. I'm not letting you my little sister, be in the same room as a guy that has been a jackass to you for the last two days. You'll probably chop his balls of,' said Pat angrily at first, than laughing at the last part.
'Don't worry Christian and I are ok, were friends actually. And way if we don't do this assignment then I get a bad name for the rest of the year all right? Now leave it at that all right?' snapped Ellie.
Finally after three lengthy and boring lessons it was finally lunchtime. Ellie stuffed her book bag with her books and headed towards the cafeteria, as quickly as possible, in search of an empty table.
'You know, if you wanted someone to sit with, all you had to do was ask,' said Christian sitting down next to Ellie.
'Well I didn't want someone to sit with, that's why I didn't ask,' said Ellie sarcastically. She pulled out her headphones and closed her book. (Sounds familiar?)
'Gilmore, you're just getting more wittier as the hours pass,' said Christian.
'And your lame Dugrey. I'm going to leave it at that,' said Ellie taking a bite of her burger.
The two teenagers sat at the table, both to interested in the conversation they were having to notice the weird looks they were getting from everyone else. And soon the gossip around the school was that Christian Dugrey and Ellie Gilmore-McKinnon were an official item.
In the afternoon classes Ellie couldn't think of anything else but after school, and Christian. She couldn't wait to just muck around with Christian, it felt really weird that her only friend at Chilton was a guy, but it felt right at the same time.
'Ella,' yelled Pat, coming up to her locker after classes had finally finished.
'Yo,' she said slamming her locker shut.
'So you sure you want to go this afternoon?' he asked placing a hand on her shoulder. It felt good to know that Pat would protect her from Michael even though Michael hadn't spoken to her at all that day.
'Let me ask you a question?' she asked as Pat nodded, 'are you a player? Answer me truthfully.'
'I'm surprised I have to answer that question,' he said smirking.
'So I take that as a yes,' she said sadly.
'Look, it's not like that, look here comes Dugrey, I'll talk to you when you get home,' said Pat walking away. 'Give us a call when you need to be picked up.'
'You ready Gilmore?' asked Christian as he slumped against her locker.
'Sure,' she said as she grabbed her bag and followed him to his silver Astra.
'Practical car you got there,' she said as she jumped in. 'I'm more of a jeep girl my self,' she said as Christian put the key in the ignition and started the journey to his house.
'I haven't been home in a while, so I don't know if my dad is home,' said Christian as they neared his house, 'he sometime's has girls over, but just try and ignore them.'
'I'll try my best,' she said smirking.
'Stop that,' he said smirking himself.
'I learnt it from my mom,' she said laughing as they pulled into Christian's driveway. It was pretty big; it was more than just a bit bigger than Ellie's old mansion in Hartford. It was double the size. The Dugrey mansion didn't have the same welcoming feeling as theirs though that was three blocks away.
And that moment Ellie learnt something, that deep down she didn't need all this to be happy, she was happy living in her to small house with her mother and brother and little sister. And she loved most of all having Lorelai and Luke next door. Deep down Ellie was a push over for the simple things in life.