Disclaimer: There once lived very nice, very witty, very Jewish girl named Amy in the far away land known as Hollywood. She was, again I say, very witty, and very creative, so she decided to make a show that matches her personality, sans the Judaism, though. My name is not Amy, and I am not associated with her in any way, other than the realism that I love her show.

A/N: I am happy with this story, and I will try not to ruin it like I ruined my first story. When I wrote my first story, I was incredibly naïve, and my writing skills sucked. I have since then improved, and although I'm no Tiger Woods of this fanfic world, I hope to one day at least be the Phil Mickelson (who can sometimes be better than Tiger, lol). : ) Happiness shall ensue.

Oh, and by the way, don't read my first story, it sucks, and although it might make you hate Dean, it is dumb and I apologize if I made anyone hate this website with my stupidity.

Chapter 2: Constitution State

"Mom!"

"What!"
"Where did you put the phone?"

"I put it back between the cushions!"

"Okay! Thank you!"

"Sure thing!"

Rory ran to the couch as quickly as her feet would permit her to, and searched the cracks between the cushions. No luck whatsoever decided to grace the presence of Miss Gilmore today.

"It's not there mom!"

"Have you checked my hand," she shot back as she made her way down the stairs.

"Dirty…"

"Yes, and I am so hoping that you do the same when you have a daughter of your own."

"What if I have a son, or what happens if I become a nun?"

"A- I will disown you if you have a son, and B- if you become a nun, I will be happy for you will never take part in any sexual activity, keeping you my little girl for all eternity. Besides, we're not religious anyways, so the whole nun thing probably won't happen."

"Well…"

"What?"

"The phone…"

"Oh," she handed the phone to her daughter, "there, you happy now?"

"Very."

Rory turned to enter her room, but was stopped by the words of Lorelai, "Whoa there, missy. And might I ask whom you so desperately need to call?"

"Um," she tried to think of something as convincing as she could in the time allotted to her, "Lane."

"Why…"

"Uh, she, uh said I needed to call her, so, I am."

"Okay," was Lorelai's reply of disbelief. If her daughter wouldn't give her a straight answer now, the topic must be sore. Lorelai'd just have to be patient for the answer to come.

Rory backed into her room, silently thanking her mom for not pressing the issue, and hastily dialed the number she knew all too well.

"Hello," came the monotone voice.

"Hey, Jess."

"Rory?"

"That's me."
"What are you doing calling me? Bag boy get a little too dull for your liking?"

"Jess, don't do that."

"Do what? State the obvious? I'll make a mental note not to."

"Jess…"

"You know what, you're the one who called me so don't act like I'm doing something wrong."

"You're right. I am the one who called you, and I am going to be the one who hangs up."

And just as she said she would, she hung up the phone.

They both sat in silence on their respective beds thinking what the hell had just happened.

Scene Switch

(Setting: Later on that night, Rory is laying in bed, and she is half asleep.)

There was a tap on her window.

She looked up, startled.

She stood to check the tapping.

What she found had yet again been startling.

"Can I come in," was heard from the other side of the window.

"Oh, um, sure." She stood aside to let him in.

"I'm sorry," was all he could say.

"For what?"

"I was a jackass on the phone earlier and I figured if you had something to say you should say it now 'cos this is probably the only apology anyone's ever getting out of me."

She was shocked by his honesty and overwhelmed with how sincere her was, even. She had no control over herself; she had lost all thought.

So she hugged him, and with little hesitation, he hugged her back.

"Thank you," she whispered.

"You're welcome."

"You should probably go now," she said letting go.

"Probably."

Neither of them moved.

"Okay, right now, I will take 3 steps back, and you will do the same."

He nodded in agreement and they did as they were supposed to do.

"Now, you will climb through the window and walk away from this house quietly.

Again he nodded and began to climb through the window.

"Oh," she began before he could make it all the way through the window, "and, Jess."

"Yeah?"

"About the phone call."

"Yeah?"

"Forget about it."
Once more he nodded and within a few seconds he was out of sight.

She fell asleep the moment she hit the bed.

Scene Switch

(Setting: "Town Hall" for the town meeting.)

"All in favor, say 'I'."

"I," came the majority of towns people.

"Good, so on to our next matter. The 24-hour dance marathon," Taylor continued.

"Yes," Lorelai whispered to Rory, "this year I'm going to kick Kirk's ass!"

"Aw, mom, don't be so mean," Rory whispered back to Lorelai, "this marathon is all Kirk has. If we take that from him, he'll have nothing."

"Yes, but that makes it all the more fun."

"You are so mean."

"Yes, yes I am."

"Now," Taylor continued, "this year the marathon will take place outside. Any objections?"

"What if it rains, or snows, or hails?"

"I am very glad you asked, Kirk. We are going to have a tent set up. Any more inquiries?"

No one spoke.

"Good…now as you'll see, I have set up an array of clip boards, and anyone who would like to offer their services to the great task we have ahead of us, please stand and sign the appropriate board."

A large group of people stood to do as they were told to.

"And as for those of you who choose to dance, that clip board is at the back of the studio. The pairings are not final yet, so don't worry if you're not paired up yet."

Most of the remaining people stood and headed to the back of the room.

"If anyone changes their mind, they can come by the studio some other time and sign up. Meeting adjourned."

Everyone signed their papers and left, everyone but Lorelai and Luke.

"Hey Luke, don't go yet."

Lorelai walked over to him and began to unveil her plan in an instant.

"I need you to do me a HUGE favor."

"What."

"Can you put poison in Kirk's coffee at the marathon?"

"What? No way! I'm not breaking the U.S. constitution so you can win some damn trophy."

"Oh, come on. Putting poison in people's coffee is SO not against the Constitution, seeing as we're in the Constitution State! And even so, you could like, oh, I don't know, switch his coffee to the evil liquid so he won't stay awake."

"What evil liquid?"

"I can't say it's name, but I'll give you a clue: it shows a resemblance to real coffee, but it bears no caffeine."

"You mean decaff?"

"Gasp, you just said the unmentionable word, now go wash your mouth out with soap."

"What? No. I'm not washing my mouth out with soap!"

"We'll see about that."

Scene Switch

Setting: Undisclosed

"Jesus Christ, Lorelai! What the crap is your problem? It's one word! Can't I say one God-damned word?"

"Yes, but not the unmentionable word."

"Well you didn't have to stick a freaking bar of soap down my throat!"

"At least I know you'll never say it again."

"We'll see."

"Yes we will. Now go home and think about what you have just learned."

Luke left and Rory jumped out of the closet barely able to stop her self from falling on the floor laughing.

Lorelai mimicked her daughter's actions.

"I can't believe you put soap in his mouth!"

"He said the unmentionable word."

"You don't mean the evil liquid's name, do you."

"I do."

"That's horrible!"

"I know! And he said it right in my face, like it'd have no effect on me!"

"Oh, you poor thing!"

"Hey, but now I have a way of threatening him to change Kirk's coffee to the evil liquid," she grinned evilly.

"Evil person. How would you feel if Luke switched your coffee to the evil liquid?"

"I'd feel betrayed."

"Do you want Kirk to feel betrayed?"

"Like, duh!"

"Uggh! You're impossible!"

"Just like the Tom Cruise movie."

"Exactly!"

"Hey you wanna watch some movies?"

"Sure."

A/N: I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that a lot of stuff happens from the time Rory comes home to the time the dance marathon happens and I would like to say that all that stuff will probably happen while we wait for the marathon to take place.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and if you are still my friend, you will review! Otherwise, I will make you drink the evil liquid! I love myself