A/N: Here it is! Chapter Two! Huzzah!
Also…reviews and question!
DeuCe628: Thank you soooo much! My first reviewer! Hurray!
Anonymous: This ISN'T an SS fic so far, but I'm not exactly sure where I'm taking the relationships yet. But, just a sneak peek, Summer is jealous of Rory, after she finds out through Marissa that Seth likes her…so somewhere along the line it might turn into and SS fic, but not this early on.
AdamBrody10: This is somewhat in the future, so Summer isn't with Zach, nor with Seth. Again, I'm not exactly sure where I'll be taking the relationships in this fic yet. I'm strongly leaning toward Ryan and Marissa, but I still have to decide. You'll probably know for sure in Chapter Three, or maybe Chapter Four.
Alexis: Thank you very much!
Kis: Yes, she is! After I saw the cover of Teen Vogue with Alexis Bledel and Adam Brody, I KNEW I had to make up a character that was somewhat like her. She's really only supposed to be an Alexis Bledel look-a-like, but I love the name Rory, so I added that in too.
Daniela: Thanks so much! But honestly, I think Ryan and Marissa are cuter. xD
Softballgrl11: Aw, thank you!
Chapter Two
It was Saturday, finally.
Rory had decided to kick back and relax on the couch in her living room, holding a small tub of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. She wasn't really eating it, though. She never exactly had a fancy for ice cream, anyways.
She was wearing a pair of grey sweat pants, and a simple black tank top, along with a pair of fuzzy flip-flop slippers. The T.V. was on, and she happily watched Friends. No matter how corny some people thought Friends was, it ALWAYS made her laugh. As a commercial about some kind of chocolate bar flashed across the screen, Rory grimaced. She sighed, and absently began playing with a strand of her lustrous, coffee-brown hair. She set the pint of ice cream down onto the coffee table, and collapsed back into the soft cushions of the sofa she was sitting on before. She grinned finally, as Friends returned.
A few moments later, while she was indulged in a fit of giggles, the phone rang. Rory stopped laughing and groaned, making a futile attempt to grab the cordless phone from the coffee table without moving from her spot on the couch. She frowned and stood up, grabbing the phone, and answering it.
"Hello?" She asked sweetly.
"Hey Rory," The voice answered back.
"What's up, Seth?" Rory asked, sitting down on the couch quietly, and hitting a button on the remote control to turn of the T.V.
"Ohhh, nothing much…just wondering if you'd like to come to the mall with Ryan, Marissa and I."
"The mall? Is this all you guys down here at Newport Beach do? Shop?" Rory asked with a false groan.
Seth paused for a moment. "Nah, we do other things, like surfing and stuff, but shopping is a big part of it."
Rory giggled. "Well, I'll go. What time?"
"An hour from now?"
"Okay…I'll meet you there."
"'Kay. Bbyyyeeee."
"Bye Seth." She said, and they both, coincidentally hung up at the same time.
Rory hastily placed the phone back down on the coffee table and stood up, dashing up the stairs of her new house, to her room. She shut the door, and within about forty-five minutes or so, she was finished getting dressed and cleaned up. She had thrown on a pair of tight, stone-washed, Juicy jeans, a pair of high-heeled black shoes, and an ordinary, off-the-shoulder black top. She had pulled her hair up into a high ponytail, and tucked the fallen, naturally loosely-curled tresses behind her ears. She hopped into her car, and sped off to the mall.
Seth, Marissa and Ryan were already there when she arrived. Seth smiled and waved, and she walked over to the three, her handbag swinging back and forth as she walked.
"Hi guys," Rory greeted, smiling widely.
Marissa waved, while smiling welcomingly, and Ryan followed her gesture. Seth grinned. "Marissa, Ryan, this is Rory."
"Hey Rory," Marissa said, smiling.
"It's really nice to meet you." Ryan countered, and Marissa nodded in agreement.
"Aww, it's nice to meet you guys too." Rory replied, grinning.
"So, what shop first?" Seth asked, after everyone was properly and happily introduced.
"Oh, we should totally go check out that new H&M…it's supposed to be huge!" Marissa said excitedly.
"Definitely." Rory agreed, nodding vividly.
Seth and Ryan instantly grimaced. "Eww, H&M? I don't want to shop for clothes…" Seth replied.
Rory and Marissa looked at each other, and then back at the boys. "Why don't we split up? Meet back in the food court in…an hour?" Marissa suggested.
"Hey…that's not a bad idea…" Ryan replied, shrugging. Seth nodded.
"Okay, so we'll see you soon." Rory said, and both she and Marissa spun on their heels, walking off to H&M.
"Aww, they didn't even give us time to change our minds…" Seth muttered, in mock disappointment, as he watched the two girls leave.
After the girls finished their luxurious hour of shopping (without the boys bugging them), they headed to the food court, sitting down at a table for four, waiting for the guys, who where no where in sight.
"Those jeans we got are really cute! They were on sale too, can you believe it?" Rory asked, once she had dropped the armload of shopping bags onto the floor next to her.
"I know, and they're going to look totally cool with those new shoes." Marissa replied.
"Where are Seth and Ryan? Shouldn't they be back by now?" Rory asked, arching an eyebrow.
Marissa shrugged. "You have no idea…one time, Summer and I were waiting for them for two hours straight…all because Seth couldn't decide on which copy of Hellboy he wanted – widescreen or fullscreen!" She said, laughing slightly.
Rory grinned, and laughed too. "Where is Summer, anyways? I thought she was coming…"
"Oh, she said she was busy…she wouldn't tell me with what, though. Which is odd, because she usually tells me EVERYTHING." Marissa replied, but shrugged limply.
Rory smiled slightly, and tucked her hair behind her ear.
"BOO!" The startling voice came from behind Rory, but Marissa didn't notice, as she had ducked down, rummaging through one of the shopping bags she had left on the floor.
Rory yelped and spun around, punching Seth in the stomach, a little harder than she had planned. "Ssseeettthhhh!" She shrieked, frowning immensely.
Seth doubled over in pain, clutching his sides. "Ow…" He winced, while sitting down next to her, dropping his own shopping bags on the floor next to him.
Ryan began snickering, as he sat down next to Marissa, and directly across from Seth. Marissa tried to keep a straight, serious face, but she was smiling faintly.
"Don't freak me out like that…" Rory said sympathetically.
"So what did you boys get?" Marissa asked, glancing from Ryan to Seth, and back again.
"Well I got some kind of movie, and some other junk, but that's it." Seth said, shrugging.
"I got almost exactly the same thing as Seth." Replied countered, smirking slightly.
"So why were you so late?" Rory asked, blinking a few times.
"Oh, we stopped for a little bit to check out the new Spiderman game at the electronics store." Seth replied, grinning. "It's really cool."
Rory grimaced. "Ew! Spiderman? Catwoman is sooo much better."
"Are you insane? Spiderman is way cooler than Catwoman will ever be." Seth said.
"Are YOU insane? Catwoman is the best superhero like…ever!" Rory protested.
"Oh, I'm so sure."
"You should be." She replied, matter-of-factly.
Marissa and Ryan looked at each other, and grinned.
Seth opened his mouth to complain, but Ryan interrupted him. "So what did you girls get?"
"We each got a few pairs of really stylish jeans," Marissa began. "And some amazingly adorable shoes."
"We also got party dresses, a few new CDs, and some accessories, too." Rory added, grinning.
Ryan and Seth stared at the girls in disbelief. "All in one hour?" Seth asked, his eyebrows rising ever-so-slightly.
"Yeah, there was a lot of stuff we liked." Rory replied simply, shrugging faintly.
"Wow."
Both Rory and Marissa smirked proudly.
Marissa glanced meekly down at her watch, and cringed. "My mom is totally gonna kill me if I'm not home in like…ten minutes! I've got more 'relatives' coming over." She said flatly, rolling her eyes out of frustration.
Rory looked down at her watch too. "Yeah, I'd better go too. It's my turn to make dinner tonight." Seth, Ryan, and Marissa all turned to look at her. She blushed slightly. "It's just me and my mom, and sometimes her boyfriend, so we take turns making dinner every-other-night." She explained.
"Ohh…" Marissa said, nodding, but she still looked mildly confused – although, she wasn't anywhere near as confused as Ryan and Seth were. "Anyways, I've really gotta go. I'll see you guys around." She said, and stood up, picking up her shopping bags, waving to the remaining three, before heading for the exit. Seth, Ryan, and Rory all waved back.
Rory finally stood up, after a minute or so. "Well, I'm off too. Bye guys!" She said, picked up her things, and waved. She spun on her heel, and walked swiftly towards the way out of the mall.
"Bye Rory." Seth said, smiling weakly. Ryan waved silently.
"This is fun." Ryan mumbled boredly, after both the girls had left.
"Yeah, but we'd better get home before we have too much fun…" Seth suggested, grinning slightly.
Ryan nodded, yawned, and stood up, gathering his shopping bags. Seth followed, and they headed out to the parking lot without another word.
A/N: Okay, this chapter wasn't that great, and it was a little bit dry, but I'll definitely make up for it in Chapter Three. Promise!
Sophia
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