Life and Times of a Socialite
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Chapter 7: Scheming Women
Emily Gilmore and Shira Huntzberger got out of the shiny Rolls Royce that had come to a halt in front of the Dragonfly Inn. Both woman were aware that what they were about to do would infuriate their granddaughter and son respectively and in Emily's case her daughter as well.
The women went up the stairs and entered the establishment. Michel greeted them at the front desk. "Bonjour Mrs. Gilmore, it is wonderful to see you again."
"Bonjour Michel, this is my good friend Shira Huntzberger, Shira this is Michel Gerrard."
"It's nice to meet you Mrs. Huntzberger," said Michel.
"Yes nice to meet you as well Monsieur Gerrard," replied Shira.
"Michel do you happen to know where I could find my daughter?" asked Emily.
"Lorelai can be found in the dining area with a blond haired woman."
"Alright, thank you Michel."
Emily and Shira left Michel to do his work and proceeded to head over to the dining area where they saw Lorelai with said blonde haired woman.
Lorelai was discussing the details of Liz's anniversary celebration with her when she happened to look up and saw her mother and Shira Huntzberger heading towards her. 'Now what are those two up to and why are they showing up at my place of employment.' She plastered on a fake smile and said, "Mom, Shira what are you guys doing here?"
"Lorelai really!! Is that any way to greet you mother? Shira is always asking me to bring her to the Dragonfly and I just thought today would be an appropriate day," replied Emily in a prim tone.
"Hello mother, is that better? Shira it's good to see you. I'm glad you wanted to see my Inn," replied Lorelai.
"Good to see you too Lorelai. Yes I've been looking forward to this for a very long time," said Shira.
Lorelai tried to figure out the real reason for this impromptu visit and couldn't think of a single thing. She knew when it came to her mother there was always an ulterior motive and with Shira thrown into the mix there were just red lights going off in all directions.
Lorelai realized that Liz was still there and that the two women were looking at her to introduce them. So she did the polite thing and said, "Mom, Shira I'd like you to meet Liz who is Luke's sister and Liz this is my mother Emily Gilmore and her friend Shira Huntzberger."
"Well it's nice to meet you ladies. Lorelai if you want we can finish planning later and you can show you mother and her friend around the Inn." Directing her comment to Emily and Shira she said, "You guys will love this Inn, it's the best one hereabouts," said a giddy Liz.
"Oh don't go on our account Liz. Why don't you and Lorelai continue on with whatever business that you two were discussing. Shira and I will sit and try some of Sookie's fantastic cooking," replied Emily.
"Oh…well…alright. Lorelai T.J. mentioned that he would like an ice sculpture of a baboon and if it is at all possible can you get the DJ to put on some baboon sounds or thereabouts because you know that he loves the noise that baboons make at the zoo," said Liz.
Emily couldn't believe her ears this woman was actually married to a man who wanted baboon noises at their anniversary celebration. 'How absurd could Luke's family be?' she wondered. The fact that Lorelai was dating Luke still stuck in her craw, but she didn't have to associate with the rest of his family as well. Emily couldn't believe that Lorelai had agreed to host such an absurd party where there would be 'baboon ice sculptures' for god's sake. She needed a drink…a very stiff drink.
"Lorelai there seems to be a problem in the kitchen and your presence is needed there immediately," came Michel's accented voice.
"Alright tell Sookie I'll be right there Michel," replied Lorelai. She told Liz to think up other ideas and went towards the kitchen areas.
"Oh well I didn't know how I didn't put two and two together. You and your husband are the one's having an anniversary celebration?" Emily asked in a rather innocent manner.
"Yeah, me and my T.J. are all about celebrating with our family and friends. You know our friends from the Renaissance Fair circuit are coming to join in the festivities as well," said Liz.
"How delightful," Emily replied sarcastically. "I just realized this now, but my granddaughter mentioned that she would be going to some anniversary party sometime soon."
"Oh…you mean Rory's actually coming? Well that's just swell. My son Jess is also coming, actually he's already in Stars Hollow. Did you know that Rory and Jess used to date?" Liz asked.
Emily Gilmore knew what a scheming woman looked like and she was currently looking at one. She and Shira had come to the Dragonfly Inn with an agenda of their own and now she realized that they would have to take drastic measures.
Shira realizing what the absurd woman was insinuating promptly took matters into her own hands and said, "Well I'll be! I remember Logan saying something about that at the 'Save the Amazon Rainforest' charity gala that we attended the night before last."
Liz looked quite confused and said, "Whose Logan?"
"Why Logan is Shira's son whose is currently dating my granddaughter Rory. Didn't you know that?" Emily asked in a superior tone.
"Oh I didn't realize that Rory was seeing someone." Liz had liked Rory Gilmore the minute she had heard about her. It was a shame that Jess was too much like his father and always ran away from the good things in life. She wanted Jess to be more like her current husband T.J. who had a sweet nature and could commit.
Liz would love for Jess and Rory to get back together, but it seemed that the lovely Miss Gilmore was already seeing someone. Liz couldn't help but notice that Emily Gilmore and Shira Huntzberger had a reason for talking to her and they would eventually come out with it.
"Yes we're very excited about Rory and Logan dating. They've been going out for nine months now. They're a perfect couple," gushed Emily and Shira beamed at her comment.
"Luke and Lorelai have been dating for quite some time as well. Luke has come over to the house and has had dinner with my husband Richard and I, but we haven't been able to meet or get to know any of his relations," stated Emily.
Before she could continue Liz replied, "Well you can always come to my anniversary celebration and join in all the fun."
"Oh that's thoughtful of you…but we would not want to intrude on your celebration so Richard and I thought that it would be entertaining to have a small intimate get together at our house. And we wanted to invite you and your family to come join us since this gathering would be to get to know Luke's familial relations," Emily tried to sound sincere then added, "What do you say to that?"
Liz had not been expecting that, she had no idea why such a classy broad such as Emily Gilmore wanted to get to know her family unless Emily thought Luke and Lorelai would marry. Wow! Liz would love to have Lorelai as her sister-in-law; she just hoped there was a way for Jess and Rory to date as well. It was a secret fantasy of hers to have her son married and her with a couple of grandkids.
"Emily it would be my family's honour to get to know your family," replied a giddy Liz.
"Well that's just excellent I'll send you an invitation with all the details. Oh! Would you be a dear and not tell Lorelai about this little social event. I want it to be a surprise for her as well," asked Emily.
"Oh…alright if you insist I'll be looking forward to the invitation in the mail. Would Rory be at this gathering?"
"Why yes she will. Why do you ask?" asked Emily.
"Oh no reason just wondering if this is a grown-ups only thing."
"No Rory will be there. You can bring your son if that's what concerns you."
"I'm sure Jess will be there. So will it just be Luke and Lorelai's family members?"
"Yes just the family." Emily checked her watch, which had diamonds on it and said, "Oh my, look at the time Shira we're going to be late for our DAR meeting."
"Let's go before they serve tea without us Em," Shira joked.
The two women bid adieu to Liz and left the dining area. They ran into Lorelai on their way out the front door and told her that they had had a pleasant visit, but were running late for an important meeting. Lorelai was now utterly confused as to the reason behind their visit since neither woman ate or drank anything nor did they look around the grounds as they had stated in the first place.
She went back to the seat she had previously occupied and started discussing party favours with Liz. They both continued on the preparations to the anniversary celebration as if Emily and Shira hadn't been there.
Then out of nowhere Liz asks, "Lorelai what exactly is the DAR?"
Revised: June 9, 2009