The Power of Coffee
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Author: Mei AnimeSummary: It's the summer after Rory graduates from college. But her work is far from done. She now has two choose what's more important: Love or London.
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Chapter Two: Simply Lorelai"HONK"! Rory woke up to find one of those party favors that rolls out hit her on the forehead. "Ouch," Rory said, sitting up and rubbing the spot where the blower had hit, "Thanks for the wake up call."
"My pleasure," Lorelai said as she grabbed Rory's hand and hauled her off the couch and into the kitchen.
Rory looked around and saw no party, but was too lazy and sleepy to ask anything. She just pulled out a chair and sat down, slumping herself on the table.
Lorelai pulled Rory's head up and poured coffee down her throat, which she gladly drank. Minutes later, after several more cups of coffee Rory was wide-awake and finally asked, "So what's the party for?"
"Huh? Oh, that," her mom answered, realizing what she was talking about. "Well I've decided not to tell you," she finished with her usual smirk that she had when she there was something big going on.
"This is cruel and unusual punishment, I tell you!" Rory said sardonically as she left the kitchen to change since she had fallen asleep in her clothes from the day before.
When she came out of her room, she was dressed in a light blue short-sleeved shirt and jeans that showed her petite figure.
"I'm going to go get ready and then we're going to head out," Lorelai told Rory.
"I'm not going shopping for your shoes again!" Rory defended herself. She didn't want to go through that again.
"Okay," her mom simply said, and with that left the kitchen.
She came down a few minutes later with fresh make-up and her new pair of shoes that still had the heel in place.
"Let's go," Lorelai grabbed Rory and her keys, and walked out the door.
Westfarms Mall in West Hartford
Minutes later, they arrived at Westfarms Mall in West Hartford. "NO! What did I say about not buying any more shoes for you?" Rory whined more than asked.
Lorelai narrowed her eyes and plastered that smirk on her face again, "Exactly!"
Rory helplessly got out of the car. They walked through the crowded halls of the mall until they stopped at a clothing store.
And once again Rory had no choice but to follow her mom.
When they finally came out of the store, Lorelai was carrying four shopping bags full of suits, skirts, and blouses for Rory, plus an occasional item of clothing for herself.
Rory grew suspicious, not in a bad way, but still suspicious of Lorelai as she bought more and more clothes for her daughter. Before she could question her mom, she felt her mom take her arm and took her somewhere else in the mall.
That place turned out to be the food court. Rory could smell the aroma of fries as soon as they went down the escalator.
After deciding that they wanted to have pizza, Rory and Lorelai sat down at a small table to eat.
With a big chunk of pizza in her mouth, Rory finally got the chance to ask her mom about the shopping spree.
"So what are all the clothes for?" she asked except it sounded like, " Fo whaf are all fee clofes fa?" because her mouth was full.
Lorelai looked at her with a puzzled face.
When Rory swallowed her food she repeated the question. But all her mom could do was smile that deceiving smile.
Rory knew her mom was not going to give in, so she let the question go. Instead she started a conversation about how the ozone layer was slowly disappearing.
Minutes later, they finished their lunch and headed back to the upper level of the mall.
This time Rory had some food in her so she was actually willing to shop.
Four more suits and a skirt later, the mother and daughter team found themselves looking at party accessories.
"How do I look?" Lorelai asked with her nose stuck up in the air and a accent to complete the snobby package. She had a feather boa wrapped around her, a plastic crown on her head, white gloves, and sunglasses pushed up on her head.
Rory looked at her mom for a second, "All you need is a show and a stage, and we could put you in Vegas."
Soon they were out of the store, once they had decided between pink or white gloves. They had bought so many feather boas that they really could have started a show in Vegas.
Rory was, of course not, sure what they were for, but she thought maybe her mom bought them because she was just simply well…Lorelai.
Their last stop in the mall was sort of like a Purses R' Us kind of store. In other words, purses galore, a heaven to purse lovers.
As soon as they stepped foot in to the store, Lorelai spotted a purse that she loved. She walked over to it immediately and picked it up, "My precious," she said in a voice that mimicked Gollum from the Lord of the Rings.
Rory laughed at her mom's poor imitation, and headed off to look around.
When she met up with her Lorelai at the register, her mom had already made a purchase.
"You ready to go?" Lorelai asked Rory.
"Yea, I'm ready."
Lorelai took her bags and walked out with Rory. But before they were out of the mall they bumped into, the one, the only, Emily Gilmore.
"Stay here, I'm going to go talk to her," Lorelai instructed Rory.
Rory stared back in shock and disbelief, "You're going to go talk to her!"
"You have no right to mock me!" Lorelai replied jokingly to her daughters astonish. She shrugged her shoulders and walked to over to her mother, who also looked shocked.
"You're actually willing to talk to me," Emily said when her daughter who usually tried to escape her, walked over on her own will, "I can't believe it!"
"That makes two. But if you ever bring this up, you know, that I actually talked to you without someone forcing me to, then I will deny it until the day the Earth explodes." Lorelai rambled.
"Well, tell me what you have to. I'm very busy, and I don't have much time," Emily said.
"Seeing that you're so busy, mom, you probably won't want to attend, but….
From where Rory was standing she could see a lot of crazy hand gestures flying all over the place.
Finally, her mom walked over with a frustrated look, the kind she always had when she was done talking to Emily Gilmore.
Rory decided it was best not to bring up the subject.
When they got out of the mall, Lorelai and Rory got into the Jeep and were on their way back to Stars Hollow.
But before they arrived Lorelai told Rory, "I have to stop at the Dragonfly Inn real quick on the way home and see if the horses were fed, and if Sookie has Wednesday's menu."
They climbed out of the car. Lorelai directly went into the inn.
Rory stayed outside, and walked over to the stables.
"Hi, Desdemona and Cletus," Rory said, petting the horses' noses. She picked up some hay from their feeding bin, and fed the horses right out of her hand.
By the time Lorelai came walking out the door, Rory had already brushed the horses' hair, and refilled their water.
"You didn't have to do that, hun." Lorelai said to Rory when she told her she fed and brushed the horses.
"I know, but I wanted to."
"Well then, if you enjoy farm work so much, I'll have you milking the cows and bathing the pigs by tomorrow," her mom responded with sarcasm.
"Gladly," Rory answered back with as much of a straight face as possible.
The ride home was silent. Lorelai and Rory both had different feelings going through their minds.
Rory felt anxious, still not knowing what her mother had planned or what the big surprise was.
Her mom was anxious, but in a different way. She was half of the 'I hope nothing goes wrong at my dentist's appointment' anxious and half the 'I can't wait to go on my date' anxious. But her anxiety had nothing whatsoever to do with the dentist or a date. They were the least of her problems.
"Although come to think of it, I might need a cleaning for my teeth," Lorelai considered to herself, off track, just for a second, but then immediately went back to thinking about being anxious.
When they arrived at their house Lorelai nervously stated, "Well here we are," not moving from her seat in the car.
"Yep, that's our house. You know, we can go in it if you want," Rory replied back to her mother's nervousness.
They both got out of the Jeep, and walked up the steps. Lorelai pulled the keys out of her purse and opened the door slowly.
Rory could see her hand was shaking, but Rory could also see she had a smile on her face.
They stepped inside the house, Lorelai, going in first.
"If only she knew what she was going into…" Lorelai thought to herself, with the widest grin on her face, but her head was facing the floor so Rory couldn't see.
"If only she knew…"
(A/N: Yay! My second chapter! I have officially broken the world record for using the word anxiety/anxious in a sentence. Comments, advice, FILL ME IN! And please read the story at the link in my Disclaimer! It's filled with Oompa Loompas and a very good story!)
(2nd A/N: By the way, I won't be able to update as often because of school. But look for my updates during holidays or every so often! And I definitely will be back Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring Break, and of course, next summer!)