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"You're really going to have fun in there Rory." Julie said as they kept on walking.

Rory was just about to answer when her housemates came into focus. What she saw both surprised her and scared her. She couldn't believe that among those eleven blurry faces were some that she actually knew. All of a sudden she wasn't so sure if she wanted to participate in this TV show. What had she gotten herself into?

When they got to the door Rory joined her fellow housemates in complete silence. She had so many questions for the familiar faces in front of her but she had to follow the rules.

"Welcome houseguests! As you see, everyone has arrived. In silence, each one of you will go through the front door and choose a bed. As you will see when you enter the house, there are different beds with different degrees of comfort. As you will also see there are not quite enough beds for everyone. You will enter the house in the same order in which you arrived here, with 1 minute between each of you. There will be no talking until each of you has put their bag on one of the beds and you are all seated in the living room. The last person will pick up the envelope with the number 1 on it and open it once everyone is ready. I think that is all for now. It's time to go in. Good luck to all of you and have fun." Julie looked at all of them one at a time. She thensent in the first houseguest.

After exactly 12 minutes it was Rory's turn to enter the house. She knew that she would be stuck with one of the bad beds, or even worse the floor. As she walked through the front door she saw what Julie had meant by different beds with different degrees of comfort.

The first room looked like a jungle. The walls were painted in greens and camouflage to look like leaves and trees. Three cots, with bags on them, lined one of the walls.

The second room was blue with aquariums painted on the walls. In there she saw one King sized bed, with two bags on it, and two single beds each with one bag on it.

The third room was painted to look like a library. Huge bookshelves had been painted on the walls. In there she saw one single bed and two Kings. She put her bag on the only spot left… one of the two Kings. In her head she hoped that her bedmate was someone she wouldn't mind sleeping next to. In a way she wished that they hadn't been forced to bring matching bags. That way she'd have an idea as to whose bed she'd be sharing.

She finally joined the rest of the houseguests in the living room. It had funky colored furniture that she just loved. She sat on the only available seat, a fuzzy pink chair. She remembered Julie's instructions. On the table lay two envelopes. She picked up the one marked number 1 and opened it and read out loud.

Hope you like your new home houseguests. Take a good look around at the people sitting with you. Now's you're chance to introduce yourselves. One by one please tell the others your name, age, where you live, what you do for a living and something you choose to share. We will start by the last person to enter the house. Once you are done…the first person to enter the house will open envelope two.

Julie.

Rory looked around once more at the people around her. She started the introduction process.

"Hi everyone, my name's Rory Gilmore and I'm 21 years old. I've lived in a small town called Stars Hollow my whole life. I am presently a student at Yale University so I guess I live in New Haven. I am a coffee-addict." Rory finished not quite sure what to tell them.

"I guess I'm next. My name's Josh and I'm 31. I'm from Chicago and I'm a doctor. Ummm… I used to be an actor."

"The name's Dean Forrester, I'm 21 years old. I live in Stars Hollow and I'm a mechanic. I'm married." Dean looked at Rory when he spoke. He wasn't sure if he should tell the rest of the house that they knew each other so he decided to keep quiet.

"Hey everyone, I'm Kelly. I'm 35 years old and I live in California. I'm a hairdresser but I used to be a model. I have 3 kids."

"Hello all my name's Lane. I'm 21 years old from Stars Hollow. I play drums in a band and I work in a diner. Music is my life." This show was just a means of getting some money for her… she was justso glad that she wasn't going to have to spend the next few weeks with nobody she knew.

"Hello, my name's Brady and I'm 26. I live in New York and I'm a student by day, bartender by night. I love to party."

"Jess Mariano, 21, New York, writer, author and student." His gaze fell on Rory as he said that. He couldn't believe he was here…with her… and Dean…and Lane. He knew Rory had been surprised at seeing him,they hadn't seen each other since THAT NIGHT in her dorm and thiswasn't exactly his kind of thing.

"Well y'all I'm Danielle. I'm 33 from Las Vegas. I'm a dancer. I've been married three times."

"Hey everyone I'm Lacy and I'm 28. I'm a teacher in Detroit. I've traveled the world at least once."

"My name's Paris, I'm 21. I go to Yale where I write for the paper. I excel at everything I do so I'm going to win this." Rory looked at her then. It amazed her to see that Paris was still the same one she hadn't gotten along with at Chilton. She was glad to see her though... she would definitely bring life to this place.

"Looks like I'm the dad of the house. My name's Mark, I'm a 45 year old firefighter from Houston. I'm happily married with three great kids."

"Hey everyone, my name's Tristan Dugrey and I'm 21. I own a bookstore called Mary's in Raleigh North Carolina. I know at least three people in this house." Tristan finished as he looked around at the other houseguests.

Gasps were heard all around as the houseguests heard what he had said. The twelve houseguests looked around at the others wondering who he was talking about. Rory knew that he meant her, Paris and Dean and she knew that out of eleven other guests she knew 5 of them. She also knew that everyone but her, Paris and Dean wasat that moment racking their brains to figure it out… they'd justhave to wait and see.

Okay everyone, there's chapter two. Not exactly what you expected? I know it wasn't much except for character introduction but it's all I could write if I wanted to update tonight.

I will try to update as often as I can but I'm afraid most of it will be done on weekends.

Please tell me what you think… your opinions and ideas are appreciated!

CarpeDiemB120- I know the story kind of resembles Meet Me In The Middle but I didn't mean it to. It will be very different, I promise.