Great Timing, ch 3

Of all the bookshops in all the towns in all the world...

My god, I'm actually updating this thing. That in itself is a wonder to me. Sometimes even I don't understand me.

This chapter is dedicated to the wonderful people at the IRS who sent me my lovely tax return on Friday which has allowed me to begin my shopping spree. Also to the wonders of bubble baths. All the world's problems just melt away when you're sitting in a hot bath with strawberry scented bubbles and a few candles and reading a good book. Throw in some hot cocoa and you've got my idea of bliss.

Also for Hidden Identity who was trying to get out of going to both lecture and the gym. Procrastinate as long as possible! lol

It was 4:52 PM on Friday afternoon. Rory was due to get off at 5:30. Meaning that she only had to keep herself occupied for another 38 minutes. She was due to pick up Chris at the daycare center around the corner and then be home by 6:00. Maybe she would order pizza and watch a movie. The perfect way to kick off her vacation.

Classes at Providence University wouldn't start until the second week in January, which also marked the start of her last semester in college. She couldn't believe that this coming May she would be a college graduate. Boy how time flies, she thought.

Rory was lucky that she was in college at all. What with having Chris and a job she was juggling more than most college students. She had found out she was pregnant mere days after finishing her first semester of her junior year at Yale. What with the panic and confusion she had just had to get away. Luckily her grandfather golfed with the dean of Providence University and he had been able to persuade him into accepting an emergency transfer for Rory. She had finished out her junior year in Rhode Island during her first and partly into her second trimester. Over the summer she had participated in a work-study program that qualified for enough credits for her first semester of her senior year. She had finished the program just a week and a half before she had gone into labor and had delivered a beautiful baby boy.

For a while Rory hadn't known what she wanted to name her son. Then her dad had come to visit his new grandson and the idea popped into her head to name him after her own dad. When her dad had found out she was pregnant he had spent more and more time with her, eventually growing closer. And she had considered that her mom had named Rory after herself, and Rory liked the idea of giving her baby a family name. She wanted it to be the name of a family member she was actually close to. So that left Richard, Luke and Christopher. She wasn't that fond of the name Richard, and she felt weird naming her son Luke when he had only been married to her mom a short time. That left Christopher. When she had told her dad she could have sworn she saw a tear in his eye.

Rory was just excited that it was Christmas and with classes being out and using her vacation days she had earned at work, Rory could relax and spend some time with Chris. Also her mom and Luke were coming to visit in a few days and would be bringing with them Rory's baby sister Alyssa. Rory hadn't seen them in almost two months. She talked to her mom on the phone nearly every day but it just wasn't the same.

Rory glanced at the clock again. 4:56. Four more minutes and she would be out of here. Might as well start getting ready, she thought. Putting the remaining books that she had been sorting back onto the shelf behind the counter, Rory turned around to grab her coat and purse. Her back to the counter, Rory was fishing for her car keys in her purse when the bell above the front door jingled, letting her know that a customer had arrived. Terry was the only other person on duty tonight and he wasn't back from his break yet so she couldn't leave until he got back.

Rory dropped her keys under the desk and got down on her knees trying to reach them.

A voice from above startled her. "Excuse me miss? I need a copy of Emma by Jane Austen. Can you help me?" A bell tingled faintly in Rory's head. She knew that voice, but she couldn't place it.

Slowly she straightened up, her eyes still looking for her keys. "Yeah, it's on the back wall right over next to" Rory finally caught sight of the customer's face. "Oh my God!" Rory exclaimed. She looked into the face of a very familiar blond.

"Oh my God!" The blond repeated Rory's words.

She was too stunned to think about anything other than the person whom she hadn't seen in over a year.

"Rory?"

A/N: I bet you guys have a pretty good idea about who our mystery customer is. I'll leave you to ponder it until next time.

I wanted to explain why I named Rory and Logan's son Christopher. In this fic, Rory didn't have the problems with her dad that she does on the show. I believe I mentioned in the first chapter that everybody gets along with everybody in this. Also, I'm kind of a Daddy's girl, he raised me so I probably wouldn't be any good about writing about her having problems with her father. And there's the fact that I just like the name. Don't misunderstand me, Lorelai belongs with Luke but I do like Chris.

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