Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore girls the show or the characters.
Chapter 1 – A New School Year.
"Welcome sophomores to your first day in Honors Journalism. For many of you, this might be your first journalism course. So for that I will give you the rules to this class.
1. There will be no homework, just projects due every other week. Meaning you have at least 2 weeks to do a project, so there will be no excuses what so ever.
2. Always follow the instructions I give you. You are no longer freshmen so there will be no cutting slack. Plus this is an honors class, so I assume many of you have taken this class for the mare reason of becoming Journalists in the future.
3. Write what you feel is right.
Those are the rules. By the way, my name is Ms. Adams. Any questions before we begin?"
A hand shot up in the back of the room.
"Yes, you in the back. Since I don't know any one's names yet, please state your name then ask your question. "
"My name is Angela Geller. I was just wondering will we be typing all our projects out and if there will be group projects, will there be team leaders."
"Angela, yes you must type your projects unless I say so. For your second question I will say if there will ever be group projects your group can choose a team captain. It's not mandatory though. If there are no more questions I will like to assign your first project."
Everyone in the class let out a groan. Except one who let out a loud fart. The class started laughing.
"Sorry, kinda let it slip." Said a boy.
"And you are?" Asked Ms. Adams
"Julian DuGrey" Said the boy.
"Julian next time you fart, make sure I'm not sitting next to you." Angela said.
"Come on Angela you know Mariano think my farts smell sexy, right Mariano." Julian looked to a girl who was sitting in the first row.
"No, Julian your farts smell horrible. Worst then rotten eggs." Said the girl.
"Come on Lori Mariano, when will you be on my side of an argument." Julian flashed her a smile.
"How about never." Lori answered back.
"Ok, students settle down." Ms. Adams said.
"So the first project of the school year, I will pair you up into groups of two. You will interview each other, get to know one another. Your paper will be written and typed in an interview format. It will be like a questions and answers type of paper. If you need help with how this will be done, you can look it up in the text book page."
Angela's hand shot up.
"Yes Angela."
"Will you be picking the pairs?"
"Yes I certainly will."
"Oh"
"Well actually I have written the pairs on the board." Ms. Adams smiled.
Everyone looked up on the black board, to see who was paired up with whom.
"I can't see it from back here." A voice said.
Ms. Adams called out the pairs.
"1. Orlando Geller & Kerri Washington
2. Angela Geller & Connor Fox
3. Jerry Smith & Sara Braddock
4. Alicia Wilson & Ethan Bayford
5. Patrick Huntzberger & Beth Andrews
6. Scott Davids & Bridget Novak
7. Maggie Brown & Shawn Hart
8. Lorelai Mariano & Julian DuGrey."
Lori was shocked. She didn't want to be Julian's partner. She didn't care about Julian's personal life and she didn't want him knowing about her own personal life.
Lori's raised her hand.
"Yes, Lorelai." Ms. Adams asked.
"It's Lori and are we allowed to switch partners?" Lori asked hopefully.
"Sorry Lori, I cannot let anyone switch partners." Ms. Adams said.
"Ouch Lori, I'm heartbroken that you don't want to be my partner." Julian said.
"I just don't like you Julian and you know that." Lori said.
"And here I was thinking that you wanted to know me better. Well now you can since we're partners." Julian said.
Ring Ring The bell rang.
"Class we'll talk more about the project tomorrow." Ms. Adams said.
Lori walked to her locker. Orlando Geller walked with her.
"I can't believe it. First day of 10th grade and I get Julian as a partner. It's only first period and the day isn't half over. Now I have to interview him about his personal life, like I'm interested in his favorite shows." Lori complained.
"Cheer up; at least you didn't get Angela." Orlando said.
"It's funny how you and Angela are twins but you guys are very different. Rumor has it that you're the only normal one in your family. Are you sure you're not adopted?"
Orlando laughed.
"My family's not that bad. They're just overachievers. They do everything to the best of their abilities. Angela's not that bad. Well that's what I think because she is my twin sister."
"And don't forgot she's older then you by 4 minutes." Lori smiled.
Orlando shook his head.
"Don't remind me."
Lori laughed.
"So what do you have now?" Orlando asked.
"Um. English/Shakespeare. With Mr. Lenox." Lori said.
"I have that last. Let me see your schedule."
Lori gave Orlando her schedule. He looked at it closely.
"We have no other classes, unless you count lunch as a class. Looks like you don't have another class with Angela either." Orlando said while giving back Lori her schedule.
"That's a relief. I really wouldn't want another class with Angela anyways." Lori said.
"I'll see you at lunch." Orlando said, while trying to get through the passing crowds.
After school, Lori took the bus home. Not the regular school bus, but the public bus.
Her mom Rory Mariano did the same thing, when she was a Chilton student.
Lori was a unique Chilton student. Her family didn't live in a fancy house or mansion like her classmates. Instead she grew up in the same town her mother grew up in, Stars Hollow. A small population, but with the greatest people you'll ever know.
"Hello I'm home, anyone here?" Lori said when she entered her house.
The house was empty, which put a smile on Lori's face.
"Yes, the whole house to myself. A great time to read a classic novel." Lori said.
Lori picked out a random book off the bookshelf.
"Ah yes, A Jane Austen novel." Lori went to the nearest chair and started to read the novel.
Lori always had a love of reading, even from an early age.
Her mother and father both have a love of reading books and writing. Lori's mother Rory is a journalist and her father Jess is an accomplished and best selling author. Ever since she was a toddler Lori wanted to follow her mother's footsteps and become a journalist. Her grandmother Lorelai always told Lori to follow her dreams no matter what.
"No matter what other people say, follow your dreams. Don't let other people tell you other wise. Even if they pull you down and tore you to shreds, don't ever give up your dreams." Lorelai always said to Lori.
Lori stopped reading her book. She started to think about her name, Lorelai. She was the fourth Gilmore to be called Lorelai. The first Lorelai was also called "Trix." The second Lorelai was called Lorelai. The Third Lorelai was called Rory. Now Lori was the fourth Lorelai.
"Funny how grandma, mom and I are the only child in our families." Lori smiled.
Lori looked around the room. She was starting to not like the empty house setting. So she left the house and went to Luke's diner.
Luke and Lorelai have always been together. But not legally married. Lorelai told Lori that she and Luke were doing the "Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell thing." Lori asked Rory what that meant.
"It means that they're together, but decided not to get married. They love each other even though they aren't married." Rory explained one day. But they did have one child. Named Rex Danes.
"Hey Luke." Lori said when entering the diner.
"Hey Lori." Luke smiled.
Lori always liked Luke, because he gave the best advice and can always keep a secret.
"How's Rex doing?" Lori asked.
"He's doing great." Luke said.
Rex Danes is a 19 year old college freshman with a baseball scholarship to Michigan State University. He majors in business advertising. Luke has always been proud of his only child. Rex has achieved many things that Luke could never accomplish; maybe it was because Lorelai Gilmore was his mother. Even though Rory and Rex have a 32 year age difference, Rory still loves her step brother.
"Where's grandma?" Lori asked Luke.
"I have no idea." Luke said.
"Ok, then I'll just have the usual." Lori said.
Lori, just like her mom and grandma loves to drink coffee. All 3 of them have decided that Luke makes the best coffee in the entire world.
Luke gave Lori her coffee. Since business was slow today, Luke and Lori had a chance to talk.
"So how was Chilton today?" Luke asked.
"It was ok." Lori said before taking a sip of her coffee.
"Just ok?" Luke eyed her.
Lori didn't say anything.
"What happened Lori?" Luke asked.
"You know I'm in honors Journalism."
"Yeah, you were excited all summer for that class." Luke answered.
"Well for the first assignment the teacher paired us into pairs and said we had to interview each other. The teacher paired me up with a guy I really despised." Lori said.
"Well ask for a new partner." Luke advised.
"The teacher said no." Lori said.
"Well there's only one thing to do then." Luke said.
"What?"
"You need to interview that kid you don't like. There's always something in life you won't like. But to get over that obstacle you need do the right thing. The right thing in this problem is to interview the kid. You might actually learn something." Luke said.
"Luke, you always give the best advices." Lori smiled.
"Yeah, but so does your grandma. Except she tries to make you have a good mood, so your problems will go away." Luke smiled.
"Let's change the subject. Did you read your dad's new book?" Luke said.
"Yeah, it's really great. I gave him an idea to put in one of his chapters and he actually wrote it in, and it fit perfectly in the story." Lori said proudly.
"So will you become an author like your father or a journalist like your mother?" Luke asked.
"More likely a journalist." Lori said.
"Are you going to Friday night dinner at great grandma Emily's?" Luke asked.
"Mom said we have to. So the answer is yes." Lori said.
"So this means everyone is going except for Rex." Luke said.
"You're going to Friday dinner?" Lori's eyes were wide open.
"Yes." Luke said.
"Wow it's been almost a year since you've been to those dinners." Lori said.
"I know."
Just then a girl about 16 years old, with brown hair and glasses came into the diner.
It was Erika Rysalski, daughter of Dave and Lane Rygalski. Erika and Lori have been best friends ever since they were in diapers.
"Hey Erika." Lori said.
"Hi Lori. How was Chilton? Any new hot guys?" Erika said.
"No, not really." Lori said.
"Oh, don't worry there aren't any new hot guys at Stars Hollow High." Erika said with a shrug.
"I'll never have a boyfriend. Guys at Chilton are worthless." Lori said.
"I'll never become a professional singer because my mom won't let me." Erika said.
"So did your mom find out about you sneaking out of the house yesterday night?" Lori asked.
"Yeah, just a few minutes ago. She said I would only have 10 minutes to talk on the phone and then I have to help out in grandma's shop. After she said that she started to freak out and said "Oh my gosh I'm turning into my mother". So she sent me out of the house." Erika explained.
Luke laughed while listening to the Erika's story.