Call Me

"Lorelei, I'm home."

Luke walked in and saw Rory. Lorelei looked up from the couch and saw Luke's confused look.

"Sshhh… She's sleeping." she said as she gently got out of her position and put a blanket over Rory.

She walked over to him and said, "Hi." She then gave him a kiss. "Rory is back. She is going to stay here a while. We are going to work this out together!" Lorelei whispered with a huge smile on her face.

The look on Luke's face disappeared and changed into a grin. "Congratulations! I am going to make a good dinner tonight." he said.

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Rory smelled fresh coffee a food. She opened her eyes and found Lorelei smiling in front of her with a cup of coffee.

"I knew this would wake you up!" she handed her the cup of coffee. "Come on, dinner's ready!"

Rory got up and walked to the kitchen. The wonderful aromas were filling up the room.

Luke looked up from his cooking and said, "Hi Rory. I made your favorite, well I don't know if it is still your favorite… Anyway, I made pot roast. I even made mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, biscuits, and apple pie."

Rory's eyes lit up. "Hi. Thanks Luke, yes it is still my favorite. Everything smells good!"

"It was nothing." Luke replied as he went to refill Rory's cup.

Lorelei entered the room with Paul Anka. "Rory, this is Paul Anka. Paul Anka, this is my daughter, Rory." she said excitedly.

"HI! I always wanted to have a dog! I can't believe you are still alive." Rory said as she went to pet it.

"She doesn't mean it, she's just kidding." she said to the dog. She got up and looked at Rory and said, "You're mean."

They ate and then Rory offered to help. "It's so boring at my grandparent's house. They do everything for me and don't let me do anything."

"No, it's okay, I got it.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, I am going to be in my room reading if anyone needs me."

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Making sure Rory closed the door before he said this, Luke waited. He took Lorelei and went into the living room.

"Jess was here."

"What?"

"I said, Jess was here. He asked about everyone and he is so different."

"Wha, how?"

"He finished high school, is going to college near by, and wrote a book!"

"Wow…"

"Well, he is still that sarcastic little pain in the ass, but he has really gotten his life straight. He works at some bookstore near his college which pay for his apartment."

"Um, are you sure that's Jess? You aren't mixed up with someone that just looks like him?"

"I'm sure Lorelei."

"Because he could have been abducted from aliens because of his life being totally sucky and then they took over his body and then tried not to blow their cover."

"That was him. I wish you could of seen it for yourself."

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When Rory walked into her room, it looked empty. Her book shelves had no books, her poster that once hung on the walls were gone, just her empty closet, and neatly fixed bed. She went to her bed and allowed herself to fall on it. She got her purse and took out the book Jess gave her.

The Subsect. Interesting…

She opened the book and it said, Rory, I'm sorry for everything I've done to you. I hope we can be friends. Anyway, I wrote this book because you inspired me. I want to thank you for that. If you ever need me, can me at 555-6171. -Jess

She closed the book and then her cell phone rang.