Chapter 9

Previously:

I've been thinking about this all summer, but I've decided to go back to Yale in the fall." Rory said.
Finally, Lucy said, "What?"
"Is that all you can say? I said, I'm going back to Yale." Rory said and looked at Lorelai. "Mom say something."
Lorelai got a huge grin on her face and shouted, "Lucy, she's going back to Yale!"

Luke's Diner
Lorelai, Lucy, and Rory are running down the stairs

"Luke! Luke! Luke!" Lorelai, Lucy, and Rory shouted trying to get Luke's attention.

"You guys need to be a little bit quieter. It's a diner you know." Luke said from behind the counter.

"I wanna tell him." Lorelai said.

"No me." Lucy said.

"It's my news, I wanna tell him." Rory said.

"Somebody just tell me quickly. I have customers to serve." Luke said folding his arms.

"She's going back to Yale." Lorelai blurted out.

Lucy smacked her lightly and said, "It was Rory's news, she should've told him."

"You wanted to tell him too." Lorelai said rolling her eyes. Lucy rolled her eyes back at her and gave her a dirty look.

"Wow," Luke said. "That's great Rory, what made you change your mind?"

"Well, people were giving me crap about it all summer, and I was so irritated and I started to think about it more, and well here I am."

"Wow, this is, this is great." Luke said. He was so happy he didn't know what to say. "You know, free coffee for you."

"Oh please Luke, do we ever pay for coffee?" Lorelai said.

"Hey, at least we know this time it's free." Rory said.

"Me too?" Lucy said, getting her hopes up.

"Not you." Luke said in a serious look pointing at Lucy.

"Fine. Will I ever get to taste this thing you called coffee?"

"I'll give you a sip of mine kid." Lorelai said.

"Yay." Lucy said. She took a sip of Lorelai's coffee and made a face.

"What's that face for?" Lorelai said.

"Gross, I can't believe you're addicted to this crap." Lucy said in disgust.

"Thank you." Luke said going over to serve customers.

Lorelai, Rory, and Lucy laughed.

Luke's Diner – Night
Lorelai and Rory are talking

"So, have you thought about umm staying for the rest of the summer?" Lorelai asked Rory.

"I wasn't sure if you wanted me to." Rory said uncomfortably.

"Are you kidding me? Of course I wanted you stay." Lorelai said giving Rory a hug.

"Okay then, I'll stay." Rory smiled.

"Okay, Lucy will be so happy."

"What'll Lucy be happy about?" Luke said coming behind the counter.

"Rory's gonna stay in Stars Hollow for the rest of the summer." Lorelai said.

"Oh yeah, that's great." Luke said.

It was quiet for few minutes. Luke, Lorelai, and Rory just looked at each other.

Rory broke the silence. "So have you guys set a date for the wedding?"

Luke and Lorelai looked at each other. "We haven't really talked about it." Lorelai said.

"What do you-"

Lucy came in before Rory could finish her sentence. "Hey guys. What's going on?" Lucy said.

"Guess what?"

"You're kidding right?"

"Fine, I'll tell you. Rory's staying for the rest summer."

"Ahh!" Lucy shrieked and gave Rory a big hug.

"I knew you would be happy. Didn't I say she would be happy?" Lorelai said.

"Yes Mom, you said it." Rory said rolling her eyes and returning Lucy's hug. Just then Rory's phone rang.

"Outside." Luke simply said.

"But it's dark and scary. What if I get kidnapped?" Rory whined.

"It's Stars Hollow. Who was the last person to get kidnapped in Stars Hollow?"

"Fine." Rory said and got up and went outside. She got outside and answered her phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Ace."

"Hey Logan."

"I passed by your grandparents house today, and you weren't home."

"Oh, I'm in Stars Hollow with my family."

"When are you going back to Hartford?"

"Oh, I'm uhh actually going to uhh stay in Stars Hollow for the rest of the summer."

"What? Why?"

"Well, my sister, my mom, and I, we made up, so usually I would stay in Stars Hollow."

"I wanted to see you."

"Well you could come by and visit. You know where I live. Well, actually where I used to live. But same difference. You could come by anytime."

"I guess."

It was silent. "So…"

"So…"

"I should go; Lucy and Mom are waiting for me."

"Yeah, okay, so I'll see you around then."

"Okay bye."

"Bye." Rory closed her phone. She sighed and went back inside.

"Who was it?" Lorelai asked.

"Oh, it was just Logan; he wanted to know where I was." Rory said sitting back down.

"Uhh." Lucy said in disgust. "I hate Logan." She said eating her dinner.

"Why?" Rory said, then drinking her coffee.

"There's just something about him that pisses me off." Lucy said.

"Language please thank you." Lorelai said.

"Sorry."

"Can't you at least give him a chance?" Rory asked looking a bit disappointed.

"Nope." Lucy said simply getting back to her dinner.

"Why?"

"I've made up my mind and once I've made up my mind. I don't change it."

"Yeah, she's right. Just like how she said she didn't want to go skating anymore." Lorelai said.

Lucy got a worried look on her face. "What do you mean she's not going skating anymore? Why aren't you going skating anymore?" Rory asked.

"Umm…" Lucy said. "Mom…"

"Your grandmother…" Lorelai stuttered and Rory cut her off.

"Grandma stopped paying for lessons." Rory said. Lorelai and Lucy looked at her but didn't say anything. "She did didn't she? Say something."

"Yeah." Lorelai said.

"No Lucy, you can't stop skating. You worked for it for so long. I remember when you would wake up at 5:30 every morning just so you could land a jump. You can't stop now."

"It's okay Rory really. It's not like I planned to be a professional figure skater when I grow up. Can we just stop talking about it hurts too much." Lucy said.

"Fine, let's talk about something else then." Lorelai said. She looked at them. They looked at her. "So…when did you guys first meet up with each other?"

Lucy gave Rory a look, but Rory didn't notice. "I was walking, I was going to come and find you guys and then I saw Lucy." Rory said. Lucy tried to Rory's attention, but she failed. How can she forget about this so easily? Please don't say anything. Lucy thought. "She was with-" Rory stopped herself and looked at Lucy. Lucy gave her a look of disappointment.

"Who was she with?" Lorelai asked suspiciously.

"Oh, it's not important. And then I called her name and then-" Rory said.

"No Rory, who was she with? Who were you with?" Lorelai said sounding annoyed.

"I don't really want to talk about it, especially not here." Lucy said.

"Why?"

"I'll tell you at home."

"Lucy, c'mon, you need to tell me."

"Fine!"

"Lucy…" Rory said with an unsure look on her face.

"It was Christopher." Lucy said.

"What, Christopher, as in your dad Christopher?" Lorelai said. They nodded. "What, what did he want?"

"I sorta got into a small argument, miniscule." Lucy said.

"Miniscule?" Rory said looking at Lucy. Lucy gave Rory a look. "It was a huge outburst."

"Really?" Lorelai said. Lucy nodded. "What did you say?" she said raising her eyebrow.

"Well, I sorta kinda told him the reasons why I'm so mean to him."

"Which is?"

"You know already." Lucy said.

"I do?" Lucy nodded. "Okay, if that's the story you're sticking with."

"Uh huh. Let's just go home now, please?"

"Sure, let's go. Hey Luke?" Lorelai said getting up.

"Yeah?" Luke called from another table.

"We're going now."

"Okay, I'll see you guys in the morning for breakfast then?"

"Yup." Lorelai said give Luke a kiss. Once they break the kiss, Lorelai, Lucy, and Rory left the diner.

Author's Note: Hey. I know this sorta sucked. But I'm running out of ideas. If you have any ideas about what should happen in the next chapter, please tell me. Thanks.