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Sing For Me
Chapter 11
Lorelai and Rory went to Friday Night Dinners at the Gilmore Mansion and told Emily and Richard all about what they were planning to do for the talent show.
"Oh I think I know that movie," Emily asked, "Is that the one with Betty Davis and Olivia de Havilland?"
"No mom," Lorelai responded. "You're thinking of 'Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte.' 'What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?' has Bette Davis and Joan Crawford playing sisters."
"I thought Bette Davis and Joan Crawford didn't get along," Richard replied. "They had some sort of long standing Hollywood rivalry. Why would they do a movie together?"
"I don't know, dad. I wasn't there to ask Bette what she was thinking." Lorelai looked at Rory and asked her, "Did you ever hear the story about how Bette Davis put a coke machine in Joan Crawford's dressing room when they were filming the movie?"
"No, why would she plant a Coke machine in a dressing room?" Rory asked.
"Well, Joan Crawford was once married to some bigwig over at the Pepsi company. Anyway, he had recently died before filming started. Bette and Joan detested each other so much that Bette had a Coke machine placed in Joan's dressing room just to tick her off."
"Lorelai, that's a terrible story. For goodness sake, the woman's husband died," Emily said to her.
Lorelai rolled her eyes, "Yes mother, it was a terrible thing to do. Pass the potatoes," she said to Rory.
Rory passed the bowl of potatoes over to Lorelai and smirked at her. Lorelai smirked backs
"So, Lorelai," Emily asked, "how is Luke doing?"
Lorelai's smirk faded and she looked sown at her plate. "Oh, he's fine," she said quickly.
"Is he? Well, that's good. You should invite him for Friday night dinner, again. I think he enjoyed it last time."
"Oh yeah, Luke gets his kicks at have anxiety attacks before dinner?
"What was that?"
"Nothing, mom."
They finished dinner and after some small talk about Yale and the Inn, Lorelai and Rory headed back to their house.
"So," Rory said while Lorelai was driving home, "When exactly do you plan on talking to Luke? Soon might be good, you know. Seeing as though Grandma asked him to dinner. He can't really come if you guys aren't talking."
"Sure he can," Lorelai said. "He can go have dinner with my mom and I'll eat at the diner."
"Mom."
Lorelai sighed, "I'll talk to him tomorrow."
"Okay, good. It's about time."
Rory smiled to herself while Lorelai kept her eyes on the road.
When they got home Lorelai headed upstairs and Rory went to her room. She closed her door and no sooner had she done that, her cell phone went off.
"Hello," she said into the phone.
"Hey, I need to talk to you," the voice said.
"Hey Lane. Is something wrong?"
"No. Yes. No...well, I don't know," Lane sounded flustered.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Rory asked her.
"I mean...I don't know what I mean. I just need to talk to you."
"Okay, umm...do you want me to come over or do you want to come over here and talk."
"I'm actually outside your house right now."
"What?"
"Yeah, I sat on the porch until I caught sight of your mom pulling up so I moved to the side of the house until I saw you come in."
"You know, you could of just stayed on the porch. We wouldn't care if you were there."
"Yeah, well I didn't want it to look like I had been waiting for you all night."
"But you just told me you have. And how are you calling me from outside? You don't have a cell phone."
"Oh, I'm on your cordless?"
"My cordless?"
"Yeah, I took the hidden spare key and let myself in and took the cordless outside so I could call you."
"You came into my house, took my phone, waited outside and called me on my own phone?"
"Yeah."
Rory let out a deep breath. "Come to the door and I'll let you in."
"Thanks."
They both hung up their phones and Rory headed to the front door to let Lane in. Lane handed Rory the cordless phone and headed toward Rory's room. Rory put the phone back and followed Lane into her room.
"So, what's going on with you?" Rory asked her.
Lane was pacing in a small circle in. She stopped pacing and looked up at Rory. "I'm going to break up with Dave," she said.
"Oh," Rory said surprised, "okay but can I ask why?" Rory asked.
"It's too hard to be with him now," Lane told her. "I see him now and while I still think he's a wonderful guy I just...I just can't stay in this relationship anymore. When I'm with him all he talks about is how great school is and how much fun he has with his new friends and his new life, and I'm so glad he's doing well but, Rory, he lives so far. It's too hard to go on like this. It's not fair to either of us. I just don't know how to tell him." Lane sat down on the bed and put her head in her hands.
Rory sat down next to her and put a shoulder around her. "You just need to be upfront with him," she told Lane.
"Yeah, I know," Lane said as a tear fell from her eye.
"It will be okay," Rory told her.
"I know. It's just so hard to let go of someone."
"I know, Lane. I know." Rory whispered.
Author's Note: I heard that story about the coke machine somewhere before. I'm not sure how true it is, but I thought it was pretty damn funny. There were also stories about how Joan Crawford would put weights in her pocket, that way when Bette Davis had to drag her it would really strain her back. Gotta love those old Hollywood rivalries.
Author's Note 2: Just to clarify, Rory got Lane's call on the cell phone. Lane used the cordless phone from inside. I know someone got confused about that so in case anyone else was wondering, there you go.
AN3: Thanks to M. Mouse for pointing out an error in one of my past chapters.
Sing For Me
Chapter 11
Lorelai and Rory went to Friday Night Dinners at the Gilmore Mansion and told Emily and Richard all about what they were planning to do for the talent show.
"Oh I think I know that movie," Emily asked, "Is that the one with Betty Davis and Olivia de Havilland?"
"No mom," Lorelai responded. "You're thinking of 'Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte.' 'What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?' has Bette Davis and Joan Crawford playing sisters."
"I thought Bette Davis and Joan Crawford didn't get along," Richard replied. "They had some sort of long standing Hollywood rivalry. Why would they do a movie together?"
"I don't know, dad. I wasn't there to ask Bette what she was thinking." Lorelai looked at Rory and asked her, "Did you ever hear the story about how Bette Davis put a coke machine in Joan Crawford's dressing room when they were filming the movie?"
"No, why would she plant a Coke machine in a dressing room?" Rory asked.
"Well, Joan Crawford was once married to some bigwig over at the Pepsi company. Anyway, he had recently died before filming started. Bette and Joan detested each other so much that Bette had a Coke machine placed in Joan's dressing room just to tick her off."
"Lorelai, that's a terrible story. For goodness sake, the woman's husband died," Emily said to her.
Lorelai rolled her eyes, "Yes mother, it was a terrible thing to do. Pass the potatoes," she said to Rory.
Rory passed the bowl of potatoes over to Lorelai and smirked at her. Lorelai smirked backs
"So, Lorelai," Emily asked, "how is Luke doing?"
Lorelai's smirk faded and she looked sown at her plate. "Oh, he's fine," she said quickly.
"Is he? Well, that's good. You should invite him for Friday night dinner, again. I think he enjoyed it last time."
"Oh yeah, Luke gets his kicks at have anxiety attacks before dinner?
"What was that?"
"Nothing, mom."
They finished dinner and after some small talk about Yale and the Inn, Lorelai and Rory headed back to their house.
"So," Rory said while Lorelai was driving home, "When exactly do you plan on talking to Luke? Soon might be good, you know. Seeing as though Grandma asked him to dinner. He can't really come if you guys aren't talking."
"Sure he can," Lorelai said. "He can go have dinner with my mom and I'll eat at the diner."
"Mom."
Lorelai sighed, "I'll talk to him tomorrow."
"Okay, good. It's about time."
Rory smiled to herself while Lorelai kept her eyes on the road.
When they got home Lorelai headed upstairs and Rory went to her room. She closed her door and no sooner had she done that, her cell phone went off.
"Hello," she said into the phone.
"Hey, I need to talk to you," the voice said.
"Hey Lane. Is something wrong?"
"No. Yes. No...well, I don't know," Lane sounded flustered.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Rory asked her.
"I mean...I don't know what I mean. I just need to talk to you."
"Okay, umm...do you want me to come over or do you want to come over here and talk."
"I'm actually outside your house right now."
"What?"
"Yeah, I sat on the porch until I caught sight of your mom pulling up so I moved to the side of the house until I saw you come in."
"You know, you could of just stayed on the porch. We wouldn't care if you were there."
"Yeah, well I didn't want it to look like I had been waiting for you all night."
"But you just told me you have. And how are you calling me from outside? You don't have a cell phone."
"Oh, I'm on your cordless?"
"My cordless?"
"Yeah, I took the hidden spare key and let myself in and took the cordless outside so I could call you."
"You came into my house, took my phone, waited outside and called me on my own phone?"
"Yeah."
Rory let out a deep breath. "Come to the door and I'll let you in."
"Thanks."
They both hung up their phones and Rory headed to the front door to let Lane in. Lane handed Rory the cordless phone and headed toward Rory's room. Rory put the phone back and followed Lane into her room.
"So, what's going on with you?" Rory asked her.
Lane was pacing in a small circle in. She stopped pacing and looked up at Rory. "I'm going to break up with Dave," she said.
"Oh," Rory said surprised, "okay but can I ask why?" Rory asked.
"It's too hard to be with him now," Lane told her. "I see him now and while I still think he's a wonderful guy I just...I just can't stay in this relationship anymore. When I'm with him all he talks about is how great school is and how much fun he has with his new friends and his new life, and I'm so glad he's doing well but, Rory, he lives so far. It's too hard to go on like this. It's not fair to either of us. I just don't know how to tell him." Lane sat down on the bed and put her head in her hands.
Rory sat down next to her and put a shoulder around her. "You just need to be upfront with him," she told Lane.
"Yeah, I know," Lane said as a tear fell from her eye.
"It will be okay," Rory told her.
"I know. It's just so hard to let go of someone."
"I know, Lane. I know." Rory whispered.
Author's Note: I heard that story about the coke machine somewhere before. I'm not sure how true it is, but I thought it was pretty damn funny. There were also stories about how Joan Crawford would put weights in her pocket, that way when Bette Davis had to drag her it would really strain her back. Gotta love those old Hollywood rivalries.
Author's Note 2: Just to clarify, Rory got Lane's call on the cell phone. Lane used the cordless phone from inside. I know someone got confused about that so in case anyone else was wondering, there you go.
AN3: Thanks to M. Mouse for pointing out an error in one of my past chapters.