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Chapter 4: Arrival
Lorelai jumped up and ran to the door. Taking a deep breath, she opened it to find Kirk on the other side.
Groaning, she asked, "What do you want, Kirk?"
"Good Morning, Lorelai, I have a delivery for you, from an Emily Gilmore."
"Thank you, Kirk," she said, holding her hand out.
"Not so fast, what is your last name?"
"Kirk…" she said, in warning.
"It's part of my job, now just answer the question, and I can give this to you quicker."
"Okay, it's Gilmore-Hayden," Lorelai said, sighing.
"Very good, now, just sign here," Kirk said, pointing it at the delivery sheet.
Lorelai quickly signed the sheet and as she handed it, she heard a car pull up in front of the house. Looking up, she watched as a very pretty young girl stepped out of the car and an older boy pulled her bags from the back seat.
"Thank you, Kirk," Lorelai said, pushing him back towards his truck.
"Lorelai, you have visitors!' Kirk said, seeming anxious to meet them.
"Yes, Kirk, now good-bye!"
Kirk slowly walked back to his truck, while keeping an eye on the two strangers, who were now hugging. He drove to Miss Patty's, hoping to spread the gossip.
Rory stepped out of the car and took in the house in front of her. She looked at the beautiful white house, with the wrap around porch and the beautiful lawn. It reminded of her own house, only hers didn't have a porch.
Andy stepped out from his side and opened the back door. He pulled out Rory's bags and brought them around to her.
"Hey, so, I'm sorry that I upset you earlier. I just hope maybe you'll confide in me about what's going on?" Andy asked.
"Yeah, maybe when I get home," Rory answered looking at the ground.
"Ok, are you going to need a ride home?" he asked.
"No, they'll drive me home. Thanks for the ride here."
"Anytime," he told her, leaning in to hug her.
They hugged for a minute before they broke away. Rory looked back to the house and picked up her bags, noticing the woman standing in the doorway. Her breath caught in her throat; this woman was beautiful with the same dark hair and blue eyes that Rory herself had. She walked towards the house and up the steps.
"Rory?" the woman asked tentatively.
"Yes, are you Lorelai?" Rory questioned keeping her face straight.
"Yes, wow, look at you all grown up! Oh, come in and meet everyone!" Lorelai exclaimed, pushing Rory into the house.
"Um…ok," Rory said, a little scared by how hyper Lorelai seemed.
Lorelai guided Rory towards the living room. Rory looked at the expectant faces of the rest of her family and realized that she was truly related to them. A man, she figured he was her father, sat on the couch and had short, but curly brown hair with hazel eyes. There was a young girl sitting next to him, probably around 10 with lighter brown, curly hair and the same blue eyes as Rory. In the playpen across the room, a little baby sat with some wisps of brown hair and hazel eyes.
"Ok, so this is your father, Christopher," Lorelai said as Christopher stood, going to hug her, but then thought better of it and instead held his hand to shake hers.
Rory smiled and shook his hand.
"And this is your little sister, Madison," Lorelai continued.
Maddy launched herself into Rory's arms and Rory awkwardly hugged her.
"Everyone calls me Maddy, I'm 8, can we be friends?" she said all in one breath.
Rory giggled, and answered, "Sure," remembering what both her and Abbie had been like at 8.
"And over there is your other sister, Brooke. She's only 6 months old. So, um…let me show you to your room," Lorelai said, before Rory had a chance to breathe. Rory followed Lorelai out of the living room, and into a small room off the kitchen. She walked in to find a queen size bed next to one wall with a small desk looking out the window and a big bookshelf with all of the classics. Sighing contently, she walked over and ran her hands over the spines of the books.
"Do you like to read?" Lorelai asked, watching Rory with interest.
"Yeah, it's my favorite thing to do. I love getting caught up in different stories that talk about different places and different times."
"Well, those are all Maddy's books. They don't all fit in her room. I'm sure she wouldn't mind sharing with you though," Rory smiled and nodded, still looking over the shelves. Lorelai continued, "So…I was thinking that we could decorate this and make it your own room for whenever you come over."
Rory turned around and without thinking asked, "How do you know I'll come back again after this weekend? Why would you even want me?"
Lorelai jumped back at the venom in Rory's voice and tears began to form behind her eyes. "Um, so,I'll let you settle in. We'll be around here somewhere, just find us when you're ready. Maybe we can go to Luke's and get some lunch," she said, before stepping out of the room, and running to the bathroom.
Rory mentally kicked herself for saying that, even though she knew it was true. She wanted her family, the family that raised her for as long as she could remember, but there was that part of her that believed in that old saying, "blood is thicker than water," and she wanted to get to know these relatives.
Rory unpacked the few things she had brought with her and sat down on her bed, taking out some homework. It took her an hour to finish her Latin and Math homework and then, she slowly left the room to find the bathroom.
Christopher watched Lorelai run across the hall to the bathroom and he jumped up and ran after her. Knocking, he slowly opened the door to find his wife sitting on the closed toilet seat, her face red and tears streaming down her face.
"Lorelai? What happened?" he asked, tentatively.
"She hates us! She never wants to come back. This was all a really bad idea," Lorelai managed to say through her tears.
"It'll be okay. Once she gets to know us, it'll be different. Come here," Chris asked, trying to pull Lorelai into a hug.
"Just leave me alone, Chris!" Lorelai brushed past Chris and ran up to her room.
Knowing that he shouldn't bother her for a little while, Chris wandered back into the living room to find Maddy playing on the floor with Brooke. Smiling, trying to pretend nothing was wrong, Chris picked up the newspaper and started reading.
Rory left the bathroom and made her way to the living room. She found Christopher reading the newspaper and Maddy and Brooke playing on the floor.
She quietly stepped into the room and addressed her biological father, "Christopher, I was wondering if we could get some lunch now?"
Chris looked over at her and gave her a small smile. "Sure, we'll just get Lorelai and we'll walk over to Luke's." He turned to Maddy and said, "Honey, can you go get your mother?"
Maddy nodded and handed Brooke to Chris and walked up the stairs. She slowly walked up the stairs, afraid her mother would still be upset. She quietly knocked on her door, and when her mother answered, she walked in to find her mother sewing, something she did when she was upset.
"Mommy?"
"Yes, sweetie, what's up?" Lorelai turned to face her daughter.
"We're all ready to go to lunch, are you?" Maddy asked nervously, shifting from one foot to the other.
"Sure, honey, let's go," Lorelai responded, putting her arm around Maddy and guided her down the stairs.
They entered the living room to find Rory holding Brooke, while Chris attempted to open Brooke's stroller. Once Brooke was settled into her stroller, Rory pulled Lorelai aside.
"Lorelai, I'm sorry. This is just going to take some getting used to."
"Yes, it will, for all of us. Let's just take this one step at a time," Lorelai answered, with a small smile and they walked out to find the rest of the family on the front porch. Slowly they made their way to Luke's.
A/N: ooooohhh, some drama! Next chapter: What happens at Luke's and what is the Gossip spreading around Stars Hollow? Please R/R!