With Rory, things took longer to sink in then they might for the average person, but when they did, it wasn't easy.
The meet with Jess at the video store that was obviously destined by fate to occur eventually anyway was all it took.
Questions like "Why did I ignore Logan, the guy who actually wants to be with me, even though I don't want to be with him? Isn't it more important for the guy to actually like you?" filled her head. She put these thoughts aside, though as she walked home, videos at hand, in a huff. She couldn't cry. She couldn't act sad. She couldn't feel sorry for herself because Lorelai couldn't know about this. It would just screw up their relationship again. That's what made this even harder.
Lorelai met Rory at the door. She had her "bad news" face on.
"What is it?" Rory asked.
"What is what?"
"Mom, come on."
"Huh?"
"You have something to tell me."
"Well…yeah."
"Why, I must be some sort of genius. So, like I said, what is it?"
"Someone's here to see you."
Rory's heart pounded. Could it be Jess? Who else would her mom make such a big deal out of? But Lorelai didn't know…right?
"Who?" she asked, nervous.
"Satan."
Rory went over the list in her head. Who might Lorelai Gilmore refer to as Satan? Let's see…there was Jess, probably Logan, Michel on occasion, Richard, and oh no…Emily.
She looked up from the spot she's chosen to stare at on the ground when she heard the front door open. Her grandmother stood on the porch with an angry, disapproving look glued to her face - so what else was new?
Emily glared at Rory, but spoke to Lorelai.
"Lorelai, you have one the most abominable daughters. Do you know what she did?"
"I don't want to know, Mom."
"Rory and that horrific thug, Jess, broke into my house and ran off together!"
"How could she break in if she was already living there?"
"That's hardly the point, Lorelai!" Emily shrieked.
"It's not?"
"She lied, she snuck a complete stranger into my house, and she destroyed my living room!"
"What?"
"The entire left wall in my living room needs to be rebuilt thanks to your daughter crashing through it!"
"Through it?"
"How could you raise your daughter like that? You must be ashamed of yourself!"
"You need to get out."
"What?"
"Now, Mom! Go!"
Emily stood still as a statue with her nose pointed 180 degrees in the air.
"No."
"Yes! This is my house, Mom, and when I ask you to leave, you leave."
"I didn't hear you ask, I heard you demand."
"I'll use physical force if I have to!"
Emily positioned her eyes so they were at the same angle as Lorelai's and Rory's faces.
"Like mother, like daughter", she said.
She was just about out the door when Rory screamed "What's that supposed to mean?"
The front door slammed and Rory looked at Lorelai, who returned her painful side-glance.
"You crashed through her living room?" Lorelai asked.
Rory sighed.
A/N: Please review! Chapter 11 will be up ASAP!
Next up: The whole Jess/Rory is revealed to Lorelai when the awkwardness continues. Plus, Luke and Lorelai have got a secret.