AN: I am so sorry! REALLY SORRY! i know that i updated it andthen you got your little email (if im in your alert list) but i got it deleted because i forgot to edit it and there was this part that was realllllly messed up. yea. IM REALLY SORRY.oh and i went toHearst castleand it was fun and itreminded me somuch of gilmore girls since the guy who owned it was a newspaper magnate like mitchum. It even gave me an idea for my story... but i dont know if im gonna use it. well i hope you like this chapter. and i am REALLY SORRY again.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls or anything in this story for that matter. Ugh! Its sucks!


"Hello Rory." Francine Hayden greeted her eldest granddaughter.

"Good afternoon Lorelai." Straub knew very well that Rory wasn't very fond of being called Lorelai but he liked it.

Rory sat down on the vacant chair that her grandparents had reserved for her. Sure, she hadn't liked it when her grandfather called her Lorelai but she let it slide this time. Besides, at least there was one person in the world that would call her by her first name.

They sat there like that for the first few minutes lost in their thoughts. No one said anything; they just looked at each other. Finally, the waiter came up and asked, "What would you like to order today?"

Straub looked down on his menu and ordered, "I would like to try the Grilled Center Cut Filet Mignon with Australian Lobster Tail." The waiter nodded and wrote the order down in his notebook.

He then turned to Francine and she said, "I'll have the Asiago-Almond Crusted Sea Scallops."

"Wonderful choice." The waiter commented. "And you miss?" he asked Rory.

"Oh, I'll have the Shellstock Linguine please." Rory ordered with a smile. She was hungry from the tour she had given and a good linguine would help her get full.

The waiter nodded and asked for what they wanted to drink.

"I'll have a Pomegranate Martini." Francine said.

"I'd like a Collection Manhattan my good man." Straub ordered.

"The Vanilla Sky Martini please." Rory requested and the waiter left with their orders.

Their food quickly came and they began to eat. Near the end of the meal they finally started to talk.

"Lorelai, I assume you must be wondering why you are here today. Am I right?" Straub questioned the young lady sitting in front of him.

"Yes, I was wondering just that." She paused for a second and looked at her grandparents suspiciously, "You're not making me Hayden heiress. Are you?"

"Well, since you brought the topic up, why don't we start with that?"

"You're making me an heiress?"

"No, someone else will be named an heir, not heiress." Straub replied.

"Oh, okay. Good." Rory let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding. "Wait? An heir? You don't have a grandson though. Unless you're making…"

"Christopher? Yes, he will be the Hayden heir. That's one of the reasons we wanted to talk to you."

"We just wanted you to know that Straub will be retiring soon and your father will inherit your grandfather's duties and the Hayden money." Francine said.

"What does that have to do with me except for the fact that he is my dad?"

"Well, you will be inheriting that money when your father retires. Also, when Christopher gets his money you'll be in the public eye as the next Hayden heiress. Gigi will of course get some things but you are the eldest." Straub explained calmly.

"Right." Rory said absorbing what had just been told to her.

"And since your mother is going to be named Gilmore heiress anyways…"

"My mom is going to be what?"

"Oh dear, Straub, I don't think we were allowed to say that yet. I don't think Emily and Richard has told Lorelai yet."

"Do not worry, Lorelai is to be told Monday morning. And you cannot tell her yet Lorelai."

"What?" Rory was beginning to get confused.

Francine took a deep breath and explained, "Rory, your grandfather Straub has been named heir. He knows already and that is why he moved back from California. He is staying with your mother in your town because his house is being remodeled. And during this stay we are hoping that your mother and your father will get together. Christopher will be inheriting the money and the duties once Straub steps down. Since Christopher will no longer be the heir but the actual owner of the law firm, he needs an heiress. You will be that certain heiress. You are not yet an heiress right now but I'm sure that money is not a problem for you right now since your father is the heir. Your mother will be told on Monday that she is Gilmore heiress. I know that she will not probably take that news very well."

"Of course she won't. Lorelai does not like society. It's the reason she ran away from it." Straub interrupted.

Francine continued, "Lorelai as Gilmore heiress will affect you the same way that Christopher as Hayden heir will. Once they both name you heiress you'll be one of the top 10 richest socialites."

"So I'm basically an heiress but not officially. I will be soon, but not right now. Is that right?" Rory asked the two sitting in front of her. At their nods, she took a deep breath and drank more of her martini. "I can't believe this. Wait, you said that the heiress topic was just one of the reasons you invited me here. What's the other reason?" Rory asked curiously and suspiciously at the same time.

"We just wanted to keep in touch with you." Straub replied.

"We know that we were horrible during that dinner years ago Rory. We wanted to ask for you forgiveness. We wanted to be in talking terms with our eldest granddaughter." Francine answered with a smile.

"Oh." Rory nodded her head and smiled back. She was still shocked about the heiress news but at least she wasn't the heiress yet.

"Before we forget, we also wanted to give you this as a late birthday present. You have no limit, just don't waste it on something foolish." Francine said as she handed Rory and American Express Black Card.

"Oh Grandma, I can't accept this."

"You can and you will. Have fun with it. We are not taking it back or letting you cancel it. It's the least we can do after that horrible dinner."

"Well, we are sorry to cut this short but we have to go to a charity gala in New York." Straub apologized while standing up.

"It was wonderful to see you Rory darling. Don't be surprised if you see a package at your house tomorrow. Bye Rory." Francine said as she stood up and hugged Rory.

The two Haydens walked out of the club leaving Rory sitting down in her chair. After a few seconds Rory stood up and grabbed her coat. When she walked out of the club she saw Stephanie waiting inside a black Cadillac, "Get in loser, we're going shopping."

Rory smiled and went inside the car, "You actually watched that movie? My mom and I watched that in one of our movie nights."

"It was pretty good." Steph said as she started driving.

"I guess. So where are we going?"

"Westfarms Mall. If you forgot money, I'll pay for whatever you are going to buy."

"I don't think I'll have any problems with that."

"Why?"

"My grandparents just gave me an American Express Black Card and told me that there's no limit. They're only advice about it was that I don't spend it on something stupid."

"Clothes aren't stupid!" Stephanie looked over at Rory and saw that she wasn't too happy about the card, "And I'm guessing you're not happy about that card."

"Not really. I mean I don't care about the money. My mom raised me away from money and then I get handed a Black Card where I have no limits."

"You know what I always do when I'm not happy with how things are going?"

"Shopping?"

"Exactly! And since you're not so happy with the card, we can go shopping and use the card! This is so great! Okay we're here." Stephanie announced.

The two walked out of the car and went inside the mall. Many people were bustling around the stores. "Ooh! Let's go to Filene's! I saw this really cute top in there!"

They went into Filene's and spent over an hour looking for the top that Stephanie had seen before. When they had finally found it Stephanie ended up hating it, "Ugh! It's too much glitter. I thought it was just a sprinkle of glitter but this is like a bucket of glitter!"

"Then don't get it Steph. Just look for another top. What about this one?" Rory asked as she held up a cute halter. They bought five new tops and three jean skirts and headed towards other stores. Finally after they had ten bags each they went inside Abercrombie. "Oh! I can get my mom's shirt here."

"The something blue, sexy and will make your grandparents crazy shirt. Right?"

"Exactly. Come on, lets go look for one." They walked around the whole store looking for clothes of their own but were unable to find the perfect shirt for Lorelai when Rory saw a tee that would make her grandparents crazy. It was crazy but it wasn't blue and if her mom would wear it with jeans she'd look sexy. It was a light red shirt that said, "I come in 15 new and exciting positions." Rory knew that her mom would just love this shirt no matter what color it maybe so she took it over to Stephanie and said, "I found it."

Stephanie took one look at the shirt and giggled, "Your mom would definitely want this."

They took all of the clothes they wanted, which included Lorelai's shirt, four minis, two halter neck ties, eight different polos, and two cropped pants towards the cashier and paid.

They walked out of Abercrombie and saw Colin, Finn and Logan with three girls by their sides.

When the Colin and Finn said that they were going out that night, he knew that they were going to be with girls. What he didn't know was that Colin and Finn decided to go to the mall instead of a club. He also didn't know that they were going to the same mall that Rory and Stephanie were going to or else he wouldn't have shown up with another girl.

Stephanie decided that they should show themselves, "hey guys!"

Rory followed saying, "Hey Finn, Colin, Logan."

"Hey Ace, that's a lot of stuff you got there."

"Gilmore, that is a lot." Colin reiterated.

"Steph has been a bad influence on you Ace."

"I thought they were cute so I bought them." Rory shot back.

"So, care to introduce us to your dates?" Stephanie asked the three.

Finn introduced his redhead first, "Steph, Ror, this is Melinda."

"Gilmore, Steph, this is Alicia." Colin introduced the brunette uneasily knowing that Stephanie was seeing him with another girl. He knew he liked her, he just didn't know if she liked him.

"Ace, Steph, this is Andrea." Logan said referring to the blonde.

"Logan, Finn said her name was Ror, Colin said her name was Gilmore then you said her name was Ace. Does she really have that many names? Because that's a lot of names for one person." Andrea said aimlessly.

Stephanie and Rory contained their laughter and soon sobered up. Suddenly Stephanie yelled and screamed, "Tristan Dugrey is that you!"

"Dugrey?" Colin, Finn and Logan asked.

Rory was the last one to notice Tristan and shouted, "Oh my gosh! Bible Boy!" She then ran towards him and hugged him tightly ignoring the looks on her friends' faces including Logan's irritated glare. After Tristan had been sent to military school, Rory felt that they should keep in touch. They called each other when they needed emotional support and the last time that they had seen each other was when Rory went to spring break with Paris.

"Mary! I didn't know you missed me so much!" Tristan greeted.

Rory responded by playfully hitting him, which made Logan clench his hands. "Tristan. What are you doing here?"

"I got accepted to Yale and my dad decided that I should go there. It sucks Mare cause I thought I was going to go to Harvard to be with you." Tristan teased still ignoring Colin, Finn, Logan and Stephanie.

"Yale? Really? Tristan, I'm going to Yale! We'll be in the same school!" Rory cheered.

Tristan's smile grew wider as he picked her up and kissed her on the cheek. "Mare, it will be like Chilton all over again."

"So, I'm going to have to hate you?"

"No, you'll be secretly pining for me pretending that you actually hate me." Tristan smirked.

"I don't think so. I think you'd be the one who would be secretly in love with me. You'd bring me coffee everyday and just stare at me as I listen to the professor." Rory played along.

Logan didn't like that Tristan and Rory knew each other and he really didn't like the way they interacted together. He was starting to hate Tristan and the weird thing was he didn't know why. He tried to push the thought that it was Rory that made him start to hate Dugrey. Logan didn't like Rory and Logan together. Not at all.

"…then my grandparents say that it was the least they could do after the horrible dinner. Then they leave me with a freaking Black Card that has no limit! Oh and then my grandma says that I shouldn't be surprised if there was a package at the house tomorrow."

"Mary, I'd be happy if someone gave me a Black Card without a limit."

Colin, Stephanie and Finn noticed the look on Logan's face. It was a mixture of annoyance, hate and jealousy. They knew it was because of Rory; Logan just didn't want to admit that to himself. Finn also noticed that they were being ignored so he said, "Wow, love an American Express Black Card without a limit? I agree with Tristan."

Rory and Tristan stopped talking and turned to the four that was asking for their attention. Rory blushed knowing that she had just completely ignored them but it was Tristan. They hadn't seen each other in over a year and the last time they had talked was over four months ago. Tristan smirked, he liked his relationship with Rory and he couldn't ask for more. They talked to each other when they needed each other. Rory was the one who had bothered to talk to Tristan while he was in military school. They were best friends and Tristan knew that it couldn't go any further than that. "Steph, Colin, Finn, Logan, how long has it been?"

"Pretty damn long Dugrey." Logan replied after calming himself down. He shook Tristan's hand firmly and smirked.

"Man Dugrey, how was military school?" Colin asked.

"Wouldn't have survived it if Mary wasn't there for support." Tristan replied as he slung his arm around Rory, which made Logan wince. Rory simply smiled and put her arms around Tristan.

"Tristan mate, her name is Rory not Mary."

"Oh! Logan! Her name is Rory!" Andrea exclaimed after hearing Finn answer her question that Logan had ignored.

Rory just smirked at what Andrea had said then Tristan answered Finn, "Oh but Finn, she's my Mary. She's the Chilton Mary but she's my Mary." Finn simply nodded even though he still didn't get it.

Tristan's answer made Logan so annoyed that Logan let go of Andrea and almost punched him. Colin saw Logan and grabbed him right before he could lunge at Tristan and he whispered, "Logan, you have a date. It's only fair that she can go with other guys too."

Tristan noticed that he almost got hurt by Logan and decided that he should play around with him more. "So Mare, what did you buy? Looks like you've got more than ten bags."

"I just bought some clothes for Yale, which you will be attending with me!"

Tristan couldn't help but smile at the fact that she was excited about him going to Yale. He picked up some of her bags and said, "So are you planning on buying more?"

Stephanie and Rory were about to go to Nine West and buys shoes when they saw the guys so Stephanie answered for Rory, "Oh Tristan! We were going to go to Nine West."

"Yea, we need a guy's opinion. Want to come?" Rory asked.

"Sure. Bye guys!" Tristan called out to the other three and their dates. He then held Rory's hand as if they were a couple. The action didn't go unnoticed by Logan. Why couldn't he be the one that was holding Rory's hands? He badly wanted to be but instead he was standing there with and aggravated look holding some other girl's hands. What was her name again? Alyssa, Adriana, Anne? Whatever it was, he really didn't care. He just wanted to be Tristan at the moment, holding Rory Gilmore's hands.


AN: Got a little Logan jealousy there. HUH? It was a fun chapter to write because i had to look for all the shirts that i could use for Lorelai. Anyways... whatdja think? R-E-V-I-E-W! what does that spell? REVIEW please