A/N: Here is the second chapter, at last. Sorry for the waiting. LOVE the reviews, it's them that makes it worth writing... I dDON'T own any of this, it's all the WB's. Thanks to my lovely beat Petra.

NOOOO, this isn't going to be a Jess/Rory. It's not that I don't like him, I just don't want this to be a Dawsons Creek kinda story...

Rory was standing in Hartford airport, looking around to see if anybody was there to pick her up. When she didn't see anyone with a sign that read her name, she walked over to a chair and sat down.

She had no idea were Lorelai lived so she couldn't take a cab. 'Great, I'm stuck in a airport. I have no idea how to get in touch with Lorelai, so I can just sit and wait.

She was pulled out of her thought when an announcement came on the speaker

"Lorelai Leigh Gilmore-Hayden, please come to the information-desk!"

'My name is Hayden NOT Gilmore' she thought as she walked to the information-desk.

When the information-desk came to sight, Rory stopped walking and took a deep breath. At the desk was a tall woman, she had dark curly hair. She was wearing a black skirt, a brown pair of boots and a brown jacket. The woman was facing the desk, so Rory wasn't able to see her face. But Rory knew how the woman was, with out seeing her face... Lorelai... The woman that she hadn't talked to since she was 12, the woman that wasn't there when she grew up. '

Rory could feel the blood boil in her veins, when she thought about all the things form the past. 'Remember what dad said, just give her a chance. Maybe she really has changed'

With those thought going though her head, Rory walked over to the desk. Lorelai turned around so they were face to face

"Hi Rory. How was your flight?" Lorelai said in a very, very happy voice

"It's was okay. So... where are the others?"

"They are at home; I thought that it would be better if only one of us picked you up"

"Oh... okay"

"Sooo, lets get going, shall we?"

They walked out to the parking lot. Lorelai walked over to a black BMW, Rory put her bags in the back and sat in the passenger seat.

The tension in the car was too thick that you could cut it with a knife and chew on it. After 5 minutes Lorelai put a CD on. When the music came though the speakers Rory started to sing along to AC/DC's Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, but when Lorelai also began singing she stopped. Lorelai got a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, she knew that Rory was mad at her, but facing it was different, it made it real. Lorelai also knew that it was her fault, but she didn't want to admit it.

Lorelai stopped the car in front of a big iron gate; she rolled down the window down and pressed a code into a security system. The gate opened and they drove up the drive way.

When Rory saw the mansion she was in awe. The only other mansion she had ever seen was her grandparents, and that was like a dog house compared to this.

The mansion was three stories high; it looked like something from the 1500.

In front of the mansion was a tree and some bushes and flowers, it formed a circle. It all looked so... historic. Rory knew that her mother was rich, just like her dad. But she never knew that her mother had a 'house', if you could call it that, which looked like it belonged to a royalty.

Lorelai parked the car, and Rory got out and moved to the back to get her bags.

"The maid can get those for you" Lorelai said a bit snoppish

"Oh, that's okay, I don't mind"

"Really we pay the maid to do these kinds of things"

"That maybe, but I don't like to make others do, what I can easily do." Rory snapped, she didn't like when people treaded others like they were lower or something. Her father had all ways told her that all people were equals, no matter their job, religion or skin colour. "SO if you will excuse me, I need to get my bags!"

Lorelai didn't like the way Rory talked to her, but she knew that lecturing her was only going to get them in a fight, and she didn't want them fighting the entire summer. She had asked Rory to come because she wanted to get to know her, not because she wanted to fight. So Lorelai didn't say anything, she just moved so Rory could get her bags and then they walked in the house.

When the walked inside Rory was shocked, the hall was stunning; it looked like something from Phantom the Opera.

Straight ahead was a staircase that led to the fist floor, the floor was made of white marble with a crème coloured carpet in the middle. The walls was light beige, there was a big chandelier hanging in the middle. There was a door on the left and a double door on the right. There was a closet next to the front door and a mirror next the closet.

Lorelai told Rory to leave her bags at the door, and then she led her to the double doors. Lorelai stopped right in front of the doors, she turned to face Rory. Lorelai could see that Rory was nervous. Rory was lost in thought, there for giving Lorelai time to really look at her. When Lorelai first saw Rory in the air-port, she could see that her 17 year old daughter was beautiful, but now that she really looked at the young women beside her, she could see that her daughter was more than beautiful, she was stunning. Her hair was chocolate brown and down to her shoulders, she had pricing blue eyes just like Lorelai had. Rory was all most as high as Lorelai, she was wearing a pair of cowboy mini-shorts, a white t-shirt and a pair and flip-flops.

"Soooo... Are you ready to meet the family?"

A/N: there you go... please review...