Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Ugh, shut up." Lorelai mumbled to the alarm clock, covering her head with a pillow.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Fine, I'm up, I'm up." she said, rolling over and shutting off the alarm clock.

She sat up, rubbed her eyes, and looked around. It took her a second to remember where she was. She wasn't in the bed she was used to waking up in, and the room was the complete opposite of the one that belonged to her. The bedspread was different, the dollhouse that was still in its glass case was missing from the corner, the window on her right hand side which she had snuck out of so many times was just a blank stretch of wall. Then everything that had happened the previous day came back to her. Running away, hopping on a bus, landing in Stars Hollow, Weston's, Fran, Mia, the Inn, being hired as a maid, moving into the potting shed, and enrolling back into school... today.

Oh God, I start school today. Man, what am I going to wear? What will it be like? Will I make friends? Will any of the kids like me? What if I don't fit in? Or if I trip down the hall? Or can't open my locker?

She got out of bed, beginning to feel the butterflies in her stomach as she hopped into the shower. When she got out, she made some coffee, in desperate need of it, and looked through her various outfits, trying to find the perfect one. She chose her favorite pair of jeans and her black Pat Benatar t-shirt. She put on her aqua and black beaded necklaces with their matching bracelets. Next, she did her hair, making it wavy. She checked herself in the mirror to make sure she looked ok. When she was satisfied, she went over to her bag and dug through it. She pulled out a file that said Lorelai Gilmore on it. Before she had left the Gilmore mansion, she had gone into her fathers office and dug through the file cabnit. Inside the file was her birth certificate, old report cards, and other important stuff. She had taken it just in case she would need it, which was lucky.

She grabbed her new backpack and spirals along with other supplies and walked out of the potting shed, her new home. When she opened the door, she saw Mia with her fist up, about to knock.

"Lorelai, I see you're already up." Mia said with a smile.

"Yeah, I thought I'd get and early start." she said nervously.

"Well, don't you worry. You are going to love Stars Hollow High. Have you eaten?"

"Oh, no, I don't think my stomach can hold anything right now."

"You'll do fine. Come, I'm going with you to help you get enrolled."

"Really? Thank you." Lorelai said appreciatively.

"Anytime. Let's go."

Mia drove Lorelai to the school and together they walked in to the attendance office. The were seated while they waited to see the principal.

"Lorelai Gilmore?" a man in a sharp looking suit, much reminding her of her father, called.

"That's me." Lorelai said, standing up.

"Hello, I'm Principal Brooks. Why don't you follow me into my office." he said, and led them down a short hallway leading to his office. "Please, sit."

Lorelai and Mia sat down in the two seats in front of his desk.

"Mia, hello, it's nice to see you." Mr. Brooks said politely.

"It's nice to see you, too, Adam. I'm just here to help Lorelai enroll." Mia said, patting Lorelai's hand.

"Well, Lorelai, I think you'll like it here at Stars Hollow High. Now, all we need are a few things from you. Do you have your birth certificate and your schedule from your previous school?"

"Yes sir, right here." Lorelai said, handing him her folder.

He took the folder and looked through it. After a few minutes, he looked up at Lorelai.

"Well, everything seems to be in order here. Your GPA is quite impressive. I think putting you in some more advanced classes would make you feel more at home here. That is, if that's all right with you."

"Yes, that would be fine." Lorelai said. Her previous school was a private one filled with braniacs. If it had been her choice, she would have gone to a public school, but her parents were against it. The classes there were more difficult, so she was used to being challenged.

"Ok then, I'll just have the councelor make you your schedule and get you settled in." he told her. "Mia, may I talk to you outside please?"

"Of course." she said, standing up and following him.

Once outside, Mr. Brooks faced Mia.

"Mia, do you know where her parents are?"

"I'm sorry to say Adam that I don't. She showed up yesterday at the Inn looking for a job. She said she had run away, but I didn't ask why. For all I know, she could have been living in a bad household. I just couldn't turn her down, so I gave her a job and a place to live as long as she agreed to go back to school."

"I see. Should we have the councelors talk to her? See if they can figure out why she ran away?"

"No, I think the poor girl's been through enough. I'll talk to her soon, find out what happened. But I want to see if she will come to me first."

The principal nodded. "Ok, so are you going to be acting as her guardian?"

"If that would be ok, then yes."

"That would be fine." he told her. "Well, I better go and have the councelors make her schedule. You two make yourselves comfortable and I'll be back soon."

Mia walked back into the office and sat back down beside Lorelai who was playing nervously with her hands.

"There's nothing to worry about. I'm sure you'll fit right in. The people here are pretty welcoming." Mia assured.

Lorelai nodded and gave her a small smile, hoping she was right. A few minutes later, Mr. Brooks walked back in.

"Ok Lorelai, you're all set. Here is your schedule, locker number, combination, and books." he said, placing the books and paper in her arms.

Lorelai took the stack of books, careful not to drop them. "Thank you."

"I'll have our office aid show you around to your class." he said, walking out of the office, followed by Lorelai and Mia. "Sookie, can you come here please?"

A friendly looking girl with red hair came over to them. "Yes, Mr. Brooks?"

"Sookie, this is Lorelai Gilmore. Lorelai, this is Sookie St. James." he said introducing the girls.

"Hi." Sookie said, smiling at Lorelai and waving.

"Hi." Lorelai smiled back, but unable to wave due to the heavy stack of books in her arms.

"Sookie, would you please show Lorelai to her class?"

"Sure." Sookie said, leading Lorelai out of the office.

"Have a good day dear. Good luck!" Mia said, smiling at Lorelai.

"Bye." Lorelai said and followed Sookie out.

"So, your new, huh? Where'd you come from?"

"Harford."

"Ohhh, fancy. What grade are you in?"

"Eleventh. You?"

"Same. Hey! Maybe we'll have some classes together. Can I see your schedule?"

"Yeah, it's on top of the stack." Lorelai said, nodding her head to the books.

Sookie took the schedule and looked it over.

"Wow, these are some advanced classes. It's all AP. You're taking twelfth grade English?"

"It's my easiest subject."

"I'm only good at cooking. That's the only skill I have."

"That's my worst skill." Lorelai laughed and so did Sookie.

"Hey, we have French and P.E. together."

"Cool, what periods?"

"French third and P.E. fifth. We also have lunch together."

"Thank God I'll know somebody."

"I can't wait to introduce you to the rest of the group. You'll meet them at lunch. Here's your locker." Sookie said, stopping in front of locker 2234. "I'll open it for you, seeing as you have your hands full."

"Thank you."

Sookie opened up her locker and helped her place her books inside and closed it shut.

"Ok, now, off to English." Sookie said and started walking off, Lorelai beside her. "You like Pat Benetar?" she asked, refering to her shirt.

"Oh, yeah, she's pretty cool."

"I like her, too. I begged my parents to let me go to her concert, but they thought it would be too dangerous."

"Aw, that sucks. I got to go."

"Really? Lucky!"

"My ex-boyfriend bought me tickets for my birthday."

"Ohh, wish I had a boyfriend to buy me tickets to a concert."

"Ugh, he was a jerk. That's why we broke up."

"I hate guys who are jerks."

"Yeah, I caught him with some leggy blonde and I was done."

"Ouch."

"Yeah. "

"Well, here we are. I'll see you in third."

"Ok, see you then."

"It was nice meeting you."

"You too. Bye."

"Bye."

Lorelai smiled as Sookie waked away. She had made her first friend and it had been easy as pie. Now she stood outside of room 302, facing the door. Her hand was reached out and on the doorknob. She took a deep breath before turning the knob and walking in.

"Hello, may I help you?" a tall, brunette, female teacher asked.

"Um, hi, my name is Lorelai Gilmore. I'm new."

"Oh, well, welcome Lorelai. I'm Mrs. Berkeley. Why don't you take a seat beside Lucas." she told her. "Lucas, can you raise your hand."

A boy in red flannel and a backwards blue baseball cap raised his hand and Lorelai went to sit next to him.

"Well, Lorelai, you came in at a good time. We are just going over everything we've learnt so far. Do you remember where you last left off in your school?"

"We were reading The Scarlet Letter."

"We are just about to start that. What chapter did you leave off on?"

"Chapter two."

"Well, that's good then. You seem to be ahead, so you should have no problem."

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The rest of the class went by fairly well. The read a little and were given their first reading assignment for chapter one of The Scarlet Letter. Because Lorelai had already read that, she wouldn't have to do it. Once the bell rang, she grabbed her stuff and walked out of the room and to her locker. She looked down at the piece of paper with her combination on it and began turning the dial.

Oh my God, it won't open! Ugh, this is one of the many things I feared would happen. God, I hope I don't fall flat on my face next.

Lorelai pushed up on the latch that opened the locker, but it was jammed. She banged on the locker, but that was no help.

"Do you need help with that?" a voice behind her asked.

Lorelai turned around to find Lucas, the boy from her English class, looking at her and pointing at her locker.

"Oh, um, yeah. Thanks."

"No problem. These lockers are pretty old. They need to buy new ones." he said. "So, when did you move here?"

"Yesterday. I came from Hartford."

"Oh, what brought you to Stars Hollow?"

"I, uh..." Lorelai didn't know what to say. She didn't want to tell him she ran away, she was sure he'd think her as some kind of trouble maker who hated the world.

"Luke! There you are." a girl with red hair said, walking up to him.

"Oh... Rachel.. hi." he said.

"You didn't call me yesterday." the redhead asked.

Luke finally got the locker open and said with his back to the girl, "I had to help my dad out at the store." he told her. "There you go." he said to Lorelai, smiling.

"Thanks." Lorelai smiled back.

"Whose this?" Rachel asked suspiciously, looking at Lorelai.

"This is Lorelai. She's new. We have English together."

"Oh. So, you could have called me when you got home, you know."

"I have to get to class Rachel. I'll talk to you later. Bye Lorelai. It was nice meeting you."

"Yeah, you too. Bye." she said, grabbing her Algebra book out and walking away after shutting the locker.

Her next two classes went by without much difficulty. Her and Sookie were walking out of French class together and heading to the cafeteria for lunch.

"So, did you meet anyone yet?" she asked.

"Well, this guy from my English class helped me open my locker. We didn't talk much, though. His name is Lucas."

"Oh, you mean Luke Danes? Flannel wearing, backwards baseball cap?"

"Yeah, that's him."

"Yeah, he's one of the people in the group I hang out with. He has lunch with us."

"That's cool."

Sookie and Lorelai walked into the cafeteria and bought their lunches. They walked over to a table full of kids and sat down.

"Hey guys. This is Lorelai. She's new here." Sookie said the everyone. "Lorelai, this is Kirk, Andrew, Gypsy, Jackson, Rachel, and Luke, whom you already met." Sookie said, pointing each of them out.

"Hey." Luke said.

"Hi." she said back.

"So, Lorelai, where'd you come from?"

"Hartford."

"What school did you go to?" Jackson asked.

"Watkinson. It's a private school."

"Why'd you move to Stars Hollow?" Gypsy asked.

"Well, um, I actually, uh, ran away." she said quietly.

"You did?" Andrew asked.

"Yeah. I just, um, my parents were sort of trying to control me. We always fought. They wanted me to grow up, marry Christopher, my ex, and become a housewife of high society. I just couldn't take that. So I came here." she said, taking a sudden interest in her macaroni and cheese.

"Oh wow. I'm sorry to hear that." Sookie said sincerely.

"Thanks."

"So where are you staying?" asked Kirk.

"I work at the Independance Inn. Mia is letting me stay in the potting shed."

"Oh, Luke sometimes works at the Inn. He fixes things for Mia." Sookie told her.

"That's cool." she said, smiling at Luke.

He smiled back at her. Rachel saw him and jelousy overtook her.

"Hey, Luke, can we talk for a minute?" Rachel asked.

"Um, can it wait?"

"No, come on."

Rachel pulled his arm and dragged him out into the hallway.

"What is it Rachel?" Luke asked, a little annoyed.

"What is with you?" she asked angrily.

"What?" he asked, confused.

"You never called me yesterday. In fact, you don't call that much these days, anyway. And now you are helping that new girl out, always smiling at her and stuff."

"I'm just trying to be nice."

"Yeah, sure."

"Look, Rachel, I don't think I can do this anymore."

"What!"

"I know what you did." he said, crossing his arms.

"What do you mean? I didn't do anything."

"How can you lie to my face? I'm not stupid Rachel. I know you slept with Kevin."

Rachel looked up at him, shocked. Her mouth moved, but words didn't come out.

"He was my best friend! What the hell is wrong with you?" he yelled.

"He came onto me!"

Luke shook his head angrily. "Whatever Rachel. I'm done."

Luke walked back into the cafeteria, leaving Rachel standing there, gaping at him.

"Hey, everything ok?" Sookie asked him.

Luke shook his head and went back to eating his lunch.

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The rest of the day went by with a breeze. Lorelai got along with everyone just fine. The only one who didn't seem too fond of her was Rachel. She wasn't exactly sure why, she hadn't done anything wrong. After school, Lorelai headed to the Inn.

"So, how was it?" Mia asked her once she walked in.

"It was pretty good. I made some new friends." she told her.

"See, I told you you'd fit in." Mia smiled. "Are you ready to start work?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Please, Lorelai, call me Mia."

"Ok, Mia."

"That's more like it. Ok, let's just get you settled."

Mia gave Lorelai a uniform and showed her what to do. Lorelai was soon off to work, doing just as she had been instructed. She was currently in room 3, making the bed, when she heard Mia's voice.

"It's that window, Lucas. It's stuck and I can't fix it." Mia said, coming into the room. "Oh, hello Lorelai. This is Lucas. Lucas, this is Lorelai."

"Yeah, we met already." Luke said. "Hey."

"Hi." Lorelai said, feeling like an idiot in her uniform.

"Lorelai works here." Mia said.

"Yeah, she told me earlier."

"Well, it seems you two know each other well, already. I'll just leave you to that window." Mia said and left the room.

"You can call me Luke. Pretty much everyone does." he said to Lorelai.

"Ok, I will. So, everything ok?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Everyone just kind of noticed you were a little upset at lunch today."

"Oh, that. I, uh, broke up with Rachel. We'd been going out for a while."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."

"Yeah, it was for the best. I had found out she'd slept with my best friend, Kevin. Well, we aren't exactly best friends anymore." Luke said, looking down.

"Ouch. Yeah, that happened to me to."

"I'm sorry."

"It's fine. I'm over it. He was a jerk."

Lorelai went back to the bed, not really knowing what to say. Luke walked over to the window, starting to work on it. The two stayed silent for a while.

"Well, I better go. Nice seeing you again."

"Yeah, you too."

"See you tomorrow at school."

"Ok, bye."

"Bye." Luke waved and walked out of the room.

He seems nice. Lorelai thought and went back to work.

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I hope you liked it! Sorry I haven't updated. I'm busy with school right now. I have exams this week, and then on Thursday at 10:50, I'm out for the summer! I'll have more time to update ALL my stories then. Ok, so, Watkinson is an actual private school in Hartford, just so you know. And another thing, there is no Rory in here... yet... Will she be in here? I don't know. Keep reading. She may, she may not.