Syd was excited for her summer trip, she hadn't seen Rory since her 13th birthday. Her sister was now working with the Hartford Press, but still not married.
"Please, fasten your seat belts, for landing" the stewardess announced.
---Hartford Airport Security Gate---
Syd had awoken her brothers and pushed them towards the gate. There was a crowd of people and she got lost in the shuffle.
"Rory?" Syd called out.
"Over here" she hear on the other side.
When she got there her brothers were already there.
"Wow, you've grown at least 3 inches, since I saw you last." said Rory hugging her sister.
"Yeah, or you've shrunk." Syd joked
"Now, about you guys." Rory turned to her brothers "you've been keepin' out of trouble I hope."
"Yep." said Matt
"Uhuh" agreed Steve, who never talked much.
"Well, lets go get your bags." and they walked to the baggage claim.
--On the Ride to Stars Hollow---
"Has mom said anything about Stars Hollow to you guys?" Rory asked her siblings
"Not much, just the occasional something about festivals when we were younger" said Steve.
Syd was shocked thats the most he had said on the trip.
"Yeah, and there was something with a guy and a toupee." laughed Syd.
"We're here!" Rory announced
The three looked out their windows.
'Looks pretty calm' thought Syd.
Then, they pass Kirk trying to feed a bird.
'Great, a freak town' thought Steve 'just great.'
---Crap Shack---
Rory showed her siblings inside the house.
"I'm sure you've seen pictures of the house, but I'll give you a tour."
After showing them the rooms, Rory said
"If you need anything its probably at Dooses, downtown, don't get creeped out by Taylor, he'll grow on ya."
Then, her cell phone rang,
"Hello" Rory answered
"My family just--"
"Yes, sir"
Then, she hung up.
"I'm sorry guys, but several reporters called in sick and I have to go cover for them."
"Its ok, is this town safe enough just to walk around?" asked Matt
"Sure, I still don't lock the door, I'll be on my cell phone if you need me." and Rory got in her car and left.
"I'm going to check this town out, I have my cell." Syd said and grabbed her skateboard.
"Whatever, dude, I'm tired" said Matt
"I'll catch up in awhile" said Steve.
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Syd was was skating down the Main Street, and she went past a store called 'Taylors Old Fashioned Ice Cream Shoppe.'
'That's a good a place as any.' she thought.
She walked in, she thought it looked like a circus, and walked up to the counter.
"I'd like a bowl of coffee ice cream, please." she asked a guy in a suit which look like something out of Mary Poppins.
"I'm sorry, young lady, but we're fresh out. How about a marvelous scoop of Vanilla?" asked the creepy guy.
"Sure, sir."
"Are you new in town or just passin' through" he asked while get her ice cream
"I'm staying for the summer" Syd said
"My name is Taylor Doose, and what is yours?" and he handed her her ice cream "that'll be $1.50"
"Wow, cheaper than where I'm from" she said and handed him the money "My name is Sydney, but I go by Syd."
She saw the man turn white, and she turned around and saw a man in flannel with a backward baseball cap. Syd sat down, at the nearest table.
"Taylor!" she hear the guy yell, and run out the door.
"TAYLOR!" she hear him yell again while inside.
"Will you quiet down I can hear you fine, now what do you want" asked Taylor
"What is this" and he held up a flier "doing in my DINER?"
"You're scaring my customer" he said pointing at Syd.
Syd interjected "No, its ok, my brother is just like that." I mean really like that.
"Well?" asked the guy in flannel
"I was just spreading the spirit of the festival." Taylor explained
"This is not over" and he walked out.
Syd had finished her ice cream and returned the bowl to the counter.
"Won't you please enter for our monthly contest, this month its a week of free ice cream, just put your name down on this paper, and you'll be entered." said Taylor over-cheerfully.
"Sure, why not." Syd said and wrote 'Syd Gilmore-Danes' on the paper.
"May I ask, who was that man yelling?"
