June 20th
4:30 pm
"Ach, I need a new office chair" I said as I walked into the apartment.
"And hello to you too" Rory wiped her hands on a dishcloth and kissed me on the cheek
" Lorelai, Lorelai!" I heard the pattering of 4 little feet coming towards me
" Hey you guys!" I said enthusiastically as a scooped up Lori and gave Logan a peck on the forehead . Having little kids around the house again was wonderful. I forgot how great it was to have a little person around that always gives you the greatest smiles (just when they're needed), and that, no matter what, unconditionally loves you.
"Back bothering you again?" Rory asked as we walked into the kitchen.
"Yep, I swear that office is out to kill me" About 6 months after we moved, I took a job at a near by banquet hall as a party planner. I loved the job, but the hours were kind of insane and all over the place (I once had a meeting at 5 in the morning), and the supplied office chair had something against me
"Ok, well we'll go as soon as I'm done drying the dishes" Rory said
"Go where?" I asked innocently
" To get you a new office chair, silly," Rory replied
I didn't have anything to say to that, so I turned to the twins.
"So, how was school?" I asked them
Lori started (she had inherited the qiuck wit) "Good, 'cept Joey stole my glue again" (Joey was the class bully)
"and I got it back for her" Logan interrupted proudly. Logan was always looking out for his younger sister. Then he turned to Rory "Mommy, can we have a snack?" he asked. Ok, that conversation ended quickly.
"Sure,"Rory replied, "you each can have 2 cookies. But go eat in the den because I want to talk to Lorelai" (when the twins began to talk, I decided tht I didn't want to be called 'Grandma' yetwho would at 40, so we decide on Lorelai) the twins grabbed their cookies and ran out of the room.
"So, when does your plane leave?" I asked Rory. In the 5 or os years that she worjed at CJN news, Rory had managed to work her way up. Now she was the foreign correspodent that she had always hoped to be. Tomorrow morning she was being shipped of to Russia to cover the upcoming elections. Then she would fly back to spend the rest of the summer in Martha's Vinyard with her grandparents and the twins.
"5:30 am"she replied
"hmmm"I was flipping through a magazine aimlessley, while enjoying a cookie myself.
"Ok, I'm done!"Rory exclaimed drying her hands on the dish towel "Guys, turn of the tv and put your shoes on, we're going!" She yelled to the twins
We all met up by the door "Where are we going ?"the twins asked excitedly
"We're going to go get Lorelai a special new chair"Rory told them in a nexcited voice
"oh"came back the reply
"And then,"I added just as excitedly, "Dinner at Charlies's!" Charlie's was our new Luke's. it had great burgers, decent coffee (a must), and the best Danishes in town (he,hmem City)
"Yayyyy!"came the reply this time. Much better. We all headed out the door, and off to our adventure at Office Depot
Office Depot
5:15 pm
"How 'bout this one?" Rory asked. We had just got the kids settled in one of the tv/movie car buggies, and were walking down an never ending aisle of black leather office chairs. I gave Rory a 'are you nuts look'. She sighed
"Ok then, moving on "
We continued walking down the aisle in a basic pattern of Rory pointing a chair out and me immedialty putting it down. Out of desperation I looked up (from staring at yet another black chair) to see if there was anything worth while, just as a man came out of an adjoining aisle. Suddenly I froze.
"Oh my God," I said under my breath
Rory must if sensed that something was wrong because when she spoke to me, she sounded worried
"Mom, mom? Are you ok?" rory sounded very far away. I didn't respond, so she tried again, "Mom, Mom?"she asked. Finally she gave up and just followed my gaze.
"Oh, my"Rory said, completely shocked
Rory was shocked because standing rifht in front of us was Luke.