I do not own Gilmore Girls. If I did, I couldn't even describe to you the changes I might make. Including giving Milo a long term contract:)
Awesome response! I just want everyone to know I made some changes for correct spelling in the chapters to make it easier to read.
2 weeks later
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory it is then," Leah proclaimed after a unanimous response in favor of the movie. It was movie night at the Gilmore-Huntzberger house. Leah, Rory, and Lorelai were in charge of picking the movie. Holden, Luke, and Will were in charge with food.
"Don't you think this is a little backwards?" Holden called from the kitchen.
"Why? Because we're not Donna Reeds?" Leah shouted back.
"Trust me, its better this way," Luke said to Holden as he flipped a burger on the stove. "If they cooked all we'd be eating is stale Pop tarts and endless amounts of junk."
Will nodded in agreement and Holden sighed. They finished making the burgers and brought them over to the living room.
"You're my hero!" Lorelai exclaimed to Luke as he handed her a plate.
"Jeez, it's just a burger," Luke said and everyone laughed.
"So what are we watching?" Will said as he plopped down on the floor next to Holden.
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Rory answered. She popped in the movie and flopped down onto the couch.
They watched the movie with minimal silence. Rory, Lorelai, and Leah commented on everything much to the annoyance of the guys.
"I don't understand," Leah said part way through, "If the Buckets are so poor, why do they have a TV? Where did they get it?"
"Ah, the eternal question," Lorelai said stroking her chin in thought. "What do you think daughter?" she asked Rory.
"I don't know mother. Maybe they got the TV for free?" she shrugged.
"Yes, but where did it come from?" Lorelai said wisely.
"It was beamed down from a spaceship?" Rory suggested.
"Maybe they found it on the street?" Holden said.
"I think they aren't really poor. They're just pretending!" Leah said.
"A crazy theory, but an interesting one," Lorelai said, "I have trained you well grasshopper."
"Who cares where they got the TV from? Let's just watch the movie," Luke grunted.
"Lukey, I knew you loved this movie!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"And to think, we nearly had to strap him down to watch it!" Rory added. The three girls laughed and the boys sighed. This is going to be a long night, Holden thought, maybe I'll go outside for a bit. He got up and left half way through.
When Holden hadn't returned for 20 minutes, Lorelai volunteered to find him. "He's probably halfway to the border by now," she joked. She didn't find him in the kitchen. Instead she looked out the screen door, and saw him. He was leaning against the porch rail, drinking a beer. Lorelai didn't go outside, she just watched. She felt as though she was having an extreme case of déjà vu.
Lorelai came back into the living room, still unable to shake the feeling. "Can I talk to you for a second?" she said to Rory.
"Has he really gone to Mexico?" Rory said with mock seriousness as she got up. She followed her mother into the room that used to be hers. It now belonged to Leah and Holden. It was a bit larger from renovations but the room was nearly the same as it was before. The only differences were the huge stack of CDs and Hemingway novels stacked on Leah's dresser. Leah was a big music fan, as was Holden.
"Why'd you want to talk?" Rory asked her mother as they sat on Leah's bed.
"I just saw Holden outside," Lorelai answered.
"And?" Rory questioned further.
"He was drinking a beer," she said calmly.
"Did you tell him he couldn't do that? He knows he isn't allowed!" Rory said angrily.
"That's not why I wanted to talk," Lorelai said.
"Then why did you want to talk?" Rory asked still a little angry.
"Have you been lying to me all these years?" Lorelai asked, tears streaming from her face.
"What are you talking about?" Rory said.
"Don't answer my question with a question!" Lorelai exclaimed, still tearing.
"What have I been lying about?" Rory said worriedly.
"Logan's not Leah and Holden's father is he," Lorelai said staring Rory in the face. Rory sat there dumbstruck. She had not been expecting that. She sat there for a few minutes just staring at the floorboard, not knowing what to say.
"No, he's not," she said finally.
"And Jess is there father isn't he?" Lorelai said again, her question more like a statement.
"How did you-" Rory said.
"I just saw Holden outside and I almost called him Jess," Lorelai said. "I always had a suspicion that Logan wasn't there father but I thought you wouldn't lie to me about something like that."
"I'm sorry," Rory said and the tears streamed down her face.
Rory then moved and sat on Holden's bed on his side of the room. She picked up a red hunting hat, hanging on a lampshade. She remembered when the twins were 12 and they had been shopping in a vintage clothing shop. Holden had found the hat on an obscure rack in the back of the store and he simply had to have it. His reason for buying it was to be true to his namesake. Leah had then suggested he buy a flannel shirt to be true to the Lucas part of his name and he did. Luke was so mad the next day when Holden came into the diner with the flannel and the hat. Rory laughed out loud at the thought of Luke's face.
"Why are you laughing?" Lorelai asked.
"I was just thinking about when Holden came into the diner with the flannel shirt and this hat," she said.
"Luke was so mad. That was pretty funny," Lorelai said.
"Holden grew up to be so much like Jess," Rory said still staring at the hunting hat.
"I can't believe I didn't realize it before. Why didn't you tell me Rory?" Lorelai said.
"I didn't want to believe it," said Rory. "I mean it was just a one night thing. I didn't think this would happen," she said now staring to tear heavily.
"Oh Rory," Lorelai said. She took a seat next to Rory on the bed and Rory cried on her shoulder.
"I won't tell anyone," Lorelai said.
"Thank you," said Rory. The two women sat there on the bed both thinking about Jess Mariano.
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