Hey, This is my second GG fanfic so I hope you like it. I'm kind of stuck on Sold ( my first one) so I decided to start a new one. I don't know if I'm going to continue it or not, so please review and tell me what you think!
The story starts when Lorelai is thirteen years old, just so you know…
A/N- I know Richard's birthday is in the winter, but I don't know when, so I'm going to say it is February 5th
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Lorelai rushed down the stairs of the Gilmore household, to find her mother tapping her foot at the front door.
"Lorelai, I called you twenty minutes ago, and I expected you to come twenty minutes ago! What on earth were you doing upstairs? Emily exclaimed angrily
"Um… Sleeping, maybe? You woke me up in the middle of a weird dream…" Lorelai explained exhaustedly
"Sleeping! It's precisely 11:30 in the morning on a Saturday!"
"You're point?"
"Oh Lorelai, just put your coat on! We're already behind schedule!" Emily said taking their coats of the coat-rack and handing on to Lorelai.
"I don't see why we have to go shopping today, Dad's birthday isn't for two weeks…"
"Yes, but I did find this lovely antique store in a small town not too far from here…"
"Not to far as in five minutes or not two far as in an hour…?"
"About an hour, Lorelai, now, follow me to the car, we have to get there as soon as possible!"
"But mom! This isn't fair! Why do I have to go? I made plans for today!"
"Lorelai, we're shopping for your father, now come along." Lorelai grumpily followed her mother to the car, opened the door, and slouched down into the passenger's seat.
"Lorelai, stop slouching, it does terrible things to your back!" Lorelai slouched farther into her seat. Emily sighed and pulled out of the driveway.
Rolling down the window, Lorelai on inhaled the fresh, November air. It was cool, clear and crisp.
"For heavens sake, It's freezing outside, Roll up your window!" Lorelai ignored her mother and appreciated the cold. She had always loved everything about the winter season.
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They had been driving for over 45 minutes when Lorelai noticed the sign.
"Stars Hallow- Next Left" she read aloud. "What a weird name for a place!"
"That's where we're going." Emily said as she turned left.
"OK…" The unusual name excited Lorelai, an unusual name \
They entered the small town and Lorelai's enthusiasm dropped. It was the smallest town she'd ever seen, it didn't look unusual or exciting.
"This is it?" Lorelai questioned her mother. Emily nodded and pulled in front of a small store labeled "Kim's Antiques"
"We're shopping here?" Lorelai whined at the sight of the big quaint store.
"Well where did you thing we going?" Emily questioned
"I don't know, a mall or something?" Lorelai irately followed her mom into the store. The shop was crowded with useless antique junk
"Oh what a marvelous little shop" Emily said with delight, Lorelai just rolled her eyes. The browsed around the small shop, as Lorelai pointed out various useless items.
"What about this?" Emily said pointing to a hideous teal armchair.
"Mom, that's ugly…" Lorelai honestly said, denying her mothers taste. Swinging around to mock more useless furniture, Lorelai's hand bashed into a lamp, which caused it to crash to the floor.
"Damn" Lorelai said as the lamp shattered to the ground.
"Lorelai! We do not talk like that! Understand?' But before Lorelai had a chance to speak, a young, Korean woman rushed over angrily.
"You break, you buy!" she shouted clearly.
"But it was just an accident!" Emily tired to reason
"You break, you buy!" the Korean woman repeated
"Lorelai, look what you've done! Now go stand outside, and don't touch anything on the way out." Lorelai happily exited the shop and stood outside in the snow. There was now about two inches on the ground, and the snow was still coming down.
Being Lorelai, she got bored quickly of standing in the cold and decided to go and explore the rest of the town. She passed a couple of buildings, without seeing anyone and then stopped at a hardware store.
A boy, about her age, stood in the window, restocking some buckets of paint. He was tall, even taller then Lorelai and pretty thin. If anyone, he seemed interesting and Lorelai felt intrigued by him. She entered the hardware store.
Dodging the isles of tools and appliances, Lorelai reached him.
"May I help you?" he asked. His voice was deep and clear
"Hi" Lorelai said, swaying back and forth
"Hello" he gestured a small wave.
"So… William's Hardware, are you William?
"No, William's my dad, I'm Luke." He held out his hand.
He seems very polite… Lorelai thought before reaching out to shake it.
"So…" Luke said "I haven't seen you around here before, are you new?"
"No, I'm just visiting, my mom is at the antique store looking for a present for my dad. She's already been there over an hour, my mom always takes too long, all moms do, you know?
"Actually, mine died a couple of years back…" Luke said quietly
"I'm so sorry." Lorelai took a moment of silence and then changed the subject. "So what do people do around here for fun?"
Luke seemed to cheer up. "Oh there are lots of things to do in Stars Hallow!"
"Like what?"
"I'll show you!" he said excitedly "Hey dad" he called to the back of the store "I'm going to take my break now" Luke was ready to pull Lorelai out of the store
"Aren't you going to change?" Lorelai said, eying his "Williams Hardware T-shirt"
"Yeah, thanks for reminding me" he said as he raced down the back and up the stairs
Luke left momentarily and returned wearing jeans, a black T-Shirt and a jacket. "Ready to go?" Luke asked. Lorelai nodded and they headed off into the town.