One of the Reasons
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore girls.
Chapter: You know what civilized means?
"So have fun, and don't do anything illegal and remember, protection is always needed, if you know what I mean,"
"Daisy just get out of the car," Jess demanded.
"Ok, have fun," Daisy said as she got out of the car.
"You too," he said and drove off as soon as Daisy went into Anna's house.
"So, hope you're hungry," Anna told Daisy.
"I'm very hungry," Daisy said.
"Good. I told the girls they could meet us at the Pizza Parlor, and my sister is driving us," Anna told Daisy.
"She passed then," Daisy said, indicating her driving test.
"Yup. Come on Rosemary, we're ready," Anna called out to her sister, as she put her coat on. "So, what's in the bag? Presents?"
"Well duh," Daisy smirked.
Anna squealed and hugged Daisy. "I've missed you so much. I was bored without you,"
"I missed you too,"
"Hey Daisy," Rosemary greeted.
"Hi Rosemary,"
"You guys ready?" Rosemary asked.
"Yup," they said in union and left to go eat.
"This is very cute," Carla, one of Daisy's friends, said. "Thanks,"
"No problem. When I saw it, it just screamed Carla, and I knew I had to get it," Daisy said to her.
"It's so great to have you back," her other friend, Esperanza, commented.
"It's great to be back," Daisy said as she took another bite of her pizza. She didn't notice a couple of boys enter the restaurant and pointing to her table, until Anna noticed them.
"Looks we're going to have some company soon," she said, motioning to the table with the boys staring at them. "And they're just staring. Wait, correction there, they're staring at Ms. Daisy Hernandez,"
"How do you know they're gonna come over here?" Daisy asked her.
"Because Christopher Draven is like that. He sees you here, and he's not gonna let the night go by without trying to flirt with you. He's also gonna try and persuade you to go out with him, again," Anna explained.
"And he usually gets what he wants," Carla added.
"You are always the one who says that," Daisy said.
"Well it's true though,"
"And any minute now, he is going to walk over here and start messing with you, or flirting actually and then say he's gonna pick you up at seven on Saturday and wink at you," Esperanza said.
"And I'll say no. I don't like a guy who's very predictable," Daisy joked.
"You're gonna say yes to him aren't you?" Anna asked.
"I think one of these days I will, until then, all he could do is wait," Daisy said.
"So you wanna leave now?" Anna asked.
"Yeah sure. Um, excuse me?" Daisy said, getting the attention of the waiter. "Can we please have the check please?" she asked politely.
"Actually, some one already paid," the waiter told them. "The table of boys over there," he said, pointing to Chris' table.
"You ladies have a good night," he said and walked to another table.
"I didn't expect that," Carla announced.
"Neither did I," Anna agreed. "Let's go, Rosemary's outside,"
As Daisy was heading to the door, she turned her head and saw Chris staring at her. She smiled at him and he smirked at her. She gave him a bigger smile before she walked out the door, and noticed he gave her a smile as well. Not a smirk, but a smile.
"Daisy?"
"Yeah?" she said to Anna as they were getting ready to go to sleep.
"Do you like him?" Anna asked referring to Chris.
"I think I do. Just a little," Daisy answered.
"But why? I mean, he's always giving you 'I want your body, not your heart' vibes," Anna said.
"I know, but there's something about him that attracts me to him. Don't know what though," she admitted.
"Do you think he likes you?"
"To be honest with you, I have no idea. But I've decided to say yes to him when he asks me out, it'll surprise him," Daisy told Anna
"So the next time he asks you out, you'll say yes?" she asked.
"Not next time, but soon," Daisy answered.
As they laid down, Anna tells Daisy, "I think he truly likes you,"
"I guess we'll see," Daisy said, not really believing Anna.
"Hope she wasn't a burden, Mrs. Harris," Jess joked, the following morning when he picked Daisy up.
"Not at all; she was a complete angel," Mrs. Harris smiled.
"So, I'll talk to you later," Daisy told Anna.
"Bye," Anna said.
"Bye," Daisy waved and got into the car.
"How was you night?" Jess asked.
"It was fun. How was your night?"
"It was fun," Jess replied.
"Clean fun or dirty fun?" Daisy asked with a smirk.
"I am not going to answer that," Jess replied.
"Fine, I won't tell you if my night was clean or dirty,"
"The dirtiest your night would be is getting pizza sauce on your shirt," Jess told her.
"Funny," Daisy said sarcastically.
"Emily left a message last night," Jess said, referring to Emily Gilmore.
"Really, what she say?" she asked.
"They invited us to dinner tonight. A 'welcome back feast'," he said.
"Are they still separated?" Daisy asked.
"Yup,"
"Wow. Of all people, I never expected them to separate. It's sad in a way. So, what exactly is going to happen tonight?"
" Well, this morning I talked to Lorelai, and she said that we are still going to have a "civil" dinner. Meaning, Richard and Emily are going to pretend that they get along right now, for our sake," Jess told her.
"Sounds eventful," Daisy stated.
"I guess we should bring the popcorn," Jess grinned.
"How can you find this amusing? They could get a divorce!" Daisy said.
"It was just a joke and I can't believe I'm saying this but Lorelai would've found it amusing," Jess replied.
Daisy stayed quiet until two minutes later she said, "She would have found it amusing,"
Jess looked over her and said, "You were thinking whether or not she would find it amusing? How are you going to Chilton,"
"Just keep your eyes on the road," she told him.
"You're late," Emily said when she opened the door for Rory and Lorelai.
"It was Rory's fault," Lorelai quickly said and pointed to Rory.
"We're sorry grandma," Rory apologized and gave her coat to the maid. As they walked to the living room, the door bell rang.
"I'll get it," Emily announced.
"Someone is in trouble," Lorelai grinned, knowing it was Jess and Daisy, who were also late.
"We are so sorry we're late Emily," Daisy said as Jess and herself walked in and handed their coats to the maid. "Thank you," Daisy said to the maid.
"It was all my gosh darn fault. I'm really, really sorry; I feel so bad, I know how you like us to be on time," Daisy continued as they followed Emily into the living room.
"It's quite alright Daisy," Emily smiled.
"Hey, how come you don't get mad at them?" Lorelai said whined.
"Because they are not always late," Emily said back.
"Good evening Richard," Jess said and sat next to him on the couch.
"Hey Lorelai," Daisy greeted.
"Hey Daisy, long time no see," Lorelai said, and stood up to hug her.
"Hi Rory," Daisy said with a warm smile.
"Hey," Rory smiled back and gave her a hug.
"Emily I think you deserve a hug too," Daisy said and walked over to Emily and gave her a hug. "You too Richard," she said and gave him a hug. "But not you Jess," she said and sat down.
"Don't you just feel the love in the room?" Jess said, sarcastically.
Everyone stayed quiet for awhile and all you could hear was the clocking ticking away the seconds.
"SO," Lorelai began, as she twiddled her thumbs "Mom, Rory, Daisy, how was your guys' trip?"
"It was magnificent, thank you for asking Lorelai," Emily said, grateful to have something to talk about.
"Rory?"
"Just like grandma said, magnificent," she replied.
"Daisy, how 'bout?" Emily asked.
"London was brilliant. It was so great, I can't even describe it in words," she said with a wide smile.
"Did you go-" Richard began, but Daisy finished the sentence for him.
"Yes, I did go to the Globe Theater, and it's really something. You were right, it's amazing and it's also really big,"
"Did you shop?" Lorelai asked with a smile.
"Of course I loved the stands they had at the markets and stuff," Daisy answered.
Again, silence engulfed the room and you were only able to here the clock ticking away.
A couple of minutes later, the maid came in and announced that dinner was ready.
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"Oh my god," sighed Lorelai. "I seriously thought it was going to go down in there with all the silence."
"I know," Rory agreed as she looked out the car window as her mom drove back to stars Hollow.
Lorelai turned to look at Rory. "Hey hon, what's wrong?"
"I'm just I don't know. The whole issue with Dean is still bugging me and I'm just…" Rory trailed of looking for the right words to describe how she was feeling.
"Confused?" Lorelai said.
"Yeah," Rory whispered.
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"Jess! Hurry up with your hair or I am going to be late for school!" Daisy yelled as she waited for him at the door impatiently.
"Jeez, so touchy today," Jess said as he came out of his room and walked out the door with Daisy following him. "Nervous?"
"Yes, as a matter of a fact yes," she said and Jess laughed. "Yes I am a nerd and proud okay."
"I get to pick the tunes." he said as he started the car.
"Tunes? You're a dork," she said to him.
"And proud," he said with a smirk and she laughed.
As she got to school, everyone stared as she got out of the car that was blasting Social Distortion.
"Bye Jess who likes to show off," Daisy said as she closed the door.
"Get good education!" He called out to her as he drove off.
Daisy smiled at the students who walked by as she walked to her new locker.
"So I was thinking, new year we should try and get along and be civilized to each other," came a voice beside her as she opened her locker.
"You know what being civilized means?" she remarked sarcastically already knowing who it was.
"Aren't you Ms. Hilarious."
"My new nickname," she said with a smile as she looked up at Chris Draven.
He laughed and looked down at her. "How was London?"
"Fun."
"So, did you bring me back anything?" he asked.
"No, I only got gifts for the people who I like."
"Harsh." He leaned down to her ear and whispered in a husky voice, "I know how you can re-pay me for no gift."
"And he's back," she said as she pushed him away and starting walking away.
"Come on Daisy," he said as he caught up with her. "What will it take for me to get you to go out with me?"
"You actually proving that you like me maybe," she said as she increased her pace.
"I do like you but you won't believe me," he said getting frustrated.
"It seriously hasn't even been five minutes that I've been here and you are already getting on my nerves," she said to him getting frustrated herself.
"Just say yes," Chris said. "Don't make me get on my knees and beg."
Daisy shook her head. "I'll see you later Chris. Thanks for buying the pizza by the way," she said to him as she walked into her class.
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a/n: eh, this was blah. I'm pretty bored with this story so again I am probably just going to end it and be like months later for each chapter.
