Growing up with no mother, a father that works all time, but dies later on from a heart attack was hard for Rory. She was an only child. Ever since her mother died she hasn't heard from her grandparents Emily and Richard. She can't remember what they look like because she was 2 when her mother died from cancer. Her father Chris didn't like talking about her mother Lorelai.
She is 16 and it has been a year since her father died. She moved in with her mothers friend Sookie and her husband and kids. She spends the majority of her time with her friends Lane and her friends from school. Her friend Paris comes down at the weekend and they go out with Lane. They have boyfriends. Lane has been going out with her boyfriend Zach for almost a year.
She regularly babysits Sookie two kids that are called Martha and Davy .Davy is almost 3 and Martha is 1. She treats them like they are her brothers and sisters.