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Lorelai POV

The encounter between Chris and Rory was very awkward.

I mean, I was the queen of awkward situations, and when I saw that, even I felt a bit uneasy.

After Chris left, Rory and I were alone.

"Lorelai, I think I want a relationship with you and Luke. I don't know about Chris just yet."

"That is fine, hun. I want you to be as comfortable as possible."

She smiled and hugged me.

"Lorelai, I have freshman orientation in a few weeks. Since my parents in Louisiana have pretty much disowned me, would you like to come?"

"I would be honored."

I kissed her forehead and we embraced. Tears started to fall again.

"What's wrong, baby girl?"

"I am so grateful for you, that's all. Thank you for everything."

"I'm your mom, Rory. It's what we do."

Rory smiled at me.

"I'm going off to the Inn today, but if you would like to join me, you are more than welcome to." I said, not wanting to be too forward.

"Of course I'll join you. Maybe I can make some extra money."

I knew how worried she was about making money, especially having little financial support from her adoptive family.

"How about you let me handle some of that? Like your cell phone and car. Let me handle that. It's too much for someone your age to handle that."

"Damn, thank you. Are you sure you are okay with doing all of that for me?"

"Of course. It's because I love you."

"I love you, too. I think I am going to catch up on some sleep, if that's okay?"

"Yeah, you bet. Text me if you need anything." I said.

"Okay!"

Rory went back to her room and I was excited for what the workday would bring.

By lunch my legs were sore from working the front desk for so long. However, just as I was about to take my much-needed lunch break, my phone rang.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Lorelai, how nice of you to pick up," the other voice said.

Well, crap. I was about to face the wrath of none other than Emily Gilmore.

"Hello, mom. How have you been?"

"Great. Richard told me that Rory came to you. We would love to meet her."

I knew this was coming.

"I will talk to her later on."

"Oh, I already did. She said something about Friday. Will you be joining us?"

"I'll be there. I don't know about Luke."

"Well, we sure hope to see you."

"Of course you do. Bye."

I had a somewhat distant relationship with my parents for many years now. Only when Luke and I started dating did we actually start to get close again. And that was mainly with my dad. My mother had her ways of being vindictive.

Passing the introspective thoughts off to the side for now, I decided to finally take that much needed lunch break.

Hopefully, Rory wouldn't hate my parents.

Rory POV

After sleeping in for the majority of the day and answering a call from my grandmother, I finally felt refreshed.

It took a few minutes to remember where I was, but once it hit, it hit hard.

My life had changed so drastically in the past few days, and I was ready for whatever was to happen next.

Knowing that I no longer had a family in Louisiana killed me, yet knowing I now had a big family in Connecticut was much better.

Lorelai texted me and said that there was a town meeting that night and that they were rather entertaining.

I agreed on going and waited for Luke and Lorelai to get back.

Later that night, as the clock neared five, both Luke and Lorelai came in the door, ready for he disaster that was about to ensue.

The three of them went to Miss Patty's dance studio and sat down, just as a white haired man banged in the meeting with a gavel.

"Okay, okay, now the meeting will commence! We have a new member of this town. Care to introduce yourself, kid?" The man said, motioning at me.

"I'm Rory Danbury. I'm Lorelai's daughter."

The attendees erupted into a thunderous chatter before again being banged in.

"Lorelai's daughter? Well I was unaware of that Lorelai." He said.

"Uh, yeah, and frankly it's no one's business who exactly she is or our relationship, Taylor." Lorelai said, saving me from humiliation.

"I think Lorelai should be the town whore in the reenactment this winter." A scrawny man said.

That was when Luke stood up.

"Kirk, shut up. Lorelai said that it wasn't anyone's business about her relationship with her daughter, and dammit, she's right! We don't need you, they need each other. AND IF YOU PEOPLE CAN'T ACCEPT THAT, SO BE IT."

I was scared as Luke raised his voice.

Lorelai, visibly on the verge of tears, ran out of the meeting. Luke and I followed her all the way back home, where she cried.

I agreed with both Luke and Lorelai. Our relationship wasn't anyone's business.

Before we knew it, Friday was here.

Luke, Lorelai and I all got ready that evening.

I was nervous. I so desperately wanted my maternal grandparents to like me.

We drove in Luke's truck to Hartford.

I was amazed when we pulled up to the house that my mother had grown up in. It looked like something out of a fairytale.

Lorelai knocked on the door, and a maid answered.

Richard and Emily were sitting in the living room.

"Hello, Rory. I'm Emily." Emily said, not knowing what to do.

I shook her hand, not wanting to make things more awkward than they should be.

We sat on the couch and I answered the basic questions that I'd been expecting.

"What college are you going to, Rory?" Emily asked.

"Dad, you're going to love this." Lorelai said.

I chuckled.

"I'm actually going to Yale." I said, not expecting much of a reaction.

Richard, however, looked at me and smiled.

"No way. I went there."

"Really?"

"Yes. Many of my friends from my Yale days are actually professors there."

"Cool!"

For the remainder of the evening, my whole new family discussed Yale in all of its Ivy League Glory. I was so excited to be a legacy at a school that I actually had familial roots in.

When we left that night, I no longer felt like I didn't belong.

I knew I'd gone on this journey for a reason, and now I knew why.

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