Hi everybody.

Here's the 8th chapter of my fic. I know this part won't contain as much L&L as it might should, but I promise the next part will be stuffed with L&L moments. Well, enjoy

Song: Mama by Spice Girls

Chapter 8: Believe it or not

Lorelai and Luke went across the town square to the gazebo. There were all these small lights, that made it look so beautiful, and suddenly Lorelai pulled Luke by arm up in it. There they were standing, looking a little shy before they slowly leaned into a kiss. Somehow it felt like the very first kiss they'd shared. They were exploring the other's lines, and ended up kissing passionately. Meanwhile Miss Patty was staring at them from the dance studio, she had the perfect view, and in her hands was a camera. She snapped a few shots and then added a few words to a paper. Finally she closed the door and went home.

She used to be my only enemy and never let me be free
Catching me in places that I knew I shouldn't be
Every other day I crossed the line I didn't mean to be so bad
I never thought you would become the friend I never had

Meanwhile Rory was sitting in her room reading a book, when the phone suddenly rang. She hurried out to pick it up, and got a little surprised when she heard Taylor's voice.

"Rory, hello!"

"Uh, hey Taylor. Can I do anything for you?"

"Actually yes… Well, I've decided that Stars Hollow is now ready for a gossip magazine, besides The Stars Hollow Gazette. So… Well, I know you wanna be a journalist when you grow up, right?"

"uh yeah… right" Rory replied a little insecure.

"Then you're hired. You can now call yourself an official reporter on the 'Hollow Horror'. You're even going to get paid."

"Wow… 'Hollow Horror'? Is that the name of the gossip magazine?"

"Yes, isn't it just great?"

"Actually, Taylor… I can't imagine how a gossip magazine could be called 'Hollow Horror'."

"You know what? You're right! Do you have any ideas for a name then?"

"Uh… 'According to Stars Hollow' or maybe 'Believe it or not'?"

"You got it girl! 'Believe it or not' it is then! Congratulations! The first staff meeting is tomorrow at six… pm. Be there and you'll get a story."

Rory shook her head when she hung up. It took her a while to get the point that she actually had a real job now. She was only sixteen, but still… And she'd just named a magazine. Suddenly she heard the front door open, and soon her mother walked in with a big smile on her lips. "Hey Hun…" she said softly.

"You look happy… Are you happy?" Lorelai nodded slowly and then almost danced into the kitchen. The smell of coffee soon filled the house, and Rory was forced to leave her book.

"Seth" Lorelai handed Rory the new-named coffee mug. When Rory tasted the coffee she immediately spit it out.

"What is this? It's awful!" Lorelai just ignored her daughter and went upstairs. A few minutes later she came back downstairs.

"Did you know that 9 is a great number?" Rory sent her mother a confused look. "What's good about the number 9? And no I didn't." Lorelai giggled and then spun around.

"Well, you should know." Rory got up and placed the 'Seth-cup' at the counter.

"I should know that you're crazy. If it's a regular thing… I don't know. Or if it's because of the fact that you're madly in love? Honestly I have no idea. Good night, crazy lady. And please don't sing and dance all night about how great love is, okay?" Lorelai nodded and couldn't hold back the laugh when her daughter went back into her room.

Back then I didn't know why
Why you were misunderstood
So now I see through your eyes
All that you did was love

Rory's mouth was wide open when she entered the dance studio. There was a table lined up and all these small chairs all around it. "Wow" was all she could get out.

"Hello Rory dear!" Miss Patty stepped out from behind the curtain. "Have a seat, I'm sure the others will be here soon."

"Exactly how many 'others' are there?" Miss Patty smiled and sat down.

"Let's see. Taylor is the magazine's publisher and then…" at the same time about ten other people walked in. Soon Taylor was the one talking.

"Welcome everybody to our first staff meeting at the 'Believe it or not' magazine. First of all I want to thank Rory for the name, and the rest of you for making this happen. I've dreamed of a gossip magazine for many years now. Well, I better get to our jobs. I'm the publisher, and Babette and Patty are our 'catchers '. They are going to catch every good story in this town. Then we have Kirk as our photographer and Rory is our editor and reporter. The rest of you are magazine designers and so on. Well, that's all I have to say. Any questions?" Rory was reminded of the "Franklin's" staff meetings. They were so much more focused on the paper, where this meeting was a bit 'loose'.

"Uh Taylor… What are we supposed to write about?" Taylor looked at Rory.

"That girl knows everything" he then mumbled and continued:

"Well… You are the editor, so I think you should come up with some ideas. Patty, Babette… You know what you're going to write about. And when everybody have finished there articles Rory is going to read them, before we decide whenever we're going to publish them or not. And by the way you're offices are in the old building in the southern end of Starts Hollow." And that's how the meeting continued. When they finally finished Rory almost ran out the dance studio and went to Luke's.

Mama I love you, Mama I care
Mama I love you, Mama my friend
You're my friend

The bells above the door jingled and Luke waved his hand at Rory. She smiled and went to the counter where her mother was already sitting.

"So how did your first meeting go?" she asked curiously.

"It's all a crazy idea. I mean it's an idea made by crazy people." Luke placed a coffee mug in front of her and she drank the coffee quickly. "Thanks…" she mumbled, and then suddenly her eyes fell on Dean outside. A big smile came across her face, and within two seconds she was gone. Lorelai was just smiling until her cell phone rang.

"No cell phones in the diner!" Luke shouted, and Lorelai ended up in the street.

"Lorelai, it's your mother!"

"God what did I do!" Lorelai mumbled, but Emily heard it.

"Excuse me, Lorelai. But I have my rights to call you!"

"Really? Rights? Since when?"

"Since I'm your mother…"

"And? I should approve to the fact that you're calling me ten times a day."

"I do not! I haven't talked to you since Friday."

"And there's a good reason for that!"

"Well, I'm sorry for being honest."

"Very thoughtful of you. See, your weakness has always been this."

"This?"

"Being able to draw a line! You've never known when you get too close, and when you're hurting people. I have a line, mom! And you crossed it… Big time!"

"Lorelai, don't talk to me like that!"

"Like what?

"Like that! You're shouting and saying some very unpleasant things that aren't true!"

"Ha ha… They are TRUE! And you know that. By the way, why are you calling me?"

"Noting… Had something to say, but you obviously sound like you want nothing to do with me anymore, so from now on it's only Rory who has to come for Friday-night dinners!"

And with that Emily hung up on her daughter. Lorelai was just standing with the phone in her hand for several minutes before Luke came out to get her. "Are you okay?" he asked concerned. "I… I don' t really know…"

I didn't want to hear it then but I'm not ashamed to say it now
Every little thing you said and did was right for me
I had a lot of time to think about, about the way I used to be
Never had a sense of my responsibility

Emily Gilmore was sitting in the living room in the Gilmore mansion. She was staring at the painting above the fireplace. All fake, she thought and then sighed. Slowly she got up and went upstairs. She stopped in front of the door to Lorelai's room. Slowly she placed a hand and the door handle and opened. The room looked exactly the same as it did sixteen years ago. The dollhouse was standing there with all it's pride. And then suddenly it hit her. What would a sixteen year old girl use a dollhouse for? And all the dolls in the room? This was not a teenager's room, but a little playful girl's room. And then she realized something. Suddenly she understood what had happened, what had gone wrong in her and Lorelai's relationship. She'd underestimated her daughter, she really had. All these years, she thought and felt how the tears found their way down her chicks. Stop it Emily… She dried her eyes angrily. So many fights and she'd never cried before. The whole fighting thing was more like a habit to her now. Yelling at Lorelai had become normal to her, not that she felt happy about it. But sometimes it had just felt right fighting. Emily had her own opinions and so had Lorelai. It was so confusing. Emily shook her head, and then wandered across the room. She sat down on the bed and looked around. Suddenly she was staring at herself in a mirror. She had mascara all over her face. "Damn!" she yelled and was about to leave the room, when Richard walked in. "Richard?" She spun around and looked for something to hide her face in.

"That will be my name. Emily, what's wrong and what are you doing in here?"

"Nothing" she replied quickly, but it didn't seem to fool Richard Gilmore. He'd know her 35 years after all.

"Have you been crying?" he spoke very directly, and even though how hard she tried she couldn't keep the tears back.

"And what if I had? Would you be ashamed of me?" Richard laughed a little. "Of course not. What's wrong, then?"

"Lorelai…" she just mumbled before she sat down on the bed again. It didn't take Richard many seconds to sit down beside her. "What happened now?"

"Why do we always yell at each other? What made me such a bad mother? Well, I know I was tough, but still? I want to be able to talk to her without shouting!"

"You're not a bad mother"

Back then I didn't know why
Why you were misunderstood
So now I see through your eyes
All that you did was love

At the same time Lorelai was sitting in Luke's apartment with her hands in her lap. She hadn't said a word for thirty minutes and Luke was now getting a little concerned. It was not like it was normal for Lorelai not to say anything. She was an ever-talking woman, that's couldn't keep her mouth shut for five minutes. He didn't even know what had caused her silence. "Lorelai?" he tried, but her mouth was still shut. I give up, he thought and sighed. Then he went downstairs to make her some coffee. Coffee always helps! When the door shut Lorelai finally moved a little. She shook her head and tried to clear her mind. What's wrong with me? I've had a fight with my mom a thousands times before, so what's the problem? Why won't I talk to Luke? She brushed some hair away from her face and then tried to find an answer to all of the questions. There's nothing wrong with you, Gilmore. And there's no problem… you're just trying to figure out what she wanted to say. That's all… Her thoughts were interrupted by Luke as he walked in. "Here" he handed her the coffee and a grateful smile came across her face. "Thanks. You really know how to satisfy me, don't you?" he just smiled in respond. "So who was it?" he asked after a while in silent. "My mom…"

"oh… I guess I should've know. Right?"

"Maybe… I don't know… She's just so… Why do I hate my mother that much. I don't want to hate my mother!"

"I know… "

"I'm a bad daughter!"

"You're not a bad daughter!"

Back then I didn't know why
Why you were misunderstood
So now I see through your eyes
All that you did was love

Weeks past and Lorelai and Emily still didn't talk. Now everybody in the Gilmore family was suffering from the fight. Rory tried to talk her mother into going to the Friday-night dinner and Richard tried to talk Emily into inviting Lorelai again, but they were both as stubborn and refused to take the first step. Even Luke and Dean was involved too. Lorelai kept complaining about her mother to Luke and lucky for her he listened. Dean too had to listen to Rory's babbling about how damn stubborn they were. Poor guys! As time went by Rory's work at 'believe it or not' became harder and harder, but at last the magazine was done and the first edition was ready to be published, and of course Taylor decided to do some commercial for it at a town meeting.

Mama I love you, Mama I care
Mama I love you, Mama my friend
You're my friend
You're my friend

"Welcome people" Taylor had a very exited smile on his lips, when he started to talk.

"I'll go right to the point of the meeting tonight! I'm very proud of presenting the first official gossip magazine made and written in Stars Hollow. "Believe it or not" Slowly he picked a magazine up from a box. He was glowing when people clapped their hands.

"And now! To say a few words about this magazine; RORY GILMORE!" Again everybody clapped their hands, but there was no Rory on her way to the stage. She was frozen to the chair. "Go now!" Lorelai pulled her daughter up and followed her to the stage. "Rory get up there" she whispered and pushed her up so she was now standing beside Taylor.

"And here folks! This is 'Believe it or not's editor, Rory Gilmore!" Rory forced a smile on her lips. "Yes that's me…" she mumbled.

"Say something about the magazine!" Taylor whispered. "I uh… This magazine is very special. Not only be the fact that it's made by people that has no idea about what they are doing, but I must admit; I'm impressed. Guys you've done a great job and you can be proud of yourself, and since it's the first edition of our magazine I'm going to… give everybody one for free!" Suddenly Lorelai started clapping her hands and soon other people did the same. Taylor was looking pretty surprised, and not to mention Kirk. "Why didn't I get that idea?" he shouted. "Because it's not your job to do that Kirk! You're the photographer!"

"Oh right! And I like it!" Somebody laughed at that comment, but it was quickly forgotten. When the meeting finally ended a magazine was handed to every single person in Starts Hollow. Lorelai pulled Luke over to the gazebo where they sat down on the bench and started to read;

But now I'm sure I know why (I know why)
Why you were misunderstood
So now I see through your eyes
All I can give you is love
(All I can give you is love)

Love is in the air

The air is filled with love in Stars Hollow. Love can be found between the young ones and the older. Here at the production we decided to make a little award for the cutes couples. The cutes couple between the young ones here in Stars Hollow is:

Rory Gilmore and Dean Forrester!

The two young people are so in love. The way they look at each other makes everybody think of a real love-movie. It's only around 12 moths ago since the Forrester family moved to Stars Hollow. Dean started at Stars Hollow High, the same school Rory was in, but not for long. Rory Gilmore, Stars Hollow's little clever girl got a spot at Chilton High School for unnatural smart kids. But that didn't stop the two young lovers. During the next month or so they became pretty good friends and then one day in Doose's it happened. The two young lovers shared their very first kiss. Since that day they started dating. And then at their three months anniversary the most unexpected thing happened. They broke up. The next few weeks were terrible here in town. Seeing the whole world fall apart, just because Dean said: "I love you" and Rory couldn't find the courage to say the same. But luckily Rory at last did it, and the two of them got back together, so now they're happy and back together. Another love drama in the teenager's world is Rory's friend Lane Kim. She had a crush on a boy and suddenly she just reached out and touched his hair. Another thing with Lane was when she suddenly realized she had a crush on Dean's friend Todd, so they went on a double date with Dean and Rory. Unfortunately Mrs. Kim discovered it, and Lane ended up inside her mother's house for weeks.

Another love story from Stars Hollow is dedicated to the cutes couple between the grown ups. Once again the price goes to a Gilmore; Lorelai Gilmore and Lucas Danes. Ever since Lorelai and Rory moved to Stars Hollow Luke's had a thing for Lorelai, he has just been hiding it well. Then around four months ago Lorelai was dating a guy called Max Medina, but then suddenly realized her true feelings, she realized who her heart really belonged to. Luke! As you all know Luke owns the diner in town and has been Lorelai's coffee supplier for many years, so she went to him and then… BANG! Love was all around them…

Mama I love you, Mama I care
Mama I love you, Mama my friend
Mama I love you, Mama I care
Mama I love you, Mama my friend

A scream interrupted Lorelai's aloud reading, when Rory suddenly came running across the square followed by Lane. When she got to the gazebo she stopped. "Help me!" At the same time Lane got to the gazebo and threw herself at Rory.

"How could you let them print it!"

"I didn't even get to read that Lane! It's also humiliating for me, and take a look at the pictures" Lorelai quickly looked on the next few pages and for surprise there were around five pictures of her and Luke in the gazebo kissing the other night. Suddenly Rory and Lane was gone again. She couldn't help it but laugh, when Luke saw the pictures. "Damn town!" he mumbled and was just about to laugh when his face suddenly froze. "What?" Lorelai asked, but then she looked up. "Interesting reading, huh?" She shook her head…She couldn't believe what she saw; "Christopher?"

Mama I love you, Mama I care
Mama I love you, Mama my friend
Mama I love you, Mama I care
Mama I love you, Mama my friend
You're my friend
You're my friend
Mama I love you, Mama I care
Mama I love you, Mama my friend
Mama I love you, Mama I care
Mama I love you, Mama my friend

So, I think that will do…

I hope you liked this part. It was kind of hard to find the real song for this chapter, so I ended up with Mama by Spice Girls. The best I could find though… I can't promise that I will update next Friday. Things are a bit hectically at home. My parents are getting divorced and my mother just moved today, so it's a bit tough. I mean, I'm only fourteen though. I hope you can live with it. Please review! Love ya all, Asta