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A/N: And now you will find out what Emily is so mad about. What will she say? What will she do? Enjoy!

"So you moved your wedding up a whole month," Emily recapped. "And now the wedding is only one month away."

Rory nodded. She didn't want to say anything unless it was completely necessary and if she knew her grandmother she was sure it was going to be necessary very soon.

"I would believe your nicely little crafted story about the training for his teaching degree to teach at Yale if it wasn't for one tiny factor. Remember when your grandfather taught at Yale? He didn't have to go to training."

"That was because I was a replacement. It was offered as an option but I didn't want to go," Richard jumped in. "I was also teaching something I had experience in for years. The dean knew me and knew I would be a good man for the job."

"Jess has already written a book, small as it may have been," Emily said with a sneer. Normally writing a book would be a sign of prestige. Oh no, not with Emily Gilmore. "The dean also knows him. He has been in school for…how many years has it been now?"

Rory got ready to open her mouth, but Jess and Lorelai both shot her looks that were telling her to shut up. Jess knew it would look better if he defended himself, so he tried to do so. "With all due respect, Mrs. Gilmore, this is a little different. I have never taught a college class before in my life. This training will teach me how to do that. After I have learned how to effectively teach a class full of college students, I will feel much more confident about teaching a college class. Going to this training will help me provide for your granddaughter and a family that we may or may not make together."

"I knew it!" Emily shouted. "I knew you would take after your mother, Rory! I knew you would make a horrible mistake just like she did. He got you pregnant, didn't he?!"

Rory's mouth dropped open while Lorelai and Richard both cried, "Mom!" and, "Emily!" simultaneously. Jess was too shocked to say anything right now. Sure, they had sex, but they were always very careful. He knew that he wanted kids someday, strange as that seemed (Aaron and Emma were definitely rubbing off on him), but he would never want Rory to get pregnant unless they had discussed it at length and he knew she was ready for it.

In the hall, Aaron and Emma just looked at each other. They were a little bit confused about this conversation. They were only seven and smart as they were, they still didn't understand much about how babies were born yet. They looked at each other again and decided they didn't need to hear their family shouting about things they didn't understand. They went into the study, as quietly as they possibly could and began to read.

In the dining room, the shouting match had come to a standstill. Rory was looking down at her plate with Emily's words ringing through her head. Horrible mistake, horrible mistake. What that translated to was Rory being a mistake. Rory being something horrible that never should have happened. Rory knew this shouldn't affect her as much as it did. Still though, her grandmother's words, horrible mistake, wouldn't stop repeating in her head. She also knew this must have been what her grandmother really thought about her, because although she had tried to make her feel better after Strobe and Francine's awful visit so long ago; Emily had never fully denied that Rory was a mistake. Emily just fed her and told her not to worry about it. Emily never said, "Rory, you were not a mistake." At least not like her Lorelai had.

Lorelai was seething. Her mother had just called her lovely daughter, Lorelai's pride and joy, a mistake. Lorelai took one look at her daughter and knew this was affecting Rory monumentally. Lorelai wanted to smack her mother, but knew that would not be a smart idea, because Emily would probably just smack her right back. Lorelai looked over and Jess and knew that if she didn't get him out of here he probably would end up smacking Emily and that wouldn't turn out well for anyone concerned.

"Jess," Lorelai said, getting his attention. "Please go get Aaron and Emma and take them out to the car. We're leaving."

As soon as Jess left the dining room, Lorelai rounded on her mother. "What possessed you to call my lovely daughter a mistake? I've been sad because of things that you've done and I've been mad because of things you've done, but I've never outright hated you before. At this moment, I do. Rory was not a mistake, no matter what you think. If you were to ask me which part of my life I would wish to relive, my first 16 years or hers, I would pick hers in a heartbeat. Her first sixteen years were the best of my life. She was the bright spot in my world for a very long time and I don't know what I would have done without her; I still don't know what I would do without her. I just…can't believe you. Goodbye, Mother." Lorelai got out of her seat and walked around to Rory's side of the table. She gently tugged on her daughter's arm and pulled her up out of the seat. Emily was shocked to see tears running down her granddaughter's face.

Emily heard the front door slam and she looked to Richard for support. He had a grave look on his face. He connected his eyes with hers and just shook his head slowly. He, too, was appalled at the words his wife had spoken. While he may not have spent as much time with Rory as he would have liked, she was definitely the light of his life and he cherished time they got to spend together.

"I didn't mean it like that!" Emily rushed to explain, hoping to get an ally in this situation. In all honestly, she really hadn't meant Rory was the mistake, she meant Lorelai's decision to have sex with Christopher was the mistake. She too, loved Rory and wouldn't intentionally hurt her. She just spoke without thinking about the effect her words might have.

Richard looked at her solemnly. "It doesn't matter how you meant it. What matters is how you said it and how she heard it. And right now, I'm with Lorelai." With that Richard got up out of his seat at the head of the table, walked into his study and closed the door. He knew this would project the message that he didn't want to see her right now and he didn't. While he might not go as far to say he hated his wife, he certainly didn't like her at this moment and he wasn't sure what would have to happen before he did again.

Emily stared at the door to Richard's study and shifted her gaze toward the entry hall where her daughter and granddaughter had left. She knew the "goodbye" that Lorelai uttered meant goodbye and they wouldn't be coming back for a while. She shook her head. How did she manage to get in all these messes with the female members of her family? And more importantly, how was she going to fix this one.

Do you think Emily will fix it? Do you think Emily can fix it? Come on friends, I only got one review for the last chapter…can I get more for this one? Please review and thanks for reading!