"Michel! Michel where are youuuu? The guest in room two needs more towels" Lorelai hollered.
"I am here. And I am not so deaf that no matter how loudly you screech I will hear you" Michel stressed.
"I'm sorry Michel I didn't catch that, did you say there's an opening at Al's Pancake World and you were considering taking the position as fry boy and quitting your meager job as the inn's concierge?" Lorelai taunted.
"Fine. I will take the towels to the guest in room two, but just remember I am not liable if those towels find their way to a place where even the crows don't wish to speak of." Michel murmured.
"Thank you Michel" Lorelai leered, suppressing the laugh that would surely set Michel over the edge of sanity.
"Lorelai! Lorelai! You have to see this! Oh this is horrible, what are we going to do?" Sookie howled.
"Sookie what is it? What's wrong?" Lorelai questioned.
"Look at the front cover of the Hartford Courant, just look!" Sookie exclaimed, breathlessly.
"Ok let's see…" Lorelai started.
"Read it aloud" Sookie interrupted.
"That's what I was doing, ok so it says… "For several years there has been question of what exactly would happen to the site of the former Independence Inn, in Stars Hallow, a town just a half an hour from Hartford. Since 2004 the Inn has sat uninhabited. Many believe this is a result of a review by Edward Grevord in 1991, in which the hotel connoisseur claimed that the site was haunted by a family of pioneers who were murdered by Confederate soldiers in 1864. His claim states that any who buy the site will have extreme misfortune. The site does in fact have a long history of being the setting for violent raids and murders; the family who originally settled the land, were in fact killed in 1864, although the reason for their deaths is unknown, the site sat uninhabited for almost seventy years. The large home that sat on the site was restored and opened as an Inn in 1923, but the Inn's time as the social center of Stars Hallow was short lived as it had to be closed down after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It again sat unoccupied until 1956 when it became a community center, it was notably used for meetings and Stars Hallow High School dances, however it was again closed in 1963 when a student brought a gun to the high schools' prom, and killed twelve people. In 1974 it was purchased to again be opened as an Inn and was thus named the Independence Inn. Ironically the Independence Inn's thirty year history was plagued with much misfortune; beginning with the decapitation of tennis star Henry Davidson by the manager of rival Carey Emhart in 1978, just four years after the Inn opened, the last straw came in 2003 when a fire caused by faulty electrical wiring closed the Inn down permanently. After the Inn closed it was bought by the government to become a federal site, as they wished to build a courthouse there. However a courthouse has never been built, many believe this is a result of the death of town chairman Taylor Doose, just three days after he signed the form allowing for the courthouse to be built. Since then the fate of the site, now known as "The Plague of Misfortune" has been unknown, that is until just one week ago when millionaire Eric Hatter purchased the plot of land and made known his plans to open it as an Inn, once again. His plans are to name the Inn, the 'New Day Inn', as he believes that it will give the site a fresh start. Hatter has also hired famous French Chef Mongo Rousseau, who recently married Hatter's sister. Rousseau believes this will be his chance to settle down in a small town and start a family with his new wife. Amenities of the new Inn will include; horseback riding, an indoor tennis and basketball court, a pool and Jacuzzi, free wireless internet, and the ability (for a small fee) to live stream movies from Netflix on a 42" flat screen television. The décor will feature a modern vibe, with bright colors that seem to pop off the wall, and the inclusion of many modern art pieces from some of the more famous artists of the day. Hatter claims that the Inn is already book until August of 2014, and will soon be hosting the likes of Steven Spielberg who is scheduled to stay at the Inn in July of 2013. The New Day Inn will join the already popular Stars Hallow Inn, the Dragonfly, which has had hundreds of four and five star reviews from some of the best hotel connoisseurs. The question is can the Dragonfly maintain their current top status? Or will they have to make some major changes to compete with the likes of the New Day Inn. Currently the Dragonfly has just half the amenities that the New Day Inn does. This could be an interesting flight to the top."
"Oh. My. Gosh. How! … This can't be happening! Not only are we getting a new rival, but they also happen to be taking over the place we used to work at! And booked until May of 2014, we aren't even booked to the end of the year!" Lorelai breathed in disbelief.
"I know this is terrible, what are we going to do? Chef Mongo Rousseau is amazing, I saw him on Food Network's Iron Chef and he actually beat Bobby Flay, I'm telling you if he can beat Bobby Flay then he has to be good!" Sookie squealed.
"I know what we could do… but it would be painful, for me at least…" Lorelai groaned.
"What? What can we do?" Sookie exclaimed.
"Well let's just say I'm going to have to make a very painful visit to Hartford, to see the Gilmores," Lorelai replied, annoyance covering every crevice of her face.
