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Just quickly, something that I forgot to mention in the last chapter is the pronunciation of Elleigh's name. It's pronounced the same way as 'Ellie' (Eh-lee), it's just spelled differently. You'll see the reason behind why Elleigh is written the way it is in the chapter.

CHAPTER 3: Elleigh

Now, we know all about Lorelai Gilmore the First, as well as the reigning Lorelai Gilmore the Second and her daughter Lorelai Gilmore the Third. However, what about the youngest; Lorelai Gilmore, the Fourth?

Lorelai Elleigh Gilmore was born to her single mother on the 12th of December 2007, approximately seven months after her parent's breakup and her mother's college graduation.

Similarly to the preceding Lorelai Gilmore -her mother who is just known as Rory- she is called by her middle name, Elleigh, or "Elle" for short.

Due to the "Lorelai" tradition, there had been no question of what Rory's daughter's name would be. Then, as a meld of her and Logan's middle names, Elias and Leigh, Rory had chosen her middle name Elleigh which is a meld of the two.

Physically, Elleigh bears a strong resemblance to Rory as a child, sharing the same striking, ice-blue eyes, her delicate features and mannerisms.

However, there are two identifiable marks of Logan in his daughter; her straight, long blonde hair and the way she smiles like her father; with the smile and happiness as evident in her eyes as it is on her lips.

Again, in many ways, Elleigh's personality and manner reminds both Lorelai and the townspeople of Stars Hollow of Rory at age nine in the way that she is very placid, sweet and utterly loved by everyone who knows her. However, unlike her mother, Elleigh also has a wild streak; a ripple of cheekiness and adventurousness, balanced out by her charm; all undoubtedly from her father.

Really, the result of combining Rory and Logan's genetics just essentially equals another Lorelai.

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Just as the previous generation of Gilmore girls, Elleigh too has an extremely strong relationship with her mother.

History repeating itself had not stopped there. In fact, Rory, too, had followed in her own mother's footsteps after her daughter's birth. Despite her grand ambitions and despite the fact that she had a Diploma under her belt, after Elleigh was born Rory gave up the Obama campaign work and stayed rooted in the small town of Stars Hollow.

Rather than pursuing greatness for her career out in the big, wide world, Rory took up a job at the local paper in Stars Hollow. Kirk had applied for the same job and didn't speak to her for a week after she won the position instead of him.

It was not what Rory had planned for her life, but just like her own mother, she did what she had to. She put her daughter first and made it her priority to be able to support Elleigh and get her through school.

Rory and her daughter had lived with Lorelai and Luke for the first two years of Elleigh's life, allowing the post-college graduate some time to get herself organised and save up enough to be able to support herself and her daughter when they finally left Rory's childhood home. Consequently, Lorelai and Elleigh were extremely close too, appreciating each other's kindred spirit.

Lorelai had been adamant against being called 'grandma' or any similar title which she thought made her sound old and decrepit. So, against both Rory and Luke's opinion, she ensured that she ditched the traditional titles in favour of being called 'glam-ma' by her granddaughter, instead. Despite her daughter and husband's best efforts against it, 'glam-ma' (which almost unnoticeably sounds like 'grandma' when the girls talk as fast as they do) had stuck.

However, not only had Lorelai managed to manipulate her title that her granddaughter gave her, but she had also been able to enforce her granddaughter's title for her husband, Luke. The late Gilmore patriarch, Richard Gilmore, had been simply known as 'grandpa' to both his granddaughter and great granddaughter alike. Then Rory's father and Elleigh's grandfather, Christopher was known as 'Grandpa Christopher', while Elleigh's step grandfather, Luke, was 'Grandpa Butch', as encouraged by Lorelai and based on his high school nickname.

Also just like the mother and daughter of the previous generation, Elleigh joined the line of caffeine addicts, of course, despite Rory's best efforts against it. She had fought a losing battle to try and keep her daughter away from coffee. This began when she was around three and Rory would have to keep a close eye on where she kept her coffee cups in the house, knowing that if it was in the toddler's reach, her cup would be empty by the time that she got back to it.

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In addition to being close to her family, Elleigh has a number of friends around Stars Hollow. She is particularly close to Lane and Zach's twins, the Van Gerbig boys; Steve and Kwan who are best friends and like big brothers alike to the younger girl.

Elleigh also has a little bit to do with Jackson and Sookie's children. However, given the fact that they are a few years older than Elleigh and the Van Gerbig boys, Davey and Martha are more like the cool older kids that they aspire to be like and hang out with.

One other particularly notable friend of Elleigh's is the town sourpuss – Michel. For someone who spends 90% of his life hating everyone and everything, the Frenchman has a surprising soft spot for the child. In fact, Elle is up there with Michel's Chows in terms of likability.

The other townspeople of Stars Hollow adore Elleigh too, in just the same way as they had loved her mother as a child. In fact, Elleigh almost outdoes Rory. She has the sweetness of her mother with the charm of her father... After all, no one can pull a prank on Taylor Doose with Steve and Kwan and then simply sweetly apologise her way out without receiving a seven-hour lecture like Elleigh can.

Elleigh Gilmore was essentially the grandchild of Stars Hollow.

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After spending the day of the funeral with Luke and Lorelai, the following day Rory and Elleigh returned to their own home. Their cosy, little two-bedroom home in Stars Hollow is located closer to the township, a few streets away from the town square, in between Sookie and Jackson's family home and Kim's Antiques.

This is where you'll find Rory in the lounge room, typing away furiously on her laptop when her young daughter slowly creeps into the room. She can finally approach her privately, now that the mother and daughter are at home together, alone.

"Hey, Elle... Is everything okay sweetheart?"

Now, one more thing that should be known about Elleigh is her insatiable curiosity. That is why, when the mother and daughter finally have a moment alone, the nine year old just has to ask the question that has been on her mind since the day before.

"Mom...?" Elleigh Gilmore finally says working up the courage to ask the question that has been bouncing around within her, since the funeral. In fact, it's been a welcome distraction for the young girl since her great-grandfather's passing.

"You know that man that you were talking to at grandpa's funeral... Who was that?"

Ah guys, you amaze me. Thank you so much for all of the awesome support and feedback that you have given me and this story so far. I hope you'll love the adventures coming up for Rory, Logan and Elle as well as all of our other favourite characters. Thank you all again for the support thus far.

Next chapter: After the run-in at the funeral, both Logan and Elleigh do a bit of digging and research. What does Elle uncover?