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Background: This is very AU. Rory and rest of the characters we've come to know from Gilmore Girls are all in one rural town. They all attend one high school and can sometimes be OOC.

Rory woke up to some insanely annoying sound coming from her alarm clock. She slapped at it until it finally stopped. Pulling her herself out of bed she went to begin her same old ordinary day. Unknown to her, this is day is about to be anything by normal.

After a shower, and a few cups of coffee she feels semi-prepared to face the world. She passes her mother Lorelai looking for her left shoe.

"Try the oven sweets." Lorelai gushes as she gulps down her third cup of coffee.

Rory smirks to herself, but nonetheless finds her elusive shoe right where her mother said it would be.

"I don't want to know why it was there," Rory admits as she struggles to put on the shoe.

Realizing she is running late she inhales a pop tart and kisses her mothers cheek haphazardly. Speed walking out of her house and down the street she tries to recall all the vocabulary words she studied for a biology test, while trying to think up an excuse to tell Lane why she is late.

The girls meet every weekday before school to walk together. It is ritual they are afraid to break. Rory and Lane have been best friends since Rory has moved into the neighborhood. Only recently has their friendship been tested considering Lane's suddenly interest in a boy named Dave. Rory has had her share of boyfriends but Lane has not. She only talks about Dave's amazing conversation skills, or creative musical taste, or his ability to breath so beautifully.

"Rory!" Lane yells as if Rory doesn't see her.

"Hey you."

They begin their long walk to school. They girls are both seventeen and are able to drive but Lane mother forbids it while Rory is just plan bad. She's been known to kill two small fuzzy things, hit several parked cars, and somehow hit her head on the dashboard while trying to park. Walking just seems to be safest. As they walk they talk:

"I tried calling Dave again last night."

"Hang up again?"

"Four times. I almost spoke up the last time though, but his mother picked up and I threw up in my mouth a little bit."

Rory makes a sour face at her friend's bluntness but continues listening and walking. Once they reach the school they hurry down the hall toward their lockers. Lane sees Dave as soon as they enter and throw herself head first into the bathroom.

"She must feel sick" Rory unskillfully lies as she lets herself into the restroom going after Lane.

"Tell her I hope she-" Dave is cut off by the door shutting. He looks dejected but continues in the direction of his locker. As he walks pondering how cute that Korean girl was even when she was sick he walks into someone.

"Oh jeeze..sorry man"

"No problem but do you want to help us with a survey?" Logan states as he turns to see who walked into him.

"Umm…I guess" Dave states unsure.

"Do you my kind and dear friend think that young lady is a natural redhead?" Finn gushes in the direction of the girl.

"Uh yeah. That's Francie she's been coming here for the last 2 years. Its all her." Dave says.

"Oh my. Now I am just overexcited." Finn says while dropping his arm around Dave's shoulder.

"Finn unhand the boy you making him nervous" Colin says as he walks up to the small group.

Dave watches the three of them talk. Finn and Colin have spoken to him before but not Logan. He is usually only social with his friends or someone of the female persuasion. Dave feels like this situation could not get anymore uncomfortable until another taller blond stalks into the conversation leering at Logan the whole time.

"Huntzberger, you abducting people again?"

"Don't know what you're talking about DuGrey"

In the restroom Lane continues to slightly dry heave in the stale closest to the door. Rory stands with her back leaning on the door telling Lane soothing words of comfort: (Or at least she tried)

"You look cute today and he seemed worried about your sudden sprint in here! I'm sure everything is fine. You just need to breath, brush your teeth, and get back out their soldier!"

Lane moans in response. Rory is about to rant more but is cut off by a very male voice coming from one of the stales.

"Soldier?"

Rory is at first scared but becomes angry as the face that the voice belongs to.

Jess opens the door smirking in the way only he can. His eyes are glossy and a little bloodshot. He continues,

"She finally has contact with a boy, who is not Korean might I add, and he is all she wants so she remedies the whole situation by vomiting every time they come in contact…"

Lane starts coughing violently again in the bathroom. Rory stares at Jess Mariano. Since they have been children they have known one another. That was what it was like growing up in this type of town. You start school with a group of people and you most likely graduate with minor changes. Since Jess was little he has been in trouble, but within the last year or so he had taken to snorting or smoking whatever wonder drug is hot they week.

"Jess, just get out you are not allowed in here"

"Make me"

"Just get out Jess! You are making a bad situation ten times worse."

"I love you too darling" He smiles big one more time as he pushes his way out of the bathroom in one quick motion.

"I hate him," Rory thinks out loud.

"Yah well who doesn't?" Lane says as she exits the stall.

Jess walks coolly down to hallway trying to avoid eye contact with everyone and everything. He smirks a little recalling his very recent interaction with Rory and her queasy Korean friend Lane. He starts to plan his day and realizes he needs to meet up with his friend Matt to score some of whatever wonderful substance he has in store today. Since he is deep in thought he walks straight into Tristan.

"Whoa, sorry" Tristan says

"Walk much?" Jess retorts already tired of the conversation.

"We need to stop holding pow wows in the middle of the hallway because broody junkies and lisping freaks keep suddenly going blind and stalking into us" Logan states suddenly very angry.

Dave tries to shrink away but Finn has most of his weight on him. Jess goes to keep walking but Tristan continues to block the way.

"Wanna move?"

"Apologize"

"What!"

"Say that you are sorry."

"Listen most people here may worship the ground you walk on because both of your dads own the whole fucking town but I really don't care so just move already" Jess says getting way too emotionally wrapped up in this conversation.

Before Tristan or Logan is retaliating Paris Geller makes her way into the growing circle of confrontations.

"Have any of you seen Rory Gilmore!"

"When I thought nothing to could get worse…" Jess mumbled to himself.

"What you want Mary for Geller?" Tristan smirks

"I have a very important question for her Tristan now stop smiling like that at me or I will rip your lips off!" Paris yells obviously already wound up.

Everyone begins arguing with one another.

"You want to move so you can argue more with her?"

"Shut up junkie"

"Hey can I have my shoulder back"

"Shut up."

"This like very dramatic play"

"Man, stop it"

"Move"

"Logan stop leering at me"

"No!"

"Leering! Hah!"

Rory and a freshly cleaned up Lane resume their quick pace to their lockers but are stopped dead in their tracks as they see a group of people arguing intensively blocking their destination.

"Leering! Hah!"

Rory taking on the duty steps forward to ask them to move kindly considering she doesn't want to be late for class. She is shut down by Paris.

"Gilmore! Where the hell have you been? I come looking for you and get caught in the clutches of two princes, two henchman, some kid I don't even know and the junkie."

Rory tried to follow the logic but still seems confused as she tries to talk to Paris, Dave mumble his name. Lane looks up and they smile sweetly at one another.

Chaos ensues as Tristan steps eerily close to Rory and proceeds to hit on her. Logan look jealous and angry as he glares at Rory and Tristan. Finn waves mercilessly at Francie who is now looking at them all strangely. Jess is getting be raided by Paris. Colin looks oddly lost. Dave who is still in the clutches of Finn waves at Lane who turns a bright shade of red. People in the hallways are disappearing but the group down not notice. The bell rings very loudly and everyone suddenly goes quiet realizing they are now all tardy. The next thing heard is Lanes quiet little voice echoing in the hallway:

"Hi Dave"

As the group everyone is written up for being late. They finally make it their lockers and head toward their first classes. Unbeknownst to them a figure stares at them from a distance. They smile a little and plan what they want to do first.

Review please! Should i continue? What other characters you want? Who do you want for romantic interests? Who do you think the mysterious figure is?