A Second Chance

Chapter 3

One afternoon, Rory was sitting in Paris and Doyle's house, talking to Paris.

"Where is everyone today?" Rory asked. Paris and Doyle had 2 kids. Peter was born in July of 2009, and Daphne was born in September of 2011.

"Doyle took the mini Doyles to the park" Paris said. "What about you? Where's yours?"

Usually Rory brought Matthew with her when she went over there, wether or not Paris's kids were there, simply because she didn't always have someone to watch him. "He's playing with his cousins"

"Older brother cousins or twin cousins?" Paris asked. Matt had a twin sister, Megan, who had twin girls a year older than Matthew, and he also had a brother 2 years older than him, Mason, who had a 6 year old daughter and a 4 year old son. 

"Twin cousins" Rory said. "I was talking to Megan (Matt's twin sister) this morning and said something about Matthew being up all night-thank you teething- so she offered to watch him today so I could have a break"

"That's nice" Paris said

"Yeah"

After a few moments of silence, Paris spoke. "You need to get laid"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm serious. It's been way too long for you"  Paris said. As far as she knew (and Rory told her everything) Rory hadn't been with anyone since Matt died almost 3 years before.

"I'm not interested in dating right now, Paris"

"I'm not talking about a relationship, I get that you're not ready for that yet, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't have a little fun. You know...stress relief"

Rory chuckled softly. "I think I'm good"

"Alright, well if you change your mind I work with a lot of hot, single men"

"I'm good, Paris"

After spending a couple of hours with her friend, Rory went to pick up Matthew.

"Hey Rory" Megan said when she opened the door. They were friends before, but when Matt died they became really close. In general Rory had a great relationship with Matt's family. His parents always treated her like their daughter, and that continued after he died. Blood or not, she was family.

"Hi" Rory said

"Mama!" Matthew ran over to Rory and she picked him up.

"Hi bubba. Did you have fun?"

"Mommy, I teeth hurt" Matthew said. His last couple of molars were coming in which meant that he was in pain. It also meant that he wasn't sleeping well.

"I know baby. I'm sorry" Rory said. "I'll give you some medicine when we get home"

Later that evening, Lorelai went to see Rory and Matthew. They were sitting in the living room and Matthew was laying, curled up in Rory's lap.

"Can I put your number down on his daycare forms?" Rory asked.

"Sure, but why?"

"The forms need a number for each parent plus an extra in case of emergencies" Rory told her. "I obviously don't have that, so they said anyone that I trust would be fine. So I'm gonna give them your number and Amy's"

"Ok" Lorelai said.

"Is he asleep?" Rory asked. She couldn't see Matthew's face with the position he was in, but he'd been quiet for a little while.

Lorelai shook her head. "But he looks like he's about to be"

"Come on, bubba, let's go to bed" Rory said. She stood up and carried Matthew upstairs to his room. She sat with him on the rocking chair for a few minutes, and once he was asleep she put him in the crib before going back downstairs to where Lorelai was still sitting on the couch.