Finding Rory

Chapter 23: Ya-Ya Motherhood

"Alright, kiddo, I have personally hand-selected five movies for us to choose from tonight. For your viewing pleasure, we have Terms of Endearment, Mermaids, Girl in Progress, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Pick your poison," Lorelai said as they walked back into the Crap Shack after dinner at Luke's.

"I feel like there's some kind of theme here," Rory said.

"Of course there's a theme! They're mother-daughter movies," Lorelai said happily.

"There's no way I'll stay awake long enough to watch five movies, Mom," Rory groaned.

"We'll just watch whatever we can tonight and save the rest for tomorrow, sweets. Now, what will it be?" Lorelai asked as she held up the movies.

"Umm...how about Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood?" Rory asked hesitantly. Truth be told, none of the movies sounded that entertaining to her. But she read the book and she didn't really think her mother had seen the movie before. This might lead to an interesting evening.

"Are you sure, babe? I think Fried Green Tomatoes would be good," Lorelai said as she held the movie out toward Rory.

"No I think Divine Secrets might be good, I haven't seen the movie but I am familiar with the book.," Rory consented unhappily.

Lorelai popped the movie in and sat down next to Rory, intent on enjoying movie night with her daughter and hopefully also showing her just how important their close relationship was.

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Tristan smiled as he walked into the bar to meet the guys. It had been a couple of months since they'd all taken time away meet up for drinks and catch up.

"Hey, Colin, Finn," he greeted them warmly as he sat down across from them.

"Hi, Mate. We've already ordered our drinks and appetizers," Finn replied as he pointed to the bottle of scotch and extra glass sitting on the table.

Tristan poured himself a glass of scotch and took a sip,relishing the feel of the liquid as it burned its way down his throat. It always reminded him of his grandpa. He'd shared many moments with Janlan over a glass of scotch, and since his grandfather had passed away he'd gotten closer to his dad and begun sharing moments with him over the amber liquid as well. He was pulled from his thoughts as the waitress came over and delivered their appetizers to the table. They each took a plate and dug into the food as their conversation continued.

"So, where is the lovely Rory tonight?" Colin asked.

"She's with her mom in Stars Hollow. I'm going to meet her there tomorrow around lunch time and meet her mom and Luke."

"You're a brave man, Mate. Lorelai's a formidable opponent. She never did like Logan, and I suspect that had a lot to do with why Rory turned down his proposal. She always seemed less sure of herself and more distant from Logan after spending time with her mom," Finn said.

"Interesting. She and her mom got into an argument last weekend when she told Lorelai that we'd been spending time together; we weren't even together yet at that point," Tristan shared with his two friends.

"Lorelai definitely has something against society, I can tell you that for certain, and she's quite the protective mama bear toward Rory. Rory told us all about how her mom had left society and ran away to Stars Hollow, and how tense her relationship with Richard and Emily were. Lorelai didn't like that Rory fit into society perfectly. You should have seen her when we brought Rory home from that male Yale party that Richard and Emily threw for Rory; Lorelai was furious," Colin told Tristan.