Smile

10 Chapter

Dear readers, I just want to say sorry, but due to Christmas season and several days holiday in London I will not publish as often as usually in December. However I thought I write a Christmas one shot as a thank you to all my awesome readers for Christmas and I will publish it on Christmas Eve. And then I thought it could also be a great possibility for all the fabulous fanfiction authors with not enough time to write a long story at the moment and for all the people who want to try to write a story for the first time.

Therefore I want to invite you to join my Gilmore Girls Christmas Challenge to spread the love for Gilmore Girls fanfictions in the month of joy and giving. If you want to join just write a Gilmore Girls fanfiction one shot (means only 1 chapter, you can decide how many words) which includes Christmas and a happy ending (because who likes a Christmas story with a bad end!?) and publish it in December. Of course you can write several one shots too... After publishing in December, please share your story on Facebook with the hashtag #GilmoreGirlsChristmasChallenge

I hope you like my idea and feel inspired in the best time of the year. Feel free to share the idea for as many GG Christmas stories as possible, ClaudiaCleland

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Rory awaken with a smile on her face. Yesterday Scott sent her the picture of Robert with a gorilla and he looks happy in the photo. Whatever happened last weekend her scavenger hunt idea seemed to have cheered him up, the aura of sadness that surrounded him last weekend isn't there in this picture.

She spent yesterday creating the next clue for the scavenger hunt. Even though it is fun to decide what Robert should do next, she wonders if she should have involved herself instead of sending him alone on these little adventures. She admits to herself that she misses him.

At the same time Robert receives the next clue from a devilishly smirking Scott.

"I like your girlfriend, boss," Scott teases a bit.

Robert replies, "She's not my girlfriend."

It's not the first time he thinks about the possibility that Rory could be his. He smiles softly to himself, but gets caught by his employee.

"Sure, Robert, whatever helps you sleep at night," Scott mocks. He has never seen Robert as cheerful as he is today. Robert's always nice to all his staff, however usually he's reserved in showing any of his feelings.

Robert heartily laughs while Scott tosses him the newest envelope with his next clue.

He opens the envelope while walking to his office. "I'll be there for you when the rain starts to pour. For the second clue, escape the ordinary and use me for a little dare with an exotic friend. And so the adventure begins..."

He rereads the first sentence several times, "I'll be there for you when the rain starts to pour."

Well, sounds like an umbrella. He looks around his office to see if he can find his umbrella. Looking around he spots it under a pile of papers. Fishing for it he understands why Rory has chosen this clue.

The first weekend he saw her, she jumped with Huntz from a scaffold. He was absolutely impressed. Usually Logan always brought women who only wanted to look pretty, but Rory was beautiful and bold. Robert hated that Logan found her first. When he heard that Logan had arranged a no-strings relationship with her, he took the first chance to date her. Sadly, she was deeply attracted to Logan to give Robert a chance. But now he might have a chance. As he thinks of this he has a strange sensation in the pit of his stomach. How pathetic, he thinks to himself.

"For the second clue, escape the ordinary and use me for a little dare with an exotic friend," he repeats.

"An exotic friend?" he wonders.