Glitter Years

Presenting the Gilmore Girls

Anna rang the doorbell and the maid answered it. "Yes?"

"Hey." Lorelai nods.

"Hello." The girl's wave.

"You're new." Lorelai smiles.

"Uh, I started yesterday." She told them.

"What's your name?" She asked.

"Liesl." She stood in the doorway.

"Okay, Liesl. I'm Brigitta, this is Gretl and Linzi. And, uh, Emily and Richard are expecting us." She points to herself then her daughters.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Please come in." She gave a nervous laugh as she let them in. They walk inside to hear Emily and Richard arguing upstairs. "Uh, can I, uh, get you a drink?" She asked.

"You know what, that's okay. I can get it. Why don't you go hide in the kitchen?" Lorelai took misery on the new maid.

"Really?" She looks so hopeful, that Anna wonders what her grandma did to her. Lorelai nods. "Thank you." She walks away.

"What is going on?" Rory asks. Their voices could be heard, but not what they were saying.

"I don't know. I think George and Martha are joining us for dinner." She nods towards the stairs where Emily and Richard move their argument.

"I didn't know that my every conversation needed to be reported to you. I stand corrected." Richard told her.

"I have been the co-chair of the Starlight Foundation for the last eight years." She glares.

"I know this, Emily." He sighs.

"And the Black and White Ball is the main fundraising event of the season." She reminds him of the importance of the event.

"It's one year." He puts up his index finger.

"The co-chair cannot miss the main fundraising event," Emily told him.

"Why? Won't the chair be there?" Richard asks, making Lorelai laugh quietly.

"Is this a joke to you?" She sneers.

"Emily, I have too many things to take care of at work. I don't have time for frivolous parties." He didn't know what was so hard for her to understand.

"Frivolous parties? Friv. . . ." She was so mad that she didn't even finish her sentence. She goes around him to walk up the stairs.

"Well, where are you going? Oh, come back here." He follows her.

"Wow, this is bad," Rory said.

"I know, I wish we had popcorn." Lorelai laughs.

"Mom." She scolds.

"Can't she just show up without him?" Anna asks.

"I would think so." Rory didn't see why not.

"Shh. Incoming." Their mom hushes them.

Emily and Richard come back down the stairs. Emily reads from a stack of invitations. "The Hartford Zoological Silent Auction, the Mark Twain House Restoration Fund luncheon, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Literacy Auction."

"I can read those myself, you know." He took the cards from her.

"This is the fourth event you've taken upon yourself to turn down on our behalf. And I am on the board of all of those foundations. Now, how do you think that makes me look?" She pointed at the cards.

"Like your husband is busy and has a great deal of responsibility." He raised his voice.

"Well, I have responsibilities too." She took the cards back and looked through them.