After she woke up, Rory curled up on her bed with a brand new copy of Amleth, content (though definitely curious about who had sent the gift - the entirety of which was piled in a neat pyramid in the middle of her room.) She'd turned eighteen as of 4:03 AM that morning, and this was undoubtedly the best way to spend the day. Quietly, and cozy, and ( Read more... )

Rory stretched languidly on the blanket up on the beach, on her stomach in a pretty sundress and reading a book of poetry by Robert Frost. She had taken care of her sunscreen thing, and based on a tip from her grandmother, oddly enough, she knew to have the Chanel No. 5 she had been given that Christmas on hand for bugs. Not that there were many ( Read more... )

After a long afternoon and evening, and a few phone calls to people to let them know things had gone fine, both the residents of the small hospital room were asleep, as was the thin figure curled up in a chair stationed just outside the room ( Read more... )

Rory, who had quietly been reading and catching up on email in her room all day after the excitement of the day prior, glanced up when her computer made that distinctive purring noise from her Gmail notifier.

TO:
FROM: SUBJECT: RE: Sad to have missed you ( Read more... )

Rory, having handwavily reclaimed her room and finally gotten un-chlorinated, lounged on her bed with her laptop, trying to decide whether she wanted to watch Bitterwoman or Galaxy Quest DVDs.

Vladdie was contentedly chewing on a 'Save the Teal Deer' button in the corner. He cared about their plight, too, you see.

[ooc: technically this happened 12/24-12/25, but due to RL stuff, it's being posted now. Live with it.]

Having retrieved her car earlier that week, Rory made the drive to Luke and Lorelai's new house on the mainland midafternoon on Christmas Eve.

She bounced up to the front door, staring at the house itself, and rang the bell with presents in