New Beginnings

Chapter 8

"Yikes, I'm sorry" Lorelai says.

"So what's the deal? Are you coming over tonight?" Rory asks. "No, I guess I'm pretty much stuck in the Hollow tonight" Lorelai answers.

"Bummer" Victoria says. "Well we can take our snow walk tomorrow night" says Rory. "Absolutely" Lorelai agrees.

"Alright now honeys tell grandma you arrived there not members of the junior league and I'd like you to leave there the same way" Lorelai says.

"Call if you get lonely" Victoria tells her. "I will, bye" Lorelai says hanging up.

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"Well I just don't understand why you waited so late to call, are you sure? Fine. Alright, yes. Goodbye" Emily says on the phone.

"Well I don't know what I'm gonna do now" she says. "What's the problem Emily?" her husband asks.

"The problem is that apps Florence cannot get here because of the storm" she answers him. "Florence?" Richard questions. "Our cook" Emily replies.

"Ah, well we'll just have to go out then" Richard says.

"Oh please Richard pay attention, we can't go out. It's miserable out there" Emily tells him. "Well we'll figure something out" Richard says.

"What? What will we figure out?" Emily asks. "Well I don't know" Richard responds. "I hate the damn snow" Emily says.

"Emily, calm down" Richard tells his wife.

"This is a serious problem, these Friday night dinners are the only proper food those children eat all week" Emily says pointing towards the twins. "Girls, are you in anyway malnourished or in need of some international relief organization to recruit a celebrity to raise money on your account?" Richard asks his granddaughters.

"We're good" Victoria replies. "They're good, Emily" Richard says. "Your sense of humor rears its ugly head at the oddest of times Richard" Emily says to her husband.

"Emily, I'm not the mastermind behind some great scheme to spoil your dinner plans and I don't care to be treated as such" Richard says.

"So your fine with having no dinner tonight, is that it?" Emily asks. "I certainly am not" Richard answers.

"How about we check the fridge?" Rory suggest. "Yeah, I'm sure there's something in there we could whip up" Victoria adds. "Whip up?" Emily questions.

"Yeah, come on" Rory says.

"It'll be fun I promise" Victoria tells her grandparents as her and her sister walk to the kitchen. "Well come on, Mr. We'll figure it out" Emily says following the twins.

"Nothing" Emily says looking in the fridge. "Not a blessed thing" Richard agrees. "There's frozen pizza" Rory says.

"How in the world did that get there?" Emily asks.

"Maybe you bought it and forgot about it" Victoria shrugs. "I have never bought frozen pizza, it must belong to Anna" Emily replies.

"The maid" Richard says. "Yes" Emily confirms. "Ah, got one" Richard says proudly.

"What are you doing?" Emily asks as Rory takes the pizza out of the fridge.

"She's gonna make it" Victoria answers for her sister. "You're not serious" Emily says.

"That hardly looks like dinner" Richard adds. "I agree, that's good you eat at a carnival or in a Turkish prison" Emily says. "I promise you're gonna love it" Rory promises.

"But-" Emily starts.

"Listen, just leave it up to us. You guys go back into the living room and we'll call you when it's ready" Victoria interrupts her grandmother. Her grandparents hesitantly start to walk away.