Pretty & Perfect

Prologue

Christa, her twin sister Rory and their mother Lorelai were walking through the middle of Stars Hallow town square. The entire town was covered in yellow daisies.

"You should get married in Italy." Christa suggested to Lorelai as the three women crossed the street.

"All the way from home, same topic. There's tons of stuff going on in the world. Big stuff." Lorelai said to her daughter, trying to change the subject.

"Like?" Rory inquired before Christa could.

"Balkans."

"That was ages ago. Read a paper."

"Ugh. They make my hands black." Lorelai complained with a scowl. Rolling her eyes, Christa interrupted them before Rory could respond.

"Oh! You should walk down the aisle to Frank Sinatra with a huge bouquet of something that smells really good."

"Pot roast." Her mother said with a loving sigh.

"And you should wear a long veil with your hair up." She continued, ignoring Lorelai's exasperated expression.

"Ugh, I'll take any other subject in the world for two hundred Alex."

"Why don't you want to think about this?" Christa and Rory said at the same time.

"Creepy." Their mother said with a fake shudder, making them roll their eyes. "Because I haven't made my mind up about the yes or no part, so I don't want to start fantasizing about dresses and flowers or doves and tulle until I do, so please change the subject."

"I think the bridesmaids should be able to pick their own dresses." Christa said with a grin, just to annoy her mother.

"You know how on All in the Family when Edith would be yapping about something and Archie would pretend to make a noose and hang himself or shoot himself in the head?"

"Yeah?" Rory answered with a confused frown.

"I don't know. Something about this moment just made me think of that." She shrugged.

"Fine, I'm done." Christa pretend pouted and then smiled and looped an arm through Lorelai's.

"I'm taking these to Lane." Rory announced as she lifted her arms to show them the books in her arms.

"Okay. Meet us at Luke's." Lorelai replied to her more studious daughter.

"Oh, get me a paper please." Rory asked as she ran towards Kim's Antiques where her best friend, Lane Kim lived, not waiting for their answer.

"But my hands!" Lorelai called out dramatically after her. Christa laughed at her mother's antics and pulled her with her towards Luke's diner, their favourite place to eat. Before they reached their destination, Lorelai saw the local news stand and veered towards it, pulling her grumbling daughter with her.

"Hey Bootsy." Lorelai greeted the man working at the news stand.

"So, apparently they shoot a gland from a pig's head in Ivana Trump's read end twice a month to keep her looking young." The middle age man replied to her, making Christa grimace. Having heard enough of that she moved away from them and picked up a Cosmopolitan to flip through as she waited. After finishing the magazine, she sighed and looked over at her mother, hoping that she was done. Seeing what her mother was reading she grinned and walked over to look over her shoulder.

"What'cha reading?" she asked, knowing from behind her.

"Oh God, do not sneak up on a person like that." Lorelai gasped, but Christa just smiled again and edged closer to see the cover of the magazine her mother was holding.