[melitta]

danke obwohl englisch ja offenbar nicht so gut ankommt^^ aber ich brauch eh ein wenig übung und da schreib ich lieber was, das mich interessiert^^ und wenn es verständlich ist, ist es auch gut

Chapter 8


Both were heading to the breakfast room, and Jane reminded Rory, that Josh and his fellas might be there too.

After they entered the room and took their seats, Jane observed the whole room, trying to find out, if Josh is really there, but she neither saw him nor one of his fellas. It made her feel a bit more comfortable, so she could enjoy her toast and coffee without the feeling of having to control every of her moves, just in case Josh is looking at her (or Rory).

,,Rory… Jane, here you are.”

It was Harry, coming from nowhere. He was truly happy to see Rory again.

,,Harry, nice to meet you again, won’t you take a seat?”, Rory asked, without thinking that his collegues might come over too. Jane looked at her angrily, but Rory didn’t notice it.

,,That’s a nice offer, but I can’t take it, you know, if Josh, Mike and Tommy come, they wouldn’t behave appropriate.”

Rory, who remember her discussion with Jane about Josh the day before, urgently felt pretty uncomfortable.

,,Ahm yeah, I haven’t thought about them,” she looked at Jane apologetic ,,They wouldn’t be as nice as you are.” She smiled at him.

,,Well then, I’m going to find a table far away from yours. Bye.”
Harry left and Rory told Jane, that she was really sorry, she hadn’t thought that Josh might be coming over too. Jane accepted her excuse and relied on not speaking about him anymore today.

At night Barack Obama held another meeting at the Oklahoma City Town Hall.
Rory, Jane and Susan, who was another Campaign member, had the charging to write down what Obama says and afterwards to write their own article about it. Rory was exicted, that was exactly what she wanted to do.
The Town Hall was filled with people interested in Obama’s speech. Rory and her colleagues had their seats in the front row, nearly face to face with Obama.

After his speech, they had the possibility to ask some questions. Rory wasn’t sure, wether she should ask Obama something or not, but she overcame her shyness, rose her arm, and Obama gave her the word.
She took a deep breath and asked :,,Mr. Obama, my name is Lorelai Gilmore, I’m a reporter for your campaign trail. I wanted to know, how you feel about the people in Europe and the other continents. Do you think it is very important to give them a positive image abot you, or do you want to absolutely concentrate on the US citizens?”
,,Nice to meet you Ms. Gilmore, to answer your question, I want to basically concentrate on the US citizens, but I feel it is very important to give all people around the world a positive image about me…..”
Rory listened carefully and tried to write down every single word he said. It was very exciting for her to have Obama answering her question.

She was the first one and as yet the only one of her campaign, who had the chance to ask Obama a question and afterwards, everyone of the campaign wanted to know how it was. Even Harry came to ask her.

Josh, Mike and Tommy were sitting on their seats, pretty desinterested. Jane saw them and it gave her heart a little stitch, how could she like someone like Josh? She shivered.

After the meeting, the campaign members had some free time. Rory and Jane decided to sightsee Oklahoma City.
It was completely different to New Haven, Hartford, especially Stars Hollow and Providence, where Jane came from. It wasn’t that big, like New York or L.A., but the climate and nature were different.
They bought some postcards and Rory wrote one to Lane and one to her Mum.

Hey, my favourite gum buddy;

I’m in Oklahoma City right now, and I spoke with Obama, believe it or not, but I did!!!
It was awsome, but I’m sure you’re not too interested in him, although I think he is pretty good-looking…
I’m having a good time, you shouldn’t worry, what I know you do!
How’s the Friday night dinner going? I hope grandma doesn’t drive you too crazy, ahm, I forgot, you are already crazy No…, that was a bad joke, sorry!
Ah! I need to do the start-the-morning-with-energy-and-joy-ritual with you, next time we see each other, copyright goes to Jane, one of my fellas, she is so nice, I think I finally made another gum buddy.

Bye, I love you, hope to see you soon,

Rory

Back at James Inn Rory immediatly began to write her report, although it hadn’t to be finished until tomorrow afternoon, the reason why Jane decided to write it as recently as tomorrow.