[Cedric]

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[FONT=&quot]Chapter Two: All the right moves[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Rory was bored. You could say that it happens from time to time in school, even to Rory, but right at this moment it was not normal. She was sitting in Max Medina’s Literature class for an hour now and usually she loved it. But today, and as she came to think about it, the whole week, she had been bored. Mr. Medina didn’t seem to be himself, normally he would pace around the classroom, talking about passion, Shakespeare and Dickens but the last couple of days, he had mostly made assignments which included silent work for the students. Rory wondered what had happened to him to make him lose all of his spirits. As the bell finally ended the class, Mr. Medina suddenly came to live.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Ms. Gilmore? Can I talk to you for a minute?”[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]He waited for the rest of the students to leave the room until he spoke again. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Rory, I… uhm,… I… really liked your paper about David Copperfield that you handed in last week.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Well, thanks,” Rory answered a little confused. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Why would he tell her that now? He could have done it in front of the class, too. She looked closer at him now. He seemed tired, like he hadn’t slept in days. She had a weird sensation in her stomach as she realized why the weary look was familiar to her. Her mother looked just like that. She had asked her about it that very morning but Lorelai had just said she had had a bad night sleep and things at the inn were crazy at the moment. She had believed her because why should she lie to her, right? But yet again, hadn’t she done the exact same thing? Hadn’t she withheld information on purpose from her mother, too? She had had the best intentions, when she had decided not to tell Lorelai that Max was back in Hartford and she indeed had been nervous last week as her mother told her that she would attend the parents-teacher meeting. But as Lorelai had come home that night, nothing seemed to be unusual, so Rory figured that their paths luckily hadn’t crossed.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Alright then, I have to catch my bus, so…”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Hold on, Rory…could you maybe tell your mother that I need to see her?” [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]A short pause, then:[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Only because of school, of course,” Max added quickly.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]He wanted to kick his own butt. Why did he have to involve Rory now? It was the same vicious circle as a year ago. But the harm was already done now, and he couldn’t do anything about it.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Yeah, sure. Am I in trouble?” Rory asked perplex.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“No, no. I just… I just want to talk about her and your options… for Harvard, I mean. I do like to talk to the parents about that first, you know.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Okay, alright then, I’ll tell her. Bye, Max… uhm, Mr. Medina.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Max is still alright,” he answered with a little smile.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]With one last look, Rory left classroom. Max stood there, immobile for a few moments. He had no clue, what he wanted to say to Lorelai. But he knew that he really needed to talk to her. He hadn’t been sleeping for days now because he couldn’t figure out why Lorelai had acted the way she had last week. And he was confused about himself, too. He used to think that he was over her, that she didn’t mean anything to him anymore. But he could see now that he had been lying to himself. He didn’t quite know what it was but he really needed to talk to her, even if it would end up in a fight, he just had to do it.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Lorelai was exhausted, Michel had been driving her crazy the whole day and now all she could think of was a hot shower and a crappy movie to watch together with Rory. As she entered the living-room though, Rory was sitting there, without reading a book. That seemed odd to Lorelai and as she looked closer, she could see Rory looking very serious. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“What’s up, honey? What did I do to have you looking at me like I’m from Monsters, Inc.?”[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]No smile appeared on Rory’s face. Instead she stood up to face Lorelai.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Mom, I had a very interesting outing in school today. You know, my teacher asked me to tell you that he wanted to see you.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Uneasiness spread out in Lorelai’s stomach. She hadn’t told Rory that she and Max had kissed or even met.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Hmm… why, what’s wrong?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“I wouldn’t know, Mom… But my literature teacher wants to see you and I have a feeling that you already know who that is.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Lorelai didn’t answer immediately. She had worked hard to forget about the kiss last week, or rather not to forget about it but to figure out why exactly she had done it. She could think of the reason why Max wanted to see her now. Remorse crept up inside of her again. Not only did he shock him, but Rory was involved now, again. She should have told her. At least, that she had seen him.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“So, Max, huh?” She finally answered, trying to sound innocent.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Mom, why do I have the feeling that he doesn’t want to talk about me? What happened last week? And why didn’t you tell me that you’ve met him?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] “First of all, yes, I did see him. Secondly, maybe I didn’t tell you because you didn’t tell me he was back either. You could have told me. No, you should have told me. I could have avoided running into him like that, you know, totally unprepared. Don’t try to protect me, okay? I know you meant well, but I was the bad guy in this case, no need to shield me from the real world.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“I’m sorry,” Rory said, looking like she meant it. “It won’t happen again. From now on, I’ll tell you every little detail of what he was wearing, what he was saying… speaking of which, what does he want to talk to you about?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“I don’t know, honey. I promise nothing has happened. We didn’t even talk to each other. So I guess it really is about you.” [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Lorelai felt bad about lying to Rory again. But she couldn’t stand it to talk about what had happened in that faithful classroom. She didn’t even want to think about it. She still didn’t know what got into her, kissing him like that. Sure, she had thought about him from time to time over the last year but she always had believed that she didn’t feel anything for him. But as he was standing there in front of her last week, looking so handsome, so adorable, she couldn’t help herself. It had been stupid, she knew that but she did it anyway. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Work on the next day dragged on. Lorelai couldn’t concentrate on anything. She knew she had to call Max at some point but she pushed and pushed it. Finally, Sookie, who had been eyeing her suspiciously the whole day, approached her, asking what was wrong with her.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“I have to tell you something, Sookie. You know, Max is back at Chilton. I’ve met him there, out of the blue. Rory hadn’t told me that he was her teacher again. And I don’t know Sookie, he just looked so good and I couldn’t help myself. I kissed him, Sookie, I kissed him.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Pause.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“You did? Why? Do you still have feelings for him? What did he say?” Sookie asked, almost bouncing up and down in excitement.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“I don’t know, Sookie,” Lorelai answered thought- and truthfully, “I cannot wrap my head around it. I mean, I was so cruel to him, blowing off the wedding and stuff… and now I top that with kissing him? What has gotten into me? I think I’m going crazy.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Have you talked to him? I mean, after the kiss?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“No. He told Rory, he wanted to talk to me about her but I highly doubt that. I mean he reached out obviously, so I have to call him now, right?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Yeah, you should,” Sookie said, while placing the phone into Lorelai’s hands and then she disappeared without another word.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Lorelai needed a few moments to clear her head but she could see that there was no way to delay the phone call any further, so she just dialed the number, she still knew by heart, and waited. She let out a sigh, as the answering machine answered her call.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Hi, this is Max Medina, I’m not here right, so just leave a message. Bye.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Hi. This Lorelai… Gilmore. Lorelai Gilmore, well, you know. Look, I think we need to talk. See… I’m still taking my business class in Hartford on Tuesdays and I still go to the coffee shop every time. If you want, we can meet there. Ok, uhm, I guess that’s it. Goodbye… Max.” [/FONT]