Rory's sweet 16 birthday at the Gilmore's

Rory walked in wearing a tea length light blue dress. She began wondering around greeting her grandfather who was engrossed in a debate with his business partners. She moves through the crowd of people looking for her mom when she feels someone grab her by the arm.

"Rory, finally I've been looking for you everywhere. You need to make a speech for your guests." Emily insisted. Rory lost it. She hadn't wanted this party in the first place. She hated these people they were mean and stuck up. She wanted to leave. So she yanked her arm away.

"No grandma they're your guests not mine!" She hissed. "If you want a speech give one yourself." Rory walked away from her stunned grandma heading for the front door. She swings the door open to tristen just about to ring the bell.

"Oh god why are you here!?" Rory spit.

"Awe I'm hurt Mary I thought you wanted me here. I mean you even came to greet me at the door. Now how about a birthday kiss?" He smirks leaning forward. Rory holds back wanting nothing more then to slap the smirk off his face.

"1st I didn't even want to be here. 2nd I was trying to leave and you just happened to be in the way. 3rd I would rather kiss the next person to show up then kiss you." As if on cue a tall handsome brunette shows up at the door. Rory doesn't hesitate.
She marches up to him and before he could say anything she put her hands around his neck and pulled his lips to hers. Taken by surprise the stranger is in shock at first but soon he deepens the kiss slipping his tongue in her mouth. Rory almost
forgot why she had kissed him. She was so into the kiss she didn't even realize tristen had stormed off. Pulling away she takes off upstairs looking for her moms old room so she could hide.

She enters the room and plops on the bed. She notices a note on the night stand.

"Hey hun I figured you would need an escape route in case the party was horrible and you couldn't find me. So 1. The pool house you could go in there and out the back door but you need to make sure your grandparents don't see you. 2. You could sneak out
the window but you'll have to climb down the tree next to the balcony."(Please be careful if you choose option 2 cause it can be a bit tricky finding the right footing.)

"Leave it to mom to have a backup plan." Rory grins to herself. She walks over to the balcony and upon examining the tree decides it's a bit to dangerous. Rory slowly makes her way back down stairs. She spots her grandparents talking to her mom. Looks like their mad. Lorelai spots her and gives her a slight nod and smile to let her know it's okay. Rory continues out to the Patio before anyone else could notice her.

"Hey." an unfamiliar voice said causing her to jump not expecting anyone to be on the patio. Looking closely she realizes it's the guy she had kissed. She still couldn't believe what she had done. He probably thinks shes crazy. The memory of his lips causes her to blush.

"umm hey, listen i'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have kissed you like that." He smirks at her. Thinking to himself she's pretty cute when she blushes. Taking a step closer he looks her in the eyes.

"Trust me when I say, you never have to apologize for kissing me like that." he says with a slight chuckle. "By the way why are you out here any ways? Isn't this shindig for you?"

"Welllllll." Rory stresses the word. "I was actually trying to sneak away. This isn't really my type of thing. It was my grandparents idea. Wait. I just realized, you don't look familiar. Do you go to Chilton?" She questions.

"I did for a little while but my parents sent me to a boarding school in London. I'm actually just back visiting. My grandmother is in the DAR with Emily. So she insisted that I come." He says looking off.

"Wow boarding school. That sounds pretty exciting. Too bad you don't go to Chilton anymore though, your'e the first person iv'e talked to that didn't drive me crazy." Her revelation causes him to chuckle.

"Soooo, you were trying to sneak off? Why don't we sneak off together? I could use the break from. Well you know." He gazed at her waiting for a response.

Looking at him intently, she finally took in his appearance. He had short brown hair. Beautiful icy blue eyes. He was just a couple of inches taller then her. He was definitely on the thinner side but he wasn't scrawny. She realized he was actually very attractive. She smiled softly. "Why not I know the perfect spot." Rory held out her hand leading him to the pool house.

They both take a seat on the couch. "So miss Gilmore. Tell me about yourself?"
"Well what do you want to know?"
"How about when you started Chilton? I definitely would've noticed if we went to school together."
"Actually this was my first year at Chilton. So how long did you go to Chilton?"
"I actually only went for a semester during my freshmen year. Then my parents decided a boarding school would look better on a college application. Between you and me though, I think they just wanted me out of their hair. I have three other brothers and two little sisters."
"I don't think they would ship you off just for that. They probably just thought it was best." He was amazed. This girl has no idea what a selfish parent is. She must not have been around society very often growing up if she still has so much faith in a parent. He admired her for that. He found himself just smiling softly at her.
"Yea maybe your'e right." She smiles back at him and it awakens something in him. He feels... nervous? He's never felt this way before. For the first time he found himself speechless,
"So where were you planning to go to college?"
"Actually I have yet to decide. I was actually debating taking a year off to travel around. How about you?"
"Me and my mom actually have a deal. Once I graduate from Chilton we are going to backpack across Europe together. You know do the whole Hostel thing. But my dream is to go to Harvard. We have a wall dedicated to it."
"Harvard huh? What were you wanting to study?" Rory was suddenly sporting a huge grin.
"Iv'e always wanted to study Journalism. It's my dream to travel the world and report or even just write about the world." He could tell she was very passionate about this. He realized she was different from the society girls he see's often. She actually has ambition and a goal, that's not just bagging a rich husband. It helps that she seems to have a brain.
"That's really amazing." he said impressed.
"Thanks." She felt like she was gushing.
"Hey do you think, maybe, I could get your number?" He asks hesitantly.
*Bzzzz Bzzzz* Rory pulls out her phone. Reading the text she doesn't realize what he's asked.
"Shoot my mom says my grandma is looking for me. I need to sneak back in." She stands up to leave. He stands with her having forgotten his own question. "Listen thank you so much for tonight. You actually made my birthday bearable." He leans closer to her pulling her in for a hug.
"Anytime miss Gilmore." He whispers in her ear causing her to blush. They slowly pull apart and he looks into her beautiful blue eyes and couldn't help himself. He softly puts his hand on chin tilting it ever so slightly and kissed her gently enjoying the feeling of her soft lips. Pulling apart Rory bites her lip turning to leave. As she opens the door, Rory turns her head.
"I hope we get to do this again." Rory says shyly. Closing the door and walking back to the main house leaving the mystery guy in the pool house.
Thinking to himself man I have to see her again.

Later that night

After a long day Rory is laying in bed. Thinking back to her conversation with her mystery guy and the kisses they shared. Of course she told Lorelai when they finally arrived home.

"You kissed someone!"
"Well yea Bible boy was being a jerk and I just wanted to shut him up. So I kissed the first guy I saw."
"Well where did you go? There was a good hour before I had to text you because Emily was looking for you."
"I ran into the guy I kissed on the patio and we decided to hide out in the pool house. We just stayed there and talked. It was really nice...We actually shared another kiss..."
"You kissed him twice?! Wait a minute what was his name? Did you get his number?" Rory pales.
"Oh my god. I'm so stupid I got your text the same moment he asked for my number and I completely forgot to give it to him."
"Did you at least get his name?" Rory shakes her head no.
"Awe hun it's okay maybe you'll see him again at another Gilmore event."
"The chances of that are pretty slim. He goes to a boarding school in London. But I guess it's possible."

Laying in bed Rory wonders if she will see her mystery guy again. She slowly drifts into a slumber replaying her night.

Writers notes: So i'm not sure how I am going to continue yet. I haven't decided if I am going to write the dean situation or even how he fits into this story. There are going to be some major plot differences in my story and the show. So please bare with me while I figure out how the story will continue next. But this is the first chapter to my very first fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed and continue to read. I do have ideas for other fanfictions in the future but for now my attention is solely on this one until I can get a better handle on how to write a good story. Again thank you so much for reading. I will post another chapter as soon as I can.

P.S. If you notice errors in grammar or spelling please feel free to let me know.