On The Radio

A/N: Takes place late in the fall after season 7 ended. Rory is visiting her mother on a weekend off from the campaign trail and stumbles on someone from her past.

Disclaimer: Gilmore Girls is not mine. Not now, not ever.

Preface

Rory sat down at the kitchen table, her hands eagerly grasping the steaming coffee cup. It was a rare thing since graduation to be back in her home town and the house she grew up in, but it was always something she looked forward to.

This time she was only home for two days, and time with her mother had been cut short by an emergency at the Dragonfly, which left her alone in the house this late morning.

Her computer was playing a New York radio station, but she barely listened at the moment. There had been a long winding report about the resent crisis in Afghanistan and she had done enough research about what was going on to tell that most facts were probably accurate, so she had tuned out the monotone voice of the reporter.

Now there was a commercial break, and after that a new interview in The Book Club.

That was what she was waiting for. One of her colleagues on the campaign trail had recommended it to her, almost on her first day, and for the past six months she'd made it a habit of tuning in every Sunday, and it bugged her every time she for some reason couldn't.

She always enjoyed those interviews, unconventional as they usually were, and often found herself buying a book by the author if she hadn't already read it.

But for now she ignored the annoying jingles and peppy voices trying to interest her in a new car, or trip, or bank loan, and instead concentrated on the wonderful taste of her favorite drink.

She was so engrossed in her cup that she didn't hear the intro for the program, or the introduction of the author, and then she almost choked on her coffee when she heard the voice that greeted the host.

It was a voice she would recognize anywhere. Stunned, she leaned closer to the computer, coffee forgotten, and listened.