New Beginnings

Act 2 ch 8

"How's the meal?" Emily asks eating dinner with her daughter and granddaughters.

"Tasty" Rory answers. "Very tasty" Victoria agrees.

"New cook?" Lorelai asks. "Maricella" Emily nods. "She's introduces us to some wonderful dishes, so charmingly specific to her native country" she adds

"What country is she from?" Victoria asks her.

"One of those little ones next to Mexico" Emily answers. "How charmingly specific" Lorelai sarcastically says.

"Too bad grandpa's not here, he likes weird food" Rory says. "Where he eating his weird food tonight? Argentina? Morocco?" Victoria asks. "Akron" Emily answers.

"Ohio?" Victoria asks.

"Yes" Emily confirms. "Get outta here" Lorelai says.

"I will not get out of here" Emily replies. "No mom I didn't mean literally get out of here" Lorelai says. "Why's grandpa in Ohio?" Rory asks.

"I don't know" Emily answers.

"It's just a saying" Lorelai says still stuck on the get outta here thing. "They sent him to deal with their local office down there" Emily says.

"A saying like save me or get me out of here, things like that" Lorelai keeps going. "Lorelai would you like me to put a mirror in front of you so you can look at yourself while you have this conversation?" Emily asks. "Sorry, dad's in Akron..." Lorelai says.

"Yes, the amenities are atrociously lacking. He had to eat at a coffee shop last night" Emily tells them.

"The wholes thing's terribly insulting, he's miserable" she continues. "I hate that he's miserable" Victoria says.

"So do I, we really ought to do something" Emily replies. "Yes, I agree" Rory agrees. "Warning warning" Lorelai says.

"I'm glad to hear you say that because I thought of a wonderful way to cheer him up" Emily tells her granddaughters.

"Cool, what?" Victoria asks. "Danger Will Robinson danger" Lorelai warns her.

"An oil portrait of you for his study" Emily suggests. "An oil portrait?" Rory asks. "I tried, have fun" Lorelai gives up on saving them.

"It could hang right over his mantel, he'd just love it" Emily says.

"I guess that would be okay" Victoria agrees. "Oh mom, please don't make them do this" Lorelai begs.

"She just said she would" Emily insists. "Fine, paint the picture but don't make them sit and pose. Paint it from a photo" Lorelai suggests. "A photo? That's what they do at malls" Emily says disgusted by the idea.

"I'll sit, it's fine" Rory says.

"Just because your own experience sitting for a portrait was bad doesn't mean theirs has to be" Emily tells her daughter. "What portrait? I haven't seen this" Victoria asks.

"They never finished" Lorelai says proud. "Three painters started and they all three quit" Emily says. "Why did they quit?" Rory asks.

"She wouldn't stop scowling" Emily answers.

"I was going for a Billy Idol thing" Lorelai explains. "The one from Italy had some sort of breakdown" Emily says.

"Oh my god" Victoria laughs. "Hey, it didn't hurt Van Gogh. The guy should thank me" Lorelai says. "I swear I saw him rummaging through our recyclables" Emily comments.

"Well I'm happy to sit" Rory tells her.

"Yeah, if it's for grandpa why not?" Victoria agrees. "Wonderful, I'll set it up first thing in the morning" Emily says.