"Announcing the final season of 'Gilmore Girls' is truly a sad moment for everyone at The CW and Warner Bros. Television. This series helped define a network and created a fantastic, storybook world featuring some of television's most memorable, lovable characters. We thank Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dan Palladino, Dave Rosenthal, the amazing cast led by Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel as well as the producers, writers and crew for giving us this delightful gem for the past seven years. We would also like to thank the critics and 'Gilmore' fans for their passionate support and promise to give this series the send off it deserves." Nancy Odell said solemnly over the television screen.
Her hands laid together in front of her body as she stood on the Access Hollywood set and the screen quickly changed. The ending of a definition. As all things had to end both good and bad, although it often wasn't fair it happened.
Life was a revolving circle, things started, they ended and it repeated. You make a friendship, you fight, you end it. You trust, your mistrust, your betray. You meet, you love, you hate. Then they all repeat. You learn how to slowly make a friendship again, trust again, and love again.
And sometimes the second time around works better then first and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you miss the first so badly that the circle begins again with the same aspects and things and people. The lucky few never have to learn the feelings of endings, of betrayal, of hate or of love lost.
"What what's the matter?" Kale Manning said springing off of Charlie's body as her hands pressed against his chest. "I have protection." He added solemnly. Charlie grunted as she ran her fingers through her hair and stood up. "I know you do." She said understandingly.
"Then what's the matter?" Kale continued desperately following her to the door. "I just can't, not tonight." Charlie gulped looking into Kales deep eyes before continuing out onto the front lawn. "Then let me drive you home." "No, it's fine." Charlie Radin insisted as she started walking down the sidewalk of the neighborhood Kale only a few feet behind her.
"Please." He pleaded. Charlie walked down the street barefoot her shoes in her hands when she came to a sudden stop. Her hair stood still in the quiet breeze and she bit her lip realizing what Kale had noticed from the first second she walked outside. This had happened before, slightly.
Five years ago Charlie Radin was hanging out with Kale late at night and refused a ride home from Mr. manning or a escort back to her house by Kale. Charlie walked down the neighborhoods sidewalks alone her blonde hair flowing behind her in the brisk dark wind that night. Kale waving to her from the top of the driveway until she could no longer be seen from the streetlights.
The rustles of the bushes didn't set Charlie off and neither did the soft sound of footsteps behind her. Charlie Radin hadn't noticed a soul around until she felt two soft yet harsh hands around her waste. "Kale I told you I was fine." She said in a high pitched voice until she turned around and saw someone who defiantly wasn't Kale. The old scruffy overweight man let go of her waste and held out his hand. "I'm Randy." He spoke harshly as she reluctantly shook his it.
"Is this yours?" He continued. Charlie nodded taking the small empty wallet from his hand which was undoubtly hers. "I want to show you something." "I have to get home." Charlie said angrily as he grabbed her wrist with urgency. "My mother is expecting me."
"Oh this won't take long." He said slyly and tugged her behind a tall fence which hide a small empty park in which neighborhood children often played but on this particular night was empty.
"Please let me go!" A young Charlie cried as he through her onto the floor and began to unbuckle his pants. "I won't tell anyone, I promise! Just let me go!" He grumbled with a harsh smile across his face as he tussled her to the ground.
Charlie gulped as she stood on the sidewalk now at seventeen, thinking she had left that night so long behind her, but only now realizing that she hadn't walked home since that night. She turned to look back at Kale for a moment who was white as a ghost. "I'll be fine." She murmured.
Charlie sprang off down the street; Kale waited a long as possible even after she was no longer visible. Kale waited till he expected that Charlie Radin had already walked into her house, shot a sarcastic comment to her twin brother who was giving Mrs. Radin's night pills to her. Kale Manning walked inside when he suspected Charlie was walking into her own room slamming her door shut and pulling her hair into a high pony tail. This is exactly what happened. After the front door of the Manning house closed Kale ran up the stairs and jumped into the cold shower, letting the ice cold water run down his bare body.
The bell rang outside of Scrathmore Academy the next morning and Charlie Radin sat in home room quietly without Kale Manning in sight. "Where's your boyfriend Charles." A familiar harsh voice mocked from behind Charlie. She rolled her eyes and turned around to look into the wrath of Amanda Hilfiger.
"Hmm, I just don't know Mandy." Charlie said sarcastically as she kicked her right leg softly as it rested crossed over her left. "He must be out buying more condoms. He's practically the spokesman for Trojan man now, you know? …Well of course you don't my baby brother can't hold any longer then your grandfather." "My grandfathers dead." Amanda said with a solid voice. "So you do see my point!" Charlie Radin's voice was loud and fake just as the bright smile she flashed as Amanda Hilfiger before turning around in her seat.
Emma Watson turned around halfway and held out her hand, in response Charlie hit it with her palm spreading a happy smile across Emma's face as she took out her blackberry and continued to type away on it. "By the way Emma…" Charlie said softly now leaning forward.
"Yeah?" She asked still looking at her phones screen. "Nickolas said you told him I was in the hospital the other night, who told you though?" She waited a moment in silence before Emma looked up from her phone and made a whimpering noise. "um, you remember your ex Ian Rowland right?" Charlie's head was still.
"He was outside the school yesterday afternoon, I don't know what he was doing, he recognized me and we started talking, anyway he told me he saw you and then you were at the hospital." "When did he leave Emma?" Charlie asked with the most urgency. "He walked me out to my car and drove off right before I did."
Charlie bit her lip looking down at her desk. She wondered what he was doing at the school again but assumed he was waiting for her but got trailed off by Emma. But why was here again and why did he tell Emma, what was the point. "I hope I didn't cause any trouble by telling Nick." Emma added standing up after the first bell rang. "No, that's fine Em." Charlie added insincerely as she grabbed her books.
She gulped as she walked out into the hallway clutching her books in one hand and her purse in the other. She walked into a crowded classroom down the hall and took her seat. "Hey there Charlie." Kate said sitting down next to her. "Sorry about last night…" Her face turned mildly red. "Oh, its okay. I can't blame you." Charlie Radin said looking out into the hallway searching for Kale in the crowds yet somehow she wasn't sure if she wanted to see him or not.
"Yeah well you and Kale left pretty early yourselves." She said with a smirk and a wink of her eye. Charlie smiled softly without teeth and turned towards the board as the teacher began to talk without much authority among the senior students. "Almost forgot." Kate said tossing a folded piece of paper onto Charlie's empty desk. "It's from Nick." "Thanks." Charlie murmured as she opened it carefully.
"Charlie, I saw Ian Rowland yesterday after school, he was hanging out in front. I'm assuming you do remember him. I didn't want to bring this up last night at the movies because of Kate and or Kale. I don't know what he's doing here, but he started talking to me and Emma. Talking about college and shit but he kept hinting at these underlying comments about you. After I left he was still talking to Emma but I just want to let you know I know. I know this isn't our usual drunken conversation –Nick."
Charlie gulped hard in her throat and crumpled the note tight in her hand still looking at the desk as if the words were still laying out on it. "You okay?" Kate asked leaning over slightly. "Yeah, yeah, yeah." Charlie said trailing off. She carefully slipped the piece of paper into her purse to make sure if wasn't found and zipped it up tight.
Life is a revolving circle and just how things end and begin again, things can never end. Like a television sitcom at the end of a season it can be dropped like a secret in the tabloid or picked up for another round ago.
On a soap opera a story line begins and is only carried out slightly. There's a pause between one section and the other, things and time in between before the story is picked up and carried out for a final go.
Charlie Radin assumed everything that happened in the past would stay the past. She assumed that last years tactics would stay lasts years. But it was rapidly coming into view that they would be picked up for another season, another go around. Something Gilmore Girls would never get the chance to do, lucky them.
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