Title: This Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Rating: PG-13
Type: AU alternate universe
Pairing: R/T, of course!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything... that's so sad...! : 0)
Summary: While the Gilmore's, along with Loralei and Luke, go on a 2 month vacation to the Bahamas, Rory is requested to stay with the DuGrey's. Who do you suppose is back from Military School? Well, Tristan, of course!
Author's Note: Loralei and Luke are married, but Loralei kept her last name. There's no Jess, and Rory and Dean broke up after Tristan left because Rory realized she had feelings for Tristan. This takes place junior year, but Rory and Paris are good friends, as long as Madeline and Louise. And Rory is "popular"... but again, this IS AU, so not a lot of things are the same.
"Rory! Are you packed yet?" Loralei asked, running down the stairs and running into her daughter's room to see her daughter sitting on her suitcase.
"I can't get this closed." Rory whined, resisting the urge to scream for Luke, Loralei grinned.
"Jeez Ror, you act like we're leaving you for 2 months." Loralei joked, smiling. Rory glared.
"Oh, come on Ror. Just think... grandma and grandpa are giving you 5 credit cards, and we don't have to pay a thing. You just got a Porsche convertible from your father... it won't be so bad. And the DuGrey's won't be home, too much, I think they're leaving for California next week. And you're room is beautiful, you decorated it yourself, with some of the coolest stuff ever!" Loralei said, smiling at her daughter.
"It'll be fun Rory. You'll see what it's like to be in the elite." Loralei smiling, finally getting Rory to smile.
"I guess you're right... maybe Paris, Louise, and Madeline will come spend the night sometimes so I won't be so lonely." Rory said, handing Loralei her large suitcase, and one of her duffel bags, while picking up the other two of her duffel bags and going out to her Porsche, and throwing all the stuff into her trunk.
"Okay, have fun, and don't kill grandma and grandpa." Rory said, giving her mom and Luke a hug.
"Of course not mini-me! I can't believe you'd even think it." Loralei said, grinning like a mad woman.
"Oh, of course not. I love you! Call me the minute you guys get to the hotel." Rory said, getting in her car, and yelling one last "bye" over her shoulder before speeding off to Hartford.
When Rory arrived in Hartford, she was surprised to see a red 1980 Ferrari with the license plate "Tristan" sitting in the DuGrey's driveway. 'They're probably just starting it up so it doesn't break down.' Rory thought to herself, trying to slow down the beating of her heart at the thought of Tristan being home. When she had calmed her nerves, she got out of her car, smoothed out her skirt, and made her way to the door.
Plastering a smile on her face, she knocked on the door, and was going to ask the butler, Jackson, to help her with her bags. But stopped when she heard a familiar boy gasp. Rory looked up, and locked eyes with the blue eye stranger, who wasn't a stranger at all.
"You're the house guest?" Tristan asked, amazed.
Rory smiled, "I didn't know you were home. Welcome back Tristan." She said, giving him a hug that she was positive caught Tristan off guard.
"I just got home this morning. My father said it was time to come home. Plus, he didn't want the girl staying here to be afraid when they left for the 2 months she was supposed to be staying here. I had no idea YOU were the girl, though." Tristan said, still rather shocked that Rory Gilmore would be staying at his house, for the next 2 months.
"Well... I'm her!" Rory said, then plastered a sweet smile on her face, "do you think you could help me with my bags?" She asked, motioning to the Porsche behind her. Tristan nodded.
"Nice car." Tristan commented, taking all four of Rory's bags.
"Thanks. Here, let me help." Rory said, trying to grab one of the duffel bags.
Tristan ignored her, and made her way to the door.
"Tristan, would you let me help you?" Rory asked, knowing she was being ignored. She started waving her arms around in front of Tristan, trying to get his attention. Tristan smirked, clearly having fun with this.
"Gilmore, chill, I think I can handle a suitcase a 3 duffel bags. They didn't send me to military school for nothing, you know." Tristan had commented, smiling at her. Rory returned the smile, and thanked him.
After Rory had unpacked and had her room settled, she made her way to the room she had assumed was Tristan's. Rory knocked on his door, and smirked when he answered it in record time, probably knowing it was her.
"Yeah?" Tristan asked, opening the door wearing baggy Tommy jeans and a wife beater.
"I was just wondering if you were busy for the rest of the afternoon...?" Rory asked, tilting her head.
"No, I'm free. Why?" Tristan asked, leaning against his doorframe.
"Well, I want to go shopping, but I don't want to go by myself. So... would you go with me?" Rory asked cautiously, not knowing how he'd react, after not seeing him for over a year.
Rory, however, was delighted when he smiled, "Sure Ror, I'll go with you. I'm driving though." Tristan had concluded, grabbing a baby blue sweater from the chair next to him.
"Okay, just let me go change." Rory said, running off to her room that was 3 doors down.
When Rory came back out, Tristan couldn't help but stare. She was wearing lei hip huggers with a glittery peasant top, her hair had been brushed straight, and she had on some lip-gloss, giving her lips a more irresistible look. Rory smiled at him, and grabbed his arm to lead him down the stairs, "let's go!"
After shopping and walking around for 2 hours, Tristan was surprised they hadn't run into anyone. Apparently, he spoke to soon, because not even a minute after he had thought it, two of his old football buddies had called out to Rory.
"Hey Rory!" one of them had called, making Rory's face light up.
"Hey Austin." Rory said, walking over to him and kissing him on the lips, "Hey Tyler." Rory said, turning to the other one.
"Hey Gilmore. Hey... DuGrey? When'd they let you out?" Tyler joked, but took Tristan's hand and pulled him into a 'manly' hug, which they liked to consider 'cool'.
"He got back today." Rory answered for Tristan, smiling at him. Tristan smiled back.
"Why didn't you tell me you were coming to the mall today, Ror? I could've ditched Hook." Austin said, slipping his arm around her waist.
"I know, but it's bad luck to see your girlfriend before a game." Rory said, referring to the football game that night.
"Yes, but its good luck for the star quarterback to see the co-captain of the cheerleading squad." Austin said grinning, Rory laughed, Tyler shook his head at the two, and Tristan winced.
'Rory? A cheerleader... dating Austin... when did all of this happen? Why didn't she mention that she and bagboy weren't together anymore?' Tristan was thinking to himself, all the while trying not to get down about Austin being all over his Rory.
"You playing football this year DuGrey?" Tyler asked, looking at him, looking at Rory.
"Oh, yeah. I'm going to talk to the coach Monday, at school." Tristan said, snapping out of his daze.
"Well... there's a free spot. Daniel Carter got kicked off the team." Austin said, nodding to some people walking past them.
Tristan inwardly winced when he heard a group of girls scream his name. "Tristan! Oh my god! When did you get back?!" Summer Mitchell asked, walking up to the group, along with Lindsey Cahill, Natalie Taylor, Danielle Hayes, and London Taylor.
"Geez Summer, think you could be anymore enthusiastic?" Rory asked, jokingly.
"Oh, hey Rory, Austin, Tyler!" Summer said, smiling brightly, Rory laughed, and the boys nodded.
"So, Tris, want to do something tonight after the game?" Summer asked, Tristan stiffened. Rory, noticing how Tristan was trying to get Summer to get the hint, quickly stepped in.
"Actually, after the game, Tristan was going to go to Austin's party. You have to go, especially since we're going to win. Tradition, cheerleaders and football players always have to go to the games. Tristan will be sure to save you a dance though!" Rory said, winking at Tristan when he let out a sigh of relief.
After Summer, Danielle, Lindsey, Natalie, and London left, Rory announced that she and Tristan had to go.
"The game starts in 2 hours, so I'll see you in an hour. You're going to come get me before the game, right?" Rory asked Austin.
"Yeah, of course. I've done it for every game." Austin said. Rory laughed, because it was only the third game of the season, but nodded, because he had done it for those first two games, even when she was in Stars Hollow.
Austin and Tyler had walked with Tristan and Rory out to the parking lot, when Rory noticed the weather dropping.
"Can I have you jacket?" Rory asked Austin, smiling up at him. Austin quickly had his jacket off and had it around Rory's shoulders. Tristan winced, knowing he'd give anything to be the one to give Rory his jacket, but also knowing his day would come.
"Thanks. Bye Tyler!" Rory called from behind Tristan, and then hugged Austin quickly before stepping into Tristan's Ferrari.
"So, you and Austin?" Tristan asked, not able to keep the jealousy from dripping from his voice.
'Awe... he's jealous! That's so cute!' Rory thought, smiling at him.
"Yes, me and Austin." Rory said, starring at Tristan.
"Oh... how long?" Tristan asked curiously, watching the road.
"Not very long. Four months maybe." Rory said, realizing that she had no idea how long she and Austin had been together.
"Oh..." was all Tristan could say before the two of them had fallen into an uncomfortable silence.
When they got back to the DuGrey mansion, it had started raining rather heavily, and some girls who had known that Tristan was back, and that Rory was over there, had called to inform them the game had been canceled.
"Since the game's canceled... do you want to have a movie night?" Rory asked, walking into Tristan's room.
"Have you heard of knocking?" Tristan asked, smiling.
"Knocking? What's that?" Rory asked, running her hands through her hair, trying to look like an airhead.
"I could've been naked." Tristan said, amused.
"I suppose you could have been, but you weren't. Movie night?" Rory asked, looking at him as if daring him to decline.
"Sure..." Tristan said, "your room, my room, entertainment room, or somewhere else?" Tristan asked, standing up.
"Hum... in here. Go get lots of junk food, I'm going to get in my pajamas." Rory said, leaving as quickly as she had come, and disappearing into the hallway.
When Rory had come back, Tristan was already in Abercrombie sweatpants and a wife beater. He also already had three bags of popcorn, twizzlers, laffy taffy, sodas, cookie dough, frosted animal crackers, and butter cookies. Rory smiled, he looked like a little kid in a candy store, she had decided.
"Decide on a movie?" She asked, sitting on the bed next to him.
"I was thinking... Final Destination?" Tristan asked.
"Oh, I love that movie!" Rory said, nodding eagerly and happily. Tristan just smiled at how cute she looked sitting on his bed wearing pajama pants with little coffeepots on them and a white tank top.
"Stop drooling over me and put in the movie Bible boy." Rory said, smiling at him. Tristan did his 'sir-yes-sir' salute thing, and made his way to the dvd player.
That's all for chapter one!! I hope you liked it! I know it went kind of fast, and might be a little confusing, but I'll clear it all up in later chapters. If you didn't catch on, Tristan is like, in love with Rory, and in the next chapter will make her realize how perfect they are for each other. There might be an argument between Austin and Tristan at school on Monday.... I haven't decided yet! Stay posted and keep reviewing.... And also look for the update of Something There That Wasn't There Before, because I'll be updating that soon, too!
Rating: PG-13
Type: AU alternate universe
Pairing: R/T, of course!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything... that's so sad...! : 0)
Summary: While the Gilmore's, along with Loralei and Luke, go on a 2 month vacation to the Bahamas, Rory is requested to stay with the DuGrey's. Who do you suppose is back from Military School? Well, Tristan, of course!
Author's Note: Loralei and Luke are married, but Loralei kept her last name. There's no Jess, and Rory and Dean broke up after Tristan left because Rory realized she had feelings for Tristan. This takes place junior year, but Rory and Paris are good friends, as long as Madeline and Louise. And Rory is "popular"... but again, this IS AU, so not a lot of things are the same.
"Rory! Are you packed yet?" Loralei asked, running down the stairs and running into her daughter's room to see her daughter sitting on her suitcase.
"I can't get this closed." Rory whined, resisting the urge to scream for Luke, Loralei grinned.
"Jeez Ror, you act like we're leaving you for 2 months." Loralei joked, smiling. Rory glared.
"Oh, come on Ror. Just think... grandma and grandpa are giving you 5 credit cards, and we don't have to pay a thing. You just got a Porsche convertible from your father... it won't be so bad. And the DuGrey's won't be home, too much, I think they're leaving for California next week. And you're room is beautiful, you decorated it yourself, with some of the coolest stuff ever!" Loralei said, smiling at her daughter.
"It'll be fun Rory. You'll see what it's like to be in the elite." Loralei smiling, finally getting Rory to smile.
"I guess you're right... maybe Paris, Louise, and Madeline will come spend the night sometimes so I won't be so lonely." Rory said, handing Loralei her large suitcase, and one of her duffel bags, while picking up the other two of her duffel bags and going out to her Porsche, and throwing all the stuff into her trunk.
"Okay, have fun, and don't kill grandma and grandpa." Rory said, giving her mom and Luke a hug.
"Of course not mini-me! I can't believe you'd even think it." Loralei said, grinning like a mad woman.
"Oh, of course not. I love you! Call me the minute you guys get to the hotel." Rory said, getting in her car, and yelling one last "bye" over her shoulder before speeding off to Hartford.
When Rory arrived in Hartford, she was surprised to see a red 1980 Ferrari with the license plate "Tristan" sitting in the DuGrey's driveway. 'They're probably just starting it up so it doesn't break down.' Rory thought to herself, trying to slow down the beating of her heart at the thought of Tristan being home. When she had calmed her nerves, she got out of her car, smoothed out her skirt, and made her way to the door.
Plastering a smile on her face, she knocked on the door, and was going to ask the butler, Jackson, to help her with her bags. But stopped when she heard a familiar boy gasp. Rory looked up, and locked eyes with the blue eye stranger, who wasn't a stranger at all.
"You're the house guest?" Tristan asked, amazed.
Rory smiled, "I didn't know you were home. Welcome back Tristan." She said, giving him a hug that she was positive caught Tristan off guard.
"I just got home this morning. My father said it was time to come home. Plus, he didn't want the girl staying here to be afraid when they left for the 2 months she was supposed to be staying here. I had no idea YOU were the girl, though." Tristan said, still rather shocked that Rory Gilmore would be staying at his house, for the next 2 months.
"Well... I'm her!" Rory said, then plastered a sweet smile on her face, "do you think you could help me with my bags?" She asked, motioning to the Porsche behind her. Tristan nodded.
"Nice car." Tristan commented, taking all four of Rory's bags.
"Thanks. Here, let me help." Rory said, trying to grab one of the duffel bags.
Tristan ignored her, and made her way to the door.
"Tristan, would you let me help you?" Rory asked, knowing she was being ignored. She started waving her arms around in front of Tristan, trying to get his attention. Tristan smirked, clearly having fun with this.
"Gilmore, chill, I think I can handle a suitcase a 3 duffel bags. They didn't send me to military school for nothing, you know." Tristan had commented, smiling at her. Rory returned the smile, and thanked him.
After Rory had unpacked and had her room settled, she made her way to the room she had assumed was Tristan's. Rory knocked on his door, and smirked when he answered it in record time, probably knowing it was her.
"Yeah?" Tristan asked, opening the door wearing baggy Tommy jeans and a wife beater.
"I was just wondering if you were busy for the rest of the afternoon...?" Rory asked, tilting her head.
"No, I'm free. Why?" Tristan asked, leaning against his doorframe.
"Well, I want to go shopping, but I don't want to go by myself. So... would you go with me?" Rory asked cautiously, not knowing how he'd react, after not seeing him for over a year.
Rory, however, was delighted when he smiled, "Sure Ror, I'll go with you. I'm driving though." Tristan had concluded, grabbing a baby blue sweater from the chair next to him.
"Okay, just let me go change." Rory said, running off to her room that was 3 doors down.
When Rory came back out, Tristan couldn't help but stare. She was wearing lei hip huggers with a glittery peasant top, her hair had been brushed straight, and she had on some lip-gloss, giving her lips a more irresistible look. Rory smiled at him, and grabbed his arm to lead him down the stairs, "let's go!"
After shopping and walking around for 2 hours, Tristan was surprised they hadn't run into anyone. Apparently, he spoke to soon, because not even a minute after he had thought it, two of his old football buddies had called out to Rory.
"Hey Rory!" one of them had called, making Rory's face light up.
"Hey Austin." Rory said, walking over to him and kissing him on the lips, "Hey Tyler." Rory said, turning to the other one.
"Hey Gilmore. Hey... DuGrey? When'd they let you out?" Tyler joked, but took Tristan's hand and pulled him into a 'manly' hug, which they liked to consider 'cool'.
"He got back today." Rory answered for Tristan, smiling at him. Tristan smiled back.
"Why didn't you tell me you were coming to the mall today, Ror? I could've ditched Hook." Austin said, slipping his arm around her waist.
"I know, but it's bad luck to see your girlfriend before a game." Rory said, referring to the football game that night.
"Yes, but its good luck for the star quarterback to see the co-captain of the cheerleading squad." Austin said grinning, Rory laughed, Tyler shook his head at the two, and Tristan winced.
'Rory? A cheerleader... dating Austin... when did all of this happen? Why didn't she mention that she and bagboy weren't together anymore?' Tristan was thinking to himself, all the while trying not to get down about Austin being all over his Rory.
"You playing football this year DuGrey?" Tyler asked, looking at him, looking at Rory.
"Oh, yeah. I'm going to talk to the coach Monday, at school." Tristan said, snapping out of his daze.
"Well... there's a free spot. Daniel Carter got kicked off the team." Austin said, nodding to some people walking past them.
Tristan inwardly winced when he heard a group of girls scream his name. "Tristan! Oh my god! When did you get back?!" Summer Mitchell asked, walking up to the group, along with Lindsey Cahill, Natalie Taylor, Danielle Hayes, and London Taylor.
"Geez Summer, think you could be anymore enthusiastic?" Rory asked, jokingly.
"Oh, hey Rory, Austin, Tyler!" Summer said, smiling brightly, Rory laughed, and the boys nodded.
"So, Tris, want to do something tonight after the game?" Summer asked, Tristan stiffened. Rory, noticing how Tristan was trying to get Summer to get the hint, quickly stepped in.
"Actually, after the game, Tristan was going to go to Austin's party. You have to go, especially since we're going to win. Tradition, cheerleaders and football players always have to go to the games. Tristan will be sure to save you a dance though!" Rory said, winking at Tristan when he let out a sigh of relief.
After Summer, Danielle, Lindsey, Natalie, and London left, Rory announced that she and Tristan had to go.
"The game starts in 2 hours, so I'll see you in an hour. You're going to come get me before the game, right?" Rory asked Austin.
"Yeah, of course. I've done it for every game." Austin said. Rory laughed, because it was only the third game of the season, but nodded, because he had done it for those first two games, even when she was in Stars Hollow.
Austin and Tyler had walked with Tristan and Rory out to the parking lot, when Rory noticed the weather dropping.
"Can I have you jacket?" Rory asked Austin, smiling up at him. Austin quickly had his jacket off and had it around Rory's shoulders. Tristan winced, knowing he'd give anything to be the one to give Rory his jacket, but also knowing his day would come.
"Thanks. Bye Tyler!" Rory called from behind Tristan, and then hugged Austin quickly before stepping into Tristan's Ferrari.
"So, you and Austin?" Tristan asked, not able to keep the jealousy from dripping from his voice.
'Awe... he's jealous! That's so cute!' Rory thought, smiling at him.
"Yes, me and Austin." Rory said, starring at Tristan.
"Oh... how long?" Tristan asked curiously, watching the road.
"Not very long. Four months maybe." Rory said, realizing that she had no idea how long she and Austin had been together.
"Oh..." was all Tristan could say before the two of them had fallen into an uncomfortable silence.
When they got back to the DuGrey mansion, it had started raining rather heavily, and some girls who had known that Tristan was back, and that Rory was over there, had called to inform them the game had been canceled.
"Since the game's canceled... do you want to have a movie night?" Rory asked, walking into Tristan's room.
"Have you heard of knocking?" Tristan asked, smiling.
"Knocking? What's that?" Rory asked, running her hands through her hair, trying to look like an airhead.
"I could've been naked." Tristan said, amused.
"I suppose you could have been, but you weren't. Movie night?" Rory asked, looking at him as if daring him to decline.
"Sure..." Tristan said, "your room, my room, entertainment room, or somewhere else?" Tristan asked, standing up.
"Hum... in here. Go get lots of junk food, I'm going to get in my pajamas." Rory said, leaving as quickly as she had come, and disappearing into the hallway.
When Rory had come back, Tristan was already in Abercrombie sweatpants and a wife beater. He also already had three bags of popcorn, twizzlers, laffy taffy, sodas, cookie dough, frosted animal crackers, and butter cookies. Rory smiled, he looked like a little kid in a candy store, she had decided.
"Decide on a movie?" She asked, sitting on the bed next to him.
"I was thinking... Final Destination?" Tristan asked.
"Oh, I love that movie!" Rory said, nodding eagerly and happily. Tristan just smiled at how cute she looked sitting on his bed wearing pajama pants with little coffeepots on them and a white tank top.
"Stop drooling over me and put in the movie Bible boy." Rory said, smiling at him. Tristan did his 'sir-yes-sir' salute thing, and made his way to the dvd player.
That's all for chapter one!! I hope you liked it! I know it went kind of fast, and might be a little confusing, but I'll clear it all up in later chapters. If you didn't catch on, Tristan is like, in love with Rory, and in the next chapter will make her realize how perfect they are for each other. There might be an argument between Austin and Tristan at school on Monday.... I haven't decided yet! Stay posted and keep reviewing.... And also look for the update of Something There That Wasn't There Before, because I'll be updating that soon, too!