Blame the combined insanity of myself, Andraggfan and Kassandra27. And please enjoy yet another companion to the "A Change Would Do Yo Good" world.
With tears streaming down his face, he reached for the phone, but then remembered that they'd gone out for the night. Instead, he hugged the ice cream carton close to his chest with one arm and started digging for a chunk of chocolaty-peanut-buttery goodness with the other hand.
He always thinks he's right, he thought sniffling as Meg and Tom walked back to the lift, hand in hand, a young Ross Maligner between them, thinking of dark eyes and a crooked grins. Just because he's smarter.
But Tristan had mastered the silly game Jess and Rory had come up with. Because he was smart too!
Pushing the two of them out of his mind (even though they owed him a lot, because without him they wouldn't be together and all he'd gotten for his efforts to help was a punch in the face and a free cup of coffee,) he reached for the remote and stopped the credits, deciding to get more ice cream.
Sliding his feet into the white slippers on the floor, Tristan grinned at the bunny faces and rubbed the soft flannel sleeve of his new cupcake pyjamas against his cheek, trying to decide to watch next.