Together Again Chapter 1, a gilmore girls fanfic

Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or The Guardian.

A/N: Hey guys, this is a spin-off from my fanfic, 'Almost a Life Time' (who originally stars Rory and Logan. Tristan made a small appearance in that one). This one is about Tristan DuGray and Rory Gilmore. But in this FanFic, she falls in love with Tristan, and doesn't get back together with Logan like the original story was written. I loved the story of Tristan being like the character of Nick Fallin from the Hit TV series, the Guardian, sooo much that I wanted to write it. So here it goes guys. I hope you like it as it excited me to write it! Much Love. Rose X

Rory Gilmore sat in her favourite coffee shop, relaxing with a her favourite book in one hand, a stronger hold with her other hand on her coffee mug like someone would take it away if she were to unhand it. She had just come back from a long awaited holiday with her best friend Alisha Waverly. She never really went anywhere without her best friend in tow. They were basically inseparable. Like Starksy and Hutch, Thelma and Louise, and all those other famous duos of the time.

She didn't notice when a good looking blond from her past, had walked into the coffee shop and had taken a seat across from her in her booth. An amused smirk came across the familiar man, still being unnoticed by the captivated woman, he waited patiently and silently.

'OMG it's been like forever! Tristan, good to see you! What happened to you since you left us on that sad day! I was like sooo fawning over you! I ended up being so heartbroken that I broke it off with Dean and then ended up dating my now step cousin Jess. Yes I know that sounds weird' she laughed as she rattled on and on about what has been happening in her life.

'Oh as you know I was shipped off to military school, which had definitely set me straight with their strict routines, which basically killed me!' he laughed at the memory of his cockiness at sixteen.

'Yeah I didn't think anything could be as bad as that! But boy did I learn fast! Detention or expulsion weren't even an option there. If you did something wrong, boy you were left praying you could redo it all over again' he recalled a memory of doing a set of thirty minute runs every hour which last for a week, and after that he didn't do anything bad again.

'So when did you get back to the land of the living?' Rory joked from all the stories he had told her, she sat back to hear more of his words. She liked the sound of the new older Tristan DuGray, he seemed so sensible, level headed and the type of guy she would love to end up with one day.

'I was there for two years, and I was 'all sobered up from all my shenanigans' and I had gotten into Harvard Law, and now work with kids as a Guardian or an advocate. Have you ever watched the TV show called the Guardian withSimon Baker? Well what I do is very similar to his character, Nick Fallin. Like what he does in the show, he helps kids that need my attention or in serious trouble. It's very hard work and can be so stressful and all that, but at the end of the day, seeing all those kids and knowing that I helped them out to have better lives, it makes me feel like you wouldn't believe' he was so animated.

Rory found herself falling for him slightly. Boy was the grown up Tristan DuGray really rocked her world alright! She was fawning over him, hoping that he would ask her out.

Tristan DuGray walked his usual way to his favourite coffee shop. Usually liking to sit at his usual booth relaxing over a new case he acquired, or going over exertions before attending court or a meeting.

Missy, the regular barrister there, already knew him by face, name and where he liked to sit, having it ready for him, so he wouldn't have to wait a long time before he had to rush off to work. He thought that was very nice of her, and recommended their services whenever he wanted to have an informal meeting there, or to people who asked him which the best place to have coffee was.

He had an inkling that she did all of it for an alternate motive, he was good at figuring people out, and at most times he had been correct, he dismissed it all for kindness instead.

He walked in like he usually did, walking over to his usual booth, which at this particular day, was filled with a beautiful brown haired beauty from his past. She sat on the opposite side of where he usually sat, and slid into his usual place, signalling Missy to bring his coffee to his usual spot. Missy just gave him a weird look, and passed over his coffee, he thanked her and gave her a wink.

He watched as the woman that had governed his thought for almost a decade, sat before him, oblivious of his presence, so entirely engulfed in her book, that her surroundings were superfluous to her, which amused him entirely. She sat there reading away, and ever so often would take a sip of her coffee. He sat their totally smiling, and almost draining the entire cup, before she snap out of her own world.

The girl he had fallen in love with all those years ago, now sat in front of him, all grown up into an even more beautiful girl. He swooned over her, and would have fainted in all the toxication that she was unknowingly passing his way. She still was as unaware of how her presence affected people. He smiled at this, as he listened to her talking about her ex-boyfriend, and a boy she had dated, that ended up becoming his step cousin.

She laughed and his heart doubled over with happiness. Not in his entire nine years of thinking about her, did he think he would ever see her again. He still fascinated him, like the moment he had met her. He knew that she couldn't leave her without spending another time with her again.

'Rory will you see me again?' he blurted out. She stopped in all her words, and looked at him with such total happiness in his question, that she literally looked like she was about to jump out of his chair and onto him. He smirked at this.

She regained her composure, and replied 'Yes I would love that very much Tristan'.

They had spent every free moment after that. Having dinners, lunch dates, weekend trips away. They were in true bliss.

'Sorry Logan, too much has happen for me to look past what had happened all those years ago. I can't have a repeat of what happened again. Fact is, what kind of person do you think I am, to just let you waltz back into my life, like nothing ever happened? But anyhow Logan, that is all beside the point now. The past is the past, no one can every change that, right!' she had enough of this discussion already. She was having lunch with Tristan soon and he was going to pick her up, she didn't want Logan hanging around here and ruining everything she had started regaining with him again.

'Rory, please' he pleaded with her. 'Just let me prove to you that I can be a better man. Just give me a month, and then say you don't want me anymore. Can you give me that at least?' the younger more naïve her, would have taken him back in an instant, but she was a completely different person now.

'No Logan, we had our chance. It happened already. Now if you'll excuse me, I need you to leave now' she buzzes her secretary in a way that they had devised for her to come in when she needed a helping hand with a troubling client. The signal was to touch her nose and then bring her hand to her hair, and buzz three times. And just like on cue, Alisha Waverly came in like a horse and knight and whatever else the cliché came with.

'Rory, your twelve thirty is on his way up.' Lish gave her the eyes, knowing exactly what she meant. 'Sorry mister Huntzberger, but can you please leave, Miss Gilmores office now so that I can quickly give her a debriefing of her next meeting in this few minutes before the client comes up! You know what it can be like, being such a high top notched reporter as yourself' she knew he wasn't working in that line of duty any more, but anything to help her best friend out would do the trick.

An embarrassed Logan stood up reluctantly and nodded his head. 'Thank you for your time Miss Gilmore. I hope to see you again.' He walked to the door, and waited by the lounge near her office so he could just watch her for a moment longer before he left. To onlookers, it looked like he was fixing up his briefcase for his next meeting.

Tristan looked at himself in the elevator mirror, making sure all his clothes and hair were in place. He held his briefcase in his hands, kind of like a toy he could fiddle with when he wanted to look like he wasn't nervous or anything, looking at files his already seen and knew off by heart. The doors pinged and opened to Rory's floor, and a sign of relief hit him, when she saw her in her office still busy with a client.

'Hello Mister DuGray, miss Gilmore is just finishing up with her meeting, if you'll please take your time in approaching her office, I'm sure she'll be done by then'

Her intercom sounded off by then and she watched as Rory gave her the signal to go in and help her out with a difficult client, 'On my way Miss Gilmore' she said with such professionalism that she put on when she needed to sound all business-like.

Tristan took his time, and stopped off at the first set of lounges next to the elevator and gave Rory some time to get things organise before he went in and picked her up for lunch.

He couldn't believe his luck that THE Rory Gilmore, that he has thought about so much in the last nine years of his life. Even through all his relationships and one night stands, moments of celibacy, she had always been 'the one that got away', and now she was back in his life, and he was intending on keeping her there for the rest of their lives.

Tristan didn't see any of what happened in Rory's office, as a gentlemen he had always been, he let her finish off her work, and patiently waited for her client to leave, which to him was the reason her secretary had gone to her office at all. He knew that they were the best of friends and knew each other like the back of their hands. He sighed and looked over his briefcase again.

'OMG, Lish! I didn't think Logan was EVER going to leave and Tristan would arrive, and I didn't want to go through that awkwardness at all. Logan just can't take a hint! He still wants me back! I can't take this anymore!' she said with exasperation clearly marked on her face.

'Well Ror', you shouldn't have slept with him you know that! You knew how good you are in the sack' he best friend laughed at her men troubles.

'Oh please, Lish! Thanks for helping me out! And I don't sleep around!' her best friend giggle knowing that she didn't, but she loved to see the crimson that lights up her best friends face.

'Oh by the way… Ror' she dragged out, making it as painful as possible. 'Logan is still waiting in your lounge' she giggled so loudly when Rory groan that the entire building could probably hear her, which okay, was a bit of an exaggeration. 'And also…' she batted her eye lashes like a little Miss Innocent. 'Tristan is in the lounge room next to the elevator…' she smiled as Rory gapped open her mouth in utter silence.

'Lish! I'm soooo going to get you back for this!' Rory fumed at her. 'Arg Lish! My ex-boyfriend is waiting outside my office basically fawning at my heels, and my current love interest is in the other lounge room waiting to take me to a nice romantic lunch!'

'Oh my, oh my, what a predicament you have yourself in Miss Gilmore, shall I ask both men in now?' she cackled and walked out of the office and winked her eyes.

'Lish!' she knew her best friend wouldn't do such a thing, she always had her back no matter what. That was one of the benefits of having your best friend as your secretary. They absolutely loved working together. Nights of laughter and wickedness always ensued when they were working late at the office. They had been best friends since she started working there four years ago, and found out they had a lot in common with each other.

She watched as Alisha walked slowly past Logan, and winked at her, and made her way towards her desk and Tristan.

'Sorry for keeping you waiting, Mister DuGray, Miss Gilmore is now ready to see you' Alisha shook the hand that was extended towards her, which both amused her and made her crack into a small smile.

'Thank you Alisha' Tristan said with a nod, with the same exact formality that she extended towards him. If it hadn't been their place of business she would have given the blond a huge kiss on the cheek and a big hug like he always did when the trio spent time together.

He walked up to her office with suaveness that he used whenever he was in a place of business and decorum, he would have run up to her and flung open the door and pined her against whatever surface and kissed her passionately, like he'd been waiting to do ever since he stepped off the elevator ten minutes ago.

He reached her office and nodded towards the man she had her meeting with, and thought she saw him from somewhere, and opened the door to her office, and closed it behind himself. Rory was standing near her filing cabinets, putting some files away. When she saw him, a big smile crept across both their faces. She walked over to him, and unable to control herself, she leant over and gave him the most passionate kiss, no longer caring where they were exactly. They were both breathless when they parted.

'Wow!' Tristan looked into her eyes and said, 'NOW that's a HELL-O!' they both laughed and he watched as Rory went over to her desk draw and opened it up to reveal her hand bag. Ready to go, he opened her office door, and waited patiently for her to get everything she needed and grabbed her hand in his and walked out the door, walking past a man with his mouth gapped open in surprise, which he made a mental note to ask Rory about at lunch.

Rory looked past Tristan while they broke off from their romantic kiss. Forgetting for a moment, like she always did, when she kissed Tristan, her memory would go completely blank, and nothing else mattered in the world. Logan was surprised to see their interaction, she saw the look of hurt and defeat in his eyes, and blamed himself for lingering longer than he should have. She knew that it should have gone down better than that, but she basked in the glory of being with the perfect Tristan, she couldn't help the smile that formed and crept up to her eyes.

'Wow!' Tristan looked into her eyes and said, 'NOW that's a hello!' they both laughed and she went over to her desk draw and opened it up to grab her hand bag. She loved how he always patiently waited for her to finish what she was doing before she watched him open the door when he knew she was ready to head out the door.

Tristan held his hand to her, which she took with pride, and they walked hand in hand and past a Logan Huntzberger, with his mouth gapped open in surprise, which she hoped he hadn't noticed. And being him, she would expect a comment later.

Tristan was very good at assessing a situation perfectly, because his line of work didn't leave anytime for errors. He was a gentleman and would exact the words he wanted to ask her when the timing was right. She felt so lucky to have him back in her life again.

A/N: please tell me how you like it, would love to hear your thoughts. Much Love. Rose X