Title: A few years on    

Rating: PG-13 (to be on the safe side)

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plotline. Characters, names, places, all do not belong to me. I do not own the Gilmore girls, the characters that you do not recognise are mine  I am just using the characters as a reference for my stories so please don't sue me. I don't own any of these characters they all belong to the WB.

I have decided that this future fic will be an AU with all the little bits and pieces I have decided to add to this story, there will be some twists and turns which will make it even more interesting I hope….  Just giving you guys a hint, the lies all revolve around Rory, Jess, Lorelai and her father oh and also her grandparents and …. look just say everyone she thought she could trust   ultimately made her run way… but why??? You just have to read and review to find out the answer :)

I don't intend some of the things I use in my story to sound like others ok, I simply am writing down my thoughts and hopefully it all makes sense to you guys, This is my first ff and im new to all of this, so please review and help me out with any comments about my writing it would be greatly appreciate thanxs :)  Thanxs for all those who reviewed its really appreciated :)

I have also tried to change the style of my paragraphs so hopefully its easier to read but please tell me if its better or not thanxs :)

                                                                                                A Few Years On

Chapter 4: I pose a question …. Does you soulmate exist?

They both looked up from their trance, Leigh was speechless, and all TJ could say was

"Ah yeah I guess it is a little cold out here, I was just talking to Leigh here about some things nothing really important, I better go back inside I don't want to miss the ending of the movie, I always seem to miss the endings"

With that he stood up and walked past Leigh and Simone and walked inside leaving the two women outside.

"Yeah the good parts coming" Simone replied looking at the two in front of her, and moved to let TJ inside as he walked past her. She just let out a little grin, she knew if she hadn't walked out at that moment something might of happened between the two, she was a little thankful for Leigh and also Jason's sake that she was the one that walked out on them and not Jason.

Who knows what would be running through Jason's mind if he saw what was going on.  She also knew there was something Leigh wasn't telling her about this TJ guy that Jason had brought home, she knows more then she's letting out she thought.

She had noticed Leigh go of for a while so she decided to see where she had gone to, she knew of Leigh's rusty past with Tristan and that her name was Rory but had decided to change it when she moved to avoid reminding herself of the past. She didn't know what had happened to make Leigh run away all those years ago but knew that this guy TJ could help to solve this little secret that Leigh had so well hidden from them, she just had a funny feeling that all will be revealed soon.

Simone just smiled at Leigh "So what about you Leigh, you want to stay outside and get pneumonia be my guest but im not gona let my partner leave me to write up our column all by myself, im talented but not that talented" she said poking out her tongue at her long time best friend. She knew that that would get her going but to her surprise all Leigh said was.

"Yeah I guess so, we better go back inside" Leigh just stood up and walked up to Simone smiling, trying to not let Simone see her so vulnerable over this guy who had only walked into her life a mere 4 hours ago.

"What no comeback? Wow that's a rare event I better remember this moment to mock you later on, I could use this to bribe you when the time comes"

With this Leigh couldn't hold back "What did you just say" as she chased after her friend inside the house, both girls giggling and laughing as if nothing had just happened. 

+Later that Night around midnight+

"Well TJ I hope you had fun, we certainly did, sorry man if this wasn't what you expected, we usually have these movie nights every Friday, it's Leigh's idea when we first met her and it just stuck. We think it's a great idea every week we all get together and watch movies its all fun and it gives us a chance to be together as a group its very hard for us with our different jobs, sorry we didn't take you out for drinks in town we hope it was ok with you" Jason said looking worried that his new friend was offended with them for not taking him out and have drinks at a club instead.

"No man its great gave me a chance to watch movies, something I haven't done for a very long time and it gave me a chance to get to know you guys better" with that he quickly looked up at Leigh and quickly looked away.

"I actually think these movie night are an excellent idea and I wouldn't have had it any other way" TJ smiled back at his new friends, "I would have been more upset if you hadn't done it so don't worry about it"

"Your going to sleep in the study, we hope you don't mind, there's 8 rooms in the place but one's a study and, the girls all have rooms to themselves upstairs while the guys share a room each downstairs except Mark and Kristie who are married and share the same room, I hope it ok with you man?" Clayton who TJ had noticed was the quiet one finally spoke.

"No its perfectly fine, im the one who should be apologizing to you guys for intruding into your house, I could always book into a hotel if you guys want, I don't want to be a nuisance for you guys especially with such short notice" TJ replied with a sincere tone as he looked around at this friends

"No no, I keep telling you TJ a friend of Jason's is a friend to all of us, we would like having you here it gives us another Yank to make fun of instead of Leigh" Mark yelled out making sure Leigh had heard him, he knew he had succeeded when Leigh gave him her trade mark death glare, he just smiled back at her knowing he had accomplished his task.  

They all said their good nights and dispersed into their separate rooms, he noticed they seemed to pair of into their couples before going into their separate rooms.

TJ couldn't look as Jason walked Leigh upstairs, he took a quick glance her way before going into the study where they had a makeshift bed ready for him, they had said something about getting him a new bed when they could get the chance but her had told them to don't worry bout it, he felt more at home here then he would at any hotel he stayed at.

He laid there in his bed, although jet lag was finally taking its toll on hi body he was not able to sleep all he could think about was her and their near kiss that evening, he sighed to himself as his jetlag overtook his body and he feel asleep thinking and dreaming about her…

Leigh had awoken up in the middle of the night unable to sleep, she didn't know why but she decided to try and write up her column, all week she hadn't been able to think of a topic for her column but somehow that night she felt as though there was so much she needed to write but what was it. Then it hit her, why didn't she ever think of writing something like that before. She typed and typed and this was what that came out:

I pose a question to the city of Perth…Does your soulmate exist?

People search their whole life looking for someone that's just right but do they really exist? People live their whole life just wondering if there is really someone out there for them, I have never really considered this little life theory but just lately every small thing just makes me think what if? What if the next person you walk away from could be the one you were meant to spend the rest of your life with? What if you have just walked out on your destiny, your fate? Does your soulmate exist I ask again? What makes someone your soulmate? What makes that person yours for the rest of your life? How do you define a soulmate? The one who makes your heart flutter by merely by just being around them, your toes tingle when they touch you, makes your knees weak when you look into their eyes? Tell me this how do you know that the person standing right next to you is not your soulmate?  How can a person tell from all the "fish in the sea" that the person they are with is the one? The question does your soulmate exist is like asking the question how was the universe created? The answers are endless but the chances of someone really finding out the answer could just as well be like winning the lottery a million to one chance. However some people out there still believe that one day they will find their one true love, their other half, their destiny and their fate. Who knows you soul mate could be the next person that walks into you life or someone who has been staring at you right in the face without you ever noticing, you might have already have found yours.

The question is do I believe in fate? In destiny and most importantly the one true love that is my soulmate? This question I still have to answer myself and when I find out the answer to this question I will tell you but for now I end this article posing a question to the People of Perth,

                        "Does your soulmate exist?" 

                                                                                                                        Leigh Gilmore

She wrote this on the spur of the moment, she didn't know why, she just did. No she kept denying to herself she knew exactly why, TJ the man who walked into her life less then 6 hours ago had made her think of her life back then and what if he really was the man she had walked out on? She couldn't help but think of this subject for her column it was as though fate was working its magic on her and taunting her with its little practical jokes.

She hadn't been able to sleep that night, all she could think of was that she nearly kissed TJ, if Simone hadn't walked out when she did who knows what could have happened. Not knowing why but she might have just kissed him then and there. The things he was saying felt so close to heart, as though reading her mind, what he was saying it felt as though he was saying the girl was her. No!!! she told herself, he isn't talking about me, I barely know the guy, its probably his girlfriend, a guy that hot would have plenty of girls lining up just to go out with him, what did she just say, she said he was hot!!! What she doesn't think he's hot, ok maybe a little, oh my god what is she talking about he's a total babe!

 "argh I cant talk about him like that" 

He's a heartbreaker, no wonder the girl walked out on him, that's it, that's her excuse for not falling for him, also she was meant to be thinking about her and Jason, the guy she had fallen for in the past year, the guy that did so many sweet things for her, but did really love Jason?  There were so many questions racing inside her head that she didn't know how to sort them out. If someone could open her head and examine the contents they too would need help in figuring out her thoughts.  

The things she had left in the past, her actions, she knew had consequences, she knew would contain heartache but from the moment she found out she could no longer stay there amongst the lies and deceit, amongst the pain that she would build up knowing the truth that existed in all those lies. She knew that she has to stop beating herself for everything she did in the past that was in the past, she had to leave it in the past. But why, why does it hurt so much? She had been able to bury these feelings deep down over the past 3 years?

There is so much I have left behind, she thought. Tristan the love of her life after Dean, Dean sure was her first love but Tristan will be her first true love, she had loved him more than she could possibly know, she loved him with her heart and soul but was scared to be with him and live in her world of lies and deception, she would be so scared that one day they would end up hating each other. She sighed again she just couldn't stop thinking of their near kiss that wasn't good, imagine if Jason had walked out, she had nearly kissed another guy which wasn't him, oh my god she couldn't do that to him. Then hear thoughts were broken when she heard someone say…

"He's Tristan isn't he?" …

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Who asked that question???

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