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After Lorelai, Rory and Tristan all ate supper they watched a movie. Lorelai couldn't help but smile when she looked over to the couch and saw that Rory had fallen asleep with her head on Tristan's shoulder. She wasn't sure what she should be thinking about the situation but she couldn't help but think that maybe just maybe her daughter finally found the perfect boy for her. Well not perfect because no guy was but she thought that Tristan was perfect for her daughter because she saw the way that Tristan looked at Rory and she knew that he would always be there to make sure that nothing happened to Rory.
Once the movie was over Lorelai looked at Tristan and whispered "Could you carry her into her bedroom for me please?"
Tristan smiled and nodded. He stood up and then gently picked Rory up into his arms. He smiled as she instinctively curled into his body as he carried her. He followed Lorelai to Rory's bedroom and then gently laid her down on her bed. He couldn't resist kissing her on the forehead before he stood up back up. He saw her eyes flicker open and then shut and he smiled and whispered "Goodnight Mary."
He turned and walked out of her bedroom with Lorelai right behind him. As he picked up his jacket he looked over at Lorelai. "I'll come pick her up in the morning. I don't think it's a good idea that she ride the bus to school because Dean could be there waiting on her."
Lorelai nodded and walked over and surprised Tristan by pulling him into a hug. "Thank you for everything you have done for my daughter today Bible Boy. Anything that happened in the past as far as I'm concerned is in the past."
Tristan nodded after hugging Lorelai back and then pulling back. "If I have my way about it Dean won't get anywhere near her again. If I didn't think she'd hate me I would kick his ass."
Lorelai chuckled. "I don't think she could hate you Tristan."
Tristan frowned and said "She did hate me. She told me so."
Lorelai's mouth dropped open at that and she said "Rory told you that she hated you."
Tristan nodded and then said "Well she didn't tell me she told Dean. This was before I got sent to Military school."
Lorelai nodded. "I'm sure she didn't mean it Tristan. She probably said it just so Dean would shut up. I want you to call me when you get home so that I know that you made it alright. Your parents won't yell at you for being home so late will they?"
Tristan gave a bitter laugh and shook his head. "My parents aren't even home Lorelai. They are in Europe."
Lorelai bit her tongue from saying what she wanted to and gave Tristan a sad smile. "Well call me when you get home. If you need anything you call me. I'll see you in the morning."
Tristan nodded and smiled. "Night Lorelai."
Lorelai smiled and said "Good night Tristan and drive safely."
Tristan gave Lorelai one more smile and then walked out of the Gilmore house. He felt Lorelai's eyes on him the entire time it took from him to walk from the house to his car. Once he pulled open the driver's side door he looked up to the house and saw Lorelai standing in the doorway so he gave her a smile and a wave before getting into his car and heading back towards Hartford.
All the way home he thought about Rory. He couldn't believe that she was the same girl that he had left when he went to Military school. He couldn't believe that she had changed so much yet that she had stayed the same in a lot of ways. Just thinking about her was enough to bring a smile to his face. He suddenly couldn't wait for his first day of school back at Chilton after a long absence.
He frowned as he thought about what Dean had done to Rory today. He wanted to kill Dean for even daring to put his hand on Rory. He wanted to kill Dean for cheating on Rory. He couldn't believe the things he had heard Dean say to Rory today. As he thought about the words Dean had said his anger reached its boiling point and he slammed his hand onto his steering wheel.
He didn't understand how Dean didn't realize what he had with Rory. Hell even he knew that if he was with Rory that even if she wouldn't give him sex that he wouldn't have went out and found it elsewhere. There was no way that he could do that to Rory and he didn't understand how Dean could. He didn't understand how Dean could even begin to blame Rory for him cheating on her.
He knew that he had been a jerk in the past to Rory but that didn't mean that he didn't have feelings for her. Two years ago he wasn't sure how to handle what he was feeling and he wasn't sure what to do about it so he chose to revert to grade school where you picked on the person that you liked. Now two years later he knew what he had to do. He knew that he had to be there for his Mary to help her through everything and he vowed that he would be. He wouldn't let Dean or anyone else hurt Rory anymore. He would do whatever it took to make sure that she was okay.
Once at home he pulled into the driveway and shut his car off. He didn't even bother pulling it into the garage. He grabbed his jacket and got out of the car and headed inside. Once inside he took his cell phone out and called Lorelai to let her know he made it home okay and then he went upstairs to bed. After showering and changing he climbed into his bed and looked at the picture he had put by his bed when he first arrived home yesterday. He smiled at the picture before closing his eyes and whispering to the picture "Goodnight Mary."
