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Chapter Six: Spending Time Together

Rory lazed lazily in bed, enjoying her lay in. She couldn't believe that her third year at Yale was over and she only had one more to go. It was summer and she had almost three whole months before her next year at Yale would begin. Rory hoped out of bed and made her way into the apartment's small kitchen to make coffee. She enjoyed the emptiness of the apartment while Dean was at work. It was when she was just finished drying herself off after her shower that the phone rang. Rory wrapped the towel around herself and answered it, "Hello."

"Hi Rory, its Tristan."

"Hey, what's up?"

"Nothing much, you up for an outing to celebrate the start of summer and the end of another year of our college lives."

Rory laughed, "What did you have in mind?"

"I have no idea, but why don't you come over and we'll think of something together."

"Ok, I'll see you in about half an hour."


Rory knocked on Tristan's dorm room door and he opened it. "Hi, come in."

Rory followed him into the dorm room; Tristan made his way over to his bed and sat down next to a newspaper that was spread out over the top of it. "So, I was looking through the paper and there's this fair advertised it's only about 45 minutes away."

"A fair?"

"Yeah, not one of those ones with rides and things but one with booths selling stuff."

"Sounds like fun."

"Ok."


Tristan parked the car and turned off the engine and they both got out. They made their way towards the booths scattered out over an area of open space.

They had been wandering around the booths for about half an hour, stopping here and there admiring the products for sale, and even purchasing a few. Rory had acquired some scented, all natural soaps and shampoos, a long beautiful scarf with green and purple patterns in the softest material she had ever felt, some weirdly shaped but cool looking candles and a pair of really nice dangly earrings with feathers on them. She knew she would probably rarely wear the earrings, but they were so cool she just had to buy them. Tristan hadn't bought anything but he was having as much fun as her, wandering around the booths. Rory caught sight of some animals, in a type of petting zoo type thing, she grabbed Tristan by the arm and dragged him over to them excitedly. There were all types of animals, first they looked at some pigs, then some sheep and there lambs. They admired some goats, horses, cows and even a lizard. In the last pen were some baby ducklings, Rory caught her breath, "oh aren't they so cute."

She cooed over them and petted them. The guy running the booth came over to them, "would you like to hold one?" he asked.

Rory was delighted, "could I?"

"Sure."

He reached down and picked one up and deposited it in Rory's waiting hands. She held it close to her chest and cuddled it, "Oh Tristan isn't it so cute."

Tristan nodded his head in agreement and rubbed its head. "I wish I could take him home."

Tristan laughed, "You say that now, but after cleaning up after it for a few days you would have change your tune."

Rory frowned, "I would not! He's so beautiful."

Rory reluctantly placed the duckling back in it's pen and they moved away from the animals.


Tristan was parking his car outside his dorm building. They were arriving home from the fair; Rory had bought a huge pile of home made bookmarks. Tristan had frowned, "surely you don't need that many."

Rory had just smiled, "you can never have too many bookmarks."

Tristan had gone home empty-handed but he had, had a great time. Rory followed Tristan out of the car and up to his dorm room, finding it locked he used his key. "Jason must be at the library" he commented.

After entering the dorm room Rory felt uncomfortable she wasn't sure why she had come up here at all, but it had seemed like the natural thing at the time. Rory sat down on Tristan's bed while he placed his keys and wallet on his desk. Tristan dropped down on the bed next to Rory. "After all that walking my feet are killing me" Rory complained.

Tristan smiled and turned towards her. There was an awkward silence as they looked at each other, they were really close together. Before she knew what was happening Tristan's lips had touched hers, softly at first but the gradually applying more pressure. Rory paced her hands around his neck as he deepened the kiss. Tristan groaned deep in the back of his throat and only for a need of oxygen did he pull away. Rory gasped and her hand flew to her mouth, "Oh no!" she exclaimed.

"I'm sorry."

"Oh my god I have a boyfriend."

"I know, I..."

"I have to go."

Before Tristan could say anything Rory had rushed out of the dorm.


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