The Dean of the school yelled into the microphone, "The valedictorian of year 2010 is Lorelai Gilmore. Or known as Rory Gilmore."
Rory stepped up the platform and towards the microphone. "Hello graduates of 2010. Most of us here today has received their Masters Degree. What an honor. But we all deserve it. It may have been tremendous work, but in the end it is worth it. After today, we don't know what the future holds..." Rory smiled and looked to find Tristan's eye. They held for a second and she turned her attention back to the graduates. "but we're all going to know that friends will be there for us. When we first came to Harvard, all were awed by this place. Never thought we would end up here today. Some are not with us for whatever reasons, but in our hearts they are celebrating with us. We are born again, not as children but as adults. Leaving high school was hard, but leaving Harvard to the real world is even harder. Even Harvard was a plastic bubble for us, it was harsh, but not the real world. We will soon be popping this bubble of ours and entering the real world with the knowledge and skills we have been taught, and acquiring new in our work force. Good luck for the future, and wish you the best. Congradulations Harvard graduates. You deserve it!" Rory looked once more to Tristan and walked down the platform and went to Tristan's waiting arms.
"Congradulations, Rory. You deserved that spot up there." Tristan kissed Rory lightly on the nose.
"Thanks. Glad you were here." Rory laughed.
"Yeah me too." Tristan joked with Rory.
Gosh, (A.N. you know why....) Its great to be there and joke, kiss, be with Rory right now. I somethings don't think I deserve all this happiness. Why does she love me?
Tristan is so amazing. But what will the future hold for us?
Tristan came top 5% in Harvard and went to work for a major hospital in Hartford, his hometown. Rory on the other hand had wanderlust and travelled globally to research news. She sucessed in the media world. Not suprisingly, Tristan missed Rory while she was away. They called each other everday to talk, and didn't want to let go of eachother. They knew they were in love. But as time went on, they rarely saw each other. Distance kept them apart. As they say, Out of Sight out of Mind. But they didn't want to give one another up. So they still "dated". So one years later at home of Tristan Dugray.
"Hello, Dugray residence." Tristan said annoyingly. Rory didn't call. She was at Canada doing Bio-research for the news. She was late calling him, so he figured that she wasn't going to call. That meant he didn't want any other call.
"Tristan?" Rory whispered.
"Rory! I was expecting you. But..."
"I know, sorry. I was tired and took a nap. I miss you." Rory said.
"I miss you." Tristan said, "I want to see you. I have enough money now. I could quit doctoring and travel with you. I want to be with you."
"Me too, but you love being a doctor. I couldn't take that away from you. One day you might regret and hate me for it." Rory explained.
"Then come home! You...you could leave. I could support us." Tristan begged. Although he knew he wasn't being fair, he missed Rory too much.
"I don't want you supporting me. Others would think that I'm using you, and I'm not..."
"I don't care what others think, Rory. I miss you. We hardly ever see eachother. We missed our two year anniversary!"
"I'm sorry. I was at South Africa!" Rory cried out.
"I'm sorry. Don't cry. I just...I'm just frustrated. I miss you and you're so far away!" Tristan was tired, and he missed his girlfriend too much.
"Tristan, maybe it's time..." Rory didn't finish. She was about to let Tristan go. She knew he wanted to settle down and make a family. Rory couldn't give him that, she loved to her job.
"No! I'll wait. I don't...I can't let you go. I won't let you. Do you think by letting me go will solve the problem? All I would do is mourn over you, I'll never be able to marry anyone. Might as well say it now. Rory, I bought a ring. I want you to marry me when you are ready." Tristan said.
"You...you want to marry me?" Rory was shocked, she never thought that far.
"Yes, of course. I love you. Don't you know that by now?" Tristan assured Rory.
"Yes." Rory said.
"Yes to what?" Tristan begged.
"Yes to both. I'm...I'm coming home Tristan. You're right, I miss you too much and can't let you go. I love my job, but you mean much more to me. I want a family." Rory said. She was smiling. She loved her job a lot, but she knew that Tristan meant more than any job. I can get any job I want in Hartford. I can't let Tristan go.
Yes! She's coming home. We'll finally marry.
"I'm coming home soon, Tristan. Let me finish this story, and we can...we can plan for our wedding if the offers still up." Rory smiled and asked shyly.
"The offers always up for you. I miss you Rory. Come home." Tristan said.
"Soon, in one week. Love you." Rory said and yawned.
"I better let you go. Love you. Bye." Tristan said and they both hung up.
Rory's coming home!
I'm coming home!
One week later.
"Tristan!" Rory shreaked and ran towards Tristan's waiting arms.
"Rory! I missed you." Tristan said, and kissed Rory lightly. He missed her more than he thought. And I thought I really missed her. He smiled. Their lips were one centremetre apart, and Rory said. "I missed you, Tristan. Hmmmm it's nice to be back where I belong." She leaned and kissed Tristan once more.
When they parted Tristan leaned to kiss Rory once more, after he did so, he whispered in her ears, "I could get used to do, future Mrs. Tristan Dugray."
"Me too, Mr. Dugray." They laughed and walked out of the airport. They arrived at Tristan's house. Since Rory wasn't with me, he didn't want to live in a big home where it felt empty. He could afford it, but he knew one day he and Rory would marry and she world prefer the modest homes.
"I can't believe we'll be married soon." Rory smiled at Tristan.
"I know. You're not going to regret it. We'll have children, little Rorys everywhere!" Tristan laughed and smiled at the notion. I'm marrying my dream girl.
(A.N. Since I really want to finish, no conflicts will be there. So they are marrying today, which I will decide that it's been forwarded to 6 months.) So Six months later at the church.
Tristan was at the alter waiting for Rory to enter the church in her wedding gown. He didn't know what it looked like. He didn't care; she could be wearing normal clothes or even a bag and she'd be still beautiful to him. He chose his friend who went to Chilton and Harvard as his best man. He turned to smile nervously towards Matt (the best man), and Matt smiled. Matt knew that today was the second best day for Tristan. First was the day he and Rory finally realized their feelings towards each other, and the wedding to represent their deep love. They knew deep in their hearts, they were considered married. Even time and distance couldn't keep them apart. The music started and the heavy doors opened. It was midmorning summer, cool enough to enjoy the sun, Rory entered the church. The organs played loudly, but he didn't hear anything or anyone other than Rory. She was wearing pure white gown that was strapless and hugged all her curves till the stomach area and from there it flowed down to the flow. She had a veil that covered her face and wearing gloves up to her elbow. She had flowers of white and light pastel pink in a bunch. They were lilies and roses. Rory's hair was up in curls and a smile on her face. Her blue eyes shone with love as she walked up the alter. Tristan was awed. My dream. It's coming true; and Rory's making it happen.
Finally Rory reached Tristan and smiled. They linked arms and walked to the prist. When the vows came, Tristan and Rory decided to make their own. Tristan started.
"Rory, I can't believe we're here. At this place, you willingly marrying me." The people in the church chuckled lightly with Tristan. Rory only smiled. "This...this life is all but a dream that is coming true, and you're making them happen. I can't thank you enough. I know I'm not good enough, but I will love you forever. No matter what. There has been many obstacles in our relationship, but throughout it all, I know that you and I are meant to be. I'm not good with words, but the three words I describe to you doesn't do justice. I love you. I'm entralled by you. You captivate me like no one has ever had. People at Chilton must be surprised, me, Tristan Dugray, once a player is now worshipping the grounds that you walk on. I never thought I would fall in love. Didn't know the meaning of love. But once you came to Chilton, in Mr. Medina's class writing notes, I was just...speechless. I am now. You are beautiful without knowing or with words, inside and out. I fell for you in grade 10, and fell in love with you so long ago I lost count. But now we're 27 years old, here at this church saying our vows. I can just say, thank you for loving me and marrying me. Because I don't deserve it." Tristan finished. In the church everyone was crying.
"Tristan, I know that sometimes you think you don't deserve me, but thats not even close. I don't deserve you. I love you so much. Anything I do for you, is out of love, and doesn't feel like a sacrifice. I'm the one with the degree in English, and I can't find any words to say, except I'm madly in love with you. I was so scared that you'd break my heart. You were the player in Chilton, and you knew it and everyone did. People told me you liked me, and I thought, 'nah, he couldn't be. It's Tristan.' But I now know, I have your heart." Rory laughed jokingly. Though she half knew she did have Tristan's heart, she still couldn't believe that Tristan Dugray could love her. But the people did. They didn't laugh with her, for they saw how abinding his love for Rory was. So strong, and so pure that even the heavens would cry. "You once asked at our one year anniversary, 'Promise me one thing, don't break my heart.' I was ready to cry, because I truely believed that you would find someone greater than me to love. When you asked to marry me, I was half shocked, I thought maybe we're rushing. Just two years and getting married, but then realized, I've been waiting for you my whole life. You're my knight in shining armor. You certainly fit the job description. Tall, blond and blue eyes! But know that I love you so much. More than words could describe." Rory finished and Tristan was openly crying. The words that Rory describe in her vows would forever be engraved in his heart as well as every moment that they spent together in the past and for the future. The ceremony was over and Tristan and Rory shared their first kiss as husband and wife. The crowd cheered. When they walked out the alter, people threw small tissue paper. Rory and Tristan laughed happily. During their wedding dinner, they smiled, kissed and held hands and so oblivious to others around them. Their dreams had come true. They had come home to eachother.
The End.
I know it was really long. I think its around like probably a bit over 100k. Thank you for reading and R/Ring! I totally appreciated it. I hope you do Review for me. Though I know it was Cliche and corney, its the ONLY way to end this LONG LONG story!!! =) Hope you enjoyed reading this story.