Title: Some Things Change
Author: Christine (Christine.2001@juno.com)
Rating: PG-13??
Spoilers: Umm…I guess up until "The Third Lorelai"…the rest came from my head.
Pairing: R/T
Starring: Rory, Tristan
Guest Starring: Lorelai, Dean, Luke, Lane
Summary: Tristan and Rory have become good friends, although she and Dean are still dating (they never broke up the first time). After something happens with Dean, Rory sees that things are beginning to change between her and Tristan.
Disclaimer: Nooo officer! That's not Tristan stuffed under my bed……Well….I was going to give him back!!…. Eventually.
Feedback: Oh, YES Please! This is my first fic and I want to make sure I'm doing it right.
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Chapter 2/16
"My God, Rory! How can you possibly like that guy? He kept the SAME look on his face throughout the entire movie!"
Tristan was in the driver's seat with Rory beside him on the way to Stars Hollow. Rory turned to him with her arms crossed and an indignant look on her face. "But it's such a cute face! And did you SEE those rippling muscles! Wow!" She got a dreamy expression on her face.
"Aww, come on, Mary. I mean, do you fail to see this Adonis sitting next to you?" Tristan comically flexed his bicep with a look of serious concentration on his face. "How have you managed to resist this for so long? If I were you, I'd have jumped me already!"
"Ha! It's a good thing you're not me!" she added with a smirk as they pulled up in front of her house. "That'd certainly be an interesting sight…"
A look of false dejection crossed his face as his lip stuck out in a pout. "I'm hurt, Rory. Really!"
"Aww..poor wittle Trissy got his wittle feeling hurt…" Rory matched his pout with one of her own in mocking.
Tristan's face lit up in a devilish smile. "Kiss to make it all better?"
Rory laughed at the suggestion, but quickly leaned over in her leather seat to give him a swift kiss on the cheek. "Night Bible Boy." His smile couldn't have been any wider.
"Night, Mary. See you in Hell on Monday!"
"Ugh…don't remind me! I'm just going to enjoy my remaining day of the weekend."
"Sounds good to me! Bye Rory."
He sat in her driveway until he saw that she made it safely to the door. He looked after her adoringly as she skipped her way to her front porch, her innocence evident in almost everything she did. At the top of the steps Rory spun around to give him a tiny wave before shutting the front door behind her. With a sigh, Tristan ran his hands through his already disheveled hair and put the car in reverse, backing slowly out of her driveway. He was always reluctant when he had to leave her. It was pure torture on the days that he couldn't see her, and even though there was one day separating their next meeting, it seemed like decades to him.
"Mom! I'm home!"
Rory walked further into the house and suddenly heard a lot of clattering noise coming from the kitchen. "Oh, no." She ran as quickly as she could into the kitchen and skid to a halt before she could crash into any of the clutter currently occupying what was once her kitchen floor. Well at least it was this morning before she left. "Mom!"
"AH!!!" *Thunk* "Don't DO that!! Are you trying to send me to the hospital with a concussion? It's all a plot to find my secret coffee stash! I'm like that little cartoon leprechaun that those kids keep chasing around to find his pot of gold. But ho, ho, ho! I'm too sneaky! You'll never-"
"Mom! What are you doing under the sink!"
"Well, Miss Smarty Pants, can't you see that I'm fixing the sink?" she says as she stuck her head out from under the sink.
Rory took in the surrounding mess, all slightly wet from an apparent leak, and her mother's dirt smeared face. "This is fixing the sink? More like tearing apart our kitchen!"
Lorelai feigned shock. "My flesh and blood, are you doubting my handywoman plumbing abilities! I'm sure I have a really cute plumber shot!" The last part was added with a devilish chuckle.
Rory had to laugh at her crazy mother, "Whatever you say mom."
"Now on to more important things, how was you're day with the evil one?" she said wiggling her eyebrows.
"Mom! You know Tristan and I are just friends and that I'm dating Dean. Besides, you know very well that Tristan has turned in his horns, tail, and pitchfork."
"You checked to make sure he turned in his tail! Rory," she teased, "how scandalous! I have raised you well."
"ANYWAY! We saw Planet of the Apes."
"Ooh! Mark Wahlberg in a tight ripped up shirt!" Lorelai got a dreamy look on her face.
"I know! That's what I said too!"
"Tristan didn't seem to agree, huh?"
The two both chuckled at the thought of Tristan gushing over Mark Wahlberg.
"Haha…not quite."
Just then the doorbell rang, interrupting any further information from being pried from Rory about her day with Tristan.
"I'll get it!" Rory quickly ran out the kitchen towards the front door.
"I'm not done with you, little missy! I wanna hear more about your day later!" Lorelai yelled after her. With a sigh, she began to lower herself back under the sink. Muttering to herself, "One of these days, that girl's gonna realize how in love with her he is….But until then, this sink has my name on it! Now where did I put that twisting tightening doohickey…"
Rory skid towards the door and threw it open. "Hey, you!" She reached on tiptoe to give her boyfriend a kiss. Before she could reach his lips, he turned his head, resulting in a kiss on his cheek. "Umm…come on in."
Dean stepped through the door, his solemn expression never leaving his face. "Where were you today?"
"Dean, I told you that Tristan and I made plans-"
"Of course, you were with him."
"Dean, what is this-"
"Look Rory, I think we need to talk."
End of Chapter 2
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