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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 10/16
Staring into her locker, Rory felt herself being carried back in time to that morning and her thoughts were amassed in images of a half-buttoned shirt, chiseled chest, amazing abs, tousled hair, and an incredible smile that could make her melt. "God he looked good," she thought. She could vividly remember the feel of his arms and the smell of his cologne.
Sighing, she began to pull the books she needed to complete all of her studying that day. She hadn't really seen Tristan all day. They had mostly avoided each other out of the awkwardness from that almost kiss.
"This is ridiculous! I'm not going to distance myself from one of my best friends because of one stupid moment! It didn't even mean anything! We were still half asleep!" She silently tried to convince herself, while at the same time, trying to ignore the nagging voice in that back of her mind asking whom she was attempting to fool. She ignored the fact that she had just been daydreaming about her so-called best friend in a little more than friendly state. Taking a deep breath, she resolved that she would just pretend that this morning never happened. "Yeah, I'd like to see you try!" her inner voice taunted. "Ugh! It was nothing!" and to reinforce that thought, slammed her locker shut, only to find Tristan leaning on the locker next to hers with his ever-present casual stance.
"AAAAHHHHH!!!! What are you trying to do?!?! Send me to an early grave, or something?!?!" she yelled at him as she tried to steady her pounding heart and rapid breathing.
Rory stared at him with a glare, waiting for some kind of response. Yet all she received was a light shrug and an apologetic smile. He brought out the arm that had been positioned at his back, showing her the steaming hot cup of coffee in his hand.
"Forgive me?" he asked, already knowing the answer.
But before he could even get the full two words out of his mouth, Rory was already latched onto the cup and taking sips from it.
"For what? What'd you do?" she asked, smiling back at him from behind the rim of her cup.
"So…you ready for yet another grueling study session with the boys, Will S. and Charlie Dickens?"
"Uh-uh…never."
Chuckling, Tristan put his arm around her shoulder, leading her towards the parking lot. "We must be going, Juliet!"
"Whatever you say, Romeo," she mumbled back grumpily.
The car ride, as usual, was filled with their bickering over the music, lasting the entire ride from Hartford to Stars Hollow. It could have lasted much longer had Rory not looked out the window at the moment they were about to pass Luke's.
"I don't know how I can associate with some one who listens to this- Ooh! Ooh! I wanna stop! Luke's! Need coffee!"
"Rory! I just got you coffee!"
"Just! HA! That was a whole thirty minutes ago! I need another one!" She added a puppy dog look just in case her pleas, alone, hadn't worked.
With a resigned sigh, Tristan expertly pulled into a space. "You're just too strange for me," he said, shaking his head.
"Thank you! Now let's go!" She was already out of the car and running towards the diner before Tristan had the chance to react.
As the two walked up to the counter, Luke has on his normal gruff expression. He said hi to Rory then gave a quick nod at Tristan.
"Two coffees, please!"
"No! That stuff will stunt your growth."
"Well, consider me fully stunted. Any more won't hurt."
"You might start shrinking as it deteriorates your entire system."
"Oh please, Luke! Pleeeeeaase?!?!"
With a heavy sigh, Luke poured her the cups of coffee to go. "You're just as bad as your mother."
Tristan pulled out his wallet, shoving away Rory's money that she was about to hand to Luke.
With an indignant look and her hands on her hips, Rory turned to face him. "You never let me pay! I can take care of myself, you know!"
"I never doubted your ability to pay for your own coffee. I'm just making up for all that time that I was a jerk to you."
"Yeah, but you've done that already! You spend enough on my coffee to be able to send me through a year of college!"
"Well, I could do that too!"
Luke looked back and forth between the two bickering teens. Finally getting fed up, he yelled, "It's on the house! Now Go!"
The two looked at him, stunned, while Luke tried to maintain the menacing look on his face.
"Aww…Luke! You old softie!" Rory cooed.
"I'm three seconds from taking that coffee away!"
"'Nuff said!" She pulled Tristan towards the door of the diner as he threw a thanks over his shoulder at Luke.
Watching the two run out, Luke wondered, "When is Rory going to realize that guy's crazy about her?"
As the two walked through the door of the Gilmore household, they found Lorelai running down the stairs in a huff. "Where is it? Where is it!" she yelled as she began spinning around in circles. "Where did it go?!?!"
"Mom, if you're looking for your tail, you gave it up after you kept getting it caught in the door!"
Lorelai stopped spinning. "Ooh yeah! Now I remember! But no. I'm looking for that thing we like to call the telephone. It was ringing a second ago. Where did we leave it last?"
"Umm…I think between Cosmo September 2000 and October 2000."
"But I checked there already!"
"Hmm how about between Glamour December 2000 and January 2001?"
"Oooh. Good thinking!….WAIT! Stop everything! You have coffee! And you didn't get me any!! Rory!" she whined, "My flesh and blood! I went through all those hours of labor for this?!?!"
Tristan decided to interject before things got ugly. If there was one thing he had learned from his time spent with Rory, never keep a Gilmore girl away from her coffee…well, not unless you had a death wish. "Here Lorelai, this cup's for you."
Lorelai's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "You're pretty!" She took the cup and bounced off into another room.
Rory and Tristan looked at each other and laughed. "Yep, you were definitely hit with a pretty stick!"
"Well that was rather emasculating! So now, I'm gonna change, then we need to start cracking."
At the mention of having to study, Rory started to whine and fell back onto the couch. "Don't wanna!"
"Come on, Rory," he coaxed. He held out his hands to pull her up and accidentally pulled too hard. Rory jerked forward falling against him, and they felt shocks blaze through their bodies. Quickly jumping apart, they both said simultaneously, "I'll go change now!" before quickly darting away.
End of Chapter 10
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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 10/16
Staring into her locker, Rory felt herself being carried back in time to that morning and her thoughts were amassed in images of a half-buttoned shirt, chiseled chest, amazing abs, tousled hair, and an incredible smile that could make her melt. "God he looked good," she thought. She could vividly remember the feel of his arms and the smell of his cologne.
Sighing, she began to pull the books she needed to complete all of her studying that day. She hadn't really seen Tristan all day. They had mostly avoided each other out of the awkwardness from that almost kiss.
"This is ridiculous! I'm not going to distance myself from one of my best friends because of one stupid moment! It didn't even mean anything! We were still half asleep!" She silently tried to convince herself, while at the same time, trying to ignore the nagging voice in that back of her mind asking whom she was attempting to fool. She ignored the fact that she had just been daydreaming about her so-called best friend in a little more than friendly state. Taking a deep breath, she resolved that she would just pretend that this morning never happened. "Yeah, I'd like to see you try!" her inner voice taunted. "Ugh! It was nothing!" and to reinforce that thought, slammed her locker shut, only to find Tristan leaning on the locker next to hers with his ever-present casual stance.
"AAAAHHHHH!!!! What are you trying to do?!?! Send me to an early grave, or something?!?!" she yelled at him as she tried to steady her pounding heart and rapid breathing.
Rory stared at him with a glare, waiting for some kind of response. Yet all she received was a light shrug and an apologetic smile. He brought out the arm that had been positioned at his back, showing her the steaming hot cup of coffee in his hand.
"Forgive me?" he asked, already knowing the answer.
But before he could even get the full two words out of his mouth, Rory was already latched onto the cup and taking sips from it.
"For what? What'd you do?" she asked, smiling back at him from behind the rim of her cup.
"So…you ready for yet another grueling study session with the boys, Will S. and Charlie Dickens?"
"Uh-uh…never."
Chuckling, Tristan put his arm around her shoulder, leading her towards the parking lot. "We must be going, Juliet!"
"Whatever you say, Romeo," she mumbled back grumpily.
The car ride, as usual, was filled with their bickering over the music, lasting the entire ride from Hartford to Stars Hollow. It could have lasted much longer had Rory not looked out the window at the moment they were about to pass Luke's.
"I don't know how I can associate with some one who listens to this- Ooh! Ooh! I wanna stop! Luke's! Need coffee!"
"Rory! I just got you coffee!"
"Just! HA! That was a whole thirty minutes ago! I need another one!" She added a puppy dog look just in case her pleas, alone, hadn't worked.
With a resigned sigh, Tristan expertly pulled into a space. "You're just too strange for me," he said, shaking his head.
"Thank you! Now let's go!" She was already out of the car and running towards the diner before Tristan had the chance to react.
As the two walked up to the counter, Luke has on his normal gruff expression. He said hi to Rory then gave a quick nod at Tristan.
"Two coffees, please!"
"No! That stuff will stunt your growth."
"Well, consider me fully stunted. Any more won't hurt."
"You might start shrinking as it deteriorates your entire system."
"Oh please, Luke! Pleeeeeaase?!?!"
With a heavy sigh, Luke poured her the cups of coffee to go. "You're just as bad as your mother."
Tristan pulled out his wallet, shoving away Rory's money that she was about to hand to Luke.
With an indignant look and her hands on her hips, Rory turned to face him. "You never let me pay! I can take care of myself, you know!"
"I never doubted your ability to pay for your own coffee. I'm just making up for all that time that I was a jerk to you."
"Yeah, but you've done that already! You spend enough on my coffee to be able to send me through a year of college!"
"Well, I could do that too!"
Luke looked back and forth between the two bickering teens. Finally getting fed up, he yelled, "It's on the house! Now Go!"
The two looked at him, stunned, while Luke tried to maintain the menacing look on his face.
"Aww…Luke! You old softie!" Rory cooed.
"I'm three seconds from taking that coffee away!"
"'Nuff said!" She pulled Tristan towards the door of the diner as he threw a thanks over his shoulder at Luke.
Watching the two run out, Luke wondered, "When is Rory going to realize that guy's crazy about her?"
As the two walked through the door of the Gilmore household, they found Lorelai running down the stairs in a huff. "Where is it? Where is it!" she yelled as she began spinning around in circles. "Where did it go?!?!"
"Mom, if you're looking for your tail, you gave it up after you kept getting it caught in the door!"
Lorelai stopped spinning. "Ooh yeah! Now I remember! But no. I'm looking for that thing we like to call the telephone. It was ringing a second ago. Where did we leave it last?"
"Umm…I think between Cosmo September 2000 and October 2000."
"But I checked there already!"
"Hmm how about between Glamour December 2000 and January 2001?"
"Oooh. Good thinking!….WAIT! Stop everything! You have coffee! And you didn't get me any!! Rory!" she whined, "My flesh and blood! I went through all those hours of labor for this?!?!"
Tristan decided to interject before things got ugly. If there was one thing he had learned from his time spent with Rory, never keep a Gilmore girl away from her coffee…well, not unless you had a death wish. "Here Lorelai, this cup's for you."
Lorelai's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "You're pretty!" She took the cup and bounced off into another room.
Rory and Tristan looked at each other and laughed. "Yep, you were definitely hit with a pretty stick!"
"Well that was rather emasculating! So now, I'm gonna change, then we need to start cracking."
At the mention of having to study, Rory started to whine and fell back onto the couch. "Don't wanna!"
"Come on, Rory," he coaxed. He held out his hands to pull her up and accidentally pulled too hard. Rory jerked forward falling against him, and they felt shocks blaze through their bodies. Quickly jumping apart, they both said simultaneously, "I'll go change now!" before quickly darting away.
End of Chapter 10
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