Pairing: R/T continuation to become R/T and L/C
Disclaimer: Amy Paladino-Sherman and The WB own Gilmore Girls, I own my ideas
Rating: PG
Love and Harvard
Rory and the gang were just beginning their second week at Harvard, and none of them can believe they are actually there. Louise and Madeline share a room, Rory and Lane share a room, Paris has her own room she says she needs her privacy, and Henry and Tristan share a room. They all wanted to get an apartment, but no one's parents liked that idea, well except for Lorelai. Lane, Paris, and Rory were all in the same Intro to Journalism class, Rory and Tristan were in the same Latin, Psychology, and Philosophy classes, and Madeline and Louise had all of their classes together. Their first weekend they decided they would check out the party scene, but Tristan was the only one who drank so Rory had to keep an eye on him all night. Paris met this amazingly hot journalism major that was on the crew team. Madeline and Louise were majorly jealous cause they hadn't met any guys yet. Amazingly to all of their surprise Mrs. Kim, Lane's mom hadn't been calling ever day like they thought she would, but everyone knew that that was because Henry was there. Lorelai came up yesterday to bring the kids a coffee pot and a couple pounds of the coffee Luke used because she didn't want them to go into withdrawal. While Lorelai was there she took them all out to dinner, and they all wished their parents were more like Lorelai. A few days ago, Monday to be exact Tristan took Rory for dinner in Boston. Tristan being himself, even though he valued his friends was getting annoyed with not having Rory all to himself. He and Rory went into Boston and ate dinner at this romantic little French restaurant. Rory felt bad about leaving all their friends in Cambridge while they went to Boston. Even though she felt somewhat guilty she was so excited to be alone with her wonderful boyfriend Tristan DuGrey, wow Rory was starting to sound like her grandmother. She didn't just call him Tris like usual, she used his whole name.
Monday morning before philosophy Tristan and Rory were eating breakfast. "Angel", Tristan said, "What's up??" Rory asked. "Well I was thinking, we really haven't gotten to spend anytime alone lately, so how bout after Psychology we drive into Boston and go out to dinner?" "Sure Tris, you're right, we do need to spend sometime just you and me." "Good", Tristan says leaning across the table and kissing her.
Walking out of journalism later that day Paris asks, "Ror why do you look like you just won a Pulitzer?" "Nothing really, just that I have the most amazing boyfriend in the world." "Oh God" retorts Lane, "here we go Paris, the why Tristan DuGrey is the best boyfriend in the world speech." "You guys can laugh all you want, but I don't see your boyfriends taking you for dinner in Boston," Rory tells them. Rory can see the look of hurt in Paris' eyes, realizing she doesn't have a boyfriend, "Paris I'm sorry I was gloating." "Don't worry about it Ror, I'm happy for you and Tristan, just a little sorry for myself."
Tristan and Rory left for Boston at about 4 on Monday, with dinner reservations at 7, they planned to wander around aimlessly before dinner. Tristan was wearing khakis, loafers, a button down shirt, tie, and navy blazer, looking at him dressed practically in Chilton uniform made Rory remember why she fell in love with the boy who called her Mary. Rory was wearing a simple, but elegant navy blue dress, open toe sandals, the pearl earrings Tristan's parents gave her for graduation, the pearl necklace Emily and Richard had given hear, the pearl bracelet from Lorelai, and the gold ring Tristan had given her for their one year anniversary almost a year earlier.
When they got to Boston they drove around for about fifteen minutes until they finally found a parking spot. They got out and walked around the Commons, hand in hand, so in love. They went to Chez Albert for dinner at about 7 o'clock. After eating they went to a little café for some coffee. When they got back from Boston, they found a bench on Harvard Yard to sit and talk.
"Angel, is everything Ok" Tristan asked, "yeah sweetie I was just thinking about how wonderful tonight was and about how much I love you". Tristan kissed Rory and said, "I love you to Angel, and I have a present for you," pulling a small wrapped box out of his pocket and handing it to Rory. "Tris what is it?" asked Rory. Gazing into her eyes, "you'll never know unless you open it." Rory begins gingerly opening the box, soon to realize it's a ring box. When she actually looks at it she realizes it's from Tiffany's, "Tristan you didn't have to buy me anything." "Yes I did," replies Tristan taking the box out of her hand, "I had to because, Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, I love you." Tristan takes her hand and slides a 4 kt heart shaped diamond with diamonds on each side, with a platinum band on her hand. "Oh Tristan, it's gorgeous, you're gorgeous, I love you so much, but aren't we a little too young?" "No babe we're not to young because for one I love you so much, and two because it's a Promise ring," Tristan tells her. "Oh ok, so we're engaged to be engaged?" "Yes that would be right, cause when we technically get engaged the ring will be bigger, and the night will be much more beautiful," Tristan explained leaning over and kissing her. Rory and Tristan go upstairs to his room and fall asleep in each other's arms.
The next day all the girls, Rory, Lane, Paris, Louise, and Madeline go for breakfast together. Rory hadn't seen any of her friends since before she and Tristan left for Boston the day before. As they sat there eating Rory forgot none of them knew about last night. As they were grilling her about the night's events, Louise asked, " So Ror, what did Tristan but you this time, since we all know every time you guys go out he buys you something." "No he doesn't," Rory retorted, staring at her hand under the table. "Yes he does," Paris said. Madeline looked at Rory and said, "They're right, I'm surprised you don't have all of Tiffany's in your room". Rory told them, "Although I do own a good 2/3's of the Tiffany's in Hartford, it's ton all from Trist." "Oh yeah," lane said, "some of it's from your mom, your grandparents, your dad, and oh wait there's even some from Tristan's parents." Rory glared at all of them, "If you guys would ever shut up, I might tell you what he got me," reaching to grab her coffee with her left hand. "Oh my god" screamed Paris. "What," they other three girls asked. "You guys got engaged, didn't you" Paris said. "No we're not engaged, it's a promise ring, we're engaged to be engaged," Rory explained. "Wow that's so exciting, I'm so happy for you two" Madeline said. "And anyway, you guys know Tristan, do you really think he would ask me to marry him and not put at least an 8 kt. Diamond on my finger?" Lane sat there thinking, "Not spoiled much, are we Rory?" "It's not her fault she's spoiled," Tristan said walking to their table and kissing Rory on the top of her head, " I just have to much money and know how much my girl here likes presents." "Okay," Madeline says, "I'm pretty sure we all like presents, so why don't you give us all presents?" "Because, although you guys are awesome friends I only love her," Tristan tells them, rubbing Rory's shoulders. "Ok girls, it's been fun, but we got to go to Latin," Rory tells them as she stands up and her and Tristan walk away hand in hand.
About two moths later, they are all getting ready for Thanksgiving break. Thanksgiving break starts tomorrow, and they are all so excited about the time off. Wednesday morning Paris, Louise, and Madeline all pile into one car for the ride home, while Henry, Lane, Rory, and Tristan pile into Tristan's Mercedes M Class SUV. Tristan drops lane and Henry off at lane's house and he and Rory go to her house. Rory walks into the house, Tristan in tow carrying her bags. Rory starts screaming, "Mom where are you, Mom, we're here!" Lorelei runs our of the kitchen and grabs Rory hugging her, "Oh sweetie, how are you, I missed you so much." "Hi Lorelai," Tristan says realizing she didn't even see him. Lorelai grabs Tristan hugging him, "Tristan how are you, I trust you're taking good care of my little girl?" "Mom you don't even know," Rory tells her, "he's more protective of me than you are." "Well after the threatening I got from Luke, Sookie, and miss patty," Tristan says, "how couldn't I be?" "Ok, ok" Rory retorts "point taken. I need coffee, so lets move it and get to Luke's." "Yes daughter. Luke better give me some." They head out the door; Tristan follows them keeping his mouth shut, listening to their banter. Walking into Luke's, Luke says, "Tristan, Rory how are my 2 favorite educational minds." "We're fine Luke," Rory tells him, "but we need three large coffees twenty minutes ago." "Yes Rory dear," Luke says smiling. "What no fighting about how coffee is going to kill us?" Lorelai asks. "Nope," Luke tells her "not on the first day my favorite girls is home." "Hey Luke," Tristan says "you better get in line, she's my favorite girl." "Yeah but you get to see her everyday" Luke retorts. "Ok, would everyone shut up and let me drink my coffee," Rory says. With that they all shut up, well that is until Lorelai notices the ring on Rory's finger as she stirs her coffee. "Did you two get in engaged and not tell me," Lorelai asks. "What?" Rory and Tristan ask at the same time. "The ring on your finger Rory," Lorelai says. "No Lorelai," Tristan says, "it's a promise ring…like we're engaged to be engaged." Lorelai looks at both of them, "oh ok, I get it now. I have to hand it to you Tristan you have good taste. Oh and Rory, by the way, nice choice when you decided to go and fall in love with a rich boy." "Oh, so that's why you fell in love with me, huh cause I'm a rich boy?" "No," Rory tells him " I fell in love with you because you are amazing. My mother on the other had fell in love with you because you are a rich boy." "Oh Lorelai, I always knew there was something behind you liking me," Tristan quips. Lorelai looks at him, "oh please Bible Boy, if I was in love with money I wouldn't despise my parents, I would be kissing their feet."
Thanksgiving night Lorelai, Tristan, and Rory go to dinner at Emily and Richard's mansion. Rory and Tristan spent the afternoon at his house with his family. "So kids," Emily asks at dinner, "Lorelai tells me the two of you are engaged to be engaged," "yes grandma, Tristan gave me a promise ring a little over two months ago." "Two months ago," Emily asks "and you're just telling us now?" "Well yes grandma," Rory says, "it's not like we are technically engaged, so I didn't feel it to be that big of a deal." Richard gives his wife a look telling her to shut up, "well I for one am glad that you two plan to marry sometime down the road, you are a perfect match for each other, a Gilmore and a DuGrey, ti has been a long time coming." "well I for one," tristan says "am glad you approve of me and rory Mr. Gilmore." Rory stands up and goes over to hug her grandparents. "Thank you Grandma and Grandpa." Emily looks bewildered, "thank you for what rory?" "thank you for approving of me and tristan, and thank for agreeing to fund my education, because I think if I never went to Chilton, I wouldn't be with tristan." "Rory," Emily begins "there's no need for thanks, of course we would approve of yourself and tristan, and as for funding your education, being able to see you go to Harvard and being a part of you and your mother's lives is thanks enough," as she continues hugging rory and reaches across the table and squeezes lorelai's hand. "Wow" tristan says as they walk out of the house, "I never though that I would be in the Gilmore house for four hours with out there being a fight." "That's because they are happy for us," rory told him. "No rory it was because of you, in 3 years of Friday night dinners you closed a gap in that house that has been there for a long time." "I guess I did do that didn't I" rory asked him. Lorelai walks out, "yes sweetie you did, and I thank you more than you can imagine for bringing this family back together," Lorelai tells her daughter enveloping her in a hug. "Lorelai, can I stay you guy's house tonight," Tristan asks. Rory gives him a weird look, "sure tristan, what's wrong," Lorelai asks. "Well," Tristan begins "you know how rich families aren't really that warm," Tristan asks. "Yes Tristan, trust me I know." "Well I just found out from my grandfather this morning that things between my parents are getting a lot worse," tristan explains "he feels that they are on the verge of getting a divorce, my grandfather's theory is that my father was having an affair and my mother found out." "Oh tristan I'm so sorry," Lorelai, tells him "of course you can stay at our house, as long as you sleep on the couch and don't make any advance towards my daughter." "Ok Lorelai, that sounds like a fair deal." "Trist sweetie, why didn't you tell me," rory asks. "Well I just found out right before you go to my house this afternoon, and they were putting on such a great façade that I really didn't want to spoil it" "Trist you know me being there for you and you being there for me is a big thing in our relationship, I don't ever want you not to tell me something again because you are worried about spoiling a moment," rory told him flatly. "I will, I guess another part of why I didn't tell you this afternoon, was because I didn't want to believe it, but I guess I finally have to face what I've known for a long time, that my parents don't really love each other it's all a matter of social standing." "Oh baby, I'm so sorry." "Angel, don't be sorry they're both better off this way, and remember that we will never ever just be a matter of social standing."
At Rory's house later that night, rory and Lorelai sit in the kitchen drinking coffee while Tristan takes a shower, so he can live by lorelai's ground rules. Rory can tell there is something wrong with her mother; she's not her usual jumpy happy go lucky self. "Mom," rory asks, "what's wrong?" Lorelai stares at her daughter deciding whether she should tell her or not, ok here goes nothing she thinks to her self, "nothings wrong hinny. But remember how I was telling you on the phone last month that I had talked to your father for about two hours on the phone the one night?" "Yeah mom I remember, why" rory asks. "Well this is kind of big, so brace yourself," Lorelai tells her "me and your father have been dating." "You have been dating, you're kidding me right?" "Nope not at all sweetie, he has a real job, in Hartford and he's here almost everyday, which is why I'm kind of depressed, because he's not around" Lorelai looks for some sort of reaction "rory you have to know that he wants to see you very badly, but we decided that it would be better for me to tell you by myself than for both of us to try to explain it." "Wow mom," rory says "all of my life I have hoped for this, and know it's actually happening." "So do you want to see your dad or what," Lorelai asks. "Of course I want to see him, he's my dad." "Ok, I'm going to go call him and tell him to get his sorry buns over here." Lorelai walks out of the room and rory sits there stunned, Tristan walks in the room in a pair of jeans and a sweater and rory just looks up and stares at him. Tristan gut's a very confused look on his face trying to figure what's going on in that beautiful head of hers. "Trist you will never believe this," rory continues, "your parents are on the verge of breaking up, and mine are getting back together." "Angel, are you serious" Tristan asks. "Yep serious as a heart attack, they've been dating for over a month, they decided my mom should tell me before my dad came over to see me, so she told me and is now in there on the phone telling him to get his sorry buns over here, her words not mine." "Wow Rory I'm so happy for you, I know that other than your mom and your grandparents getting along, your mom and your dad getting back together was your biggest wish, well next to being with me, but you already got that one." "I know all of my dreams are coming true, my parents, my mom and my grandparents, me and you, Harvard, me and Paris actually being friends it's so amazing."
Disclaimer: Amy Paladino-Sherman and The WB own Gilmore Girls, I own my ideas
Rating: PG
Love and Harvard
Rory and the gang were just beginning their second week at Harvard, and none of them can believe they are actually there. Louise and Madeline share a room, Rory and Lane share a room, Paris has her own room she says she needs her privacy, and Henry and Tristan share a room. They all wanted to get an apartment, but no one's parents liked that idea, well except for Lorelai. Lane, Paris, and Rory were all in the same Intro to Journalism class, Rory and Tristan were in the same Latin, Psychology, and Philosophy classes, and Madeline and Louise had all of their classes together. Their first weekend they decided they would check out the party scene, but Tristan was the only one who drank so Rory had to keep an eye on him all night. Paris met this amazingly hot journalism major that was on the crew team. Madeline and Louise were majorly jealous cause they hadn't met any guys yet. Amazingly to all of their surprise Mrs. Kim, Lane's mom hadn't been calling ever day like they thought she would, but everyone knew that that was because Henry was there. Lorelai came up yesterday to bring the kids a coffee pot and a couple pounds of the coffee Luke used because she didn't want them to go into withdrawal. While Lorelai was there she took them all out to dinner, and they all wished their parents were more like Lorelai. A few days ago, Monday to be exact Tristan took Rory for dinner in Boston. Tristan being himself, even though he valued his friends was getting annoyed with not having Rory all to himself. He and Rory went into Boston and ate dinner at this romantic little French restaurant. Rory felt bad about leaving all their friends in Cambridge while they went to Boston. Even though she felt somewhat guilty she was so excited to be alone with her wonderful boyfriend Tristan DuGrey, wow Rory was starting to sound like her grandmother. She didn't just call him Tris like usual, she used his whole name.
Monday morning before philosophy Tristan and Rory were eating breakfast. "Angel", Tristan said, "What's up??" Rory asked. "Well I was thinking, we really haven't gotten to spend anytime alone lately, so how bout after Psychology we drive into Boston and go out to dinner?" "Sure Tris, you're right, we do need to spend sometime just you and me." "Good", Tristan says leaning across the table and kissing her.
Walking out of journalism later that day Paris asks, "Ror why do you look like you just won a Pulitzer?" "Nothing really, just that I have the most amazing boyfriend in the world." "Oh God" retorts Lane, "here we go Paris, the why Tristan DuGrey is the best boyfriend in the world speech." "You guys can laugh all you want, but I don't see your boyfriends taking you for dinner in Boston," Rory tells them. Rory can see the look of hurt in Paris' eyes, realizing she doesn't have a boyfriend, "Paris I'm sorry I was gloating." "Don't worry about it Ror, I'm happy for you and Tristan, just a little sorry for myself."
Tristan and Rory left for Boston at about 4 on Monday, with dinner reservations at 7, they planned to wander around aimlessly before dinner. Tristan was wearing khakis, loafers, a button down shirt, tie, and navy blazer, looking at him dressed practically in Chilton uniform made Rory remember why she fell in love with the boy who called her Mary. Rory was wearing a simple, but elegant navy blue dress, open toe sandals, the pearl earrings Tristan's parents gave her for graduation, the pearl necklace Emily and Richard had given hear, the pearl bracelet from Lorelai, and the gold ring Tristan had given her for their one year anniversary almost a year earlier.
When they got to Boston they drove around for about fifteen minutes until they finally found a parking spot. They got out and walked around the Commons, hand in hand, so in love. They went to Chez Albert for dinner at about 7 o'clock. After eating they went to a little café for some coffee. When they got back from Boston, they found a bench on Harvard Yard to sit and talk.
"Angel, is everything Ok" Tristan asked, "yeah sweetie I was just thinking about how wonderful tonight was and about how much I love you". Tristan kissed Rory and said, "I love you to Angel, and I have a present for you," pulling a small wrapped box out of his pocket and handing it to Rory. "Tris what is it?" asked Rory. Gazing into her eyes, "you'll never know unless you open it." Rory begins gingerly opening the box, soon to realize it's a ring box. When she actually looks at it she realizes it's from Tiffany's, "Tristan you didn't have to buy me anything." "Yes I did," replies Tristan taking the box out of her hand, "I had to because, Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, I love you." Tristan takes her hand and slides a 4 kt heart shaped diamond with diamonds on each side, with a platinum band on her hand. "Oh Tristan, it's gorgeous, you're gorgeous, I love you so much, but aren't we a little too young?" "No babe we're not to young because for one I love you so much, and two because it's a Promise ring," Tristan tells her. "Oh ok, so we're engaged to be engaged?" "Yes that would be right, cause when we technically get engaged the ring will be bigger, and the night will be much more beautiful," Tristan explained leaning over and kissing her. Rory and Tristan go upstairs to his room and fall asleep in each other's arms.
The next day all the girls, Rory, Lane, Paris, Louise, and Madeline go for breakfast together. Rory hadn't seen any of her friends since before she and Tristan left for Boston the day before. As they sat there eating Rory forgot none of them knew about last night. As they were grilling her about the night's events, Louise asked, " So Ror, what did Tristan but you this time, since we all know every time you guys go out he buys you something." "No he doesn't," Rory retorted, staring at her hand under the table. "Yes he does," Paris said. Madeline looked at Rory and said, "They're right, I'm surprised you don't have all of Tiffany's in your room". Rory told them, "Although I do own a good 2/3's of the Tiffany's in Hartford, it's ton all from Trist." "Oh yeah," lane said, "some of it's from your mom, your grandparents, your dad, and oh wait there's even some from Tristan's parents." Rory glared at all of them, "If you guys would ever shut up, I might tell you what he got me," reaching to grab her coffee with her left hand. "Oh my god" screamed Paris. "What," they other three girls asked. "You guys got engaged, didn't you" Paris said. "No we're not engaged, it's a promise ring, we're engaged to be engaged," Rory explained. "Wow that's so exciting, I'm so happy for you two" Madeline said. "And anyway, you guys know Tristan, do you really think he would ask me to marry him and not put at least an 8 kt. Diamond on my finger?" Lane sat there thinking, "Not spoiled much, are we Rory?" "It's not her fault she's spoiled," Tristan said walking to their table and kissing Rory on the top of her head, " I just have to much money and know how much my girl here likes presents." "Okay," Madeline says, "I'm pretty sure we all like presents, so why don't you give us all presents?" "Because, although you guys are awesome friends I only love her," Tristan tells them, rubbing Rory's shoulders. "Ok girls, it's been fun, but we got to go to Latin," Rory tells them as she stands up and her and Tristan walk away hand in hand.
About two moths later, they are all getting ready for Thanksgiving break. Thanksgiving break starts tomorrow, and they are all so excited about the time off. Wednesday morning Paris, Louise, and Madeline all pile into one car for the ride home, while Henry, Lane, Rory, and Tristan pile into Tristan's Mercedes M Class SUV. Tristan drops lane and Henry off at lane's house and he and Rory go to her house. Rory walks into the house, Tristan in tow carrying her bags. Rory starts screaming, "Mom where are you, Mom, we're here!" Lorelei runs our of the kitchen and grabs Rory hugging her, "Oh sweetie, how are you, I missed you so much." "Hi Lorelai," Tristan says realizing she didn't even see him. Lorelai grabs Tristan hugging him, "Tristan how are you, I trust you're taking good care of my little girl?" "Mom you don't even know," Rory tells her, "he's more protective of me than you are." "Well after the threatening I got from Luke, Sookie, and miss patty," Tristan says, "how couldn't I be?" "Ok, ok" Rory retorts "point taken. I need coffee, so lets move it and get to Luke's." "Yes daughter. Luke better give me some." They head out the door; Tristan follows them keeping his mouth shut, listening to their banter. Walking into Luke's, Luke says, "Tristan, Rory how are my 2 favorite educational minds." "We're fine Luke," Rory tells him, "but we need three large coffees twenty minutes ago." "Yes Rory dear," Luke says smiling. "What no fighting about how coffee is going to kill us?" Lorelai asks. "Nope," Luke tells her "not on the first day my favorite girls is home." "Hey Luke," Tristan says "you better get in line, she's my favorite girl." "Yeah but you get to see her everyday" Luke retorts. "Ok, would everyone shut up and let me drink my coffee," Rory says. With that they all shut up, well that is until Lorelai notices the ring on Rory's finger as she stirs her coffee. "Did you two get in engaged and not tell me," Lorelai asks. "What?" Rory and Tristan ask at the same time. "The ring on your finger Rory," Lorelai says. "No Lorelai," Tristan says, "it's a promise ring…like we're engaged to be engaged." Lorelai looks at both of them, "oh ok, I get it now. I have to hand it to you Tristan you have good taste. Oh and Rory, by the way, nice choice when you decided to go and fall in love with a rich boy." "Oh, so that's why you fell in love with me, huh cause I'm a rich boy?" "No," Rory tells him " I fell in love with you because you are amazing. My mother on the other had fell in love with you because you are a rich boy." "Oh Lorelai, I always knew there was something behind you liking me," Tristan quips. Lorelai looks at him, "oh please Bible Boy, if I was in love with money I wouldn't despise my parents, I would be kissing their feet."
Thanksgiving night Lorelai, Tristan, and Rory go to dinner at Emily and Richard's mansion. Rory and Tristan spent the afternoon at his house with his family. "So kids," Emily asks at dinner, "Lorelai tells me the two of you are engaged to be engaged," "yes grandma, Tristan gave me a promise ring a little over two months ago." "Two months ago," Emily asks "and you're just telling us now?" "Well yes grandma," Rory says, "it's not like we are technically engaged, so I didn't feel it to be that big of a deal." Richard gives his wife a look telling her to shut up, "well I for one am glad that you two plan to marry sometime down the road, you are a perfect match for each other, a Gilmore and a DuGrey, ti has been a long time coming." "well I for one," tristan says "am glad you approve of me and rory Mr. Gilmore." Rory stands up and goes over to hug her grandparents. "Thank you Grandma and Grandpa." Emily looks bewildered, "thank you for what rory?" "thank you for approving of me and tristan, and thank for agreeing to fund my education, because I think if I never went to Chilton, I wouldn't be with tristan." "Rory," Emily begins "there's no need for thanks, of course we would approve of yourself and tristan, and as for funding your education, being able to see you go to Harvard and being a part of you and your mother's lives is thanks enough," as she continues hugging rory and reaches across the table and squeezes lorelai's hand. "Wow" tristan says as they walk out of the house, "I never though that I would be in the Gilmore house for four hours with out there being a fight." "That's because they are happy for us," rory told him. "No rory it was because of you, in 3 years of Friday night dinners you closed a gap in that house that has been there for a long time." "I guess I did do that didn't I" rory asked him. Lorelai walks out, "yes sweetie you did, and I thank you more than you can imagine for bringing this family back together," Lorelai tells her daughter enveloping her in a hug. "Lorelai, can I stay you guy's house tonight," Tristan asks. Rory gives him a weird look, "sure tristan, what's wrong," Lorelai asks. "Well," Tristan begins "you know how rich families aren't really that warm," Tristan asks. "Yes Tristan, trust me I know." "Well I just found out from my grandfather this morning that things between my parents are getting a lot worse," tristan explains "he feels that they are on the verge of getting a divorce, my grandfather's theory is that my father was having an affair and my mother found out." "Oh tristan I'm so sorry," Lorelai, tells him "of course you can stay at our house, as long as you sleep on the couch and don't make any advance towards my daughter." "Ok Lorelai, that sounds like a fair deal." "Trist sweetie, why didn't you tell me," rory asks. "Well I just found out right before you go to my house this afternoon, and they were putting on such a great façade that I really didn't want to spoil it" "Trist you know me being there for you and you being there for me is a big thing in our relationship, I don't ever want you not to tell me something again because you are worried about spoiling a moment," rory told him flatly. "I will, I guess another part of why I didn't tell you this afternoon, was because I didn't want to believe it, but I guess I finally have to face what I've known for a long time, that my parents don't really love each other it's all a matter of social standing." "Oh baby, I'm so sorry." "Angel, don't be sorry they're both better off this way, and remember that we will never ever just be a matter of social standing."
At Rory's house later that night, rory and Lorelai sit in the kitchen drinking coffee while Tristan takes a shower, so he can live by lorelai's ground rules. Rory can tell there is something wrong with her mother; she's not her usual jumpy happy go lucky self. "Mom," rory asks, "what's wrong?" Lorelai stares at her daughter deciding whether she should tell her or not, ok here goes nothing she thinks to her self, "nothings wrong hinny. But remember how I was telling you on the phone last month that I had talked to your father for about two hours on the phone the one night?" "Yeah mom I remember, why" rory asks. "Well this is kind of big, so brace yourself," Lorelai tells her "me and your father have been dating." "You have been dating, you're kidding me right?" "Nope not at all sweetie, he has a real job, in Hartford and he's here almost everyday, which is why I'm kind of depressed, because he's not around" Lorelai looks for some sort of reaction "rory you have to know that he wants to see you very badly, but we decided that it would be better for me to tell you by myself than for both of us to try to explain it." "Wow mom," rory says "all of my life I have hoped for this, and know it's actually happening." "So do you want to see your dad or what," Lorelai asks. "Of course I want to see him, he's my dad." "Ok, I'm going to go call him and tell him to get his sorry buns over here." Lorelai walks out of the room and rory sits there stunned, Tristan walks in the room in a pair of jeans and a sweater and rory just looks up and stares at him. Tristan gut's a very confused look on his face trying to figure what's going on in that beautiful head of hers. "Trist you will never believe this," rory continues, "your parents are on the verge of breaking up, and mine are getting back together." "Angel, are you serious" Tristan asks. "Yep serious as a heart attack, they've been dating for over a month, they decided my mom should tell me before my dad came over to see me, so she told me and is now in there on the phone telling him to get his sorry buns over here, her words not mine." "Wow Rory I'm so happy for you, I know that other than your mom and your grandparents getting along, your mom and your dad getting back together was your biggest wish, well next to being with me, but you already got that one." "I know all of my dreams are coming true, my parents, my mom and my grandparents, me and you, Harvard, me and Paris actually being friends it's so amazing."
