~Several Weeks Later~
From his bedroom window, Tristan saw Rory and Jake making out by the front door. He had just shown Summer out. He had the sudden childish desire to dump a bucket of water over Jake's handsome little head.
"Stop it, Tristan" he thought to himself. "You're only going to wind up making a fool out of yourself."
Shaking his head, he went down to the kitchen to scrounge for food. Summer's idea of a nice 'restaurant' involved an all you can eat salad bar, and not much else. Tristan hated salad. He entered the kitchen and saw Rory making a sandwich.
"Want one?" she asked, adding tomato slices to the mix.
"Sure" said Tristan and Rory began to make another one.
They sat at the kitchen table with their food. "So, how was your date with Summer?" asked Rory.
"Fine. How was your date with Jake?"
"Good."
"From what I saw, it was more then just "good"," Tristan thought to himself. What he didn't know, was that Rory and Jake knew that he was watching, and had done that little performance to make him jealous.
"Glad you had a good time." Taking his plate to the sink, he rinsed it out and set it in the dishwasher. "Good night."
"Night," answered Rory, as Tristan went upstairs.
Rory sat at the kitchen table and thought. Her plan seemed to be working, Tristan was getting jealous. For a while, she felt a little bad about using Jake this way, but, it wasn't as if he didn't KNOW she was doing it. He knew, and he thought it was a good idea. Shaking her head at her self- doubt, she went upstairs to bed.
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The next day, Rory and Tristan decided to catch a movie in town, since no one else seemed to be around. They decided on 'Men In Black 2', and laughed hysterically at various parts. Then, they found out the theater was doing a 'midnight classics' series. That night's feature was 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', and they decided to catch that, as well. Between movies, they grabbed dinner at a nice little seafood restaurant. Tristan dared Rory to try some of his calamari, but Rory politely declined. She decided she would stick with her whitefish and fries. Tristan teased her, and Rory retaliated by throwing a fry at him. He, in turn, dumped some water on her, and they started a minor food fight that resulted in them being thrown out of the restaurant and having to go home to change before the next movie started.
"That was great!" said Rory, as they walked up the stairs at 2:15 in the morning. "I've never been thrown out of a restaurant before! And the movies were hilarious!"
"Me, neither" agreed Tristan. "And I agree with you about the movies."
Rory and Tristan went to bed, glad that they had been able to forget all their jealousy- for a few hours, at least.
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Rory, Tristan, Danni, Matt, and Amanda were bike riding around the island the next day. It was a gorgeous day, and everyone was having a great time. Then, who should they run into but Summer and her friend?
Rory and Tristan had branched off a little from the others, who had paused to rest under a tree. They said that they would catch up later. Then, Rory nearly ran into someone.
"Watch where you're going!" Summer snapped, angrily. "This is a brand-new dress!" Her expression changed when she saw Tristan. "Hi, sweetie!"
"Hi, Summer. Summer, you remember Rory Gilmore?"
"Oh, yeah." Summer glanced at Rory carelessly. "This is my friend, Lana Moore."
"Nice to meet you, Lana" Tristan and Rory said politely.
"Listen, Tristan, I was thinking maybe we could go on a double-date tonight? You, me, Rory, and that guy I've been seeing her around with-"
"Jake" Rory supplied.
"Right. Jake. What do you say?"
"Actually-"
"We kind of-"
Rory and Tristan blurted out at the same time.
"Great! Pick you up at your place at 7:30. Dress to impress!" With that, Summer flounced away.
Rory sighed and pulled out her cell phone. "I guess I'd better call Jake."
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Rory and Tristan sat across from each other, uncomfortably. Rory could tell Summer was playing footsie with Tristan, because she could feel Summer's foot brush her leg a couple of times. She and Jake were doing their best to look like they were dating. Jake kept brushing her cheek with his lips, and touching her hand. It was making Rory uncomfortable, but she managed to hide it well, thanks to years of acting lessons from her mother.
"So, Jake, what college do you go to?" Summer asked. She wasn't getting much of a reaction from Tristan, and she was bored. Once she found out Jake was in college, however, she decided the evening might not be such a waste, after all.
"I go to Boston U."
"Ohh. a Boston boy."
"Yep." Jake smiled uncomfortably and shifted in his chair.
"My man's so smart!" cooed Rory, after Jake kicked her under the table. She was fighting the giggles that were threatening to come out of her throat.
"You know it, babe" answered Jake, leaning over to kiss her. Tristan just scowled at them, too upset to see that it was obviously an act. Summer was either too dumb or too blind to notice.
"Excuse me" Rory finally choked out. She ran to the ladies room and began laughing hysterically. Once she had finally regained control, she went back to the table. Tristan was in the process of asking Jake what he was majoring in.
"I'm majoring in Physics, with a minor in education" Jake answered. "I plan to be a high school science teacher."
"That's nice," said Tristan, obviously not interested in anything Jake had to say.
Rory was extremely glad when the evening was over.
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Rory stomped up the stairs to her room. Her plan wasn't working. Tristan, equally frustrated, stomped up after her.
"What are you so angry about?" he asked.
"Nothing! What are you so angry about?"
"Nothing!" Tristan sighed in frustration and went to his room. His plan wasn't working. It was time to tell Rory how he really felt. He tried practicing in the mirror:
"Hey babe, you're fine. Wanna go out with me?" No, that wouldn't work.
"Damn bitch, you stupid fly!" No, no, no! That was from a Monty Python sketch, for heaven sakes!
"Listen, Rory, I really like you. Forget about that guy, Jake." Tristan shook his head in frustration and tried again.
"Rory, I really like you. Would you like to go out sometime?"
Unbeknownst to Tristan, the connecting door between his room and Rory's was partially open. Rory had been listening to her headphones (so as not to disturb the rest of the household), but during a break in the music, she heard Tristan's voice:
"Rory, I really like you."
Rory grinned. Tristan liked her? She immediately turned off the headphones and went into Tristan's room.
"I like you too, Tristan."
Startled, Tristan turned at the voice. "Rory? What-"
"Shhh" Rory pressed a finger to Tristan's lips. "I said I like you too."
"You do?"
"Of course, silly! Why do you think I agreed to go on this trip?"
"I thought it was because you didn't want to face a summer of boredom in Stars Hollow."
"No, it's because I wanted to get closer to you!"
"But what about Jake?"
"Do you want to go out with me or not? 'Cause it kind of sounds like you don't. Jake and I devised a plan; I was using him to make you jealous. Now, what about Summer?"
Tristan began to laugh. "I was using Summer for the same reason! I guess great minds think alike, huh Mary? Oh, and of course I wanna go out with you. I've wanted nothing else since the day I laid eyes on you for the first time."
"Well, in that case, I think I will go out with you." Rory grinned. "Now, are you going to kiss me, or not?"
"You asked for it" Tristan murmured, bringing his lips to hers for a deep, passionate kiss.
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The next day, Rory and Tristan made plans to go on their first official 'date'. Tristan wouldn't tell Rory what it was he had planned, but he ended up surprising her with a candlelight picnic on the beach. Rory 'broke it off' with Jake and Tristan dumped Summer. They laughed hysterically when they saw Summer go up to Jake, flirt with him, and try to kiss him. They laughed even harder when they saw Jake smack Summer across the face.
In January, Lorelai gave birth to a bouncing baby boy she named William Lucas Danes. Everyone adjusted well to this new member of the family.
Rory ended up going to Harvard, and Tristan went to Boston Bay. They continued to date, and Tristan proposed to Rory the day she graduated from Harvard. She accepted, of course. They are now planning the wedding, a simple ceremony to be held in Stars Hollow in August.
Rory, Tristan, Matt, Washu, Sarah, Amanda, Mona, Lucy, and Danni have all kept in touch with each other over the years. They are planning a 'reunion' trip to Mackinac Island for this June, and the above people are of course going to be at the wedding.
From his bedroom window, Tristan saw Rory and Jake making out by the front door. He had just shown Summer out. He had the sudden childish desire to dump a bucket of water over Jake's handsome little head.
"Stop it, Tristan" he thought to himself. "You're only going to wind up making a fool out of yourself."
Shaking his head, he went down to the kitchen to scrounge for food. Summer's idea of a nice 'restaurant' involved an all you can eat salad bar, and not much else. Tristan hated salad. He entered the kitchen and saw Rory making a sandwich.
"Want one?" she asked, adding tomato slices to the mix.
"Sure" said Tristan and Rory began to make another one.
They sat at the kitchen table with their food. "So, how was your date with Summer?" asked Rory.
"Fine. How was your date with Jake?"
"Good."
"From what I saw, it was more then just "good"," Tristan thought to himself. What he didn't know, was that Rory and Jake knew that he was watching, and had done that little performance to make him jealous.
"Glad you had a good time." Taking his plate to the sink, he rinsed it out and set it in the dishwasher. "Good night."
"Night," answered Rory, as Tristan went upstairs.
Rory sat at the kitchen table and thought. Her plan seemed to be working, Tristan was getting jealous. For a while, she felt a little bad about using Jake this way, but, it wasn't as if he didn't KNOW she was doing it. He knew, and he thought it was a good idea. Shaking her head at her self- doubt, she went upstairs to bed.
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The next day, Rory and Tristan decided to catch a movie in town, since no one else seemed to be around. They decided on 'Men In Black 2', and laughed hysterically at various parts. Then, they found out the theater was doing a 'midnight classics' series. That night's feature was 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', and they decided to catch that, as well. Between movies, they grabbed dinner at a nice little seafood restaurant. Tristan dared Rory to try some of his calamari, but Rory politely declined. She decided she would stick with her whitefish and fries. Tristan teased her, and Rory retaliated by throwing a fry at him. He, in turn, dumped some water on her, and they started a minor food fight that resulted in them being thrown out of the restaurant and having to go home to change before the next movie started.
"That was great!" said Rory, as they walked up the stairs at 2:15 in the morning. "I've never been thrown out of a restaurant before! And the movies were hilarious!"
"Me, neither" agreed Tristan. "And I agree with you about the movies."
Rory and Tristan went to bed, glad that they had been able to forget all their jealousy- for a few hours, at least.
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Rory, Tristan, Danni, Matt, and Amanda were bike riding around the island the next day. It was a gorgeous day, and everyone was having a great time. Then, who should they run into but Summer and her friend?
Rory and Tristan had branched off a little from the others, who had paused to rest under a tree. They said that they would catch up later. Then, Rory nearly ran into someone.
"Watch where you're going!" Summer snapped, angrily. "This is a brand-new dress!" Her expression changed when she saw Tristan. "Hi, sweetie!"
"Hi, Summer. Summer, you remember Rory Gilmore?"
"Oh, yeah." Summer glanced at Rory carelessly. "This is my friend, Lana Moore."
"Nice to meet you, Lana" Tristan and Rory said politely.
"Listen, Tristan, I was thinking maybe we could go on a double-date tonight? You, me, Rory, and that guy I've been seeing her around with-"
"Jake" Rory supplied.
"Right. Jake. What do you say?"
"Actually-"
"We kind of-"
Rory and Tristan blurted out at the same time.
"Great! Pick you up at your place at 7:30. Dress to impress!" With that, Summer flounced away.
Rory sighed and pulled out her cell phone. "I guess I'd better call Jake."
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Rory and Tristan sat across from each other, uncomfortably. Rory could tell Summer was playing footsie with Tristan, because she could feel Summer's foot brush her leg a couple of times. She and Jake were doing their best to look like they were dating. Jake kept brushing her cheek with his lips, and touching her hand. It was making Rory uncomfortable, but she managed to hide it well, thanks to years of acting lessons from her mother.
"So, Jake, what college do you go to?" Summer asked. She wasn't getting much of a reaction from Tristan, and she was bored. Once she found out Jake was in college, however, she decided the evening might not be such a waste, after all.
"I go to Boston U."
"Ohh. a Boston boy."
"Yep." Jake smiled uncomfortably and shifted in his chair.
"My man's so smart!" cooed Rory, after Jake kicked her under the table. She was fighting the giggles that were threatening to come out of her throat.
"You know it, babe" answered Jake, leaning over to kiss her. Tristan just scowled at them, too upset to see that it was obviously an act. Summer was either too dumb or too blind to notice.
"Excuse me" Rory finally choked out. She ran to the ladies room and began laughing hysterically. Once she had finally regained control, she went back to the table. Tristan was in the process of asking Jake what he was majoring in.
"I'm majoring in Physics, with a minor in education" Jake answered. "I plan to be a high school science teacher."
"That's nice," said Tristan, obviously not interested in anything Jake had to say.
Rory was extremely glad when the evening was over.
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Rory stomped up the stairs to her room. Her plan wasn't working. Tristan, equally frustrated, stomped up after her.
"What are you so angry about?" he asked.
"Nothing! What are you so angry about?"
"Nothing!" Tristan sighed in frustration and went to his room. His plan wasn't working. It was time to tell Rory how he really felt. He tried practicing in the mirror:
"Hey babe, you're fine. Wanna go out with me?" No, that wouldn't work.
"Damn bitch, you stupid fly!" No, no, no! That was from a Monty Python sketch, for heaven sakes!
"Listen, Rory, I really like you. Forget about that guy, Jake." Tristan shook his head in frustration and tried again.
"Rory, I really like you. Would you like to go out sometime?"
Unbeknownst to Tristan, the connecting door between his room and Rory's was partially open. Rory had been listening to her headphones (so as not to disturb the rest of the household), but during a break in the music, she heard Tristan's voice:
"Rory, I really like you."
Rory grinned. Tristan liked her? She immediately turned off the headphones and went into Tristan's room.
"I like you too, Tristan."
Startled, Tristan turned at the voice. "Rory? What-"
"Shhh" Rory pressed a finger to Tristan's lips. "I said I like you too."
"You do?"
"Of course, silly! Why do you think I agreed to go on this trip?"
"I thought it was because you didn't want to face a summer of boredom in Stars Hollow."
"No, it's because I wanted to get closer to you!"
"But what about Jake?"
"Do you want to go out with me or not? 'Cause it kind of sounds like you don't. Jake and I devised a plan; I was using him to make you jealous. Now, what about Summer?"
Tristan began to laugh. "I was using Summer for the same reason! I guess great minds think alike, huh Mary? Oh, and of course I wanna go out with you. I've wanted nothing else since the day I laid eyes on you for the first time."
"Well, in that case, I think I will go out with you." Rory grinned. "Now, are you going to kiss me, or not?"
"You asked for it" Tristan murmured, bringing his lips to hers for a deep, passionate kiss.
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The next day, Rory and Tristan made plans to go on their first official 'date'. Tristan wouldn't tell Rory what it was he had planned, but he ended up surprising her with a candlelight picnic on the beach. Rory 'broke it off' with Jake and Tristan dumped Summer. They laughed hysterically when they saw Summer go up to Jake, flirt with him, and try to kiss him. They laughed even harder when they saw Jake smack Summer across the face.
In January, Lorelai gave birth to a bouncing baby boy she named William Lucas Danes. Everyone adjusted well to this new member of the family.
Rory ended up going to Harvard, and Tristan went to Boston Bay. They continued to date, and Tristan proposed to Rory the day she graduated from Harvard. She accepted, of course. They are now planning the wedding, a simple ceremony to be held in Stars Hollow in August.
Rory, Tristan, Matt, Washu, Sarah, Amanda, Mona, Lucy, and Danni have all kept in touch with each other over the years. They are planning a 'reunion' trip to Mackinac Island for this June, and the above people are of course going to be at the wedding.
