Part 18 "Learn to Live"

"Hey Rory."

"Why are you here? You're supposed to be in North Carolina with Twilight!"

"Well the baby didn't look anything like me. Twilight's a slut, the guy who's the father of the baby didn't have money and she wanted money."

"Oh I'm sorry."

"Mare, you have nothing to be sorry about. The baby had ugly red hair, it looks somewhat between orange and red and it went all over the place."

"You still brought the pitchfork with you."

"And you still keep you're halo."

"You think you're quite the charmer don't you?"

"But there's one girl I have left to charm." Rory blushed at the comment but she had to break the ice to Tristan that she was going to be with Jess now.

"Yet that girl will never fall for the charmer." Suddenly, Lorelai came to see who it was.

"Oh hey Scott. Aren't you supposed to be locked up in North Carolina?"

"Nah, I ran away. Mare here, made me come back for her."

"Oh, do you want to come in? We have pizza."

"Oh sure." Tristan looked at Rory and saw her crushed face, she wanted to tell Tristan about Jess but that'll break his heart like never before. Now Tristan might mess up the bond between Jess and her. Rory told herself to live with it, she'd survive. "Unless you don't want me to."

"Oh, you can come in. Rory, give Scotty here some pizza."

"Why are you here Jess? Wrapped up nice and cuddled in a flannel blanket?"

"Tristan, wait. Jess and I are."

"No, Scott. You see, Jess got hurt and you know how Luke is busy with the diner so we decided to take Jess here for a couple of days until he got better. After all, he does give us coffee." Rory was so pleased that Lorelai helped cover for her but she knew that Tristan had to know one day about what was going on with her and Jess.

"Oh, well I brought you some coffee in case you need some. You have ham and pineapple pizza I see. I love that!" Tristan went to grab for the last slice but Jess already grabbed it.

"Hey, give me that." But it was too late, Jess already ate a piece of the pizza. "You want to fight, flannel blanket?"

"As a matter of fact I do."

"Jess, no! You can't fight. You're ill, no you're just recovering."

"Rory, I want to fight him. I'll die fighting pretty boy for you."

"Wait, guys. Why are you fighting for a piece of pizza? I can make ham and pineapple pizza." Lorelai took off the pepperoni and put cheeseybread on it as pineapples and shaped the pepperoni as ham. "There. Now Scotty, you eat that." Tristan stood reluctantly to eat it but just to please Lorelai so he could maybe have a chance with Rory he ate it.

Lorelai took Rory by the arm to another room to talk to her. Tristan smiled at Rory before she left and Jess was too busy eating pizza. Lorelai took no notice of them but put all her attention to talking to Rory. "Why didn't you tell Tristan that you're going to date Jess?"

"Tristan will be so sad."

"Rory, you have to tell him. He'll be sadder when he learns that you kept it from him."

"Mom, Tristan came back for me. He left Twilight and her baby."

"Well you have to tell him, now or later. He'll learn to live with it."

~ On the other side with Tristan and Jess talking.

"Pretty boy, I'm dating Rory."

"You are not! Rory is my girl. She loves me. She depises you."

"I slept next to her last night, we kissed."

"Liar!" Tristan wouldn't let himself believe that Rory would chose Jess over himself.

~ Back to Lorelai and Rory.

"I guess but couldn't it wait?"

"Rory, you already told Dean. Once Tristan leaves this house, he'll hear about it and he'll be even sadder."

"I guess. Love is so complicated."

"It is, especially when a guy is determined to get you." Or you're determined to get a guy, Lorelai thought of Christopher.

"Yep. Let's go tell him."

"Ok." Lorelai and Rory walked back to the living room and saw Tristan really mad.

"Are you dating flannel boy?"

"Tristan, I." Rory stammered off.

"What she means to say is that well." Lorelai ended her sentence incomplete too.

"Tristan, I still want to be friends. Really good friends."

"Rory, why didn't you tell me?"

"I was going to tell you right now but you got ahead of me."

"Rory, I broke your heart. And now you broke my heart. I guess we're even." Tristan walked out the door without saying a word. Then he stopped and picked up a necklace. He tore the heart apart and threw it on the ground. Lorelai patted Rory on the back to help Rory stop bawling out tears.

"He'll learn to live with it, babe. He will."

"Thanks Mom."

"For what?"

"Everything. Every single thing."

"You're welcome, honey. Let's go inside to Jess now."

"Sure Mom. Do you mind about me and Jess dating?"

"Not really, because that kid knows that I'll kill him if he breaks your heart." Lorelai and Rory walked inside slowly back to the living room taking no notice of the necklace that Tristan broke and left.

"Hey, Rory."

"Hey Jess." Rory sat down next to Jess putting the flannel blanket over herself. Lorelai went into the kitchen and grabbed some chocolate and the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. She put the movie in and it began. Soon, the Oompa Loompas started singing and they kissed. Lorelai saw the kiss but decided not to mention anything about it. Finally the movie ended and Lorelai did her usual Oompa Loompa dance and song. Lorelai saw that Jess and Rory's popcorn bowl wasn't touched at all. She began to wonder if Rory would make the mistake that she did 16 years ago. But Luke's words replayed once again in her mind, Rory's smart and she knows the consequences.

"Mom! Earth to Lorelai Gilmore."

"Oh, hey. I was lost in space."

"We thought so because you began to eat the unpopped pieces. And you hate those."

"Oh, I was just thinking that maybe Jess and Luke could have dinner with us one night."

"And who would cook?"

"Jess! He should know how to cook, he watches Luke."

"Yeah, Jess. Can you cook?"

"Sure but why can't we have dinner at the diner?"

"Because we're going to watch movies at our house."

"I guess but we're going to have to buy stuff."

"I know a better way! We can call carry out."

"Mom, we've eaten carry out for like the last few weeks."

"Ok, we can call Luke's for carry out."

"Does Luke even serve carry out?"

"He will now." Lorelai picked up the phone and dialed the diner's number.

"Luke's Diner."

"Hey, Luke. Can I order carry out here?"

"Lorelai, you live 5 minutes away from the diner."

"Well I sort of need carry out so can you please cook a lot of stuff and then bring it here?"

"No I can't. I don't have time to waste. Good bye."

"Wait Luke, can you cook something at my house?"

"Ok, what's up?"

"Well, Rory, Jess, and I had this great plan for movie night and you could join us."

"Since when does Lorelai Gilmore ask Luke Danes to movie night at her house with no kitchen supplies?"

"Since now. So please?"

"Fine. Good bye, I'll come around 7."

"Great, thanks Luke."

"Don't mention it."

How will movie night go? Food fight? Luke burning up the kitchen? Lorelai trying to help but only making it worse? Do you really want to know? Or maybe Tristan is gone forever. Or will he finally captaur Rory's heart? Then review! The Milo and Chad thing is old so now I own Gilmore Girls and all it's members. Do I hear $5000000 for Taylor? I can lose him. Nah, I don't own Gilmore Girls or anyone else. You know the usual disclaimer. Anyway, thanks for the reviews everyone!