CHAPTER 9
SIX MONTHS LATER
"Rory Gilmore, will you marry me?"
"You know my answer." Rory said with a smile. "Tris, we talked about this already."
"Hey a guy has to try right?" Tristan said as he placed the little black box into his pocket. He looked across the dining room table at a very pregnant yet very beautiful Rory Gilmore. He knew that he could not love anyone else.
"Tris, thank you," Rory said softly.
Tristan looks at her with mild confusion, "For the marriage proposal that you turned down?"
"No," Rory began and she takes his hand and intertwined their fingers together. "Thank you for taking care of me. Being with a grumpy pregnant woman for the past six months was probably hell. Where do you get that kind of patience?"
Tristan smiled at her, "Because I love you." Tristan said sadly.
"Tris.." Rory began.
"I know I'm not suppose to say that, but it is the complete truth of how I feel about you. Rory, promise me that you will never shut me out of your life. If I can't be your husband, please let me be your best friend." Tristan pleaded.
Rory smiled, "Lane will have a fit when she hears this but we can work something out," Rory teased.
"Seriously, I need to know my place in your world. What if Jess or Dean or some other guy walks into your life, where do I belong?"
"In my heart forever." Rory said seriously. "Tris, you have been so good to me and I don't want to lose you either. You will always have a place in my heart and in my life."
"Then marry me Rory."
"My heart has been broken so many times I don't think I can love you like that. It's not fair for you."
"Fair?! So when Jess decides to pop up in your life again, I'm suppose to step back? Is that fair?!"
"I can't deny Jess's rights to see his daughter but he doesn't control my heart."
"Yes he does. It's easy to say when he's a million miles away but he does Rory and he always will."
"My heart and mind has been through so much that I don't know anything anymore. Actually there is one thing that I'm certain about. My mother raised me on her own and I turned out alright. I want to do the same with my daughter. I will love her, teach her, and protect her. Maybe she'll be the one to get the love and relationship thing figured out. The third time's a charm, right? I've even decided to continue the Gilmore tradition, I want to name her Lorelia. Lorelia Emily Gilmore."
Tristan sighed, "You're crazy Mary, completely crazy."
"I know." Rory simply said.
Tristan leans over the table and kisses her forehead. "I'm here now and this is where I'm going to stay."
THE END
SIX MONTHS LATER
"Rory Gilmore, will you marry me?"
"You know my answer." Rory said with a smile. "Tris, we talked about this already."
"Hey a guy has to try right?" Tristan said as he placed the little black box into his pocket. He looked across the dining room table at a very pregnant yet very beautiful Rory Gilmore. He knew that he could not love anyone else.
"Tris, thank you," Rory said softly.
Tristan looks at her with mild confusion, "For the marriage proposal that you turned down?"
"No," Rory began and she takes his hand and intertwined their fingers together. "Thank you for taking care of me. Being with a grumpy pregnant woman for the past six months was probably hell. Where do you get that kind of patience?"
Tristan smiled at her, "Because I love you." Tristan said sadly.
"Tris.." Rory began.
"I know I'm not suppose to say that, but it is the complete truth of how I feel about you. Rory, promise me that you will never shut me out of your life. If I can't be your husband, please let me be your best friend." Tristan pleaded.
Rory smiled, "Lane will have a fit when she hears this but we can work something out," Rory teased.
"Seriously, I need to know my place in your world. What if Jess or Dean or some other guy walks into your life, where do I belong?"
"In my heart forever." Rory said seriously. "Tris, you have been so good to me and I don't want to lose you either. You will always have a place in my heart and in my life."
"Then marry me Rory."
"My heart has been broken so many times I don't think I can love you like that. It's not fair for you."
"Fair?! So when Jess decides to pop up in your life again, I'm suppose to step back? Is that fair?!"
"I can't deny Jess's rights to see his daughter but he doesn't control my heart."
"Yes he does. It's easy to say when he's a million miles away but he does Rory and he always will."
"My heart and mind has been through so much that I don't know anything anymore. Actually there is one thing that I'm certain about. My mother raised me on her own and I turned out alright. I want to do the same with my daughter. I will love her, teach her, and protect her. Maybe she'll be the one to get the love and relationship thing figured out. The third time's a charm, right? I've even decided to continue the Gilmore tradition, I want to name her Lorelia. Lorelia Emily Gilmore."
Tristan sighed, "You're crazy Mary, completely crazy."
"I know." Rory simply said.
Tristan leans over the table and kisses her forehead. "I'm here now and this is where I'm going to stay."
THE END