Summary: Future Rory and Tristan are in Harvard. They're "friends" now.
Rory finds herself thinking of Tristan and try's to fight the attraction.
An obstacle will get in the way.
Pairing: Trory (though some of you might kill me for the ending)
Rating: PG (mild language)
Disclaimer: I own nadda! Zip, Zilch! I wish CMM was mine though... but he's not :(
A/N: Haha! Hmmm... you all may be surprised... and this is especially for Aurora and Kate hehe *grins evilly*
I looked at him. *This isn't the same box as before... is it? NO!!! It's a lot bigger! Hmm... I wonder what he's up to...*
I took the box from him carefully and opened it. Inside was a silver locket. It was heart- shaped and flattened with little designs all over it. I looked up and smiled. I flipped the locket over and it read "My one and only, Love Tristan."
* * *
I held my breath as she read the inscription. When she looked up, she had the biggest smile I'd seen on her for the longest time.
"Thank you. It's beautiful. Will you please?" She held out the locket and i took it. I unclasped it and gently placed it around her neck. She briefly kissed me softly and pulled her locket open. I watched for her reaction. Inside the locket, I had placed a picture of either of us on the two sides. The picture was one that was taken just before she left, when times were happier. I knew now that things would be great. That we were going to be happy again.
"Tristan?"
"Hmm?"
"Where were you just now?" She looked at me amused.
"Off in Roryland."
"Roryland?" She arched an eyebrow at me.
"Yup!"
She started laughing again. "Can you get any cornier?!?!" She was in full fledge laughter by now.
"Hey! You should be honoured that there's a place named after you!"
"There's a place named after Rory?" I turned to see Lorelai walk in. I blushed. I knew I was not going to hear the end of this.
"Hahaha, yeah mom! According to Tristan, there's a place called Roryland! And just before you came in, that's where he was!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a good one! HAHAHAHAHA!" Lorelai was holding her stomach now and almost rolling on the ground. I blushed even redder.
"Aww, mom stop, look! You're making Bible Boy here blush."
"Ah!....Must..... Stop... hahaha... laughing.... HAHAHA!!! OK, I'm done. Sorry, but I couldn't help it. It was just way too funny!"
"Gee... thanks. OK, before you two start laughing at my expense again, I'm going to go." I walked over to Rory and kissed her good- bye. Before I pulled completely away I whispered to her, "You're going to pay for that."
"Oh really?"
I walked to the door and stopped just before I stepped out. "Oh, you can count on it. Bye Lorelai." I didn't wait for her response, but left. I had a lot of thinking to do.
* * *
"That was TOO funny."
"I know mom, but you really need to give him a break sometimes."
"Aww, come on Rory, I was just having some fun. Let's just call it payback for his torment in high school."
"He's so different now. He's sweet, caring, charming as hell... but then agian, he was always charming-"
"And he loves you."
I smiled. "I know he does." Absent-mindedly I reached up for the locket and started playing with it.
"Where'd you get that?"
"What mom? This? Oh, Tristan just gave it to me."
She walked over and sat on the side of the bed. She carefully picked it up, off my neck and looked at it.
"It's really pretty."
"That's not the best part." I took it from her and opened it. I showed her the picture we had taken so many months ago.
"Awww, that's so cute."
"Wait-"
"There's more? How many pictures can you fit in that thing?"
"No!" I closed the locket up and flipped it over to show her the inscription.
"OK, now I've made up my mind. He's a keeper! I want a locket now!" She started to pout.
"Mom, all you have to do is ask Luke and you know he'll be more than happy to buy you one. He worships you."
She giggled. "I know! Ooo, speaking of Luke, he told me to tell you that when you get out of here, then you can have as much coffee as you can drink for 5 minutes."
"Yay! Ooo that's a lot of coffee! He's willing to give me 5 whole minutes?" She nodded, "Well then, he better have lots of coffee grinds that day!"
"You're going to share with me right?"
"What?!?! Are you crazy?!?! How often do I get to have as much coffee as I can consume in 5 minutes? Not too many! In fact-"
"EVIL!!!! Evil offspring of mine!!! I gave you life and that wonderful coffee addiction and you won't even share with me?!?!"
"Nope!" She glared and I burst out laughing. I had been doing that a lot today. It was the first time in a long time since I'd been happy. "OK! Fine, maybe a couple cups!"
Mom squealed and hugged me tight.
"Thank you Rory! You are in my good books again! You'll be coffee god for 5 minutes!"
She got up off the bed, "I'm going to go to work now hun. I just came to see how you were doing. Get some rest OK?"
"Sure mom. Bye, love you."
"Love you too." With that, she left and the room was empty and quiet. I sunk down and laid on my bed, my fingers playing with the locket again. I closed my eyes and fell asleep easily.
A/N: haha, not what you had expected eh? I know you all thought it was going to be a ring! So did I at first...cuz I wanted to end this story faster, but now my writer's block has vanished! OK! don't kill me! And ooo no chapters for a couple days, just cuz im really busy this weekend... gotta catch up on ALL my hw that ive been puttin off....
Pairing: Trory (though some of you might kill me for the ending)
Rating: PG (mild language)
Disclaimer: I own nadda! Zip, Zilch! I wish CMM was mine though... but he's not :(
A/N: Haha! Hmmm... you all may be surprised... and this is especially for Aurora and Kate hehe *grins evilly*
I looked at him. *This isn't the same box as before... is it? NO!!! It's a lot bigger! Hmm... I wonder what he's up to...*
I took the box from him carefully and opened it. Inside was a silver locket. It was heart- shaped and flattened with little designs all over it. I looked up and smiled. I flipped the locket over and it read "My one and only, Love Tristan."
* * *
I held my breath as she read the inscription. When she looked up, she had the biggest smile I'd seen on her for the longest time.
"Thank you. It's beautiful. Will you please?" She held out the locket and i took it. I unclasped it and gently placed it around her neck. She briefly kissed me softly and pulled her locket open. I watched for her reaction. Inside the locket, I had placed a picture of either of us on the two sides. The picture was one that was taken just before she left, when times were happier. I knew now that things would be great. That we were going to be happy again.
"Tristan?"
"Hmm?"
"Where were you just now?" She looked at me amused.
"Off in Roryland."
"Roryland?" She arched an eyebrow at me.
"Yup!"
She started laughing again. "Can you get any cornier?!?!" She was in full fledge laughter by now.
"Hey! You should be honoured that there's a place named after you!"
"There's a place named after Rory?" I turned to see Lorelai walk in. I blushed. I knew I was not going to hear the end of this.
"Hahaha, yeah mom! According to Tristan, there's a place called Roryland! And just before you came in, that's where he was!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a good one! HAHAHAHAHA!" Lorelai was holding her stomach now and almost rolling on the ground. I blushed even redder.
"Aww, mom stop, look! You're making Bible Boy here blush."
"Ah!....Must..... Stop... hahaha... laughing.... HAHAHA!!! OK, I'm done. Sorry, but I couldn't help it. It was just way too funny!"
"Gee... thanks. OK, before you two start laughing at my expense again, I'm going to go." I walked over to Rory and kissed her good- bye. Before I pulled completely away I whispered to her, "You're going to pay for that."
"Oh really?"
I walked to the door and stopped just before I stepped out. "Oh, you can count on it. Bye Lorelai." I didn't wait for her response, but left. I had a lot of thinking to do.
* * *
"That was TOO funny."
"I know mom, but you really need to give him a break sometimes."
"Aww, come on Rory, I was just having some fun. Let's just call it payback for his torment in high school."
"He's so different now. He's sweet, caring, charming as hell... but then agian, he was always charming-"
"And he loves you."
I smiled. "I know he does." Absent-mindedly I reached up for the locket and started playing with it.
"Where'd you get that?"
"What mom? This? Oh, Tristan just gave it to me."
She walked over and sat on the side of the bed. She carefully picked it up, off my neck and looked at it.
"It's really pretty."
"That's not the best part." I took it from her and opened it. I showed her the picture we had taken so many months ago.
"Awww, that's so cute."
"Wait-"
"There's more? How many pictures can you fit in that thing?"
"No!" I closed the locket up and flipped it over to show her the inscription.
"OK, now I've made up my mind. He's a keeper! I want a locket now!" She started to pout.
"Mom, all you have to do is ask Luke and you know he'll be more than happy to buy you one. He worships you."
She giggled. "I know! Ooo, speaking of Luke, he told me to tell you that when you get out of here, then you can have as much coffee as you can drink for 5 minutes."
"Yay! Ooo that's a lot of coffee! He's willing to give me 5 whole minutes?" She nodded, "Well then, he better have lots of coffee grinds that day!"
"You're going to share with me right?"
"What?!?! Are you crazy?!?! How often do I get to have as much coffee as I can consume in 5 minutes? Not too many! In fact-"
"EVIL!!!! Evil offspring of mine!!! I gave you life and that wonderful coffee addiction and you won't even share with me?!?!"
"Nope!" She glared and I burst out laughing. I had been doing that a lot today. It was the first time in a long time since I'd been happy. "OK! Fine, maybe a couple cups!"
Mom squealed and hugged me tight.
"Thank you Rory! You are in my good books again! You'll be coffee god for 5 minutes!"
She got up off the bed, "I'm going to go to work now hun. I just came to see how you were doing. Get some rest OK?"
"Sure mom. Bye, love you."
"Love you too." With that, she left and the room was empty and quiet. I sunk down and laid on my bed, my fingers playing with the locket again. I closed my eyes and fell asleep easily.
A/N: haha, not what you had expected eh? I know you all thought it was going to be a ring! So did I at first...cuz I wanted to end this story faster, but now my writer's block has vanished! OK! don't kill me! And ooo no chapters for a couple days, just cuz im really busy this weekend... gotta catch up on ALL my hw that ive been puttin off....
