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Six Months Later . . .
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"We saw our costumes today!" Clara announced as she and Rory made their way to her car.
"You did! What did they look like?" Rory asked.
"It's a surprise! You'll have to see them at my recital." Clara looked up at her, "You will be there right?"
"Of course!" Rory exclaimed.
When they reached the Ford Explorer, they both scrambled into the car and made their way to Luke's where they were meeting Aden and Tristan.
"Do you and Tristan KISS a lot?" Clara asked as she clicked on her seatbelt.
Rory looked at her surprised, "Where did that question come from?" She pulled out of the parking lot.
Clara shrugged, "Well, do you?"
Rory blushed, "Yes we do." Why was she embarrassed in front of a seven year old? But then again she always turned red and got butter flies in her stomach when she thought of Tristan.
"Ohhhh." Clara said giggling. "Aden said you made out, but he doesn't even know what that means."
Rory was laughing now, "Do you two talk about this a lot?"
"Not as much as we talk about the Mets." Clara grinned when she mentioned her favorite baseball team, and then her grin faltered. "I can't believe I had to miss baseball practice today."
"Sometimes you have to make sacrifices."
"I know. But we have a big game coming up and Trevor was making fun of me the other day." Clara sighed torn between baseball and dance.
"Who's this Trevor kid?" Rory asked not liking him already.
"He's short stop." Clara put everything in baseball terms. "He said I cared more about dance then baseball. Which is not true! I like both just the same."
"You tell Trevor when he has the most home runs on the team he can tease you, but only then."
Clara grinned at this, "Yeah I will. He's only got one!! I've got the most."
"That's right." Rory said as she parked in front of Luke's Diner.
As they walked by the window they saw Tristan and Aden in side already talking to Jess.
All three looked up as they entered.
"Hey, it's my favorite girls!" Tristan said.
"Hello Tristan, hi Jess!" Clara as she hopped onto a stool and started asking Aden about what they did in baseball practice.
"Hey Tris." Rory said and kissed him on the cheek. She grinned at Jess, "I read your 'Cold Sassy Tree'."
"And?" Jess asked his eyebrows raised.
"Not half bad." Rory said taking a stool next to Tristan.
"Yeah, right. I can tell you liked it more then that." Jess said pouring a cup of coffee for her.
"Okay, it was really good. Especially the description of characters, it was great." Rory took a sip of her coffee.
"I knew it." Jess looked up to see that other customers needed him, "Be back."
When he was gone Tristan asked, "So are you ready for finals?"
Rory shrugged, "As ready as I'll ever be. I can't believe this year went by so fast."
"Yeah, me too." Tristan nodded his head in agreement. "Off to Harvard now."
Rory smiled, "Yeah."
Both, she and Tristan had been excepted to the elite school and would be starting in August.
"So, are you guys all set for your trip to Europe?" Tristan asked. He was referring to the trip Rory and Lane were taking through out Europe. Lane wasn't taking Lorelai's place, just keeping Rory company.
Rory grinned, her face lit with anticipation. "Yup! The day after finals we'll be back packing through Europe!"
"I'll miss you." Tristan said.
Rory smiled at him, "I'll miss you too." She kissed him.
A stifled giggling interrupted them, they both pulled away to see Aden and Clara pointing at them, their faces red with laughter.
Rory shook her head, "What is it with them and kissing?"
Tristan shrugged, "They're eight."
"Right."
"Remember, we have a date the day before you leave."
"How could I forget?"
He kissed her nose just as Luke came to take their order.
"I'll have the regular." Rory said. It definitely felt good to say that again.
"Same." Tristan said.
Luke raised his eyebrows, "Who said you had a regular?"
"Right. I'll have a cheeseburger with fries and a coke."
Luke nodded, "That's better," He turned to the twins. "The regular for you two today?"
"Yes sir, Mr. Luke sir." Aden said.
"You don't have to call me sir or Mr. Luke." Luke told them for what seemed like the fiftieth time.
"Okay, Mr. Luke sir." Clara giggled.
Luke scowled, "Say, did you see that Mets game the other night?"
Clara scowled with him, "It was the umpires fault!"
"Predictable excuse." Luke said and walked away with Clara throwing insults to the Yankees at his back.
Tristan looked miffed, "How come they get regulars and I don't?"
"Because we're special!" Aden yelled.
Rory laughed, "Because you're my boyfriend, that's why. You're on rocky territory when it comes to Luke."
After they had all finished dinner Tristan and the twins got ready to go home. He would be dropping them off on his way to Hartford.
Rory kissed him goodbye outside as they all got into his car.
"Have fun at Lane's." He said as he started his car.
"I will." She leaned in. "Bye you guys!" She said to the twins who were sitting in the back.
"Bye Rory!" They said in unison. They were immediately quiet, playing their old game.
"See you tomorrow." Rory said to Tristan.
Tristan gave Rory one last kiss and was gone.
"You really like him, don't you?" Jess asked as soon as Rory came back into the diner and sat on a stool.
"Yeah, I do." Rory said looking slightly wistful.
Jess nodded, "I'm glad."
"Me too."
AN: I'm sorry this was all I was able to update!! I'll write more soon and post it quickly. Thank you all so much for the reviews!!! Keep reviewing!!!!!!!!!!! Please!
Six Months Later . . .
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"We saw our costumes today!" Clara announced as she and Rory made their way to her car.
"You did! What did they look like?" Rory asked.
"It's a surprise! You'll have to see them at my recital." Clara looked up at her, "You will be there right?"
"Of course!" Rory exclaimed.
When they reached the Ford Explorer, they both scrambled into the car and made their way to Luke's where they were meeting Aden and Tristan.
"Do you and Tristan KISS a lot?" Clara asked as she clicked on her seatbelt.
Rory looked at her surprised, "Where did that question come from?" She pulled out of the parking lot.
Clara shrugged, "Well, do you?"
Rory blushed, "Yes we do." Why was she embarrassed in front of a seven year old? But then again she always turned red and got butter flies in her stomach when she thought of Tristan.
"Ohhhh." Clara said giggling. "Aden said you made out, but he doesn't even know what that means."
Rory was laughing now, "Do you two talk about this a lot?"
"Not as much as we talk about the Mets." Clara grinned when she mentioned her favorite baseball team, and then her grin faltered. "I can't believe I had to miss baseball practice today."
"Sometimes you have to make sacrifices."
"I know. But we have a big game coming up and Trevor was making fun of me the other day." Clara sighed torn between baseball and dance.
"Who's this Trevor kid?" Rory asked not liking him already.
"He's short stop." Clara put everything in baseball terms. "He said I cared more about dance then baseball. Which is not true! I like both just the same."
"You tell Trevor when he has the most home runs on the team he can tease you, but only then."
Clara grinned at this, "Yeah I will. He's only got one!! I've got the most."
"That's right." Rory said as she parked in front of Luke's Diner.
As they walked by the window they saw Tristan and Aden in side already talking to Jess.
All three looked up as they entered.
"Hey, it's my favorite girls!" Tristan said.
"Hello Tristan, hi Jess!" Clara as she hopped onto a stool and started asking Aden about what they did in baseball practice.
"Hey Tris." Rory said and kissed him on the cheek. She grinned at Jess, "I read your 'Cold Sassy Tree'."
"And?" Jess asked his eyebrows raised.
"Not half bad." Rory said taking a stool next to Tristan.
"Yeah, right. I can tell you liked it more then that." Jess said pouring a cup of coffee for her.
"Okay, it was really good. Especially the description of characters, it was great." Rory took a sip of her coffee.
"I knew it." Jess looked up to see that other customers needed him, "Be back."
When he was gone Tristan asked, "So are you ready for finals?"
Rory shrugged, "As ready as I'll ever be. I can't believe this year went by so fast."
"Yeah, me too." Tristan nodded his head in agreement. "Off to Harvard now."
Rory smiled, "Yeah."
Both, she and Tristan had been excepted to the elite school and would be starting in August.
"So, are you guys all set for your trip to Europe?" Tristan asked. He was referring to the trip Rory and Lane were taking through out Europe. Lane wasn't taking Lorelai's place, just keeping Rory company.
Rory grinned, her face lit with anticipation. "Yup! The day after finals we'll be back packing through Europe!"
"I'll miss you." Tristan said.
Rory smiled at him, "I'll miss you too." She kissed him.
A stifled giggling interrupted them, they both pulled away to see Aden and Clara pointing at them, their faces red with laughter.
Rory shook her head, "What is it with them and kissing?"
Tristan shrugged, "They're eight."
"Right."
"Remember, we have a date the day before you leave."
"How could I forget?"
He kissed her nose just as Luke came to take their order.
"I'll have the regular." Rory said. It definitely felt good to say that again.
"Same." Tristan said.
Luke raised his eyebrows, "Who said you had a regular?"
"Right. I'll have a cheeseburger with fries and a coke."
Luke nodded, "That's better," He turned to the twins. "The regular for you two today?"
"Yes sir, Mr. Luke sir." Aden said.
"You don't have to call me sir or Mr. Luke." Luke told them for what seemed like the fiftieth time.
"Okay, Mr. Luke sir." Clara giggled.
Luke scowled, "Say, did you see that Mets game the other night?"
Clara scowled with him, "It was the umpires fault!"
"Predictable excuse." Luke said and walked away with Clara throwing insults to the Yankees at his back.
Tristan looked miffed, "How come they get regulars and I don't?"
"Because we're special!" Aden yelled.
Rory laughed, "Because you're my boyfriend, that's why. You're on rocky territory when it comes to Luke."
After they had all finished dinner Tristan and the twins got ready to go home. He would be dropping them off on his way to Hartford.
Rory kissed him goodbye outside as they all got into his car.
"Have fun at Lane's." He said as he started his car.
"I will." She leaned in. "Bye you guys!" She said to the twins who were sitting in the back.
"Bye Rory!" They said in unison. They were immediately quiet, playing their old game.
"See you tomorrow." Rory said to Tristan.
Tristan gave Rory one last kiss and was gone.
"You really like him, don't you?" Jess asked as soon as Rory came back into the diner and sat on a stool.
"Yeah, I do." Rory said looking slightly wistful.
Jess nodded, "I'm glad."
"Me too."
AN: I'm sorry this was all I was able to update!! I'll write more soon and post it quickly. Thank you all so much for the reviews!!! Keep reviewing!!!!!!!!!!! Please!