Chapter Two
They sat there for alittle while before either one spoke. This was their first day back at Chilton since it happened. They were comfortable when they spent time at her house and when they went to Luke's but it was weird, different at school.
"Did anyone ask you anything?" Tristan asked her looking at her.
She sighed and toiled with the broken cover of the novel. "Yeah....Paris, Madeline, Louise, Brad....everyone." She said.
"Paris huh?....Was it ugly?"' He asked raising an eyebrow.
"She was actually some what sympathetic....but probably only because you had to go through it too." He smirked.
"So..Rory, I thought maybe I could give you a ride home after school today. I think I might have left my watch at your house." She looked up at him.
"Sure." He smiled. before the incident she would have declined a ride home before he could have gotten the words out, but now she accepted and willingly.The bell rang and students started to file in.
During the class Rory and Tristan made contact a few times. All resulted in a genuine smile. Mrs. Skiene assigned a reading assignment that was about fifty pages. Rory groaned but wrote it down in her planner. After the bell rang he gathered up his stuff and walked behind Rory to her locker.
"So the assignment...." He began.
"Is going to be hell." She completed for him.
"Yes, yes it is. Do you wanna do it together. You know maybe read to eachother, make it go alittle faster." He leaned against her neighboring locker and watched her shuffle books in and out. She pondered for a minute.
"Sure. We can do it at my house after school if your not going to be busy. And well you're bringing me home anyways." She suggested.
"Great. I gotta get to class, I'll see you after school." He brushed her arm with his and smiled before walking down the hall way.
Later she met him at his black porche. He was seated on the hood, blazer discarded, and his shirt unbuttoned some. She ran his hand through his hair and took a drag of the cigarette. She approached and scoweled. "I thought you said you were going to stop....." She inquired.
"I know...but you dont know how hard it is to just...stop...it takes a while. This is my first in a week. It's been building up." He explained and took another snag.
She shook her head and plucked it out of her hand holding it away from him. "You know I've never tried it before....."
He shook his head. "It's a bad habit...don't...." But there was no stopping her, she took it into her mouth and inhaled. She exploded in a fit of coughing. He smiled, and felt a tinge of something soar through him. He was surprised she actually tried it from the same cigarette that he used. He would have thought Rory was the type not to. He couldn't believe she tried it either....it was so un-Rory like.
After the coughing subsided, she tried again and then flung it down to the pavement, watching it burn. "So...are you going to become a smoker?" He asked amused.
She didn't answer immediatly. "No..." she shook her head and turned from the cigarette to face him. "It was disgusting....." She coughed again. "Do you have gum?" He laughed and handed her a peice before taking one for himself.
"That was...so unlike you." They got into the car and fastened their seatbelts.
When they got to her house half an hour later, she turned on the coffee first. Lorelai wouldn't be home for a few hours so she decided to call her and let her know Tristan was over. They finished the reading in about an hour and it had been snowing out the whole time.
"Wow." Tristan said as he stood in the window staring at the snow come down.
"That's alot......." She was amazed. "I love first snows....... my mom says something good always happens when it snows......"Then she got excited. "Lets go make a snow man!" She exclaimed.
"What........I dont have a change of clothes......" he stuttered amazed by how excited she got.
"We have some of my dad's clothes in the closet if you want...." She gazed up at him pouting. There was something there that he couldn't say no to. He nodded slowly. She jumped up excitedly and hugged him quickly before running towards the closet. He just followed smiling from her hug.
Fifteen minutes later a snowman was standing in the back of the Gilmore house. Rory stood back amazed by the detail Tristan was putting into it. He stood back and smiled, admiring their work. "It's not so bad." he nodded looking over at her.
"Not at all." He turned around to fix something on the face when he felt something hit and splash on the back of his coat. He turned to see Rory giggle and run away. She had hit him with a snow ball.
"Aww that's it Mary...it's on now!" She giggled more and ran faster around the yard. He was good though, he made a good snow ball and threw it at her, it hit her right on the leg. She opened her mouth surprised he got her from so far away. "Dont be so surprised, I used to pitch."
She shook her head but smiled, she was learning new things about him everyday. They threw them around for a little bit but then they were both laying in the snow looking up the sky which had stopped snowing alittle bit before. He relished that moment, hoping it wouldn't end. He was close to her, their fingers were even touching slightly at their sides. He got up on his side and looked at her. Her cheeks were pink from the cold and she looked beautiful.
"I had fun...." He said slowly, just above a whisper.
She copied his postion. "Me too....." They gazed for alittle and he leaned in placing a sweet kiss on her lips. He pulled away a minute later.
"You're not running.."He observed smiling."
She shook her head. "No I'm not." She pulled him in for another, more passion filled kiss. Lorelai, who had come home early because of the snow, watched them from the kitchen window, smiling. 'He was cute.......'
Tristan left afterwards when the streets were nicely plowed and it was okay to drive back to hartford, and of course, Lorelai grilled Rory about what happened. It was about eleven when Rory finally got to bed. Rory was actually up for Chilton the next morning. Or maybe it wasn't Chilton she was up for...... She was dressed and waiting for the bus ten minutes early.
She walked into the main entrance of Chilton Preparatory and felt alittle better than the previous day, regarding the questioning and sympathy. She tried to ignore it as much as possible. She managed to get to her locker and it even opened today. She sighed with relief and exchanged some books for first period. "Hey..." She heard his voice and she took her head out of her locker and smiled at him.
"Hey."
"How's Ernie holding up?"
"Oh, he's great, I brought him an extra pair of gloves last night." I said referring to our snowman. He just smiled and looked down at the floor.
"I had fun." He looked up again.
"I did too."
"I ......"He stopped and thought for a minute. He was nervous, and he was rarely nervous in front of girls. "I...I hope I didnt ruin or wasn't too forward with the kiss."
She licked her lips remembering the kiss they shared out in the snow. "Dont worry...you weren't."She smiled. "Remember when i said good things happen when it snows?" She said smiling broadly. He grinned too. She looked towards the large window across from the row of lockers. "Look...it's snowing now......" She looked back to him.
He leaned in and kissed her softly at first and then with more passion. Good things DO happen when it snows.
They sat there for alittle while before either one spoke. This was their first day back at Chilton since it happened. They were comfortable when they spent time at her house and when they went to Luke's but it was weird, different at school.
"Did anyone ask you anything?" Tristan asked her looking at her.
She sighed and toiled with the broken cover of the novel. "Yeah....Paris, Madeline, Louise, Brad....everyone." She said.
"Paris huh?....Was it ugly?"' He asked raising an eyebrow.
"She was actually some what sympathetic....but probably only because you had to go through it too." He smirked.
"So..Rory, I thought maybe I could give you a ride home after school today. I think I might have left my watch at your house." She looked up at him.
"Sure." He smiled. before the incident she would have declined a ride home before he could have gotten the words out, but now she accepted and willingly.The bell rang and students started to file in.
During the class Rory and Tristan made contact a few times. All resulted in a genuine smile. Mrs. Skiene assigned a reading assignment that was about fifty pages. Rory groaned but wrote it down in her planner. After the bell rang he gathered up his stuff and walked behind Rory to her locker.
"So the assignment...." He began.
"Is going to be hell." She completed for him.
"Yes, yes it is. Do you wanna do it together. You know maybe read to eachother, make it go alittle faster." He leaned against her neighboring locker and watched her shuffle books in and out. She pondered for a minute.
"Sure. We can do it at my house after school if your not going to be busy. And well you're bringing me home anyways." She suggested.
"Great. I gotta get to class, I'll see you after school." He brushed her arm with his and smiled before walking down the hall way.
Later she met him at his black porche. He was seated on the hood, blazer discarded, and his shirt unbuttoned some. She ran his hand through his hair and took a drag of the cigarette. She approached and scoweled. "I thought you said you were going to stop....." She inquired.
"I know...but you dont know how hard it is to just...stop...it takes a while. This is my first in a week. It's been building up." He explained and took another snag.
She shook her head and plucked it out of her hand holding it away from him. "You know I've never tried it before....."
He shook his head. "It's a bad habit...don't...." But there was no stopping her, she took it into her mouth and inhaled. She exploded in a fit of coughing. He smiled, and felt a tinge of something soar through him. He was surprised she actually tried it from the same cigarette that he used. He would have thought Rory was the type not to. He couldn't believe she tried it either....it was so un-Rory like.
After the coughing subsided, she tried again and then flung it down to the pavement, watching it burn. "So...are you going to become a smoker?" He asked amused.
She didn't answer immediatly. "No..." she shook her head and turned from the cigarette to face him. "It was disgusting....." She coughed again. "Do you have gum?" He laughed and handed her a peice before taking one for himself.
"That was...so unlike you." They got into the car and fastened their seatbelts.
When they got to her house half an hour later, she turned on the coffee first. Lorelai wouldn't be home for a few hours so she decided to call her and let her know Tristan was over. They finished the reading in about an hour and it had been snowing out the whole time.
"Wow." Tristan said as he stood in the window staring at the snow come down.
"That's alot......." She was amazed. "I love first snows....... my mom says something good always happens when it snows......"Then she got excited. "Lets go make a snow man!" She exclaimed.
"What........I dont have a change of clothes......" he stuttered amazed by how excited she got.
"We have some of my dad's clothes in the closet if you want...." She gazed up at him pouting. There was something there that he couldn't say no to. He nodded slowly. She jumped up excitedly and hugged him quickly before running towards the closet. He just followed smiling from her hug.
Fifteen minutes later a snowman was standing in the back of the Gilmore house. Rory stood back amazed by the detail Tristan was putting into it. He stood back and smiled, admiring their work. "It's not so bad." he nodded looking over at her.
"Not at all." He turned around to fix something on the face when he felt something hit and splash on the back of his coat. He turned to see Rory giggle and run away. She had hit him with a snow ball.
"Aww that's it Mary...it's on now!" She giggled more and ran faster around the yard. He was good though, he made a good snow ball and threw it at her, it hit her right on the leg. She opened her mouth surprised he got her from so far away. "Dont be so surprised, I used to pitch."
She shook her head but smiled, she was learning new things about him everyday. They threw them around for a little bit but then they were both laying in the snow looking up the sky which had stopped snowing alittle bit before. He relished that moment, hoping it wouldn't end. He was close to her, their fingers were even touching slightly at their sides. He got up on his side and looked at her. Her cheeks were pink from the cold and she looked beautiful.
"I had fun...." He said slowly, just above a whisper.
She copied his postion. "Me too....." They gazed for alittle and he leaned in placing a sweet kiss on her lips. He pulled away a minute later.
"You're not running.."He observed smiling."
She shook her head. "No I'm not." She pulled him in for another, more passion filled kiss. Lorelai, who had come home early because of the snow, watched them from the kitchen window, smiling. 'He was cute.......'
Tristan left afterwards when the streets were nicely plowed and it was okay to drive back to hartford, and of course, Lorelai grilled Rory about what happened. It was about eleven when Rory finally got to bed. Rory was actually up for Chilton the next morning. Or maybe it wasn't Chilton she was up for...... She was dressed and waiting for the bus ten minutes early.
She walked into the main entrance of Chilton Preparatory and felt alittle better than the previous day, regarding the questioning and sympathy. She tried to ignore it as much as possible. She managed to get to her locker and it even opened today. She sighed with relief and exchanged some books for first period. "Hey..." She heard his voice and she took her head out of her locker and smiled at him.
"Hey."
"How's Ernie holding up?"
"Oh, he's great, I brought him an extra pair of gloves last night." I said referring to our snowman. He just smiled and looked down at the floor.
"I had fun." He looked up again.
"I did too."
"I ......"He stopped and thought for a minute. He was nervous, and he was rarely nervous in front of girls. "I...I hope I didnt ruin or wasn't too forward with the kiss."
She licked her lips remembering the kiss they shared out in the snow. "Dont worry...you weren't."She smiled. "Remember when i said good things happen when it snows?" She said smiling broadly. He grinned too. She looked towards the large window across from the row of lockers. "Look...it's snowing now......" She looked back to him.
He leaned in and kissed her softly at first and then with more passion. Good things DO happen when it snows.