| The Past & The Present: The Sequel
(read The Past & The Present to understand most of this) by AngelGirl15 AN: i know rory's going to be a very talkative and verbal
2 year old but i need that for the story so please no complaints. Also
Lorelai did not see Luke during the past 2 years, as then she would know
about the star trek t-shirt, "butch danes" etc.
THE SEQUEL : Aren't Things Just
Great?
Past [fast forward to when Rory is 2 years old]: "I HATE YOU!!" I screamed at him. "Yeah well the feelings mutual!" he screamed back. I ran away back into the Inn, leaving Christopher out in the cold.
He had finally found me. I had sent him letters to tell
him how Rory was, and had even taken her to see him a few times. But
no, that wasn't enough for him. He had to search for me. Rory
was at Lane's right now. They were playing and I had to pick her
up in an hour. Thank god she hadn't been here when he had shown up. "Lorelai..." I heard from behind me. I turned and Chris was
stranding there. "Leave me alone. I have to get back to work or Mia won't be
too happy. And I need this job." "Why won't you let me help you?" "I don't need your help. I'm not going back. This is our home!
This is all she knows. I'm not taking her into that world.
Look what it did to me!" "Fine then, I'm leaving." "Go do that! We can live on our own We have for the
last 2 years!" "Don't expect anything from me" he said his eyes flashing. "I haven't, I don't and trust me! I won't." He walked out the door and the tears started to flow down my face.
Luckily the Inn was quiet now and no one was around. I
couldn't dare let anyone see this breakdown. I have managed to
keep it all together for the past two years, all these emotions CANNOT
come out now. My only worry is Chris will tell my parents. If
they hear of where I'm living, in a potting shed, I don't even want to
imagine their reaction. It just would not be a good or pleasant one.
I had taken Rory to see them on each Easter but other then that they
didn't even know where I worked or town. This had been hard enough
without them on my back all the time. "Lorelai?" I heard a voice call. I wiped away my tears and
turned around. "Oh hi Mia. Sorry I will go and clean room 203 now." "Are you alright dear?" "Yes I'm fine. I just got some bad news thats all." "Alright. Oh and Miss Patty called. She said that Rory
can come right from Lane's to her place for dance rehearsal so you
don't have to go and get her, then take her back." "Do I have to call her?" "No I figured that would be alright so Patty was going to go and
get her in an hour or so." "Thanks Mia." "Now get back to work. You may be one of my best maids but you still
do have to do some work around here...."
"Rory can you help me?" Paris asked, lugging a big box down the hallway. "Yeah no problem. Why do you have that big monster thing?" "Senior Class Time Capsule." "It's this heavy?!?!?" "And its not even full yet..." "I am SO not volunteering to lug this thing around then..." "We'll make the guys do it." "Fine by me. They can break their backs carrying this thing." "Where is your other half anyways?" "Baseball practice." "You waiting for him?" "Yep. I was just heading out to watch him actually." "Just tell him it was your duty as vice-president to help your president
carry this thing" she said as we reached the room we were given to conduct
all student council decisions. "He probably won't even notice..." "Are you kidding me? That boy notices if you don't breathe normally!" I laughed at that while Paris stood there with her hand on her hip. "The sad thing is that is not a joke" she said rolling her eyes. "I know" I made out between my giggles. "Do you come with an off switch?" "You wish!" "Go run off and see your boy toy." "I never thought I'd hear those words come from your mouth Paris..."
I said, walking out the door. "JUST GO!" she mock yelled. I hurried down the hall back to
my locker. I grabbed my backpack and hurried out to the practice
field at the back of the school. Paris and I do not get along that
well but we had run together for the class president & vice-president.
It was actually turning out alright. I walked along the paved path to the bleachers that line the baseball
field. They were all doing something involving the bats and hitting
the balls but it was not on the usual field. Tristan had tried
to explain all points of this game but it just never sunk in. I could
easily pick him out, his now grown blonde hair sticking out of the sides
of the mandatory blue Chilton baseball hat. I could see him tossing
the ball to one of his teammates, unidentifiable to me since they all wore
the same white and navy blue uniform. I sat down on the bleachers and pulled
out my only homework of the night, Chemistry and my headphones to my walkman.
I stared at her walking across the back of the field to the bleachers.
My mind was on nothing but her. "Tristan!" my partner, Ryan barked at me. "Oh sorry...." "STop staring at your girlfriend and toss me the ball!" I tossed him it, but my mind was still on Rory. Things had
been amazing with her! We almost never fought. After I came back
it was like everything in the past was forgotten. Neither of us
brought it up. After her and her mom really talked about us, things
on that side were fine. The night of the dinner my parents had
fallen in love with her. Almost nothing had been able to bring us
down.
I found myself almost unable to do my work. A few times I
had looked up and saw Tristan staring at me. We'd share a little smile
then he'd turn back to the practice. I checked my watch and he had
about 5 minutes left before he got to head to the showers. Then we
were going to go first to his house, then to mine. We were celebrating
tonight. We weren't celebrating anything in paticular but we decided
to have one nice night out before everything became more hectic. Prom
is in a little over a week, exams are soon, graduation is looming. Plus
we had gotten our responses from where we applied. We both got into
Yale and Harvard. Yale has won out since both our grandfather's went
there, as did Tristan's father. Plus we are going to be closer to home.
That decision took many hours on the phone talking abck and forth.
He knew i wanted Harvard. What he didn't realize was how much
i wanted HIM there. Of course now we want to live together. Although
both of our parents are pretty liberal they both highly disagree with this
move. As do both sets of grandparents. We both applied to be
in dorms, allthough we are still thinking of just renting an apartment. Course
we chose the same coed dorms. If we can't be in the same room at
least the same building will help. "OH MY GOD!!" I screamed as a pair of warm hands slid their way up
my sides. I twisted my body around and saw Tristan laughing. "YOU SUCK!" I said hitting him with my chemistry notebook which is
not exactly light. "HEY!! Vicous!!" he said, hopping up a few steps on the bleachers
out of reach of my swing. "You scared the crap out of me!" "Maybe you shouldn't be daydreaming about me..." he said, smirking. "Who says I was?" "I can tell." "How?" "You get that glazed over look that every girl gets when they think
of me." "Oh is that right? Now what am i thinking about now?" I asked
glaring at him. "I don't think you'd want me to say Mary...it might ruin your reputation." "And dating you hasn't" I retorted. "Ouch. More harshness..." "Ah you know I love you" I said, smiling. He smiled back and
jumped down the the level I was at. I wrapped my hands around him,
as he did to me and gave him a small kiss. "You're sweaty" I said, wrinkling my nose. "No...you know being in the sun for an hour working my ass off doesn't
make me sweaty..." he said looking down at me. "Very funny mister comedian...go have a shower. I'll meet you
by your car?" "Fine by me" he said planting another heart stopping kiss on my lips. "Yo Dugrey" I heard a voice call, followed by a few cat calls. "Guys just cause you don't have girlfriends doesn't mean you have
to hassle me and mine!' he said. "We wouldnt have to if you didnt forget your glove" Shawn said, tossing
him the glove. Tristan easily caught it with his left hand. "Go..." I said, remvoing my hands from him. "Alright. I won't be too long." "I know you won't" I said, as he picked up the rest of his stuff
and walked away with the guys. I gathered up my work and headed
around the school to the parking lot.
Past: "Rory!! Honey come here!" I called out to her. She had run
off outside of the potting shed. The warm weather made her very
restless. I hurried outside and saw Rory rolling the grass. I breathed
a sigh of relief. "MOMMY!! Come roll with me." "Alright" I said, rolling the long grass that surrounded the shed. Rory started to giggle and pretty soon I started in with her. She
just had her way with me sometimes. "Mommy?" "Yes?" "Why was Tania talking about a man that came to visit you yesterday?" "What?" I said, sitting up in the grass. "She said a man was here..." "Oh she must have been talking about the plumber..." I lied. "Okay!" Rory said cheerfully, sitting up in the grass. "Want to go and get something to eat honey? I'm sure the cooks have
something good in the oven!" I said, putting a smile on my face. "Maybe Sookie will be helping today!!!" she said, with a big smile. "Maybe..."I said actually hoping my closest friend at the Inn was
helping out with the cook today. She was his apprentice so she
usually cooked with him. I scooped Rory up in my arms and took her to the shed. I slid
on her shoes and pulled my hair up in a twist. "Ready?" "READY!" she yelled out, then giggled. I held her hand and we left the potting shed, heading towards the
Inn. But someone appeared before we reached there.... "Lorelai." "Christopher" I said, glaring at him with a tight smile on my lips. "Mommy?" Rory asked confused, looking between the two adults.
Present: "Thanks" I said quietly as Tristan held the car door open for me.
So far tonight has been absolutly perfect. We started out
leaving my house in a limo. We were now at the restaurant, Lugazina's,
where we had had our first date.
****Flashback**** "You do realize that you didn't have to do all this? I'm happy
eating at McDonalds…" I said.
"Oh god!!" I said, laughing as we walked to the doors, hand in hand. "What?" "Just remember me calling you pizza boy on our first date!" Tristan laughed at that. "I remember that...you were so cute that night." "I think I'm cute every night" I said joking. "I'll agree with that" he said, holding the restaurant door open. "Hopefully it won't take us so long to actually get into a conversation
this time" I joked, as he took my coat off. I slid my arm around
his waist after he removed his jacket. "I can't believe we haven't come back here since then..." "Too busy" I answered simply. "Dugrey" Tristan said to the maitre'd and we were ushered to
the back of the restaurant, into a corner 4 person booth. "Whats with us always getting 4 person tables?" I asked him. "This way, we can stretch out" he joked, sliding into the opposite
bench. "Or both on the same side" I said, raising my eyebrows. "Boy has Mary changed' he joked. "Oh come on! It's been a year, I think its alright. The
relationship police aren't going to come after you" I said, as he switched
seats. I leaned my head on his shoulder, and he put his left arm
around me, pulling me close. "Yeah this is better" he said. "Now get me food Pizza Boy." "What do you want? Triscuit crackers?" Both of us started laughing.
Past:
"Yeah well I was going to" he said. "Mommy who is this?" Rory asked, tugging on my pants. I picked her up and placed her on my hip. "This is an old friend of your mommy's" I said. "Tell her the truth." "Why?" "BEacuse I want to be a part of her life now." "Don't I get to decide that?" "I am her father." "Daddy?" Rory asked looking very confused. "Why don't we go get some food like we were going to?" I asked both
Rory and Christopher. "YEY!" she said, and I put her down. I followed her through
the back entrance to the kitchen, Chris following us both. "SOOKIE!" Rory said, seeing her cooking. "Rory!" she said, smiling big but not turning away from the stove. "Hi Sookie!" I said. "Hey! Who's that?" she asked looking behind me to Christopher. "That would be Chris" I said, raising my eyebrows and she had an
OH look on her face. "Sookie, can I have pancakes for dinner?" Rory asked tugging on
her long apron. "Of course! Why don't you stay in here and let Chris and your mom
go get a table and order?" I mouthed Thanks to her while Rory happily agreed, climbing on the
stool opposite Sookie. I led Chris silently out to the dining room.
I motioned for him to sit across from me at the table. "Why did you come back?" i asked simply. "I need to be a part of her life. You can exclude me from
yours but not from hers." "Why are you doing this?" "Look Lorelai I still somewhere in my heart love you. When
you fled I freaked out. I wanted and still do want to be there
for our daughter. You made it clear you did not want me there for
you so I'm not even going to offer. Just let me see her, spend time
with her..." "Chris..." "Lorelai don't make up some sad excuses. There is no reason
that I should not see my daughter!" "Why now?" "It took me this long to track you down. A potting shed doesn't
exactly count as a normal living area so you were not registered there..." "Mia gives it to me rent free." "You're doing good here." "Yeah. This is waht I want." "Please just let me be in here to." I took a deep breath. "Fine. You can be a part of her life. Just never leave
her! You can leave me but at least stay in contact with her. She
is too young to have her heart broken."
Present: "You cannot be doing this" I said, placing my head in my hands,
the tears starting to form. "You brought it up!" he said exasperated. We were facing off outside of the restaurant. With only a few
words things had turned horribly, horribly wrong! "You asked me the question!!! AND I ANSWERED IT!" I said looking
up at him, my eyes glaring. "It just slipped out!" he tried to explain. "Just take me home. I don't want to deal with this right now.
We need to think." "No we need to deal with this now. Last time you ran away,
well we didnt' see each other for MONTHS!" "Is that my fault? You were kissing HER!" "Have we not cleared that up yet?" "I guess not." "The past is in the past!!! We completly moved on from this!
A year has passed! Rory you know I love you!! Why are you doing
this to yourself?" "Maybe I'm not sure" I said. "About?" "If we are doing the right thing." He closed the gap between us, and threaded his hands through mine.
I looked down at his feet. "Rory. We love each other. I never would have brought
it up if I knew this would happen. It was just a thought! You know
people have mentioned it before." I continued to stare at his feet. "Are you going to say anything? Or are you going to run?" "Tristan its just...I know people have mentioned it but hearing you
bring it up was just weird! I mean I've thought about it but..." "Don't do this to yourself." "Do what?" I asked looking up into his sad blue eyes. "Beat up on yourself. lets just forget I asked about marriage
alright?" "But..." He silenced me with a kiss. That erased the confusing voices
in my head. "You ALWAYS do that" I said, a smile emerging on my face. Our
faces were inches from one anothers. "Do what?" "Silence and fix everything with a kiss." "It's a gift." "A very handy gift for when you get in trouble." "Hey it doesn't happen that often!" "True. I'm not sure I like you having the ability to clear
my entire head though..." "Well I think I better do that now so you forget this WHOLE conversation"
he said, kissing me deeply again, making my knees melt, and my body feel
like it was on fire.
Past: "Rory, This is someone you're going to be seeing a lot of now" I
said, trying to explain this to Rory as delicitaly as possible. "Why?" "This is your father." Her face looked both shocked and confused at once. "DADDY!" she yelled, jumping from her chair onto his lap. I
had to giggle at Chris's reaction. "Hi honey!" "Where were you?" "I've been everywhere!!" "Really? I want to see the whole WORLD when I grow up!" "I hope I can help that come true!" "Really?" "Really." "Mommy said she'd help to! Maybe we can all go!" "Maybe" he said, smiling. "Yeah...maybe" I muttered under my breath. "Are you staying with us?" "No I'm going to stay wiht my parents. They would love to
see you again..." "NO!" I yelled, making mos tof the people in the restaurant stare. "Shh" Rory said, putting her tiny pointer finger over her lips. "Sorry." "Why can't she come to Hartford with me?" "You can come here and see her. She is not going there. I
don't care. You want to see her, obey these rules!" Chris opened his mouth to complain but then shut it quickly. "Thanks" I said. "Well all I want it so see her" he said, hugging her close. "You're not going to leave me are you?" she asked him. "Of course not. You're stuck with me."
"MOM!!!" I yelled from the downstairs bathroom. "WHAT?" "HAIR!" "RIGHT!" she said, and I could hear her running down the stairs. It was my senior prom night, and as usual we were running late.
Tristan was supposed to be here in 20 minutes, and we haven't done
my hair. Unlike most people, my mom leaves that till last. "Okay I got everything. Sit" she demanded. I obiediently
sat at the stool in the bathroom while she plugged in the curling iron. I was wearing a shiny navy blue dress. It was very simple,
hanging straight untill my kness where it flared out slightly. Little
silver dots decorated from the breast line up, where silver and navy striped
spaghetti straps held the dress up. "Alright, curly sue or Britney waves?" "Britney waves." "Messy britney or perfect cameron?" "Perfect." "Alright that's easy enough" she said, starting to curl my hair. "I can't believe this is happening" I told her. "Me neither! After this, exams and you are done high school!
No more chilton, no more teacher's dirty tricks." "It's looks mom." "Have you seen the homework they give you? That is such a
dirty trick. They all look evil. Accept it, move on." "Alright." She rubbed gel in my hair, seperating it and scrunching it up, messing
up the perfect curls, but nicely. Finally she used a spray on glitter
hairspray. "There you have now been officially knocked out by the pretty stick.
Now CAMERA!" she said, whipping it off the counter and snapping
pictures. "MOM!" "What?" she asked, snapping them as I left the bathroom. "Come on!" "I need practice for graduation!" "Thats if you come!" She put the camera down, and stuck out her tonge. "I'll save the rest for you and Tristan." "As long as you do let us leave at some point..." "That's debatable!" The door bell rang and my mom started to push me towards the living
room. "WHAT THE?!?!?" "Go up the stairs!" "Why?" "Nice entrance. You knwo fashionably late and all...it'll
be very She's All That!" "MOM!" "Just go..." I hurried up the stairs in my navy sandals. "PURSE!" I called down, and my mom tossed me it up the stairs. I could hear her open the door and a few low mumbles. "Rory! Some guy that slightly resembles your boyfriend is
here!" I could just imagine her laughing and Tristan glaring. I started
to walk down the stairs, and Tristan strode into the family room. "You look..." "Amazing! Gorgeous! Like a star!" my mom supplied. "What she said..." "Thanks MOM!" I joked, reaching the bottom. Tristan was wearing
a simple black tux, with the bow matching my dress. "You look good too" I told him, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "PICTURES!" my mom said, starting to snap away. We posed till
she finished the roll. "Remember back before sunrise!!!" she called as we walked down the
steps to the awaiting limo. We were going to pick up Amanda, Justin,
Kristin, Kevin, Austin, and Trista. "BYE MOM!" I called out. "She's so cute" Tristan said, holding the door open for me. "Don't tell her that" I said, sliding across the seat, Tristan sliding
in after me. The limo started up and I lowered the window waving to Miss Patty,
Luke, Jess, Morty & Babette, Kirk, Taylor and a bunch of other people. "Rory, get your head back in here" Tristan said. I closed
the window and turned to face him. He had two glasses full of champagne. "Before we meet up with everyone else..." he said in his husky voice,
passing me the glass. "You so know the way to my heart" I joked. "It's not that hard...except I thought it was coffee?" "Oh it is. To us!" I said clicking my glass to his. "Forever..." "Forever." We both took sips and I leaned on his shoulder, careful not to wreck
my hair. He stroked my arm lightly. "We're almost done..." he whispered. "It feels like it just began." "We've got alot more to go." "As long as I'm with you, I'm not scared" I said, finding his hand
with mine. He gave me a kiss on my forehead and we just relaxed.
Past:
"This did not just happen" I muttered, rolling out of my bed. Chris
groaned, turned over, and fell back asleep. I stumbled out of the
only closed off room, heading towards Rory's little bed. I sat next
to her watching her sleep. So innocent, so peaceful. She deserves
more then Chris and my screwed up relationship. After a night of argueing,
somehow we ended up in bed together. I did not needs this after just
seeing him. If only I could go back and change things. But
I can't. "Lorelai?" a voice whispered from behind me. I jumped up and
turned to face him. "Not in here" I said quietly, pointing to the bedroom. He turned
and headed back in there. I gave Rory a kiss on her forehead and followed. "Why'd you leave?" he asked bluntly. "I couldn't sleep..." I lied. "Are you mad?" I hesitated. "I didn't want this to happen." "But it did." I put my head in my hands and took a few deep breaths. "We always end up right back where we start." "Just marry me, Lorelai. I promise things will be fine." My mouth dropped to the floor. "WHAT?!?!" I said in a loud whisper. "You heard me. We're both of age now...we can do this." "No, no we can't! Nothing's changed. Except I'm no longer with my
parents...I can't marry you." "Why not?" he asked, his eyes pleading. "YOu and me, it just isn't going to work." "How do you know?" "I just do." "Dammit that's not a good reason!" "I don't need to explain myself to you!" "Why won't you just let us be a family?" "Because it's not what we need. Rory and I are fine. I'm
fine with you coming and seeing her. But I am not fine with us." "Then why'd we have sex?" "It was a mistake!" Chris looked hurt at that but it was the truth. "I love you. I always have and I always will. But this
is not what we both need right now. Why don't you take Rory for the
next few days?" "Fine." "NOt to your parents or my parents though!" "Fine." "You can sleep on the couch" I said, crawling into my bed.
"We're here" the drive announced through the speark that connected
the front and the back parts of the limo. We were all nicely squished
in, and Justin opened the door, and sliding out. We were all careful
not to ruin our outifts, and be able to get out without any embarresing
stories. "Okay picture time!" Eloisa said, trying to get us all to pose. "That's why they have the camera's inside..."Justin complained. "Oh come on!" she said, and we all obiediently lined up. Tristan
stood behind me, wrapping his arms around me. Finally after a few
flashes we started to head inside. "Ready to smile for an hour?" he asked me. "What?" "Oh these pictures are going to go on for a LONG time." "Why?" "Very simple. First come the couple pictures, followed by group
pictures of every type. Girls, all, guys, 2 couples and it just goes
on and on." "Done this before?" "Oh yeah. They do the same at the junior prom to." "Yeah we sort of missed that last year..." "Well as long as we don't miss the important one." We got in line with everyone else at one of the 3 areas set up. One
was for couples, the other 2 for larger groups. Chilton had spared
no expense as usual. It was being held at a banquet hall attached to
one of Hartfor'ds elitest hotels. We had passed through the lobby and
went to a room off of the banquet hall, where all the pictures were being
done. The couple's background consisted of a starry night and a pretty
white arch with lights that looked like stars and flowers on it. The
other two, one had a picture of a busy, olden days New York street corner,
and the other one was a sunset. "NEXT!" the photographer barked, so Tristan nudged me towards the
photographer. "Alright, you know the drill...look pretty...be in love...thats
good..." He said, snapping the camera a few times. "NEXT!" he barked again. We walked over to the line for the
group pictures standing with everyone we had come with in the limo. Amanda hurried over to me. "You two were SO cute as usual" she said. "Thanks" I said, blushing. "You and Justin look great too..." "Thanks! IT's weird being here with him just as friends but
its better thne coming with some creepy loser..." "True! Besides you two always have fun together anyways." "Exactly! So why bother wrecking the prom with relationship
issues?" "Smart actually." "You're rubbing off on me!" "You're going to need a lot more rubbing off if you're going to
do good on these exams" Austin said. "Haha, very funny" she said giving him the evil look. "We're up!" Kristin said. For the next 10 minutes were filled with a million and one poses.
The photographer, luckily, was doing them digitally so he could take
as many as he wanted then we could order our favourites later. "Okay guys, you're all done..." he said, and we all gave a sigh
of relief. I walked over to Tristan who had been talking to some other
people. "Want to go in now?" I asked, linking my arm through his. "You girls done your posing?" "Yep. I'm sure you will love the pictures..." "I'm sure I will. Let's go and see what Chilton has prepared
for us..." "The theme is what again? Something about under the night sky?" "Yeah. Who knows? They will just go over the top as
usual" he said as we walked through the doors. "Wow" was all I could make out. The place looked amazing.
Immediatly across from us was the stage. All around the room
were little lights, the ceiling decorated to look like the night sky. The
tables were in moon shapes. "Well they went all out" Tristan said. "Definatly." "So, can I have the first dance?" he asked, coming around in front
of me. "I think I can squeeze you in on my dance card..." "You sure? I mean I wouldn't want you to go to any trouble..." "Since you aren't worth it." "Oh well now you owe me one..." "Only one?" "We can work on the rest later..." he said pulling me onto the dance
floor.
Present [this part will b explained in the next present part]:
"Go! Please just go!" she ordered him He reached the lobby just in time to see her dissapear into a cab.
He called her name again. The cab screeched out of the waiting
area into the busy city traffic. He was left standing on the steps
in his tux, staring off at the cab, his eyes following it until it was out
of sight. "TRISTAN!!" he heard from behind him. He turned to see Amanda
hurrying towards him. "Where is she?" He simply pointed. "I'm sorry" she said, wrapping her arms around him. A few of
his other friends emerged, and stood standing with him while all he did was
stare into the busy traffic.
Past [Rory is now 5 years old]:
"NO!" "Why not?" I whined. "BEcause you've had enough today." "Not true! I just got off work." "You were in here before work." "So? That was to give Rory breakfest! By the way can I have
a plate of blueberry pancakes for her?" "For dinner?" "ITs her favourite!" "How about I whip up something that isn't going to be covered in
sugar?" "How about no matter what you make, we'll add syrup to." He groaned. "Thats better. So when are you going to finish this place
up?" "Who knows? People are still complaing about the sign..." "Don't cahnge it. It's cute. Just get Rory her pancakes
and me the coffee!" He grumbled and poured me a cup of coffee and went into the back. "Mommy" Rroy said tuggin on my shirt. "Yes?" "I'm done" she said sliding the book across the counter. "Already?" "Yep!" she nodded. "Every word." "Every word" she mimicked. "So you don't mind writing pages on it?" She giggled. "Mom! Be serious!" "I am..." "No you aren't!" "Says who?" "Daddy. He says you are never serious." "When did he say that?" She shrugged. "YOur pancakes will be done in about five minutes" Luke said coming
out. "YEY!" Rory cheered. "Hello all..." Miss Patty declared, coming into the diner. "MISS PATTY!" Rory said, running over to her and hugging her legs. "Hello dear! And how are we today? Ready to dance tomorrow?" Rory nodded. "Luke. Lorelai." she said. "Hi Patty. Aren't you supposed to be out on a big date right
now?" "Oh deary no!! I decided he couldn't keep up with the Miss
Patty lifestyle!" Rory climbed back onto the stool, pulling out another book from
my bag. "Rory why are you reading again? You should go and play with all
the boys in the gazebo!" Rory just shook her head. "Lorelai dear, you need to work on her..." "Why?" "She's going to take forever to date!" "I'm sure she'll do fine..." "YOu can never start to early hun!" "I know. I know."
He tried to dial the number again. The answering machine picked
up again. She obviously didn't want to talk to him. "Tristan?" Amanda asked, sitting down next to me on one of the outside
benches. "What?" "She'll call you. She just needs time." "She shouldn't need time. She could have just said no." "And hurt you like that? "Or hurt me like this?" "She's scared..." "We talked about it before. We fought but then we cleared
it up. Things were fine! We even rented that apartment together
for next year..." "Which is why this is probably scaring her. You two are so
close. Living together is something totally different. You
get to know each and everyone of your annoying habits. Marriage is
even greater. PLus being asked in front of a roomful of people doesn't
seem very appopriate to Rory." "WHAT?!?! Marriage?" "You pulled out the ring box..." "It's not an engagement ring! It's a promise ring." "I don't think Rory got that." Things started to click in my head. She thought I was going
to ask her to marry me. In front of everyone. "I was going to give this to her later, but it just seemed like everythign
was going great..." "And you thought things should keep going great." "Pretty much. But I managed to screw them up again" I said,
putting my head in my hands. "Just wait. I'm sure she'll talk to you soon." "And how do you know that? She thinks I went back on what I
told her before, which was wait." "She's Rory. And you know her better then anyone else...what
do you think she'll do? "
"Yeah, I'll be fine" I said, wiping away a tear. "You sure? Cabdrivers double as therapists." "Well see everything was great...then he asked me to marry him." "Your boyfriend?" "Yeah. We've been together for over a year, and then we'd
argued about it. We're moving in together in a few months but then
he had to pull the ring box out in front of everyone!" "And you didn't like that?" "It's not something I'd want to do there! So I ran." "What was your answer?" "I didn't answer him." "What's your answer though?" I thought about it...could I marry him? I do love him... "I think you need to go see this lover boy of yours." "But..." "If he really meant it then he will understand." I just thought. A million questions were running through my
mind. "Can you take me..." "Back to the hotel. I'm on it" he said, doing a u-turn right
in the middle of traffic.
20 minutes Later: "Thanks" I said, throwing money at the cab driver and hoping out
of the cab. "Good luck!" he said, before I slammed the door shut. There were a few people from my school milling around out front but
it was obvious mostly everyone was still inside. I looked around and
didn't see Tristan. Hopefully he was still here. I walked just
inside the doors and saw him sitting on one of the benches. He was
talking with Amanda. He did not look happy at all. "Tristan" I said coming within a few steps of him. He looked
up and I could see the hurt in his eyes again. "I think I better go..." Amanda said, getting up and giving me a
small smile before dissapearing. "Look..." I started, sitting down next to him. "I did not mean to hurt you...I just am not ready to get married.
It's not that I don't love you because I do SO much. I love you
in ways I can't even put into words. But you scared me out there...and
I just couldn't form words." "So you ran." "Yeah pretty much. I did not want to hurt you. I just
think we shouldn't get married till after we try this living together thing.
PLus everything is going to change." "Rory. This isn't an engagment ring." he said. "What??" He pulled something out of his pocket. It was the ring box. "This is actually a promise ring...I figured its about time you get
one." "Oh my god..." "Feel stupid yet?" "Very much so" I said. I almost started to giggle. "So you ran because you thought I was going to propose to you?" "Pretty much." I nodded very quickly. He opened the box and took out a beautiful solid silver band with tiny words etched in it. I took it out of the box and examined it. "Our worlds are forever entertwined as are our hearts, love Tristan" I read aloud. "This is..." I started, looking for the right word. "And I made the girl of the great vocabulary speechless. My mission's done." "It only took you a year!" I said, slipping the ring on my right ring finger. "I think it looks very nice on your hand..." he said. "Yep and its not leaving there. So do you want a promise ring now to?" He slid his hand in mine. "Well I do think a ring would look good on that finger don't you?" "Oh yes very much so. And then we can start working on some earrings...necklace...." "For me or for you?" "Me duh!!" "What you want to be spoiled now?" "You already spoil me." "You deserve it" he said, giving me a quick kiss. "So ready to go back inside?" "You sure you're ready?" he asked arching his eyebrows. "Why woudl I neeed to be ready?" "Uh you sorta ran out of there...you know the gossip hounds are going to be on you in a second." "Well as long as you're clinging to my side I think I can handle them." "And if I leave?" "You won't" I said. We shared a smile, and stood up, heading inside THE END!!! (of this sequel!!!! maybe another one soon?!?!?!?!?!) ps. I know Lorelai and Chris were pretty unresolved but thats the way we know they are....). |
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Past And The Present
By: AngelGirl15
SEQUEL ADDED!!!!! 'aren't things just great?' R/T & L/C[when they were young]. [[[Completed]]]
Rated: Fiction T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 12 - Words: 41,225 - Reviews: 45 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 3 - Updated: Dec 24, 2002 - Published: Mar 22, 2002 - Status: Complete - id: 671913
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