"So I left. I just packed up and left. I couldn't take it anymore, Mom. All
this lying and cheating...I just couldn't take it." Rory said from her
position on the couch. She was stretched out on her back, her legs draped
across her mothers lap. She leaned over and took a sip of water from her
glass. Then she wiped her eyes, chasing away the last of the tears.
It was about 4 am now, and all was quiet in the Gilmore house, except for the steady stream of whispers coming from the living room.
"Babe, I know you don't think this now, but it will be ok..remember, when you were 24, Luke threw that surprise 40th Birthday party for me, and he was on the phone so much with Sookie and Miss patty and Babette and you, and always hung up when I came in the room, stuff like that..I thought he was cheating.that, or he had some awful disease that made him talk on the phone to women all the time, but hang up when I enter the room. But I was wrong.maybe you are too." Lorelei said, brushing back a piece of hair off Rory's face.
"I don't think so Mom..I mean, he brought a woman INTO OUR BEDROOM when he though I wasn't going to be home that night because I took the kids out for pizza. But boy was he wrong.Mackie forgot her sweatshirt, Lana forgot her visor, and T.J. forgot shoes.still don't know how he managed that..anyway, we made it to Pizza Hut, and realized all this, and decided it was worth it to go back. I half wish we hadn't." She said sadly. The memory was still fresh in her mind.
~*~*~*~*~*~ Flashback-----
"Tristan?" Rory hesitated in the doorway.
Tristan looked over from his position standing next to the bed---THEIR BED-- - looking at a woman who was sitting down on the bed.
"Rory!?! I thought you guys were gone for the night." He said, looking nervous.
She held up missing articles. Then she dropped them. "What the hell is going on here? Who is she?" She pointed at the leggy blonde on the bed.
"Ror, it's not how it looks." He said quickly.
"Oh really? Cause it looks like you have a woman on OUR BED ready to do god knows what when you thought I wasn't going to be home! Is that how it looks to you?" She turned to the blonde. The woman just turned her nose up.
"Get the hell out of my house!!!!" Rory screamed. The kids crowded into the doorway. "Guys, go to your rooms. Time for bed. No pizza tonight. I'll be in in a few minutes."
Then she turned back to the scene in her room. "Both of you! Get the hell out of my house!"
"Adele, I think you better leave." Tristan said.
"Fine whatever. Call me tomorrow, Tris." She said, sauntering out of the room.
"He won't have to because he is going with you!" Rory called to the girl.
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you are, because you aren't staying here!" She said.
And that's when she started throwing stuff.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"It took you a while to get here..what time did you leave?" Lorelei asked.
"Well, we left Boston around 8." Rory said.
"Hmm..so are you tired babe, because we both really should get some sleep." Lorelei said, repositioning herself so she was leaning on Rory.
"Mmmm hmmm.." Rory said, eyes already shut.
With that they drifted off to sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 10:30 the next morning
"Mom.Mom." Lana shook the shoulder of her sleeping mom. She didn't stir.
"Lan (pronounced LAHN.like LON), what is it?" Luke said, coming downstairs after his shower.
"Daddy's on the phone, Pop, and he wants to talk to Mom." Lana said, turning her head up to face her grandfather.
"Lemme have it." He said, reaching for the phone.
Lana just clutched it and turned slightly.
----"Lan? Lana?"---
A faraway voice broke into the silence. Lana put the phone to her ear. "Daddy, Pop wants to talk to you."
----sigh. "Ok put him on"---
Luke takes the phone and heads back upstairs.
*Luke/Tris convo*
Luke: You asshole. You f***ing asshole.
Tristan: Luke, listen to me-
Luke: I don't want to listen to you. All I know is that you hurt my kid, and you are going to pay. If you weren't in Boston, I would kick your ass.
Tristan: I'm not in Boston.
L: What?
T: I'm in Hartford, and I'm headed for Stars Hollow.
L: Well you better turn your ass around, because a welcome crew will be waiting for you with tar and feathers!
T: I need to see Rory.
L: Well she doesn't want to see you.
T: How do you know?
L: It's a very safe assumption.
T: Luke, c'mon. You're the reasonable one!
L: Well right now, I am going to be Lorelei and tell you to go home. You hurt my kid, and unless you want to be sterile when you leave here, I suggest not coming. You're not wanted here.
---CLICK---
Luke walked back downstairs to see an unsteady Lorelei balancing on one foot while she tried to extract herself from Rory. He caught her just as she was about to lose it.
"Hey." She whispered.
"Hey. I just talked to Tristan." He said, walking with her to the kitchen. "Oh yeah? What did he say?"
"Basically he said he was on his way here and wanted to see Rory, and I told him he would be tarred and feathered if he came here-"
"Wait, do you even know how to tar and feather someone..and do we have any tar or feathers?" Lorelei cut in.
"Not the point.and then I told him he had hurt my kid and that he wasn't welcome."
"Aww, how very father-ish of you."
"Well.she is my kid, even if it isn't by blood."
"Yeah, she is." Lorelei said, smiling at him. She walked over and wrapped her arms around his middle. He looped his arms around her shoulders. She pressed her ear to his chest. "Luke.?"
"Yeah."
"Do you really think he cheated?"
"I don't know. Do you?"
"I don't know.but I hope not.for Rory." She said, tightening her grip.
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It was about 4 am now, and all was quiet in the Gilmore house, except for the steady stream of whispers coming from the living room.
"Babe, I know you don't think this now, but it will be ok..remember, when you were 24, Luke threw that surprise 40th Birthday party for me, and he was on the phone so much with Sookie and Miss patty and Babette and you, and always hung up when I came in the room, stuff like that..I thought he was cheating.that, or he had some awful disease that made him talk on the phone to women all the time, but hang up when I enter the room. But I was wrong.maybe you are too." Lorelei said, brushing back a piece of hair off Rory's face.
"I don't think so Mom..I mean, he brought a woman INTO OUR BEDROOM when he though I wasn't going to be home that night because I took the kids out for pizza. But boy was he wrong.Mackie forgot her sweatshirt, Lana forgot her visor, and T.J. forgot shoes.still don't know how he managed that..anyway, we made it to Pizza Hut, and realized all this, and decided it was worth it to go back. I half wish we hadn't." She said sadly. The memory was still fresh in her mind.
~*~*~*~*~*~ Flashback-----
"Tristan?" Rory hesitated in the doorway.
Tristan looked over from his position standing next to the bed---THEIR BED-- - looking at a woman who was sitting down on the bed.
"Rory!?! I thought you guys were gone for the night." He said, looking nervous.
She held up missing articles. Then she dropped them. "What the hell is going on here? Who is she?" She pointed at the leggy blonde on the bed.
"Ror, it's not how it looks." He said quickly.
"Oh really? Cause it looks like you have a woman on OUR BED ready to do god knows what when you thought I wasn't going to be home! Is that how it looks to you?" She turned to the blonde. The woman just turned her nose up.
"Get the hell out of my house!!!!" Rory screamed. The kids crowded into the doorway. "Guys, go to your rooms. Time for bed. No pizza tonight. I'll be in in a few minutes."
Then she turned back to the scene in her room. "Both of you! Get the hell out of my house!"
"Adele, I think you better leave." Tristan said.
"Fine whatever. Call me tomorrow, Tris." She said, sauntering out of the room.
"He won't have to because he is going with you!" Rory called to the girl.
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you are, because you aren't staying here!" She said.
And that's when she started throwing stuff.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"It took you a while to get here..what time did you leave?" Lorelei asked.
"Well, we left Boston around 8." Rory said.
"Hmm..so are you tired babe, because we both really should get some sleep." Lorelei said, repositioning herself so she was leaning on Rory.
"Mmmm hmmm.." Rory said, eyes already shut.
With that they drifted off to sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 10:30 the next morning
"Mom.Mom." Lana shook the shoulder of her sleeping mom. She didn't stir.
"Lan (pronounced LAHN.like LON), what is it?" Luke said, coming downstairs after his shower.
"Daddy's on the phone, Pop, and he wants to talk to Mom." Lana said, turning her head up to face her grandfather.
"Lemme have it." He said, reaching for the phone.
Lana just clutched it and turned slightly.
----"Lan? Lana?"---
A faraway voice broke into the silence. Lana put the phone to her ear. "Daddy, Pop wants to talk to you."
----sigh. "Ok put him on"---
Luke takes the phone and heads back upstairs.
*Luke/Tris convo*
Luke: You asshole. You f***ing asshole.
Tristan: Luke, listen to me-
Luke: I don't want to listen to you. All I know is that you hurt my kid, and you are going to pay. If you weren't in Boston, I would kick your ass.
Tristan: I'm not in Boston.
L: What?
T: I'm in Hartford, and I'm headed for Stars Hollow.
L: Well you better turn your ass around, because a welcome crew will be waiting for you with tar and feathers!
T: I need to see Rory.
L: Well she doesn't want to see you.
T: How do you know?
L: It's a very safe assumption.
T: Luke, c'mon. You're the reasonable one!
L: Well right now, I am going to be Lorelei and tell you to go home. You hurt my kid, and unless you want to be sterile when you leave here, I suggest not coming. You're not wanted here.
---CLICK---
Luke walked back downstairs to see an unsteady Lorelei balancing on one foot while she tried to extract herself from Rory. He caught her just as she was about to lose it.
"Hey." She whispered.
"Hey. I just talked to Tristan." He said, walking with her to the kitchen. "Oh yeah? What did he say?"
"Basically he said he was on his way here and wanted to see Rory, and I told him he would be tarred and feathered if he came here-"
"Wait, do you even know how to tar and feather someone..and do we have any tar or feathers?" Lorelei cut in.
"Not the point.and then I told him he had hurt my kid and that he wasn't welcome."
"Aww, how very father-ish of you."
"Well.she is my kid, even if it isn't by blood."
"Yeah, she is." Lorelei said, smiling at him. She walked over and wrapped her arms around his middle. He looped his arms around her shoulders. She pressed her ear to his chest. "Luke.?"
"Yeah."
"Do you really think he cheated?"
"I don't know. Do you?"
"I don't know.but I hope not.for Rory." She said, tightening her grip.
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