DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. Not the show, the characters, nada. The plot line is my own however.
RATING: PG [just to be safe]
PAIRING: Trory
SETTING: This is set after both Tristan and Rory have graduated college. Dean and Rory broke up a month after Tristan left.
Rory never kissed Jess.
SUMMARY: Tristan's parents and Rory's grandparents went to set up a marriage between Tristan and Rory for a successful
business merger.
A/N: A big thank you goes out to everyone who reviewed Chapter 18: marie, linds, Blazer, klm111a, sassychick-14, anonymous,
Jamie, CaffeineLFNDGG, gilmoregal669, mandie, mary mary quite contrary, and Phoebe1912. Also, Blazer: I took your advice and
did a time jump with this chapter. There will only be one chapter after this one, which will be an epilogue. Sorry that I've
neglected this story the past few weeks.
Chapter Nineteen
Like A Dream
***Three Months Later***
"Tristan, what are we doing here?" Rory asked with a smile. "Last time I checked, my grandparents' garden wasn't the original
plan for our date."
"I know, but we can go out to eat anytime. I thought maybe we should come back to the place where this whole thing started,"
Tristan replied.
Rory's cheeks hurt from smiling so much. She didn't mind though. Every time she was with Tristan, she couldn't help but feel
this way. When he took her hand, she still felt that familiar electricity shoot through her. He made her feel things she never
knew she could feel before. She didn't know what this night held for her, but with Tristan in charge it was bound to be amazing.
Tristan was feeling the same exhilaration he felt every time he was with her. This time, there was a feeling of nervousness as
well. Tonight, he was going to ask Rory to take the ultimate step in their relationship. To be his until the day they died.
Tristan stopped them beside the fountain and on cue, lights lit up the garden.
"Oh my gosh, Tristan, it's beautiful!" Rory gushed, spellbound by the beauty before her. She turned from looking at the lights
to see Tristan on one knee.
She gasped, unable to believe this was happening to her. Tristan took a deep breath, hoping to calm his racing heart. "Rory, I've
loved you for so long, I can't remember what it's like to not love you. Ever since I saw you at Chilton, I've been entranced by
you. And as I got to know you, I came to care for the person inside. I want to marry you. I want you to be my wife. I want us
to spend the rest of our lives together. I'm not doing this to fulfill some business obligation to my parents or your grandparents.
I'm doing this because I love you with all that I am. I've spent too much of my life not being with you and I don't want to spend
another day without you. Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, will you marry me?" Tristan held his breath as he waited for her answer.
"Yes," Rory said through the tears streaming down her face. "I love you too."
Tristan couldn't help but let out a cheer. All that he'd hoped for, dreamed of since he was sixteen was finally coming true. Rory
Gilmore was going to be his wife.
Rory laughed as he swung her around in her arms and kissed her fervently. For the first time in her life, she truly felt alive.
***One Month Later***
Rory sighed as she pored over yet another guest list her grandmother had given her. She and Tristan didn't want such a large
guest list. However, Emily Gilmore didn't seem to understand that. Her idea of a small wedding consisted of five hundred people.
"Hey, how you holding up, kid?" Lorelai asked her.
"Not too well, Mom," Rory answered. "This isn't what a wedding's supposed to be about. It's not supposed to be about inviting
the right people or making a good impression or showing off your money. It's supposed to be about two people who love each other
sharing this event with the people they love. I've never even heard of most of these people. I don't want them at my wedding!"
"Rory, let me ask you something," Lorelai said. "What do YOU want? Forget about what Grandma's telling you. Don't worry about all
that social obligation crap. Just think about what you want to remember as the happiest day of your life. If all those people get
upset, then too bad for them. You and Tristan are the only people who matter in this. Just think about that when you're making all
these decisions. You make your own guest list with Tristan and that's who will come, okay?"
Rory nodded, as she crossed name after name off her guest list. Her grandmother would probably be upset, but she wasn't willing
to share one of the most important events of her life with complete strangers.
***Two Months Later***
It was happening. It was really happening. After all the planning, the stress, the strained relationships, it was actually going
to happen. Today was the day that Lorelai Leigh Gilmore was going to become a wife. She took a deep breath as she stared at her
reflection in the mirror. She was nervous. Not nervous that things wouldn't work out with Tristan or anything like that. She just
couldn't help but be nervous about something this huge. But she knew once she was walking down the aisle on her dad's arm and she
saw Tristan, it would all be okay. It always was.
Tristan held his breath as he saw Rory come down the aisle toward him, hardly believing that it was true. That she loved him this much.
He knew that it was, but there was a part of him who was just waiting for him to wake up from this dream that he was living.
Lorelai couldn't help but cry as she watched her baby walk down the aisle. She knew that Rory would remember every detail of this
wondrous day. Thankfully, Rory and Tristan had done this how they wanted to do it. They had pared the guest list down to only
fifty people, but those fifty people meant more to them than thousands of acquaintances ever could. Everything about this ceremony
had Rory and Tristan written all over it. Rory's favorite flower, daisies, decorated the whole place. They were having the wedding
outside of the Independence Inn, much to Emily Gilmore's dismay. It was ethereal, just like a dream.
Rory and Tristan had chosen to write their own vows, expressing all that they felt to one another.
Tristan's voice shook a little at first, but once he gazed into Rory's eyes and saw the love there, he was able to calm down.
"Rory, since the first day I met you, I've been captivated by you. Everything about you is everything I never even knew I needed.
Until I got to know you, I never knew how much was missing from my life. Now that we're together, I never want to let you go. I
promise to love you, to cherish you, to always be there for you. No matter what obstacles life throws in our way, I know we can
fight them together. I will love you until the day I die and even after that."
Rory smiled through the tears threatening to spill over. "Tristan, when we first met I wouldn't give you the time of day. But as
we came to know one another better I realized that there's so much more than meets the eye. I've come to love you in ways I never
imagined. You complete me like no one else ever could. I love you and I promise I always will. No matter what, I'll always be
here for you. I promise in fifty years, I'll love you more than I do now. I'll stick by you in the good times and the bad. I'll
love you for the rest of my life. That's something you can always count on."
As Rory and Tristan's lips met in a kiss full of love and promise, the audience applauded. It was like a dream.
***
A/N: Okay, yes it was cheesy and fluffy and all that, but I didn't know what else to write. I hope you enjoyed it. I'm not sure
when the final chapter will be out but I'll try for the end of January.
Thanks for all your reviews! Keep 'em coming. ;)
RATING: PG [just to be safe]
PAIRING: Trory
SETTING: This is set after both Tristan and Rory have graduated college. Dean and Rory broke up a month after Tristan left.
Rory never kissed Jess.
SUMMARY: Tristan's parents and Rory's grandparents went to set up a marriage between Tristan and Rory for a successful
business merger.
A/N: A big thank you goes out to everyone who reviewed Chapter 18: marie, linds, Blazer, klm111a, sassychick-14, anonymous,
Jamie, CaffeineLFNDGG, gilmoregal669, mandie, mary mary quite contrary, and Phoebe1912. Also, Blazer: I took your advice and
did a time jump with this chapter. There will only be one chapter after this one, which will be an epilogue. Sorry that I've
neglected this story the past few weeks.
Chapter Nineteen
Like A Dream
***Three Months Later***
"Tristan, what are we doing here?" Rory asked with a smile. "Last time I checked, my grandparents' garden wasn't the original
plan for our date."
"I know, but we can go out to eat anytime. I thought maybe we should come back to the place where this whole thing started,"
Tristan replied.
Rory's cheeks hurt from smiling so much. She didn't mind though. Every time she was with Tristan, she couldn't help but feel
this way. When he took her hand, she still felt that familiar electricity shoot through her. He made her feel things she never
knew she could feel before. She didn't know what this night held for her, but with Tristan in charge it was bound to be amazing.
Tristan was feeling the same exhilaration he felt every time he was with her. This time, there was a feeling of nervousness as
well. Tonight, he was going to ask Rory to take the ultimate step in their relationship. To be his until the day they died.
Tristan stopped them beside the fountain and on cue, lights lit up the garden.
"Oh my gosh, Tristan, it's beautiful!" Rory gushed, spellbound by the beauty before her. She turned from looking at the lights
to see Tristan on one knee.
She gasped, unable to believe this was happening to her. Tristan took a deep breath, hoping to calm his racing heart. "Rory, I've
loved you for so long, I can't remember what it's like to not love you. Ever since I saw you at Chilton, I've been entranced by
you. And as I got to know you, I came to care for the person inside. I want to marry you. I want you to be my wife. I want us
to spend the rest of our lives together. I'm not doing this to fulfill some business obligation to my parents or your grandparents.
I'm doing this because I love you with all that I am. I've spent too much of my life not being with you and I don't want to spend
another day without you. Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, will you marry me?" Tristan held his breath as he waited for her answer.
"Yes," Rory said through the tears streaming down her face. "I love you too."
Tristan couldn't help but let out a cheer. All that he'd hoped for, dreamed of since he was sixteen was finally coming true. Rory
Gilmore was going to be his wife.
Rory laughed as he swung her around in her arms and kissed her fervently. For the first time in her life, she truly felt alive.
***One Month Later***
Rory sighed as she pored over yet another guest list her grandmother had given her. She and Tristan didn't want such a large
guest list. However, Emily Gilmore didn't seem to understand that. Her idea of a small wedding consisted of five hundred people.
"Hey, how you holding up, kid?" Lorelai asked her.
"Not too well, Mom," Rory answered. "This isn't what a wedding's supposed to be about. It's not supposed to be about inviting
the right people or making a good impression or showing off your money. It's supposed to be about two people who love each other
sharing this event with the people they love. I've never even heard of most of these people. I don't want them at my wedding!"
"Rory, let me ask you something," Lorelai said. "What do YOU want? Forget about what Grandma's telling you. Don't worry about all
that social obligation crap. Just think about what you want to remember as the happiest day of your life. If all those people get
upset, then too bad for them. You and Tristan are the only people who matter in this. Just think about that when you're making all
these decisions. You make your own guest list with Tristan and that's who will come, okay?"
Rory nodded, as she crossed name after name off her guest list. Her grandmother would probably be upset, but she wasn't willing
to share one of the most important events of her life with complete strangers.
***Two Months Later***
It was happening. It was really happening. After all the planning, the stress, the strained relationships, it was actually going
to happen. Today was the day that Lorelai Leigh Gilmore was going to become a wife. She took a deep breath as she stared at her
reflection in the mirror. She was nervous. Not nervous that things wouldn't work out with Tristan or anything like that. She just
couldn't help but be nervous about something this huge. But she knew once she was walking down the aisle on her dad's arm and she
saw Tristan, it would all be okay. It always was.
Tristan held his breath as he saw Rory come down the aisle toward him, hardly believing that it was true. That she loved him this much.
He knew that it was, but there was a part of him who was just waiting for him to wake up from this dream that he was living.
Lorelai couldn't help but cry as she watched her baby walk down the aisle. She knew that Rory would remember every detail of this
wondrous day. Thankfully, Rory and Tristan had done this how they wanted to do it. They had pared the guest list down to only
fifty people, but those fifty people meant more to them than thousands of acquaintances ever could. Everything about this ceremony
had Rory and Tristan written all over it. Rory's favorite flower, daisies, decorated the whole place. They were having the wedding
outside of the Independence Inn, much to Emily Gilmore's dismay. It was ethereal, just like a dream.
Rory and Tristan had chosen to write their own vows, expressing all that they felt to one another.
Tristan's voice shook a little at first, but once he gazed into Rory's eyes and saw the love there, he was able to calm down.
"Rory, since the first day I met you, I've been captivated by you. Everything about you is everything I never even knew I needed.
Until I got to know you, I never knew how much was missing from my life. Now that we're together, I never want to let you go. I
promise to love you, to cherish you, to always be there for you. No matter what obstacles life throws in our way, I know we can
fight them together. I will love you until the day I die and even after that."
Rory smiled through the tears threatening to spill over. "Tristan, when we first met I wouldn't give you the time of day. But as
we came to know one another better I realized that there's so much more than meets the eye. I've come to love you in ways I never
imagined. You complete me like no one else ever could. I love you and I promise I always will. No matter what, I'll always be
here for you. I promise in fifty years, I'll love you more than I do now. I'll stick by you in the good times and the bad. I'll
love you for the rest of my life. That's something you can always count on."
As Rory and Tristan's lips met in a kiss full of love and promise, the audience applauded. It was like a dream.
***
A/N: Okay, yes it was cheesy and fluffy and all that, but I didn't know what else to write. I hope you enjoyed it. I'm not sure
when the final chapter will be out but I'll try for the end of January.
Thanks for all your reviews! Keep 'em coming. ;)