Title: Trouble Comes to Town
Author: AngeloftheNight
Spoilers: "I can't get started"
Summary: Jess is just getting his life together when an old friend of his comes to Star's Hollow to visit. Will the friend disrupt the developing relationship between Rory and Jess? And whom will Rory confide in? Trory with a little bit of R/J, L/L.
Disclaimer: Gilmore Girls is the property of The WB. I own no rights to the show. I do own all of the rights to Jason. If you use my character I will have to sue you, but only if you don't ask first! :-)
~*~*~*~Chapter 3*~*~*~*~*~
Mr. Strode began explaining the project to us, "You will have exactly two weeks to complete the project. I am going to give each group a sheet of paper. The paper will tell you what you are going to be doing for the next two weeks." Mr. Strode handed out the pieces of paper one by one. When he got to our lab Tristan grabbed the piece of paper and began to read it.
"You must create some type of eatable candy. You must obtain a recipe for the candy and follow it step by step. This project is designed to get you familiar with creating mixtures and working with a partner. You will be graded on how well you followed the instructions of the recipe."
"What?" I was in shock. "I can't cook."
Tristan was getting a kick out of this, "No better time to learn then now."
"I am going to get an F on this project. I will never get into Harvard. What does candy making have to do with chemistry?"
Mr. Strode heard my bantering and came over, "Do you have a question Miss. Gilmore?"
"Yes. Why are we making candy in a chemistry class?"
"Well, over the next year we are going to be working with chemicals and mixtures. I want you to get used to the idea of it all."
"I still don't get it."
"Look at it this way. Using the materials needed to make candy is a lot like using chemicals and such. I want you to understand that you have to use a certain amount of each item such as sugar or else the whole batch will be ruined. You can't expect to dump any amount of choleric acid into a chemical mixture and have it come out right."
I sighed and Mr. Strode took that as a cue that I understood. He left the table and Tristan was staring at me.
"Stop looking at me," I practically yelled at him. He ignored me and gave me one of his most seductive smiles. "Stop that!"
"So partner," he put his arm around me and I quickly tossed it off my shoulder. "When should we meet for our candy making adventure?"
"Meet me at my house tonight. 6 o'clock sharp."
"How about 5:30?"
"6 o'clock."
"If you insist." I was so relieved to hear the bell ring that I left my chemistry book sitting on our lab station.
The day could not get over fast enough. Every corner I turned either Paris was chasing me down or Tristan was waiting for me. I could have screamed. I felt like I was trapped in some Horror movie that just kept going on and on. When the end of the day finally came I was so overwhelmed with joy that it took me only 20 minutes to get home from school and I didn't even speed.
I entered the Diner and noticed that Jess was missing. "Luke, where is Jess?" I asked him as he handed me a cup of coffee.
"Upstairs. His friend came early so I let him off for the day." Luke rushed passed me carry two plates of food. I headed up the stairs and knocked on the apartment door.
"Who is it?" I heard Jess' voice answer.
"It me. Rory." Jess hurried to the door and let me in.
"Hey," he greeted me.
"Hi!" I followed Jess and shut the door behind myself. He took me over to a tall guy. Probably 6'2 with spiked brown hair. He had green eyes and was actually pretty cute.
"Rory. This is Jason." Jess introduced me to the guy.
"Hi." I noticed Jason was looking me up and down. A lot like Tristan does.
"So you're Rory." Jason raised his eyebrow.
"I am."
"You are pretty hot."
I was surprised at the way he said that, "Umm. Thanks."
"Me and Jason used to hang out a lot back in New York. We were pretty good friends." Jess stood next to his friend so they both were staring at me.
I felt a little uncomfortable so I decided to make a run for it, "I have to get home. My chemistry teacher gave us this stupid project to do. I am supposed to meet Tristan at back at my house so we can get started."
"Who is Tristan?" Jess asked.
"Just a guy that I go to school with."
"Oh okay. Well, I'll see you later then." Jess came over to me and gave me a short kiss. I walked out of the Diner and went straight home. When I got there Tristan was already sitting on my porch waiting for me. "What are you doing here?" I asked him.
"We have a project to do. Remember?" He gave me a puppy dog look.
"It is only 4:30."
"So."
"So. You weren't supposed to be here until 6."
"I'm early."
"I don't call and hour and a half early. I call it stalking."
"Call it whatever you want." He got up and followed me into the house.
"What do you want to drink?" I sat my bag down on the table.
"Whatever you have."
"Water?"
"Waters fine."
"Good because we don't have anything else. We do have coffee, but you don't strike me as the coffee drinking type."
"Why not?"
"You just don't. So, where do you want to start?"
"How about you go out with me sometime?"
"No. First, we need to get a recipe. What kind of candy do you want to make?"
"How about those little candy hearts?"
"I'm being serious here."
"Me too."
"Lets just make rock candy."
"Okay."
"We don't have any cookbooks so we are going to have to go into town and get a recipe."
"All right. Lets go."
I grabbed my purse and we walked into town. Our first stop was Luke's. He told us he had no idea how to make rock candy so we went to Doose's market. It was the first time I had been in there since Dean and I broke up. We walked in and there was no sign of Dean. I found Taylor. "Hey Taylor. You wouldn't happen to have a recipe for rock candy would you?" I asked him.
"Of course we do. Right over here in our cookbook section." Taylor led us over to a shelf full of cookbooks.
"Since when do you have a cookbook section?"
"We've always had a cookbook section."
"No you haven't."
"Maybe you and your mother were just to busy in the junk food isles to notice it."
"Oh. That could be it. Thanks Taylor." He walked away and Tristan and I began searching through all the different books.
"Which one of these things would have a candy recipe?" Tristan asked me.
"Look for one that says Candy on it or something." After about five minutes of searching we finally found the right book. I opened it up and we began gathering the ingredients so we wouldn't have to come back later. When we finished finding everything we made our way to the check out. I hadn't noticed before, but Dean was bagging the groceries and there was no way I could get out of him seeing me. Dean glanced up and saw me standing there. He looked surprised to see Tristan standing there with me. It was our turn to go through the check out and Dean did his best not to look at me. He finished bagging our stuff and handed me the bag. Tristan just couldn't control himself and he slipped his arm around me. Dean's face turned cherry red and he stormed off into the back of the store. We walked out of the store and I started yelling at Tristan. "Why did you do that?"
"I just couldn't help it."
"You are a horrible person. I already hurt him bad enough and now he is probably more angry with me than he was before."
"Sorry."
"No you're not. You do stuff like that just to hurt the people. You aren't sorry." I wanted to cry but held my tears back. I hurried up home with Tristan behind me. When we went inside mom was already there. She saw the look on my face and took the bag from me.
"Tristan, do you mind letting me have a moment alone with my daughter," Mom asked him.
"Not at all," He went outside on the porch.
"What is wrong honey? And why is Tristan here?" Mom sat me down.
"He came back from military school and I got paired with him for this project. We had to go get some stuff from Doose's and Dean was there. When we were walking out Tristan put his arm around me and Dean stormed off. It is just horrible. I already hurt him bad enough."
"It'll be okay honey. I'll go tell Tristan to go home and that you two can work on the project tomorrow. Okay?"
"Okay mom." She went outside for a little bit and came back in.
"He left. I told him that you would see him at school."
"Thanks."
"Anytime."
Mom and I just sat around talking and watching T.V. for the rest of the evening. When it was time to go to bed I knew that I would have to see Tristan again tomorrow and I was not ready for that. I knew that deep down there was more to him, but he always seemed to make bad situations worse.
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A/N: I hope you like this chapter. I wasn't really sure where I was going with it, but I think it turned out okay!
Author: AngeloftheNight
Spoilers: "I can't get started"
Summary: Jess is just getting his life together when an old friend of his comes to Star's Hollow to visit. Will the friend disrupt the developing relationship between Rory and Jess? And whom will Rory confide in? Trory with a little bit of R/J, L/L.
Disclaimer: Gilmore Girls is the property of The WB. I own no rights to the show. I do own all of the rights to Jason. If you use my character I will have to sue you, but only if you don't ask first! :-)
~*~*~*~Chapter 3*~*~*~*~*~
Mr. Strode began explaining the project to us, "You will have exactly two weeks to complete the project. I am going to give each group a sheet of paper. The paper will tell you what you are going to be doing for the next two weeks." Mr. Strode handed out the pieces of paper one by one. When he got to our lab Tristan grabbed the piece of paper and began to read it.
"You must create some type of eatable candy. You must obtain a recipe for the candy and follow it step by step. This project is designed to get you familiar with creating mixtures and working with a partner. You will be graded on how well you followed the instructions of the recipe."
"What?" I was in shock. "I can't cook."
Tristan was getting a kick out of this, "No better time to learn then now."
"I am going to get an F on this project. I will never get into Harvard. What does candy making have to do with chemistry?"
Mr. Strode heard my bantering and came over, "Do you have a question Miss. Gilmore?"
"Yes. Why are we making candy in a chemistry class?"
"Well, over the next year we are going to be working with chemicals and mixtures. I want you to get used to the idea of it all."
"I still don't get it."
"Look at it this way. Using the materials needed to make candy is a lot like using chemicals and such. I want you to understand that you have to use a certain amount of each item such as sugar or else the whole batch will be ruined. You can't expect to dump any amount of choleric acid into a chemical mixture and have it come out right."
I sighed and Mr. Strode took that as a cue that I understood. He left the table and Tristan was staring at me.
"Stop looking at me," I practically yelled at him. He ignored me and gave me one of his most seductive smiles. "Stop that!"
"So partner," he put his arm around me and I quickly tossed it off my shoulder. "When should we meet for our candy making adventure?"
"Meet me at my house tonight. 6 o'clock sharp."
"How about 5:30?"
"6 o'clock."
"If you insist." I was so relieved to hear the bell ring that I left my chemistry book sitting on our lab station.
The day could not get over fast enough. Every corner I turned either Paris was chasing me down or Tristan was waiting for me. I could have screamed. I felt like I was trapped in some Horror movie that just kept going on and on. When the end of the day finally came I was so overwhelmed with joy that it took me only 20 minutes to get home from school and I didn't even speed.
I entered the Diner and noticed that Jess was missing. "Luke, where is Jess?" I asked him as he handed me a cup of coffee.
"Upstairs. His friend came early so I let him off for the day." Luke rushed passed me carry two plates of food. I headed up the stairs and knocked on the apartment door.
"Who is it?" I heard Jess' voice answer.
"It me. Rory." Jess hurried to the door and let me in.
"Hey," he greeted me.
"Hi!" I followed Jess and shut the door behind myself. He took me over to a tall guy. Probably 6'2 with spiked brown hair. He had green eyes and was actually pretty cute.
"Rory. This is Jason." Jess introduced me to the guy.
"Hi." I noticed Jason was looking me up and down. A lot like Tristan does.
"So you're Rory." Jason raised his eyebrow.
"I am."
"You are pretty hot."
I was surprised at the way he said that, "Umm. Thanks."
"Me and Jason used to hang out a lot back in New York. We were pretty good friends." Jess stood next to his friend so they both were staring at me.
I felt a little uncomfortable so I decided to make a run for it, "I have to get home. My chemistry teacher gave us this stupid project to do. I am supposed to meet Tristan at back at my house so we can get started."
"Who is Tristan?" Jess asked.
"Just a guy that I go to school with."
"Oh okay. Well, I'll see you later then." Jess came over to me and gave me a short kiss. I walked out of the Diner and went straight home. When I got there Tristan was already sitting on my porch waiting for me. "What are you doing here?" I asked him.
"We have a project to do. Remember?" He gave me a puppy dog look.
"It is only 4:30."
"So."
"So. You weren't supposed to be here until 6."
"I'm early."
"I don't call and hour and a half early. I call it stalking."
"Call it whatever you want." He got up and followed me into the house.
"What do you want to drink?" I sat my bag down on the table.
"Whatever you have."
"Water?"
"Waters fine."
"Good because we don't have anything else. We do have coffee, but you don't strike me as the coffee drinking type."
"Why not?"
"You just don't. So, where do you want to start?"
"How about you go out with me sometime?"
"No. First, we need to get a recipe. What kind of candy do you want to make?"
"How about those little candy hearts?"
"I'm being serious here."
"Me too."
"Lets just make rock candy."
"Okay."
"We don't have any cookbooks so we are going to have to go into town and get a recipe."
"All right. Lets go."
I grabbed my purse and we walked into town. Our first stop was Luke's. He told us he had no idea how to make rock candy so we went to Doose's market. It was the first time I had been in there since Dean and I broke up. We walked in and there was no sign of Dean. I found Taylor. "Hey Taylor. You wouldn't happen to have a recipe for rock candy would you?" I asked him.
"Of course we do. Right over here in our cookbook section." Taylor led us over to a shelf full of cookbooks.
"Since when do you have a cookbook section?"
"We've always had a cookbook section."
"No you haven't."
"Maybe you and your mother were just to busy in the junk food isles to notice it."
"Oh. That could be it. Thanks Taylor." He walked away and Tristan and I began searching through all the different books.
"Which one of these things would have a candy recipe?" Tristan asked me.
"Look for one that says Candy on it or something." After about five minutes of searching we finally found the right book. I opened it up and we began gathering the ingredients so we wouldn't have to come back later. When we finished finding everything we made our way to the check out. I hadn't noticed before, but Dean was bagging the groceries and there was no way I could get out of him seeing me. Dean glanced up and saw me standing there. He looked surprised to see Tristan standing there with me. It was our turn to go through the check out and Dean did his best not to look at me. He finished bagging our stuff and handed me the bag. Tristan just couldn't control himself and he slipped his arm around me. Dean's face turned cherry red and he stormed off into the back of the store. We walked out of the store and I started yelling at Tristan. "Why did you do that?"
"I just couldn't help it."
"You are a horrible person. I already hurt him bad enough and now he is probably more angry with me than he was before."
"Sorry."
"No you're not. You do stuff like that just to hurt the people. You aren't sorry." I wanted to cry but held my tears back. I hurried up home with Tristan behind me. When we went inside mom was already there. She saw the look on my face and took the bag from me.
"Tristan, do you mind letting me have a moment alone with my daughter," Mom asked him.
"Not at all," He went outside on the porch.
"What is wrong honey? And why is Tristan here?" Mom sat me down.
"He came back from military school and I got paired with him for this project. We had to go get some stuff from Doose's and Dean was there. When we were walking out Tristan put his arm around me and Dean stormed off. It is just horrible. I already hurt him bad enough."
"It'll be okay honey. I'll go tell Tristan to go home and that you two can work on the project tomorrow. Okay?"
"Okay mom." She went outside for a little bit and came back in.
"He left. I told him that you would see him at school."
"Thanks."
"Anytime."
Mom and I just sat around talking and watching T.V. for the rest of the evening. When it was time to go to bed I knew that I would have to see Tristan again tomorrow and I was not ready for that. I knew that deep down there was more to him, but he always seemed to make bad situations worse.
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A/N: I hope you like this chapter. I wasn't really sure where I was going with it, but I think it turned out okay!