Hey everybody, here are a few things that you should know. The fist few
lines of this chapter are from another fic, well very similar to them,
anyway. I'd tell you what fic, but I can't remember, sorry.
I tweaked Run Away Little Boy - I made Rory overhear the 'conversation' that Tristan and Dean had in Doosey's, and I changed Can't Get Started - Lorelai and Luke made up, and he asked her out at Sookie's wedding.
And thank-you everyone who reviewed/e-mailed me, I loved all of you're replies!
J.
As The Heart Grows Fonder
By: Jayde
Part 2: Nervousness and Phone Calls. Well, Phone Call.
"Coffee. coffee. coffee." Rory panted as she burst through her apartment door, a full book bag in her arms.
"You know, normal people would be saying 'Water, water, water'." Tristan smirked, already handing her a mug of coffee.
"Well," Sighing, she took a gulp of the coffee, and grinned. "When have *I* ever been normal?"
"Tristan pretended to ponder that, "I have absolutely no idea."
"Ha, ha." Rory took off her jacket, and flopped down on the couch, lifting her feet to allow Tristan too sit underneath them. "So, what are you doing here, anyway?" She asked once they were both comfortable.
"Awww.. Can't a guy just come and visit his friend and neighbor without an ulterior motive?"
"Well, yes. Other guy's can, but not you. When You appear in my apartment before I get home from work, with freshly brewed coffee, I might add. The ultimate bribe, You want5 something. Now, what is it?"
"Oh," He dramatically clutched his chest, as if he was in pain. "I'm hurt that you think that of me, Mary."
"So, what do you want?" She repeated with a raised eyebrow at Tristan.
"Well."
"HA! I knew it!" Rory broke in, almost spilling her coffee as she half sat up.
"So funny, Gilmore. Anyway, I was wondering if I could join you in Stars Hollow this Winter Break. My parents are going to Florida to visit my Aunt I'm not really in the mood to be passed around like a slab of meat at Aunt Clarissa's parties." He winced, remembering the last time he had been at one of his Aunt's 'Gatherings'.
"Awww.. Poor Tris, being drooled over must be so hard on you." Rory sat up and playfully ruffled his already tousled blond hair.
"So, can I come with you?"
"Well, do you think you can handle Dean's death glares?" Rory teased then chuckled, remembering their last confrontation in Doosey's before the fateful Romeo and Juliet rehearsal.
"Bag Boy? Oh, yea, I can handle him."
"Then you're more than welcome to come. Steph was going to stay in the Guest bedroom, but since she got together with Gareth, she's going to spend the holidays with him and his family in Boston. SO you can have the Guest room, if you want."
"Thanks, that sounds great. Are there any warnings that you should tell me for next month?"
"Ummm. "Rory thought, "Well, Luke lives with Mom, now. I told you about Luke, right?"
"The Diner Man, and Lorelai's love interest. They finally got together at Sookie's wedding, and he moved in with Lorelai after you graduated Chilton, and moved here."
"Yep, that's Luke. He'll do the full interrogation thing, you know the drill there. Ummm. Always call Mom Lorelai. She'll castrate you if you use Ms. or Mrs. You'll only lose a finger if you say Miss. But I think you like All your digits as they are. So, Lorelai." She paused, trying to think of anything else. "Oh, Jess might do a repeat of the Luke thing, he's a bit protective of me."
"Who's Jess?" Tristan asked. Was there competition for Rory's heart?
"Luke's nephew. He came to stars Hollow a couple of moths before you were shipped off to North Carolina."
"Did you go out?"
"With Jess? Yea, we dated during Senior Year. It got a bit weird when we realized hat we'd be related to each other when Luke finally asks Mom to marry her. We're better off as best friends anyway. He's like a brother to me. I don't know why I never mentioned him before now."
"When did you last talk to him?" Tristan inquired, relieved.
"Oh, a few days ago. Oh! He and Paris have been dating for a few months, well, since June, actually. They saw each other again at the Chilton Graduation and hit it off."
"So, Paris' got a boyfriend." Tristan grinned, "It's about time."
"Yea, well, strangely enough, they suit each other."
After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Tristan did the other thing that he had come over for.
"Do you want to go out to dinner tonight?"
"Dinner, as in a *date*, dinner?" Rory pushed herself up onto her elbows, her feet still in his lap.
"Well. yes. A date." He clarified, sounding more confident.
She looked at him more closely. His eyes were shifting, alternately looking out the window, the blank TV, and the door. One hand was fiddling with the sleeve of his blue shirt, and the other, he was running it agitatedly through his hair.
"You're nervous, aren't you?!" Rory sounded surprised.
He froze. "What-Why would---" He cleared his throat, in hopes that his voice would return to it's normal sound. "Why would you think that?" He tried again.
"You mean other than the facts that you cant stay still and your eyes are looking everywhere but at me?" Rory raised her eyebrows.
"Fine, I'm nervous. Now, are you going to answer me?" He looked at her pleadingly and repeated himself, "Will you go out to dinner -as in a date- with me tonight?"
Slowly, Rory smiled. "I'd love to."
**~*~*(*)*~*~**
**Ring**
....
**Ring**
....
**Rin--*
"Lorelai 's House of Love, How may I serve you?"
Rory stifled a laugh, and Lorelai panicked at the sound of choking.
"Mom?! Is that you?" Lorelai's voice was a tad too high.
This time Rory couldn't hold back that laugh that was bubbling in her throat. "Do I really want to know what I interrupted, Mom?"
"Mini Me!!" Lorelai squealed. "What's up, Hun?"
"Well. You remember the old friend that I've mentioned?"
"The one that you said you knew but wouldn't tell your beautiful charming mother who spent many painful hours in labor jut to bring you into this world, who it was? That friend?!"
"Uh, yea."
"Well, go on. You're going to tell me who it is, right?"
"Tristan."
"Tristan? Tristan?! Woa-ho-ho Gurlie! Tristan?! Evil Tristan?! As in Bible Boy, Mary, Tristan?!?!"
"Well. Yea."
"And he's you're friend now?"
"Again, I repeat, yea."
"Oh." Lorelai paused, thinking. "He's just you're friend, right? 'Cause when you went to school with him it sounded like he liked you. The whole Sandbox Analogy. Tease who You love sorta' thing."
"Well." Rory hesitated. She'd been going out with Tristan since he first asked to join her on her trip to Stars Hollow, 3 weeks before.
" 'Well.'? There's a 'Well'??" Lorelai wailed. "There's a 'well' and you didn't tell your MOTHER?! You horrible, horrible child." She paused. "Tell me. Now."
"We've been dating for 3 weeks." Rory smiled sheepishly, even though her mother couldn't see.
"3 Weeks!?! You've been going out with someone for 3 weeks and you never said a word to me?! And with Bible Boy, no less!" Lorelai huffed grumpily, then grinned. "Was there another reason that you called? 'Cause Luke just went upstairs, and I'd like to join him." She giggled, and Rory groaned.
"Oh, God, Mother, I didn't need to know that."
"Well, at least I didn't tell you that the only thing that he was wearing was a devilish grin."
"Argh! Now you just needed to implant that picture into my head, didn't you? Luke. Naked. In my childhood home!" Rory dramatically rolled her eyes.
"Well, It's not anything that you haven't seen before" Lorelai returned impishly.
"And it scarred me for life. I haven't looked at the kitchen table the same way since."
"Oh, ha, ha."
"Anyway, yes Mom, there was another reason for my call."
"And that would be?"
"Since Steph is going to stay with Gareth this Christmas break, I told Tristan that he could use the Guest room as home base for the Holiday."
"Tristan, as in Bible Boy, you're boyfriend Tristan? Staying in my- sorry, Our house? With Luke living here? One question. Does he want Death, or are you sending him into the shooting range blindfolded?"
"I told him about Luke." Rory shook her head. "I'm not that stupid."
"And Je-"
"Yes, and Jess. How is he, by the way?"
"Good, he came home early from B.U. Paris, being the diligent student that she is-"
"I think you mean obsessed. Obsessed student." Rory broke in.
"Right, obsessed student that she is, seceded to stay another week at Harvard."
"Of course. Did he say if she's loosening up a little? Last time she and I talked, she was stressing about exams. Obviously no change there."
"Surprisingly, Jess said that she's almost normal now. With everything except school, of course. He mentioned tat she made her Psych teacher cry. Twice. And the scary thing is, he sounded proud."
Rory laughed. "He's in love."
Lorelai sighed. "Yea, it's cute actually. Anyway.. back to the main topic, Tristan."
"Yes?." Rory said warily.
"Because he's staying in our house, that means I can torture him mercilessly, right?"
"I would expect no less." Rory giggled, "In fact, I'd be thoroughly disappointed if you didn't."
Mother and daughter laughed evilly.
Which is what Tristan heard when he walked into her apartment seconds later.
**~*~*(*)*~*~**
Okay, so I haven't updated for forever. I'm Sorry. I was sidetracked with my Literati fic, Too Late To Forget. And now my life is a bit hectic at the moment. My family was forced to move, so we did that, now I'm starting a job, and everything else.
I'm still trying to keep up with my GG fics. I actually had this chapter written out for about a month and a half before I typed it out yesterday. So, I'll try to update more frequently.
You're reviews really do make me write faster. it's the typing part that gets me.
So, please review or e-mail me at
coffeechick87@hotmail.com
I'll love you forever if you do!
Jayde
I tweaked Run Away Little Boy - I made Rory overhear the 'conversation' that Tristan and Dean had in Doosey's, and I changed Can't Get Started - Lorelai and Luke made up, and he asked her out at Sookie's wedding.
And thank-you everyone who reviewed/e-mailed me, I loved all of you're replies!
J.
As The Heart Grows Fonder
By: Jayde
Part 2: Nervousness and Phone Calls. Well, Phone Call.
"Coffee. coffee. coffee." Rory panted as she burst through her apartment door, a full book bag in her arms.
"You know, normal people would be saying 'Water, water, water'." Tristan smirked, already handing her a mug of coffee.
"Well," Sighing, she took a gulp of the coffee, and grinned. "When have *I* ever been normal?"
"Tristan pretended to ponder that, "I have absolutely no idea."
"Ha, ha." Rory took off her jacket, and flopped down on the couch, lifting her feet to allow Tristan too sit underneath them. "So, what are you doing here, anyway?" She asked once they were both comfortable.
"Awww.. Can't a guy just come and visit his friend and neighbor without an ulterior motive?"
"Well, yes. Other guy's can, but not you. When You appear in my apartment before I get home from work, with freshly brewed coffee, I might add. The ultimate bribe, You want5 something. Now, what is it?"
"Oh," He dramatically clutched his chest, as if he was in pain. "I'm hurt that you think that of me, Mary."
"So, what do you want?" She repeated with a raised eyebrow at Tristan.
"Well."
"HA! I knew it!" Rory broke in, almost spilling her coffee as she half sat up.
"So funny, Gilmore. Anyway, I was wondering if I could join you in Stars Hollow this Winter Break. My parents are going to Florida to visit my Aunt I'm not really in the mood to be passed around like a slab of meat at Aunt Clarissa's parties." He winced, remembering the last time he had been at one of his Aunt's 'Gatherings'.
"Awww.. Poor Tris, being drooled over must be so hard on you." Rory sat up and playfully ruffled his already tousled blond hair.
"So, can I come with you?"
"Well, do you think you can handle Dean's death glares?" Rory teased then chuckled, remembering their last confrontation in Doosey's before the fateful Romeo and Juliet rehearsal.
"Bag Boy? Oh, yea, I can handle him."
"Then you're more than welcome to come. Steph was going to stay in the Guest bedroom, but since she got together with Gareth, she's going to spend the holidays with him and his family in Boston. SO you can have the Guest room, if you want."
"Thanks, that sounds great. Are there any warnings that you should tell me for next month?"
"Ummm. "Rory thought, "Well, Luke lives with Mom, now. I told you about Luke, right?"
"The Diner Man, and Lorelai's love interest. They finally got together at Sookie's wedding, and he moved in with Lorelai after you graduated Chilton, and moved here."
"Yep, that's Luke. He'll do the full interrogation thing, you know the drill there. Ummm. Always call Mom Lorelai. She'll castrate you if you use Ms. or Mrs. You'll only lose a finger if you say Miss. But I think you like All your digits as they are. So, Lorelai." She paused, trying to think of anything else. "Oh, Jess might do a repeat of the Luke thing, he's a bit protective of me."
"Who's Jess?" Tristan asked. Was there competition for Rory's heart?
"Luke's nephew. He came to stars Hollow a couple of moths before you were shipped off to North Carolina."
"Did you go out?"
"With Jess? Yea, we dated during Senior Year. It got a bit weird when we realized hat we'd be related to each other when Luke finally asks Mom to marry her. We're better off as best friends anyway. He's like a brother to me. I don't know why I never mentioned him before now."
"When did you last talk to him?" Tristan inquired, relieved.
"Oh, a few days ago. Oh! He and Paris have been dating for a few months, well, since June, actually. They saw each other again at the Chilton Graduation and hit it off."
"So, Paris' got a boyfriend." Tristan grinned, "It's about time."
"Yea, well, strangely enough, they suit each other."
After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Tristan did the other thing that he had come over for.
"Do you want to go out to dinner tonight?"
"Dinner, as in a *date*, dinner?" Rory pushed herself up onto her elbows, her feet still in his lap.
"Well. yes. A date." He clarified, sounding more confident.
She looked at him more closely. His eyes were shifting, alternately looking out the window, the blank TV, and the door. One hand was fiddling with the sleeve of his blue shirt, and the other, he was running it agitatedly through his hair.
"You're nervous, aren't you?!" Rory sounded surprised.
He froze. "What-Why would---" He cleared his throat, in hopes that his voice would return to it's normal sound. "Why would you think that?" He tried again.
"You mean other than the facts that you cant stay still and your eyes are looking everywhere but at me?" Rory raised her eyebrows.
"Fine, I'm nervous. Now, are you going to answer me?" He looked at her pleadingly and repeated himself, "Will you go out to dinner -as in a date- with me tonight?"
Slowly, Rory smiled. "I'd love to."
**~*~*(*)*~*~**
**Ring**
....
**Ring**
....
**Rin--*
"Lorelai 's House of Love, How may I serve you?"
Rory stifled a laugh, and Lorelai panicked at the sound of choking.
"Mom?! Is that you?" Lorelai's voice was a tad too high.
This time Rory couldn't hold back that laugh that was bubbling in her throat. "Do I really want to know what I interrupted, Mom?"
"Mini Me!!" Lorelai squealed. "What's up, Hun?"
"Well. You remember the old friend that I've mentioned?"
"The one that you said you knew but wouldn't tell your beautiful charming mother who spent many painful hours in labor jut to bring you into this world, who it was? That friend?!"
"Uh, yea."
"Well, go on. You're going to tell me who it is, right?"
"Tristan."
"Tristan? Tristan?! Woa-ho-ho Gurlie! Tristan?! Evil Tristan?! As in Bible Boy, Mary, Tristan?!?!"
"Well. Yea."
"And he's you're friend now?"
"Again, I repeat, yea."
"Oh." Lorelai paused, thinking. "He's just you're friend, right? 'Cause when you went to school with him it sounded like he liked you. The whole Sandbox Analogy. Tease who You love sorta' thing."
"Well." Rory hesitated. She'd been going out with Tristan since he first asked to join her on her trip to Stars Hollow, 3 weeks before.
" 'Well.'? There's a 'Well'??" Lorelai wailed. "There's a 'well' and you didn't tell your MOTHER?! You horrible, horrible child." She paused. "Tell me. Now."
"We've been dating for 3 weeks." Rory smiled sheepishly, even though her mother couldn't see.
"3 Weeks!?! You've been going out with someone for 3 weeks and you never said a word to me?! And with Bible Boy, no less!" Lorelai huffed grumpily, then grinned. "Was there another reason that you called? 'Cause Luke just went upstairs, and I'd like to join him." She giggled, and Rory groaned.
"Oh, God, Mother, I didn't need to know that."
"Well, at least I didn't tell you that the only thing that he was wearing was a devilish grin."
"Argh! Now you just needed to implant that picture into my head, didn't you? Luke. Naked. In my childhood home!" Rory dramatically rolled her eyes.
"Well, It's not anything that you haven't seen before" Lorelai returned impishly.
"And it scarred me for life. I haven't looked at the kitchen table the same way since."
"Oh, ha, ha."
"Anyway, yes Mom, there was another reason for my call."
"And that would be?"
"Since Steph is going to stay with Gareth this Christmas break, I told Tristan that he could use the Guest room as home base for the Holiday."
"Tristan, as in Bible Boy, you're boyfriend Tristan? Staying in my- sorry, Our house? With Luke living here? One question. Does he want Death, or are you sending him into the shooting range blindfolded?"
"I told him about Luke." Rory shook her head. "I'm not that stupid."
"And Je-"
"Yes, and Jess. How is he, by the way?"
"Good, he came home early from B.U. Paris, being the diligent student that she is-"
"I think you mean obsessed. Obsessed student." Rory broke in.
"Right, obsessed student that she is, seceded to stay another week at Harvard."
"Of course. Did he say if she's loosening up a little? Last time she and I talked, she was stressing about exams. Obviously no change there."
"Surprisingly, Jess said that she's almost normal now. With everything except school, of course. He mentioned tat she made her Psych teacher cry. Twice. And the scary thing is, he sounded proud."
Rory laughed. "He's in love."
Lorelai sighed. "Yea, it's cute actually. Anyway.. back to the main topic, Tristan."
"Yes?." Rory said warily.
"Because he's staying in our house, that means I can torture him mercilessly, right?"
"I would expect no less." Rory giggled, "In fact, I'd be thoroughly disappointed if you didn't."
Mother and daughter laughed evilly.
Which is what Tristan heard when he walked into her apartment seconds later.
**~*~*(*)*~*~**
Okay, so I haven't updated for forever. I'm Sorry. I was sidetracked with my Literati fic, Too Late To Forget. And now my life is a bit hectic at the moment. My family was forced to move, so we did that, now I'm starting a job, and everything else.
I'm still trying to keep up with my GG fics. I actually had this chapter written out for about a month and a half before I typed it out yesterday. So, I'll try to update more frequently.
You're reviews really do make me write faster. it's the typing part that gets me.
So, please review or e-mail me at
coffeechick87@hotmail.com
I'll love you forever if you do!
Jayde