These Summer Days…
Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Gilmore Girls. If I did Tristan wouldn't have left!!!
Author's Note: I know, I know I have like a ton more stories to finish but I was in the mood to write a new one because all the others seem so boring right now. So…please review and I promise I'll work on my other stories soon.
Chapter 1: Feeling Lonely
It was the summer between the end of senior year and the beginning of freshman year at college for Rory, Dean, Jess and Lane. Every night the four of them would hang out, usually doing things like movie nights, fooling around and sometimes just talking. Dean and Rory had been over for sometime now, she and Jess had tried dating but when Luke and Lorelai finally did they decided to break if off thinking it would be to weird having Jess's uncle and Rory's mother dating, while they were too. Rory, missed it though she missed being in love with someone, kissing someone, telling someone she loved him. She missed having that stable feel of boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. She missed having someone to go out with on fancy dates like anniversaries. She missed everything.
That past week, Dean, Jess and Lane had all been busy going out with their girlfriends, or boyfriend in Lane's case. So, here she was another night alone with the TV. Lorelai had offered to stay but Rory knew her mother better than that, she wanted to go over to Luke's. She told her mom she was okay by herself; she could call Paris if she felt like it. She had called Paris but Paris was spending the weekend in D.C. with Jess, much to Rory's surprise. Rory was bored she had been staring at the blank TV screen for officially a half-hour. Glancing at her watch it was only nine, what would she do with herself until her mom came home which would probably be midnight or even later than that. She went into her room and pulled a book out of her bookshelf. It was 'A Walk to Remember'. Bad choice, not that the book wasn't good because it was but it would only remind her of how pathetic her love life was right now.
She decided to go for a walk, and walk she did. All around town she noticed couples. She spotted Dean sitting on the gazebo with Madeline. Yes, he and Madeline had gotten together when Rory had invited Jess, Lane and Dean to a Chilton party, the same party where Jess and Paris had gotten together. Lane was hanging out with Dave, a boy from her band after fighting against her mother and had actually won. Then as Rory continued her walk she spotted Luke and Lorelai sitting on a bench, they too were making out. A sigh escaped her lips, why was it her mother was out on a date and she Rory Gilmore didn't have anyone? She walked aimlessly around town not noticing the shiny silver BMW that pulled up in a parking space right near her.
Tristan DuGrey was unhappy. His grandfather had died a month ago, leaving him suddenly alone in the world of Hartford. Over the summer no one was really available to hang out with him. All, had dates and he didn't. He was back in Hartford but no one seemed to care. He was no longer King of Chilton; Chilton was over for his fellow classmates. They had all gotten use to life without Tristan 'The Player' DuGrey. He had even called Paris to find out in D.C. with the guy she was dating some kid she had met Jess, the town's 'bad-boy'. She had mentioned Rory and Dean had broken up in like November of the previous year, had been dating the resident bad-boy and they to had broken up but now she was single. That was why he was in Stars Hollow; he noticed the couples that were around town. Dean on the gazebo with…Madeline, Paris hadn't mentioned that couple.. Then he noticed the Asian girl who Rory had gone with to that Chilton party where the two of them had kissed. And then he noticed, the somewhat older couple sitting on the bench laughing like idiots. The female looked like Rory, and so he figured it was Rory's mother. But, where was Rory? He looked around and didn't see anyone in sight.
He quickly made a dash back to the car and drove to her house. The light was on but it looked like no one was there. Cutting the engine he jumped out and decided to take a chance at the door. He jiggled the door handle and was surprised to see it was open. He then remembered how tiny Stars Hollow was. He stepped into the house and was amazed at how lived in it looked like. Across the mantle of the fireplace were countless pictures of Rory and Lorelai. The noticed some were of when Rory was a kid; others were more recent like her graduation picture, and senior picture for the yearbook. He had borrowed Paris's to see how Rory was. Then there were other photos lying on the coffee table. He walked over and glanced at some of them. They were of Europe, he recalled Paris explaining to him that Rory wouldn't be home for most of the summer because she was going backpacking in Europe with her mother, and it had been a dream of theirs.
He sighed wishing he lived in such a wonderful house. It wasn't big but it was filled with so much more love than the DuGrey mansion. He quickly decided to glance around the house, he was sure no one would care. He walked into the kitchen and was surprise to find it even messier than the family room. He took a right into where (he didn't know who's room it is yet) one of the Gilmore's bedrooms. As soon as he entered he was surprised at how Rory-like it was. On the bulletin board was a Harvard pennant, a picture of Dean, Jess, her and Lane, a picture of her mother and herself. He found himself saddened that there was no picture of him but wasn't surprised he and Rory hadn't spoken since he had left for military school. He memorized her room nearly instantly and tripped over a pile of books landing onto her bed where her journal lay open. He knew he shouldn't even be looking but curiosity got the better of him, he was after-all a teenage boy at heart. The date was that night and so he read it.
August 7, 2003
Journal-
Today I realized how much I wish I were in love with someone right now. I mean…Mom has Luke, Jess has Shane, Dean has Madeline, Lane has Henry and even Paris has Jamie! And whom do I have? No one…no one to dance with, no one to tell I love him I don't have anyone special in my life as a boyfriend. Every night I wind up staring at a blank television screen wishing someone would just come knocking on my door and tell me they love me. Hell, if Tristan did come and say he had a thing for me…like that would happen. All I'm saying is how come I have no one special in my life and wind up doing nothing? It was okay at the start of summer because mom and I were off in Europe and the first week I was back Jess, Dean and Lane all hung out with me until they all told me they had dates tonight and were surprised when I told them I didn't. Even Mom was busy tonight! She offered to stay home but I know how much she's missed Luke since we left. On the bright side I could always start looking on the Harvard website for some guys, ha! If mom heard me right now she's go and find me a guy like within this instant…that would be great! My mom finding me someone to date…
That was all there was for the moment. And when he was done he heard the door from the front of the house starting to open. "Rory!" he heard some women call out her name. "Yeah Babette?" she called back. "Come here Suga I need some help," thanking his blessings he quickly got off Rory's bed and fixed her pile of books and then he went out the back way. "Babette do you know why there's a BMW in my driveway?" he heard her ask. 'Damn,' he cursed silently. "Rory, this young man went into your house…"
"What!!" she ran back into the house to hear the back door closing. She heard the BMW engine start up and pull away. She looked around, nothing was missing or out of place. "That was weird," she said out loud. It was now 9:30 and she still had nothing to do. Seeing everyone busy out in the middle of town made her feel even worse. Deciding to take a shower she grabbed her pajamas and hurried into the bathroom. It was a hot, sticky night and the air conditioner in her room was of course broken, it had broken that morning making her wake up in an awful mood, ever since her day had gotten worse and worse. Slipping into the shower she forgot about all her worries from wanting a boyfriend to who the guy was that had just come into her house.
P.S. I need some ideas too…. so please feel free to suggest them when you review!! THANKS!!! J