TITLE - Could This Be Love (part12)
NAME - Johanna (Joey)
E-MAIL - Jroses716@aol.com
SPOILERS - None
SUMMARY - predicted future, Rory and Tristan meet again, and they still have their problems.
RATING - PG-13
CONTENT - Some sexual content
PAIRING OR CHARACTER - Rory/Tristan, Answer to a challenge
DISCLAIMER - I don't own the characters, the WB, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and the really writers of the show own them.
Author Note: will be a few chapters. When I say college friends I mean that they were friends when in college, but they might not have gone to the same one.
Chapter 12: The friendship
~~~~~ In Tristan's Apartment ~~~~~
Tristan was just getting in from a long day of work. He had thrown everything that he was carrying into his apartment onto the living room floor. He didn't bother doing anything else once he walked in. He was beat and all he wanted to do was fall onto his couch and got comfortable. While sitting in the direction of his message machine he saw that he had messages. He got up off the couch and pressed the 'Play Message' button.
* You have 2 messages * It said. Then Tristan started to listen to his messages. Once he heard the machine start to play the first message the phone ran. Tristan debated picking it up, but did it anyway.
"Hello?" He said.
"Hi." Rory said to him.
"Oh, Hi, Rory, How are you? Where are you?" Tristan said to her. "Sorry to say it so bluntly. But I mean I needed to talk to you about last night. I was swamped at work and I needed help. We're a team and if one of us is not in it for the long haul then I don't know what to think of." Tristan said with a huff.
"I'm sorry Tristan. I am guessing you didn't get my message." She said to Tristan. While covering up the phone to talk to her friends she said, "I can just imagine his face with a pensive look." Her friends just laughed a small laugh. They didn't want to miss any of their conversation.
"You called to check on work, or are you just making me annoyed." Tristan said. "Why did you call? I don't want to guess anymore."
"Fine Tristan." She said. To her friends she said "Touchy, touchy."
"Who are you talking too?"
"Oh me. Well I was wondering, if you wanted to come over?"
"What's the occasion?" Tristan questioned her.
"Well I wanted to chat, if that's ok. Are you busy? You don't have to come over if you don't want too."
"OK, I come over. See ya soon." Tristan got off the phone and got ready to go over to Rory's.
~~~~~ At Rory's Apartment ~~~~~
"Well I hope you guys are happy. I had to lie to get him here. So you better not mall him over to meet him when he gets here." She said to Annie, Cat, Katie and Gretchen. "Especially you Cat! I know and guess even if you have a boyfriend it wouldn't matter."
"Hey, I have cut down, now its one guy friend to a boyfriend. Wait scratch that I am not and would not ever cheat on Frankie." She said with lovey dovey eyes. "I think his is the one." Once Cat shut up talking they all heard a knock at the door everyone jumped except for Cat and Lane.
Lane questioned, "Are you going to get that?"
"In due time," Rory said. Once she heard him knock a second time she said, "The time is now." With that she stood up and walked slowly to the door. When she was in the hallway and she know no one could so she ran to the door. She opened the door and said. "Hi Tristan."
While leaning on the doorpost he said, "Hey so, what did we need to talk about?"
"Well come with me first. I have some people I want you to meet." She said while leading him into the living room.
"Ok, I guess." He said while following her.
"Tristan, these are my friends from college." Rory said.
"Hi." He said with a little stunned that she didn't mention them before when they were on the phone.
"That's Katie, she went to Harvard with me."
She pointed to Katie then to Gretchen, "That's Gretchen, she is a 'mutual' friend of Katie and I."
"Hi. Thanks Rory."
"No problem," She said with a smirk. "Next we have Cat who went to Quinnipiac in Connecticut. I had met her through Lane, and we've been friends ever since."
"Hi, sorry, I'm taken." She said with a smile.
"It's all right so am I." Tristan said looking at Rory.
"Well last but certainly not least. Annie. Annie and Cat are friends. They met through Annie's cousin, Cat friend. When they went to the shore." At that Tristan was hooked.
"What beach?"
"Long Branch near Point Pleasant." Annie said.
"Really. I used to go there all the time. Wait what did you say your name was?"
"Annie."
"As in sort for Annemarie?"
"Actually. Yeah." She said with a surprised look.
"On Man, Annie it's me, It's Tristan."
"Wait. No it can't be, the Tristan I know. The one I know was when he was 8 he liked the Power Rangers."
"It's is! How are you?" Tristan said getting comfortable right next to her on the couch. "You have grown up a lot. How many years has it been? 10?"
"I'm good. I have a successful job with a clothing store in New York. Thanks for the compliment I think. My god has it been that long?? The last summer I saw you, you were 17. How are your parents?"
" I'm Great." He said with a big smile. "My parents are fine, old but fine."
"That's good. I am glad to hear it. So you and Rory are working together?"
"Yeah we are working on a few cases for the firm, so were doing alright." Tristan said very nonchalantly. '* Were doing all right * God, could I have said it any louder? I mean she probably doesn't know what to think about * us *. Is there an us?' He said to himself, he needed to put his foot in his mouth and fast.
The other four girls in the room just stopped everything to listen to their conversation. Until Rory cut in, "So how long have you two known each other?"
"For ever." Annie said.
"Annie and I have known each other for years. Actually sine we were 8. Well more like when I was eight and you were nine." Tristan said direction the statement to her. "I used to go to Long Branch when I was younger ever summer. Annie and I met on the beach, when I was hit by a wave and I hit her by accident."
"Couldn't you have said that 'we met through our parents'?" Annie said giving him a look. "I mean we technically did." Directing the conversation to Rory and the others. "Our parents met that same day and we got together for dinner. That's when we were officially introduced."
"That's cool." Cat said. "Rory now you have a friend who actually knows your boyfriend."
Gretchen and Lane couldn't believe that she just said that. Rory didn't officially dub them 'Boyfriend and Girlfriend.' Cat just made an observation, but had said it without thinking. Lane stared at her once she made that stupid comment. Gretchen who was sitting next to her nudged her in the stomach.
Cat made a noise, Katie heard her and asked, "Cat what's wrong?"
"Me, oh, nothing. My stomach, well, I'm hungry Rory. Got anything to eat?"
"Um I don't know let me check?" She said while getting up off the chair she was sitting in.
"Thanks Rory that'd be great."
"No problem." She said while walking out of the room.
Before she was physically out of the room, Tristan jumped up off the couch and said, "Let me help you Rory." And walked out of the room with her.
While Rory and Tristan were in the other room, Lane and the girls started to chat. About Rory.
"Well, he seems to really like her." Katie said.
"And also he is a friend of yours Annie. That's a plus."
"I guess." Annie said in a disappointing voice.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Gretchen asked.
"Do you know something that Rory doesn't?" Cat asked as well, Annie had this look on her face that Cat couldn't read at that moment.
" Just a few small details that I forgot to mention." Annie said. " I don't even know if he told her about it already."
" Like what?" Lane asked
"Well, you have to promise me that you won't tell Rory, or at least until Tristan is ok with it." Annie had a worried look on her face now.
"How serious is it?" said Katie
"On a scale from one to ten I would say an eight." Annie told them.
"What is it?" Cat said. She couldn't stand the suspense.
NAME - Johanna (Joey)
E-MAIL - Jroses716@aol.com
SPOILERS - None
SUMMARY - predicted future, Rory and Tristan meet again, and they still have their problems.
RATING - PG-13
CONTENT - Some sexual content
PAIRING OR CHARACTER - Rory/Tristan, Answer to a challenge
DISCLAIMER - I don't own the characters, the WB, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and the really writers of the show own them.
Author Note: will be a few chapters. When I say college friends I mean that they were friends when in college, but they might not have gone to the same one.
Chapter 12: The friendship
~~~~~ In Tristan's Apartment ~~~~~
Tristan was just getting in from a long day of work. He had thrown everything that he was carrying into his apartment onto the living room floor. He didn't bother doing anything else once he walked in. He was beat and all he wanted to do was fall onto his couch and got comfortable. While sitting in the direction of his message machine he saw that he had messages. He got up off the couch and pressed the 'Play Message' button.
* You have 2 messages * It said. Then Tristan started to listen to his messages. Once he heard the machine start to play the first message the phone ran. Tristan debated picking it up, but did it anyway.
"Hello?" He said.
"Hi." Rory said to him.
"Oh, Hi, Rory, How are you? Where are you?" Tristan said to her. "Sorry to say it so bluntly. But I mean I needed to talk to you about last night. I was swamped at work and I needed help. We're a team and if one of us is not in it for the long haul then I don't know what to think of." Tristan said with a huff.
"I'm sorry Tristan. I am guessing you didn't get my message." She said to Tristan. While covering up the phone to talk to her friends she said, "I can just imagine his face with a pensive look." Her friends just laughed a small laugh. They didn't want to miss any of their conversation.
"You called to check on work, or are you just making me annoyed." Tristan said. "Why did you call? I don't want to guess anymore."
"Fine Tristan." She said. To her friends she said "Touchy, touchy."
"Who are you talking too?"
"Oh me. Well I was wondering, if you wanted to come over?"
"What's the occasion?" Tristan questioned her.
"Well I wanted to chat, if that's ok. Are you busy? You don't have to come over if you don't want too."
"OK, I come over. See ya soon." Tristan got off the phone and got ready to go over to Rory's.
~~~~~ At Rory's Apartment ~~~~~
"Well I hope you guys are happy. I had to lie to get him here. So you better not mall him over to meet him when he gets here." She said to Annie, Cat, Katie and Gretchen. "Especially you Cat! I know and guess even if you have a boyfriend it wouldn't matter."
"Hey, I have cut down, now its one guy friend to a boyfriend. Wait scratch that I am not and would not ever cheat on Frankie." She said with lovey dovey eyes. "I think his is the one." Once Cat shut up talking they all heard a knock at the door everyone jumped except for Cat and Lane.
Lane questioned, "Are you going to get that?"
"In due time," Rory said. Once she heard him knock a second time she said, "The time is now." With that she stood up and walked slowly to the door. When she was in the hallway and she know no one could so she ran to the door. She opened the door and said. "Hi Tristan."
While leaning on the doorpost he said, "Hey so, what did we need to talk about?"
"Well come with me first. I have some people I want you to meet." She said while leading him into the living room.
"Ok, I guess." He said while following her.
"Tristan, these are my friends from college." Rory said.
"Hi." He said with a little stunned that she didn't mention them before when they were on the phone.
"That's Katie, she went to Harvard with me."
She pointed to Katie then to Gretchen, "That's Gretchen, she is a 'mutual' friend of Katie and I."
"Hi. Thanks Rory."
"No problem," She said with a smirk. "Next we have Cat who went to Quinnipiac in Connecticut. I had met her through Lane, and we've been friends ever since."
"Hi, sorry, I'm taken." She said with a smile.
"It's all right so am I." Tristan said looking at Rory.
"Well last but certainly not least. Annie. Annie and Cat are friends. They met through Annie's cousin, Cat friend. When they went to the shore." At that Tristan was hooked.
"What beach?"
"Long Branch near Point Pleasant." Annie said.
"Really. I used to go there all the time. Wait what did you say your name was?"
"Annie."
"As in sort for Annemarie?"
"Actually. Yeah." She said with a surprised look.
"On Man, Annie it's me, It's Tristan."
"Wait. No it can't be, the Tristan I know. The one I know was when he was 8 he liked the Power Rangers."
"It's is! How are you?" Tristan said getting comfortable right next to her on the couch. "You have grown up a lot. How many years has it been? 10?"
"I'm good. I have a successful job with a clothing store in New York. Thanks for the compliment I think. My god has it been that long?? The last summer I saw you, you were 17. How are your parents?"
" I'm Great." He said with a big smile. "My parents are fine, old but fine."
"That's good. I am glad to hear it. So you and Rory are working together?"
"Yeah we are working on a few cases for the firm, so were doing alright." Tristan said very nonchalantly. '* Were doing all right * God, could I have said it any louder? I mean she probably doesn't know what to think about * us *. Is there an us?' He said to himself, he needed to put his foot in his mouth and fast.
The other four girls in the room just stopped everything to listen to their conversation. Until Rory cut in, "So how long have you two known each other?"
"For ever." Annie said.
"Annie and I have known each other for years. Actually sine we were 8. Well more like when I was eight and you were nine." Tristan said direction the statement to her. "I used to go to Long Branch when I was younger ever summer. Annie and I met on the beach, when I was hit by a wave and I hit her by accident."
"Couldn't you have said that 'we met through our parents'?" Annie said giving him a look. "I mean we technically did." Directing the conversation to Rory and the others. "Our parents met that same day and we got together for dinner. That's when we were officially introduced."
"That's cool." Cat said. "Rory now you have a friend who actually knows your boyfriend."
Gretchen and Lane couldn't believe that she just said that. Rory didn't officially dub them 'Boyfriend and Girlfriend.' Cat just made an observation, but had said it without thinking. Lane stared at her once she made that stupid comment. Gretchen who was sitting next to her nudged her in the stomach.
Cat made a noise, Katie heard her and asked, "Cat what's wrong?"
"Me, oh, nothing. My stomach, well, I'm hungry Rory. Got anything to eat?"
"Um I don't know let me check?" She said while getting up off the chair she was sitting in.
"Thanks Rory that'd be great."
"No problem." She said while walking out of the room.
Before she was physically out of the room, Tristan jumped up off the couch and said, "Let me help you Rory." And walked out of the room with her.
While Rory and Tristan were in the other room, Lane and the girls started to chat. About Rory.
"Well, he seems to really like her." Katie said.
"And also he is a friend of yours Annie. That's a plus."
"I guess." Annie said in a disappointing voice.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Gretchen asked.
"Do you know something that Rory doesn't?" Cat asked as well, Annie had this look on her face that Cat couldn't read at that moment.
" Just a few small details that I forgot to mention." Annie said. " I don't even know if he told her about it already."
" Like what?" Lane asked
"Well, you have to promise me that you won't tell Rory, or at least until Tristan is ok with it." Annie had a worried look on her face now.
"How serious is it?" said Katie
"On a scale from one to ten I would say an eight." Annie told them.
"What is it?" Cat said. She couldn't stand the suspense.