TITLE - Could This Be Love (part14)

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 14: The Call

Annie and Gretchen tried to ignore Katie and talk about something else. They heard Rory, Lane and Cat coming back from the kitchen.

"I don't know what happened since yesterday. I mean I liked him so much. And now. now I am doubting it." Rory said in response to Lane's question about her feelings for Tristan.

"What are we talking about? And did you find any food?" Katie said to Rory, staring at the package in her hands.

"Actually, I only found snacks, Twizzlers." Rory said while putting the package down. "I was just telling Lane that I am doubting Tristan."

"I thought you were really into him?" Annie asked because she was concerned about her friend.

"I was. But before when he was talking to you all, I heard him imply that he wanted to be my boyfriend. Rather then simply state that he was."

"Ok, I see now." Katie said. "What I want to know is why did he leave?"

"Well Katie, Tristan left because he had to take care of his dogs." Cat said to her sarcastically.

"He has dogs? What kind?" Cat, Rory, and the others caught on to the joke. Katie started to join them. Then realized that they were laughing at her, so she stopped. Which made them even more.

Once the laughter started to die down, they heard the phone ring. Rory didn't want to get it if it was Tristan. So she nodded to Lane, who was sitting right next to it, to pick it up.

"Hello?" She said.

"Hi, who is this?"

"Lane."

"Lane, Hi. Is Annie there?"

"Actually she isn't." Lane said. He was a little upset. A little disappointed that he missed her. "Just kidding, come on it's been 5 minutes since you left. Where could she have gone?" She knew that it was Tristan. She had recognized his voice. She was just having fun, making him sad.

"Can I talk to her?" Tristan didn't want to beg, because he would if he had to.

"I guess." She gave the phone to Annie.

"Hello." Annie said into the phone.

"Hi Annie." He said.

"Oh, Tristan, Hi what's up?"

"Nothing. I was wondering if you wanted to go get some lunch tomorrow?"

"Um, yeah, why not." Annie answered him.

He had a smile on his face. He was just so happy that he could hang out with her. "Great. Well why don't I meet you at my office in Ramdial & Grant tomorrow? Around one?"

"Ok, well I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yep bye." Annie said and then hung up the phone.

For that conversation everyone was listening to there every word. Literally. Once Annie took the phone from Lane, Lane told them whom it was. Then they all ran out of the living room. Rory and Cat were both on the phone in the kitchen. Lane, Gretchen and Katie were sharing the phone in Rory's room. They all hung up the phone and ran back into the living room.

All except Rory. It didn't bother her. * They are just friends. They are just friends * She kept repeating those words until she was back in the room with the others. She wanted to change the subject. "So, do you guys want to go out?"

"Sure." Cat said for the others.

"Hey Cat speak for yourself." Katie said. "Gretchen and I want to stay here."

"Well if you do, there really isn't a lot for you to do." Rory said to them. "What would you do?"

"I was thinking that I would sleep or maybe watch TV." Gretchen told her.

"Boring, boring people." Annie said while shaking her head.

"Well, then you stay here. We are going someplace to meet guys." Cat said with a smile, forgetting her boyfriend for a second. She then hit her hand, as if punishing herself, and said "Sorry about that habit."

"Sure Cat, I knew you meant it." Lane said.

"Let's go. Have fun, here alone watching TV and sleeping." Rory screamed from the door with Lane, Cat and Annie behind her.

"Bye, go, be gone." Katie said as she heard the door closed. "Finally. Ok, I am going to watch TV."

"Same here. What do you want to watch?"

"Don't know." Katie said while flipping the channels on Television. "What do you want to watch?"

"I have no idea."