TITLE - Could This Be Love (part18)

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 18: The Night

Nearly two whole hours had passed since Rory had got there. They just got comfortable lying on top of each other. They had talked about anything. Rory had her head resting on Tristan's chest with her eyes closed but she was still listening. * He really loves me. * She thought to herself as if this night couldn't get any better.

"Rory?"

"Yeah Tristan?"

"Do you know how much you mean to me?" He said to her.

"More than all the money in the world?" Rory said while sitting up onto her knees. "Oh, how about 'I can't even find words to express them.'"

"I would have said the second one if you gave me a chance to say it."

"Well, what can I say I love you so much that you espied it to me." She said with a big smile.

"You're so cute." He said then gave her a kiss on the forehead, then a hug and then went back to lying on the bed with her head on his chest.

~~~~~ Rory's Apartment ~~~~~

Once Cat stopped crying she had decided to go to bed. The others tried to stay up and wait for Rory to come home. But Gretchen and Katie had fallen asleep so they didn't wait up for Rory. Lane, Annie and Katerina waited until about three in the morning and just gave up.



Rory never actually got home. Because when Cat woke up at about six thirty she walked into Rory's room to see if she was home. When she did she didn't see anybody in the bed; it hasn't even been slept in. She had walked back into the living room to tell them about Rory but they never woke up.

~~~~~ Tristan's Apartment ~~~~~

Rory was asleep on Tristan's chest. Tristan was wide wake but tried not to move. This is what he had pictured. He pictured Rory being his wife, and waking up to her beautiful face every morning. While he was thinking that all of a sudden he heard his alarm. The time 7 o'clock kept on flashing and the alarm wouldn't stop until he moved off the bed to turn it off. He decided to let it go even though it would wake up Rory.

On or about the third time the alarm buzzed Rory started to move around. She awoke to Tristan staring at her face.

"Good morning sleepy head." Tristan greeted her with.

"Hey you." She said back while rubbing her eyes.

"Sleep well?"

"Like an absolute baby." Rory said with a smile. "What time is it?"

"Well it's about five after seven."

"Oh, crap I better get going." She said while jumping off the bed and walking to the front door.

"Are you sure you don't want to stay a little while longer and have a cup of coffee before you go?" Tristan said while following her to the door.

"I got to go get ready for work." Then she kissed him on the cheek and went to her apartment.

~~~~~ Rory's Apartment ~~~~~

Cat was sitting up awake watching the news trying to not wake the others up. She was watching a special on the great restaurants to go to when away up in Connecticut. She was getting a little depressed so she decided to watch one of Rory's movies. When she had gotten up to see the movie collection she heard some rattling noises coming from the door. She went to go check it out, when she was in the hallway she saw the knob turning and the door opening.

"Rory?" She said in a whisper when she saw Rory walking into her apartment.

Rory had jumped back and said, "Oh Cat, you scared me." She was holding her keys to her chest to try to catch her breath. "What are you doing up so early?"

"Nothing really." Cat told her. "Frankie and I broke up last night."

"Oh Cat, I am so sorry to hear that." Rory said to her while giving her a hug.

"It's ok, I'm fine with it." Cat said. "No really I am."

"Ok, well I want to hear all about it later on tonight ok?"

"You got it." Cat said putting her hands in her pockets while giving Rory a cheesy smile.

"Ok." Rory said while walking to her room not noticing Cat's smile.

Rory took a shower, had gotten dressed and was ready to go at about a quarter to eight. When Rory was leaving Cat was still the only one up so she just waved to Cat to tell her that she was leaving and left.