TITLE - Could This Be Love (part24)
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 24: The Talks
Rory drove to Tristan's apartment with Robin following along behind her. But Robin knew where she was going. It's not like her brother had no contact when he went to college.
Rory parked the car in between the two buildings and said; "I'll see you guys later."
"Have fun." Cat said as she saw Rory run to Tristan's apartment.
"Why is she going over so early? It's only three. He doesn't get off till five." Gretchen said about Rory leaving so early.
"Well he told me that he was getting off of work early." Robin said as she was following the others up the front steps of the building.
"Oh, how sweet." Annie said.
"So, let's go inside." Lane said bringing the girls into the apartment building with Rory's keys.
When they finally got into the apartment they started to ask Robin questions. They walked into the apartment, took off there coats and headed for the living room. Lane and the rest of the girls, expect for Cat didn't know what to say, or what ask. Since Cat knew what she was going to ask she decided to start, "So, Robin where did are you going to College?"
Robin didn't want to tell them that she was going to a second rate law school in Jersey but she wanted to be honest. "I go to school in South Orange, New Jersey. I am attending my last year of Seton Hall University's Law school with a basketball scholarship."
"Really?" Annie said. "My cousin went there for college, but not to be a lawyer."
"Really, what's her name? The school is large but I met a lot of people. Hey, you never know right?" Robin mentioned.
"Johnny?" Katie said with a look both towards Robin and Annie.
"I don't remember a Johnny." Robin said with disappointment.
"That's ok." Cat said to her. "So, what yeah are you in now?"
"I am in my last year. I come down to Connecticut every other weekend. I know what you're thinking, 'Why am I here if it's a Monday.' I'll answer it for you, I don't start during the week until Tuesday morning." Robin tried to explain everything about school.
"That's pretty cool, so you go down around Monday night's?" Lane asked.
"Yeah, I go about 9-ish. It a four-hour drive but it doesn't bother me. I try to make the best of it. My boyfriend usually makes a tape of him talking so I listen to it on the way." Robin said with a smile at the mentioning of her boyfriend.
"Oh really, that's so cute. What's his name? How did you meet him?" Annie asked her.
"Well, I have known him for a long time. He is Tristan's friend from college, Sean Scott Williams. So, anyway I had this crush on him for like two years, then last new years we just clicked." Robin said making googoly eyes at the thought.
"Really? Sean Scott Williams, I think we all met him at a party we had with a few of Tristan's friends last week." Gretchen said.
"I think he mentioned something about a party." Robin pointed out.
"That's funny when I talked to him he never said nothing about a girlfriend." Annie said. "I guess it must have slipped his mind."
"I guess so." Robin said. " I doesn't bother me about him at party's though."
"Well, it sounds like you trust your boyfriend." Katerina said. She tried to change the subject so that a fight didn't break out. "So, Annie where is your cousin now?"
"She went to live in New York, to see if she can get a record deal for a few years." Annie said, "But now she is at home from her first European tour."
"Really, she did it." Cat said.
"She did what?" Gretchen asked her.
"She did it. She did what she said she would, in high school she promised me that she would get a record deal, or become a big star." Cat said. " Me, I am. I was with my crush, which I had when I was 16 while still going out with my first boyfriend. I went to college, got my degree, now I have nowhere to go. Who in their right mind would want me to work for them in a police department? I have done nothing with my life."
"Cat that not true? I mean you have had offers but you want something close that's all." Lane said.
"True, true." Cat said while leaning her head against her hand.
"Cat, you're pulling a Johnny." Katerina said. At that all the girls started to laugh.
"Stop making fun." Cat screamed that them.
"So, what do you think of my brother and Rory?" Robin asked them.
" I think it is so cute." Katie said about the thought.
"They are so sweet with one another. I wish I can find a guy a sweet as Tristan." Gretchen said.
"I think you have." Cat said while picking her head up off her hand. "Jack is a really nice guy."
"You met Jack?" Robin said direction the question to Gretchen.
"Yeah, I really like him. But I don't know. I think he is too great." Gretchen said doubting Jack and his ways.
"Don't say that." Katerina said. "You always do that. You push them away before they can get to close."
"I don't always do it." Gretchen said. "How about we talk about something else?"
"Ok, how about we talk about how Gretchen pushes guys away all those 'guy friends.'" Cat said with a smile.
"How about we don't?" Gretchen didn't have enough time to defend herself on the topic. Once she finished that small sentence there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it. I can't stay in here any longer. You guys are to weird for me." She stood up and started to walk out of the room.
"Awe, don't say something like that Gretchen, you know that it would hurt our feelings." Katerina said.
"Oh, shut up." Gretchen screamed from the door, as she was opening it.
"I'm sorry." Jack said as he heard her.
"Hi, Jack!" She screamed so that they would stop talking about him. But it didn't make them stop talking about him; they started to laugh at them.
"Hi Gretchen." Jack said with a puzzling look towards his companion. "Sorry that Sean and I stopped by so unexpectedly, we wanted to see if you and Annie wanted to hang out."
"Well that is very sweet of you. But we have a guest, so could we call you later?" Gretchen asked him while pushing them out of the room.
"Nonsense Gretchen invite them in I'm sure our guest wouldn't mind the company." Annie said while popping her head into the hallway.
"Thanks Annie." Jack said while stepping back into the apartment with Sean following him.
"Hi Annie!" Sean said from the entrance. Gretchen had Jack and Sean follow her into the living room.
"Hi sweetheart." Robin said as she saw Sean walking in the room.
He was looking at his feet while he was walking. But he picked up his head when he heard Robin's voice. "Robin what are you doing here?"
"You know I was going to ask you the same thing." Robin said as she stood up and put her hands on her hips. She was just kidding with him but she liked it when he squirmed.
"Hey, Robin. It's not what you think. You see, I wanted to hang out with Sean and I also wanted to get to know Gretchen." Jack said blushing. "I didn't want him to feel like a third wheel so that's why we asked if Annie could come too."
"Oh is that all? Sean, you're just trying to help out a friend?" Robin said walked over to give him a hug.
"Absolutely! I love you." He said as he kissed her on the lips for half a second.
This was something that made Annie so sick to her stomach, she couldn't watch. Annie decided to go for a walk. Cat tried to follow her but at the speed that Annie was walking Cat couldn't catch up. So she let Annie go alone.
While Annie walked around the block a few times she saw a guy about 6foot 2inches, who had brown hair but that was all she could see. It was about seven thirty and the sun was setting.
"Can I help you?" She asked him. She knew she couldn't, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.
"I don't think you can. Unless you know if Rory Gilmore is in her apartment." He said to her.
"Actually Rory isn't home. She is at her fiancée house." She told him.
"Fiancée!" When he heard that, it was like a kick in the balls. His eyes closed for a second, because they were watering. * I knew it wouldn't have been me. *
Annie saw his face. He looked like he was going to throw up. "Are you ok? How do you know Rory?"
"Yeah, I think I am fine. I am Rory's old-old boyfriend, Dean." He said with his voice cracking from being all choked up.
"You're Dean? Wow, it's nice to meet you. I'm Rory's friend, Annie." She said holding her hand out.
"Nice to meet you too." He said while shaking her hand. But didn't let go of it. He held on to it giving it a little squeeze. "Who is she marrying?" He asked her while still holding onto her hand.
"Tristan DuGrey." She said while wincing her face from what he would do.
"Really, how long have they been together?" Dean said removing his grip.
"I don't remember." Annie said to him.
"That's ok." He said as he was putting his hands in his pockets.
"Hey if you ever need someone to hang out with here's my number." She put her hand into her pocket and pulled out one of her cards that have her number on it, which she uses for celebrities. She gave it to him and said, "Well I have to go back inside."
"It was nice meeting you, Annie." He said as she was turning around to leave. But she didn't bother to say anything. She just thought that her name that came out of his lips sounds like music. It took her a few minutes to leave him out there. * I hope she doesn't have a boyfriend. *
~~~~~ Tristan's Apartment ~~~~~
Rory and Tristan had just finished dinner and were cleaning the dishes. Once they had finished the dishes they went into the living room to discuss the wedding.
"I got my dress today, I just have to get it tailored a little bit. Also I got all of the bridesmaids' dresses. All 8 dresses need to be tailored as well."
"Eight bridesmaids? I don't think I have that many friends. Well, who are you having in the bridal party?"
"Well there is your sister, Robin, Lane, and my college friends, Annie, Cat, Katie, Katerina, Gretchen and Johnny."
" At least I know a good amount of them already." Tristan said.
"Yeah that's true. I was thinking that we ask the guys at my friends have already met to be there escorts."
"That's fine. Cat can go with Bruce and Lane can be with Henry of course. Katie would be with Brendan, and Katerina would be with Jason. Jack and Gretchen would be together. Robin would have her boyfriend, who is my best friend, Sean."
"Ok, but who do you know that Annie could go with?"
" I don't know I have a few cousins I could ask." Tristan said as he stood up from the couch to look out the window. When he looked out, he saw Annie and someone talking in the lamplight. "How about the guy she is talking with now."
"What guy?" Rory said as she was walking over to the window.
"That one, standing with her outside." Tristan said.
"Tristan, I don't think you want him to come to the wedding." Rory said as she noticed the guy with Annie.
"What? Why? Is it your old boyfriend?" Tristan said with a laugh.
"Actually it is." Rory said as she walked back over to his coffee table in the living room.
"Really?" Tristan said, " It wouldn't bother me one bit Rory. Unless he tries to steal the bride from me." He decided to walk away from the window. He sat on the couch and decided to talk to Rory about the guest list.
"Well, if it doesn't bother you then Annie and Dean will go together. Now I just need to find someone for Johnny."
"Ok, I will think of a cousin that I really like." Tristan said with a smile, "Hey would it be funny, if I asked my cousin Joey. Johnny and Joey, ha that's funny."
"That is. Ok, well now that we got the list of people in the bridal party, lets talk about guests."
"Well, your grandparents, Lorelai and Luke, my parents, your friends from town who are they again?"
" Well the only close friends that I would invite are Miss patty, Babette and Morey, Sookie, Jackson and Michele. I think that's it. What about your family? Your mother is one of ten brothers and sisters."
" Right and their spouses, that would be 18 aunts and uncles, their children, so that 17 cousins. What is the total?"
"With everyone even the bridesmaids and escorts that's about 65 - 70 people."
"Wow that not to bad for the wedding."
"Yeah not bad at all. Tristan, can I ask you something? But it has nothing to do with the wedding."
"Sure, I guess."
"Well, why didn't you tell me that you went out with Annie? I know that it was years ago, but I can't stop thinking about why you went out with her for one summer." Rory said.
" I know I should have told you, I guess Annie told you first." Tristan said, "I know I should have told. But I didn't know how to bring up a topic like that. ' Oh, yeah, just so you know I went out with a friend of yours, but that was before we went out,' sounds sort of a weird conversation starter. I went out with Annie because she reminded me of you, same brown hair and grade point average. I thought that if I got close enough to her it was like I was with you. When I kissed her I wanted to really be kissing you." * I am glad I told her. * "Are you ok Rory? You look strange."
Rory did look strange; she had this look on her face that he just couldn't make out. It looked like she was excited from what he just said. "I love you." Was all she could say as she moistened her lips and crawled onto the couch where Tristan was sitting.
"I love you, too." Was all he could say, as she crawled into him a started to kiss him.
Rory was surprised at what he would do just to get close to her even thought it was kind of stocker-ish of him. She just kissed him, and kissed him on his lips. She than gradually worked her way down to his neck once she got to the top of his shirt she stopped kissing his neck and sat up. After that she took her hands that were sitting at top of his pants and started to unbutton his shirt. When she did and saw his bare chest she did whatever came to mind. She started to kiss his bare chest with her lips very softly that it made him moan. She decided not to stop, she went on she kissed all around his chest and she licked his nipples and went even further down his stomach to his pelvis then stopped. She decided to sit back up and decided to let him beg. But he didn't he just stayed there on the couch just watching her.
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 24: The Talks
Rory drove to Tristan's apartment with Robin following along behind her. But Robin knew where she was going. It's not like her brother had no contact when he went to college.
Rory parked the car in between the two buildings and said; "I'll see you guys later."
"Have fun." Cat said as she saw Rory run to Tristan's apartment.
"Why is she going over so early? It's only three. He doesn't get off till five." Gretchen said about Rory leaving so early.
"Well he told me that he was getting off of work early." Robin said as she was following the others up the front steps of the building.
"Oh, how sweet." Annie said.
"So, let's go inside." Lane said bringing the girls into the apartment building with Rory's keys.
When they finally got into the apartment they started to ask Robin questions. They walked into the apartment, took off there coats and headed for the living room. Lane and the rest of the girls, expect for Cat didn't know what to say, or what ask. Since Cat knew what she was going to ask she decided to start, "So, Robin where did are you going to College?"
Robin didn't want to tell them that she was going to a second rate law school in Jersey but she wanted to be honest. "I go to school in South Orange, New Jersey. I am attending my last year of Seton Hall University's Law school with a basketball scholarship."
"Really?" Annie said. "My cousin went there for college, but not to be a lawyer."
"Really, what's her name? The school is large but I met a lot of people. Hey, you never know right?" Robin mentioned.
"Johnny?" Katie said with a look both towards Robin and Annie.
"I don't remember a Johnny." Robin said with disappointment.
"That's ok." Cat said to her. "So, what yeah are you in now?"
"I am in my last year. I come down to Connecticut every other weekend. I know what you're thinking, 'Why am I here if it's a Monday.' I'll answer it for you, I don't start during the week until Tuesday morning." Robin tried to explain everything about school.
"That's pretty cool, so you go down around Monday night's?" Lane asked.
"Yeah, I go about 9-ish. It a four-hour drive but it doesn't bother me. I try to make the best of it. My boyfriend usually makes a tape of him talking so I listen to it on the way." Robin said with a smile at the mentioning of her boyfriend.
"Oh really, that's so cute. What's his name? How did you meet him?" Annie asked her.
"Well, I have known him for a long time. He is Tristan's friend from college, Sean Scott Williams. So, anyway I had this crush on him for like two years, then last new years we just clicked." Robin said making googoly eyes at the thought.
"Really? Sean Scott Williams, I think we all met him at a party we had with a few of Tristan's friends last week." Gretchen said.
"I think he mentioned something about a party." Robin pointed out.
"That's funny when I talked to him he never said nothing about a girlfriend." Annie said. "I guess it must have slipped his mind."
"I guess so." Robin said. " I doesn't bother me about him at party's though."
"Well, it sounds like you trust your boyfriend." Katerina said. She tried to change the subject so that a fight didn't break out. "So, Annie where is your cousin now?"
"She went to live in New York, to see if she can get a record deal for a few years." Annie said, "But now she is at home from her first European tour."
"Really, she did it." Cat said.
"She did what?" Gretchen asked her.
"She did it. She did what she said she would, in high school she promised me that she would get a record deal, or become a big star." Cat said. " Me, I am. I was with my crush, which I had when I was 16 while still going out with my first boyfriend. I went to college, got my degree, now I have nowhere to go. Who in their right mind would want me to work for them in a police department? I have done nothing with my life."
"Cat that not true? I mean you have had offers but you want something close that's all." Lane said.
"True, true." Cat said while leaning her head against her hand.
"Cat, you're pulling a Johnny." Katerina said. At that all the girls started to laugh.
"Stop making fun." Cat screamed that them.
"So, what do you think of my brother and Rory?" Robin asked them.
" I think it is so cute." Katie said about the thought.
"They are so sweet with one another. I wish I can find a guy a sweet as Tristan." Gretchen said.
"I think you have." Cat said while picking her head up off her hand. "Jack is a really nice guy."
"You met Jack?" Robin said direction the question to Gretchen.
"Yeah, I really like him. But I don't know. I think he is too great." Gretchen said doubting Jack and his ways.
"Don't say that." Katerina said. "You always do that. You push them away before they can get to close."
"I don't always do it." Gretchen said. "How about we talk about something else?"
"Ok, how about we talk about how Gretchen pushes guys away all those 'guy friends.'" Cat said with a smile.
"How about we don't?" Gretchen didn't have enough time to defend herself on the topic. Once she finished that small sentence there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it. I can't stay in here any longer. You guys are to weird for me." She stood up and started to walk out of the room.
"Awe, don't say something like that Gretchen, you know that it would hurt our feelings." Katerina said.
"Oh, shut up." Gretchen screamed from the door, as she was opening it.
"I'm sorry." Jack said as he heard her.
"Hi, Jack!" She screamed so that they would stop talking about him. But it didn't make them stop talking about him; they started to laugh at them.
"Hi Gretchen." Jack said with a puzzling look towards his companion. "Sorry that Sean and I stopped by so unexpectedly, we wanted to see if you and Annie wanted to hang out."
"Well that is very sweet of you. But we have a guest, so could we call you later?" Gretchen asked him while pushing them out of the room.
"Nonsense Gretchen invite them in I'm sure our guest wouldn't mind the company." Annie said while popping her head into the hallway.
"Thanks Annie." Jack said while stepping back into the apartment with Sean following him.
"Hi Annie!" Sean said from the entrance. Gretchen had Jack and Sean follow her into the living room.
"Hi sweetheart." Robin said as she saw Sean walking in the room.
He was looking at his feet while he was walking. But he picked up his head when he heard Robin's voice. "Robin what are you doing here?"
"You know I was going to ask you the same thing." Robin said as she stood up and put her hands on her hips. She was just kidding with him but she liked it when he squirmed.
"Hey, Robin. It's not what you think. You see, I wanted to hang out with Sean and I also wanted to get to know Gretchen." Jack said blushing. "I didn't want him to feel like a third wheel so that's why we asked if Annie could come too."
"Oh is that all? Sean, you're just trying to help out a friend?" Robin said walked over to give him a hug.
"Absolutely! I love you." He said as he kissed her on the lips for half a second.
This was something that made Annie so sick to her stomach, she couldn't watch. Annie decided to go for a walk. Cat tried to follow her but at the speed that Annie was walking Cat couldn't catch up. So she let Annie go alone.
While Annie walked around the block a few times she saw a guy about 6foot 2inches, who had brown hair but that was all she could see. It was about seven thirty and the sun was setting.
"Can I help you?" She asked him. She knew she couldn't, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.
"I don't think you can. Unless you know if Rory Gilmore is in her apartment." He said to her.
"Actually Rory isn't home. She is at her fiancée house." She told him.
"Fiancée!" When he heard that, it was like a kick in the balls. His eyes closed for a second, because they were watering. * I knew it wouldn't have been me. *
Annie saw his face. He looked like he was going to throw up. "Are you ok? How do you know Rory?"
"Yeah, I think I am fine. I am Rory's old-old boyfriend, Dean." He said with his voice cracking from being all choked up.
"You're Dean? Wow, it's nice to meet you. I'm Rory's friend, Annie." She said holding her hand out.
"Nice to meet you too." He said while shaking her hand. But didn't let go of it. He held on to it giving it a little squeeze. "Who is she marrying?" He asked her while still holding onto her hand.
"Tristan DuGrey." She said while wincing her face from what he would do.
"Really, how long have they been together?" Dean said removing his grip.
"I don't remember." Annie said to him.
"That's ok." He said as he was putting his hands in his pockets.
"Hey if you ever need someone to hang out with here's my number." She put her hand into her pocket and pulled out one of her cards that have her number on it, which she uses for celebrities. She gave it to him and said, "Well I have to go back inside."
"It was nice meeting you, Annie." He said as she was turning around to leave. But she didn't bother to say anything. She just thought that her name that came out of his lips sounds like music. It took her a few minutes to leave him out there. * I hope she doesn't have a boyfriend. *
~~~~~ Tristan's Apartment ~~~~~
Rory and Tristan had just finished dinner and were cleaning the dishes. Once they had finished the dishes they went into the living room to discuss the wedding.
"I got my dress today, I just have to get it tailored a little bit. Also I got all of the bridesmaids' dresses. All 8 dresses need to be tailored as well."
"Eight bridesmaids? I don't think I have that many friends. Well, who are you having in the bridal party?"
"Well there is your sister, Robin, Lane, and my college friends, Annie, Cat, Katie, Katerina, Gretchen and Johnny."
" At least I know a good amount of them already." Tristan said.
"Yeah that's true. I was thinking that we ask the guys at my friends have already met to be there escorts."
"That's fine. Cat can go with Bruce and Lane can be with Henry of course. Katie would be with Brendan, and Katerina would be with Jason. Jack and Gretchen would be together. Robin would have her boyfriend, who is my best friend, Sean."
"Ok, but who do you know that Annie could go with?"
" I don't know I have a few cousins I could ask." Tristan said as he stood up from the couch to look out the window. When he looked out, he saw Annie and someone talking in the lamplight. "How about the guy she is talking with now."
"What guy?" Rory said as she was walking over to the window.
"That one, standing with her outside." Tristan said.
"Tristan, I don't think you want him to come to the wedding." Rory said as she noticed the guy with Annie.
"What? Why? Is it your old boyfriend?" Tristan said with a laugh.
"Actually it is." Rory said as she walked back over to his coffee table in the living room.
"Really?" Tristan said, " It wouldn't bother me one bit Rory. Unless he tries to steal the bride from me." He decided to walk away from the window. He sat on the couch and decided to talk to Rory about the guest list.
"Well, if it doesn't bother you then Annie and Dean will go together. Now I just need to find someone for Johnny."
"Ok, I will think of a cousin that I really like." Tristan said with a smile, "Hey would it be funny, if I asked my cousin Joey. Johnny and Joey, ha that's funny."
"That is. Ok, well now that we got the list of people in the bridal party, lets talk about guests."
"Well, your grandparents, Lorelai and Luke, my parents, your friends from town who are they again?"
" Well the only close friends that I would invite are Miss patty, Babette and Morey, Sookie, Jackson and Michele. I think that's it. What about your family? Your mother is one of ten brothers and sisters."
" Right and their spouses, that would be 18 aunts and uncles, their children, so that 17 cousins. What is the total?"
"With everyone even the bridesmaids and escorts that's about 65 - 70 people."
"Wow that not to bad for the wedding."
"Yeah not bad at all. Tristan, can I ask you something? But it has nothing to do with the wedding."
"Sure, I guess."
"Well, why didn't you tell me that you went out with Annie? I know that it was years ago, but I can't stop thinking about why you went out with her for one summer." Rory said.
" I know I should have told you, I guess Annie told you first." Tristan said, "I know I should have told. But I didn't know how to bring up a topic like that. ' Oh, yeah, just so you know I went out with a friend of yours, but that was before we went out,' sounds sort of a weird conversation starter. I went out with Annie because she reminded me of you, same brown hair and grade point average. I thought that if I got close enough to her it was like I was with you. When I kissed her I wanted to really be kissing you." * I am glad I told her. * "Are you ok Rory? You look strange."
Rory did look strange; she had this look on her face that he just couldn't make out. It looked like she was excited from what he just said. "I love you." Was all she could say as she moistened her lips and crawled onto the couch where Tristan was sitting.
"I love you, too." Was all he could say, as she crawled into him a started to kiss him.
Rory was surprised at what he would do just to get close to her even thought it was kind of stocker-ish of him. She just kissed him, and kissed him on his lips. She than gradually worked her way down to his neck once she got to the top of his shirt she stopped kissing his neck and sat up. After that she took her hands that were sitting at top of his pants and started to unbutton his shirt. When she did and saw his bare chest she did whatever came to mind. She started to kiss his bare chest with her lips very softly that it made him moan. She decided not to stop, she went on she kissed all around his chest and she licked his nipples and went even further down his stomach to his pelvis then stopped. She decided to sit back up and decided to let him beg. But he didn't he just stayed there on the couch just watching her.