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 real writers of the show own them.

Author Note: will be a few chapters.

Chapter 28: The Family

Once Rory got outside her suite and down to the lobby she had no idea where she was going. She also knew, if she went outside like that everyone would be suspicious. So she ran to the closet and pulled out an old looking hat. She put it on and went outside.

"Where am I going?" Rory said to herself. As she was walking down the street, she kept on repeating. She couldn't pass her house. She had to go somewhere where she wouldn't get noticed and someplace that is totally not Rory.

She walked into the direction of the gazebo, still repeating the question someone heard her. "You know that is a good question." A man wit a deep voice said to her who was sitting in the gazebo.

"What are you doing here?" Rory asked him.

"I'm just thinking. You're wedding was so beautiful. It could have been us."

"I know it could have. Could have. Dean, I love you. But we just ourselves going in different directions. And you know it. Now I have Tristan. It just felt right, 12 hours ago. Now I just don't know." Rory started to break down and cry. She was shaking because it was so cold.

Dean being the gentleman that he was took his arm and wrapped it around Rory's shoulders. She laid her head on his chest and just kept on crying.

Dean couldn't bear to see her cry. He tried to comfort her but she was too upset. He then tilted her chin so he could see into her blue eyes. He had this advantage. He was a tad confused. * Should I take this or not.*

"Dean." She said to him not knowing where she was taking this.

"Yeah," He said right before she leaned towards him and kissed him.

She couldn't believe what she had just done. All she knew was that she was angry at Tristan and would have done anything to get back at him.

"Wait, Rory what are you doing?" Dean asked her.

"Trying not to fight it. I think you should try it. Come on Dean. Is there a place close by where we can go?"

"And do what?"

"You know what." Rory said. "Let's go to your house. Is anyone home?"

"No, actually everyone went away this weekend." Dean said. He was going to say something but Rory stopped him.

"Great let's go."

"Hold up Rory. Why are we going to my house? You should be going to Tristan."

"But I feel like going to your house."

"Fine, we'll go over to the house but we are just going so you have a place to sleep."

"I was hoping someone to sleep with." Rory said in a whisper as they got up from the gazebo and started to walk to Dean's house.

~~~~~ Dean's House ~~~~~

Dean had a little trouble getting the door open. He was nervous about what Rory wanted to do. He thought that he might have read her all wrong and she really just wanted a place to sleep.

"Thanks for taking me back here, Tristan."

"Rory are you ok?" Dean asked with a concerned looked.

"Yeah, I'm fine why?"

"Because you just called me Tristan."

"Oh, did I." Rory said with an innocent face. "Well, that was a fluke."

"Okay Rory, I believe you."

"I'm sorry Dean." Rory said as she walked to the couch in the room and sat down. " I will try to make it up to you."

"Make what up, Rory?" Dean said as he sat down next to her.

"You know how much I appreciate you. I must have let you down so many times."

"Rory, no need too." Dean said. He started to say something else but Rory didn't want to hear it. In less then a moment Rory had leaned into his space and kissed him on the lips.

She had full control of everything, at first. Dean started to push her away but it didn't work. Rory had just pushed her body that was covered in only the coat on top of Dean.

Dean had no control over what was happening, or going to happen. It looked to him that Rory was determined for something to happen. He didn't want it to happen. Rory was a newlywed and friends with Dean again. He didn't want to change that. But it did.

~~~~~~~ An Hour Later ~~~~~~~

It was about an hour later after the encounter and Dean was asleep on the couch. Rory was just sitting on a nearby couch; she couldn't believe what she just did. "We're just friends." She whispered to him. She repeated it one last time, "We're just friends." She put on her coat and left his house on Peach Street.

From Peach Street to the Independence Inn was about 6 big blocks. She didn't want to tell Tristan about what had happened with Dean but she had all that time to think about it.

It was about twenty of three at this point in the morning. She didn't want to wake Tristan up, but she still didn't want to talk to her mother; who would probably find something wrong about Rory being home. So, Rory decided to go but to Tristan. She knew it would be better to wake him other then to not talk to him at all.

She was on the honeymoon suite floor of the Independence Inn. She was pacing back and forth in her trench coat. She was debating on going in. But she didn't have to. Tristan was still awake and heard her pacing so, he had opened the door for her. She was pacing for a few good long minutes before she had noticed Tristan.

"Hi." He said to her with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders.

"Hi." She said back to him as she was walking slowly to him.

With puppy dog eyes Tristan just looked at her and wrapped them both in the blanket. "I love you." Was exactly what he had said as he looked into her eyes. He then slowly moved in to give her a kiss.