Title: Friends 20/?
Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.com) oh and if want an instant response from me like during the week then email me at (23405@sjamail.net)
Disclaimer: These Characters belong to Gilmore Girls except anyone you do not recognize.
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Lorelai walked into Luke's and saw Sasha. She head over to her. "So I hear you stayed the one place I banned you from last night?"
Sasha turned around shocked. "That still stands?"
"No, I guess not so is Chris gone?" Lorelai asked sitting down next to her.
"Yeah, he had to go back to see his girlfriend." Sasha said sadly.
"So you were with him last night?"
"Yeah, we talked till we put each other sleep."
"Have you met his girlfriend yet?"
"Yeah, you?"
"He brought her down to meet Rory. You don't like her do you?" Lorelai asked hoping.
"Can't stand her, you?"
"She's too…." Lorelai started to say but could not think of a word.
"Perfect? Too Perfect?" Sasha said finishing it for her.
"Exactly, it unbelievable." Lorelai said laughing.
"How may I ask does he go from two crazy loons like us to her?" Sasha asked.
"I don't know I think he must have been drunk when they meet." Lorelai said laughing.
Luke walked up. "Are you two actually getting along?" He asked shocked.
"It seems an x-boyfriend can bring any two people together." Sasha said still laughing.
"Do you actually think you'll lose your job?" Rory asked as Max entered Stars Hollow.
"I hope not but I don't really know." Max said sadly.
"Look if there's anything that I can do…" Rory started to say.
"If you talk to Tristan tell him to beg his grandfather not to fire me." Max said as they pulled up to Luke's.
"I will but I don't think his grandfather is going to let him talk to me." Rory said as she got out.
"Yeah well some times niceness hits people and things happen." Max said as he started to walk to the door.
"I'm going to go, can you tell my mother I had things to do?" Rory asked.
"No problem, and Rory, I hope he calls not for my sake but for yours." Max said as he went in.
"Rory?" Jess asked as he entered their house. He did not get an answer so he started to search the house. He smiled when he found her asleep on the couch with the phone in her hand. He nudged her. "Rory…."
"Stop it! I didn't mean for this to happen!" Rory screamed.
Jess nudged her harder. "Rory, it's just a dream wake up."
She opened her eyes and before she knew what she was doing, she was hugging Jess and crying.
"What's wrong?" He asked worried.
She let go and looked around. "It was all just a dream. Jess, what are you doing here?"
"I came to make sure you were ok and you started screaming…." Jess started to say.
"I had a bad dream."
"I see that. You seemed really scared."
"I was. I was at Tristan's grandfather's house and I saw what he was living with and then I saw Max with out job, my dad and Sasha married with a baby, Luke and my mother married and you…." She started to say but stopped.
"And me what?" Jess asked curious.
"And you were the only one there for me." Rory said fully realizing what she had just dreamed.
"What? Why?" Jess asked confused.
The phone rang and Rory jumped. "Jess, we'll talk later." She said as she picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Rory?" Tristan asked.
"It's you! Good, how are you? Where are you? What happened?" Rory asked quickly.
Tristan laughed. "I'm at my grandfather's and we're talking about the funeral, he wants to do it tonight."
"Why at night?"
"So it doesn't get in the papers, so it's quite."
"I'm sorry, I really am."
"Me too. Look I called for a reason."
"What?"
"I know this is going to sound weird but do you think there's any chance you could come with me to it…. I do not want to go alone. I want a friend there with me."
"Of course, if you need me to."
"Good, I'll be there in an hour, ok?"
"Yeah and I really am truly sorry." Rory said.
"I know you are." Tristan said as he hung up the phone.
Rory turned to Jess. "That was Tristan, he wants me to go to his father's funeral with him."
"Are you going to go?"
"I think I should but… I don't know if I can."
"What's wrong?"
"It's his father's funeral, I didn't even know the man and his family doesn't even like me."
"But you told him you were going to go." Jess reminded her.
"I know and I shouldn't have I guess. Is there any chance that…" Rory started to say but stopped.
"What?" Jess asked.
"That you would come with me." Rory said quickly.
"Wait, just a second, how did I get involved in this." Jess said getting up.
"Jess please…." Rory begged.
"Why? I don't even know Tristan nor do I know his family."
"But you know me and Tristan seems to like you. Look I know this sounds crazy but maybe my dream meant something…."
"Oh don't even try that! It was just dream, Rory. That's all!" Jess said.
"Please." Rory begged again as she got closer to him.
"But…"
"Jess if you do this…." Rory started to say.
"What? What will I get it?" Jess asked.
"I don't know yet but I'll owe you ok?" Rory begged.
Lorelai hung up her phone. "It seems that Tristan has asked her to go to his father's funeral with him."
"And she's going?" Max asked.
"Yeah and… I don't know why but so is Jess." Lorelai said looking at Luke.
"He's what? He cannot because he's up his room right now." Luke said.
"No, he's not he's with Rory and Tristan on their way to Hartford." Lorelai said.
"I knew it! I knew it was too quiet here. I'm going to kill him I swear, I'm going to kill him!" Luke screamed.
Lorelai got up and walked over to him. "Breath in, Breath out." She said.
He turned and faced her. "I'll breath when you stop drinking caffeine." He said mad.
"You know that's not going to happen." She said smiling.
"Yeah I know." He said smiling back at her and then he remembered that Sasha and Max were still in the room. "Um Sasha I need you help in the back." He said backing away from Lorelai.
"Sorry, I guess that means we're closing up." Sasha said getting up and following Luke to the back.
Max came up to Lorelai. "You ok?" He asked.
"What? Why?" She asked quickly thinking he was talking about Luke.
"Because of Rory and everything that's happened."
"I'm fine, I just hope she is." Lorelai said sadly.
Tristan, Rory and Jess were all sitting in the front row dressed in black with Tristan's two uncles and his grandfather. Tristan was holding on the Rory's hand for dear life and Rory was holding on to Jess's.
"We're gathered here today to remember a wonderful husband, father and son. If there is anyone among us who would like to say a few words…." The minister started to say.
Tristan got up. "I would."
"Ok." The minister said sitting down.
"I knew my father really well, better than most people here ever did. Though I think, I am the only one who could possibly have anything good to say about him. But if anyone here really knew him, then he wouldn't be dead."
Jess looked at Rory. "What is he talking about?"
"He's saying something he's been needing to say for a while now." Rory said.
"Tristan, I think you've said enough." One of his uncles said getting up.
"No, we want to hear what he has to say. It's his father's funeral." His grandfather told him. "Continue please." He said sitting down.
"See the only reason my father is laying in that casket right now is because no one here really knew him. Because to know him, would mean that you would know that he would never steal even a penny from anyone, especially not his father. To know him would be to know that he would not do anything that would hurt my mother or me. I knew him and I know that he didn't do this and I will not rest until the person my father really was is know." Tristan said mad as he head for his seat.
"If it wasn't your father than who was it?" His other uncle asked.
"For all I know it was you or him." He said pointing at his other uncle. "You two have never really worked a day in your life but you are both rich but my father never once didn't work his heart out and he was not near as wealthy as you two." Tristan said sitting down.
"That's absurd!" One of them said nervously.
His grandfather looked at the two of them. "When this funeral is over, you both are fired."
Rory turned to Tristan. "Your father would be proud."
"I hope so." Tristan said as he started to cry.