After dinner Rory and Tristan went up to Rory's room, while Lorelai was left to mingle alone with the adults.
"I always knew one day I'd be up in your room." Tristan teased.
"You'd better watch it, or you'll loose your nice status."
"So I'm nice now?"
"I guess so."
"So, does this mean we can be friends at Chilton?" A hopeful Tristan asked.
"What do you need more friends at Chilton for? When you come back you'll be immediately accepted back and again, the most popular guy in the school." Rory said rolling her eyes.
"Well, I doubt I'll be accepted back into my old crowd."
"Why is that?" Rory asked sitting on her bed. Tristan joined her.
"Well, once they find out I've given up my player ways, they'll probably think I've gone soft or something."
"You're giving up your man whore ways?" Rory asked surprised.
"Well yeah. I thought you'd figured that out by now."
"Well, I mean I thought maybe you would, but I don't know. I just can't picture it. Tristan DuGrey, a one-woman man. Kind of an oxymoron" Rory said laughing.
Tristan threw a pillow at her.
"You'll see."
"So, do you have anyone in mind for you special lady?" Rory inquired.
"Yeah actually I do. I thought about her the whole time I was in military school. She kept me going, though she doesn't know it."
"Do you love her?"
"Yes I do. I always have."
"Who's the lucky lady? Summer?"
"Summer? God, no!"
"Well, how about Gwen, Donna, Jackie, Vanessa, Michelle, Erin, Erica, Brittany, Anna, Debby, Suzan, Martha, Hannah, Lauren, Kristen, Jennifer, Sarah, Alexey, Elise, Gina... My goodness, you change partners more than square dancers do!"
"Correction, I changED partners. And no it's not any of those girls."
"Well, I'm running out of names of people you dated."
"Who said I dated her?"
"Well, I assumed."
"You assumed wrong. I never dated her."
"Did she go to Chilton?"
"Your very nosy."
"Its one of my finer qualities."
"Whatever you say."
"Common tell me!"
"You'll find out soon enough." Tristan said smiling at her. He wondered if she knew that it was her.
"Urg fine!" Rory said throwing up her hands. "You've worn me down. I give up for now. But I'll find out tomorrow."
"Right. Tomorrow. I will see you tomorrow. But I'd probably better get going now. My parents will be wondering where i wandered off too." Tristan said getting up and giving her a hug.
"Right..." Rory said. Strangely she didn't want the night with him to end. She was shaking, not because it was cold, but because Tristan was touching her. She liked the way he was making her feel.
"You're cold." Tristan said as he felt her slightly shaking.
"No I'm not."
"Then why are you shaking?"
"I'm not." Rory said defensively.
"Here, take my sweatshirt." Tristan said pulling it off and handing it to Rory. It was the first time Rory saw him without the sweatshirt on. His arms where bigger and she could tell through the shirt that his stomach was also very nice. Tristan noticed her looking at him.
"Yeah, military school really whipped me into shape." he laughed.
"Thanks for the sweatshirt. I'll give it back to you tomorrow." Rory said pulling it over my head. It smelled like him. She liked that smell. "I'm coming downstairs with you. My mom would absolutely kill me if I made her stay longer than she had to."
Tristan and Rory walked down the stairs.
"Ah, Rory! There you are." Lorelai said looking relived. "Well Mom its been real, its been fun, but it hasn't been real fun."
"Lorelai!" exclaimed an offended Emily.
"It was an attempt for humor, Grandma." Rory explained.
"Is that what that was?"
"Afraid so. Well, we'd better get going. We both have a big day tomorrow. It was nice meeting you Mr. and Mrs. DuGrey."
"Same here Lorelai. We will have to do lunch sometime soon." Mrs. DuGrey said.
"Oh absolutely." Lorelai said clapping her hands together.
"Bye Grandma and Grandpa. It was nice meeting you Mr. and Mrs. DuGrey. I'll see you tomorrow Tristan." Rory said walking out the door.
Lorelai and Rory got in the jeep and drove towards Stars Hallow.
"So, you're really shook up about this whole Jess thing aren't you?"
"Yeah I am."
"Are you nervous about going to see him tomorrow? Especially since the Evil One will be escorting you."
"I think its time we legally change Tristan's name. He didn't do one evil thing tonight. In fact, he was freakishly nice to me."
"Which would explain why you are wearing his sweatshirt." Lorelai teased.
"No, I'm serious. He really has changed. I think Military school was good for him." Rory said.
"Good for the body too."
"Mom!"
"Can't blame a gal for lookin."
"Well, he said he was no longer a womanizer. He had his sites on one girl and he was going to get her, and only her. I'm curious who the lucky lady is."
"Lucky lady? Are we talking about the same Tristan? The one who called you 'Mary' and made your life almost unbearable at Chilton at times?"
"That's the one. Except he's not like that anymore."
"Rory, you know I trust your judge of character, but you've only talked to him tonight..."
"I know what your thinking Mom, but I could see it in his eyes when I looked at him. He honestly loves this girl he's going after. I'm actually kind of jealous of this girl."
"I know something you don't know." Lorelai said in a sing song voice.
"What do you know?"
"Your the girl he likes."
"Yeah right. We're just now starting to be friends. There is no way that its me. He said that he was in love with this mystery girl."
"Rory, its so obvious the boy has it bad for you. Do you like him back?"
"First of all, he doesn't like me, second of all... I'm not sure how I feel about him. Like you said, I've only seen him just this once. Maybe I'll see how he acts tomorrow."
"I always knew one day I'd be up in your room." Tristan teased.
"You'd better watch it, or you'll loose your nice status."
"So I'm nice now?"
"I guess so."
"So, does this mean we can be friends at Chilton?" A hopeful Tristan asked.
"What do you need more friends at Chilton for? When you come back you'll be immediately accepted back and again, the most popular guy in the school." Rory said rolling her eyes.
"Well, I doubt I'll be accepted back into my old crowd."
"Why is that?" Rory asked sitting on her bed. Tristan joined her.
"Well, once they find out I've given up my player ways, they'll probably think I've gone soft or something."
"You're giving up your man whore ways?" Rory asked surprised.
"Well yeah. I thought you'd figured that out by now."
"Well, I mean I thought maybe you would, but I don't know. I just can't picture it. Tristan DuGrey, a one-woman man. Kind of an oxymoron" Rory said laughing.
Tristan threw a pillow at her.
"You'll see."
"So, do you have anyone in mind for you special lady?" Rory inquired.
"Yeah actually I do. I thought about her the whole time I was in military school. She kept me going, though she doesn't know it."
"Do you love her?"
"Yes I do. I always have."
"Who's the lucky lady? Summer?"
"Summer? God, no!"
"Well, how about Gwen, Donna, Jackie, Vanessa, Michelle, Erin, Erica, Brittany, Anna, Debby, Suzan, Martha, Hannah, Lauren, Kristen, Jennifer, Sarah, Alexey, Elise, Gina... My goodness, you change partners more than square dancers do!"
"Correction, I changED partners. And no it's not any of those girls."
"Well, I'm running out of names of people you dated."
"Who said I dated her?"
"Well, I assumed."
"You assumed wrong. I never dated her."
"Did she go to Chilton?"
"Your very nosy."
"Its one of my finer qualities."
"Whatever you say."
"Common tell me!"
"You'll find out soon enough." Tristan said smiling at her. He wondered if she knew that it was her.
"Urg fine!" Rory said throwing up her hands. "You've worn me down. I give up for now. But I'll find out tomorrow."
"Right. Tomorrow. I will see you tomorrow. But I'd probably better get going now. My parents will be wondering where i wandered off too." Tristan said getting up and giving her a hug.
"Right..." Rory said. Strangely she didn't want the night with him to end. She was shaking, not because it was cold, but because Tristan was touching her. She liked the way he was making her feel.
"You're cold." Tristan said as he felt her slightly shaking.
"No I'm not."
"Then why are you shaking?"
"I'm not." Rory said defensively.
"Here, take my sweatshirt." Tristan said pulling it off and handing it to Rory. It was the first time Rory saw him without the sweatshirt on. His arms where bigger and she could tell through the shirt that his stomach was also very nice. Tristan noticed her looking at him.
"Yeah, military school really whipped me into shape." he laughed.
"Thanks for the sweatshirt. I'll give it back to you tomorrow." Rory said pulling it over my head. It smelled like him. She liked that smell. "I'm coming downstairs with you. My mom would absolutely kill me if I made her stay longer than she had to."
Tristan and Rory walked down the stairs.
"Ah, Rory! There you are." Lorelai said looking relived. "Well Mom its been real, its been fun, but it hasn't been real fun."
"Lorelai!" exclaimed an offended Emily.
"It was an attempt for humor, Grandma." Rory explained.
"Is that what that was?"
"Afraid so. Well, we'd better get going. We both have a big day tomorrow. It was nice meeting you Mr. and Mrs. DuGrey."
"Same here Lorelai. We will have to do lunch sometime soon." Mrs. DuGrey said.
"Oh absolutely." Lorelai said clapping her hands together.
"Bye Grandma and Grandpa. It was nice meeting you Mr. and Mrs. DuGrey. I'll see you tomorrow Tristan." Rory said walking out the door.
Lorelai and Rory got in the jeep and drove towards Stars Hallow.
"So, you're really shook up about this whole Jess thing aren't you?"
"Yeah I am."
"Are you nervous about going to see him tomorrow? Especially since the Evil One will be escorting you."
"I think its time we legally change Tristan's name. He didn't do one evil thing tonight. In fact, he was freakishly nice to me."
"Which would explain why you are wearing his sweatshirt." Lorelai teased.
"No, I'm serious. He really has changed. I think Military school was good for him." Rory said.
"Good for the body too."
"Mom!"
"Can't blame a gal for lookin."
"Well, he said he was no longer a womanizer. He had his sites on one girl and he was going to get her, and only her. I'm curious who the lucky lady is."
"Lucky lady? Are we talking about the same Tristan? The one who called you 'Mary' and made your life almost unbearable at Chilton at times?"
"That's the one. Except he's not like that anymore."
"Rory, you know I trust your judge of character, but you've only talked to him tonight..."
"I know what your thinking Mom, but I could see it in his eyes when I looked at him. He honestly loves this girl he's going after. I'm actually kind of jealous of this girl."
"I know something you don't know." Lorelai said in a sing song voice.
"What do you know?"
"Your the girl he likes."
"Yeah right. We're just now starting to be friends. There is no way that its me. He said that he was in love with this mystery girl."
"Rory, its so obvious the boy has it bad for you. Do you like him back?"
"First of all, he doesn't like me, second of all... I'm not sure how I feel about him. Like you said, I've only seen him just this once. Maybe I'll see how he acts tomorrow."
