6. Talking
Summary: Rory and Jess go to a reunion and meet Tristan, who brings up some strange feelings. It is a Literati though.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of this, just writing a story and borrowing them for a while
A/N: I'm sorry it took a while before I posted the next chapter, but I have been kind of distracted lately. Here is the new chapter however. Hope you like it.
Jess didn't know how to proceed. He was sure now that Rory hadn't been with any other guy.Her kissing Tristan was something she still had to explain to him, but he was sure she had an explanation for it. But he was still afraid Rory just didn't feel attracted to him. This was a new feeling for him. He didn't know how to handle it. He was used to having all the women he wanted just fall for him. He had never really thought about himself as good looking, it was just something he had taken for granted. It had made him a little arrogant. He had never thought it possible that someone wouldn't feel attracted to him, especially not his own girlfriend. He had to try something new. He had to change his appearance, his style, anything, just so Rory would feel attracted to him. He just didn't know what.Maybe it was his length? After all both Dean and Tristan were a lot taller than him.Or maybe she didn't like the way he dressed.He just didn't know.
The next day when Rory got up she felt horrible. Jess had been so wonderful to her and she had repaid him by acting shy and all but sending him away. She had to figure out why she always backed away from him. She promised herself she wouldn't ask anymore questions about Jess and Gabriela. She thought it best just to get over it. For some reason when Jess acted so gently and nice to her, she couldn't imagine him being like that with anyone else. It was so different from what she had seen in that room.What Jess had with Gabriela seemed wild and like a spur of the moment thing to her now. So she wasn't going to ask him about that anymore. She had to work on herself. She decided the best first step was to go talk to Jess.
To her great surprise Jess wasn't there when she got to the diner. She thought he would be at the bridge, but he wasn't there either. She really got scared now. What if Jess had decided he didn't want to be with her anymore and was avoiding her? She didn't have much time to dwell on it though, since she heard someone call her name. It was Tristan.
Tristan: 'Rory.'
Rory: 'Hey.What are you doing here?'
Tristan: 'I'm checking up on you.I wanted to see how you were doing after what happened yesterday.'
Rory: 'I'm ok, thanks.How are things between Gabriela and you?'
Tristan: 'Rory, don't lie.Your face is giving you away. You don't feel ok. You look desperate.'
Rory: 'No.In fact, Jess and I talked it over yesterday.'
Tristan: 'And?'
Rory: 'Nothing.We talked it over and we decided not to hold a it against each other. Bye the way, I need to warn you. I think Gabriela saw us kissing.'
Tristan: 'So you're saying you forgave Jess?'
If she had forgiven Jess, he would have no chance with her anymore. How could this have happened? Everything had gone according to plan.She had to still be mad at Jess. She had to want some sort of revenge.He had to think quickly. What was he going to do? He was going to have her.Preferably with her consent.
Rory: 'There was nothing to forgive. It was all my own fault. Jess saw me kissing you. He thought I was cheating on him. He thought he was the only one with whom I couldn't be intimate. So he got mad.Combine that with the sexual tension he had build up and you get what we saw yesterday.'
Tristan: 'Rory, you've got to be kidding. It's not ok for Jess to sleep with someone, no matter how long you make him wait. He should just be patient. And the kiss he saw was hardly any reason to think you're cheating. You need to stop blaming yourself for what happened. It was not your fault. Jess is the one who was wrong.Jess is the one who should pay for this.'
Rory: 'I thought you would be happy for me for making things better with Jess.Guess you're upset for Gabriela.I suppose things didn't work out between you two.'
That was it. She was giving him the chance he needed. If he couldn't have her because she was mad at Jess, he was going to have her because she felt pity for him.
Tristan: 'No.It didn't. She's just a slut. I don't know what I ever saw in her. Her beauty is definitely just skin deep. And I fell so hard for her. I don't know what to do anymore. I feel so bad.'
Rory walked over to Tristan and hugged him. Although she was very upset and worried about not finding Jess, she didn't want Tristan to know things between her and Jess were not ok. She told him that once and all it got her was trouble. She also knew the trouble wasn't Tristan's fault, so she didn't hold it against him. Besides, it gave her comfort to be able to comfort someone else. It made her forget her own problems for a moment.
Rory: 'Tristan, I'm sorry.But you'll see that it's going to get better. Gabriela is beautiful, sure.But there are more girls on this earth. And I'm sure your breakup is only for the best.'
Tristan: 'That's easy for you to say.But that's not how I feel it. She was my world.And it came crashing down on me yesterday when I saw that.I was mad at first, but now I'm only sad.Sad and extremely lonely. And the worst part is that I have to see her every time I go home.'
Rory: 'Then why don't you ask her to just go to her hotel room?'
Tristan: 'I have, but she doesn't want to. And I can't possibly involve my parents in this. They'll just make us sit and make up.And I don't want that. I don't want to be with her. She'll only hurt me again.'
Rory: 'So now you don't want to go home?'
Tristan: 'No.That's why I'm here. I didn't know where else to go. I want to spent as little time as possible there. I've even booked a flight, so I won't have to drive back with her.'
Rory: 'Tristan.You need to get over this. You can't stay here forever.'
Tristan: 'Please don't send me away right now Rory.You're all I have.I need someone to talk to. I need someone to take my mind off of it.Please let me take you to dinner tonight.'
Rory: 'Hmmm..Ok.But only if you promise to go home now and talk to Gabriela.'
Tristan: 'I can't do that.'
Rory: 'Then no dinner. It's only for the best.'
Tristan: 'Rory.'
Rory: 'Ok, fine.But you have to leave now, because there is some stuff I need to take care of.'
Tristan: 'I'll pick you up at 7.'
Rory: 'See you then.'
And with that Rory turned around and left to go look for Jess. Tristan walked back to his car and drove back home. He was going to play this one out. And this time he was not going to underestimate her. This time he would be prepared to make her forget about Jess.
That afternoon Rory was getting ready to go to dinner with Tristan when someone rang the doorbell. She heard Lorelai open the door and start to laugh. At first she thought it was Sookie who had told her mom some joke, but when the laughing persisted for a couple of minutes and kept getting worse in stead of less, she couldn't resist the urge and went downstairs to see what was going on. First she was shocked, then the laughter came. In front of her mom stood Jess, with blond curly hair. He looked absolutely ridiculous. At least to Rory and Lorelai who were used to his brown locks he did.
Jess: 'Guys, please stop lauging. Come on Rory, it's not that funny.'
Lorelai: 'Hahaha.Kess.How.could.hahaha..you.hahaha.I'll leave you.two.alone.hahaha.'
And with that Lorelai went into the kitchen, still laughing. After Rory had calmed down a bit she started speaking.
Rory: 'My God Jess, why did you do this?'
Jess: 'For you.'
Rory: 'For me? What on earth made you think I wanted you to dye your hair blonde?'
Jess: 'I thought maybe you would feel attracted to me then.'
Rory: 'Jess, come on. The thought is really sweet, but I liked you just the way you were.'
Jess: 'Than why do you have such problems showing it to me?'
Rory: 'I don't know. Things are just weird.'
Jess: 'With me? Because I don't see you having those problems with Tristan.'
Rory: 'I know it looks that way to you, but I only kissed Tristan. And I don't understand it either. But you have to trust me Jess. I do not want Tristan. I love you.'
Jess: 'Than why did you kiss him?'
Rory: 'Look Jess, I'm afraid to disappoint you. I've made you wait for so long.And I'm afraid then when we do finally do it, it's just not all you hoped for. I don't want you to leave me because I can't satisfy you.'
Jess: 'God Rory.You can be such a naïve girl sometimes. I would never leave you for something that superficial. I love you. Besides, I'm sure you won't disappoint me. Especially not since I saw how you reacted to me yesterday.'
Rory started to blush and smiled.
Jess: 'You still haven't explained to me why you kissed Tristan though. This way it seems like all you want is for me to leave you.'
Rory: 'Well, Tristan was trying to get me to trust myself more. He wanted to show me that I was capable of being passionate and that I wouldn't disappoint you.'
Jess: 'You mean he just wanted to have what he couldn't have in high school.'
Rory: 'Now that you put it that way, it does sound a little bit odd.'
Jess: 'Rory, I don't want to sound like Dean, but I don't want you seeing Tristan again.'
Rory: 'Jess.He has changed. And I would like to get to know him better. Besides, I owe him. You slept with his girlfriend?'
Jess: 'His girlfriend? Gabriela? You think Gabriela is his girlfriend?'
Rory: 'Yes, of course. Why else would she be here with him? Why else would she be staying at his home?'
Jess: 'She's not his girlfriend. She told me she wasn't.'
Rory: 'Who's the naïve one now Jess? Of course she won't tell you she's dating him. She wanted to sleep with you. That was obvious from the first moment she saw you.'
Jess: 'Well, maybe that's true, but why do you think you owe him? I was the one that slept with her, not you.'
Rory was starting to get annoyed. She wanted to get to know Tristan better. She had the feeling he could be interesting. And she also wanted to resolve some things she hadn't in the past. She didn't like Jess being this possessive. She wasn't used to it either. Although Jess did show some hints of jealousy at times, it was so little, they were actually usually flattering. But this was getting irritating.
Rory: 'Look, Jess, I already told you I want get to know Tristan better. And if you don't like it, then I suggest you go think about how many girls you get to know better.'
Jess: 'Rory, don't do this.'
Rory: 'No Jess, just go. I don't want to talk to you until you have come to the understanding that I am the one deciding who I get to be friends with.'
Jess didn't know what had gotten into Rory all of a sudden. Ok, sure, he was being irrational prohibiting her to be friends with Tristan. But all the years of him trusting her should have made her cut him some slack. He decided not to push it, because he knew that by continuing the conversation he would only get angry and hurt her. So he decided just to leave.
Jess: 'Fine, I don't want to fight. Can we have breakfast together tomorrow?'
Rory: 'I don't know Jess. We're in a difficult place right now.'
Jess: 'Please?'
Rory: 'Fine, I'll meet you at Luke's.'
Jess placed a light kiss on Rory's forehead and left. Rory went back to her preparations to go to dinner with Tristan. She hoped Jess wouldn't find out.
Gabriela opened the door to Tristan's room looking for him. He wasn't there, but she could here the shower running. She went into the bathroom and saw Tristan's silhouette behind the shower curtain.
Gabriela: 'Going somewhere?'
Tristan: 'None of your business.'
Gabriela: 'Are you still mad at me for winning the bet?'
Tristan: 'No.I never was.'
Gabriela: 'Oh, too bad. For a moment there I thought you genuinely cared about me and was jealous of me sleeping with another guy.'
Tristan: 'Don't flatter yourself honey.'
Gabriela: 'Well, anyway, since I haven't been with anyone else today, do you mind if I join you?'
She walked up to the shower and opened the curtain, looking at him hungrily. Tristan smiled at her look and turned around so she could fully see her object of affection.
Tristan: 'What makes you think I would want you today?'
Gabriela leaned forward and started stroking Tristan. He immediately got aroused.
Gabriela: 'Oh, well maybe you don't want me, but I know a part of your body that does. But if you're sure, I'll just leave.'
Gabriela turned around dropping the dress she was wearing in the process. She had nothing under it. Tristan could hardly swallow. When she was about to head out the door he called out to her.
Tristan: 'Gabriela, wait.I do have some time for you. But we'll have to hurry. Come here.'
Gabriela turned around knowing he couldn't resist her. She still had it. She really could have anyone she wanted. Whether Tristan liked it or not, she knew she was better at getting what she wanted then he was. And she wanted him. And she didn't like at all that Rory Gilmore was having such an effect on Tristan's sexual feelings towards her. She was going to destroy Rory.And if she had to go through Jess for that, too bad, she didn't really want him to get hurt. But it didn't matter, because it was very pleasurable to have him as well.
Summary: Rory and Jess go to a reunion and meet Tristan, who brings up some strange feelings. It is a Literati though.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of this, just writing a story and borrowing them for a while
A/N: I'm sorry it took a while before I posted the next chapter, but I have been kind of distracted lately. Here is the new chapter however. Hope you like it.
Jess didn't know how to proceed. He was sure now that Rory hadn't been with any other guy.Her kissing Tristan was something she still had to explain to him, but he was sure she had an explanation for it. But he was still afraid Rory just didn't feel attracted to him. This was a new feeling for him. He didn't know how to handle it. He was used to having all the women he wanted just fall for him. He had never really thought about himself as good looking, it was just something he had taken for granted. It had made him a little arrogant. He had never thought it possible that someone wouldn't feel attracted to him, especially not his own girlfriend. He had to try something new. He had to change his appearance, his style, anything, just so Rory would feel attracted to him. He just didn't know what.Maybe it was his length? After all both Dean and Tristan were a lot taller than him.Or maybe she didn't like the way he dressed.He just didn't know.
The next day when Rory got up she felt horrible. Jess had been so wonderful to her and she had repaid him by acting shy and all but sending him away. She had to figure out why she always backed away from him. She promised herself she wouldn't ask anymore questions about Jess and Gabriela. She thought it best just to get over it. For some reason when Jess acted so gently and nice to her, she couldn't imagine him being like that with anyone else. It was so different from what she had seen in that room.What Jess had with Gabriela seemed wild and like a spur of the moment thing to her now. So she wasn't going to ask him about that anymore. She had to work on herself. She decided the best first step was to go talk to Jess.
To her great surprise Jess wasn't there when she got to the diner. She thought he would be at the bridge, but he wasn't there either. She really got scared now. What if Jess had decided he didn't want to be with her anymore and was avoiding her? She didn't have much time to dwell on it though, since she heard someone call her name. It was Tristan.
Tristan: 'Rory.'
Rory: 'Hey.What are you doing here?'
Tristan: 'I'm checking up on you.I wanted to see how you were doing after what happened yesterday.'
Rory: 'I'm ok, thanks.How are things between Gabriela and you?'
Tristan: 'Rory, don't lie.Your face is giving you away. You don't feel ok. You look desperate.'
Rory: 'No.In fact, Jess and I talked it over yesterday.'
Tristan: 'And?'
Rory: 'Nothing.We talked it over and we decided not to hold a it against each other. Bye the way, I need to warn you. I think Gabriela saw us kissing.'
Tristan: 'So you're saying you forgave Jess?'
If she had forgiven Jess, he would have no chance with her anymore. How could this have happened? Everything had gone according to plan.She had to still be mad at Jess. She had to want some sort of revenge.He had to think quickly. What was he going to do? He was going to have her.Preferably with her consent.
Rory: 'There was nothing to forgive. It was all my own fault. Jess saw me kissing you. He thought I was cheating on him. He thought he was the only one with whom I couldn't be intimate. So he got mad.Combine that with the sexual tension he had build up and you get what we saw yesterday.'
Tristan: 'Rory, you've got to be kidding. It's not ok for Jess to sleep with someone, no matter how long you make him wait. He should just be patient. And the kiss he saw was hardly any reason to think you're cheating. You need to stop blaming yourself for what happened. It was not your fault. Jess is the one who was wrong.Jess is the one who should pay for this.'
Rory: 'I thought you would be happy for me for making things better with Jess.Guess you're upset for Gabriela.I suppose things didn't work out between you two.'
That was it. She was giving him the chance he needed. If he couldn't have her because she was mad at Jess, he was going to have her because she felt pity for him.
Tristan: 'No.It didn't. She's just a slut. I don't know what I ever saw in her. Her beauty is definitely just skin deep. And I fell so hard for her. I don't know what to do anymore. I feel so bad.'
Rory walked over to Tristan and hugged him. Although she was very upset and worried about not finding Jess, she didn't want Tristan to know things between her and Jess were not ok. She told him that once and all it got her was trouble. She also knew the trouble wasn't Tristan's fault, so she didn't hold it against him. Besides, it gave her comfort to be able to comfort someone else. It made her forget her own problems for a moment.
Rory: 'Tristan, I'm sorry.But you'll see that it's going to get better. Gabriela is beautiful, sure.But there are more girls on this earth. And I'm sure your breakup is only for the best.'
Tristan: 'That's easy for you to say.But that's not how I feel it. She was my world.And it came crashing down on me yesterday when I saw that.I was mad at first, but now I'm only sad.Sad and extremely lonely. And the worst part is that I have to see her every time I go home.'
Rory: 'Then why don't you ask her to just go to her hotel room?'
Tristan: 'I have, but she doesn't want to. And I can't possibly involve my parents in this. They'll just make us sit and make up.And I don't want that. I don't want to be with her. She'll only hurt me again.'
Rory: 'So now you don't want to go home?'
Tristan: 'No.That's why I'm here. I didn't know where else to go. I want to spent as little time as possible there. I've even booked a flight, so I won't have to drive back with her.'
Rory: 'Tristan.You need to get over this. You can't stay here forever.'
Tristan: 'Please don't send me away right now Rory.You're all I have.I need someone to talk to. I need someone to take my mind off of it.Please let me take you to dinner tonight.'
Rory: 'Hmmm..Ok.But only if you promise to go home now and talk to Gabriela.'
Tristan: 'I can't do that.'
Rory: 'Then no dinner. It's only for the best.'
Tristan: 'Rory.'
Rory: 'Ok, fine.But you have to leave now, because there is some stuff I need to take care of.'
Tristan: 'I'll pick you up at 7.'
Rory: 'See you then.'
And with that Rory turned around and left to go look for Jess. Tristan walked back to his car and drove back home. He was going to play this one out. And this time he was not going to underestimate her. This time he would be prepared to make her forget about Jess.
That afternoon Rory was getting ready to go to dinner with Tristan when someone rang the doorbell. She heard Lorelai open the door and start to laugh. At first she thought it was Sookie who had told her mom some joke, but when the laughing persisted for a couple of minutes and kept getting worse in stead of less, she couldn't resist the urge and went downstairs to see what was going on. First she was shocked, then the laughter came. In front of her mom stood Jess, with blond curly hair. He looked absolutely ridiculous. At least to Rory and Lorelai who were used to his brown locks he did.
Jess: 'Guys, please stop lauging. Come on Rory, it's not that funny.'
Lorelai: 'Hahaha.Kess.How.could.hahaha..you.hahaha.I'll leave you.two.alone.hahaha.'
And with that Lorelai went into the kitchen, still laughing. After Rory had calmed down a bit she started speaking.
Rory: 'My God Jess, why did you do this?'
Jess: 'For you.'
Rory: 'For me? What on earth made you think I wanted you to dye your hair blonde?'
Jess: 'I thought maybe you would feel attracted to me then.'
Rory: 'Jess, come on. The thought is really sweet, but I liked you just the way you were.'
Jess: 'Than why do you have such problems showing it to me?'
Rory: 'I don't know. Things are just weird.'
Jess: 'With me? Because I don't see you having those problems with Tristan.'
Rory: 'I know it looks that way to you, but I only kissed Tristan. And I don't understand it either. But you have to trust me Jess. I do not want Tristan. I love you.'
Jess: 'Than why did you kiss him?'
Rory: 'Look Jess, I'm afraid to disappoint you. I've made you wait for so long.And I'm afraid then when we do finally do it, it's just not all you hoped for. I don't want you to leave me because I can't satisfy you.'
Jess: 'God Rory.You can be such a naïve girl sometimes. I would never leave you for something that superficial. I love you. Besides, I'm sure you won't disappoint me. Especially not since I saw how you reacted to me yesterday.'
Rory started to blush and smiled.
Jess: 'You still haven't explained to me why you kissed Tristan though. This way it seems like all you want is for me to leave you.'
Rory: 'Well, Tristan was trying to get me to trust myself more. He wanted to show me that I was capable of being passionate and that I wouldn't disappoint you.'
Jess: 'You mean he just wanted to have what he couldn't have in high school.'
Rory: 'Now that you put it that way, it does sound a little bit odd.'
Jess: 'Rory, I don't want to sound like Dean, but I don't want you seeing Tristan again.'
Rory: 'Jess.He has changed. And I would like to get to know him better. Besides, I owe him. You slept with his girlfriend?'
Jess: 'His girlfriend? Gabriela? You think Gabriela is his girlfriend?'
Rory: 'Yes, of course. Why else would she be here with him? Why else would she be staying at his home?'
Jess: 'She's not his girlfriend. She told me she wasn't.'
Rory: 'Who's the naïve one now Jess? Of course she won't tell you she's dating him. She wanted to sleep with you. That was obvious from the first moment she saw you.'
Jess: 'Well, maybe that's true, but why do you think you owe him? I was the one that slept with her, not you.'
Rory was starting to get annoyed. She wanted to get to know Tristan better. She had the feeling he could be interesting. And she also wanted to resolve some things she hadn't in the past. She didn't like Jess being this possessive. She wasn't used to it either. Although Jess did show some hints of jealousy at times, it was so little, they were actually usually flattering. But this was getting irritating.
Rory: 'Look, Jess, I already told you I want get to know Tristan better. And if you don't like it, then I suggest you go think about how many girls you get to know better.'
Jess: 'Rory, don't do this.'
Rory: 'No Jess, just go. I don't want to talk to you until you have come to the understanding that I am the one deciding who I get to be friends with.'
Jess didn't know what had gotten into Rory all of a sudden. Ok, sure, he was being irrational prohibiting her to be friends with Tristan. But all the years of him trusting her should have made her cut him some slack. He decided not to push it, because he knew that by continuing the conversation he would only get angry and hurt her. So he decided just to leave.
Jess: 'Fine, I don't want to fight. Can we have breakfast together tomorrow?'
Rory: 'I don't know Jess. We're in a difficult place right now.'
Jess: 'Please?'
Rory: 'Fine, I'll meet you at Luke's.'
Jess placed a light kiss on Rory's forehead and left. Rory went back to her preparations to go to dinner with Tristan. She hoped Jess wouldn't find out.
Gabriela opened the door to Tristan's room looking for him. He wasn't there, but she could here the shower running. She went into the bathroom and saw Tristan's silhouette behind the shower curtain.
Gabriela: 'Going somewhere?'
Tristan: 'None of your business.'
Gabriela: 'Are you still mad at me for winning the bet?'
Tristan: 'No.I never was.'
Gabriela: 'Oh, too bad. For a moment there I thought you genuinely cared about me and was jealous of me sleeping with another guy.'
Tristan: 'Don't flatter yourself honey.'
Gabriela: 'Well, anyway, since I haven't been with anyone else today, do you mind if I join you?'
She walked up to the shower and opened the curtain, looking at him hungrily. Tristan smiled at her look and turned around so she could fully see her object of affection.
Tristan: 'What makes you think I would want you today?'
Gabriela leaned forward and started stroking Tristan. He immediately got aroused.
Gabriela: 'Oh, well maybe you don't want me, but I know a part of your body that does. But if you're sure, I'll just leave.'
Gabriela turned around dropping the dress she was wearing in the process. She had nothing under it. Tristan could hardly swallow. When she was about to head out the door he called out to her.
Tristan: 'Gabriela, wait.I do have some time for you. But we'll have to hurry. Come here.'
Gabriela turned around knowing he couldn't resist her. She still had it. She really could have anyone she wanted. Whether Tristan liked it or not, she knew she was better at getting what she wanted then he was. And she wanted him. And she didn't like at all that Rory Gilmore was having such an effect on Tristan's sexual feelings towards her. She was going to destroy Rory.And if she had to go through Jess for that, too bad, she didn't really want him to get hurt. But it didn't matter, because it was very pleasurable to have him as well.