"Good morning beautiful," Tristan whispered into Rory's ear as he swept back a piece of hair in her face.
"Morning" mumbled Rory. "Today is the weekend right?" Rory all of a sudden bolted up and looked at Tristan.
'Yes, don't worry. You seem like such a stress case especially regarding school."
"Well that's because I have to take the bus to school from Stars Hallow."
"Even if we did have school today, I'd take you in my car." He smiled.
"True, because you are such a gentleman, right?" Rory asked.
"Not only am I a gentleman, but I'm also your boyfriend." Tristan stated although the last part was more of a question because they hadn't established their official relationship status.
"Are you my boyfriend?" She teased.
"If you want me to be."
"I'd have to think about this one; it's a tough one to call."
"Rory, we just spent the night together, you're making me nervous." Tristan said almost scared that she seriously was reconsidering.
"Oh sweetie, you know I'm only kidding, right? I love you. And yes, you are my boyfriend because I want you to be."
"Good, you really had me going there." Tristan kissed her and then got out of bed.
He walked to the kitchen and a second later was back carrying a tray with two coffee mugs on it.
"Here you are my lady." Tristan handed the cup of coffee to Rory.
"Thank you, kind sir."
After they finished their coffee, they each got dressed.
"What do you want to do today?" Tristan asked.
"Well, there's this book that I've be looking for at the bookstore, but everywhere I go, I can't find a copy. It's quite old and no longer published, but Stars Hallow is hosting a book fair this weekend, so maybe we could stop by to see if they have it."
"Okay, we'll go fumbling through the bookshelves and then we'll go from there." Tristan said getting their jackets and heading out the door.
As they were walking to the center of town, Tristan got a call on his cell.
"Hello?"
"Tris? It's me Lorelai. What are you doing here at 8:00 in the morning?" Lorelai questioned.
"Wait, how do you know I'm here?" Tristan asked.
"Well, lets see shall we? I'm here in my car in front of my house trying to pull my car into the driveway, but there's a nice black BMW convertible already on my driveway. Man, I wonder who could drive such a smooth car." Lorelai joked sarcastically.
"Ha-ha, very funny. Sorry about that, but I kind of kept Rory company last night while you were out and so it's not that I'm here early, it's that I never left." Tristan answered.
"Oh, huh." Lorelai said thinking about 'the keeping her company part' in her head. "Where are you now?"
"We're walking to a book fair in the town square, and Rory just ran off in the non-fiction direction." Tristan said.
"Does she know that I called?" Lorelai asked getting serious.
"Um, no, any reason why?"
"Just listen, don't tell her that I called. But Tristan, you guys did use protection last night, that is."
Tristan hadn't even told her what exactly 'keeping Rory company last night' meant, yet she already knew. He didn't feel totally comfortable, but he didn't feel at a discomfort either. Realizing that this was probably a touchy subject, Tristan said, "Lorelai, I want you to know that I'm still as crazy as ever about Rory, and I probably use my heart, not always use my head with decisions surrounding her, but together, Rory is my brain. And together, we're smart enough to use protection. However, even if something were to happen, if the past was to repeat itself, I will be here every step of the way because Rory and I finally have what she and I have always dreamed about." Tristan stated. "But to answer your question, yes, we used protection." He added this last line just in case.
"Tristan, your words are really sweet and I'm glad that you're the one she's with. I truly am happy for you too. But you must understand a mother's concern…I don't want to be the uptight, controlling mother that my mother was, but if the past were to repeat itself, I just wouldn't know what to do…" Lorelai trailed off. "Tristan, I'm really glad that you're such a sincere guy, and with your words today, it's just strengthened my positive reflection of you."
"Thank you Lorelai." Tristan truly meant it too. It meant a lot to him that she would say this.