hi ya'll. just for the record, i've never been to north carolina, and
i know absolutely nothing about it except that it is on the east coast
and is north of south carolina. all the descriptions are based on my
knowledge of massachusetts, connecticut, new york etc. cuz in my
opinion, once you've seen one state back east, you've pretty much seen
them all because they all look the same. green. its oh so pretty.
to bad i live in california and everything here is dead and brown. lol
ne way im WAY WAY WAY off the topic. enjoy and as always please r/r!
thanks.
Chapter 5: Welcome to Edenburg
"Mom, I'm home!" Rory called, setting her backpack down in
the hallway.
"How was your first day?" called Lorelai as she ran down the
stairs to greet her.
"Utterly and truly spectacular. You'll never guess who I ran
in to today."
"Who?" Lorelai asked excitedly.
"Guess."
"You ran into someone you met? Jeez, I don't know. Tell me!"
"Tristan!"
"Bible Boy?" gasped Lorelai.
Rory nodded.
"Details!" Lorelai screamed, throwing the magazine she was
holding clear across the room. She pulled Rory down onto the couch
and knocked off half a dozen empty boxes as she did so.
"I got to my locker and there was a couple making out in front
of it so I-"
"Tristan!" Lorelai interrupted.
"Yes, but I didn't know that until I said something rude and
he looked up and said 'well hello Mary.' And then I almost dropped dead
when I heard him say that, and I hugged him and then-"
"You hugged the enemy?" Lorelai interrupted again.
"I was happy to see someone I knew! Anyway, he's not really
the enemy anymore because he took me out for coffee and he was really
nice to me throughout the whole thing."
"A date! This Tristan boy works fast," Lorelai said.
"It wasn't a date. We just sat there and drank coffee and caught
up on the events of the past couple of years. That's all," Rory said
trying to ignore the look her mom was giving her.
"Okay. So are were you glad to see him?"
"Yah. I was. He's someone I know. I mean, even with our
difficult past, I think that we can forget about it and start over and
be friends. At least, I hope so."
"I think you'll be able to. So why isn't he at military school?
wasn't he sent here for that reason?" Lorelai asked.
Rory's cell phone rang. "Hold on Mom. It's Tristan," she said,
after checking the caller ID.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Mary, its me."
"Hey Tristan. What's up?"
"Nothing much. I was just wondering if I could take you and
your Mom on a tour of the town. You guys are probably hungry, and I
know all the good restaurants in the area," he offered.
"Sure. That sounds great. Pick us up in ten minutes. Okay?"
"Can do," he said. "Bye."
"Bye." Rory hung up the phone and went back into the living
room. "He invited us on a tour of the town and dinner is included."
"Us?" Lorelai asked. "As in both you and me?"
Rory nodded.
"Okay. That's fine with me. You know, this boy is really scoring
points in my book. Tell me, how many cups of coffee did he drink when
you went for coffee."
"Only one," Rory said.
"Only one! How can a person stop after only one! We can work
on him," Lorelai replied.
"Definitely. Oh, and Mom, no girlfriend jokes or anything,
because, as I mentioned, he does have a girlfriend and they look pretty
serious. But then again, Tristan's never really serious about anyone.
Well anyway, he's going out with that Shayna girl, so mind your manners!"
Rory said as Tristan's car pulled into the driveway.
"Fine fine. I won't try to set you up with him or anything,"
Lorelai said, closing the door behind them.
*****
"Edenburg is a small town. There isn't really much of anything
here," Tristan said as they started the tour. "You've got your one dollar
movie theater that only place one movie at a time and serves hot dogs
that are at least one year old. Then there's the coffee house 'Java City'
and the small library, the post office, the grocery store, the church,
and your only choice of dining, IHOPS."
"IHOPS!" Rory cried. "You're telling me the only restaurant in
this whole town in IHOPS! Even Stars Hollow had a different restaraunts."
"But we like pancakes," Lorelai said from the back seat.
"For dinner?" Rory asked her mom.
"How many times did we make Luke serve us pancakes for dinner
just because he doesn't serve breakfast after twelve?" Lorelai responded.
"That was just to bug Luke though."
"Don't I remember there being an Al's Pancake World or something?"
Tristan asked.
"Yeah, but they don't actually serve pancakes," Rory answered.
Tristan laughed. "That town of yours is really something special."
"It is," Rory said wistfully. "Looks like we're gonna have to learn
how to cook, Mom."
"Ah! My ears! You said the 'c' word! Are you really that much
of a wimp that you can't handle a couple of pancakes?" Lorelai said
defensively.
"Hey! Who you calling a wimp?"
Tristan leaned back in his seat and listened to the mother and
daughter bicker. There was something special about their relationship
and he enjoyed just sitting back and listening to it.
Tristan's cell phone rang as they drove through the town square.
"Hello?"
"Hey Baby. Where are you? I tried calling your house but no
one answered," Shayna said on the other line.
"That would be because I'm not there," he replied, already
becoming short tempered with his girlfriend.
"Well duh. So I'm at my house. Are you coming to pick me up?"
"Why?"
"For dinner? You know? I thought that maybe we could hang out,
eat dinner, watch a movie, go to your room..."
"Yah, I don't think so. Not tonight Shayna."
"Oh my God. You're with HER, aren't you?" she asked angrily.
"Maybe," Tristan answered easily.
"God Tristan. I knew this would happen. As soon as you saw that
thing again-"
"Hey!" Tristan yelled into the phone. Rory looked at him with
a confused expression.
"...you would run right into her arms. I thought you loved me!"
"I never said that," Tristan said coldly.
"But Baby, I love you so much. You know I do. I'm just-"
Tristan hung up on her. He didn't want to hear it. He was
spending time with Rory and he didn't want to listen to Shayna's jealousy.
"Who was that?" Rory asked.
"No one important," Tristan replied, his hands clenching the
steering wheel so tight his knuckles turned white.
Lorelai caught Rory's eyes in the rear view mirror and mouthed
the word 'Shayna.' Rory nodded her head.
Tristan's cell phone rang again. He took one look at the number
and turned it off. Rory sat next to him in silence, not knowing what
to say or do.
i know absolutely nothing about it except that it is on the east coast
and is north of south carolina. all the descriptions are based on my
knowledge of massachusetts, connecticut, new york etc. cuz in my
opinion, once you've seen one state back east, you've pretty much seen
them all because they all look the same. green. its oh so pretty.
to bad i live in california and everything here is dead and brown. lol
ne way im WAY WAY WAY off the topic. enjoy and as always please r/r!
thanks.
Chapter 5: Welcome to Edenburg
"Mom, I'm home!" Rory called, setting her backpack down in
the hallway.
"How was your first day?" called Lorelai as she ran down the
stairs to greet her.
"Utterly and truly spectacular. You'll never guess who I ran
in to today."
"Who?" Lorelai asked excitedly.
"Guess."
"You ran into someone you met? Jeez, I don't know. Tell me!"
"Tristan!"
"Bible Boy?" gasped Lorelai.
Rory nodded.
"Details!" Lorelai screamed, throwing the magazine she was
holding clear across the room. She pulled Rory down onto the couch
and knocked off half a dozen empty boxes as she did so.
"I got to my locker and there was a couple making out in front
of it so I-"
"Tristan!" Lorelai interrupted.
"Yes, but I didn't know that until I said something rude and
he looked up and said 'well hello Mary.' And then I almost dropped dead
when I heard him say that, and I hugged him and then-"
"You hugged the enemy?" Lorelai interrupted again.
"I was happy to see someone I knew! Anyway, he's not really
the enemy anymore because he took me out for coffee and he was really
nice to me throughout the whole thing."
"A date! This Tristan boy works fast," Lorelai said.
"It wasn't a date. We just sat there and drank coffee and caught
up on the events of the past couple of years. That's all," Rory said
trying to ignore the look her mom was giving her.
"Okay. So are were you glad to see him?"
"Yah. I was. He's someone I know. I mean, even with our
difficult past, I think that we can forget about it and start over and
be friends. At least, I hope so."
"I think you'll be able to. So why isn't he at military school?
wasn't he sent here for that reason?" Lorelai asked.
Rory's cell phone rang. "Hold on Mom. It's Tristan," she said,
after checking the caller ID.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Mary, its me."
"Hey Tristan. What's up?"
"Nothing much. I was just wondering if I could take you and
your Mom on a tour of the town. You guys are probably hungry, and I
know all the good restaurants in the area," he offered.
"Sure. That sounds great. Pick us up in ten minutes. Okay?"
"Can do," he said. "Bye."
"Bye." Rory hung up the phone and went back into the living
room. "He invited us on a tour of the town and dinner is included."
"Us?" Lorelai asked. "As in both you and me?"
Rory nodded.
"Okay. That's fine with me. You know, this boy is really scoring
points in my book. Tell me, how many cups of coffee did he drink when
you went for coffee."
"Only one," Rory said.
"Only one! How can a person stop after only one! We can work
on him," Lorelai replied.
"Definitely. Oh, and Mom, no girlfriend jokes or anything,
because, as I mentioned, he does have a girlfriend and they look pretty
serious. But then again, Tristan's never really serious about anyone.
Well anyway, he's going out with that Shayna girl, so mind your manners!"
Rory said as Tristan's car pulled into the driveway.
"Fine fine. I won't try to set you up with him or anything,"
Lorelai said, closing the door behind them.
*****
"Edenburg is a small town. There isn't really much of anything
here," Tristan said as they started the tour. "You've got your one dollar
movie theater that only place one movie at a time and serves hot dogs
that are at least one year old. Then there's the coffee house 'Java City'
and the small library, the post office, the grocery store, the church,
and your only choice of dining, IHOPS."
"IHOPS!" Rory cried. "You're telling me the only restaurant in
this whole town in IHOPS! Even Stars Hollow had a different restaraunts."
"But we like pancakes," Lorelai said from the back seat.
"For dinner?" Rory asked her mom.
"How many times did we make Luke serve us pancakes for dinner
just because he doesn't serve breakfast after twelve?" Lorelai responded.
"That was just to bug Luke though."
"Don't I remember there being an Al's Pancake World or something?"
Tristan asked.
"Yeah, but they don't actually serve pancakes," Rory answered.
Tristan laughed. "That town of yours is really something special."
"It is," Rory said wistfully. "Looks like we're gonna have to learn
how to cook, Mom."
"Ah! My ears! You said the 'c' word! Are you really that much
of a wimp that you can't handle a couple of pancakes?" Lorelai said
defensively.
"Hey! Who you calling a wimp?"
Tristan leaned back in his seat and listened to the mother and
daughter bicker. There was something special about their relationship
and he enjoyed just sitting back and listening to it.
Tristan's cell phone rang as they drove through the town square.
"Hello?"
"Hey Baby. Where are you? I tried calling your house but no
one answered," Shayna said on the other line.
"That would be because I'm not there," he replied, already
becoming short tempered with his girlfriend.
"Well duh. So I'm at my house. Are you coming to pick me up?"
"Why?"
"For dinner? You know? I thought that maybe we could hang out,
eat dinner, watch a movie, go to your room..."
"Yah, I don't think so. Not tonight Shayna."
"Oh my God. You're with HER, aren't you?" she asked angrily.
"Maybe," Tristan answered easily.
"God Tristan. I knew this would happen. As soon as you saw that
thing again-"
"Hey!" Tristan yelled into the phone. Rory looked at him with
a confused expression.
"...you would run right into her arms. I thought you loved me!"
"I never said that," Tristan said coldly.
"But Baby, I love you so much. You know I do. I'm just-"
Tristan hung up on her. He didn't want to hear it. He was
spending time with Rory and he didn't want to listen to Shayna's jealousy.
"Who was that?" Rory asked.
"No one important," Tristan replied, his hands clenching the
steering wheel so tight his knuckles turned white.
Lorelai caught Rory's eyes in the rear view mirror and mouthed
the word 'Shayna.' Rory nodded her head.
Tristan's cell phone rang again. He took one look at the number
and turned it off. Rory sat next to him in silence, not knowing what
to say or do.
