Shelter

Flossie

Summary- Two years after leaving Chilton, Tristan comes back to find Rory. She's gone. And the soul reason for Tristan's whole life crumbles away from him

Spoilers- Nothing after Run Away Little Boy.

Rating- PG

Disclaimer- Hopefully once the papers come in, I will officially own Chad Michael Murray. But thanks to the slow postal service, I've been forced to wait.

And this isn't my song. *pout* I wish it were, it's beautiful. It's called "Changing all the time" and its by Peter Frampton

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Author's Note- Finally! The tenth chapter. This one's a song-chapter because, it seemed so fitting.                                                                                                                    I hope all of you enjoy this one, I love it cos its finally gotten me back on track on where the hell this fic is going! So please remember to review and tell me what you all think.

*this chapter had major funny things going on- all the text was squ-wiff and I hope its worked the second time-if any of you know how to fix it- please tell!!

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You're doing what you think is right
Yeah, like it's black and white
Then you're not so sure
'Cause everything's changing all the time

When Lorelai looked up, she saw her tears, and when she put her hand to her mouth, she realised, she was crying too.

"Oh mom, why can't everything be so simple?" her voice came out in short coughs through her tears, "Why can't it be easy?"

Lorelai smiled a little, "Nothing's easy sweetie, we're leaving proofs of that."

"Why won't you ring me Tristan, it's been three days, I thought we had a nice night, I just…"

He pressed the delete button. He really wanted to ring her up and ask her out again, they did have a nice night.

But everything she did, everything she said, he saw Rory doing better.

At first he thought going out again was a good thing, and he had moved on, but-                                                                                                                                            There was always a "but."                                                                                                                                                                                                                 There was always something standing in the way.

And this time it was Rory. Again.


You're digging deep inside
In me you can always confide
You have to trust in yourself
'Cause everything's changing all the time
When in your darkest days
You are the light that shines the way
Gotta leave it all behind
'Cause everything's changing all the time

They must have stood there for over an hour, just holding each other, crying.

It seemed crazy, but when they broke apart, even though so much had happened to cry about, they were smiling.                                                                                         Because there was always something more to smile about than there is to cry.

 


When you're put to the test
And you need some tenderness
Don't let yesterday haunt you
'Cause everything's changing all the time
'Cause everything's changing all the time

Tristan turns away from the answering machine; he steps carefully over his bags at the front of the apartment.                                                                                                He walks over to the fridge and pours himself a coke, the phone rings.                                                                                                                                                     In his rush he tripped over the bags, the coke spills.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              He swears, hears the phone ring go dead, and turns to mop up the mess.                                                                                                                                                                He goes to clean out the bags, and searches through the front pocket to save any loose papers from getting ruined.                                                                                                       He pulls out a small envelope, he rips it open. Inside is a long lost photo.                                                                                                                           

Suddenly not everything he had of her is lost.


When things don't seem to go as planned
And your hopes seem out of reach
Don't let your fears surround you
You can't give up now
And loose what's inside you

"Do you remember his phone number mom?"

"For god's sake Rory, he sold danish. How could I forget his number?"

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Chapter 10

Changing