A Man and his Mary
Pairings: L/L the rest to be determined in the story
Disclaimer: My god, how many times do I have to repeat myself I don't own Gilmore Girls or CMM but if I did damn straight he would be back on the show!
Rory quickly pulled the hairdryer out of its socket and ran back into her room searching desperately for her bag she shoved her stockinged feet into her black heels
Running out into the lounge she grabbed her keys from the sideboard and quickly shut the door behind her
Rory could hear the elevator doors around the corner cursing silently she made a mad dash for the doors and ran smack bang into a chest inside the elevator
"Oh my god!" said Rory her hand over her mouth as the mans briefcases contents scattered to the floor "I'm so sorry I'm really late for work and I just wasn't look…" she trailed off as the guy in front of her placed a hand on her shoulder
"Hey it's ok" he said his eyes; a gorgeous green connected with hers
Rory felt her stomach flip
Rory bit her lip and put her head down to pull the papers back together
"Here" said Rory very quietly as she handed them back
"Thanks" he replied running his hands through his thick wavy brown hair
"I'm Ryan by the way Ryan Armstrong" he said extending his hand
"Lorelai Gilmore" said Rory taking his hand "But you can call me Rory"
"A pleasure Rory Gilmore" he said with a smile "I hope to see more of you" he left the elevator with a confidant stride across the bobby
"Whew" said Rory letting out a rush of air "What a morning" she pressed the button for the garage and the doors slid shut
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Tristan pushed himself away from his desk and breathed a sigh of relief
The photo of Rory and himself caught his eye, it was a beautiful photo he had his arms wrapped around Rory's waist he mouth was thrown open with laughter and he wore a trademark cheeky grin
Tristan smiled and pulled the chair closer to the desk and reached for his phone
"Lorelai Gilmore please" he spoke into the phone
"Lorelai Gilmore" said Rory in her professional reporter voice
"Hey Mary"
"Tris" said
"So I was thinking Asian?"
"Yum sounds good are you sure you can give me another night?"
"Rory I am shocked you know you can have me every night"
Rory laughed she could just imagine his wicked grin
"I meant won't it hurt your reputation? Two nights at home for predatory playboy DuGrey?"
"Hey they only know I'm at home with a beautiful brunette for all they know we could be having a wild affair" he paused "Hey why aren't we having a wild affair?" he asked in a mock shocked voice
"Because DuGrey I can see right through you" laughed Rory hanging up the phone and returning to her article
"That's what you think" said Tristan quietly to himself
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"Honey I'm home!" called Tristan with upon entering the apartment with bags of take-out in his hands
"Tris" greeted Rory she was standing with a glass of wine by the floor to ceiling windows that displayed an incredible view of the New York skyline but the view wasn't what Tristan was interested in
It was the man standing next to her
"Tris this is our new neighbour Ryan, Ryan this is Tristan, Tristan this is Ryan" she said
Tristan put the bags down
Ryan came over to shake Tristan's hand "Ryan Armstrong" he said with a friendly face
"Tristan DuGrey" Tristan replied clenching Ryan's hand just a little harder than necessary
"Ryan's asked me to dinner I hope you don't mind if I take a rain-check on the take-out?" asked Rory
"No" said Tristan evaluating the man standing beside her
"Ok we'll I leave you to entertain Ryan while I get changed" she said placing her glass of wine down and walking to her bedroom
"So what do you do?" enquired Ryan sipping his wine
"I'm a lawyer" said Tristan coolly
"I'm in Advertising" said Ryan
"So you're full of bullshit?" asked Tristan
"Don't you defend scum for a living?" replied Ryan with equal animosity in his voice "The Demarnio family I believe?"
"What of it?" said Tristan watching Ryan stroll casually around the room
"Lovely upstanding citizens aren't they?"
"For all I know"
"And that's not much" said Ryan
"And what do you know?" asked Tristan
"That that girl in there" he said indicating Rory's doorway "Is falling for me"
"Not if I have anything to do with it" snarled Tristan
"The caring best friend? Rory's told me all about you, believe me you don't stand a chance" he said his voice cold
"If you" said Tristan angrily
"I'm glad you found something to talk about" said Rory brightly stepping into the room
"Yeah" said Ryan his attitude changing completely at the sight of Rory "Tristan's just been telling me about a case, it's been frightfully fascinating"
Rory raised an eyebrow in Tristan's direction "You never talk to me about your cases"
"It's a guy thing" said Ryan gathering Rory's coat from the Kitchen bench "Right Tristan?" he asked slapping his back on the way to the door
"Right" said Tristan watching Ryan open the door for Rory
"Bye Tristan" called Ryan from the hallway "Nice meeting you"
Rory threw Tristan a thumbs up and a smile before closing the door behind them
Tristan's glared at the closed door
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You never saw one without the other
Together they were a team
They lived together
They laughed
She cried, he was a shoulder
There were rumours, they weren't true
Though she thought he was Handsome
He thought she was Gorgeous
He was her best friend
She was his
She found Love at first sight
He found Hate at first sight
They lived
They loved
Together forever
A man and his Mary
An: Loved those wonderful reviews!! If you feel like reading something else I've written you can check out my complete fic 'What develops in the Darkroom' and my other work in progress 'Isn't she the photographer?'
Make sure you read that lil' ending bit because it changes as the story progresses
Wow that purple button looks lonely lets cheer it (and me) up! just ya kno give it a lil click and type a couple of words
Cheers
Elise