Author: Kimmi

Title: Chapter 22: Everyone, we're getting married.

GILMORE HOUSE

Tristan and Rory were in the living room. Tristan lied on the couch. His head rested on Rory's lap.

"Tristan?"

"Hmm?" Tristan said. His eyes closed, a warm towel on his fore head and his fingers lingers with Rory's.

"You still didn't answer my question"

"What is it?"

"Will they still let us be in the school? We're engaged"

"Yeah, they will"

"How did you know?"

"Because I already took care of it"

"How?"

"Well… my grandpa and Principal Collins is a very close friend. I asked grandpa to speak to Principal Collins about us and he said yes, so… they talked and Principal Collins agreed, just as long as we concentrate on our study"

"Of course we will"

"That's what I said"

"So your grandpa knew that you were going to propose?"

"Yeah"

"Is he happy with it?"

"Of coarse he is. He was more than happy. Grandpa loves you Rory"

"Well… I'm glad he's happy. Oh my god. I can't believe we're engaged"

"Believe it baby. You're my fiancé now"

"And you're MY fiancé" Rory said then she plant a kiss on Tristan's fore head. "I cant wait to tell mom, Sookie, Lane, Luke, grandma, grandpa, my dad… everybody! You think they will be happy for us?'

"Baby…" Tristan said, getting up and sat close to Rory. His arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer. "Of coarse they will be happy for us" he whispered to her ear. Then he kissed it and moved down to her neck. Kissing and sucking.

"Don't leave a mark please" Rory warned sweetly.

"Umm… just one?"

"No. I have to meet a lot of people today"

Tristan groaned. "Okay…" he kissed her neck one last time and got up.

"Where are you going?" Rory asked.

Tristan lifted his right pinky. Rory nodded, understood. Tristan removed the towel on his fore head and threw it to Rory's face.

"Hey!"

Tristan laughed and jogged to the bathroom.

"You are a mean mean fiancé!"

"Yeah baby, I love you too" Tristan shouted from the bathroom.

STARS HOLLOW- ON THE SIDEWALK

Tristan and Rory were walking on the sidewalk. Rory was in the front and Tristan was left behind.

"Come on Tristan… hurry up"

"I'm still sick you know"

"But you were fine earlier"

"Well… not now. I'm too weak to walk. Baby… hold my hand"

" I cant"

"Why not?"

"Because I have to do this" Rory said, her hands in her jacket's pocket.

"Why did you do that anyway"

"Because… I don't want anyone to see the ring before my mom did"

"Can you use the other one to hold my hand?" Tristan pouted.

"You are spoiled. Spoiled, spoiled, spoiled" Rory said, walking toward him, took his hand in hers and drag him to Independence Inn.

INDEPENDENCE INN

"Okay… September 28th? Okay. Yeah… Uh huh… Okay… Buh bye Mrs. Carter. Have a nice day" Lorelai said, hanging up the phone. She looked up and saw Tristan and Rory walked in. "Oh my god… you guys must be really bored that you decided to pay me a little visit"

"Hi mom" Rory said, she and Tristan walked to the counter.

"Hey Lorelai"

"So… what brings you guys here?"

"Mom… I—we have something to tell you. Can we uhh… go some place else?"

"Umm… okay"

They walked to the garden on the back.

"Is something wrong?" Lorelai asked.

"No… well… yeah… but its not a bad thing. It's a good thing. A very good thing" Rory stammered. "Mom… "Rory took a deep breathe "Tristan… he… he…"

"What? He what? Oh my god. Is he dying?"

"Hey! No! I'm not dying!" Tristan said.

"Well… you have a cold"

"Its normal. People get sick and they get cold"

"But you have a cold for a week now. There must be something wrong with you"

"That's because I… I…" Tristan stuttered, trying to find a logic answer, wanting to lie that he didn't take his medicines.

"You're dying"

"Lorelai, I'm not dying okay. I'm too… pretty to die"

"Huh. Aren't you supposed to say 'I'm too young to die'?"

"Yeah… but it sounds a lot better"

"Yeah…"

"Hey! Hey! Hey! You guys! I'm trying to say something important here… Mom… Tristan is not dying okay? Plus I said it's a good thing. Tristan dying is not a good thing"

"Sorry sweetie" Lorelai apologized.

" And Tristan… what are you doing?"

"She said I was dying and I was just…"

Rory gave him an evil stare.

"Sorry baby" Tristan apologized.

"So… what is it that you guys wanted to tell me?" Lorelai asked.

"Mom… I… I… Tristan, can I speak to my mom alone please?"

"Yeah sure. I'll wait for you guys inside. I'm going to see what Sookie is doing. I'm hungry"

"Okay"

Tristan kissed Rory on the lips and whispered 'Good luck' into her ear before he left.

"What's going on?" Lorelai was starting to worry.

"Mom… this morning… Tristan… he… umm… proposed… me" Rory laughed nervously.

"Tristan proposed?"

"Umm… yeah"

"He asked you to marry him?"

"Yeah… and I said… yes. Well not really. I said 'you think Chilton will let a married couple be in the school' but what I meant was yes. You know… hidden behind that long question…" Rory took her hand out of her pocket and lifted it up, showing her engagement ring "… I'm getting married mom"

"He proposed and you said yes?"

"Yeah"

Lorelai took Rory's hand and examine her engagement ring. Then she let a soft sigh.

"Rory honey… you know marriage is big thing"

"I know mom. Tristan… he already took care of everything. Chilton… our financial… and we're going to live at his house after we get married. He told me that he felt so alone living in that big house all by himself. I want to keep him company mom. I want to take care of him and the most important thing is… I love him mom. And he loves me"

Lorelai stared deeply into her daughter's eyes. She's ready she thought.

"You guys sure about this?"

"Yes"

"Really sure?"

"120% sure mom"

"Okay then… Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, congratulations" Lorelai said, hugging her daughter tightly.

"Thank you mom"

They both cried on each other's shoulder.

"I love you sweetie" Lorelai said, her crying got harder.

"I love you too mom"

Lorelai kissed Rory on the fore head before they pulled away.

"My daughter is getting married" Lorelai said as she wiped the tears on Rory's cheek and Rory wiped hers. "Come on, let's spread the news"

INDEPENDENCE INN- kitchen

"So what do you think?" Sookie asked.

"It's delicious" Tristan said, his mouth full.

"You think so?"

"Uh huh"

"Good" Sookie let a relief sigh. "I can finally sleep tonight"

"A very good night sleep"

"Yup"

The door opened and Lorelai and Rory came in.

"Lorelai! I asked Tristan to taste my new recipe and he said it's delicious!"

"Uh huh. That's what I said. And you know when DuGrey said it's delicious, it is delicious. I'm good with food" Tristan said.

"But Tristan… " Rory said, walking towards to where he was sitting and circled her arms around his neck. "… you still have a cold. I know you couldn't taste anything…"

"What?! You… you couldn't taste?!" Sookie asked.

"Well… it looks delicious…" Tristan said, innocently.

"Baby… come on… I know you couldn't smell either"" Rory said, kissing him on the cheek.

Sookie's eye widened and her jaw dropped.

"Fine… it looks good… plus I'm hungry. I'm sorry Sookie… I'm sure its really delicious. You're the best chef in the world. You know that…" Tristan apologized.

"I'll taste it for you" Rory offered.

"Do you have a cold too?" Sookie questioned.

"No"

"Then how come your nose is red?" Sookie said, then she looked at Lorelai. Her was nose also red. "Ha—have you guys been crying?"

Lorelai and Rory just smiled. Lorelai walked to where Sookie was standing then slung her arm over Sookie's shoulder.

"What's going on?"

"Sookie"

"What? What what?"

"Rory is getting married"

"Rory who?" Sookie asked, confused.

Rory cleared her throat "Rory me" she said then she lifted her left hand, showing her engagement ring. Sookie didn't say anything. She walked towards Tristan and Rory.

"You proposed?" she asked Tristan.

"Yes" Tristan answered.

Then she asked Rory. "And you said yes?"

"Yes"

Suddenly Sookie hit them both on their arms.

"Ow!" Both Tristan and Rory said. Then Sookie started to cry and she hugged both Rory and Tristan.

"I'm SO happy!" Sookie said.

"Thanks Sookie. It means a lot to us that you are happy for us"

Then Lorelai joined them. Four of them hugged for a very long time.

STARS HOLLOW-On the sidewalk.

Lorelai, Rory and Tristan were on their way to Luke's.  They ran into Babette.

"Hey Babette" Lorelai accosted.

"Hello Lorelai. How come you guys still here?"

"Umm… we weren't supposed to be here…?"

"Oh dear… you don't know… We are having a town meeting dear"

"Right now?"

"Yes"

"Whats it about?"

"You know when Fran die she left an Inn?"

"Yeah…"

"Well unfortunately she doesn't have a heir so… some people said that it should annihilate"

"What?! They cant do that"

"I know dear"

"I'm going to the meeting. Do you guys wanna go?" Lorelai asked Rory and Tristan.

"Do you wanna go Tristan?" Rory asked.

"I'll go if you go"

"Can we not go mom"

"Of coarse. I'll meet you guys at Luke's"

"Okay. Bye"

"Bye"

LUKE'S DINER

Rory and Tristan walked in the diner and wet straight to the counter where Luke was standing.

"Hey Luke. How come you didn't go to the town meeting?"

"I'm going. I'm waiting for Cesar to cover for me"

"Oh. Hey Luke?"

"What do you think about the ring?" Rory asked, showing him her engagement ring.

"Hmm… its nice. Very beautiful. Just bought it?"

"Yeah. Tristan bought it for me"

"That's nice Tristan. Looks expensive but I'm not surprise. You're the richest kid I ever know. So… what do you guys want?"

"Aren't you curious why I gave her such an expensive ring?"

"You love her… you're crazy about her… plus you're rich?"

"Well… that's true but why did I gave her a ring instead of something else?"

"Are we trying to play a 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' game here…?"

Rory laughed.

"Tristan… just tell him"

"Fine… Luke?"

"What is going on?"

"I gave Rory the ring because… I asked Rory to marry me"

Luke's eye widened. He looked over at Rory, just to make sure that he heard right and Rory nodded.

"We're getting married Luke"

Luke didn't say anything.

"Luke?"

Luke still didn't say anything. He just left the counter and went to the kitchen. After a bout five minutes, he came out with two plates with two burgers and extra fries on them. He placed the plates in front of Rory and Tristan then poured them two big mugs of coffee. "On the house" was all he said. Then he took off his apron, walked over the counter, gave Rory a kiss on her fore head, tapped Tristan on his shoulder and left the diner.

"I take it he's happy for us" Tristan said, taking a bite on his burger.

"Yeah… now we still have the whole town to tell. Today is going to be a long… day" Rory said, eating her fries.

"Hey baby?"

"Yeah?"

"I got an idea"

"What is it?"

Tristan just smirked.

THE TOWN MEETING

"There's no use. After we annihilate the Inn, we could built something more useful and interesting like and old fashioned soda shoppe" Taylor said.

Rory and Tristan just arrived and they sat next to Lorelai.

"Hey guys… I thought we were supposed to meet at Luke's?"

"Well… we got an important thing to do here"

"In this meeting?"

"Yeah"

"What is it?"

Rory leaned in and whispered something to Lorelai.

"Nice…" Lorelai said, after Rory pulled away.

"Can you guys do it now cuz I cant listen to what Taylor said anymore"

"Okay" Rory started to get up and so did Tristan.

"Think about it guys… The kids will love it. Imagine this… Taylor's Old Fashioned Soda Shoppe and Candy Store"

"Ahem" Rory cleared her throat, to get Taylor's attention.

"Can I help you Rory?" Taylor asked, his hand covered the microphone.

"Can I uhh… use the mic for just a sec please? We got an important thing to announce"

"But—"

"Two minutes?"

"This meeting is very important Rory"

"One minute?"

"Okay… one minute"

"Thank you… Hi… Umm… we're very sorry to interrupt this important meeting but uh… we got a very important announcement to make. Everyone, Tristan and I, we are getting married" Rory finally said, glancing at Tristan who was holding her hand tightly.