Title: Maybe Family 22/?
Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.net) and if you want a quick response from meaning during the week email me at (23405@sjamail.net)
Disclaimer: these characters belong to Gilmore Girls except any characters you do not recognize
Distribution: Take it, but let me know. If you have any of my other fics, go ahead.
Comments: email me all you comments and suggestions. This is my second Gilmore Girls Fan fiction. I also write Friends. So well hope you like it
There was a loud knock on the door. "Rory, someone's at the door!" Lorelai screamed from the couch.
"You noticed that too, huh?" Rory screamed back sarcastically.
"Are you going to answer it?" She screamed.
"In a little while!" Rory screamed back.
Lorelai turned back to the TV.
There were three more knocks at the door.
"Rory, they're still here!" Lorelai screamed.
"I'm glad they didn't leave." Rory screamed back.
There was anther knock.
"Are you ever going to answer the door?"
"You do know you can always answer it."
"But I'm your mother and I did give birth to you remember." Lorelai pointed out.
"And I'm your daughter who is still getting ready, while you sit on the couch watching TV."
"How did you know that?" Lorelai asked shocked.
"I know you, now please get up and answer the door before I go hoarse screaming to you." Rory screamed from her room.
"Ok, ok." Lorelai said as she got up and went to the door. As she opened the door, she was shocked to see Paris standing there.
"What goes on in this house, that takes you people so long to answer the door." Paris said annoyed as she pushed past Lorelai.
"Hi Paris, Rory!" Lorelai screamed.
Rory came out of her room. "I'm finally ready." She said. "Hey Paris."
"You look very nice in my dress, what's going on here?" Lorelai asked confused.
"Paris has offered to take me into Hartford tonight." Rory said.
"That's nice, when were you going to tell me this?" Lorelai asked.
"Now, look mom we're going to be late if we don't leave now. Have fun with Sookie tonight." Rory said as Paris and her started to leave.
"Um… I'll try to return you cloths to you." Paris said to Lorelai.
"My cloths? What is she talking about?" Lorelai asked Rory.
"Let's go Paris." Rory said as she dragged her out of the house.
Lorelai sat back down on the couch when she heard the door close and turned back on the TV.
"So who or what caused you to actually wear something that wasn't offensive to any one and that actually looks nice?" Luke asked Jess as Jess came out of his room.
"It's really none of your business."
"Right, so I'm going to meet her tonight right?"
"There is no her to meet."
"So you have no date? You just dressed like that for your own pleasure?"
"Exactly."
"I don't believe you."
"Fine, then don't. Believe that I am meeting some future Harvard gradate from Hartford that goes to Chilton Prep School."
"Yeah right, so have fun being dateless tonight." Luke said not believing what Jess was saying about Paris.
"Yeah maybe one of us will end up with someone by the end of the night." Jess said heading down stairs.
"That's the plan." Luke said.
As Jess entered down stairs, he saw a guy about his age standing by the door. He walked up to him. "Are you Tristan?" He asked.
"Let me guess your Jess?" Tristan asked sarcastically.
"You're smarter already than I thought you would be."
"So you're the guy that Rory tells everything to?"
"And you're the guy that Rory likes?"
"Oh she does? I didn't know that." Tristan said smiling.
"Don't let it get to your head or anything. We would not want that ego of yours to explode. We know how you get when that ego of yours is in over drive, people get hurt like Rory."
"My ego, when did Rory put you in charge of controlling her life? Last check she didn't so back off!"
"Wow guys, please separate corners now!" Rory screamed as she came into Luke's and saw Jess and Tristan about to hit each other.
"He started it!" Tristan yelled.
"I don't care. I just want the two of you to act civil to each other. Is that asking too much?" Rory asked.
"Not for me." Jess said.
"Tristan?" Rory asked.
"No, it's not a problem." Tristan said through his teeth.
"Good, Jess, Paris is trying to decide if she should come in, how about you go convince her? And Tristan, how about you and me talk a little bit?" She said.
"Wait Paris? You're with Paris?" Tristan asked Jess shocked.
"Why is something wrong with that?" Jess asked mad.
"No, not at all but you're not a very good substitute for me." Tristan said.
"Tristan!" Rory said warningly. "Let's go." She said leading him away.
"Paris?" Jess asked as he came outside.
"Let me guess Rory sent you out here?" Paris asked.
"Yeah, why don't you come inside? It's cold out here."
"I don't know if I should." Paris said nervously.
"Why not?" Jess said as he gave her his coat.
"Thanks I think." Paris said.
"You know we don't have to go inside, we can go for a walk."
"I don't know…." Paris started to say.
"Come on, I'm not letting you turn me down." Jess said as he led her away.
"Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise."
She stopped dead in her tracks. "No! I'm not going any where's unless you tell me where we are going!"
"Ok, look I'm not trying to make you mad. Come on what's wrong with surprises?"
"Things can go wrong, it's not planned out."
"And coming here was? Did you plan the whole evening or something?"
"No well not really, I planned what I wanted to achieve while I was here."
"And what was that?"
"It's not important."
"Ok, fine. Look can you please just follow me? You know let me surprise you?"
"Why?"
"Just to be able to say that you had in fact been surprised once in your life. That for once you actually forgot all about your life plans and had a little, unexpected fun."
"I have fun." Paris said defensively.
"I bet you do, come on please?" Jess begged.
"Why not." Paris said giving up.
Rory led Tristan to a table in the back of the diner.
"So what exactly is the party for again?" Tristan asked.
"My mother, it is her birthday and her boyfriend, Luke, he owns this place, is going to propose to her tonight."
"Do you like Luke?"
"Yes, he's Jess's uncle."
"Oh and you like Jess?" Tristan asked hoping her answer was no.
"He's a very good friend, kind of like a brother to me and when ever my mother and Luke get married he'd probably be more like a brother to me than ever."
"Some times it's good to have good friends. Do you consider me a good friend?"
"Well I'd… yes, you're a good friend." Rory said nervously.
"That's all I am?"
"Can we talk about something else for a little while?" Rory begged.
Tristan laughed. "Yeah, how about how beautiful you look?"
"That's not much better." Rory said laughing.
"Is everyone here?" Luke asked Sookie nervously.
"Everyone but Lorelai and Jess." Sookie said.
"Where is Jess? He needs to be here soon, he has to be here." Luke said freaking out.
"Calm down, he knows he needs to be here. He'll be back in time." Sookie said trying to reassure him.
"Yeah you're probably right." Luke said sitting down.
"Why are you so worried?"
"Because I'm about to ask someone I've loved since I've meet her to spend the rest of my life and hers with me. I'm a little worried she'll say no."
"Don't be, she's loved you ever since she meet you too and I know she wants to spend the rest of her life with you."
"But the last time she was engaged to someone, she ran remember." Luke pointed out.
"Well that was Max, you're not Max. Plus I think she knew deep down that she wasn't meant to marry Max, that she was meant to marry you."
"You really believe that?"
"Yeah I do."
"So where are we any way?" Paris asked Jess.
"We're at the first place I ever swam here, of course it wasn't willingly or anything but that's a whole other story."
"Did some one push you in or something?"
"Yeah my uncle." Jess said smiling.
Paris laughed. "What did you do to him?"
"I was just being my normal self, he just wasn't use to me, that's all."
"And you didn't do anything to him?"
"Of course not." Jess said smiling.
"It's actually nice out here." Paris said changing the subject.
"I thought you might like it."
Paris took off his jacket and handed it to him. "I'm not so cold any more."
Jess looked at his watch. "We need to get back, do you think you can come in side with me this time?"
"Yeah, I think I just might." Paris said as Jess pulled her up.
Paris and Jess headed back. When they got to Luke's the saw Lorelai sitting outside the door. "Why don't you go in, I'll meet you." Jess said to Paris.
"Ok, I'll meet you inside." Paris said as she headed inside.
"Lorelai?" Jess asked as he walked over to her.
She was sitting on the floor leaning up against the wall. "What?"
"I was just wondering what you were doing out here." Jess asked sitting down next to her.
"I'm trying to convince myself to go inside."
"Can I help?"
"Why would you want to?"
"Well I don't think you really want everyone in town to see you sitting out here all lonely and everything. Rumors could get started."
"Rumors, yeah this town is pretty good at that."
"I should know, when I first got here, there were tons going around."
"I just may have started some of them." Lorelai said smiling.
"Thanks a lot."
"You blame me?"
"Not completely any way." Jess got up. "Come in, ok? I promise to leave you alone if you go in."
"With that kind of a promise how can I not." Lorelai said as she got up.
"Paris, where's Jess?" Rory asked as Paris walked in the door.
"Talking to your mother." Paris said as she sat down next to Rory and Tristan.
"I hope he doesn't ruin the surprise." Rory said.
"He won't." Paris said.
"Is that my little girl?" Christopher asked as he came up the table.
Rory jumped up. "Dad, you here!" She said happily as she hugged him.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world. By the way you look beautiful." Christopher said.
"That's what I said but she won't listen to me." Tristan said.
"Oh dad, this is Tristan Du Grey, my date for tonight and Paris Gellar, Jess's date. I think you've seen Paris many times." Rory said.
"Yes I have, Paris it's nice to finally meet you and Tristan you better take care of my daughter I really like her." Christopher said smiling.
"I will, don't worry." Tristan said.
"So where is your mom?" Christopher asked.
"Outside talking to Jess."
"I didn't think she liked Jess." Christopher said.
"She doesn't but things change." Rory said.
"Guys, you might want to get silent, I think she's coming in." Paris said.
The door to Luke's opened.
"Oh come on, I already promised to leave you alone, don't tell me I have to do anything more that." Jess said to Lorelai as he came in the door.
"Well I'm only saying, if you offering, you could do a lot more." Lorelai said smiling as she came in.
"Surprise! Happy Birthday!" Everyone screamed.
Lorelai looked at Jess. "This is why you wanted me to come in?"
"Yeah, I mean come on you really thought I'd agree to leave you alone?" Jess said.
"I guess it was too good to be true." Lorelai said.
"Well Happy Birthday any way." Jess said as he headed over to Paris.
"Hey Lor." Christopher said walking up to her. "Happy Birthday." He said as he hugged her.
"Thanks, you knew about this?"
"Yeah, I was invited, I didn't actually plan any thing." Chris said.
"But you did?" Lorelai asked Rory.
"Luke and I did any way." Rory said. "You happy?"
"Very." Lorelai said as she hugged Rory. "Where's Luke?"
"Right here." Luke said as he came out of the back room.
"You did this?" Lorelai asked walking up to him.
"With Sookie's, Rory's and many other people's help I did." Luke said.
"So this is why you've been avoiding me?"
"Yeah."
"Don't ever do that again ok?"
"I'm not planning on it." Luke said as he reached in his back pocket.
"Luke… what are you getting out?" Lorelai asked worried.
"This." He said as he opened the box to show the engagement ring. He got on one knee. "Lorelai Gilmore, will you marry me?"