Disclaimers: I don't own anything except for Hope, Faith and Dustin.
Memories
Chapter 6: The Meetings
Tristan walks inside the office. Upon reaching the front desk he asks the receptionist with trademark smirk, "Good morning Janice! You look great today! Has my father arrived yet?"
Blushing uncontrollably, Janice returns a shy small before answering, "Yes, he's already here. Might I add that it's great to see you that you're feeling better Mr. DuGrey?" Chuckling, Tristan replies:
"Well, I'm not back yet, I just need to talk to my father." Tristan walks to his father's office without waiting for an answer. Janice's eyes become sad as she watches Tristan enter his father's office.
Rory is drinking a coffee while giving Leila her cereals. A tender smile crosses her features as she thinks of the intimacy of the morning.
"I'm going to see my father. I'll be back in a couple of hours." Tristan whispers to Rory just before kissing her goodbye. After breaking the kiss, Tristan asks Rory:
"Do you need anything before I leave?"
A content smile crosses Rory's face as she whispers, "A couple of hours of sleep, that you bring me Leila. But before those… I want another kiss…" before she can finish what she has to say, Tristan lips meet hers.
"Where the hell have you been Tristan? It's been a week since I last heard from you! I called your cell and your house, I left messages but you never answered or returned them!"
Tristan looks at his angry father and feels like sixteen again. Sitting on a chair, Tristan answers, "I've been busy!"
Mr. DuGrey's tone gets mean as he says, "Busy doing what? Busy waiting for that girl that doesn't give a damn about you! I need you to get settle Tristan, I want a wedding, I want grandchildren to carry the DuGrey name. I want…" the rest is lost as Tristan rethink of the morning.
"Here, I brought you Leila. I even changed her diaper!" Tristan says with a tone soaked with pride. He puts Leila in Rory's arms and whispers before kissing her one last time, "Although, I don't know how you'll be able to rest a couple of hours with her in your arms."
Rory smiles then raises her shirt up. Leila starts to suck on Rory's breast to get her milk. Rory whispers while drifting to sleep, "Only a mom can feed her child and sleep at the same time."
Tristan stays for a while looking at the two most important people in his life while thinking that if he was an artist, he would paint them.
Rory walks up to the front door to open it. Opening it, she sees Hope standing in front of it. Without saying anything, she runs to her arms and starts to cry. Hope, a little confused, forces Rory inside the house, looks around and makes her sit on the couch, still holding her.
"Did you hear anything I've said young man?" The elder DuGrey asks.
Tristan looks into his father's and says, "I lost you when you started talking about Janice."
Slamming his fist on the desk, Tristan's father screams, "I want you to settle down! I don't care if you love her or not! I want grandchildren!"
Tristan whispers back, "You have one, that's a start."
"How did you find me?"
Hope, still holding Rory murmurs, "I didn't get news from you. I tried to reach you. I called all the Gilmore's in the area and this woman told me that this was a sick joke, which instead of calling her I should go to Star's Hollow graveyard. I got scared for Leila and you."
Tears falls down Rory's eyes as she says, "You must have spoken to my grandmother."
Hope looks at Rory and says, "I went to this diner, I ordered and this man asked another man why he wouldn't go home. Your name was mentioned. At the second that the dinner man went behind doors, I went to speak with the customer."
A slow painful smile grew on Rory's face as she says, "Luke is the owner, the customer was probably Kirk."
"Okay, Kirk told me that if I wanted any news to look for Tristan, a younger version of Brad Pitt. When he came in asking for a huge order, this other man served him."
"That would be Jess."
"Tristan said he was a father. I followed him."
"Why didn't you come before?"
Looking at the floor, Hope says, "When I got the courage to walk up to the house, I saw you two kissing passionately and I decided to come back today."
"Dad, she came back! She came back with a child. She says it's mine."
The elder DuGrey walks around the office before screaming, "How do you know she's telling the truth? She made it clear to you that she wanted to be friends, nothing more!"
Tristan whispers, "She has my eyes and hair. Rory wouldn't lie to me."
"But you were just friend!"
"I did sleep with her dad; I slept with her for two days before she left. I can't tell you how many times but I did and she was a virgin."
"Is Tristan Leila's father?"
Blushing, Rory murmurs, "Yes, he is."
"How did he take the news?"
"He asked me to marry him."
Smiling, Hope asks, "Will I be invited?"
Rory sights before she says, "I said no."
"Will you marry her?"
"She doesn't want to!"
"Why not?"
"Her mom's dead. She wants me but she won't walk down the aisle with me!"
"Change her mind!"
"I need to be home for a while. Can you give me a couple of weeks, a month off?"
"Only if you try to change her mind and that I meet my grandchild. Now tell me, boy or girl?"
Rory is sleeping on the couch; Leila is sleeping in Rory's old bedroom when Tristan comes back. Walking up to Rory, Tristan slowly kisses her.
Rory opens her eyes to see him, wraps her arms around him then whispers, "Are you serious about us, you and me making a family?"
Holding her inside his arms Tristan whispers, "I wouldn't dream of anything else, I want us to be a family."
"Then, I want us to move out of this house."
Stunned, Tristan asks, "Why?"
"Because it's my mother's house, and I don't want to live in her memories, but I want to be with you!"
Author's note: It's not over yet, a couple or more chapters left. If you want more, review, it'll give me motivation to continue.
Siaram