She was fidgeting with the card. In her hand, she held the power to change her life. It may be an insignificant coffee meeting, but these numbers were of the man she had loved to dislike her high school years. She had not had even one exchange were she wasn't thrown off by him. She grabbed the phone and dialed the first three numbers before slamming it down. Inner turmoil. She just couldn't do it.

"You know, it might help if you pushed all seven numbers."

Rory quickly turned to see a smiling Lorelai. Lorelai plucked the card out of Rory's hand and read.

"Tristan Janlan DuGrey, CEO of the DuGrey Law Firm. Babe, are you in trouble?"

Rory silently shook her head.

"DuGrey, DuGrey… Oh yeah, I remember him! He was all over the news after his law firm took monopoly of all those other law firms! He's hot!"

"Mom!"

"Rory, it's not your fault he's hot. So, why are you not calling him?"

"Mom, you don't remember do you?"

"Remember what Rory? Come on, I need more background than that."

"Tristan DuGrey, Chilton."

"I am getting a vague picture."

"Bible boy, called me Mary…"

"DING DING DING!!! I remember! Wow, you still talk to him? I thought you hated him?"

"I didn't hate him. I just disliked him."

"Oh yes, and I remember how he tormented you, and that was why you were always so irritated when you came home. He always had this way of getting you all riled up. So, if you didn't keep in touch with him, why the card? You suddenly saw how he turned out and just 'had' to call him. Because if you don't. I certainly will."

"MOM!"

"He's only sixteen years younger than me. We can be another Demi and Ashton…"

"What about Luke?"

"Details, details. So, tell me why the sudden reunion."

"I met him again."

Rory then fell silent and smiled lightly to herself. Lorelai took a hold of Rory and shook her.

"Child, you are not allowed to just go quiet on me like that! Have I taught you nothing! I can't read minds, so you need to tell me!"

"Fine, geez mom. Well, one of the other journalists was Audrey Weller…"

"And she is dating him isn't she? That lucky…"

"Mom, will you let me finish?!"

"Go on child."

"She was waiting for her husband when he came. He turns out to be her…"

"LAWYER!"

"MOM! You have to stop interrupting me! Now, do you promise you won't speak up until I'm done?"

Lorelai nodded her head like a kindergartener.

"Promise?"
Lorelai rolled her eyes.

"Yes mommy."

Rory rolled her eyes and continued her story.

"Audrey is Tristan's older sister. We talked for a while and I asked him for coffee."

Lorelai was biting down hard on her jaws to keep quiet.

"He gave me his card and told me to give him a call."

Lorelai was now biting her lips, trying to keep quiet. Rory watched in amusement.

"Fine, I'm done. Now what are you 'dying' to say?"

"YOU asked HIM out for coffee as in a DATE?"

"At isn't a date. He just owes me coffee."

"Oh yes, leave it to my daughter to leave out some information. Why does he owe you coffee?"

"He got sarcastic on me."

"Oh, the world is coming to an end! Someone was sarcastic to MY daughter!"

"Mom!"

"Oh, what will we do with ourselves?"

"Mom, you aren't funny."

"Really? I find myself very funny."

"You also fine the mold on bread funny."

"Hey, that was different. It reminded me of Nixon with that nose."

"It was mold mom. Fungus growing out of an piece of old bread."

"It was the reincarnation of Nixon."

"I'm sure mom."

"Hey, wait, you changed the subject. Why'd you ask Bible boy out?"

"I don't know, it just happened. We were having a decent conversation and it was nice talking to him so I just asked him for coffee. And for your information mom, it is not a date. It is just two friends getting together for coffee."

"Except the fact that you guys were never really friends."

"We were sort of for a while."

"Yes, one entire day, a whole 24 hours!"

"Watch that sarcasm mom."

"Or else what? You're going to make me buy you coffee?"

Lorelai was enjoying this very much while Rory sighed.

"Well, I'm suppose to call him but I'll do it later…"

Lorelai rushed for the phone and started to dial the numbers.

"Mom."

Lorelai succeeded in dialing the first three numbers. A moment of desperation for Rory.

"Please mom, I'll buy you coffee."

Too late, the numbers were dialed.

"Sorry babe."

Then came a voice from the phone.

"Hello?"

Rory froze while Lorelai threw the phone at Rory.

"MOM!"

Lorelai tried to dash out but Rory grabbed onto her.

"You are an atrocious mother!"

On the phone, Tristan was laughing at amusement. He was having a long day at work, and Audrey wouldn't stop calling him, asking him 'did she call yet?' It was getting repetitive. So when he picked up the phone, he thought it was Audrey but he heard the fighting of two women on the phone. And when he heard Rory scream 'MOM', he knew.

After the noise of hearing the phone drop and more argument, someone picked up.

"Hello?"

It wasn't Rory's voice, so he took it as her mother.

"Hello Ms. Gilmore."

"Wow, you sound pretty hot. I'll let you go for calling me Ms. Gilmore this time because of that. But it's Lorelai for future references. But if you want, you can always call me Future-Empress-of-the-world-that-will-control-all-of-the-coffee-supply-that-exists."

"I think I will stick with Lorelai."

"Wise choice my friend."

"As delightful as you are, and as hot as you sound on the phone, do you think I can talk to your daughter for a moment?"

"What a charmer, right after my beautiful heart. Yes, you may talk to my creation."

Lorelai covered the phone, but Tristan can still hear the exchange.

"It's for you."

"No, it's for you! You're the one who called him!"

"But I called him for you. You're the one that was going to call him but never did because you're a weakling!"
Rory froze.

"Is he on the phone right now."

"Duh."

"MOM! He could hear everything! You should know by now you can't muffle anything on that phone!"

"A even better reason in which why you should take this ever important call."

Rory closed her eyes and let out a sigh of defeat. She took the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey Mary. Seems like you had trouble calling me."

"A little."

"So…"

"Umm, is tomorrow ok for you? For coffee at 10."

"Oh, ten? I have a meeting."

"Oh, ok, we can just do it another day or…"

"Or we can just change it to noon and make it a lunch. How does that sound Mary?"

"Umm… sure, so see you tomorrow?"

"Already trying to get rid of me."

"My mom is pleading on her knees to find out details. I think I should go before she pounces on the phone. See you tomorrow."

"I'll pick you up at your work."

"Wait, how do you know where I work?"
"Paris."

"Of, course, the interview."

"Don't remind me."

"Bye Bible Boy."

"Bye Mary."

Before he hung up the phone, he could distinguish an 'it's Rory.' A smile was plastered on his face for the rest of the day.

Rory was the same, and went through the day smiling.

*~*~*~*
A/N- Well, there you go. I totally forgot to put this in here. Rory lives in an apartment in Hartford alone. She was just visiting Lorelai. What else is there? Oh yeah, enjoy!