Being Alone.
What if naked guy outside Rory's room was none other than Tristan?? TRORY
Disclaimer: I do not own the Gilmore Girls show, or the people on it... trust me there would be a lot more Tristan if I did :) I don't own Disney movies (well, maybe on VHS) but I love them so you might find some quotes in this.
Author's Note: OK... I'm pretty sure I've bumped into this idea before... at least once, but I can't remember the actual story, so I'm just gonna say I'm sorry to whoever wrote it if mine happens to be like yours. I would also like to warn you that this is my first fan-fic ever. Enjoy!
Paring: Rory/Tristan
Second AN: This chapter is a little bit longer than the others, hope you don´t mind and enjoy!!!By the way, I´ve been told that my spelling isn´t that good, and I know so, I´M REALLY SORRY!!! The spell check is broken and this is my second language –first one Spanish-... anyways, I´m sorry. Now, read.... reviews would be appreciated.
Tristan had been looking for Rory all afternoon. They were supposed to meet for lunch but she never showed up. It wasn´t like her to just stood someone up, and she wasn´t answering her cel. He was beginning to get worried when he spotted her under a tree in the yard, book in hand. It was so typical of her... when she was reading, the world could just collapse and she wouldn´t notice.
"You know, one would have thought that the granddaughter of Emily and Richard Gilmore would have known some etiquette..."
"Huh?"
"You know... you, me, lunch. It would have been nice to know earlier that you weren´t coming." He said while sitting down. "It took me almost all day to find you, Paris didn´t know where you where, you weren´t at any of the usual places and you are not answering your cel. We really ought to change your loner habits here." He said with a smile.
"Sometimes it´s better to be alone." She said absently
"What do you mean?"
"No one can hurt you..." Only then did Tristan actually looked at her. There was something obviously wrong with her Great DuGray, the girl is down and here you are chatting about how there are things wrong with her!
"Hey... What´s wrong?" She looked up at him and saw the concern in his eyes. He took her hand and gave it a little squish to let her now everything was OK. She brought her gaze back to the book and stayed silent for a while.
"I was looking for a book I needed and I found this." She handed him a copy of HOWL by Allen Ginsberg. There were some notes at the margins, but that was definitely not her handwriting. "I had just blocked it out of my memory, you know. Like it had never happened."
--Flashback--
"Okay, then I'll leave you this last little trick." and hand her a book.
"You bought a copy? I told you I'd lend you mine."
"It is yours."
"You stole my book."
"Nope, borrowed it."
"Okay, that's not called a trick, that's called a felony."
"I just wanted to put some notes in the margins for you."
"What?" she looked through the book
"You've read this before."
"About forty times."
"I thought you said you didn't read much."
"Well, what is much? Goodnight Rory."
"Goodnight Dodger."
"Dodger?"
"Figure it out."
"Oliver Twist."
--End of flashback--
There wasn´t much that he could do... or say. But it just felt so wrong that he could still affect her like this, even when he was not around anymore. She deserved better.
"Oh, Ror...." Was all he could come up with.
"It´s ok... I´m O.K." She said "I´m sorry about lunch, guess I owe you... I think I´m gonna go back to my dorm now. I could use some studying time." And she was gone.
He stood up and walked the other way.
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A couple of days later, Rory and Paris where on a heated argument over weather she would or would not ask her grandfather to set an interview for Paris with Prof. Flemming.
"That is so unfair. You know I´d do this for you... you HAVE to." Said Paris.
"I don´t have to do nothing."
"Yes you do!" Paris kept on rambling about all the reasons why Rory should do this for her, but she wasn´t listening. There, in her bed, was a gift, or at least it looked like one. How could a gift get there? What would it be??? Who got it there?!!?!
"So?"
"So what Paris??"
"Are you doing it?"
"Am I doing what, Paris?"
"Oh.. I see, you´ve moved to the ´I-don´t-know-what-you-are-talking-about´ face, FINE. I´ll get it myself." After that she stormed out of the room. Rory was surprised at her reaction... what had they been discussing? She could not remember. It was all ok, cuz now she had time to see what that gift was all about.
She walked to her bed and grab the small package. Inside she found a copy of Howl. She thought this might be some kind of sick joke till she opened it. There, on Tristan´s handwriting it read:
"Looks like you could use a new copy.
Luv,
Tris"
That was so sweet! She couldn´t help but smile. Well, that didn´t last long cuz when she started reading it she realized Tristan had left some notes at the margin too, and that just made her laugh till her stomach hurt. It was like a 10 year old trying to make some sense out of the book. There were some really funny thoughts on how to relate this to some Pinky and The Brain chapter or Sponge Bob Square Pants´s show... there was even a disturbing note on Sailor Moon that gave her the key to mess with him for eternity.
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Tristan was looking at the adds board when he felt someone clench to his back as if expecting a piggyback ride.
"THANK YOU!" She said almost out of breath, and climbed down.
"Hey! You almost killed me there! You can´t come up to people unexpected like that!"
"I ´ m s o r r y." She replied trying to get some oxygen into her lungs again.
"Rory, have you ran all the way here?"
"I certainly have not. Under no circumstance must a Gilmore ever run. It´s in the book. It´s such a disgusting habit." He was already laughing at her craziness.
"Then why does it look like you could use an artificial breather here?"
"Well, one might, if the occasion calls for it, walk a little bit faster than usual... it´s in the book too." She said as if he were a complete moron.
"Gilmore you and your mother will never cease to amaze me."
"Thank you... and thank you for the book too."
"You already said that... in fact you came all the way here just to say so."
"Yeah, well, I thought it was a nice gesture, even nicer since I stood you up, so I thought I should thank you in person."
"Good. I´m glad you liked it."
"Of course I did... Anyways, I´m gonna go back to my dorm now. See ya around."
"Night Rory."
"Night Tris."