Ok, so I don't have to tell you that it's been a while since I've written.
And I'll spare you the excuses, believe me there's an entire list. But
lets just say lots of school and personal stuff to attend to, but I'm here
now avoiding cleaning actually so lets get started.
Just note that I've skipped forward a bit, pay attention to the dialogue it will reveal some stuff that has happened, it's about 6 months later.
*7:00pm Java Junkies Coffee Bar and Restaurant
"Can I get you another coffee?"
"Huh, uh no thanks I think I'll explode if I have anymore java." James Dunne replies looking up from his book.
"Well if you need anything just let me know," The waitress says heaving her chest forward.
James nods, ignoring her flirtations.
The door to "Java Junkies" swings open.
James grins as Rory Gilmore makes her way towards him.
James stands up to kiss Rory on the cheek; the waitress makes a small noise.
"Sorry had to do that," James murmurs into Rory's ear.
"What is it with you and waitresses'?" Rory says wryly.
"Is it my fault they dig the shaggy hair and winning smile."
Rory giggles.
"But you know me, I only have eyes for one girl."
Rory blushes "stop it."
James laughs, "Who says I was talking about you."
Rory swats his arm playfully, "Oh so you found yourself a real girlfriend?"
James look down at the table, "Not exactly, but there is a possibility...."
Rory's eyes go wide, "Really? Who is she?"
"Meredith McKinley "
"Meredith McKinley?"
James stares hard at Rory.
"Wait Mere? That girl at Lane's gig? From the Out----"
"The female singer of The Out of Box Thinkers, yeah."
"But she's so not your type."
"But I'm drawn to her, we went out to dinner last night, you know last night that you spent in your apartment waiting for a certain California boy to call." James smirks at his friend.
Rory turns crimson, "Oh right."
"Not to change subjects or anything, but I thought that when you break up with someone you're supposed to severe all contacts because once you sleep with someone going back to having a simple friendship with then makes things uncomfortable and weird?" James raises an eyebrow at Rory.
"Yeah, well its different with us, we were friends first so it really wasn't hard to go back to----"
"You were never friends first, he was lusting after you from the moment he first laid eyes on you and you were having naughty thoughts about him long before you broke it of with Dean."
"God, why did I fill you in on all the sorted details of my life?" Rory asks, pretending to be frustrated.
"Your life is not sorted, well except for the fact that you're 20 and your mother is 36."
"Leave my mother out of this." Rory replies holding back a smile.
"Speaking of which how is Lorelai?"
"Fine, freaking out about "Having a boy living with her." Rory grins.
James shakes his head.
"I still can't believe that Luke moved in there, I never thought it'd happen."
"Well crazier things have happened."
"Yeah like me going 20 minutes without coffee, what kind of friend are you not ordering me coffee."
"But I did order you coffee.....you know an hour ago, when you were supposed to be here."
"Sorry I got caught up talking on the phone."
"To who?"
"My mom." Rory lies.
"Liar you were talking to moon doggie again."
"So! What if I was?"
"Let me ask you this, is he still with the girl next store?"
Rory looks away from James, and mutters under his breath.
"What?"
"Yes ok, he and Cadence are still together."
"Than why bother talking to the bastard."
"Stop it, he's not a bastard he has every right to be with her, I'm the one who broke it off with him."
"Yeah for distance reasons, not so he could go schnook the next door neighbor."
"Look, she's good for him, and we were going no where. Things are different for him in California, he's going to school he's got a job he's trying to reconnect with his dad, having me, someone from a different life expecting him to stay exactly the same as he was when we were 18 would just add to the stress. And Cadence is good person." Rory finishes quietly.
"You hate her."
"I do not."
"Yes you do."
"I just wish I could have made him happy." Rory replies, becoming upset.
"Ror, hon you did, its just really hard being all the way across the country. And believe me that girl has nothing on you."
Rory wipes her eye, daintily.
"Look, I'm sorry I shouldn't badger you about Jess, if you want to keep in touch you should."
Rory looks up at James, "Yeah but you're right I need to stop obsessing, I can't keep staying home waiting for him to call, he's not my boyfriend."
James nods, "You need to get out there and have some fun."
Rory laughs, "Where am I going to go to have fun....I don't go out to clubs, I don't drink, I don't go to parties...."
"But you have a best friend who's in a band that's quite popular in these parts, and in my experience many upstanding aspiring career men attend these shows to indulge their secret love of punk rock music." James smirks, a know-It-all grin.
"Oh God, I am not going to scope out prospective boyfriends at one of Lane's gigs."
"Come on, Meredith is working tonight so we're not meeting up until later, we'll go to Lane's show and you can be my date and I can help you scope out guys.....I'll pick one out that's perfect for you."
Rory grins, " You're so good to me."
"I know." James grins. "Now come on, we only have two hours to make you look incredible." James says standing up, waiting for Rory to do the same.
"Oh and I don't look incredible now?"
"You do, it's just.....you're wearing a turtleneck, come on show a little skin."
Rory giggles nervously, "Something, tells me this is a mistake...."
*9:30: Jack's Pub.
James enters the establishment dressed in casual jeans and a sage green button down shirt, followed reluctantly by Rory dressed to kill in a pair of denim hip huggers, and a blue tank top with a plunging neckline.
"This is stupid, I look stupid why did I let you talk me into this." Rory mutters.
"Shhh, you look great."
"Rory!" Lane exclaims,. "You look fantastic, wow I hope you didn't dress up for us I mean we don't really care we're all about being casual."
Rory blushes.
"It's an experiment, Lane." James replies.
"Hello, James." Lane grins, "So word around the locals is Meredith McKinley is no longer available, apparently she got her heart stolen by a former jock future sports caster."
"Well, your sources would be wrong.....I switched majors ions ago, try future television journalist."
Lane laughs, "Whatever, so what's this experiment?"
"Finding Rory a date."
"Oh, that shouldn't be hard."
"Nah she wants a date with a future."
Lane contorts her face, "And you're looking for Mr. Right, here?"
Rory squirms uncomfortably.
"I mean Mr. Right Now, it's possible but it's not necessarily the best place to meet people."
"Hey I met Meredith at one of your shows." James replies.
"Ok, lets rephrase this, its not the best place for women to find men." Lane says rolling her eyes.
"Wait, Meredith met me at one of your shows."
Rory giggles.
"That isn't funny!" James says defensively.
Lane stops laughing, "You're right I'm sorry, Meredith was lucky to find you, after all if she had held out any longer she could have ended up with Gabe, our permanent groupie with chronic psoriasis.
Rory grins, holding back a laugh.
"You guys are mean, I'm going go stand in the corner where all the loners are.....at least they won't chastise me." James says defensively, starting to walk away.
Rory grabs him by the sleeve, "Not so fast, you're my date remember, you can't abandon me."
"So I'm going to have endure being the focus of your cruel and malicious jokes all night?"
Lane giggles, "Of course not, once our set is over we'll be reenacting the little dances that Dave does, you know the ones that he thinks are Rivers Cuomoesque, but really just look like he has some kind of animal down his pants."
Rory chuckles, "I love those dances, the best part is that despite the constant jokes about them, he continues to do them every time."
"What can I say, my baby's not a quitter." Lane smiles.
James leans into Rory; "It's been three years since they've been together, two since I've known them and they still continue to nauseate me constantly."
Rory smiles, "I think it's cute."
"What's cute?" Dave asks coming up behind them.
"Bunnies, bunnies are cute, man." James replies.
"Smooth." Rory mutters, causing James to laugh.
"What, Lorelai, they are very cute, I've always been a bunny man myself." James replies, as Rory buries her face in his shoulder.
"And these two haven't been drinking?" Dave asks Lane.
"Not a drop." Lane shrugs.
Dave shakes his head, "Hopeless."
"I know hun, I know." Lane replies.
"You two should just get over with and go get married already." Dave says over James and Rory's laughter.
"We should say the same thing to you, three years is a long time, dude."
Dave starts to talk but becomes flustered.
"Come on, Dave we have to go warm up."
Dave nods, as Lane leads him towards the stage. Looking over his shoulder he looks coldly at James.
"Oo, somebody's pissed off at you." Rory sing songs.
"Yeah, well he doesn't know what he's talking about, I mean they've been together for three years, they should get married, then Lane can stop being ashamed of all the "sinful" things she's been doing with Dave." James says as he and Rory walk over to the bar.
Rory chokes down a laugh, "Lane is not ashamed of anything, she just can never let her mother find out about it, and she loves Dave and when the time is right they'll get married."
"Still he shouldn't be mad at me for what I said, look at what he said come on, me and you married that's crazy."
"It'd be like marrying my brother." Rory says with a smile.
"Thank you, that's what every man likes to here." James says wryly.
Rory shakes her head, "You know what I mean."
James laughs, "Of course I do, we've been through too much, we tried it and it didn't do it, for either of us, so now we're pursuing other "projects."
Rory smirks, "Of course if we hit 35, and we're still single...."
"I'm your back up husband, got it."
"Cause I just don't think I could hit 40 on my own."
James laughs, "Yeah, me neither."
"So come on, we've been here a half hour already and we're still sober, lets get something to drink." James suggests.
"Normally I'd say no, but tonight I say give me a Smirnoff Ice."
"And I'll take a bud light." James informs the bartender.
"Man, we are the worst drinkers in history, I have a girly drink that's like 1% alcohol, and you have one light beer."
"Yeah, now that you mention it, we suck!" James replies, hitting his hand enthusiastically down on the bar.
Rory laughs again, as the lights dim and Dave's voice is heard welcoming everyone.
******7*Else Where*7************
Venice Beach California.
Jess Mariano enters his bedroom, flicks on the light and heads straight to his answering machine. The light on it flashes wildly. Jess presses it, stands calmly folding his arms waiting for his messages.
You Have 3 new messages.
First Message, October 24 9am:
Hey Jess, It's Brady, just letting you know that the meeting you requested with Mitchell is all set up I'll have the 'tails when you get here buddy, looks like someone is climbing the corporate later woo hoo. Later dude.
Second Message, October 24, 12pm
Mr. Mariano this is Elaine Meyers, from the Beach Front Apartment Complex, your bid has been accepted, please give me a call at 555-6783 and we can work out the details, we look forward to having you as a resident.
Jess sighs a contently, he was finally going to be out on his own.
Third Message, October 24, 4pm.
"Uh, hey Jess it's me. Just calling to say hi. I'm about to go out with James; he seems to think I need to get out more, I don't know where he'd get that idea, but anyway. *A nervous laugh* Oh well, I just thought I'd try and catch you before you went out for the night. Ok, well I guess I'll talk to you soon, don't work to hard, love you bye."
Jess smiles, even after everything her voice still triggers a surge of happiness in him.
"Hey stranger." Cadence says happily climbing through the window.
"Hey." Jess replies, groggily.
Jess turns around and hugs his girlfriend.
Cadence rests her hand on Jess hips, she leans in and kisses him deeply.
Jess' hands travel across her back.
Cadence pulls away, "Man, you look like death."
Jess laughs hoarsely, "Thanks for the confidence booster."
Cadence puts a comforting hand to Jess' cheek, "I didn't mean it like that, I just mean you look so beat, with school and work you must be exhausted, God knows you've been too busy to spend anytime with me."
Jess rests his head on Cadence's shoulder, "I'm sorry, I really have been stressed, I've really missed you though."
Cadence smirks "I bet you did"
Jess grins, "Seriously though, I missed hearing your voice, talking to you."
"Talking? We haven't talked in for ever, even before you got busy." Cadence gives Jess a knowing glance.
"Can you blame me?" Jess smirks.
"No, I guess not." Cadence says leaning in, letting her lips fall gently onto Jess' neck.
Jess takes Cadence by the wrists, "Hey." He whispers.
"What?"
"How about we just watch a movie tonight?" Jess replies.
"You're serious?" Cadence asks warily.
"Yeah, I am."
Cadence smiles faintly, "What do you want to watch?"
"Diner."
"Never seen it." Cadence shrugs.
"It's a classic, trust me." Jess insists press play on the remote control.
Cadence sits on Jess bed.
Jess joins her, wrapping his arms around cadence as the movie starts.
Moments later, Jess is lost in the banter of Paul Reiser and Steve Guttenburg, out of the corner of her eye, Cadence surveys her boyfriend, warily; it was unlike him to say no to sex. Something was bothering him.
*******************Back In Connecticut**********************
*Jack's Pub----
*11:30pm
Rory is leaning against the bar, Lane's band is still playing.
Rory sighs loudly.
"What?" James asks.
"This is hopeless." Rory replies.
"No it's not."
"Look around, there's not a decent guy here."
"I can't say that I'm a good judge on this subject, being heterosexual and all, but that guy over there whose been staring at you for the past half hour doesn't look too bad."
"What?" Rory looks up spellbound as her eyes settle on a medium height blonde man in the corner, who indeed has his eyes on Rory.
"Told You So."
"I have this strange feeling...." Rory mutters.
"Oh no." James groans.
"No, I, I think I know him." Rory says silently.
"What? How do you.....oh, hey looks like he remembers you too." James replies as the man makes his way towards them.
"Excuse me." The man says commandingly.
Rory and James turn toward him.
"Is your name Rory."
Rory nods, "Tristan?"
Just note that I've skipped forward a bit, pay attention to the dialogue it will reveal some stuff that has happened, it's about 6 months later.
*7:00pm Java Junkies Coffee Bar and Restaurant
"Can I get you another coffee?"
"Huh, uh no thanks I think I'll explode if I have anymore java." James Dunne replies looking up from his book.
"Well if you need anything just let me know," The waitress says heaving her chest forward.
James nods, ignoring her flirtations.
The door to "Java Junkies" swings open.
James grins as Rory Gilmore makes her way towards him.
James stands up to kiss Rory on the cheek; the waitress makes a small noise.
"Sorry had to do that," James murmurs into Rory's ear.
"What is it with you and waitresses'?" Rory says wryly.
"Is it my fault they dig the shaggy hair and winning smile."
Rory giggles.
"But you know me, I only have eyes for one girl."
Rory blushes "stop it."
James laughs, "Who says I was talking about you."
Rory swats his arm playfully, "Oh so you found yourself a real girlfriend?"
James look down at the table, "Not exactly, but there is a possibility...."
Rory's eyes go wide, "Really? Who is she?"
"Meredith McKinley "
"Meredith McKinley?"
James stares hard at Rory.
"Wait Mere? That girl at Lane's gig? From the Out----"
"The female singer of The Out of Box Thinkers, yeah."
"But she's so not your type."
"But I'm drawn to her, we went out to dinner last night, you know last night that you spent in your apartment waiting for a certain California boy to call." James smirks at his friend.
Rory turns crimson, "Oh right."
"Not to change subjects or anything, but I thought that when you break up with someone you're supposed to severe all contacts because once you sleep with someone going back to having a simple friendship with then makes things uncomfortable and weird?" James raises an eyebrow at Rory.
"Yeah, well its different with us, we were friends first so it really wasn't hard to go back to----"
"You were never friends first, he was lusting after you from the moment he first laid eyes on you and you were having naughty thoughts about him long before you broke it of with Dean."
"God, why did I fill you in on all the sorted details of my life?" Rory asks, pretending to be frustrated.
"Your life is not sorted, well except for the fact that you're 20 and your mother is 36."
"Leave my mother out of this." Rory replies holding back a smile.
"Speaking of which how is Lorelai?"
"Fine, freaking out about "Having a boy living with her." Rory grins.
James shakes his head.
"I still can't believe that Luke moved in there, I never thought it'd happen."
"Well crazier things have happened."
"Yeah like me going 20 minutes without coffee, what kind of friend are you not ordering me coffee."
"But I did order you coffee.....you know an hour ago, when you were supposed to be here."
"Sorry I got caught up talking on the phone."
"To who?"
"My mom." Rory lies.
"Liar you were talking to moon doggie again."
"So! What if I was?"
"Let me ask you this, is he still with the girl next store?"
Rory looks away from James, and mutters under his breath.
"What?"
"Yes ok, he and Cadence are still together."
"Than why bother talking to the bastard."
"Stop it, he's not a bastard he has every right to be with her, I'm the one who broke it off with him."
"Yeah for distance reasons, not so he could go schnook the next door neighbor."
"Look, she's good for him, and we were going no where. Things are different for him in California, he's going to school he's got a job he's trying to reconnect with his dad, having me, someone from a different life expecting him to stay exactly the same as he was when we were 18 would just add to the stress. And Cadence is good person." Rory finishes quietly.
"You hate her."
"I do not."
"Yes you do."
"I just wish I could have made him happy." Rory replies, becoming upset.
"Ror, hon you did, its just really hard being all the way across the country. And believe me that girl has nothing on you."
Rory wipes her eye, daintily.
"Look, I'm sorry I shouldn't badger you about Jess, if you want to keep in touch you should."
Rory looks up at James, "Yeah but you're right I need to stop obsessing, I can't keep staying home waiting for him to call, he's not my boyfriend."
James nods, "You need to get out there and have some fun."
Rory laughs, "Where am I going to go to have fun....I don't go out to clubs, I don't drink, I don't go to parties...."
"But you have a best friend who's in a band that's quite popular in these parts, and in my experience many upstanding aspiring career men attend these shows to indulge their secret love of punk rock music." James smirks, a know-It-all grin.
"Oh God, I am not going to scope out prospective boyfriends at one of Lane's gigs."
"Come on, Meredith is working tonight so we're not meeting up until later, we'll go to Lane's show and you can be my date and I can help you scope out guys.....I'll pick one out that's perfect for you."
Rory grins, " You're so good to me."
"I know." James grins. "Now come on, we only have two hours to make you look incredible." James says standing up, waiting for Rory to do the same.
"Oh and I don't look incredible now?"
"You do, it's just.....you're wearing a turtleneck, come on show a little skin."
Rory giggles nervously, "Something, tells me this is a mistake...."
*9:30: Jack's Pub.
James enters the establishment dressed in casual jeans and a sage green button down shirt, followed reluctantly by Rory dressed to kill in a pair of denim hip huggers, and a blue tank top with a plunging neckline.
"This is stupid, I look stupid why did I let you talk me into this." Rory mutters.
"Shhh, you look great."
"Rory!" Lane exclaims,. "You look fantastic, wow I hope you didn't dress up for us I mean we don't really care we're all about being casual."
Rory blushes.
"It's an experiment, Lane." James replies.
"Hello, James." Lane grins, "So word around the locals is Meredith McKinley is no longer available, apparently she got her heart stolen by a former jock future sports caster."
"Well, your sources would be wrong.....I switched majors ions ago, try future television journalist."
Lane laughs, "Whatever, so what's this experiment?"
"Finding Rory a date."
"Oh, that shouldn't be hard."
"Nah she wants a date with a future."
Lane contorts her face, "And you're looking for Mr. Right, here?"
Rory squirms uncomfortably.
"I mean Mr. Right Now, it's possible but it's not necessarily the best place to meet people."
"Hey I met Meredith at one of your shows." James replies.
"Ok, lets rephrase this, its not the best place for women to find men." Lane says rolling her eyes.
"Wait, Meredith met me at one of your shows."
Rory giggles.
"That isn't funny!" James says defensively.
Lane stops laughing, "You're right I'm sorry, Meredith was lucky to find you, after all if she had held out any longer she could have ended up with Gabe, our permanent groupie with chronic psoriasis.
Rory grins, holding back a laugh.
"You guys are mean, I'm going go stand in the corner where all the loners are.....at least they won't chastise me." James says defensively, starting to walk away.
Rory grabs him by the sleeve, "Not so fast, you're my date remember, you can't abandon me."
"So I'm going to have endure being the focus of your cruel and malicious jokes all night?"
Lane giggles, "Of course not, once our set is over we'll be reenacting the little dances that Dave does, you know the ones that he thinks are Rivers Cuomoesque, but really just look like he has some kind of animal down his pants."
Rory chuckles, "I love those dances, the best part is that despite the constant jokes about them, he continues to do them every time."
"What can I say, my baby's not a quitter." Lane smiles.
James leans into Rory; "It's been three years since they've been together, two since I've known them and they still continue to nauseate me constantly."
Rory smiles, "I think it's cute."
"What's cute?" Dave asks coming up behind them.
"Bunnies, bunnies are cute, man." James replies.
"Smooth." Rory mutters, causing James to laugh.
"What, Lorelai, they are very cute, I've always been a bunny man myself." James replies, as Rory buries her face in his shoulder.
"And these two haven't been drinking?" Dave asks Lane.
"Not a drop." Lane shrugs.
Dave shakes his head, "Hopeless."
"I know hun, I know." Lane replies.
"You two should just get over with and go get married already." Dave says over James and Rory's laughter.
"We should say the same thing to you, three years is a long time, dude."
Dave starts to talk but becomes flustered.
"Come on, Dave we have to go warm up."
Dave nods, as Lane leads him towards the stage. Looking over his shoulder he looks coldly at James.
"Oo, somebody's pissed off at you." Rory sing songs.
"Yeah, well he doesn't know what he's talking about, I mean they've been together for three years, they should get married, then Lane can stop being ashamed of all the "sinful" things she's been doing with Dave." James says as he and Rory walk over to the bar.
Rory chokes down a laugh, "Lane is not ashamed of anything, she just can never let her mother find out about it, and she loves Dave and when the time is right they'll get married."
"Still he shouldn't be mad at me for what I said, look at what he said come on, me and you married that's crazy."
"It'd be like marrying my brother." Rory says with a smile.
"Thank you, that's what every man likes to here." James says wryly.
Rory shakes her head, "You know what I mean."
James laughs, "Of course I do, we've been through too much, we tried it and it didn't do it, for either of us, so now we're pursuing other "projects."
Rory smirks, "Of course if we hit 35, and we're still single...."
"I'm your back up husband, got it."
"Cause I just don't think I could hit 40 on my own."
James laughs, "Yeah, me neither."
"So come on, we've been here a half hour already and we're still sober, lets get something to drink." James suggests.
"Normally I'd say no, but tonight I say give me a Smirnoff Ice."
"And I'll take a bud light." James informs the bartender.
"Man, we are the worst drinkers in history, I have a girly drink that's like 1% alcohol, and you have one light beer."
"Yeah, now that you mention it, we suck!" James replies, hitting his hand enthusiastically down on the bar.
Rory laughs again, as the lights dim and Dave's voice is heard welcoming everyone.
******7*Else Where*7************
Venice Beach California.
Jess Mariano enters his bedroom, flicks on the light and heads straight to his answering machine. The light on it flashes wildly. Jess presses it, stands calmly folding his arms waiting for his messages.
You Have 3 new messages.
First Message, October 24 9am:
Hey Jess, It's Brady, just letting you know that the meeting you requested with Mitchell is all set up I'll have the 'tails when you get here buddy, looks like someone is climbing the corporate later woo hoo. Later dude.
Second Message, October 24, 12pm
Mr. Mariano this is Elaine Meyers, from the Beach Front Apartment Complex, your bid has been accepted, please give me a call at 555-6783 and we can work out the details, we look forward to having you as a resident.
Jess sighs a contently, he was finally going to be out on his own.
Third Message, October 24, 4pm.
"Uh, hey Jess it's me. Just calling to say hi. I'm about to go out with James; he seems to think I need to get out more, I don't know where he'd get that idea, but anyway. *A nervous laugh* Oh well, I just thought I'd try and catch you before you went out for the night. Ok, well I guess I'll talk to you soon, don't work to hard, love you bye."
Jess smiles, even after everything her voice still triggers a surge of happiness in him.
"Hey stranger." Cadence says happily climbing through the window.
"Hey." Jess replies, groggily.
Jess turns around and hugs his girlfriend.
Cadence rests her hand on Jess hips, she leans in and kisses him deeply.
Jess' hands travel across her back.
Cadence pulls away, "Man, you look like death."
Jess laughs hoarsely, "Thanks for the confidence booster."
Cadence puts a comforting hand to Jess' cheek, "I didn't mean it like that, I just mean you look so beat, with school and work you must be exhausted, God knows you've been too busy to spend anytime with me."
Jess rests his head on Cadence's shoulder, "I'm sorry, I really have been stressed, I've really missed you though."
Cadence smirks "I bet you did"
Jess grins, "Seriously though, I missed hearing your voice, talking to you."
"Talking? We haven't talked in for ever, even before you got busy." Cadence gives Jess a knowing glance.
"Can you blame me?" Jess smirks.
"No, I guess not." Cadence says leaning in, letting her lips fall gently onto Jess' neck.
Jess takes Cadence by the wrists, "Hey." He whispers.
"What?"
"How about we just watch a movie tonight?" Jess replies.
"You're serious?" Cadence asks warily.
"Yeah, I am."
Cadence smiles faintly, "What do you want to watch?"
"Diner."
"Never seen it." Cadence shrugs.
"It's a classic, trust me." Jess insists press play on the remote control.
Cadence sits on Jess bed.
Jess joins her, wrapping his arms around cadence as the movie starts.
Moments later, Jess is lost in the banter of Paul Reiser and Steve Guttenburg, out of the corner of her eye, Cadence surveys her boyfriend, warily; it was unlike him to say no to sex. Something was bothering him.
*******************Back In Connecticut**********************
*Jack's Pub----
*11:30pm
Rory is leaning against the bar, Lane's band is still playing.
Rory sighs loudly.
"What?" James asks.
"This is hopeless." Rory replies.
"No it's not."
"Look around, there's not a decent guy here."
"I can't say that I'm a good judge on this subject, being heterosexual and all, but that guy over there whose been staring at you for the past half hour doesn't look too bad."
"What?" Rory looks up spellbound as her eyes settle on a medium height blonde man in the corner, who indeed has his eyes on Rory.
"Told You So."
"I have this strange feeling...." Rory mutters.
"Oh no." James groans.
"No, I, I think I know him." Rory says silently.
"What? How do you.....oh, hey looks like he remembers you too." James replies as the man makes his way towards them.
"Excuse me." The man says commandingly.
Rory and James turn toward him.
"Is your name Rory."
Rory nods, "Tristan?"