HAPPY ST. PARTRICKS DAY!!!!!!!! To those of you that care, I'm Irish so
Paddy's day is a big deal for me!
Thanks so much for the feedback on the last chapter, again, a great response! Much appreciated.
Rory had managed to make it the rest of the day without seeing Tristan, possibly because he had meant what he said about giving her time to think, he practically avoided her all day, something she was grateful for. The day, apart from their exploits in the janitor's closet was pretty uneventful and before she knew it, the day was over and Rory was sitting in her car on the way home to Stars Hollow. Nirvana blasting from the speakers, leaving no room for thought.
She had the house to herself for about an hour and a half while her mom was still in work so she made use of the time and did her homework. By the time Lorelai got home, Rory had done what was due for the next day and was happy to leave it at that. She just wasn't in the mood.
'Hey sweets.' Lorelai called.
'Hi mom.' Rory replied.
'You want to get some dinner?'
'If you had Luke's in mind, then yes, I'd love some.' Rory grinned.
'Okay, let's go.'
They walked to the diner and on the way, Lorelai filled Rory in on her day at the inn, starting with Michael slipping in the kitchen, starting a fire and earning a whacking with a frying pan from Sookie as a reward. Lorelai had managed to persuade him to not quit. They entered the diner in their usual style, causing a scene.
'Hey Luke.' They called.
'Sit down; I'll be over in a minute.' He barked before he went back to dealing with Kirk.
Lorelai moved to a table where a young couple were sitting.
'Move.'
'What?' the girl asked.
'Luke told us to sit down.'
Luke came over, pulling Lorelai away from the table and apologised to the couple who were looking at Lorelai like she was crazy.
'What the hell were you doing?' he asked.
'Trying to sit down.'
'That table was taken.' He told her.
'But you didn't tell us to not sit at a taken table.' Rory piped up, earning a glare from Luke.
'Sit at an empty table.' He said exasperated.
Lorelai grinned and sat down, closely followed by Rory. Luke took their order and left, leaving Lorelai and Rory laughing.
'He'll die one of these days.' Rory said 'and it will be all you're fault.'
'And the world will be a much sadder place but really, dish the dirt; did you talk to Bible Boy?'
Rory blushed a deep red and looked at her hands.
'Judging by that wonderful shade of red on your cheeks, you kissed and made up.'
'Well we did the kissing thing, like a lot, I actually missed my first period due to the kissing thing but we still have to do the talking thing.'
'You blew off class to make out with Bible Boy? And you haven't even made up? Rory that's not something you would do.'
'I know that's what I told him but I couldn't help it, it's like I can't control myself around him.'
'Well you need to get some control and fast.'
'Mom, I don't need a lecture right now, please, I need you to be Lorelai.'
'Okay, I guess I can do that but just promise me, no more cutting class for making out, not until you have made up first.' She grinned.
'Well I don't plan on fighting with him a lot but I'll take it under advisement.'
'Okay, now spill, I want to know all of the details.'
'He knows I was upset and we're going to talk, I just told him that I need time to figure stuff out before we talk.'
'Good move, did you figure anything out?'
'I think so, I want to try and make this work, y'know, I really do but I won't be able to if things keep going like they're going.'
'Which is what way?'
'Well at the moment, we're in lust, but I want to get it past that stage not that I mind the lust, but I want an emotional connection too.'
'Wow, I'm impressed Ror, I really am. Most people want the lust stage to last forever.'
'I do, don't get me wrong but it's like, while we're in the lust stage, all we do is...make out.' Rory paused before the words make out, she really didn't want to tell her mom what exactly they did, even though she knew Lorelai knew.
'Nice save,' Lorelai said sarcastically.
'What should I do?' Rory asked, ignoring her mom's comment.
'Babe, I can't tell you that, only you know that answer. Just bare in mind, the pill won't work for another two weeks.'
Rory paled, she had forgotten that little fact. She racked her brain trying to think, did Tristan use protection that morning? She couldn't remember. She figured it would be something she'd remember but then again, she had been freaking out about other things at the time. Luke brought over their food and Rory ate the rest of the meal in silence after dinner, Lorelai suggested getting a movie and having a girl's night in, ironically enough, she picked the one movie that led Rory to think about the person she was trying to not think about.
'Since when do you like the Shawshank Redemption?' she asked her mom.
'Since always, it's a great film and it's funny and I just do.'
'Okay, it was your turn to choose so I've no choice but to go along with it.'
'Right you are.' Lorelai jeered, settling down on the couch with the Ben and Jerry's and the remote.
* Rory looked at the clock, it was nearly eleven. She turned off the TV and woke up her mother. They said goodnight and her mom went upstairs to bed. Rory went to her room and changed into her a tank top and shorts, it was still pretty warm, being early September. She got into bed and tried desperately to sleep. It didn't come easily but just as she was drifting off, she heard a noise. She ignored it at first but when it came again, she stood up and moved to the window to look outside. Standing outside her window, was none other than Tristan.
'Tristan, what the hell are you doing here?'
'Lovely to see you too Mary.' He grinned.
Rory rolled her eyes before stepping aside and letting him in. out of habit, when he steeped into the room, they kissed in hello. It wasn't one of their normal kisses however, it was sweet and chaste.
'Sorry, I know it's late but I had to talk to you.' He told her.
'It's not too late.' Rory conceded.
'Have you thought about things or do you need more time?' he asked, cutting to the chase.
'I've thought about things.'
'And?' Tristan pressed.
'I'm placing a ban on all sex.' She said quickly, but slow enough for Tristan to hear.
Tristan's face literally fell.
'What? How? Why? Wh-'
'Just listen. Part of my freak out this morning was due to the whole sex issue, don't get me wrong, I love it and we are amazing together but it feels like that's all it is and if we want this to work, we need to slow it down a bit.'
Rory sat on the bed and Tristan knelt down in front of her. He took Rory's hands and looked at her with huge puppy dog eyes.
'Slow it down, sure but stop all sex altogether?'
Rory couldn't help but smile at his reaction, he looked so adorable, kind of like Johnny Depp on learning Keira Knightly had destroyed the rum in Pirates of the Caribbean. 'Tristan, is this about sex for you or do you want something meaningful out of it, because that letter and the stuff you said in New York-'
'Rory, I want meaningful, don't get me wrong, I meant everything I said but be realistic here, I can't keep my hands off of you.'
Rory blushed at the obvious compliment and Tristan kissed her. He pushed forward and Rory began to lean back, falling onto the bed. Tristan's hands found her flat stomach under her top and they began an intense exploration of her torso, with the one aim of changing her mind on the sex ban. Suddenly Rory stiffened and pulled away. Tristan sighed tiredly but sat up, breaking contact with her.
'I meant it Tristan, no sex.'
'I know you meant it but I meant what I said too.'
'I'm sorry but you don't have much choice in the matter.'
'Why is this such a big deal?' he asked, frustrated.
'Because it is,' Rory cried standing up 'you know you were my first Tristan, I'm not going to lie, you are the only- but we never did the dating thing. We bickered and fought until the night before you move to London and then, we sleep together. Believe me, I don't regret it, I never will but a year later we meet again, after no contact, and immediately we jump into bed-'
'Hey, that was you're idea, not mine.' Tristan defended himself.
'I know, but, it's hard okay, it's hard to get my head around, I'm just really confused. In all honesty, did what we did this morning seem like something I would do?'
'No but-'
'Please Tristan, just trust me on this one, it's not forever but we'll try it for a few weeks anyway. I think reality didn't hit me until last night and that just adds to the confusion.'
'What reality?'
'That you're not mine, I mean I knew but when she called last night, it just hit me, I can't be you're girlfriend in the way I want to be because someone else has that position and is quite proud of it, and me, I'm the villain in all of this. I'm like the mistress.'
'Mistress? I think you're being a bit melodramatic.'
'Maybe I am, but that's how it feels.'
'You didn't exactly walk into this blindfolded Rory, you knew the deal.'
'I know, and it's my hang up. Don't be mad Tristan.'
'I'm not mad.' He told her, although his voice sounded forced and he didn't meet her eyes. 'My girlfriend doesn't want to sleep with me and on top of that, she's upset with me for something I have no control over, I mean what do I have to be mad about?'
Tristan stood up and walked to the door, he opened it and was about to leave whn Rory called his name.
'Tristan...'
'Night Rory, you should get some sleep, wouldn't want to be the cause for more stress on your part.' Without another word, Tristan walked out of the room and found his way to the front door which he slammed on his ay out.
Rory started crying after the door shut and a minute later, Lorelai came rushing into her room, after hearing the door slam.
'Rory honey, what's wrong?'
'He, he got mad when I said that I-' whatever she was about to say got cut off by the sobs racking her body. Wordlessly, Lorelai embraced her daughter and pulled her down on the bed, holding her as she cried herself to sleep.
A/N: well, there you have it, hope ye like, a little tension to end it on for the moment, next update will be in a few days, Laughter and Tears will be the next to be updated! Let me know what you thought!
Thanks so much for the feedback on the last chapter, again, a great response! Much appreciated.
Rory had managed to make it the rest of the day without seeing Tristan, possibly because he had meant what he said about giving her time to think, he practically avoided her all day, something she was grateful for. The day, apart from their exploits in the janitor's closet was pretty uneventful and before she knew it, the day was over and Rory was sitting in her car on the way home to Stars Hollow. Nirvana blasting from the speakers, leaving no room for thought.
She had the house to herself for about an hour and a half while her mom was still in work so she made use of the time and did her homework. By the time Lorelai got home, Rory had done what was due for the next day and was happy to leave it at that. She just wasn't in the mood.
'Hey sweets.' Lorelai called.
'Hi mom.' Rory replied.
'You want to get some dinner?'
'If you had Luke's in mind, then yes, I'd love some.' Rory grinned.
'Okay, let's go.'
They walked to the diner and on the way, Lorelai filled Rory in on her day at the inn, starting with Michael slipping in the kitchen, starting a fire and earning a whacking with a frying pan from Sookie as a reward. Lorelai had managed to persuade him to not quit. They entered the diner in their usual style, causing a scene.
'Hey Luke.' They called.
'Sit down; I'll be over in a minute.' He barked before he went back to dealing with Kirk.
Lorelai moved to a table where a young couple were sitting.
'Move.'
'What?' the girl asked.
'Luke told us to sit down.'
Luke came over, pulling Lorelai away from the table and apologised to the couple who were looking at Lorelai like she was crazy.
'What the hell were you doing?' he asked.
'Trying to sit down.'
'That table was taken.' He told her.
'But you didn't tell us to not sit at a taken table.' Rory piped up, earning a glare from Luke.
'Sit at an empty table.' He said exasperated.
Lorelai grinned and sat down, closely followed by Rory. Luke took their order and left, leaving Lorelai and Rory laughing.
'He'll die one of these days.' Rory said 'and it will be all you're fault.'
'And the world will be a much sadder place but really, dish the dirt; did you talk to Bible Boy?'
Rory blushed a deep red and looked at her hands.
'Judging by that wonderful shade of red on your cheeks, you kissed and made up.'
'Well we did the kissing thing, like a lot, I actually missed my first period due to the kissing thing but we still have to do the talking thing.'
'You blew off class to make out with Bible Boy? And you haven't even made up? Rory that's not something you would do.'
'I know that's what I told him but I couldn't help it, it's like I can't control myself around him.'
'Well you need to get some control and fast.'
'Mom, I don't need a lecture right now, please, I need you to be Lorelai.'
'Okay, I guess I can do that but just promise me, no more cutting class for making out, not until you have made up first.' She grinned.
'Well I don't plan on fighting with him a lot but I'll take it under advisement.'
'Okay, now spill, I want to know all of the details.'
'He knows I was upset and we're going to talk, I just told him that I need time to figure stuff out before we talk.'
'Good move, did you figure anything out?'
'I think so, I want to try and make this work, y'know, I really do but I won't be able to if things keep going like they're going.'
'Which is what way?'
'Well at the moment, we're in lust, but I want to get it past that stage not that I mind the lust, but I want an emotional connection too.'
'Wow, I'm impressed Ror, I really am. Most people want the lust stage to last forever.'
'I do, don't get me wrong but it's like, while we're in the lust stage, all we do is...make out.' Rory paused before the words make out, she really didn't want to tell her mom what exactly they did, even though she knew Lorelai knew.
'Nice save,' Lorelai said sarcastically.
'What should I do?' Rory asked, ignoring her mom's comment.
'Babe, I can't tell you that, only you know that answer. Just bare in mind, the pill won't work for another two weeks.'
Rory paled, she had forgotten that little fact. She racked her brain trying to think, did Tristan use protection that morning? She couldn't remember. She figured it would be something she'd remember but then again, she had been freaking out about other things at the time. Luke brought over their food and Rory ate the rest of the meal in silence after dinner, Lorelai suggested getting a movie and having a girl's night in, ironically enough, she picked the one movie that led Rory to think about the person she was trying to not think about.
'Since when do you like the Shawshank Redemption?' she asked her mom.
'Since always, it's a great film and it's funny and I just do.'
'Okay, it was your turn to choose so I've no choice but to go along with it.'
'Right you are.' Lorelai jeered, settling down on the couch with the Ben and Jerry's and the remote.
* Rory looked at the clock, it was nearly eleven. She turned off the TV and woke up her mother. They said goodnight and her mom went upstairs to bed. Rory went to her room and changed into her a tank top and shorts, it was still pretty warm, being early September. She got into bed and tried desperately to sleep. It didn't come easily but just as she was drifting off, she heard a noise. She ignored it at first but when it came again, she stood up and moved to the window to look outside. Standing outside her window, was none other than Tristan.
'Tristan, what the hell are you doing here?'
'Lovely to see you too Mary.' He grinned.
Rory rolled her eyes before stepping aside and letting him in. out of habit, when he steeped into the room, they kissed in hello. It wasn't one of their normal kisses however, it was sweet and chaste.
'Sorry, I know it's late but I had to talk to you.' He told her.
'It's not too late.' Rory conceded.
'Have you thought about things or do you need more time?' he asked, cutting to the chase.
'I've thought about things.'
'And?' Tristan pressed.
'I'm placing a ban on all sex.' She said quickly, but slow enough for Tristan to hear.
Tristan's face literally fell.
'What? How? Why? Wh-'
'Just listen. Part of my freak out this morning was due to the whole sex issue, don't get me wrong, I love it and we are amazing together but it feels like that's all it is and if we want this to work, we need to slow it down a bit.'
Rory sat on the bed and Tristan knelt down in front of her. He took Rory's hands and looked at her with huge puppy dog eyes.
'Slow it down, sure but stop all sex altogether?'
Rory couldn't help but smile at his reaction, he looked so adorable, kind of like Johnny Depp on learning Keira Knightly had destroyed the rum in Pirates of the Caribbean. 'Tristan, is this about sex for you or do you want something meaningful out of it, because that letter and the stuff you said in New York-'
'Rory, I want meaningful, don't get me wrong, I meant everything I said but be realistic here, I can't keep my hands off of you.'
Rory blushed at the obvious compliment and Tristan kissed her. He pushed forward and Rory began to lean back, falling onto the bed. Tristan's hands found her flat stomach under her top and they began an intense exploration of her torso, with the one aim of changing her mind on the sex ban. Suddenly Rory stiffened and pulled away. Tristan sighed tiredly but sat up, breaking contact with her.
'I meant it Tristan, no sex.'
'I know you meant it but I meant what I said too.'
'I'm sorry but you don't have much choice in the matter.'
'Why is this such a big deal?' he asked, frustrated.
'Because it is,' Rory cried standing up 'you know you were my first Tristan, I'm not going to lie, you are the only- but we never did the dating thing. We bickered and fought until the night before you move to London and then, we sleep together. Believe me, I don't regret it, I never will but a year later we meet again, after no contact, and immediately we jump into bed-'
'Hey, that was you're idea, not mine.' Tristan defended himself.
'I know, but, it's hard okay, it's hard to get my head around, I'm just really confused. In all honesty, did what we did this morning seem like something I would do?'
'No but-'
'Please Tristan, just trust me on this one, it's not forever but we'll try it for a few weeks anyway. I think reality didn't hit me until last night and that just adds to the confusion.'
'What reality?'
'That you're not mine, I mean I knew but when she called last night, it just hit me, I can't be you're girlfriend in the way I want to be because someone else has that position and is quite proud of it, and me, I'm the villain in all of this. I'm like the mistress.'
'Mistress? I think you're being a bit melodramatic.'
'Maybe I am, but that's how it feels.'
'You didn't exactly walk into this blindfolded Rory, you knew the deal.'
'I know, and it's my hang up. Don't be mad Tristan.'
'I'm not mad.' He told her, although his voice sounded forced and he didn't meet her eyes. 'My girlfriend doesn't want to sleep with me and on top of that, she's upset with me for something I have no control over, I mean what do I have to be mad about?'
Tristan stood up and walked to the door, he opened it and was about to leave whn Rory called his name.
'Tristan...'
'Night Rory, you should get some sleep, wouldn't want to be the cause for more stress on your part.' Without another word, Tristan walked out of the room and found his way to the front door which he slammed on his ay out.
Rory started crying after the door shut and a minute later, Lorelai came rushing into her room, after hearing the door slam.
'Rory honey, what's wrong?'
'He, he got mad when I said that I-' whatever she was about to say got cut off by the sobs racking her body. Wordlessly, Lorelai embraced her daughter and pulled her down on the bed, holding her as she cried herself to sleep.
A/N: well, there you have it, hope ye like, a little tension to end it on for the moment, next update will be in a few days, Laughter and Tears will be the next to be updated! Let me know what you thought!