Sorry it took so long to update but here it is finally. Big thanks for to all the reviewers.
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CHAPTER 14
Lorelei had finally arrived at the apartment at 9:30. Tristan had picked her up at the airport himself and had taken her to get some coffee on the way. She was really surprised at the size of the apartment and was glad that her daughter had such a nice place to live.
The both sat in the living room, waiting for Rory to finish her shift and to get home.
"So, Tristan, how have you two been getting along?" she asked him bluntly.
"Well, it's been great actually. We weren't exactly the best of friend in high school but we're now getting to be very good friends." He told her pretty honestly.
"I remember her telling me what a flirt you were back at Chilton."
"Yeah well, I was young then, now I've changed."
"Ok. It was nice of you to invite me here. You do know that Rory will be absolutely ecstatic when she realizes what's going on. You'll be her best friend in the world. Well, after me of course."
"It's the least I can do. She's been so sad lately, I just want to see her happy."
Lorelei just couldn't help but notice the gleam in his eyes when this man talked about her daughter. She just knew that he had stronger feelings for her. How could Rory not know this? This guy was crazy about her. Was her daughter really that blind? She'd have to have a serious talk with her daughter about this guy.
"I think you should go hide in Rory's room. She should be here any minute."
"Ok, going!"
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"What's going on Rory, nice run?"
Ha! Funny! I just couldn't wait for the surprise. What is it? Where is it? Tell me now please?" "Don't you think you should change first? You should wear something comfortable, something casual."
"Whatever you say." And she ran to her room.
"Oh, my GOD!!!! Mom?" she jumped into her mothers' arms and into the biggest hug ever. "What are you doing here? When did you get here? What about the inn?"
"Slow down honey. I just came to see you." Lorelei told her daughter.
"How though?" she asked a little confused. "I didn't see your car outside."
"Well, I flew in. First class might I add."
"First class? But how?" The whole thing was just getting more and more confusing to her.
"So, how do you like your surprise?" She heard coming from the doorway.
"You did this Tristan?" she asked as she went closer to him.
"I thought it would be nice for you to see your mom."
She put her arms around his neck and gave him the biggest hug possible. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, this means a lot to me." She kissed his cheek and stepped away.
He wished he could've held her forever. It made him so happy when he saw that happy look on her face.
"By the way Ror, you have the next three days off so that you can spend some time with your mom."
"Thanks again Tris." She smiled at him.
"Well, I'll let you two talk, I'm exhausted. See you two in the morning. It's good to see you smile Ror."
He walked away then and went to bed. He had cheered her up for now and that made him happy. Sleep came easily that night and so did his dreams of Rory.
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Back in Rory's room the girls were just settling in for a long night of chatting and junk food eating. It had only been a month or so since they'd seen each other but a lot of things could happen in a month. They had a lot of things to talk about."So hun, Tristan told me that you were kind of sad lately, want to tell mommy about it?"
"Oh mommy! Everything's been so crazy. Did you hear about Dean and Lindsey back home?"
"So that's what this is all about? Dean?"
"Mom, he lied to me. He told me he would leave her but now that she's pregnant well he decided to stay with her. It was stupid of me to ever mess with a married man."
"Oh hun, I'm so sorry." Lorelei said hugging her daughter tighter."
"It's not like I really loved him it's just that I believed what he said. I thought that if he really left his wife for me then I'd eventually love him."
"Ok, so why'd you sleep with him in the first place if you didn't love him?"
"This whole year has been kind of lonely for me. I was in a new school, away from home and I felt alone. Paris had Asher, Jess was gone, you were back in stars Hollow and you had Jason. Then when Dean started talking to me again and we started to become friends I realized that if he left his wife then I wouldn't be as lonely because I'd have him. I was just so stupid."
"Hun, why didn't you tell me about all this? You didn't have to go through all of it on your own."
"I know, Now I've given my virginity away to someone I don't even want to be with. I was supposed to wait for the guy I loved and now it's all ruined."
Rory was crying now and all Lorelei could do was hold her and stroke her hair.
"I know it was important to you hun but you know what? When you do meet that guy and you two fall in love there will be a first time for the two of you. That in it self will count for a lot. Just think of this experience with Dean as mistake from which you learned a very good life lesson."
"Mmhmm I guess, but I still think I was stupid." She said between sobs. I'm so glad you're here mom."
"I'm glad I'm here too baby. We'll have to thank Tristan some more for this."
"Yeah but I'm sure he'll remind me a lot of the good deed he did." She was now smiling a little which was a good sign.
"Now Rory, is he really that bad?"
"Actually he would have been that way back in high school but I really think he's changed for the best. He's a nice guy now, mostly."
"He's changed huh? Well, that's good."
Lorelei could see that her daughter had some kind of feelings for a certain guy who slept in the other room. She just hoped that whatever happened it didn't end up hurting her daughter some more. She had really been through enough.
They talked some more about small stuff. Lorelei had something big to tell her daughter but she was unsure of how she would react. She decided to wait until the next day. After all it was getting pretty late, or early depending on how she looked at it and her daughter had fallen asleep.
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A/N: Sorry this chapter kind of sucks, I'm just having a hard time with this story lately. I know where I'm going but I'm unsure of how to get there. Please review.