Tristan spotted Rory walking back to her dorm after class and ran
over to her.
"So I was thinking..."
"The world must be coming to an end. Tristan DuGrey...thinking."
"C'mon, Rory," Tristan through her off by calling her by her real name. "You and me should go to this nice little French Café then out for some coffee and cheesecake at a little bakery I know around here."
"You mean...a date?"
"If you want to be technical...yes."
"I don't know, Tristan. I'm not like the girls you usually date."
He knew that all too well; most girls would jump at any opportunity to be near him. She was different, even on her first day at Chilton she was immune to his charm. Tristan had often wondered if he only wanted her because she was the one he couldn't have. But he knew there was more to it than that...much more. With a few smiles and a lot of talking, Tristan convinced Rory to let him take her out Saturday night. Rory accepted thinking she had a few days to get out of it. If only he'd said Friday, then she could simply "forget" about dinner with the grandparents until Friday afternoon. Rory wasn't like that though; she wouldn't lie even if it was to Tristan.
Friday night came and Rory was back in Stars Hollow with her mother getting ready for dinner. Lorelai kept mentioning Dean, but Rory knew it was over for good this time. Most of Lorelai's time had been spent with Luke at Luke's so she heard everything that Jess and Dean talked about. Besides Miss Patty telling stories about everyone and everything. Rory couldn't get away from the Stars Hollow drama...she knew that before she even left. She told her mother about her date Saturday night and Lorelai looked confused.
"Spawn of Satan, Tristan? Blonde kid, very attractive, was Romeo to your Juliet?"
"That's the one. I don't know, mom, he kissed me again and ... wow."
"You got the butterflies."
Lorelai saw the look on her daughter's face and knew that she couldn't talk her out of this date. She just thought how Tristan better take care of her if he knew what was good for him. Lorelai could just bring out her Lorena Bobbitt side. The girls left Stars Hollow and headed for the grandparents in Hartford.
The dinners had been quiet all summer because of Emily and Richard's separation. Rory would speak to her grandfather all the time because they had a very close relationship.
"Rory, I spoke to a good friend of mine from my Yale days last night. He told me that his grandson transferred from Princeton to Yale...maybe you know him," Richard stated during dinner.
"What's his name?"
"Tristan DuGrey?"
Rory and Lorelai just looked at each other.
"I'm guessing you do know him?"
"Rory has a date with him tomorrow night," Lorelai chipped in.
"We knew each other at Chilton, though we didn't get along very well."
"Well Janlan DuGrey has been a good friend of mine for years. If his grandson's anything like him, I'm sure he's very much a gentleman."
Rory didn't respond to that. The Tristan that she knew wasn't a gentleman...he did kiss her twice in the past week without her wanting him to. The kiss though, it was replaying in Rory's mind ever since it happened. She only wanted to kiss him again to feel the chills and the butterflies. Saturday was going to be a very interesting night.
The rest of dinner was pretty quiet, Lorelai could tell there was something going through her daughter's head and knew that it had something to do with Tristan. She wasn't sure where the change occurred...when he switched from being the "spawn of Satan" to a dateable guy. Dean was such a good kid, but Jess was a bad boy. Lorelai never liked Rory dating Jess – but it was never her place to say. This guy...this Tristan DuGrey, he was probably somewhere in the middle. Already Lorelai didn't like him and wasn't too sure she wanted Rory dating him.
On the car ride home, Lorelai started questioning her daughter. Rory seemed almost as skeptical about the date and about Tristan as Lorelai was. But Lorelai knew that there was something other than the kiss that was pushing Rory towards Tristan.
"Mom, do you remember that day at Romeo and Juliet...when Tristan left for military school?"
"Yes. Tristan said goodbye to you before you left."
"He told me that if Dean wasn't there, he would've kissed me. I realized I wanted him to kiss me."
"It's your decision, babe, but I'm not sure I like this guy."
"Grandpa would approve. He told me at that awful birthday party that Grandma threw for me."
"He better be good to you or else he'll have me to deal with."
"I know, mom."
After arriving back at the house in Stars Hollow, Rory got a few things together and left for Yale. She found Paris in the dorm still awake not expecting Rory to be home.
"Paris, you look a little preoccupied."
"It's nothing."
"You know you can tell me."
"Well...there's this guy..."
"Is he under 50?"
"Yes, Rory," Paris laughs. "He's in my Criminal Justice class, his name's Alex and he's brilliant, attractive, funny..."
"So what's the problem?"
"He reminds me of Jamie."
Paris' ex wasn't a name that was mentioned often between the two girls. She had left him after cheating on him with Professor Fleming. Jamie had caused so much in Paris' life and she truly did love him. Was she only attracted to this guy because he was, in her head, another Jamie? Rory and Paris overanalyzed everything before going to sleep that night.
The next morning, Paris' mind was finally working again and she realized that Rory came home on a Friday night. Usually weekends were spent home, catching up with Lorelai and Lane and other small town things.
"Rory...what are you doing here?"
"What? I live here."
"No, I mean on a weekend...you came home last night."
"I umm...I have a date tonight."
"With Tristan?"
"Kinda."
That's all that needed to be said. Paris told Rory that she'd help get ready, she knew it was going to be a night to remember. While Rory was trying to pick out an outfit, there was a knock at the door.
"Alex?"
Rory looked out the door to see Paris standing at the door with a boy that could've been Jamie's brother. Paris started to develop a giddy, school girl look on her face and Rory knew that she was going to be like this for a while. Alex was invited in and he and Paris sat down on the couch and talked. It had been a while since Rory saw Paris they way she was, most likely since she first met Jamie at that conference.
Hours past by and Rory finished getting ready herself because Paris wasn't too much of a help. Rory didn't blame her though; she was caught up in her own love life. At exactly seven there was a knock on the door again. Rory walked out of her room in a small black, spaghetti strap dress that complimented her perfectly, and just a little make up to bring out her natural features.
She answered the door and Tristan couldn't make a sound. She looked beautiful, he couldn't remember ever seeing such a magnificent sight.
"So I was thinking..."
"The world must be coming to an end. Tristan DuGrey...thinking."
"C'mon, Rory," Tristan through her off by calling her by her real name. "You and me should go to this nice little French Café then out for some coffee and cheesecake at a little bakery I know around here."
"You mean...a date?"
"If you want to be technical...yes."
"I don't know, Tristan. I'm not like the girls you usually date."
He knew that all too well; most girls would jump at any opportunity to be near him. She was different, even on her first day at Chilton she was immune to his charm. Tristan had often wondered if he only wanted her because she was the one he couldn't have. But he knew there was more to it than that...much more. With a few smiles and a lot of talking, Tristan convinced Rory to let him take her out Saturday night. Rory accepted thinking she had a few days to get out of it. If only he'd said Friday, then she could simply "forget" about dinner with the grandparents until Friday afternoon. Rory wasn't like that though; she wouldn't lie even if it was to Tristan.
Friday night came and Rory was back in Stars Hollow with her mother getting ready for dinner. Lorelai kept mentioning Dean, but Rory knew it was over for good this time. Most of Lorelai's time had been spent with Luke at Luke's so she heard everything that Jess and Dean talked about. Besides Miss Patty telling stories about everyone and everything. Rory couldn't get away from the Stars Hollow drama...she knew that before she even left. She told her mother about her date Saturday night and Lorelai looked confused.
"Spawn of Satan, Tristan? Blonde kid, very attractive, was Romeo to your Juliet?"
"That's the one. I don't know, mom, he kissed me again and ... wow."
"You got the butterflies."
Lorelai saw the look on her daughter's face and knew that she couldn't talk her out of this date. She just thought how Tristan better take care of her if he knew what was good for him. Lorelai could just bring out her Lorena Bobbitt side. The girls left Stars Hollow and headed for the grandparents in Hartford.
The dinners had been quiet all summer because of Emily and Richard's separation. Rory would speak to her grandfather all the time because they had a very close relationship.
"Rory, I spoke to a good friend of mine from my Yale days last night. He told me that his grandson transferred from Princeton to Yale...maybe you know him," Richard stated during dinner.
"What's his name?"
"Tristan DuGrey?"
Rory and Lorelai just looked at each other.
"I'm guessing you do know him?"
"Rory has a date with him tomorrow night," Lorelai chipped in.
"We knew each other at Chilton, though we didn't get along very well."
"Well Janlan DuGrey has been a good friend of mine for years. If his grandson's anything like him, I'm sure he's very much a gentleman."
Rory didn't respond to that. The Tristan that she knew wasn't a gentleman...he did kiss her twice in the past week without her wanting him to. The kiss though, it was replaying in Rory's mind ever since it happened. She only wanted to kiss him again to feel the chills and the butterflies. Saturday was going to be a very interesting night.
The rest of dinner was pretty quiet, Lorelai could tell there was something going through her daughter's head and knew that it had something to do with Tristan. She wasn't sure where the change occurred...when he switched from being the "spawn of Satan" to a dateable guy. Dean was such a good kid, but Jess was a bad boy. Lorelai never liked Rory dating Jess – but it was never her place to say. This guy...this Tristan DuGrey, he was probably somewhere in the middle. Already Lorelai didn't like him and wasn't too sure she wanted Rory dating him.
On the car ride home, Lorelai started questioning her daughter. Rory seemed almost as skeptical about the date and about Tristan as Lorelai was. But Lorelai knew that there was something other than the kiss that was pushing Rory towards Tristan.
"Mom, do you remember that day at Romeo and Juliet...when Tristan left for military school?"
"Yes. Tristan said goodbye to you before you left."
"He told me that if Dean wasn't there, he would've kissed me. I realized I wanted him to kiss me."
"It's your decision, babe, but I'm not sure I like this guy."
"Grandpa would approve. He told me at that awful birthday party that Grandma threw for me."
"He better be good to you or else he'll have me to deal with."
"I know, mom."
After arriving back at the house in Stars Hollow, Rory got a few things together and left for Yale. She found Paris in the dorm still awake not expecting Rory to be home.
"Paris, you look a little preoccupied."
"It's nothing."
"You know you can tell me."
"Well...there's this guy..."
"Is he under 50?"
"Yes, Rory," Paris laughs. "He's in my Criminal Justice class, his name's Alex and he's brilliant, attractive, funny..."
"So what's the problem?"
"He reminds me of Jamie."
Paris' ex wasn't a name that was mentioned often between the two girls. She had left him after cheating on him with Professor Fleming. Jamie had caused so much in Paris' life and she truly did love him. Was she only attracted to this guy because he was, in her head, another Jamie? Rory and Paris overanalyzed everything before going to sleep that night.
The next morning, Paris' mind was finally working again and she realized that Rory came home on a Friday night. Usually weekends were spent home, catching up with Lorelai and Lane and other small town things.
"Rory...what are you doing here?"
"What? I live here."
"No, I mean on a weekend...you came home last night."
"I umm...I have a date tonight."
"With Tristan?"
"Kinda."
That's all that needed to be said. Paris told Rory that she'd help get ready, she knew it was going to be a night to remember. While Rory was trying to pick out an outfit, there was a knock at the door.
"Alex?"
Rory looked out the door to see Paris standing at the door with a boy that could've been Jamie's brother. Paris started to develop a giddy, school girl look on her face and Rory knew that she was going to be like this for a while. Alex was invited in and he and Paris sat down on the couch and talked. It had been a while since Rory saw Paris they way she was, most likely since she first met Jamie at that conference.
Hours past by and Rory finished getting ready herself because Paris wasn't too much of a help. Rory didn't blame her though; she was caught up in her own love life. At exactly seven there was a knock on the door again. Rory walked out of her room in a small black, spaghetti strap dress that complimented her perfectly, and just a little make up to bring out her natural features.
She answered the door and Tristan couldn't make a sound. She looked beautiful, he couldn't remember ever seeing such a magnificent sight.