Everything
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Summary: When Rory Hayden comes back to Chilton, she still sees Tristan Dugrey as her brother's annoying friend that won't seem to leave her alone. But when opinions change, friendships can form, and maybe, it could become something more.
Good to know: Rory went to school in England for a year, then comes back to Chilton for her senior year. She hangs out with her old friends. Lorelai and Christopher are married and they live in Hartford. Dean and Jess don't exist; she's not friends with Paris.
Rating: PG13
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Chapter 11
"So, when are we gunna tell them?" Rory asked Tristan after pulling away from a kiss. They were sitting in Tristan's car in front of Amber's house.
"About us?" he asked, trailing a line of kisses down her neck.
"What else?"
"Do we have to tell them?"
"Well, yea, eventually. They already know something's up." she paused before adding, "I mean, it's funny seeing them squirm and everything. Like they know something's going on but they don't quite know what. But we should tell them at least by the end of...the... we-eeeek." She was finding it increasingly difficult to talk due to Tristan's lips sucking at the base of her neck.
"So I guess we should get ready for a bunch of 'finally's', 'it's about time's' and 'I told you so's', right?"
Rory furrowed her brow. "I get the 'I told you so' part, but I don't know about the 'finally' and 'it's about time'."
"Well let's just say they may have been trying to give us a little push in the right direction for a while now."
"Huh?"
Wow. She really was oblivious to everything.
He shook his head and let out a light chuckle. "Nevermind."
"No, tell me."
"It's nothing." he said, kissing the corner of her mouth.
"Tristan,"
"Really, it's nothing."
"I'll get it out of you somehow, you know."
"Until then."
Rory stuck out her bottom lip in a pout. For a moment Tristan was tempted to just explain it all to her, but decided that a good way to keep them both from saying anything was to just kiss her. A much more productive use of time.
The eight teenagers sat in the Cole living room awaiting Tristan and Rory's arrival.
"Should we tell them?" April asked softly.
"I don't want to..." Chelsea trailed off.
"But we should." Josh stated.
They nodded their heads wordlessly.
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Rory and Tristan stood by the front door.
"So I'm not going to be able to touch you all night?" Tristan asked.
"Not unless they know about us, and I'm not read to tell them quite yet." Rory said.
"Fine, but one more kiss."
Rory stood up on her tippy toes and pressed her lips against his, but pulled away shortly afterwards before she got lost in the kiss.
"Later."
"Rory," he whined.
"They're waiting for us." she pointed out.
Then, as if to justify her statement, the door swung open to reveal Amber.
"Hey, we saw your car in the driveway; figured you'd be here by now. What took you guys so long?" Amber inquired as they entered the house.
"Oh, we just got caught up in traffic." Tristan lied. She seemed to accept this, though in her mind she knew very well that there was no traffic, she hated not knowing what was going on.
"Hey guys." Rory said, walking into the living room where everyone was just picking at their pizza.
"...so then the bear said to the duck, 'tricked you!'" Kelly finished the 'joke' with an over enthusiastic laugh; the others followed suit while Rory and Tristan just smiled and let out a fake chuckle.
The topic at hand had been avoided all night, therefore causing them to talk about various pointless topics and crack jokes that were far from funny.
The teenagers lapsed into silence after the laughter had died down.
"Okay," Rory finally said, "is somebody going to tell me what's going on here or are we gunna have to play Twenty Questions?"
They remained still and silent. Tristan, on the other hand, was twitching in his seat. Rory was just sitting a few feet away. He knew it would be hard for him to keep his hands off of her; hell, he had been forced to resist the urge for years, granted he hadn't even been allowed to touch her up until last night, but now that he was, it was harder than ever...
Before Rory could question her friends again, Tristan cleared his throat and said, "Ror, could I talk to you for a moment?"
She was about to protest, wanting to know exactly what they were hiding from her, but decided against it when she saw Tristan's face; she stifled a giggle.
"Kay."
They got up and headed towards one of the rooms. When they had reached it Rory had barely closed the door behind her when Tristan pushed her up against it, his lips attacking hers, she immediately responded and wrapped her arms around his neck.
When oxygen became a necessity, they pulled away reluctantly.
"You have no idea how badly I've been wanting to do that all night." he said breathlessly.
"I am pretty irresistible, aren't I?" she smirked.
"Ahh, I see I've rubbed off on you."
She shrugged. "Maybe a little."
He kissed her again, and they slowly made their way to the couch, never breaking contact.
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"You know we are going to have to tell them sometime tonight, right?" Mike questioned.
Silence.
"Helloooo? Anybody listening?"
April sighed. "Yea, yea, we know."
There were murmurs of agreement.
"What's taking them so long anyways?" Chelsea asked.
"I don't know, maybe I should go get them, you know, just get everything over and done with. The sooner the better." Amber said, getting up from her spot on the floor.
"You might be interrupting something." Kelly hissed.
They all gave her an odd look.
"What? You never know..."
Amber rolled her eyes as she went towards the room Tristan and Rory had entered. When she reached it, she muttered to herself, "Knowing Rory, it's gunna take those two a little longer than planned."
She opened the door and gaped at the scene before her: Tristan and Rory in a very compromising position. He was on top of her on the couch and they were making out like a couple of normal, horny teenagers. Okay, so maybe that wasn't anything new for Tristan; but Rory...
"Or not..."
Tristan and Rory were too preoccupied to notice their guest.
A few moments later, Amber slipped silently out of the room, reentered the living room and stood behind the couch, placing her hands on the back rest, still in a state of shock.
Her friends waited expectantly for her to say something, but got nothing.
'Okay. Think. Process. Focus. Tristan... Rory... couch...'
"Uhhhh, Amber?" a voice questioned; interrupting her thoughts.
She looked up and blinked at Danny.
"You okay?"
Hesitantly, she said, "Ummm, they- we can't-"
Before Amber could finish her sentence Tristan and Rory walked into the room -not looking one bit flushed or disheveled- and resumed their positions on the couch.
"Yea, I just had to ask Rory something about... something." Tristan said. Rory nodded her head in agreement.
"Ummm, okaaay," Danny said, "Listen we have something to tell you..." he trailed off as he saw Amber flailing her arms around, shaking her head vigorously and mouthing the words 'NO!' behind them. Danny looked at the others who stared blankly back at him, while Rory and Tristan waited for him to continue.
Danny sighed, now was a better time than any, whether he or Amber or anyone else liked it or not, they had to know.
"You see-" he was cut off by Amber.
"It's just so great that you two finally GOT TOGETHER!!!!" she yelled, stressing the last two words boldly and giving Danny a look.
Everyone was quiet. Out of all the things they had expected Amber to say, that was definitely not one of them.
Tristan and Rory figured she had probably caught them making out in the room or something. 'I knew I should've locked the door.'
The others sat there silently. Not knowing whether to feel ecstatic or totally screwed. It was great that they had finally got their act together, really great, greater than great. But how were they suppose to tell them about Nick now?
After a while, Rory hesitantly said to Tristan, "Guess we won't have to worry about telling them anymore." They smiled at each other; Tristan grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze.
Ecstatic it was.
"This is so totally awesome!" Kelly squealed; and the round of 'finally's', 'I told you so's', and 'It's about time's' started.
Then Charlie looked out the window and caught a glimpse of a dark figure walking across the street.
Okay... ecstatically screwed.