AN: This fic may seem familiar to some; I wrote it over a year ago, but stopped. Now I'm back! Anyway, I changed the formant, so I hope you guys like it. One last thing: this story wouldn't be possible without Miel and Jessica- you guys are totally awesome! Without any further interruptions I now present my very first fic.
DISCLAIMER: DON'T OWN ANYTHING!
PROLOGUE: END OF A FAIRY TALE
Perfect! That was the one word that Tristan DuGrey would use to describe his life. In his opinion he had the prefect wife, a loving home environment, the prefect job, a good relationship with his father and a close knit group of friends and love ones. He never thought that his life could get any better, until his loving wife, Rory Gilmore-DuGrey, told him she was pregnant. He always wanted children, and to have them with the woman who held his heart completely was more than he could have imagined.
Tonight he, and his wife, was celebrating the new addition to their family, along with Rory's promotion to senior staff write at the New York Times. All their family and close friends were gathered around the dinning table at Tristan and Rory's house in Hartford, to take part in the celebration, with the happy couple.
Tristan looked around the table, noticed that everyone was nearly finished with their dinners, before standing up. He was beyond happy and he wanted to share his happiness with everyone, as well as, thank the love of his life for providing him with happiness. Tapping his dinner knife against his glass, he drew everyone's attention towards him.
"I want to thank every for being here, to celebrate Rory's promotion and pregnancy," he turns to Rory to continue with the rest of his speech. "I'm proud of you Rory Gilmore-DuGrey. You're the best thing that has happened to me, and I love you with all my heart. You have given me so much already, now you're given me a child- making me the happiest man a live." At this point Rory has tears gentle fall down her face. Tristan saw this and gently wiped them away while whispering to her not to cry.
Rory covered his hand with one of her own, while leaning into his touch. "Oh, Tristan. I'd blame hormones for the sudden waterworks but you still know how to get to me," she referred to her sudden surge of pride she felt for her husband.
"Aww, Aren't they the cutest and sweetest things?" Lorelai said, wiping a fake tear off her cheek.
Tristan and Rory, along with some guests laugh, while her mother, Emily gave her a disapproving stare.
Turning back to the table Tristan continued with his speech, before he got distracted. "Alright Lorelai, we get it. We were getting to mushy for you to handle. So, back to the toast. Everyone left you glass. To Rory, the greatest woman alive."
"TO RORY!" Everyone around the table cheered.
"SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH!" chants Lorelai, gaining everyone's attention.
"MOM" Rory replied, not liking being put on the spot.
"What? Tristan made a speech, well before he got mushy anyway, but he still made one; so now's your turn. Do me proud, daughter of mine."
"Okay, okay, well…" She started, not really knowing what to say. The doorbell rang that moment, giving Rory a reprieve from making her speech.
"I thought everyone you invited was here?" Rory asked Tristan.
"They are. I wonder who that could be?" said Tristan.
"Well wonder no more," Rory said as their dining room doors opened revealing their maid, followed by a man in a dark suit.
"I'm sorry Mr. And Mrs. DuGrey, but he said that it was important, and that it couldn't wait," said their maid as she led the man further into the room.
"It's all right Anne, you can go now," Rory says to the maid, turning to the visitor, she continues, "What can we do for you, sir?"
"Are you Lorelai Gilmore-DuGrey?" he asked.
"Yes." She identified herself.
He walked over to her, and took out an envelope, and handed it to her. "Consider yourself served." He informed her, before turning around, walking out the door, and leaving everyone in shock.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Tristan screamed. He took the envelope from Rory's hands started to read its contents.
Upon hearing Tristan's reaction, everyone started to come over their shock. Lorelai was the first one to respond.
"Who the hell would be suing my baby?"
Emily, coming to the logical conclusion said, "It's probably someone she did an article on, who thought she slandered them, which is just preposterous. In any case they won't win."
Soon everyone at the table started voicing out their own opinions on the matter, not paying attention to Tristan, who had lost all color in his face. Everyone that is, except Rory.
"Tristan. Honey, it can't be that bad," Rory said, trying comfort to him, truly believing that whatever was in those documents were not as bad as he was making it out to be.
Not saying a word, he continued to go through the subpoena paying little attention to Rory. Seeing this, she tried again.
"TRISTAN!" she cried out louder, drawing everyone's attention, except Tristan's.
"Tristan, you're starting to scare me."
He still hadn't spoken.
"Tristan, say something! It can't be that bad!" Rory said.
For the first time since he took the documents from her, he looked at her. All the love that Rory is used to seeing was gone. For the first time in years, she was unable to read him. Rory took a step towards him, but he backed up.
"I have to get out of here!" He said, in a voice that no one recognized, before he bolted out the door. Everyone sat still and listened as the front door slammed, and Tristan's car sped out the driveway. Rory picked up the papers that Tristan dropped, and skimmed through them. All the color drained from her face, and her gasp draws everyone's attention to her.
"Oh God," she said as she, too, ran out of the dining room. Everyone soon heard the slamming of a door upstairs. Richard Gilmore, Rory's grandfather, got up and collected the documents and started to go through them. Everyone turned to him.
"What is it for, Richard?" she asked, dying to know what could be so bad as to chase both Tristan and Rory out the room.
"It's for a paternity test." He responded off handedly, still engrossed in the document.
Upon hearing this, Lorelai got up from her chair.
"What a load of crap he dumped here," she stated heatedly. She was beyond upset that her son-in-law fed them a song and dance when he was two-faced about his affairs with Rory.
"Lorelai... " Richard stared, wanting to stop his daughter from overacting, so that he could finish.
"But she was not having any of it.
"DON'T LORELAI ME DAD! HE HAS THE NERVE TO STAND HER JUST MINUTES AGO, PROCLAIMING HOW MUCH HE LOVES HER, WHEN HE HAS BEEN CAROUSING ANOTHER HUSSY BEHIND RORY'S BACK!"
"Lorelai, will you calm down…"
"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN! HE HAS BEEN CHEATING ON HIS WIFE, MY DAUGTHER, YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER, AND YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN! I WILL NOT CALM DOWN!"
Wanting to get to the bottom of this and getting tried of Lorelai's outburst, Emily stepped in.
"Lorelai, your father's right. You need to calm down."
Not believing that her mother was so calm about that, she turned her anger towards her. "NO I WILL NOT CALM DOWN. YOU SHOULD BE ANGRY LIKE I AM. WHY AREN'T YOU UPSET?"
"We are, but…"
"BUT? NO BUTS! YOU SHOULD WANT TO KILL HIM LIKE I DO FOR WHAT HE DID TO RORY!"
Getting fed up at his daughter for jumping to conclusions and not allowing him to finish, Richard yelled, "HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"
This of course shocked everyone, and enraged Lorelai even more. She couldn't believe that her father, Rory's own grandfather, condoned such actions. She knew affairs were common in Hartford society, and people just looked the other way when accusations like these went flying. But, she never thought that her parents, who have had a faithful relationship for so long, would condone such actions taken against their only grandchild.
"I KNOW HARTFORD SOCIETY HAS THEIR OWN RULES, AND MORAL CODES, BUT THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN JUSTIFITY HIS ACTIONS!"
Richard took a deep breath, while Lorelai continued to yell at him, knowing what he's about to say will hurt his daughter greatly.
"THE SUIT IS NOT FOR TRISTAN, BUT FOR RORY," He yelled over Lorelai's voice, shocking her and everyone else in the room, once again.
"What?" Emily asks, barely finding her voice.
"Someone is claiming to be the rightful father of Rory's unborn child." Richard answered, finding this ordeal surreal.
Knowing that her daughter would not do this to Tristan, Lorelai was quick to defend her.
"That's impossible. Rory would never do that to Tristan."
"Well, according to this, this man is claiming that he and Rory did sleep together around the time of conception, and the baby could be his."
"He's lying. Whoever it is lying," Lorelai insisted, still defending her daughter.
"Does it say who this man is?" Emily asked, wanting a name for the man that could quite possible destroy her granddaughter's marriage.
Hesitating for a second, Richard looked straight at Lorelai before saying, "The man who's claiming paternity of Rory's child is Jess Mariano."
At that mention of Jess' name Lorelai turned pale, and fell back on her seat. She had sensed that something had happened between the two; they weren't as close as they were before. But never in her life had she expected it. If it was any other guy, she would be still defending Rory, but it wasn't. It was Jess. The fact that Jess thinks that he could be father of Rory's baby, erases all doubts that Lorelai had that the paternity suit was a joke. Now, not only were the future of Rory's marriage in question, but also the father of her child.
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