AN: hey everyone, so I tried very hard to get this out in time for Tinkledpink's birthday (the 13th) because apparently it would make it better. :-D So happy birthday to you tickledpink! Ok so thanks you so much to all who reviewed! It is greatly appreciated and it just makes my day. It was also part of the reason I got this chapter out in time. So please continue to review! Hope you enjoy.
Evil one:
I just wanted to give you a little present because for some reason Rory appears to be crazy about you, or maybe she is just crazy, just kidding. Well anyways, enclosed is a picture. I knew I could never get Rory to actually send it; it was hard enough to get her to wear that. Anyways it will make sense when you see it. Enjoy, but not too much!
-- The Wonderful Goddess, Lorelai
P.S. if you mention this to Rory you are dead!
Lorelai slid out three pictures from the pack she had picked up earlier. They were of Rory before Lane's gig. One was just Rory standing there, big smile in place, looking all innocent despite her saucy outfit. The next was Rory posing as if she had paused at the end of a runway during a fashion show. The back of her hand rested against her forehead in a 'woe is me' manner. The other Lorelai had snapped without Rory noticing. Rory had been sitting in the gazebo that was in the middle of the town. She had a book in one hand and with the other she was absentmindedly twirling a loose strand of her hair, the rest flowing casually down her back. Balanced on the arm rest of the bench was a cup of coffee with Luke's printed on the side. She was reading intently. It just captured the essence of Rory. As Lorelai sealed the envelope and pressed a stamp to the upper right hand corner she smiled to herself. She was quite proud of her evil plot. She quickly scribbled the address on the envelope and went to put it in the mailbox. She then wandered up to her room to go to bed.
Then next few months droned on. Letters still arrived from Tristan often and she sent them back just as much. He called her every Sunday and they talked about everything under the sun. Tristan had greatly enjoyed the pictures and hadn't mentioned them to Rory, afraid of the wrath of Lorelai. Rory contemplated the summer and what fun the two of them would have. They were both so happy and when they spoke it was if there were no problems in the world. They began to learn everything about every aspect of the other.
Beginning of June
Summer vacation was approaching quickly. Rory was heading home after her last day of finals. She had never been so happy for that the school year was coming to an end. Tristan would be returning for the summer! She was ecstatic and they had been talking about what they would do when they finally reunited. Tristan was busy plotting and planning for their first official date. They hadn't seen each other since December, way too long they both agreed. With each letter and phone call Rory longed to see Tristan more and the same went for him. Rory was falling hard, she just hopped he would be there to catch her before she hit the ground. Rory wandered into Luke's to meet her mom preoccupied with many thoughts, most of that certain blonde.
"Hey mom" Rory said very chipper.
"Hey, how was your last final?"
"Not bad, I thought it would be a lot harder. I'm so happy they are done with though."
"Ya, I could never cope with regular tests, let alone finals."
"I feel we need to do something to celebrate this weekend."
"What did you have in mind?"
"I'm not quite sure. But I'm thinking we can use it to get some extra coffee from Luke, at least for a bit."
"You my daughter are a genius."
"And you're just realizing this?" Rory said arrogantly.
"Oh Lukey!" Lorelai hollered.
"No coffee!" came his automatic response.
"But Rory just finished her last excruciating final and she needs a reward."
"Yah, it was oh so painful." Rory added for emphasis.
"Fine!" Luke gave in causing both Gilmore's to smile triumphantly.
"So how about movie night tomorrow night and then we can go into Hartford on Sunday and go shopping!" Lorelai exclaimed excitedly.
"That's sounds vonderful darling, just vonderful." Rory said putting on a weird accent causing Lorelai to burst into a fit of giggles. Rory soon joined in.
(Saturday night)
That night they went to bed completely dead, after crashing from a sugar high. They next day at around one they were finally ready to go shopping. They stopped at Luke's first to get coffee, and then they were on their way.
They meandered into a store, arm in arm. Rory was in search of some cute some clothes along with a new pair of jeans. Lorelai kept teasing Rory, saying that she only wanted to come so she could get some clothes that would show off her body, for Tristan. Rory of course, would blush and deny it, knowing it was partly true. She did want to look cute for him but, she didn't feel the need to wear skimpy clothing to do so.
"Oh, I'm sure he would love this." Lorelai joked, holding up a scanty top and skirt. The top was a bright red-ish halter, that would have hit above her belly button and the skirt was denim and about two inches long.
"Mom, will you stop it already. You have felt the need to show an outfit like that in every store we go to! When will the madness stop?" Rory replied, trying to seem annoyed but, a smile kept peeking through.
"As soon as you agree to wear one." Lorelai stated seriously. She was having so much fun with this.
"Mom, I'm not going to wear anything like that!" Rory said pointing to the skirt.
Rory wandered through the racks. Grabbing a few things here and there as Lorelai still pushed the halter top plus a few other items she thought would be appreciated by the hot blonde. Rory finally headed towards the dressing rooms with Lorelai in tow. She was still trying to get her to try on the halter, the skirt, a pair of very short shorts, a strapless dress she had found along the way, and a few other items.
"Okay! Fine!" Rory grabbed a plain black shirt from a table and turned back to her mom. "I'll try on two things." Lorelai smiled giddily as she rifled through her stack. Rory continued before her mom could, "but, I get to pick them."
"Fine, fine, I still win."
"Of course, okay now give me the red halter and the dress."
"Voici, mademoiselle." Lorelai said in her best French accent as she handed the clothes to Rory. "And you better come out to show me everything!"
"Okay mom." Rory went into one of the rooms and Lorelai sat on the couch across from the stall Rory was in.
Rory decided to humor her mom and put on the halter top first. She slid it on but it was way to revealing for her liking and probable even for Lorelai's. Rory pulled it off and put on the black shirt and then slid the halter on top of it. She then found the denim skirt she had found after vetoing the one Lorelai was pushing at her. It fell about halfway down her thighs, a little shorter than she would normally wear but it was very cute and she wanted a bit of a change anyways. It had a band off the bottom that was pleated and it coincidently had red stitching. She exited the dressing for the start of Lorelai's critic time.
"Oh my Gosh! That is just so adorable." Lorelai exclaimed. "Depending on what accessories you wear, it could look very punk or very girly. I say defiantly get it."
"Really?" Rory asked skeptically, although she herself liked her creation.
"Really, now go try on that dress."
After many hours of shopping, they finally returned to Stars Hallow and collapsed at a table at Luke's. They were completely surrounded by shopping bags. Rory had bought the denim skirt and top along with the dress. The dress was strapless and black. It had white polka-dots, and the edges of the dots were pink. High around the waste of the dress was a pink ribbon tied in a perfect bow. She had also bought a few pairs of shorts, a pair of hip-hugger jeans, some basic t-shirts and tanks, a couple skirts, and some shoes. Also a few pairs of earrings and necklaces to match some of the items she had bought. Lorelai had also insisted that Rory buy a bikini and they had finally come to a consensus on one after much debate. It had boy-short bottoms and the top was like a regular bikini top except it had thicker bands tying it together around the neck and back. Also it had a thin strip under the basis of the top, making it seem less revealing. It was a red Hawaiian flower print and was very cute, though Rory hated to admit it. After about an hour or so of just sitting at Luke's sipping coffee and talking about life they decided to head home. Rory flew through the door and plopped down onto her bed with a book to wait for Tristan's Sunday call. Only a few minutes later the phone began to ring and she jumped up to go get it. Only of course, it wasn't where it should be. She searched everywhere and finally detected the direction the noise was coming from. She followed the insistent ringing to the kitchen where she finally located the phone. She clicked talk and was about to speak when she was beat to it.
"Wait let me guess" came Tristan's sexy voice through the phone. He paused as he "hmmmed" as he pretended to be deep in thought. "the oven" he finally said.
"How do you do that?"
"I'm psycho."
"Don't you mean psychic?"
"No."
"So you are saying you are insane?" and so the banter began.
"No." came his short annoying reply
"So what are you saying then?"
"See, psychic is when you can read minds but," he paused for dramatic affect as Rory waiting patiently on the other end, loving every minute of this. "Psycho is when the minds talk to you." He finished triumphantly.
"Oh I see, so my mind was talking to you then? Or was it the mind of the phone?"
"I thought you were smart, Mary." He emphasized the nickname.
"I am, Bible Boy." She mocked.
"Well, if you were you would know that phones don't have minds. But, the phone still could have told me where it was."
"But, without a mind how could it talk? See phones don't talk, they just help carry the voices of people, who do." Rory replied very proud of herself.
"I—Uh, ah, okay fine, you win." Tristan said trying to sound sad and defeated, happy that she couldn't currently see the smile playing on his lips, giving him an advantage.
"YAY! And I know you are smiling, you can't fool me!" she smiled herself. "Tristan? Hello?" she heard the line go dead. Uh oh, did I offend him? I was only kidding. Seconds later the phone began to ring again.
"Tristan?" she asked immediately.
"Hey, how are you?"
"Why did you hang up?"
"Did I do that?" he feigned innocent
"Yes you did that."
"Huh, funny"
"Tristan."
"I wanted to say hello."
Although Rory thought that was so sweet she still felt the need to make fun of him a little. "You needed to hang up to do that?" she questioned
"Well, yea, I had to start the conversation off like you are supposed to do when you answer the phone, like normal people."
"When have I or we for that matter, ever been normal?"
"Good point." He sounded slightly rejected. She felt bad for playing with him.
"Hey." She stated simply.
"Hey." He answered back.
"How ya been?"
"Fine I guess, missing you completely though." He said sweetly. "et toi?"
"Good and I miss you too."
"So what have you been up to this weekend?" he asked
"Well, since I had my last final on Friday" she paused "my mom decided that we needed to celebrate. We conned Luke into giving us extra coffee, and then on Saturday night my mom and I had a traditional movie night. Then today we went shopping and I got some really cute stuff, and some stuff the she forced me into buying. It's quite an adventure shopping with her. Oh I'm so excited about summer vacation, I can't wait." Rory said eagerly.
"Uh, ya, Rory" he paused. Uh oh, he sounds really serious, or is he just trying to get me worried, that would be very Tristan Rory thought, he then continued"about summer break…"
AN: evil I know, but all part of my dazzling plan. Mwhahaha! Okay well the more people that review the faster I will update, I know that may not seem fair to those who always review and I don't mean to punish anyone. It is just that reviews keep my going and let me know people are actually reading it and what I'm doing wrong or right. Anyways please do your part and review and I'll do mine. Ciao.
