Chapter 4

When Rory and Tristan got to the Gilmore house, Lorelai was putting up streamers in front of the door.

"Hi, mom." Rory said walking up to Lorelai.

"Hey, babe." she said straining to reach the tape.

"Hello, Lorelai." Tristan said knowing she didn't know he was standing there.

"Ah!" she screamed almost falling off the ladder.

"Mom, Tristan is going to stay for the party." Rory said smiling.

Lorelai noticed this and pretended she didn't know what was really going on.

"Okay. I'll tell Sookie to make another burger." she said getting off the ladder.

"Alright." Rory said following Lorelai into the house. When they walked into the house, Tristan noticed all the pictures of Rory and Lorelai.

"Tristan?" Rory yelled from the kitchen.

"Yeah." he said following her voice.

"Tristan this is Sookie. The best chef in the world. Sookie this is Tristan." she said pouring two cups of coffee. She handed one to Tristan and the to go cup to Lorelai.

"It's cold." Lorelai said spitting the coffee back into the cup.

"Mom!" Rory yelled.

"What? It is!" she said shrugging her shoulders.

"I went all the way to Luke's, on my birthday I might add, to get you that." she stated.

"Oh, Luke's is 50 yards away. It won't kil-." she started but was interrupted by Rory.

"I am not going back to Luke's!" she interrupted.

"Please! I need coffee." Lorelai said as she watched Rory get up and pour her a cup pf coffee.

"Here." she said as she placed the cup in front of her mother.

"No. I need Luke's." she said blushing.

"Why? Mom? Do you have a crush on Luke?" Rory squealed.

"No!" Lorelai exclaimed while blushing harder.

The whole time they were talking Tristan sat there with a smirk on his face.

"I'm calling Luke." Rory said getting up and walking into the living room to get the phone.

"Luke's."

"Hey, it's Rory. My mom needs you to come over and help, uh, set things up for the party." she said without thinking.

"Oh, ok. Do you guys need anything from the market?" he asked nervously. He knew they didn't need him to help.

"No, but, uh, could you bring some coffee? Thanks," she said in a hurry as she hung up the phone, "Mom, Luke's coming over to help. Oh, and he's bringing coffee."

"No!" she said running into the living room. She was followed by an eager Sookie, who was followed by a laughing Tristan.

"Why not?" Rory said sitting on the couch next to Tristan.

" Because...uh, he has to work. And...," Lorelai tried to cover up the fact she, Lorelai Gilmore, was falling for him, Luke Danes.

"He's bringing coffee" Rory said looking out the window, "He's here." she said running to the door.

"Hey, Luke!" Rory said opening the door.

"Hey, Rory." he said nervously knowing Lorelai was home.

"Thank you so much for coming over on such short notice." she said letting him in and leading him into the living room.

"Hey, Lorelai." he said a little to softly.

"Hey, Luke." she said blushing.

Luke then noticed Tristan was sitting beside Lorelai.

"So, Trevor, what do you do?" he said not noticing his fatherly instincts toward Rory had kicked in.

"Well, I go to school with Rory. And it's Tristan." he said a little uneasy.

"Okay. Luke let me tell you what we need your help with." Lorelai said noticing the tension in the room.

Once Luke and Lorelai were out of ear shot, Rory looked at Tristan.

"I am so sorry." she said putting her face in her hands.

"It's okay," Tristan said confused, "Is he your mom's boyfriend?"

"No. He's just very protective." she explained.

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A/N: Okay send reviews, I was thinkin' about bringin' Jess in like at chapter 11 or somethin'. What do ya'll think? Review! PLEASE!