Chapter Four- The Coffee Of A Lifetime
A/N- Ok, yes I am back! I got a whole lot of reviews saying to continue, so here I go! I'll try to see how much longer I continue the story for, but I can't make any promises!
Thursday- Luke's Diner - After school
"Hey, do you think my mom could borrow your guitar sometime?"
Rory asked this with a look of seriousness on her face, but all Tristan could do was glance over at her, raise an eyebrow, and laugh. Soon Rory joined in realizing how insane her mother was
The rest of the drive to Luke's was filled with laughs, lots of conversation, and plenty of warnings from Rory as to whom Tristan should watch out for in her town. Before Tristan even turned the car off, Rory was almost all the way out the door. Once Tristan turned it off and hopped out as well, Rory rushed over to his side to grab his hand. Tristan had not been ready for this, but he accepted it gladly.
Inside, Tristan was met with the sights and sounds all too familiar to Rory. Lorelei and Luke were at the counter arguing, er, lovingly arguing, over the coffee situation. Kirk was in the corner trying to get Luke's attention, while Miss Patty, Babbette, and Maury were at a table pointing and discussing the newcomer in the town. Tristan made a mental note to try to stay away from that table.
"Hey Mom, Luke! Can I please have two? (she looked at Tristan here, questioning him on what he wanted to drink)yeah, two coffees?" Rory asked while taking a seat next to her mom, with Tristan on Rory's other side, still holding each others hands.
"Hi, sure, and no Lorelei, NO more for you!" Luke answered, not looking up to see that Rory had a guest with her.
"Aw Luke, come on! Please?" Lorelei begged before finally turning to her daughter and still not seeing her daughters friend.
"Mini- me! Since you ordered two cups, one is for me, right?" She innocently asked.
"Sorry mom, it's not for you, it's for Tristan," Rory replied as if it had been the most obvious thing ever.
"What? Not for me!...Wait! Did you say Tristan? As in Tristan- Tristan?" Lorelei screeched, finally realizing the boy on the stool next to Rory. Without even saying hello, Lorelei hopped off her stool, walked over to Tristan, stood right in front of him, looked into his amusement filled blue eyes, and asked in all seriousness one question: "So, when do I get to borrow your guitar?"
Not knowing how to reply at first, Tristan quickly glanced around the diner, which had conveniently become quite enough to hear a pin drop, or in this case, to hear Lorelei converse rather loudly with the new kid.
"Anytime?" Tristan answered, unsure of if that was the right thing to say or not. Lorelei looked happy with the answer, and she just went back to her stool, smiling, actually beaming, from ear to ear with excitement.
"By the way, I'm Lorelei. Nice to meet ya kid," She added once she sat down. By this time, Luke had come back with three coffees (yes, he could not say no to Lorelei- she always won in the end), and he felt like he needed to introduce himself to this 'Tristan guy' as he put it.
"Luke. Don't hurt her. Dean was the example for all," was all he grunted, not even looking at Tristan. Rory rolled her eyes at the last part, but smiled genuinely knowing that Luke didn't just shut Tristan down completely.
The diner was still extremely quiet, and when the Gilmore party noticed this, Lorelei and Luke made the motions to get the people talking again. Of course, it worked once Taylor came rushing in, swiftly moving to the counter where the Gilmore party was situated. As soon as he came in, Babbette and Miss Patty jumped up and came over too.
"Young man! I am Taylor Doose! I do believe that we have not been properly introduced," Taylor began, not even bothering to let Tristan say anything. "Lorelei, how could you let Rory bring a friend home and not have her introduce him to me? Really Lorelei, I am ashamed." Now that got to Lorelei because he sounded just a bit like her mother, but before Lorelei could even try to respond, Miss Patty and Babbtte jumped in with their welcomes.
"Hello there handsome! I'm Miss Patty. It is a pleasure to meet such a fine looking young man such as yourself. I'm the dance teacher here in Stars Hallow, and you know, I was on Broadway a few years back," She purred. This created a look of horror on Tristan's face that he soon masked with one that someone could call joy and amusement.
"And I'm Babbette. I live next door to Rory. If you ever need anything doll, don't be afraid to come find one of the three of us. We would be more than happy to help you, seeing as you are a great friend of Rory's and all," Babbette added.
"Yes, I would be willing to help you, but only if you promise to not be a hoodlum around here. No causing trouble, all right? Now if I could just get you to sign this paper stating that you will not cause said trouble, I believe I could allow you to attend the next town meeting, which is tonight," Taylor said while thrusting a pen and paper towards the male in question. Rory and Lorelei exchanged glances of pure amusement while Tristan decided to make things go smoothly, he would just sign the paper. While the whole situation could be called weird, the weirdest part was that Tristan still had not said even one word to these three slightly insane townspeople. Once the paper was signed, the three people turned and resumed what they were doing before pouncing on the innocent boy. Well, all except Patty, who sent a not- so- subtle wink in Tristan's direction.
"Well, that was interesting," he finally said to Rory.
"Sorry you had to do that. It was bound to happen sooner or later, but I guess it's good that you got it over with," Lorelei stated, curious to watch more Rory/Tristan interaction.
"Mom, is it ok if Tristan and I go home to work on homework? We'll meet you back here in time to get snacks before the meeting," Rory asked.
"Yeah, just don't do anything I would do, please," Lorelei replied, knowing nothing would happen since this was only their first day as a 'couple'.
Rory and Tristan left the diner hand in hand and drove back to the Gilmore home (aka the Crap Shack). Tristan grabbed his bag of extra clothes and both of their backpacks and headed inside after Rory. After he changed, he went out into the living room to find Rory also out of her Chilton uniform and surrounded by binders and books. Tristan slid onto the couch next to her.
After spending about an hour or so studying together, the two teens decided to take a much needed, and deserved, break.
"Um, Rory? I have a question," once he got the ok to continue, he did just that, while subconsciously sliding closer to Rory and grabbing her hand. "I know we haven't been on a date yet, and I know that this is a weird situation and all, you know, how we revealed our feelings to each other, but I was wondering, what would you call us?" he asked, almost shyly, as he thought, 'What is this Tristan? Are you nervous? Just keep looking at her. Don't let her know you're nervous. You can do it!'
Rory, unable to form words, did the only other thing she could think of to prove it. She slowly leaned forward and kissed Tristan. It was short and simple, but yet it held everything that she wanted him to feel. As they pulled away, Tristan opened his eyes and looked right into the windows of Rory's soul, confirming the answer.
"Well thank you for clarifying that for me, girlfriend," Tristan almost whispered, smiling, and getting ready to go back in for another one.
"Your quite welcome, boyfriend."
'Today, I had the coffee of a lifetime!' was the thought both had as they continued studying, smiling the whole time.
A/n- well there you have it, chapter four of Window! To everyone who wanted them to kiss (mainly Tickledpink22) this is for you! Next chap, the town meeting and Lorelei with Tristan's guitar. Sorry that this chap was different than the others, but I wanted more humor and to just let everyone know that this story is still alive! Please Review!