TITLE: No Longer

PAIRING: R/T, L/L, J/P

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing, just this story and the made up stuff about this show…such as Tristan Dugrey this late in the show or them getting married.

SUMMARY: Tristan divorces Rory, but fate disagrees.

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Umm Can You Say Awkward?:

There was a loud persistent knock on the door. Dana was trying to saw off her cast with a scissor, Tori was reading a summer reading book, and Rory was in the kitchen making dinner. School would start for the girls in 5 days, now that Labor Day was past.

'Could one of you get that?' Rory yelled out of the kitchen. Tori slowly put her book down and went to the door. She screamed in excitement and flew into the man's arms. Rory mistook the scream for being scared so she dropped the ingredients and ran to the door, but stopped short when she saw who was at the door. Her mouth turned into a wide smile.

'Jess.' She said walking over to him and allowing him to envelope her into a hug.

'Ooh, it's good to see all of you again.' He said when he saw Dana walk into the room in the middle of her attempts to cut off the cast. She stopped and quickly ran to him throwing her arms around him.

'Well what a pleasant surprise.' Rory said bringing him inside.

'Yea, Paris is at work, but she told me you'd be back by now so I decided to take a break from Old Times South.' He said referring to his in progress book.

'Oh that was nice of you! My mom's stopping by tonight too.'

'Really?' Dana asked.

'Yea, right after dinner. Ah, dinner!' Rory said running back to the kitchen to check on the pots on the stove.

'So how long have you girls been back?' Jess asked.

'Umm 6 days.' Dana answered.

'And your grandma is just coming?'

'No, we saw her the first day back, but I guess she's just stopping by.' Tori said shrugging.

'Are you okay?' Jess asked Dana who was squinting at something through the window.

'Yea, there's someone here.' Dana pointed. Tori looked out the window and run out the door to the man who was making his way to the door.

'Hi!' Tori said happily.

'So this is the house your mom wants to sell?' he asked. She nodded and dragged him inside where he stopped short and he jaw dropped. Jess looked much the same.

'Guys, who's that?' Rory asked coming from the kitchen. She looked at the two men staring each other down and laughed.

'Rory does it not phase you that Tristan Dugrey just walked into your door—or that Tori knows him?' Jess asked looking back and forth between the four.

'Umm Jess, we're actually together now.' Rory said no longer laughing, but sporting a nervous smile. Jess looked confused.

'He was residing in Pennsylvania too. We met again through Dana actually.'

'That's really messed up.' Jess said but nonetheless shaking Tristan's hand.

'So, Rory forgives you?' he asked Tristan.

'Uhh actually that's messed up too. I thought she wanted me to leave.'

'Wanted you to leave?' Jess asked.

'Jess…don't worry, he's been through enough with this whole thing.' Jess nodded.

'Girls, why don't you go outside for a little bit. Maybe chestnut is outside.' Rory said referring to the dog next door.

'You're here early.' Rory commented to Tristan.

'I everything done early.'

'Well…this is sufficiently awkward.' Jess said rocking on his heels.

'What's awkward?' a voice asked walking through the door.

'Mom!' Rory said happily hugging Lorelai.

'Hey honey, hey jess, and hey oh my god!' Lorelai cheered staring at Tristan.

'Hello Lorelai.' Tristan said biting his lip.

'Ya know, I must say you are looking as gorgeous as ever!' Lorelai said smiling and making Rory blush at her mom.

'Uhh thanks.' He said giving a cheeky smile.

'Ahh come here.' Lorelai said hugging him. He hugged her back smiling at Rory's still faintly pink cheeks.

'You know, Rory, I never realized the resemblance of Tristan and Tori.' Lorelai said looking over Tristan. Rory nodded and called the girls inside. Tori was the first one in.

'Tori come here.' Tristan said going on his knees and going next to her. Lorelai inspected the two of them. Jess narrowed his eyes.

'That's impressive.' Jess said, looking at the father and daughter.

'So umm, I made dinner, there's enough for everyone.' Rory announced. They all nodded and started to walk to the kitchen. Rory and Tristan trailed behind.

'How was your week?' she asked him.

'Ehh you know…hard. I didn't have you to kiss or hold or whisper too.' He said smiling.

'Well then we're even. You made my car ride here miserable, and I made your week miserable!'

That doesn't sound so far, Mary.' He said frowning. She kissed him quickly.

'Welcome to our non-permanent home!' Rory said and dragged him into the kitchen for dinner. After dinner was over, Jess and Lorelai left. Soon after, they two girls went up to bed as well. Rory and Tristan stayed downstairs'.

'I think Tori's upset.' Tristan said randomly.

'What?'

'I said I think Tori is upset.'

'Of course she is.' Rory said.

'No, I mean really upset.' He said seriously.

'You wanna elaborate on that idea?'

'I just, I know how much Beth meant to her and I'm worried that Tori might do something.'

'Where'd you get that idea?'

'I just get this really weird feeling. I mean I've felt it all along, but tonight…the way she was eating. It was almost as if her thoughts were thought out loud.

'You're crazy. Tori is fine!' Rory said arguing.

'Okay.' He said surrendering.

'So onto a more happy note, welcome back to Hartford.' Rory said smiling. He smiled with her.

'Thanks, it's good to be back. So I had this idea that the girls pick out the house.'

'What?'

'You know, let Tori and Dana pick out their favorite house—or top two favorites and then we'll decide which one.'

'That's actually a really good idea.' Rory said impressed.

'What didn't think I could come up with something that impressive, did you?'

'Well, no.' Rory said looking down. He laughed and kissed her softly. Something sparked again. It was a different kind of spark. He broke the kiss looking into her eyes. Her eyes were mirroring his eyes. His eyes had turned a startling sapphire blue filled with love, passion, and…want? Rory's eyes then allowed the lust and want to surface. Her lips were parted as her soft breath went in and out. She was startled when Tristan captured her lips in a hot kiss. She kissed back harder and brought them down onto the floor. He brought himself above her rubbing his hand on her thigh. She grasped the hem of his shirt and tugged it upwards revealing his toned body and rock hard abs. They separated the kiss long enough to get rid of Tristan's shirt and Rory's. They're mouths latched back onto each other as she fumbled with his pants button. When she felt Rory's hand graze over his erection while trying to undo his pants, he realized what was happening.

'As much as I would love to continue this, I think it's just a tad too soon to be completely naked and moaning each other's names.' He said lifting himself up a little. A deep blush came over her. She sat up and looked down embarrassed.

'I'm uh I'm sorry.' She muttered. He was taken aback. His hand hooked under chin and made her eyes meet his.

'No, don't be sorry. Common sense just went through my head first this time.' He reasoned with her.

'I want to.' Rory said.

'Me too, but we haven't been together that long.'

'So?'

'I'd umm, wow I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd like to wait just a little longer.' He said fidgeting.

'Okay.'

'Okay?'

'Yea, okay.' Rory smiled comfortingly. He smiled back at her and brought her into his arms.

'Come on let's go to sleep.' Tristan said stadnign up. He started to go onto the couch but Rory stopped him.

'What are you doing?'

'Uhh sleeping on the couch…'

'Come on.' Rory said smiling and rolling her eyes.

'Sleep with me. Er, in the same bed as me.' She said blushing.

'See you always will be my Mary.' He said smiling. She took his hand and led him to her room. They both settled down onto her bed and quickly fell asleep with pleasant and happy thoughts.

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Kind of a pointless chapter, but I wanted establish the physical relationship between them a little more, and plus, now Jess, Paris, Lorelai, and Luke, and eventually (maybe) Lane are back in the story. Oh by the way, from what I can see it looks like it's going to be a bunch more chapters…thanks for reading and please review! Thank you, Kiki