No Longer Chapter 40: Listen To Your Heart, a gilmore girls fanfic

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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Listen To Your Heart:

It had been a week and a half since the moved out of the apartment, and they were almost finished settling into their new house. Well, the second time around.

'It feels normal to be in this house.' Tristan said climbing into bed on a Friday night.

'I told you the gods' were mocking us.' Rory said going up against him and snuggling into his embrace.

'What are we going to do tomorrow? I mean now that Halloween is a week away.'

'Go candy shopping! And costume shopping!'

'And the girls?'

'Uhh, Dana's gonna hang out with some friends at the mall, and then Tori wanted to go to the movies.'

'So it's just me and you, huh?' Rory smiled.

'I want to take you somewhere tomorrow night.' Tristan said with an amused shimmer in his eyes.

'I hate mini-golf!'

'What?' Tristan asked confused.

'Oh, you weren't going to take me to mini-golfing?'

'No! I was going to bring you to a gaming place, but I can't tell you what we're going to be doing.' Rory pouted. He kissed her pout away.

'Have I ever let you down?'

'No…'

'So I don't expect to let you down this time either.'

'Okay.' she said doubtfully.

'Just remember, I'm hard to please.' Tristan smiled and kissed her hair.

'Night Mary.'

'Nighty-night.' They closed their eyes waiting for sleep to take them.

'Do you ever want to get married again?' Rory asked on the edge of sleep.

'Of course I do. I just have to ask that special person.' He said softly.

'Oh.' Rory said sounding somewhat offended. Sleep overcame them. The next day, Saturday, Tori was dropped off at her friends house, and Dana was dropped off at the mall. Tristan gave Rory a box around 3pm and told her to meet him at the gaming center. Still slightly offended by the previous night, Rory intentionally arrived half-hour late.

'Rory! Where were you?'

'Walking around.' She answered.

'Come on.' He took her hand and dragged her to a room covered in paint.

'Great, we're going to pretend we're preschoolers and paint.' He handed her an outfit, stepping into one of his own. She put hers on and looked at herself.

'Not exactly. We're playing paintball.' He said picking up a paint gun and hitting her calf with a blue one.

'AHH! You are SO dead!' Rory screamed picking up her own paint gun and hitting Tristan on the shoulder with a yellow paintball. He hit her back and started to run. She started to gain speed too and stopped when she didn't see him. All of a sudden she got hit in the middle of her back and turned around to see Tristan standing behind her smiling evilly. Rory kicked her game up and started to play seriously. An hour later they painfully took the outfits off and winced.

'Ya know, I'm gonna have bruises from this.' Rory complained.

'But you had fun, right?'

'A lot.'

'Then that's all that matter's.' he said smiling.

'Now what?' she took a deep breath.

'Hungry?'

'Parched, really.' Rory said. Tristan laughed and walked with her out to his car where they got in and he drove to a small nice yet casual restaurant.

'Cute restaurant.' She said walking in. They were seated and they glanced at their menu's.

'Ever seen One Tree Hill?' Tristan asked.

'No, you have?'

'Ha, no, but I've heard of idea's and one I thought we could maybe try.'

'Okay, hit me.' She said folding her arms.

'You order your favorite dish for me, and I order my favorite dish for you.'

'Interesting. Fine, I'll do it, just no squid—or seafood for that matter.' He nodded. Neither knew what the other ordered until it arrived. Rory stared at her dish in temptation.

'So what is this?' she asked ready to fork up some of the pasta.

'Penne Pasta with Vodka sauce.'

'Are you trying to get me drunk?'

'No, plus the alcohol was cooked off, so you just get the flavor.' She shrugged and shoveled some into her mouth/ her eyes lit up and she had a big smile on her face.

'Oh my god, this is so good!' she breathed. He smiled.

'So what did you get me?'

'Chicken Parmesan.' She smiling.

'Lucky for you, I happen to like it.' He said approving of his first bite. She smiled widely and steadily ate the entire bowl of pasta. Tristan spooned the last bite of pasta into his mouth and patted his stomach.

'Now that was good.' He commented.

'Mhmmm.' Rory agreed smiling.

'So what's with this planned day?' she asked.

'You don't recognize this place?' He asked surprised.

'No, why would I?' faint music started to play in the background.

'Because this is the restaurant where we had our first date.'

I know there's something in the wake of your smile I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah you've built a love but that love falls apart your little piece of heaven turns too dark

'But we were in PA—'

'No, I mean...back, all the way back when we saw each other again after high school.'

'Oh, well no, can't say I remember it.'

'I remember it. You said that this was the restaurant you wanting your future to start in.' she looked at him funny.

listen to your heart when he's calling for you listen to your heart there's nothing else you can do I don't know where you're going and I don't know why but listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye

'I think I misguided you.'

'Huh?'

'Last night, right before we fell asleep, I think you thought I meant I had to find that someone special, but I already have.' She tilted her head and looked at him in the eye.

'You told me that first night in the apartment that I had the opportunity to be with you and that I should run with it. Remember that whole conversation?'

sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile the precious moments are all lost in the tide, yeah they're swept away and nothing is what is seems the feeling of belonging to your dreams

'Yea.'

'Well you told me that if I dropped you I shouldn't look back. Well I want the rest of my life to have the chance to prove that I wont ever drop you.'

'Tristan…'

'Just hold on. I love you Rory, and I know this may seem soon, but I want you to know, well I need you to know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Rory I want to marry you, please say yes.' He said handing her a ring box. She had tears rolling down her checks as she opened the box.

and there are voices that want to be heard so much to mention but you can't find the words the scent of magic the beauty that's been when love was wilder than the wind

It was a perfect cut diamond with one smaller lighter blue sapphire on both sides and then two more same size diamonds. It was gorgeous and Rory recognized it. It was the ring she had always wanted, but she had never seen it before—anywhere.

'Where did you get this?' she asked wiping away some tears. She was stalling.

'I found a place and they made it for you.' He said. He knew what she was doing and it broke his heart. Maybe he had made a mistake in thinking they were ready.

'It gorgeous.' She said staring at it.

'But…' he continued for her.

'I can't take it.' She said standing up and running outside. Her cell phone started to ring.

Listen to your heart...mm..mmm

'Hello?'

'MY BABY'S ENGAGED!' Her mom's voice rang over the phone.

'How'd you know?'

'He asked for my permission, and Luke's.'

'What?'

'Is everything okay?'

'I don't know. Did he ask anyone else?'

'Uhh Jess, and the girls.' Rory covered her mouth and sobbed quietly.

'I said no.' she whispered.

'Oh Rory—'

'I need to go.' She hung up the phone and started to walk to the street. She hailed a taxi and when she arrived home, Dana and Tori were sitting there with shocked expressions.

I don't know where you're going and I don't know why but listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye

I promise there won't be to much more drama! Some one asked if I could go into more detail about Dana and Rory, but I can't really find a good place to put it, so I did some research and I put what a diabetic coma is. You can pick and choose what you read or you can read the whole thing!

Information explaining the diabetic coma Dana had (found at http/ are two main types of diabetes mellitus: insulin-dependent (Type I) and noninsulin-dependent (Type II). In insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM), the pancreas makes little or no insulin because the insulin-producing beta cells have been destroyed. This type usually appears suddenly and most commonly in younger people under age 30. Treatment consists of daily insulin injections or use of an insulin pump, a planned diet and regular exercise, and daily self-monitoring of blood glucose. Patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 are especially prone to Diabetic Coma. Diabetic Coma is a severe emergency in which a person is not conscious because the blood glucose (sugar) is too low or too high. In insulin-dependent diabetes, if the level of insulin is too low for a long period of time, the body begins to break down its stores of fat for energy. This causes the body to release acids (ketones) into the blood. The result is called ketoacidosis, a severe condition that may put a person into a coma if not treated right away.

Thanks again to everyone! You're my life! Thanks, Kiki.

Fallen Heart: thanks for the suggestion, and I'm sometimes an RL fan. I'll check it out, and the thing about the guy is funny actually. I took that from real life, all the details are the same but I changed the name. :0)

OTHLover03

KarahBella: I didn't plan for that to happen, it just did:0D

smile1: when I get compliments from you, I always feel happy. I don't know why, maybe it's because your such an amazing writer yourself…hmm. But thanks. :)

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controversy-queen: I actually didn't plan for Rory to end up with cancer, that's just what my fingers typed! Sure, I'll see if I can find a way to include more info about the diabetes and cancer (but if I cant, then I'll just put it in an author's note I guess). As for Rory getting pregnant…we'll see.

troryforever: aww yay! Im glad.

smilemepink: mmkay, I'll try.

Gilmoregirl: I wasn't planning too. :0)

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Kylie1403: what do mean what happened to lorelai? She's fine. lol, I'm not sure what you're talking about…

kels34667

BumpyRider: yea, I do like drama lol! You're correct about that, but I think im done with most of the drama now.

troryfreak614: about the whole conceived/consumed thing, yea I know. That was pointed out to me, and I knew that wasn't the word for it, but that's what came out. I changed it though (a few minutes ago), but thanks for letting me know!

Potostfbeyeluvr: it should start getting a little happier with each chapter now. :0)

Gia: oh wow, thank you!

praisedtomeetyou: wow, thanks! That means a lot to me!