Chapter 3: That Night

When Rory finished telling Tristan her story about Dean she was crying. She didn't even notice that she had moved over and was now in his arms. He was rubbing circles on her back and telling her it was OK, that she was safe with him and that he would never do anything like that to her. When she calmed down she looked up at him into his eyes and what she saw surprised her. She saw the emotion in his eyes the anger towards Dean, but when he looked down at her she saw the anger change into love. She blinked and looked away.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to dump all that on you." She said and went to move away from him.

"Rory, It's alright. I wanted to know, I want to be there for you." He replied and secured his arms around her tighter. After a moment he broke the silence.

"How about we go get something to eat? I think I have a frozen pizza somewhere."

"Sure that would be great, we can watch a movie to."

Tristan helped her up. Then put his arm around her and they walked to the kitchen. Tristan had given the maids the night off because he didn't want them to disturb Rory. He wanted her to relax and be comfortable in his home.

They got their dinner, more coffee and Gone With The Wind. Rory's pick of course, but Tristan didn't argue. They were both curled up on the couch. Tristan had Rory in his arms. When the movie ended he wanted to ask Rory a question.

"Rory?"

"Yeah Tristan." She replied looking up at him.

"Will you go out on a date with me?" He asked

This took Rory off guard; she really wanted to go out with him. She was thinking about his question whether or not it would be a good idea to go out with him. When she didn't say anything Tristan took that as a no.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't hav…" But Rory stopped him with a gentle kiss. It only lasted a second.

"Tristan I would love to go out on a date with you."

Tristan smiled, he was so happy.

"Great how about on Saturday night after our study session with Paris and Kyle?"

"That sounds good to me."

They sat there together on the couch in each other's arms. Then Rory broke the silence by yawning.

"Do you want to go to bed, Mar?"

"Yeah, I think I really tried myself out today."

"OK, I had one of the guest rooms made up for you before the maids left."

"OK, wanna walk me up?"

"Absolutely" He grabbed her hand and pulled her up and across the hall.

"I hope you like the rooms, it's right across the hall if you need anything just come wake me up."

"OK thank you Tristan, for everything."

"Your welcome Ror, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Good night Mary." Then he kissed her on the cheek and turned to leave but she stopped him.

"What kind of goodnight kiss was that? Hmmm?" Rory said with a smirk identical to his own grace her beautiful face. Tristan stopped and turned back to face her. He pulled her close to his body and put his hands on the side of her face pulling her into a passionate kiss. She responded after a moment and forced her lips even harder into his. She put her arms around Tristan and fell into his embrace.

Rory had never been kissed like this before; She could feel it in her toes. Tristan pulled back when oxygen was necessary and he looked directly into her eyes, her whole face was flushed and now he had a smirk on his face.

"Better Mary?"

"Much." Rory said. She kissed him quickly on the mouth and turned to go into her room saying goodnight to Tristan on her way in. The both fell asleep happy.

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However it didn't stay that way for long. Tristan woke up in the middle of the night. He thought he heard a noise. He looked over at the clock and saw that it said 2:30am. He let his mind focus and he realized that it was Rory that he was hearing. Rory was still across the hall but she was screaming. Tristan grabbed at bat from his closet and ran to her room. When he got there he didn't see anyone. Rory was just having a nightmare. He walked over to her bed and sat on the side. He gently reached over and shook her awake.

"Rory wake up…"

"Huh, Tristan? What's going on?"

"You were having a nightmare, I heard you screaming I thought Dean was here."

At the mention of Dean's name Rory remembered her dream and she jumped into Tristan's arms.

"I remember now. It was horrible. He came to get me from school, only you weren't there and he took me into his car and drove away. I couldn't get away…" Rory was in tears now.

"Shhh. It was just a dream, and I will always be there. No matter what."

"Can I come and Sleep with you?" It was an innocent question but Tristan was smiling nonetheless.

"Yeah you can, come on."

They walked back into Tristan's room, he helped her climb into the large bed then he went over to the other side. He reached over and put his arms around Rory's waist, and she snuggled into his embrace.

"Thank you for keeping me safe Tristan." Rory whispered

"Always Rory always." Tristan answered.

"Goodnight"

"Goodnight"

The two teenagers fell asleep peacefully in each other's arms.

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The next morning Rory woke up with the sun in her eyes, and some heavy weight holding her in place. When she awoke she was slightly confused about where she was. But when she turned around and saw Tristan sleeping with his arms around her she remembered everything.

Tristan started to stir in his sleep a moment later.

"Morning" She said

"Morning" he said

After that they just kinda stared at each other for a while. Small smiles playing at the corners of their mouths.

"Did you sleep ok?" Rory asked

"Yeah I slept great, and I didn't wake up to bad either." Tristan smirked and kissed Rory's cheek.

"What time is it?" Rory asked

"About 7:00am. We should get ready for school." Tristan said.

"Yeah, I think that today school will be better." Rory said smiling at Tristan.

"I agree. Do you want some breakfast?"

"Yeah and coffee, lots of coffee." Rory said getting excited.

"Coming right up."

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Tristan and Rory headed to school in different cars. Since they have all the same classes together they will see each other all day, but their lockers are in different spots in the school. So after school Tristan asked Rory to wait for him at her locker. So he could walk her to her car.

After school Tristan walked up behind Rory and kissed her cheek.

"Hey" He said

"Hey" She said smiling

"You ready to go?" he asked her

"Yep, let me just close me locker…" "OK let's get out of here Rory said.

"Right." Tristan grabbed Rory's hand and then headed towards the parking lot.

Rory's Thoughts I really like this side of Tristan. He isn't all the fake charm like I thought he was when I first met him. I also can't believe how I feel when he touches me. I get all tingly. It's great.

Tristan's Thoughts Wow. I'm holding Rory Gilmore's hand. It's amazing. Although she makes me really nervous. I hope I don't do something to screw this up.

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In the parking lot there was no sign of Dean. Although what they found was just as bad…

AN: I will try and update the next chapter faster, I have some of it written!

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