Chapter 13: Off with the Cast!

The next night after they arrived in Canada…

"Hey" Rory said hobbling into Tristin's room.

"Hey, what's up?" He said and got up to meet her at the door and help her over to the bed so she could sit down.

"Thanks, I still haven't mastered these crutches yet. And I guess I'm doing okay." Rory replied.

"You guess your okay? So what's bothering you?" Tristin wondered

"Nothing, I'm fine. I just hate this cast." Rory said none to convincingly either.

"Okay I hated my cast to, so what's really bothering you?"

"Nothing."

"Mar, please tell me what's wrong."

"Noth.." Rory started but was cut off by the glare Tristin gave her that said you couldn't lie to me. "Okay. Idon'twantyoutogotoschooltomorrowandleavemeherealone" Rory said in one breath.

"I'm sorry I didn't catch that, please try again."

"Urgh… I don't want you to go to school tomorrow and leave me here all alone." Rory said looking away.

"Okay, I won't go, I'll stay here with you."

"You will?" Rory asked excitedly

"Of course, I'd rather start next week with you anyway, I'll just stay here and get tutored with you."

"Thanks Tristin" Rory leaned up and gave him a quick kiss on the mouth.

"Lets watch a movie."

"Excellent Idea" Tristin got up and put in Josie and the Pussy Cats. He didn't care for the movie but Rory loved it.

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Over the next week Tristin and Rory stayed home together. Together they spent the week reading, watching movies, playing games, they were also tutored everyday, and were both set to start school the next week. Right after Rory got her cast off.

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Sunday morning the next week…

Tristin woke up with a start; he was slowly coming out of dreamland when he heard a loud thud. It sounded like it came from Rory's room, but with this big house it could have come from anywhere. Like everyone does when they hear something, Tristin got up to go and investigate.

He walked over to the bathroom door and through it into Rory's room. He let himself in and looked at her bed she wasn't there. This made Tristin panic. He was suddenly freaking out. 'Where is she? Was it Dean? Is she ok? I have to find her!' All this was running through his head at the speed of lightening.

"Uughhhhh…" Was heard from the other side of the bed. The groan startled Tristin from his thoughts.

"Mary?" He wondered, while walking over to the side of the bed that he couldn't see from his point by the bathroom door.

"I fell out of bed, because of this stupid cast." Came her reply from under all the blankets.

Tristin burst out laughing while he took the blankets off of her face and tried to help her up. Once he got her situated on the bed he calmed himself down.

"Well you won't have to worry about that anymore, because the doctor is coming here to take it off of you." Tristin replied

"I know I can't wait to be free again." Rory said with a dramatic flare in her voice.

"Well actually I think he is suppose to be here any minute. We better go get dressed."

"Good thinking bible boy." Tristin smirked at her and he leaned down to give her a quick good morning kiss before leaving to get ready.

"Later Mary." And he winked at her as he left the room.

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10 minutes later…

"Hello Rory, I'm Dr. Marks. Your doctor in Hartford is actually my brother-in-law so he asked me to take care of his patient."

"It's nice to meet you Dr. Marks and I'm glad that you are here to rid me of this thing." Rory said pointing to her cast.

"Well I'm glad you want it off, lets get started."

"Good plan Stan" Rory said to the doctor, he just chuckled.

A little while later Rory was up off the examining table and running around the room. Dr. Marks left a couple minutes ago. She was a bit wobbly because she hadn't used her leg in a while, but she didn't care. She ran over to Tristin and put her arms around his neck. He smiled at her and placed his arms around her waist.

"Someone looks happy." Tristin commented

"I am" Rory replied

"Good. Me to" Tristin said with a smirk forming on his lips

"And why are you so happy?" Rory asked

Tristin response was leaning down to kiss her. He pushed her backwards until she was up against the wall; she pulled him closer to her. He dragged his tongue across her bottom lip begging for her to open and let him in. She willing did so and he started to explore the confines of her mouth. After a while of making out they both pulled away to catch their breath.

"With the cast gone, it's so much easier to do that, and I like doing that." Tristin said smirking once again making Rory blush. When she blushed it turned him on, so once again he started to lean down. Just before his lips touched hers she slinked out of his embrace.

"I'm hungry." Rory said smiling sweetly at him and turned to walk to the kitchen.

"Well Mary I'm hungry too. Hungry for you that is." Tristin said while he went to catch up to her. He put his arms around her waist. Rory started laughing at him.

"What do you find so hilarious?" Tristin asked feigning innocence

"You, that line was far to cheesy even for you DuGrey." Rory said and she giggled some more.

"I'm hurt Mary, I can't believe you would laugh at little old me." He said while placing his hand over his heart.

"Well get used to it, you make me laugh." Rory said as they entered the kitchen to see Miri working away.

"Hey Miri, can we have a snack?" Rory asked the cheery cook

"Sure thing, I just made some fun appetizers you two might enjoy. They are over there on the table."

"Thanks Miri." Tristin and Rory said as they walked over to the table and sat down to enjoy the food. Miri was a great cook and they all get along very well. She has become like a mother to them.

"Are you guys excited for school tomorrow?" Miri asked them

"I am" Rory replied

"And I'm not" Tristin replied

"Oh Tristin it will be fun."

"Ror, I don't see how it could be fun. It's school"

"I'll be there." She offered

"Well that will make it more bearable." Tristin said smiling at her.

"And we will have all the same classes, so you won't get lonely."

"See Tristin there's the bright side." Miri said smiling at him.

"Well, I must be off. I need to go make sure I have everything ready for school tomorrow." Rory said getting up from the table.

"Mar, do you have to?" Tristin said whining.

"Yes I do, now you can come if you want, but you can't bother me."

"Nah I think I'll go see if there is anything good on TV."

"Okay bye, Thanks for the food Miri it was great."

"No problem sugar." Miri replied.

Rory left to go up to her room and sort all of her school supplies, Her and Tristin already had all of her textbooks because that's what they were using when being tutored. Tristin left to go watch television. They spent the afternoon just being by themselves. It was getting late and Rory just got into bed. She had emailed Lorelai earlier telling her about getting her cast off, and about how much she was looking forward to go back to school again. She told her about her fears of a new school but that having Tristin there with her made everything a lot easier. She really liked living in British Columbia, and when summer came Tristin promised to take her to see Hell's Gate. She was really looking forward to that. She hadn't seen any of the sights yet because it had been raining almost everyday so she didn't want to go out and risk getting her cast wet. So next week she would email what sights she did see. She told her mom how much she loved and missed her and every one else. When she was done she got ready for bed.

Rory had just opened her book to read a chapter or two before going to sleep when Tristin walked in.

"Bible Boy what are you doing in here?" She inquired.

"Oh… Umm. I just wanted to see if you were asleep." He replied somewhat nervously

"Okay, now the real reason."

"Okay, promise you won't make fun of me?"

"Of course" Rory said patting the bed for him to cuddle up beside her on the bed.

"Here goes. I'm kind of nervous about starting school tomorrow."

"That's okay Tris, a lot of people are nervous about that, I certainly am."

"Well how should I act? At Chilton I was king I didn't have to worry if people would like me or not because everyone did." Tristin said looking down at their entwined hands.

"Tris, look at me. Just be you and everyone will like you fine. You're a real likable person when your not being an ass, and when your you your not an ass." Rory said smiling and leaning up against him to give him a sweet reassuring kiss. Tristin pulled away for a second.

"And you like me so that's all that matters right?" He asked her with a smile on his face.

"Right, and I plan to like you for a while longer. At least until someone hotter comes along." She said with his smirk plastered on her face.

"Funny Gilmore, cause we both know that there is no one better looking than me." He replied

"Shut up DuGrey and go to sleep." Rory said pulling him down under the blankets and placing his arms tightly around her waist. She leaned up to kiss him good-night."

"Good-night Bible boy."

"'Night Mare."

The two happy teenagers both fell asleep peacefully that night waiting for the next day to start and see what new adventures came their way.

A/N: Well that's it for this chapter anyway. I hope you liked it. I know I said they would start school in this chapter but it didn't work out that way. But the next chapter will defiantly be them in school. It will start right where it left off, except in the morning so not exactly where it left off but you get the picture so I'll stop rambling now.

Thanks for all the wonderful reviews.

Princetongirl, Gilmoregirl7878, peachykeenjellybean, roxykins, LoVe23, Callista Wolfwood, smile1, PrincessRandom205 (times 2),

vm1fan225 – with the good-byes in that last chapter it felt long but I didn't know how else to write it so I just left it. I'm glad you still enjoyed it. I would LOVE to be anywhere alone with him to!

tickle582 - It's another private school. Nothing but the best for the DuGrey's and Gilmore's. I give you the website in the next chapter.

A/N2: I put the website address in my Profile for Janlan's summer home.