Disclaimer- I still own nothing, except that CMM poster on my wall...

Pairing- Rory and Tristan, Luke and Lorelai.

Reviewers- Thanks a lot!!!

Mystified Dreamer- I tried to update last night, but I got caught up with something. Oh, and there is no awkwardness in this chapter, trust me! but next chapter there will most definitely be awkwardness.

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Callista NicTeryn- if you liked last chapter, you'll love this one!

A/N- So this will definitely be a good ending to this chapter, my friend almost started crying in the sweetness of it. Oh, and see if you can figure out where I put a funny quote from Finding Nemo in. Sue, you don't count, you're the one who helped me on this!

Chapter 5- Just Spreadin' Some Cheer... and Beer

The next months were spent bantering obliviously and becoming close friends. It was two weeks before Christmas.

"Oh what a poor tree! Can we get it?" Rory asked. Tristan and her were buying decorations for their dorm, and Rory insisted on a small tree. She was pointing to a limp tree liable to break at the push of a feather.

"Come on Rory, that's a poor excuse for a tree." Tristan scoffed.

"But nobody will buy it, and on Christmas, it will be in the store all alone!" Rory pouted. "Although it will be just as lonely because we are both not going to be in the dorm most of the time, given that I'm going to my mom's and you're probably going to your parents."

"Actually I'm not going there. Christmas isn't about alcohol and bitterness, right? So, I'm staying with the tree I guess." Tristan shuffled his feet.

"No, it's not." Rory shook her head. "Hey! You should come to Stars Hollow with me!"

"Really?" Tristan couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

"Yea, you can meet my mom, and see my town, and drink Luke's coffee EVERY day." Rory pleaded, "Please Bible Boy?"

Damn, he thought, that smile gets me every time. "Yea, thanks Mary."

Rory jumped up and down like a little girl. "Goodie! Ooh! I have to call my mom and tell her. Wait, why don't we just go and tell her!"

"When?" Tristan asked.

"Now." Rory said simply. "We can buy the baby tree, take it home, and get on the road!"

"O-k." Tristan said hesitantly.

"Why, do you have plans?" Rory started to pout.

"No, it's just, I've never met your mom." Tristan confessed.

"Oh don't be scared. She's harmless, but we should make a stop before we go to the house." Rory noted.

"Where?" Tristan asked.

"You'll see..." Rory grinned. The two paid for the puny fir, and went home. They took quick breaks, and went on the road in Tristan's Jaguar.

"Tristan what kind of crap music is this?" Rory asked half way to Stars Hollow.

"Offspring is not crap! They have the two greatest hits of all time." Tristan defended the band.

"And what would that be?" Rory spat.

"Well the, "pretty fly for a white guy", and the "nana why don't get a job" song." Tristan retorted.

"Oh please those are hardly hits." Rory rolled her eyes.

"Are too! My 13 year old niece loved these songs when she was 8." Tristan replied.

"Now you're getting your musical selections from a second grader? Wow, stooping low are we?" Rory teased.

"Hey! She had sophisticated taste." Tristan whined.

"I would hardly call it sophisticated. Ooh! Stop here!" Rory exclaimed. Tristan halted the car and got out along with Rory.

"A hardware store? What do you have, a broken stoop? Perhaps broken knockers, I can fix that." Tristan said suggestively.

"Oh you're infuriating! Come on!" Rory groaned. She went inside, and Tristan followed. Soon Tristan found out this was anything but a hardware store, it was a diner. Tristan also came to realize everyone was staring at him.

"Rory, why is everyone staring at me?" Tristan whispered.

"Because you're new." Rory whispered back.

"Hey Rory, who's that?" Luke eyed the blonde.

"Oh Luke, this is Tristan. Tristan, now you get that coffee I promised." Rory said. "Luke, 8 coffees." Luke just rolled his eyes and Tristan was puzzled.

"People joining us." Tristan asked.

"No, three for me, three for my mom, and two for you." Rory replied as if it were the easiest thing to know.

"And if I don't like?" Tristan asked.

"I'll drink it." Rory shrugged, and this made Tristan laugh.

"Death in liquid form, here ya go." Luke said sarcastically, and Tristan laughed again. "Finally, someone gets my humor."

"Come on Tristan, I need to explain the rules of my house." Rory explained.

"Good luck kid. You'll need it." Luke joked. This made such a memorable face on Tristan, that Rory took out her cell phone, and took his picture.

"Now, now Luke, don't scare him." Rory put a devilish grin on. Rory laughed and led him out. "All right Tristan, do I have your undivided attention?" Tristan nodded. "Good, now if you even go into that house without coffee, you will die. Depending on how much coffee you have is how much butt-kissing you have to do. Oh, and agree to everything."

"Coffee, butt-kissing, agree. Gotcha." Tristan repeated.

"Yea, so welcome to a whole new world." Rory gestured to her house.

"It looks cozy." Tristan replied, but at the moment, he was running those three steps in his head, because Rory just rang the doorbell.

"Luke, aren't you satisfied enough from-oh hi." Lorelai opened the door.

"Oh my god, my virgin ears!" Rory exclaimed. Tristan tried to hide the excitement in his face. Rory was still his Mary, huh?

"Sorry babe, uh-who are you? Rory, who is he?" Lorelai asked.

"Mom, this is Tristan. Tristan-oh geez." Rory just realized what she said.

"It's ok Mary." Tristan grinned. "I never heard a thing."

Rory shot him a look, "Anyways, we brought coffee." Lorelai's eyes instantly widened, and she let them in.

"So come on, give it!" Lorelai exclaimed.

"Not so fast. I have to tell you something first. Tristan's coming here for Christmas. He needs cheer, not bitterness." Rory explained.

"Ooh, fresh meat." Lorelai wiggled her eyebrows. "Now fork it." Lorelai said.

Tristan watched how Rory and Lorelai interacted. He wished his family was like this, but now he was part of a family that was, he hoped.

Two weeks later

Rory woke up early, and saw the snow falling from her window. She was so excited (about Christmas in Stars Hollow again) that she immediately ran into Tristan's room, and jumped on his bed. "Tristan come on, wake up! It's Christmas, and it's snowing!" Rory exclaimed.

"Merry Christmas Ror." Tristan said sitting up in his bed. Rory almost gasped as she saw the shirtless Tristan.

"So, uh, we should get ready now. Lorelai likes to start the festivities early, and if we want to open our presents, we should get ready now." Rory babbled.

"What presents?" Tristan asked, and Rory began to look sad.

"You didn't get me any, I mean, I got you two really meaningful gifts!" Rory almost cried.

"Just kidding Mary, I put one of them under the tree." Tristan assured.

Rory became happier, "Only one?"

"You get the rest later." Tristan said. "Now shoo! We need to get ready."

Rory leaped off the bed, and practically skipped out the door. She curled her hair softly, and wore a nice skirt, and sweater. She applied only mascara, and lip gloss.

When Tristan finished getting read, he saw Rory sitting on the floor, shaking her fairly large box. God, is there any moment when she doesn't look beautiful? Tristan thought. Of course not, she has to torture me.

"All right Ror, open it." Tristan said, and Rory instantly ripped the paper off. Then she gasped, "Oh, they're all classics!" It was a DVD collection of classics, like Pretty in Pink, and Casablanca. "Tristan you're the greatest." Rory went up, and gave him a hug. Tristan happily obliged.

"Thanks, so what about me?" Tristan asked.

"Well now you only get one." Rory handed him a box. He opened it and was extremely happy with what he saw. It was his favorite cologne. Rory spilled it over a few weeks ago, and felt terrible.

"Thanks Mary." He smiled.

"No problem Bible Boy, Now come on! And we need to bring coffee. Now I know what you're thinking. Luke will be there, and he will bring coffee. Well, he won't bring enough for us all." Rory rambled.

"Ok let's go." Tristan laughed. They went to Starbucks, and on to Stars Hollow.

Christmas Evening

That morning, they all opened presents, but Rory and Tristan forgot about their presents in the back seat. They were now at the prospering Dragonfly Inn, waiting for dinner.

"Ooh! Hey Rory, how are you? Oh, is that your boyfriend?" Sookie giggled.

"No, that's Tristan." Rory shook her head.

"Oh, he's a cute one." Sookie said.

"Yea." Rory smiled. She was smiling at Tristan, looking after Sookie's new born baby, Davey for them. There was actually a good side to him.

Luke just came in with a case of beer, and Lorelai walked up to him. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"Oh, I was just bringing some beer." Luke shrugged.

"You don't drink beer on Christmas. You can drink milk with your cookies, or eggnog, or wine with your dinner. BUT NOT BEER!!!!!!!!" Lorelai exclaimed. Jackson walked out to see what the yelling was about.

"Hey Jackson, you want a beer?" Luke asked, holding up a beer.

"Yea, thanks." Jackson said, and he opened up the bottle.

"Hey, what about me?" Tristan asked.

"Go ahead kid." Luke replied sighing.

Sookie, Lorelai, and Rory just shook their heads at the sight. "Oh Sookie, I forgot your present. I'll be back in 10 minutes!" Rory exclaimed. "Tristan! I need to get something at my mom's."

"Ok." Tristan took a swig of his beer, and grabbed his keys.

In the house

"I found it!" Rory called. "Hey Tristan, we never opened up our presents."

"I'll go get them." Tristan said, and soon came in with two small boxes, and one medium.

"You first." Rory said, and he opened it to see a 'Best Friends' picture frame, with their picture inside.

"It's great." Tristan smiled. "Now you open the bigger one first." Rory did, and saw it was a scrapbook, filled with pictures of them.

"When did you put this together?" Rory asked.

"I had time. Now this one." Tristan whispered. Rory took the box, and was taken aback at what she saw. It was a gorgeous three stone diamond necklace, with a silver chain. She knew it must have cost a fortune.

"It's beautiful." Rory was in awe.

"It's perfect.....like you." Tristan's hands were now entangled with hers, and the necklace was on the side. "Look Mary, look what we're under."

Rory looked up and saw mistletoe. "It's fate," Rory whispered. They looked at each other and realized what was going to come. Tristan brought his lips upon hers, and Rory put her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss. Both knew there would never be a moment more perfect then this.

A/N- Sappy ending I know, but I loved it! But all will not be well in TristanandRory4everville next chapter. Review please!