Title:Time

Disclaimer: I own nothing except Trinity and other unrecognizable people, although I surely wouldn't mind owning GG!

Pairings: Lane/Dave, Luke/Lorelai, Paris/Jess, Rory?

(P.S. Lindsay and Dean won't be in this story really. It'll mainly focus on Rory…)

Summary: In eight years things can change…in a year things can change…heck, in a single night things may change. Read to find out!

Please review and enjoy! Let me know what you think!

'Rory?' Tristan whispered to Rory's sleeping figure the next morning.

'Mm?'

'Trinity is home, okay?'

'Mm.' She groaned. He wasn't sure whether that registered in her brain. He pulled the covers over her some more and quietly left the room. Trinity was standing on the balcony of the apartment letting the soft breeze lift her hair. He smiled and walked to join her. She turned at the sound of the door opening and saw Tristan join her.

'It's not much, but it's peaceful.' Trinity said. Tristan sat on one of the two chaise chairs and pointed for Trinity to sit too.

'Is everything okay?' she asked making herself comfortable.

'Your uh, your mom told me about Zach.' He said breathing deeply. Her breath caught in her throat.

'Oh.' She managed to get out.

'I know I haven't exactly been the best dad in the world since well you're ten and you've just met me, but I wont let anything happen to you or your mom. Okay?' She nodded mutely.

'I'd actually rather not talk about it right now.' She said softly. He nodded.

'Alright. Well you're mom had a rough night so let her sleep.' He said standing up. He opened the sliding door.

'Wait.' Trinity said quietly. He turned around.

'What did she tell you about me?'

'Umm that you went to a psychologist for awhile because you were getting really depressed, that he hurt you that one time and that he'd threatened you practically since day one.'

'She doesn't know everything. I never told her everything. I mean I couldn't, I saw how bad she was beaten up inside and I couldn't burden her with anything else.'

'Will you ever tell her?'

'Yea, I just want to wait a while.' He nodded.

'Well if you ever need to talk, you know my number and I come around a lot too.'

'So mom didn't talk to you about moving in?' Tristan looked at her confused asking her with his eyes how she knew that.

'She asked me if I wanted you to, and I do, so I asked her to ask you—if she was okay with it, and she was. We both want you to live with us.'

'So this wasn't just your mom's decision?'

'No, I'm the one who came up with the idea.' He nodded and looked down.

'I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked her to do that.' Trinity apologized.

'No, it's okay, I just…I like the way things are with all of us and I don't want it to change.'

'Well I'm not happy, and mom isn't either. We want to see you more.' His eyes widened.

'I uhh…'

'Think about it, just don't leave her wondering too long. It doesn't feel good to not know what your boyfriend or girlfriend is thinking.' He nodded and kissed her hair. He sat down next to her again.

'Trinity I want to tell you something.' She nodded.

'No matter what happens, between your mom and I, I will always be here for you. That means whether it doesn't work out between us, or if I move in or if living arrangements stay the way they are, I will always be there. Okay?' she nodded again.

'Good, so I'm going to go see how your mom is doing. Can you watch TV or something?' She nodded and followed him inside. He continued to Rory's room and entered. Rory was shifting. He sat down next to her and waited for her eyes to slowly open. She smiled when she saw him.

'Hi.'

'Good morning beautiful.' He said softly. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the clock. Her eyes opened in alarm.

'It's Saturday.' He said. She relaxed and breathed deeply.

'Trinity is watching TV, I think.' She nodded.

'I umm want to thank you for listening to me ramble and stuff last night.'

'Sure, I know what it feels like to finally tell someone something and it feels like you got a weight that you didn't even know you were carrying off your chest.' She nodded and then looked down at her hands.

'Are you okay?' he asked concerned.

'I shouldn't have asked you to move in last night.'

'What?'

'It was too fast, I shouldn't have—'

'You should have. It'll make us think about what we want from each other in the future. I'm actually kind of glad you asked me.'

'Oh, well okay then.' Rory said unsure.

'I talked to Trinity before and explained to her that I'll always be there no matter what happens between you and me. She seems to get it, so I'm going to consider this possibility of moving in.' Rory nodded.

'Good.' She said smiling and then wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down with her against the bed so they were both lying down. Rory stared at Tristan in the eye.

'You're sure about this?" Tristan asked.

"I don't think I've ever been more serious in my life.' She said honestly. He gave her a smile and kissed her on the forehead before wrapping his arms around her.

Long time, no update, huh? Sorry about that. IN MY WORLD has been transferred to my friend's very own account! Her pen name is slightly423psychotic. I think she just posted the 9th chapter so go check it out! Please review and as always, thank you! Kiki.