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!

All Together Now:

It was about a week later. Trinity was busy fingering the envelope she hadn't had a chance to open. Rory was doing better, but she still had a slight fear of him coming back. To the parents of Trinity Dugrey was printed on the front of the envelope followed by her address. She sighed and held it up to light trying to see through but all she saw was a typed letter that she count read. Tristan walked into the living room watching her squint at the envelope.

"What's so fascinating about the envelope?" he asked. Trinity lowered it.

"In this envelope is contained everything for next year. What if I have the worst teacher? I mean everything is in here. My school supplies list, my teachers, my classes, the people in each class…everything!" Trinity said complaining. Tristan laughed and sat down next to her.

"So open it." He said.

"I can't. It's not addressed to me, and I'd feel weird opening it." She showed him the address label.

"Well, I'm one of your parents, I could open it for you." He suggested. Trinity thrust the letter at him. He chuckled and ripped it open thinking about how Rory that was. He carefully pulled the papers out and handed them to Trinity who eagerly searched through them.

"Language Arts with Mr. Cardens, not bad. Math with Ms. Wellis, awesome. Regular unknown." She read out loud but ended with confusion in her voice. She looked at Tristan. "I don't get it."

"They probably had a quick change and didn't have your teacher written in the letter before it was sent out." He explained. She nodded but frowned.

"That sucks." She said. Tristan laughed and rubbed her back. Rory exited out of her bedroom wearing a robe and slippers.

"Hey mom."

"Hey sweetie." She said plopping into the chair across from them. Tristan stood and poured her a cup of coffee. He handed it to her.

"Here."

"Oh man, I could get used to this." She said smiling. He smiled and sat back down next to Trinity. Trinity stood up.

"I'm going to get changed." Trinity said, leaving to get her pajamas on. Tristan patted the seat next to him. Rory got up and sat down in Trinity's warm spot. He wrapped his arm around her and kissed her forehead.

"I'm gonna do it." He said softly. She cocked her head.

"Do what?"

"Move in, if it's still an option."

"Of course it is. Are you serious?" she asked shocked.

"Yea." He said nodding. Rory shook her head.

"This is because of Zack, isn't it?" she asked moving away from him. He shook his head.

"No."

"You know, I can take care of myself. I did it before, so don't think you need to do this just because of Zack returning." She said with a hint of bitterness in her voice.

"I know, Rory! Just the thing that happened made me realize how much I care about you. I mean, I almost called you my wife." He admitted softly. She started to laugh. "What's so funny?"

"I don't know. I just, please don't do this to me if you're doing it because of Zack. If you need more time to think about it, then fine. I know how to take care of myself. I did it before."

"I know. But I love you, you know that and I've been thinking a lot about it anyway and I want to do it. If you and Trinity would still like me too."

"Of course we do." Rory breathed. He smiled and hugged her tightly before kissing her softly on the lips. He cupped her cheek and lightly rubbed the corner of her mouth. She kissed him back and moved back a little.

"Thank you." She said. Her eyes had pure happiness in them as she kissed him hard. He quickly kissed her back before pushing her away slightly.

"10 year old in the next room." He whispered, which made her smile. He hugged her. She rested her damp head on his chest moved to sit on his lap so she'd be more comfortable. Trinity entered the room wearing pajamas.

"What's going on?" she asked suspiciously.

"I'm going to take you guys up on your offer. I'm gonna move in." Tristan said. Trinity's eyes went wide before she ran over to him and hugged him hard. Since Rory was there, Trinity ended up hugging them both and sat down next to him resting her head on her mom's leg. They were all smiling widely when a bright flash went off.

"What the…?" Rory started looking around. Tristan looked down and saw Trinity smiling.

"Ann?"

"What? I figured if I left you two in here alone, I'd get a picture of you doing something. Looks like I put the timer on for too long." She explained.

"Hey, that's our first family picture." Rory said, it dawning on her. The smiles became bigger again. Tristan kissed Rory's lips and pulled her closely to him as Trinity snuggled closer to them. Tristan pulled the blanket off the back of the couch and covered them all. He thought about how the next morning they would have the worst backaches, but right now it didn't matter. They were together now. In the end, that's more important then backaches.

Almost finished. I liked this chapter! Did you? SO what do you think? For my next story, continue an already started one or get a whole new fresh idea? Please review. Thanks, Kiki.