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!
Things Take Time:
Dave had left and it was just the three of them sitting down in an awkward silence. Trinity looked between Rory and Tristan trying to read their faces but all she got were clouded expressions. She started to tap her feet to help the silence go by, but all it did was make Rory place her hand on her knee and press down so she'd stop moving. She stopped fidgeting and bit her lip. Then she started to click her tongue.
"Can you please stop!" Rory begged. Trinity stopped and gave them both a look.
"Okay, as much fan as it is to sit in silence, what is going on? I mean you guys come home and you really haven't said a word since. Tell me something! Tell me a lie, just if you're not going to talk, lemme go do something else!" She whined.
"I know your dad and I really haven't spent that much time together, but—"
"But, you love each other and you've decided to get married. Aww man, finally!" Trinity interrupted and got off the couch. "So, that's it?" She didn't get a response, but instead got two shell-shocked faces. "Okay well, I'm gonna go read." She said and turned away and started to walk towards her room. Rory and Tristan stared at each other.
"Ann!" Tristan called. She turned around raising an eyebrow and slowly walked back towards them.
"Yea?"
"How did you know that?"
"It was so obvious, and plus, I saw dad had a ring and when you two left, it wasn't there so I figured that's what happened."
"So you knew…you knew that he was going to propose to me sometime…?"
She shrugged, "Yup. What? Don't act so surprised. It was practically inevitable."
"I just...are you okay with this?" Rory asked.
She nodded, "Mom, I've known you my whole life and I know you, and while I haven't known dad as long, he seems like one of the most honorable and nicest guys I've ever met. You deserve a break from those creeps, and dad's here. So, why not him? After all, now we can be a family. A real one." Tristan smiled and pulled her arm, so she sat on his lap and hugged her tightly. Rory smiled with tears in her eyes and allowed Trinity to pull her into the hug.
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"It's a lot more…schoolish then it was last year." Trinity commented staring at the building avoiding the fact that anytime now, she'd have to actually enter the building.
"Trinity." Tristan said sternly.
"What? It's just…you know school and me are like oil and water. You just can't mix the two. We just repel each other." She said as she slowly started to walk backwards. "See, I have absolutely no control over the fact that I'm moving backwards." Rory burst out laughing.
"Hey Rory. Hi Trinity." They turned and saw Brax, Trinity's friend standing there.
"Oh, hey." Rory said. "So Brax, we're having a hard time getting Trinity actually into the school. Any ideas?"
"Umm, she can trade lunches with me?"
"Deal!" Trinity said smiling and started to walk forward towards the school.
"Ahem." She turned around and went back to her parents hugging them both and giving them both a kiss on the cheek. She then scampered to catch up with Brax and started to talk animatedly with him.
Rory turned to Tristan, "You know, I've made her lunch everyday except when she wants to buy. Now I find out she trades. No wonder she has different tastes for lunch then dinner." Tristan laughed and steered Rory back to the car.
"Look, I have to get to work, but I'll pick up Trinity?" Tristan asked stopping in front of Rory's work.
"Sure." She nodded and leaned over the console and kissed him briefly.
"Bye baby." He said smiling widely. She rolled her eyes and stepped out of the car, waved goodbye and headed for the building.
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The whole school was coming out of an assembly. It was a standard back to school thing about what changed and what didn't. Now the students were told to find their classroom to start the school day.
"So that's good, right?" Brax asked Trinity once inside the building
"Yea I mean, he seems like a really great guy and my mom trusts him enough to marry, so I should be happy."
"But are you?"
"I don't know him."
"But…"
"Well I do, and I really love him but people change, you know? But on the other hand, she seems really happy around him so yea I am happy. I know that they'll be happy together." The boy nodded. He looked at the sheet his was holding and looked at the sign on the wall.
"Looks like this is it." He said, "176. Grade Five." He smiled weakly.
"God, I hope we have someone good this year." Brax nodded in complete agreement, but upon entering the classroom, they're smiles dropped and a look of dread and fear replaced it.
"Welcome back to school." She greeted them. They put fake smiles on and nodded walking to an empty seat and groaned as they plopped into their chairs. A bell rung and the teacher stood up writing her name on the chalkboard and facing the class again. She searched the room with pursed lips and stopped on two students.
"Looks like we have two new students. Welcome to grade five, I'm your teacher this year. My name is Mrs. Wright." She heard soft groaning from a desk and snapped her gaze to it.
"Miss Dugrey, would you like to share to the class what you find so unappealing?" Trinity breathed heavily and stood up.
"As a matter of fact, I would. May I came to front of the room or do you feel I'd be invading your personal space?" Mrs. Wright motioned for her to proceed. She slowly walked up to the front of the room.
"I live in the United States of America. Not only is this country a free country of speech where you may say anything you'd like. The Fifth Amendment clearly states that any person has the right to remain silent, so here I stand saying the following, and really I can't get in trouble. Mrs. Wright, you made last year hell for me and if you think you're going to get away with it this year, you might want to actually start packing your bags. Now I plead the fifth." And she walked back to her seat staring her teacher in the eye.
"Miss Dugrey, you may find your way to the principal's office now, and don't expect to come back to class unless you've adjusted your attitude." Trinity's mouth dropped open, before she closed it.
"Fine, then I want you to accompany me. You know, so I don't go somewhere else."
"Miss Dugrey." The class looked to the door to see the principal standing there with a firm look on his face. "I will be accompanying you, so come along."
"Or maybe I can." She mumbled. Trinity let a nervous laugh make its way through her mouth as she followed the principal silently to his office. There he reprimanded her saying that she should go to school in a respective manner and therefore she would not take the tone with a teacher. He then informed her, her mother would be picking her up and called her but no one answer. He then called another number and asked for them to come down to the school.
"Trinity, you do realize that getting into such trouble on the first day of school is frowned upon and you will be given a warning, but next time you won't get off so easily." They heard a man's voice ask where the principal's office was. Trinity turned towards the door and saw Tristan walk in, shaking his head and took a seat next to Trinity.
"Sir, I am sorry about this. Rory and I will have a talk with Trinity about her behavior today. She will return tomorrow with a better attitude."
"Very well then, it seems you have this under control. Good bye." Tristan nodded and shook the man's hand before escorting her out of the school. He got to the car and then turned to face her.
"You know, you really didn't need to go this far to not go to school today." He said shaking his head. She lowered her head. "You better be glad they couldn't get a hold of your mom or she'd have your neck."
"At least now she can yell at me in the comfort and privacy of our home." Trinity said cringing.
"Your mom is going to have a fit, lucky for you I can't exactly yell at you since I've done the same thing on one to many occasions, which you shouldn't take me as a role model in school."
"I'm sorry?"
"Yea, I know. Come on; wanna see where your dad works?" Tristan smiled at her shrugging helplessly. She smiled brightly and nodded before going into the car.
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"I'm home!" Rory called shutting the door behind her and dropping her bag on the floor.
"Oh hey mom, look there's a piece of lint of the carpet, lemme throw it away." Trinity said nervously picking up a piece of lint on the floor and taking forever to throw it away. Tristan emerged from the kitchen and smiled walking over to her. He wrapped his arms her and kissed her gently.
"Why is she acting so strange?" Rory questioned.
"Trinity got into some trouble today."
"Trouble?" she asked concerned.
"She was sent home about an hour and a half after started."
Her eyes widened, "For what?"
"She took her teacher up on her offer to share with the class why she groaned. She then told her teacher that she hated her and she pleaded the fifth. You know the smartness and smartass combination seem to be slightly inconvenient when it comes to school."
"So what happened?"
"The principal called me and I picked her and brought her to work with me. What else was I supposed to do? The school sent her home." He said shrugging.
"But on the first day? Tristan this can't happen." He let go of her and nodded towards the kitchen where Trinity was residing at the moment. Rory breathed deeply and headed towards the kitchen with Tristan following.
"So Trinity, I hear about your episode today. You know your father and I have to work and we need to be there so when you pull stupid stunts, which you won't do anymore, or you'll inhabit our abilities to perform our jobs."
"But I just found I had Mrs. Wright again!" Trinity said softly. "I just I can't stand her. I mean I can deal with her hating me, but when she questions you guys and she doubts you…I can't deal with that. She shouldn't have the right to get away with that, and I'm going to make sure she doesn't." Rory and Tristan looked at each other.
Rory sighed and kneeled in front of Trinity, "I understand okay? I had a teacher who picked on this poor boy just because he was staring at a girls ear. She embarrassed him in front of the whole class, but we as the students can't really do anything about it. School is like a hierarchy. The lowest rank is the students. They get no say in anything. Then comes the maintenance staff or the parents. Depending on where it is and who it is. Then comes the teachers and the principle or head and then the top is the school board. We have probably as much say about her as you do. What your father and I can do though, is have a talk with your principle about her, and if it doesn't work then maybe we can get to the board, okay?" Trinity nodded understandingly.
"I'm sorry, I just…last year she practically called you a liar and…yea." She said apologetically.
"I know, and I'll let you go this time, but you have to try harder." Trinity nodded, "And you really do have Mrs. Wright?" Rory asked frowning.
"Unfortunately."
"Okay, try to get on her good side and if that doesn't work, just make sure you do really well. Remember this year you're going to apply to Chilton's middle school." She nodded again. "Okay, how about we go out and get some dinner."
"Thank you." Trinity said hugging her. As Trinity ran to get her shoes, Rory stood up and turned to Tristan.
"You fool." She said to him.
"Fool? What?"
"She didn't get that gene from me!" She said smiling. He smiled guiltily.
"You know when I picked her up, I felt like the tables were turned on me. It felt so weird to be in the other position, I was so used to the other one."
Rory smiled, "You better make sure she doesn't end up like a 16 year old Trista."
"You mean Tristan…"
"No, you're a male, Trinity is a female. There fore she better not end up like a 16 year old Trista."
"But you're her mom, I'm not sure if that would happen."
"Oh trust me, I saw you in her since the day she was born. I don't doubt she'll take after you in many things."
He shrugged, "But other then the school thing I didn't get into a lot of other trouble."
"That's why I haven't seen you for 10 years. Oh okay, sure." Rory said smiling and rolled her eyes.
"You know I'm sorry about that, and I know I can never take what happened back, but—"
"But you're here now, so make well with your daughter. Don't let her make the same stupid mistake's you did…like stare at my ear for a whole period."
"Oh yea, nice weaving of the story there." He said smirking.
"Oh the things I do because you don't." she said grinning.
"Food?" he suggested and when she nodded followed her out where they found Trinity and left for the restaurant.
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"Here comes the bride all dressed in blue…why? Because it matches her eyes! Duhhhhhhhh…." Lorelai's voice rang through the apartment. "So sweets, call me, because we NEED to talk details here! I'm driving myself insane, are we doing big? Small? Purple? Pink? Lima green? Eww, scratch that last one. Okay so you know the number. Love ya all."
"So Tristan what do you think for our wedding color? Lima green?" she asked after listening to the messages. They had just come back from dinner.
"Puke orange would look so much better." Trinity chimed in. They both gave her a look. "Or not."
"You guys wanna do a movie night?" Tristan asked. They two girls nodded eagerly and sat down on the sofa as they scrolled through movie choices on the TV. Trinity wanted the Notebook, Rory of course wanted Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and Tristan wanted Sin City. Sin City was ruled out immediately, and finally The Notebook won, must to Tristan's dismay. They started to watch it but none of them could really concentrate on the movie playing in front of them.
Trinity lowered the volume and paused the movie. She walked over to her two parents and hugged them tightly, then wedged herself between the two of them. They looked at her questioningly, "I don't care that you're a lot younger then all the other parents, but I do care that we haven't been a family up until now, really. I know this is weird to be saying now, but I've been thinking a lot about it. Mom, I'm sorry I got into trouble today and dad, I'm sorry you never really knew about me. I am happy though that we're together. Also, I know things take time and you probably don't know yet, but have you ever thought about having more kids?" Rory spit out the coffee she was drinking and looked at her. Tristan seemed as surprised as Rory.
"Well we haven't really talked about it." Rory said.
"I just, don't let me get in the way of your plans okay? You two deserve this so much and if you're holding back on anything, then I don't want you two to get married even though I think you should."
Tristan tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "I know you don't want us to hold back but whatever we do, we have to take you into consideration. Otherwise we wouldn't be parents, you understand that, right?" She nodded.
Rory added, "Also I'm not sure where this sudden topic came from, but we want your opinion okay? I'm not saying that your sudden question about kids is going to provoke anything, but we're here for you always…even if we do have another baby." Rory said calmly, but inside she was stressing out. She caught Tristan's gaze and saw his smile, which was filled with so much more then happiness and amusement.
"Thank you." Trinity said quietly.
"For what?"
"For being my parents. I don't think I'd want any other parents…and I mean that." Rory beamed and rubbed her back as Trinity leaned her head against Tristan's arm.
"We're proud to be your parents." Tristan said soothingly as they all sat there, knowing that movie nights and family traditions would be exactly like this and more of them were to come. Just maybe there'd be four people instead of three, and there'd probably be some rings. Everything takes time, but if you're willing to wait, you never know what surprises and gifts you'll get.
Well it's finished. I'm sure if I liked that ending, but if you guys don't I'll try and fix it. Thank you everyone for being such an amazing help and staying with from the very beginning, which seems like forever and a day ago. Thank all again and happy holidays. :0) Love always, Kiki.
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