Rory was dreading having to meet her escort. She only hoped that it wasn't the spider guy or possibly the spider guys friend, the centipede guy.
She shuttered at the thought of having to dance with a guy who probably had a spider in his pocket. Leave it to her grandmother to fix her up with a guy that has an insect fetish.
Tristan had been looking for Rory all of his free period. After hanging out with her yesterday it made him realize he really wanted her as more than just a conquest.
He finally found her tucked away in the back corner of the library. She was biting the back of her pen as she though and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Tristan wanted to go over there and talk to her but she was so engrossed in her school work he decided not to disturb her.
The last bell rang and Rory found her mother waiting for her. "Mom, What are you doing here?"
"Well, I was in the area not to mention your grandmother threatened that if we were late to you little dance lesson that she would extend Friday night dinners to be all weekend."
"She wouldn't!" Rory gasped in horror.
Lorelai nodded with a disturbed look on her face. "She's the devil, She would."
"I thought the Deb Ball was hell, so how can grandma be the devil?" Rory questioned as she threw her back pack into the jeep and the departed from Chilton.
"Ok, So maybe the Deb balls aren't hell…They are like the hoedown the devil attends. And they are constantly playing 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia'."
"Oh! 'And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold. But if you lose,
the devil gets your soul'." Rory sang off key.
"Where the hell did that come from?" Lorelai asked slightly shocked her daughter new the lyrics to a Charlie Daniels Band song.
"You know, I really have no freaking clue!" Rory said bursting out laughing and was soon joined by her mother.
Tristan watched as Rory got into the car with her mother and just by watching them you could tell they were having a conversation that was animated and full of witty dialogue.
Getting into the limo his mother was waiting for him in he sighed, it was going to be a long afternoon with a girl he probably wouldn't even like.
"Hey, Tris! How was school?" His mother greeted and handed him a soda.
"Thanks and School was alright, Third period got cancelled."
"Did you see, Mary?" his mother teased.
"Yes, Mom." He replied flatly.
"Did she mention last night to you?" Alyse pried.
"No, I said a saw her. I didn't talk to her, she was to caught up in her homework. I didn't want to disrupt her."
"How cute! My son finally has a crush on a girl with a brain! Oh, I bet you she even knows how to keep her legs closed unlike the rest of the little tramps you bring home!"
"MOM!" Tristan yelled. His mother was not shy about expressing her feelings towards the girls Tristan had dated in the past but she didn't always have to be so crude about it.
"I'm sorry, Dear. I know how sensitive you are when I call your legion of tramps."
"They are not all tramps!" Tristan defended.
"Are they Hanes Her Way or Victoria Secret?" Alyse asked attempting to prove her point.
"Some of them are neither."
"Oh, Well then…Those particular girls have moved their way up from Tramp to Whore."
"Mom, Are you seriously talking about this!"
"Yes, I am. Is Mary a Hanes Her Way or a Victoria's Secret kind of girl?"
"NO! I am drawing a line. You can talk about all those meaningless girls but I a refuse to let you talk about the type of underwear Ro...Mary is wearing!"
His mother didn't notice his slip up and just laughed. "To quote Usher 'You got it bad'." Alyse teased.
Tristan sighed he did have it bad. Rory Gilmore had managed to weasel her way into his heart and
"You listen to Usher?" Tristan questioned with a hint of amusement.
Alyse immediately changed the subject and began to tell Tristan something about his father. Tristan hadn't really paid much attention as to where the limo was directed because if he had he would have noticed the 'WELCOME TO STARS HOLLOW' sigh it had just passed.
Lorelai and Rory arrived at the dance studio to see a long black limo parked in front.
"Leave it to my mother to set you up with a trust fund baby." Lorelai said as they exited the jeep.
"Lorelai, It is important for Rory to be presented by a boy with a family that has power and stamina." Emily said appearing behind them.
"God Mom!" Lorelai screamed. "Wear a bell, cough, Make yourself known!"
"Lorelai will you please try to be on your best behavior this afternoon."
"Oh, I can't promise anything. I've already had a few shots and I might just need someone to make sure my shirt stays on."
"Really, Lorelai." Emily said slightly disgusted with her daughters comment. "Come now Rory, Your escort and his mother are waiting to meet you."
"So he's a mamas boy." Lorelai commented.
"Lorelai, Please!" Emily hissed as the three generations of Gilmore women entered the dance studio.
Rory couldn't make out what the guy looked like. He was tall, that's as much as she could observe.
"Alyse, Wonderful to see you again!" Emily greeted. "Rory, This is Alyse DuGrey and her son Tristan."
"Nice to meet you Mrs. DuGrey. Good to see you, Tristan." Rory smiled politely.
She seemed calm enough on the outside but inside she was flipping out. "HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING!" Rory mentally screamed. "I just started to admit that I could quite possible have feelings for him and now he's being forced to be my date? Great, Just Great. Now, either he thinks I am completely desperate or I asked my grandmother to set this up. Someone please kill me."
"You two know each other?" Emily asked looking between the two teenagers.
"We attend Chilton together." Rory explained. "In fact, Tristan drove me home yesterday when I missed the bus."
"How nice of you." Emily smiled.
"I thought you drove Mary home from school yesterday?" Alyse said turning to her son.
"Oh, Um…I call Rory Mary." He muttered.
This was obviously hilarious to Lorelai because she had to use all the effort she could muster up not to burst out laughing.
Just as that moment Miss Patty waltzed into the studio "Where are my two students?" she questioned.
"Here! This is Rory, As you know. This is Tristan DuGrey her escort for the debutante ball." Emily introduced.
"Oh! You're the boy from the Diner! I assumed you were dating after all she was feeding you pie." Patty said unintentionally bring unwanted upon the two teens.
Lorelai snorted and continued to try and conceal her laughter unfortunately it didn't work and she quickly excused herself from the studio.
Alyse began to chuckle as well not from what the dance teacher had mention but from the horrified look on the teenagers faces. Quickly, She to excused herself from the studio.
"Well, Young Lady. We'll have to have a talk about conducting yourself with the opposite sex in public but until then why don't you two begin your lesson." Emily said curtly before marching off.
"I didn't mean to open a can of worms, I mean I love gossip as much as the next gal but I don't wanna rain on anyone's parade." Miss Patty apologized.
"Don't worry about it Miss Patty. You didn't do anything wrong." Rory assured the women "Now, Let's learn how to waltz."
"I already know how to." Tristan commented before they began.
Rory looked at him and shook her head "That doesn't surprise me."
"I told you I'd been to a couple of these things before." He shrugged.
Miss Patty watched the two teenagers. They had feelings for each other she was sure of it.
"Alright, Well Tristan since you're the one with more experience…" Patty began causing Rory to let out a slight chuckle at her choice of wording.
"Something funny, Dear?"
"No, I'm sorry. Continue." Rory said wiping the smile off of her face.
"Ok. He is the pro at waltzing so why don't we let him set up the position and lead you. Then we can see how much help Rory will be needing."
Both of them nodded. Tristan pulled Rory closer than took her hand and placed into on his shoulder then took her other one and placed it in his own. He then took his other hand and placed it on her hip
Rory's breath caught as she was pulled closer to Tristan's body. Her senses were burning. He smelled amazing, she couldn't place the scent but it made her tingle. Her hands and hip were burning from his touch she for the first time in her life felt the urge to pull him closer and have a hot, passionate make out session but she refrained herself.
Miss Patty nodded in approval at the stance that Tristan had set up and she began to explain how they had to move across the floor.
Forty Five minutes later. Lorelai and now Christopher had made their way into the studio.
Rory spotted Chris and broke away from Tristan to hug her father. "Hey, Dad!"
"Hey, Kiddo. How are the dance lessons going?" He asked with a smirk on his face.
"I suck."
"You can't be that bad." Lorelai reasoned.
"At one point Miss Patty thought Tristan was gonna get hurt, she made me sit in the corner and watch."
"Hey! Nobody Puts baby in the corner!" Lorelai objected.
"It's not your fault. Ballroom dancing is a wonderfully sexist thing. Any woman can do it, all she needs is a strong male lead. No offense Tristan." Chris said pulling Lorelai into his grasp.
Lorelai stumbled and almost fell. "Oh, well, most any woman can do it." Chris corrected.
"I wasn't ready, I wasn't ready. I want a do over!" Lorelai pouted giving Chris bambi eyes.
"Fine. May I have this dance?" Chris asked offering his hand to her and bowing slightly.
"I don't know. Do you have a trust fund?" Lorelai stated as she pretended to think then turned in Rory's direction "Always make sure."
"Alright, Rory and Tristan why don't you try to dance with another couple on the floor. This way we can see if anyone is going to be endangered while Rory is dancing." Miss Patty suggested with teasing tone.
"Do you have a trust fund?" Rory asked teasingly.
"As a matter of fact, I do."
"Well then let's dance." She said placing her hands in the proper positions.
"Ror, That's your problem. Your to stiff. Loosen up, relax into his embrace. He won't let you fall." Lorelai commented.
Rory did as her mother instructed and relaxed into Tristan's arms. As soon as she did they began to flow through the dance steps perfectly and Miss Patty looked shocked.
"Obviously you trust the boy because the way you were depending on his movements you probably would have fallen if he had let go."
"Oh, Well then Tristan. Please don't let go of me." Rory weakly joked.
Leaning down to her ear he whispered "Never."
Rory blushed then looked up to meet his eyes. She couldn't find anything to doubt his words. Giving him a small smile she walked over and began to talk to her mom.
Tristan was off in his own little world when Chris tapped him on the shoulder. "So, You obviously have feelings for my daughter." he stated.
"Oh, Well I…a…I…" Tristan fumbled with his words. He didn't want to make a bad impression, this was after all Rory's father.
"It's ok. I know what it's like to be in love with a Gilmore girl. It's…Intense." Chris smirked.
"That it is."
"When she does finally realize you like her, don't screw it up. They deserve the world." Chris advised "And I am not just saying this because I am her father, I am saying that because I have loved and lost a Gilmore girl."
Tristan nodded and was a little shocked at Chris's confession. Tristan decided he didn't want to end up like that, He was going to be smarter than Chris. He was going to keep his Gilmore girl.
He glanced up at Lorelai and Rory he noticed his mother had reappeared and was now laughing and talking with the two girls.
"Oh god." Tristan groaned and ran his hand through his hair. His mother talk to the girl he was head over heels in love with and her mother was not a good combination.
"Tristan! I want to see you and Rory waltz!" Alyse yelled over in his direction.
He walked towards the women and shook his head. "I think we have enough witnesses that we are capable of waltzing, Mom. No need to do it again."
"Yes, There is a need." Alyse smirked evilly at her son.
"Oh and what would that be?" Tristan asked.
"Because I am your mother and I said so."
"Alyse! Can I borrow that line? It will give me so much more power over the pop tart flavor!" Lorelai grinned.
"She thinks it will but it really won't." Rory stage whispered to Tristan causing Alyse and Chris to laugh and Lorelai to scowl.
"Let's see you dance!" Alyse said again.
"Yeah, I wanna see it again to!" Lorelai cheered "I mean after she took out her whole dance class when she was four I thought all hope was lost for her."
Rory blushed then grabbed Tristan's hand and ignored the shocks that went through her body. "Let's just dance, it'll get them off our backs."
Tristan nodded and took her hand. "Hey! No fair. He agrees when she wants to dance but when his mother wants to he says no! Where's the love?" Alyse whined.
"I know you feed and clothe them and all they do is disobey you!" Lorelai added.
Rory rolled her eyes and took a deep breath before relaxing into Tristan's arms. She hated the fact that she felt so comfortable wrapped in his arms.
Miss Patty started the music and the two teenagers flowed together with the rhythm of the music. "So, Were you disappointed?" Tristan asked.
"About what? That you are my escort?" Rory questioned and Tristan nodded before spinning her.
Bring brought back into his arms she smiled "Nope, I mean unless you have a secret insect fetish you'd like to inform me about."
"I can honestly say I've never felt any attraction towards any type of bug." He joked.
"Then I think we're good."
Rory and Tristan continued to sway with the music as the adults looked on. "They are so oblivious." Lorelai stated shaking her head.
"I don't know about Rory but my son has liked her for a while. I have a feeling she's the one girl that could make him change." Alyse told her.
"Rory would come home and tell me how Tristan would pick on her and make her miserable. Apparently he was using third grade tactics."
"Tristan never was very good with the subtle." Alyse told Lorelai as the two shared a laugh.
As the song ended Rory pulled away she knew she had to get away from Tristan and soon because if she didn't she'd do something stupid like admit she liked him.
Walking over to Four adults who were clapping. "Thank you." Rory said giving a curtsy.
"Ror, You were so not meant to be a girl of society you can't even do a curtsy correctly." Lorelai teased.
"I guess I'll never become a Princess. Damn."
Alyse laughed, This girl was beautiful, witty and from what she had heard incredibly intelligent. This was the exactly the type of girl her son needed.
"Well, We've got to be going. It was nice to meet you, Rory. I'll probably see you Saturday and if not, Good Luck." Alyse said sweetly.
"Thank you, It was nice to meet you to, Mrs. DuGrey."
"I'll see you tomorrow, Rory." Tristan said quietly.
Rory nodded and smiled warmly at him "Of course, Have a good night."
"You too." He responded before following his mother out of the dance studio.
Rory felt her heart drop slightly as he left the building. "No" Rory thought to herself. "I refuse to like Tristan. He's being nice to me because he has to. He doesn't like me and I won't fall for his pity."
She turned to her parents. "I'm going to go home and get my homework starter. Thanks Miss Patty for the help. I really appreciated it."
Lorelai and Chris nodded and Miss Patty smiled "No problem, Youare actually very good with the proper lead."
Rory forced a smile, not liking the idea that Tristan was leading her properly and walked away.
The moment Tristan got into the car his mother began to ask him questions.
"WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME!" Alyse demanded.
"I didn't lie. Everything I said about her was the truth. She is beautiful, smart and witty." Tristan defended. He really wasn't in the mood to get interrogated by his mother but that was exactly what he was getting.
"Yeah, I knew all that. Except for the NAME! Tristan, what if I had slipped and mention 'Mary'? What would have happened then?"
"Well, You did say 'I Thought the girl you brought home's name was Mary' so I'm going to take a guess and predict that she did figure out that I talk about her." Tristan yelled.
Both of the DuGrey's sat in silence for a while but Alyse broke the silence.
"You really like her don't you?"
Tristan nodded his head "Yeah, I really, really do."
"She knows." Alyse stated.
"How do you know?"
"Because when the dance teacher told her that she must really trust you, she got a panicked expression on her face. One of those 'oh my god when did that happen' kind of looks."
Tristan didn't know if his mother was telling the truth or just trying to make him feel better but for now he was going to believe what his mother told him and pray that Rory did feel the same way.
There is chapter 2, I hope you all like it! Please review!
I do not own anything associated with Gilmore Girls orthe Charlie Daniels Band..I only know the one song.
Quotes in italics are from 'Presenting Lorelai Gilmore'