CHAPTER 15 - Goodbyes and Giggles

The rest of the night Rory felt as if she were on a cloud. Everything felt as if it were from a fairy tale. All Rory's wishes had surprisingly come true. Tristan had come home and brought her to the prom, Grace ended up with Dave, and they all danced their asses off the rest of the night.

When the prom came to an end, Tristan, Rory, Grace, and Dave, all filed into the limo. On the drive to Rory's house, the four of them discussed all the obstacles they each had to go through, leading up to that night. They went over who knew what, and tried to figure out how they each found out. When the limo pulled up to Rory's house, she and Tristan got out. Grace and Dave yelled their goodbyes from inside the car. As Tristan and Rory walked to the porch, Tristan reached for her hand.

"Thanks for tonight, I had a great time." Rory said looking up at him.

"No problem. But next time you spend 2 years pining for me, you might want to let me in on it."

"I promise, next time..I will." Rory laughed, "And when you spend 2 years telling all your friends about me, but never calling, you might want to let me know, ok?"

"Yeah...ok." he said with a smile.

"Well, I better go. Thanks Tristan, for everything."

"You're welcome." he repied. Tristan grabbed Rory in a kiss, which started out friendly and then turned to passionate. Rory broke away and reached for the door.

"I'll call you tomorrow, okay?" Tristan said.

"You better!" she said with a laugh and a smile.

GILMORE HOUSE

Once Rory closed the front door, Lorelai ran out from the kitchen. "OHH MYY GOSHH! Tell me everything!"

"I dont know mom. I'm kind of tired. Maybe tomorrow, okay?" Rory said as she walked into her room and shut her door. Lorelai mouthed the word "okay" just as Rory's door opened back up.

"You don't think I would really leave you hanging until TOMORROW morning, would you?"

"Well HALLEJULAH because I don't think I can last that long." Rory ran and sat on the couch in the living room as Lorelai ran about the kitchen getting chocolate, chips, and soda. She would need something to munch on during the parts that were so sweet that it was almost sickening.

"So start at the beginning and tell me EVEYTHING! Don't leave anything out. But first, tell me, was it all you thought it would be?"

Rory smiled a truely genuine smile, "It was all that and more."

Lorelai noisily opened the bag of chips and stuffed on in her mouth, "Oh this is gonna be good."

For the next three hours (yes, three hours!) Lorelai hung on to every word that Rory said. She "awed" at the perfect moments, laughed when she was supposed to, and stufed her face with chips during the dull parts. She did everything a best friend should, and Rory was so grateful to have her.

They were both grateful to have eachother.

The End