A.N:As of recently I have discovered that not only am I a Logan/Rory fan but I am also a Tristan/Rory fan. So for the sake of this story they will have a friendship cause well it's my story and I can do what I want! *Starts singing horrible rendition of It's My Party*
Part 8: Shopping Excursion:
Logan led them down the street to a little coffee shop. They walked in and sat at a high table near the window. Logan grabbed a high chair for Gigi and Finn sat her down in it. The waitress, who just happened to be a red head, came and took their orders.
"I'll have the biggest coffee you got. Gigi what do you want?" Rory asked looking at her younger sister.
"Coffee!" Gigi gurgled. Rory looked at the waitress.
"Do you think I could get a cup of 1/4 coffee and 3/4 milk?" Rory asked. The waitress nodded.
"Yeah. I think we even have a sippy cup in the back if you want it."
"That would be great. Oh and two muffins." Rory ordered.
"Just coffee for me. "Logan said.
"Same." Colin answered.
"A coffee and your number love." Finn said the waitress gave him a smile.
"Would you like that with a side of arsenic?" The waitress asked before walking away. They all laughed.
"That was good!" Rory laughed.
"Oh laugh it up doll." Finn said in a huff "At least this one still loves me." He kissed Gigi's head and she giggled.
"You are getting way to attached Finn." Rory laughed. Finn shrugged.
"We're young and in love." Finn said.
"And she's waaaaay to young for you man." Colin said.
"Makes no difference. Does it Gigi?"
"Nope!" Gigi said. Rory laughed.
"You have each other wrapped around your little fingers." Rory said. The waitress came back and set the sippy cup in front of Gigi and the giant cup of coffee and the two muffins. Then she set the coffee and front of the guys.
"Thank you." Rory smiled.
"Welcome. If you need anything else call. And keep the Aussie away from me." The waitress said with a glare to Finn.
"Will do." Rory took a sip of her coffee and smiled. "One down three to go." She muttered. The rest of the morning was spent in the coffee shop talking and keeping Finn from the red headed waitress. By the time they had left Finn had gotten kicked out of the café and waiting outside for them.
"Did you bring me something?" Finn asked. Logan handed him the styrofoam cup. "Ahh thank you. It's cold out here." Logan shook his head.
"So where to Ace?"
"Well I was wondering if you knew where Hot Topic was." Rory said.
"Nope, next." Logan said as they walked down the street. Colin held Gigi while Rory finished her fifth coffee.
"I need Hot Topic. I know they have the clothes I want there and I know for a fact they have fishnets there."
"Is it a sporting store?" Colin asked. Rory spit out her coffee and looked at Colin.
"What?!"
"Fishnets. Sporting store." Colin shrugged. "You use fishnets to catch fish."
"No you wear them their tights." Rory laughed. "Their called fishnet tights because they have holes in them."
"Why the hell would you want tights with holes in them?" Colin asked. Rory rolled her eyes.
"It's a fashion. Jeez what rock have you three been living under? Now lets find a Hot Topic. You know we should also find you some clothes."
"For?" Logan asked.
"The concert." Rory replied throwing the now empty cup in the trash and taking Gigi.
"We have clothes." Colin said.
"Yes. But we're going to a bar." Rory said as if that explained it all.
"Yes, we've been to bars Ace."
"No, you've been to the campus pub. We're going to a bar. Tight pants, tattoos, piercing, Mohawks, fishnet shirts, combat boots kind of bar. Not turtle neck and loafers."
"Hey! I like my loafers!" Colin argued.
"That's so sad!" Rory laughed. "I need you to dress right. I want to enjoy the show and not worry about you three getting beat up by some guy named Buba and Cam doesn't need that either."
"Cam?" Finn asked.
"Is a friend who owns The Hot Rod. Really nice guy. He's the one letting Hep Alien play." A half an hour later they found the Hot Topic. The guys stood out side and looked at the massive gargoyles that were on either side of the door. Rory grabbed Logan's arm and lead him inside knowing the guys would follow. She started looking around and found the tights she needed and handed them to Colin.
"Fishnet tights." She said. She handed Gigi to Finn who went willingly. She started looking around the shop and grabbed what she wanted. "Sit down you guys. It'll take a while." The guys nodded and sat down on black plush couch they had in the corner where the dressing rooms were.
Rory looked at all the rack and found a few outfits that she thought would look good for the concert. She went to the dressing rooms and started trying them on. One was a Red mini skirt and a matching Elmo tank top. She frowned. Cute but not what she wanted. The next was a black mini skirt with a black AC/DC top. She liked the skirt but not with the top. She grabbed the next top and smiled. It was a black corset top but she didn't like the skirt. She sighed. This was the only problem when she went shopping. She could never decided the right combination of clothes. It was time to call an old friend. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed the number that had become familiar to her in the last years.
"DuGrey" Rory smiled. Her and Tristan had parted on good terms when he left for military school and had kept in touch over the years. They had become very close friends and talked at least twice a month on the phone.
"Okay I need help. Black mini or red?"
"Mary?"
"I can't choose. I have this really nice black corset top in my hands that I want to wear but I can't for the life of me figure out which skirt." Rory continued as if he hadn't said anything.
"That's why you called? Shouldn't you call your mother or something. How bout Paris?"
"I thought you'd be happy I called. Seeing as you don't. Not one phone call or e-mail or smoke signal for that matter!"
"We talked last month!" he laughed
"Month being the key word Tristan." Rory pulled on her pants and shirt gathering the clothes that she wanted.
"Sorry, I had things to do people to see."
"You mean people to do things to see." She heard him laugh.
"You got me there. So guess what came in the mail today." Rory smiled. And set down the clothes next to the guys on the couch. They were listening and watching her in interest. She went to cruise the racks of clothes.
"New edition to Maxium?"
"You wound me Mary. No, an invitation."
"To the Playboy mansion?"
"I wish."
"Prev!" She laughed as she found a white Romones t-shirt and put it on her arm.
"Well you asked. No, not to the Playboy mansion but to Lorelai Leigh Gilmore's enganment party! Now imagine my surprise seeing that in our monthly call you never mentioned that you and farmer boy were getting so serious."
"Tristan."
"No wait I've been waiting all day to tease you about this. I have a few jokes I want to share I even wrote them down so I wouldn't forget. Number one; Did he give you a ring or did he trade you for a cow? Number two..." She could tell if she didn't stop now he would read each and every one on that list
"Tristan it's not Dean!" She heard him stop laughing "Read the rest of the invite." She heard papers being rustled then he stopped.
"Logan Elias Huntzburger." He said. She could hear the amusement in his voice.
"It's arranged."
"Ah Mar. And here I was ragging on you." Tristan said. Rory smiled and pullled more clothes of the rack. Tristan had changed so much over the years. After he had escaped the evil clutches of Military school he went off to California and stayed in an apartment by himself and as he put it. He found himself. After he moved into an apartment in Boston to be closer to school. They saw each other every so often since her being at Yale and him at Harvard it made it hard with their heavy workloads.
"Don't worry about it."
"Who arranged it?"
"My Grandparents and my mother."
"Your mom?" He asked surprised
"It was to get my grandparents to pay for Chilton." Tristan laughed.
"Your mother traded in your married life for three years of Paris Geller and me. Oh that's sweet."
"Thanks for the comfort." She walked back to the guys who were talking and handed them each an outfit. "Go try them on. No complaining."
"Me?"
"No, not you. Go!" She said. They all looked at each other.
"Do we have to?" Colin whined.
"I said no whining."
"No complaining not no whining Ace."
"Go!" She said pushing them each into a dressing room. Finn handed her Gigi and she sat down on the couch.
"Who are you with? I heard someone call you Ace."
"I'm with Logan and his friends. I'm in New York."
"What a coincidence."
"Are you kidding?"
" Nope I'm down in Manhattan. I had to get you a present didn't I?"
"Oh my god! Really! We have to get together. I'm only here till tomorow.."
"Let's have lunch let's see, how bout we meet at the Hilton?" he heard Rory's sound of disgust.
"To ritzy."
"Hooters." Rory laughed.
"No!"
"Hard Rock Café?"
"Perfect."
"Okay so it's one now we'll meet at Two?"
"Two thirty. I'm shopping."
"Got it."
"We'll see you there Tristan."
"See ya Mar. And hey."
"Yeah."
"Red." Then he hung up. Rory smiled into the phone and hung up herself. She looked at the skirts by her side and picked up the red mini skirt ad put it near the black top. Oh yeah Tristan had an eye for fashion. She folded the clothes and tapped her foot impatiently fo the guys.
"Okay I think I gave you three enough time. I want to see."
"All I got to say Ace is you have an eye for sizes." Logan said coming out. She went with a more classy look for him. A black button down shirt and black pants. She laughed when she saw he had buttoned the buttons all the way up. She walked over to him and unbuttoned the top two.
"You don't button them all the way with these Logan. What do you think Gigi?" She turned her head and saw Gigi smile.
"Good!" She said. Rory nodded.
"I think so too. You wear this with black shoes. Not tuxedo shoes but shoes."
"Got it Ace."
"Colin let's see it." She said knocking on his door.
"Do I have to?"
"I can tell you don't like change. Come out here or I'm going in." She heard Colin sigh and the door opened. With Colin she saw him more of the jeans and a long shirt kind of guy. Colin had on blue, slightly ripped jeans and a long shirt that read. 'I'll Press Pause for You.' Rory smiled.
"You look great Colin." She said pulling the pants down a little. Colin sighed.
"Couldn't you find a shirt that was plain black."
"I did but it wouldn't look good on you. It looks fine Colin."
"Why does Logan get to wear the nice stuff."
"Cause I picked the clothes. Finn lets see it." Finn came out without a word. She smiled. Finn to her was more of the classic rocker. So she got him tight black skinny jeans and a tight black Romones shirt.
"I love it love!" He said checking himself out in the mirror.
"Gigi?"
"Finn!" She cried. He went over and picked her up.
"What do you think Love?" he asked. She pulled his hair in response. "Well if she loves it so do I!" Finn exclaimed. Rory smiled.
"Good. Get dressed. I have a few minutes to buy shoes then we have to meet Tristan at The Hard Rock Café." Rory said gathering the clothes that she wanted to buy. She waited until they were all dressed then headed to the counter to pay. The guys were standing behind her and put the clothes on the counter.
"All together?" The man asked behind the counter. Rory nodded.
"Yep." He rung everything up .
"63.50" Rory started for her wallet but Logan stopped her.
"I'll buy." He said. Rory frowned.
"I'll get it Logan. Don't worry about it."
"Ace."
"You can buy me my shoes how bout that?" Logan contemplated but nodded. Rory shook her head and handed the man her dad's credit card. She signed the receipt and grabbed the bag. Gigi smiled at Finn as he held her hand.
"Not very talkative is she?" Logan said gesturing to Gigi. Rory shrugged.
"She talks. Just not much. But when she does it's usually important." Logan nodded. She led them to a shoe store and tried on all the shoes she could find that would be perfect for the outfit she was going to wear. Finally after an hour she settled on a pair of knee high black boots. Of course she also had to get Finn and Colin a pair of high tops. They walked out.
"Okay Ace where to now?" Logan asked.
"Hard Rock Café." She said. Logan nodded and lead the way.