Chapter 8: A Night of surprises.
A/N: Hello! Wow…I'm so sorry but I have to tell somebody! There is this really, really, really HOT guy at my school…his name is Dustin and he has the exact same persona as Tristan in GG only he doesn't really talk to me…seeing as I am below him…under his opinion at least. He has blonde hair that flops in all the right places, (I kinda have a thing for blonde dudes. There always the hot ones!) He has perfect lips, cheekbones…and OMG he has washboard abs and THE ultimate butt! (He's in my gym class! And we just had swimming) god! I am most definitely tortured! Geez! I am most definitely aloud to dream about this guy.
Anyway soo sorry about that…read on!
Disclaimer: I wished on a star that I could own Gilmore Girls, turns out the wishing thing…it doesn't work.
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(Wednesday)
Tristan had called Rory as soon as he had arrived at his dorm on Sunday. He had wanted to call her while he was on his way but he had enough to think about as it was.
"This is going to sound really stupid but, in order for me to be a real Cinderella there has to be a prince." She smiled now. "And I've never had a better one than you."
For some reason that single sentence kept playing in his mind like a broken record because when he had left…his heart had most definitely stayed behind. It was an odd feeling, one he wasn't familiar with. And he wasn't going to ruin it this time, he would never forgive himself if he did, for that feeling was love…and he wasn't about to let that slip away from him.
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Rorys last class seemed to drag on for hours. All she could think about was Tristan as the teacher droned on about something she wasn't paying attention to. Her night as Cinderella, she was calling it now, was a night of pure magic and all she could do was smile a big sloppy grin every time she thought about how happy she had been that night, how happy she was now. She felt as if she would never come down from cloud nine. She hoped she never would, because never in her life had she felt this light, this in love. She fingered the diamond at the end of the necklace Tristan had given her and her grin became all the more wide.
Her friends had complimented her on the Necklace, of the 'hot catch'. They all knew that her relationship with Tristan was already fairytale material, that it would be for a long time. In fact, Tasha had actually started a bet on how and when Tristan would propose.
Rory glanced at the clock and shoved her books into her bag as the bell started to ring, dismissing everybody from their classes. She walked half ran back to her dorm.
The phone started to ring just as she opened the door and she quickly answered it, knowing that it could only be one person.
"Hello?"
"Hey Mare, how were classes on your end?"
"Good, I only have a little studying to do and a bit of homework so it can wait till I get back tomorrow from moms."
"Sounds like fun." Tristan chuckled, "It's good to hear your voice, I've been thinking about you all day."
"Really now?"
"Does this shock you?"
"No, not really, seeing as I've been thinking about you too."
"I bet this thinking included a bit of a certain kind of daydreaming?" he drawled out smoothly.
"Really Tristan, not everything I think about is below the buckle."
Tristan chuckled softly, "Are you sure?"
"Couldn't be anymore sure."
"Bummer…I was looking forward to asking about it."
Rory giggled.
"Seriously now, I had something I needed to ask you before I let you do what ever it is you have to do."
"What do you want to ask me?" there was a knock at her door and she got up to answer it. "Hold on a sec. Someone's here." She quickly opened the door and smiled.
"My question is would you like to hang out tonight?"
"Do you have to ask?" she pulled him through the door and practically threw herself into his arms, the sloppy grin already showing itself. "This is a surprise."
Tristan smirked. "I missed you too much to stay away."
Rory giggled. "I guess you get to come to Stars Hollow tonight seeing as my mom would freak if I didn't go out there."
"I
guess so." He said.
"How long are you staying?"
"'Till tomorrow, I don't have any classes in the morning."
"What a coincidence." She says and quickly kisses him on the cheek before grabbing her coat and shoving him out the door. "Lets go…my mom might start pulling out her hair if I don't show soon."
"Why?"
"Her date with Luke is tonight."
"Then we have the house to ourselves?"
Rory nodded.
"Fun stuff." He opened the car door for her and she hopped in.
He followed suite "We should hurry then, wouldn't want your mom to have bald spots on her date."
"No…we wouldn't."
She turned on the radio and scrunched up her nose in disgust. "You have any CDs?"
He nodded and turned out of the parking lot. "In the glove box." He looked away from the road for a moment to watch her take out a CD.
"You've got to be kidding me," she laughed. "Beastie boys?"
"I happen to like a few of their songs."
"Alright…which one is your favorite?"
He shrugged. "Don't really have one."
She put it back in the case and with a screech of joy she pulled out the Coldplay X&Y CD, "I've been meaning to buy this." She turned on number four and leaned back in her seat to sing along with it.
"When you try your bestbut you don't succeed,
when you get what you want
but not what you need,
when your so tired but you cant sleep,
stuck in reverse,
"And the tears come streaming down your face,
when you lose something you cant replace,
when you love someone but it goes to waste,
could it be worse
"Lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones,
and I will try
to fix you."
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He watched her settle into her seat and begin singing in her sweet voice. Her eyes were closed now; her fingers were tapping the door handle with the beat. She was beautiful, and if he weren't the one driving he would have kissed her right then and there.
"And high up above or down below,
when your too in love to let it go,
but if you never try
you'll never know,
just what your worth.
"Lights will guide you home,
and ignite your bones,
and I will try
to fix you…"
She must have sensed that he was watching her because she opened her eyes and smiled at him. "I love this CD."
"I'll be sure to burn a copy for you then."
She turned the stereo down. "I love you!" and as if reading his mind she kissed him on the cheek before folding her hand in his.
As soon as they pulled into her driveway Lorelai came running out of the house, a look of sheer panic on her face. "Mommy needs your help!" she said and pulled Rory out of the car, not even noticing Tristan who stood to the side.
He watched as Lorelai pulled Rory inside, talking the entire time about not being able to find the right shoes. He chuckled and followed them inside.
They had gone upstairs. He could hear Rory talking some sense into her mother, and then there was silence. Just as he was about to sit down Rory came halfway down the stairs and told him to grab his keys.
"Why?"
"Because we need you to go to Lukes."
"Again, why?"
"Because neither of us wants to go over there. And Luke doesn't know you." She pointed at herself. "He knows me." She pointed up the stairs. "And he knows mom."
"Obviously." He chuckled.
"We need four coffees and two strudels. You can get yourself something if you want. Just don't tell him it's for us." She paused for a moment. "Or mention anything about me and you, or mom." She added.
"I don't see why you can't go over there yourself."
"Because we don't want to! And mom only has an hour before he comes to get her. Please? We Gilmore's need our coffee." She gave him her big puppy dog eyes.
"Fine,
but I don't know how to get there and I want a kiss before I
go."
"I don't have time for one of those, kissing can wait."
"Then how do I get over there?"
She quickly told him where it was and then rushed back up the stairs.
"They are so weird." He mumbled to himself and headed out the door, keys in hand.
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Lorelai had finally left for her date and they now had the house to themselves.
Rory was in the kitchen making more coffee when he snuck up behind her. She could feel his body heat radiating off of him and warming her back. "Your moms gone."
Rory nodded and shivered when he placed his hands on her shoulders. She turned around in his grip to face him and could feel his eyes linger on her lips after she had licked them.
He cupped her face in his hands and smoothed his thumbs over her cheeks and across her bottom lip. She knew what was about to happen and sighed in pleasure.
"You owe me that kiss from earlier."
Before she could say anything his mouth covered hers, warm and firm. Oh god, he tasted good, better than good. She clutched at him, relishing the feel of firm muscles in his shoulders, the heat of him. She pressed closer, aligning her body with his, trying to absorb him. She opened her mouth to accept his tongue and groaned with the pleasure of it.
Two big steps and Tristan had her pushed up against the wall, on her tiptoes, his mouth eating at hers.
With a gasp they quickly pulled apart when Lorelai came back into the house saying she had forgotten something and quickly straitened their clothes. They were both grinning crookedly when Lorelai came in and grabbed her purse. "I'll be gone 'till late, so don't wait up guys. See you later." She said and left again.
"That was close."
"Yea," Rory was still breathing heavily. "Wow."
"Yea." He agreed.
Rory grabbed his hand and lead him to the window after glancing at the clock. "My mom said it was going to start snowing soon, within the hour to be exact."
Tristan came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her tiny waist. "She can predict when it's going to snow?"
"Yea, something like that."
"So…why are you telling me this then?" he asked curiously.
"Because when the first snow of the year comes I like to be outside. I love the snow." She turned and smiled at him. "Mind if we go on a walk?"
He shook his head. "Not at all."
Rory smiled brightly and went to the front hall to put on her coat, mittens, and a hat with a fluff ball on top. Tristan laughed at her when she put it on. "What are you laughing at?"
"You just look absolutely adorable in that hat."
She kissed him quickly on the lips and then handed him his coat before opening the door, she was anxious to get outside.
Hand in hand they walked towards the gazebo in the middle of the town. The first flakes of snow had begun to fall and Tristan was stunned. "I can't believe your mom can predict snow."
"You better believe it, there is proof all around you." She extracted her hand from his and spun in a circle, arms outstretched.
He quickly caught her in his arms and picked her up. She immediately wrapped her arms around his neck, giggling the whole time.
"Tristan! I can walk on my own."
"I know…I just thought it was one of those moments." He sat down on the bench in the small gazebo, still holding Rory in his arms.
After a closer look he noticed the sparkle in her eyes. Her nose and cheeks were pink from the cold making her porcelain white skin glow "I love you Mare." He said and kissed her softly on the lips.
After they had sat for a moment watching the snow fall onto the frozen ground she spoke. "I love you too and I'm glad you came out here with me."
"you are welcome."
They sat in silence for a moment longer before Tristan felt Rory shiver. "You cold?"
She shook her head but despite her attempt to hold it off her teeth chattered.
"Yes you are. Come on, let's go back and have some hot coco or something." He smiled. "We can watch the Incredibles."
She nodded and wrapped her arms around her stomach to keep in the warmth before standing up to follow him back to the house.
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"Where exactly are we going Luke?"
"You'll see when we get there. It really isn't all that exciting, it's just a restaurant."
"So we are going to a restaurant then huh?"
Luke shook his head at her in amazement. "Yes, it is a restaurant, and no, I am not going to tell you anything else."
"Fair enough." She turned away from the window "They better have good coffee." She added before turning to watch as the snow started to fall.
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Rory rested her head on Tristans lap as the movie began and pulled the blanket up over her shoulders. "I love this movie."
"You like every movie you've ever seen."
"I know, but still…I like this movie."
"Then be quiet, it's starting."
She pouted up at him.
"It is one of your rules for movie nights." He added.
"I know."
He smiled down at her and then looked back to the screen as he absently played with her hair.
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"This coffee sucks"
"Then don't drink it."
"I didn't say it wasn't drinkable." She took another sip and stuck out her tongue in disgust. "It gets worse every time I drink some of it."
"Maybe it knows how much you've had today."
Lorelai shrugged. "I could have drunk some of its brethren coffee beans."
Luke laughed quietly. "Maybe." And looked around in a hopeful search for the waitress that would be carrying their food.
Lorelai shoved the coffee aside and took out some of the little jelly containers. "Want to play a game?"
"What game?"
"One I used to play with Rory when she was little."
"Sure."
"Okay then, basically we take turns stacking the jelly containers until they fall over."
Luke nodded and added one on top of hers. "Like so?"
"Like so." She stacked another one and smiled at him. "I'm a master at this game so prepare to lose!" she cackled before adding a fifth one to the pile.
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The credits had started to play on the tv screen but neither of them seemed to notice. Tristan had been staring into her eyes for what felt like ages. He could feel the energy between them and his breath came in irregular gasps, as did hers. They weren't even touching each other and they were already breathless. His hand was tangled in her brown mane; he had moved it all into a fan across his lap to enjoy the silky soft texture of it as the movie had progressed.
Rory was still covered up in the mass quantity of blankets she had scrounged up from around the living room. 'She must have been freezing when we had returned.' He thought to himself. 'How did I not notice earlier, She could have gotten sick.'
Rory broke the silence between them. "I would kiss you but I'm kind of stuck under all these blankets."
Tristan chuckled and started to pull the blankets off of her. There had to at least be five of them. "You are warm now right?"
She nodded. "Yea."
"Good, I don't want you getting sick, I would have to miss school and stay around to make soup and coffee for you."
"That would be kind of fun." She sat up and moved to sit in his lap. "Maybe we should play hooky sometime."
"You? Skip school?" he sucked in a breath when she nibbled his ear. "The Rory I knew would have gone to school even if she was on her way to her death bed."
"Well, that Rory was not at least two weeks ahead of everybody else in all of her classes." She kissed his neck.
Tristan nodded and rested his hands on her waist as she continued to torment him.
She stopped her progress and looked him in the eyes. "I've been meaning to ask you something."
"What is it?"
"I wanted to know if you would like to come back to Stars Hollow with me for Christmas break." She paused as he kissed her on the jaw. "We can stay here, or at the inn. Whichever you prefer, so long as you can stay the whole two weeks."
"I can stay the whole two weeks, but I am required to attend a party at my parents house. It's the night before Christmas. And before I ask you my question, I would prefer to stay at the inn, more privacy." He smiled haughtily at her and sucked a mark into the base of her neck before asking his question. "Would you care to come with me to my fathers terribly boring and up stuck Christmas party?"
Rory sighed as if it were an annoyance. "I guess so."
"Good because with you there it won't be nearly as terrible as it usually is. In fact, we may enjoy ourselves."
Rory ran her fingers along the base of his neck and then tousled his hair before replying. "I would love to go with you."
"That's good to know." He said with a low growl. He slanted his mouth against hers and sank his tongue deep, kissing her just as recklessly as he had before Lorelai had made an entrance. She slid her hands down to his shoulder blades and felt the immediate twitch of muscles.
With his mouth still devouring hers with aggressive, utterly devastating kisses his hands moved from her hair and trailed down her spine and back up.
The phone rang and he spoke against her swollen lips. "Let the machine get it."
"I Cant." She untangled herself from him and stood to get the phone.
He groaned at the lack of her presence. And ran a hand through his already tousled hair. "You could."
"No." she picked it up. "Hello? What…? you've got to be kidding me." She moved to the window and gasped. "Wow. Are you sure you can't make it home?"
Tristan listened carefully to her end of the conversation.
"Alright then, I'll see you in the morning." She laughed. "Bye mom." She hung up the phone but didn't turn around. She was still staring out the window.
"What's going on?"
"Come see for yourself."
He stood up and moved to stand with her at the window. "A blizzard?"
Rory nodded. "Moms stuck at Lukes for the night."
"You know what that means."
"What?"
"Your home alone." He whispered in her ear. "And there is a sexy hunk stuck with you."
She giggled. "What ever will I do?" she sighed helplessly.
"Why…I haven't a clue." He said in a stage whisper before pulling her into his arms for a big kiss.
To Be Continued…----
A/N: wow…another really long chapter. And don't worry; the next chapter will be up sooner than you think…like maybe tomorrow…if not…then maybe on Friday. And I am sorry that I didn't get this to you yesterday but it wasn't finished and because I've been overtired for a week and I have been making myself go to bed no later than 10:30, I did not want to stay up till midnight. I was falling asleep at the computer as it was. Lol. Anyway…I really want to thank you all for so many reviews! This is the most reviews I've ever gotten on a story before. (If your into Romance and dragons…read my fanfic about Eragon! Its really good!) Don't forget to review this chappy! Love you all bunches! 'Over and out'
A/N 2/disclaimer: no I do not own coldplay but boy do I wish I did! They are sooo incredibly awesome!