Chapter 13:

Tristan is wide awake. He is still tripping on all the sugar he had been eating. He never thought they would have been able to eat all that food. But they did, especially Rory and Lorelai. Paris had made Lorelai eat some of the healthy food she had prepared, but in the end she had ended up eating most of it herself. He smiled when he thought about Paris actually making Lorelai spit junk food out of her mouth. It seemed like it had been Lorelai's secret mission to obtain as much junk food as possible, when nobody was watching.

Tristan thought about his time at Yale. These last weeks had been great. He had expected to have to start all over again when he transferred to Yale and to be very lonely in the beginning, but instead he immediately had found some real friends. His friendship with Paris was just like it used to be when they were little and he also liked Jess, the guy she was dating. He really got along great with his roommate, Jake, who had introduced him to a lot of other people. And then there was Rory. He loved the fact that Rory was back in his live again. He had had a big crush on her when he left Chilton, but he had convinced himself that that was all it was, just a crush. Back then he had been a totally different guy, whose live had been one big mess. That's the reason why he was such a big jerk back then.

Wow, his body feels like jumping around, but his mind makes him stay there as quiet as possible. He doesn't want to wake up Rory who is sleeping in his arms. It feels so good to have her in his arms. Earlier when she had started to fall over to his side, it had felt like electric shocks were going through his body. He had put his arm around her after which she just snuggled up closer. He looks down at her sleeping face. She looks like an angel. He tugs a string of hair that is lying in her face behind her ear. He is so happy she is his friend now. He loves being near her and he wants to spend as much time as possible with her.

Then he thinks of Logan. Although he had always liked Logan, he really didn't like the two of them together. He didn't seem right for her. His lifestyle didn't seem right for her. At first he really was afraid that Logan would cheat on her, because Logan always had been a real player, just like him. But it seemed like he really was committed to her. Well if he could change, so could Logan, right? But he still didn't like to see the two of them together and he had wondered why. Was he jealous? No! He told himself not to be silly. He had a really nice girlfriend he loved and adored. Rory was just his good friend, so it must be because he still doesn't trust Logan for a hundred percent.

He looks at Lorelai. She is lying in an awkward position on the couch. Maybe he should wake her up. Then he looks at Paris, who is lying on a big pillow on the floor. Suddenly she lets out a loud snore. Tristan giggles and Lorelai wakes up. Her neck is hurting real bad.

"Ahhh, my neck is hurting really bad. I'm getting to old for this kind of sleepovers." Lorelai says, rubbing her neck.

Rory turns over and puts her arm around Tristan.

Lorelai smiles at the picture before her. "It looks like she's got her claws in you my friend. Do you mind staying here with her, so I can take her bed?"

"Sure, no problem! Could you just get her a blanket? She might get cold later on."

Lorelai returns with the blankets. She covers the two of them up at the couch and also puts a blanket on Paris.

"Sleep tight, ET!" Lorelai says, while walking to Rory's bedroom.

"Good night, Lorelai!" Tristan smirks back at her.

xxx

An hour passes by and Tristan finally drifts to sleep. Lorelai had been asleep the minute her head touched the pillow, but now there is this noise, that's trying to wake her up. After a while she realizes that the noise comes from the window. Somebody is ticking on the window. Lorelai wraps the blankets around her and walks over to see who's there. When she opens her window she sees a confused blond guy standing there.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to wake you up. I'm sorry! I'll just go." Logan says and turns around totally confused.

"Logan?"

"Yes!" Logan walks back surprised.

"Hi, it's Lorelai, Rory's mom."

"Wow, what an impression I must make on you." Logan says, remembering that the last time he saw her, she busted them making out on the Gilmore's wedding party. "I really am sorry for waking you. I just came by to talk to Rory for a moment."

"Talking, huh!" Lorelai raises her eyebrow. "Rory is sleeping on the couch, but maybe it's better if you call her tomorrow." Lorelai says, remembering the position Rory was lying in. She didn't want her to get into an awkward position, with Logan showing up.

"Yes, I'll do that and I will leave you to go back to sleep. Goodnight Ms. Gilmore."

"Goodnight Logan."

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The next morning at 7 Paris wakes up with all her muscles stiff, from lying on the floor. She starts moaning and groaning loudly, which wakes up Rory and Tristan.

Rory finds herself lying in Tristan's arms and stiffens.

"I'm going to get some more sleep in my bed." Paris mumbles and walks of.

"Good morning, sleeping beauty. I always knew you wanted to sleep in my arms." Tristan smirks at her.

Rory starts to blush. "Get over yourself, Dugrey!"

"No really, you put your claws into me and wouldn't let me go, Mary!"

Rory blushes even more.

"So it must have been your fantasy come true then!"

"If only you knew, Mary, if only knew." Once he had noticed, a couple of weeks ago, that the Mary calling didn't seem to bother her like it used to, he had started it up again, along with the casual flirting.

"So what are we gonna do now. It is way too early for a Saturday morning, but I'm to awake to go back to sleep again."

"I'll tell you what. You just take a long shower and I will go and do some shopping, so I can make us all some breakfast later on."

"Sounds like a plan to me." Rory replies. And when Tristan leaves she heads for the shower.

Two hours later. Lorelai, Rory and Tristan were eating pancakes.

It takes a long time for Tristan to get back. In his absence Rory had managed to take a long shower, clean up the whole living room and wake up her mom.

"Wow Tristan, I didn't know you could cook! These pancakes are even better than Lukes, although we would never say that to him of course." Lorelai says, talking with her mouth full.

"Mom, didn't I teach you any manners!" Rory says to her.

Tristan laughs. "Well, the most bonding that happened in the Dugrey mansion was between me and Louis, our cook. He's been teaching me to cook, since I was 10."

"Oh, that's sad!" Lorelai and Rory both reply.

"No not at all. Louis was great!" Tristan says, apparently wanting to drop the subject.

Lorelai got the hint and changed the subject. "I guess what! I had a loverboy calling on my window last night."

Rory almost chokes on her pancake. "Did Logan step by last night? Did you let him in?"

Tristan is staring uncomfortably at is pancakes.

"No if course I didn't. I couldn't just let him walk in her and let him see you lying on top of Tristan.

"Mom!" Rory blushes.

"Well you were lying on top of ET over here, were you not?"

Rory doesn't reply and then Lorelai starts to laugh out loud.

"What is it now?" Rory asks her.

"You should have seen his face, when instead of his lovely girlfriend; her mom wrapped around in blankets came to open up the window. It was hilarious! I could see him thinking about the impression he was leaving, considering the last time I saw him I caught the two of you making out at your grandparents wedding."

At this both Rory and Tristan also start to laugh out loud and it took the three of them 10 minutes to regain their composure.

"Oh look at the time. I have to get back to the Inn. The construction crew is working hard to finish everything within the next two weeks." Lorelai says.

"Oh! Before I forget. I'm going to do another test-run of the Inn in two weeks, just like I did with the Dragonfly, and I want to invite you and all your friends to come, since I won't be inviting anybody from Stars Hollow this time."

"Oh, that's great mom! I'll start inviting people as soon as possible."

"Just let me know who will be on the guest list. I've got 22 rooms available."

"Okay, I'll call you as soon as I know." Rory says, while her mom gives her a kiss on the head.

"Bye you guys!" Lorelai says, and walks out of the door.

Tristan and Rory finish their pancakes in silence.

"Thanks for the great night, Ror. I also have to start going. I have some arrangements to make, cause I'm picking up Julie from the airport tomorrow. She's free for two weeks and is coming over to see me."

Rory's face turns to disappointment, but then lights up again. "That's great Tristan! I'm really curious about her. Do I get to meet her?" She asks him.

"Of course! We can all hang out together. I still have classes to take, so I thought that maybe she could hang with you and Paris, when you're not in classes also."

"No problem, we would love to show her around."

"We won't bother you tomorrow though. You probably have some catching up to do." Rory says and actually sees Tristan blush a little.

"No, no problem. Let's hook up tomorrow night and have dinner, all of us."

"Okay, if you say so" Rory replies. "I'll ask Logan, Paris and Jess".

"See you tomorrow then."

"See you tomorrow." Rory says, while she closes the door behind him.

A/N1: Okay, people really keep begging me to reunite Lorelai and Luke, and it will definitely happen, and I have decided it will take place during the test run of the Inn. So be patient a little while longer. In the mean while I will write more about Rory, Logan, Tristan and Julie.

A/N2: During the test run Lorelai will keep a competition on the new name the Inn should get. I want to ask my readers to come up with some nice names, which I can use in my story, and put them in your reviews. Thanks!