Chapter 25:
Rory woke up with a big smile on her face, stretching her body. Wow that was one of the best nights of sleep she ever had. She had slept for a solid 10 hours and had been dreaming about yesterday's events.
Yesterday! Tristan! She couldn't believe she had actually done that. Her mom would be so proud. Rory smiles to herself.
Lorelai! She has to call Lorelai. Her mom wouldn't let her hear the end of it if she didn't share this immediately with her.
She looks around and sees the sun shining brightly. How late is it anyway? She looks at her alarm clock, which says 13:10. Yes, this would probably be the safest time to interrupt her mom and Luke.
She grabs her phone and dials her mom's number.
"Hey Mom!"
"Hey kiddo!"
"Do I call at a bad time? I hope I'm not disturbing you and Luke, while you're doing anything dirty." Rory says to her mom.
"No, it's okay. I just finished putting back some clothes on Luke. I couldn't stand to see him naked any longer."
"Lorelai!" What are you talking about?" Rory hears Luke saying on the back ground and starts to laugh with her mom.
"No, seriously. I'm fishing with Luke. We're in a boat on the lake." Lorelai continues.
"What? You and fishing, I can't believe it." Rory exclaims.
Lorelai starts to laugh. "Well Luke is trying to fish. I'm just naming all the fish and telling them to swim for their lives."
Rory starts to laugh and hears Luke mumbling in the background.
"Oh and I haven't told you about yesterday. Luke was attacked by a swan and fell into the lake." Lorelai continues, now laughing hysterically.
Luke is now very angry. "That wasn't funny at all. I told you al swans are vicious! I'm rowing us back; because we sure aren't gonna catch any fish with you around making all this noise."
"Oh well, fishing is boring anyway. You have to stay quiet all the time." Lorelai says to Rory. "But how's life with you, kiddo. Did you take up my advice and started enjoying your weekend?"
"Actually I did." Rory replies
"Oh this sounds good. Give me all the details." Lorelai says jumping up and down in the boat, making it rock hard.
"Well it started with Friday night dinner. It was actually very nice. Grandpa and grandma showed me all the pictures from their second honeymoon. They were actually very pleasant company."
Lorelai let's out a loud snort. "I hardly can believe that." She replies.
"Well believe it. Grandma even asked about you and seemed genuinely happy to hear that you and Luke were back together again."
"Yeah well, she probably thinks that thing will go back to normal now, but she can forget about that." Lorelai says sounding angry.
"Okay I'm not getting into any of that right now, so I'll just continue with my story." Rory says. "So yesterday I spend a wonderful afternoon reading against my favorite tree and then Tristan came by to kidnap me for the rest of the evening."
"What did he do? Did he drag you down to his dungeon and made you his sex slave?"
"Mom! Sick!" Rory yelps.
"Okay sorry, please continue!" Lorelai pouts.
"Well it turned out that he took me to a restaurant where everybody else was already waiting for us."
"Wait who is everybody?" Lorelai askes.
"Paris, Jess, Jake, Derek, Marty, Lisa, Bridget and Gloria"
"Okay, got it! I still find it hard to believe that Jess is with Paris and so much in your life suddenly."
"Yeah, well! It's kinda nice. Anyway, after dinner we went to this party. You know the one I mentioned earlier. And then ….. I kissed Tristan." Rory says while letting out the rest of her breath."
"What!" Lorelai jumps up, making the boat rock dangerously again. "Lorelai please sit down, before you fall into the water. You have to be careful with the baby!" Rory hears Luke saying.
"You kissed Tristan? How did that happen?" Lorelai asks Rory, giving a worried Luke a big comforting smile.
"Well he was dancing with a girl named Mary, who was all over him. So I just walked over to them, tapped her on the shoulder and told her I was cutting in. And then I just kissed him." Rory explains.
"Awww, my baby was jealous and finally decided to claim her prize. I'm so proud of you!"
"Wow, does that mean that you approve of Tristan? You never approve of any of my choices." Rory says sounding confused.
"Yeah, well I just started to light up to Logan, just before you two broke up and I decided that from now on I just have to trust your judgment. It turned out that all the guys you've dated weren't so bad after all. Besides, ET always brings me coffee." Lorelai says with a big smile and a wink to Luke, who is still rowing the boat grumpily.
"Ahh, I should know you'd sell me out for coffee." Rory says smiling; now knowing that her mother approves. "By the way, I wasn't the only one who decided to go for it yesterday. Marty also finally confessed his feelings to Lisa and have been liplocked ever since.
"Naked guy, finally manned up to it? Well good for him. Now he can finally get over the heartache you left him with." Lorelai says.
"Mom, I did no such thing!" Rory exclaims.
"Yeah, whatever. Are you sure your middle name isn't oblivious? You are a true Gilmore girl and are leaving a trail behind of breaking hearts. But don't take it badly, honey. We cannot help it in anyway. That's just the curse of being a Gilmore." Lorelai says jokingly.
"Yeah, whatever! So how is everything at the inn? Are you almost ready to go?" Rory says, subtly changing the subject.
"Yes, tomorrow the inn will be open for business and Friday I will hand over the keys to the new manager. He will be working with me all week, so I can help him get started." Lorelai says, taking the bite.
"That's great! Are you happy about going back to Stars Hollow?" Rory asks her.
"Yeah, I am. Luke is picking me up on Friday, so we can bring all my stuff over in one ride with his pick-up. It would be so good to be back at the Dragonfly with Sookie, but to be honest, I'm also a bit nervous about the reactions I'll get, when the town finds out that I'm pregnant."
"You don't have to worry about that. You know everybody loves you and adores you. Nothing you do will set them off." Rory says reassuringly.
"Maybe! I'll just have to wait and see, won't I? Hey, do you want to come with me? You could also bring Tristan. It would be great being back in our own house. I really missed it these three months.
"Okay! I have to ask Tristan though. I haven't spoken to him since last night and first have to figure out where we stand."
At this time there is a loud knocking on the door.
"Wait mom, there's someone on the door. Let me call you back about Tristan, okay?"
"Okay, love you Hon."
"Love you too, mom!"
After she puts down her phone, she walks over to the door, noticing that she is still in her pajamas.
"Who is it?" she asks loudly.
"It's Tristan, but you may call me god, if you like."
Rory opens the door shaking her head and rolling her eyes, but laughing quietly.
"Good afternoon gorgeous!" Tristan says and bends in to give her a long welcoming kiss.
After they break up, after what seemed like hours, he looks at her and gives her one of his evil grins.
Don't tell me you just woke up Mary? I should have brought my camera, so I could have taken a shot of you and your power puff girl's pajama, to keep me warm at night."
Rory laughs. "I'm surprised you even know who the power puff girls are. Just ask my mom for one, she's got many pictures."
"I'll make sure to do that next time I'll see her."
"Oh yeah , that reminds me. I just came of the phone with my mom, and she asks if we want to join her to Stars Hollow next weekend. She is a bit nervous about the town finding out about her pregnancy and could use some moral support. That is if you want to. You don't have to." Rory starts rambling.
"Does your mom know about yesterday?" Tristan asks her.
Rory just nods yes.
"What did you tell her?"
"I told her about the two of us kissing, or actually me kissing you and I told her that I didn't know where we stand right now, so that she has to wait for an answer."
Tristan nods his head and gives her a genuine smile, making Rory's belly go wild with butterflies.
"Where do you want us to stand?" Tristan asks her.
Rory can't stand to look him straight in the eyes and therefore starts to examine her fingernails. "Uhh, I don't really know. I was feeling a bit guilty, because it is so quick after Logan….."
Tristan feels his heart sink in his shoes. This is exactly what he has been afraid of.
"But…." Rory now looks up at him again and captures his eyes. "…but I don't anymore, cause it really feels good to me and I don't regret it happening one bit. I really like you Tristan and we have gotten very close the last past months. I want to continue what I started yesterday, but I don't want it to ruin our friendship." Rory finishes.
Tristan smiles and captures her lips between his again.
"I won't let it ruin our friendship, Rory. You mean more to me than anything else. We'll just take it slow, okay? So you can tell your mom, that I'll be joining you to Stars Hollow next weekend."
Rory is now grinning from ear to ear.
"So, why don't you get dressed and I'll take you out for lunch and coffee." Tristan continues.
"Okay! You sure know how the way to Gilmore girl's heart, Dugrey." Rory says, remembering her mother's words earlier.
"Oh, I know many ways. All of which I will show you in good time." Tristan's says in a soft tone, with one of his famous smirks on his face, making Rory blush deep red. "Let's just start with lunch and coffee, okay?"
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A/N: I'm sorry. I promised to write about the return to Stars Hollow. But it seemed like I had to write more about what happened at the party. I couldn't just leave it in the open like that. But I promise the next chapter will cover the return to Stars Hollow. Anyway I hope you liked the chapter. Please review!
