Chapter 11

I was laying in bed awake and unable to sleep. It was bugging me. I didn't like how things with Tristan ended. What had been wrong with Tristan? I think I know. And... Well I think it has something to do with something you said. What did I say? Well it was more of what you said to someone else... think Rory! I don't know! Fine, what did you say when you introduced Dr. Robinson to Tristan? Ummm... This is Tristan. No! You said this is my FRIEND Tristan. I saw the look on his face when you said it, he cringed! I know you saw it too, but I don't think you really noticed. I sat upright in my bed. I cursed myself silently. It wasn't completely wrong of me, I mean we never discussed the situation. I guess technically, he still is my boyfriend. I looked at the clock, 3:47. I groaned. I needed to get some sleep. I closed my eyes and attempted to sleep. Before finally drifting off I promised myself to set things straight with Tristan.

The next day

I picked up the phone and dialed that number I remembered oh so well. After three rings someone picked up.

Tristan/ Rory:

T: Hello?

R: Tristan?

T: Yeah, who's this?

R: Um... Rory.

T: Oh Hi! Sorry, I just kinda woke up and I'm still out of it.

R: Oh, is this a bad time, I can call back later...

T: No, I need to get up anyways, so what's up?

R: Um... can you meet me for lunch?

T: Sure.

R: OK good, how about Angela's at 12:30?

T: OK, see you then.

R: Bye

End

I hung up the phone and let out a great sigh. He wasn't too upset, that was good. I looked at myself in the mirror. I need to get ready

I walked into the kitchen to find my mom sitting at the table with a cup of coffee in here hands. She looked up and smiled contently at me.

"Hey sweetie. How'd you sleep?"

"Not that well..."

"What? Did the bed bugs come visit you? Oooo, did they bite you like they've known to do? Or was it the boogie monster or the one under your bed?"

"How many cups of coffee have you had?"

"Not enough," I just gave her a look, "OK, if you want numbers, I lost count after 8. Actually I just stopped counting. I didn't see the point, but anyways, why did you sleep not so well my darling little daughter." She stood, refilled her cup, and poured one for me.

"Thanks, well I think I said something that made Tristan upset yesterday."

"What? Did you say he had bad hair?"

"Mom!"

"OK, serious now. So what did you say?"

"Well we haven't really discussed where we were before I left. I mean yes, he was my boyfriend then, but now I don't know if it's still the same."

"Do you not want him to be your boyfriend?"

"No, that's the thing I do, it's just that yesterday, when I introduced him to Dr. Robinson, I introduced him as a friend and I kinda saw him cringe..."

"Oh. Well what are you going to do about that?"

"Well, I'm having lunch with him today and hopefully, we'll be able to straighten everything out."

"When are you going to meet him?"

"At 12:30 at Angela's. Why?"

"Cuz it's 11 right now and it takes at least half an hour to get to Hartford, not to mention you haven't showered, done you hair, make- up, picked out shoes-"

"Ok, mom! I get it. I'm going, I'm going."

Angela's

I got there early, really early. Half an hour to be exact. I just couldn't' wait to see her and apologize for the way I had acted the day before. It wasn't her fault. We had never discussed whether we were together or not and she probably didn't even know I was mad about that. I had my head down and was looking at the cup of coffee I had been stirring for the past five minutes. I looked up when I felt her gaze. I smiled at her.

"Hey."

"Hi, have you been here long?"

"No, wanna sit down?"

"No, I'm just going to stand here all day." I laughed as she sat down.

"So, what's up?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to talk to you."

"Hmm... seeing as you called me and asked me out to lunch, I take it this is not a good talk."

"No, it's kind of serious, but I don't want to talk about it yet. Let's just have lunch! So what's good here?"

"I don't know, you recommended the place."

"Only because Sookie told my mom it was good."

"So you have no idea what the food here is like?"

"Nope! None at all! Hmmm... let's see," She took her menu and looked at it. I sat there and stared at her for a minute. Was it ever good to have her back.

"So what are you going to have?"

"I'm not sure yet. How about you?"

"Well this spaghetti sounds good."

"Don't you ever get tired of that stuff? Come on Rory, you eat that all the time."

"Nah ah! I haven't had it in weeks!"

"Fine, I think I'll have the same."

Our waitress came up and took our orders. We talked about little things and caught up. I found out that her tumor was getting smaller and I filled her in on the latest gossip at the country club.

"Wait! You're telling me that Mr. Cassity had an affair with Mrs. Roberts, but then she dumped him, divorced Mr. Roberts and married some guy that no one knows about? And that Mrs. Cassity divorced Mr. Cassity and he's left penniless?"

"Well not penniless, but close, and yes! It was the news brief of the week."

"Wow, I've missed a lot."

"Yup, hey! You wanna go now?"

"Sure." I paid the check and we headed outside.

"OK, we had our nice lunch, what did you want to talk about?"

"Let's go somewhere else. I don't think a restaurant parking lot is very appropriate."

"All right. We can take my car and then I'll drive you back for yours OK?"

"OK, let's go."