Chapter Title: Who Needs The World? By Nick Carter

Rating: T for references to something more…

AN: It took me two days to write this chapter. It's super long. And I appreciate you guys

being patient.

Who needs the world when I've got you?

Switch off the sun the stars and the moon

I've all I need inside of this room

Who needs the world when I've got you?

Rory stood at the bottom of the stairs waiting for her mom. Lorelai had been trying to get out of going all day. She had even disguised her voice and called her mom saying that she was sick. Emily had told her nothing short of surgery would get her out of coming.

"Come on mom!" Rory said getting agitated.

"Don't wanna!"

"What are you two?"

"Why do I have to go?"

"Because Grandma said so."

"Like I don't come over enough as it is." Lorelai said coming downstairs.

Rory took one look at her and shook her head. Lorelai was wearing a blue form fitting t-shirt that said 'Luscious' across the chest. And she had brought out her 'Juicy' sweat pants.

"Go change."

"But I'm ready." Lorelai said putting on her jacket.

"Change." Rory said pointing upstairs.

"Mean!" Lorelai said before stomping up the stairs.

Twenty minutes later they were in the jeep on their way to Hartford. Lorelai was still trying to think of excuses not to go.

"Give it a rest mom." Rory said in frustration.

"You like seeing mommy suffer. Don't you?"

"I do." Rory said smiling.

"At least you'll have a distraction."

"I told you to invite dad."

"He's doing something with Sheri."

The rest of the ride was quiet. Up until a few months ago her dad had been calling every week. Until Sheri came into the picture. It had taken Lorelai a while to get over it. She wasn't a part of Christopher's life in that way anymore. He had finally moved on. Now she needed to.

They pulled up to the house noticing that there were more people than normal. Rory dragged Lorelai to the door making Lorelai whine in defiance.

"Act your age." Rory said before the door opened.

"Blackmail."

"What?"

"I can show Tristan some baby pictures." Lorelai said patting her purse.

"I'll tell Grandma you're pregnant."

"You wouldn't lie!"

"Try me." Rory said before the door opened.

Emily greeted them then pulled Lorelai off to introduce her to someone. Lorelai gave Rory a 'help me' look before Rory shook her head and smiled. Someone put their hands over her eyes then kissed the back of her neck.

"I was wondering when you were going to get here." Tristan whispered in her ear.

"Mom had a wardrobe malfunction." She said before pulling his hands down.

"Come meet my family?" He asked taking her hand.

"Sure."

He led her into the dining room. He stopped in front of tow men who were arguing. Rory gave him a worried look but he squeezed her hand.

"Dad, Grandpa?" They both looked up and saw Rory.

Rory remembered his dad from the night she thought she would never see him again. He still looked intimidating. But Janlan looked genuinely happy to see her.

"Who's this?" Janlan said taking Rory's other hand.

"This is Rory Grandpa."

"Ah, I've heard a lot about you young lady."

"Only good stuff I hope." Rory said smiling.

Janlan smiled nodding. He looked over at his son. Tristan's father hadn't said one word since Tristan had brought Rory over. Jonathan Dugrey walked away not saying a word.

"Don't mind him Rory. He needs to pull the stick out of his ass."

"Grandpa!" Tristan said before laughing.

"Well it's true."

"Now I know where Tristan gets his bluntness from."

"He didn't get it from his father." A woman said from behind them.

"Mom this is Rory."

"Hi." Rory said smiling.

Shannon Dugrey pulled Rory away from Tristan long enough to talk to her. A few minutes later Lorelai came up to them.

"I'm going AWOL."

"Excuse me?" Shannon asked looking concerned.

"Mom, this is Shannon Dugrey. Tristan's mom, my mom doesn't want to be here."

"I'm here all the time." Lorelai said rolling her eyes.

"Emily can be a little hard to handle at times." Shannon said nodding.

"Oh, so you know her?"

"Mom… What did she do?"

"She tried to set me up… Again!"

Rory tried not to laugh but she couldn't help it. Lorelai gave her an evil look as Tristan pulled her away. He led her upstairs to her room.

"How did you know which one was mine?"

"I asked your mom."

"She'd kill me if I leave for longer than five minutes." She said as he kissed her neck.

"I took care of that."

"What did you do?" Rory asked pushing him away.

"Don't worry." He said silencing her with a kiss.

Rory backed up to the bed, falling onto it with Tristan on top of her. Someone knocked on the door making Rory jump. Tristan's lips didn't leave hers until the person left. Rory pulled away catching her breath.

"I have something for you." Tristan said running his hands down her side.

"You do?"

"It's in my car."

"I have something for you too." She said reaching into her purse.

She had been working at the Inn after school for two weeks saving up for it. Normally Lorelai didn't pay her, but Rory had begged and pleaded. She had thought long and hard about what to get him.

"What you have for me is in your purse?" He asked raising an eyebrow at her.

"No. I'm getting my keys."

She grabbed his hand pulling him over to the window. She opened it and Tristan stared at her in confusion as she climbed out.

"What are you doing?"

"We are climbing down the terrace. There's a ladder off one side."

"We can't go out the front door?"

"I thought this would be more fun. Come on!" Rory pulled him outside then shut the window.

Tristan went down first then told Rory where to step so she wouldn't fall. Which was a problem, because once Tristan looked up all he saw was her underwear.

"Tristan?" Nothing.

"Tristan?" Still nothing. Rory looked down and saw him staring up her dress.

"Perv." She said to herself climbing down the rest of the way.

She punched him in the stomach when she got down. He gave her a surprised look, she rolled her eyes before walking off. Tristan followed her, wrapping his arms around her waist making her stop. He kissed the back of her neck hoping she wasn't too mad. She turned in his arms and hugged him.

"I'm sorry."

"You're forgiven." She said before giggling.

Tristan was nibbling on her ear. He knew it was one of her weaknesses. He pulled away looking down at her.

"You really do have a nice ass."

"Shut up." Rory said turning red.

"I'm serious."

"You are a pervert."

"And you like it."

"Sometimes."

Rory backed away motioning for him to follow her. Tristan grabbed her hand walking with her to the Jeep. She reached behind the seat and pulled out a paper bag.

"This is yours." She said handing it to Tristan.

Inside was a limited edition studio recording of AC/DC's Back In Black album. Rory had noticed he was a fan when she went through his CD's. He had Back In Black; but she thought he would like it.

"Where did you get this?"

"In an antique record store in New York."

"Thank you."

"Do you like it?"

"I love it." He said before kissing it.

They heard footsteps behind them. Then someone cleared their throat. Tristan still didn't pull away.

"Get a room." Jess said from behind them.

"Go inside." Tristan said finally pulling away.

"Can't."

"Why not?"

"Some lady told me I was under dressed."

"Grandma."

Tristan took off his tie and threw it at Jess. Jess rolled his eyes but put it on anyway. Then Tristan handed him his jacket. Jess shook his head in protest. Rory put it on him then Tristan opened the door and shoved Jess in.

Tristan's cell phone rang a few minutes later and he checked to see who it was. He tossed it to Rory. It was Jess. Rory tried not to laugh as she answered the phone.

"Yes?"

"Tell your boyfriend he is dead. Some guy cornered me and asked me if I knew my credit score!"

Rory hung up the phone laughing. Tristan was sitting on the hood of his car with a box in his hand. He handed it to her after he helped her onto the car. Inside was the most beautiful necklace Rory had ever seen. It was silver with two hearts interlaced as a pendant.

"This is beautiful."

"It was my Grandmothers."

"Tristan I can't take this." Rory said closing the box.

"I want you to have it."

"But it should stay in your family."

"It will. If for some unknown reason we don't work out you can give it back to me. But for now… It's yours." He said taking it out of the box.

Rory pulled her hair back so Tristan could put it on her. She had tears in her eyes as he cupped her face in his hands. He brushed her tears away before kissing her forehead.

Luke and Lorelai watched from an upstairs balcony. Tristan had called Luke and asked him to come. Jess had come hoping to mock Rory and Tristan. Lorelai had almost fallen over the side trying to keep herself from laughing when Tristan shoved him inside.

Lorelai laid her head on Luke's shoulder and sighed. Luke looked down at her and smiled. He wrapped his arm around her tighter to keep her warm.

"Thank you for coming."

"You're welcome. You need to thank Tristan too though."

"I know."

"It's nice out here."

"I know."

"Is that all you know how to say?"

"No." Lorelai looked up at him and smiled.

She had seen him when he walked in. Their eyes met and he walked over to her and kissed her cheek. Her father had come over and was asking about the Diner when Lorelai had mentioned there was something she wanted to show him.

They had been upstairs ever since. Luke brushed a piece of hair out of her eyes before running his fingers over her bare shoulders. Lorelai shivered at his touch then sighed. Luke took off his jacket then put it on her. He rubbed her arms then wrapped his arms around her waist.

Tristan and Rory were still on the hood of his car when Lorelai turned around in Luke's arms. He looked down at her and smiled. She smiled back wrapping her arms around his neck. She leaned up and brushed her lips against his.

Luke pulled away giving Lorelai a surprised look. She pulled him down again using more force. Luke grabbed the railing to keep from falling. If Lorelai didn't stop he was going to regret this happening. He could feel himself start to flush. Lorelai pulled away smiling.

"Why Luke, is that a rocket in your pocket? Or are you just happy to see me?" She whispered in his ear.

He groaned hoping she hadn't felt his hard on. She pulled him back through the window as Rory, Tristan and Jess watched.

"Oh. My. God." Rory said with her mouth hanging open.

"Eww." Jess said cringing.

"Damn." Tristan said staring at the window. The light went out and the three of them knew what that meant.

"I'll never be able to look at Luke in the same way again." Rory said shaking her head.

"I have to live with him." Jess said cringing.

"I wanna get out of here." Tristan said getting off the car.

"I'm crashing at your house." Jess said before getting into Tristan's car.

"What about you?" He asked helping Rory down.

"Not tonight. Not with your parents there."

"Yeah, they aren't as forgiving as Lorelai." He said before kissing her.

Jess blew the horn making them jump. Tristan flipped him off pulling Rory back to him. He kissed her again until Rory pushed him away. She walked past the passenger window and knocked. Jess rolled the window down and she grabbed a handful of his hair and pulled it.

"Don't do that again." She said before letting go.

She smiled watching him rub the sore spot on his head while Tristan laughed at him. She was glad she had the two of them in her life.