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Tristan walked over to the car and saw Rory leaning against the passenger side door. She had tears in her eyes.

"Hey." He immediately wanted to comfort her, but didn't know if that's what she wanted. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm fine." She said as she wiped her eyes.

"Rory, If I did something wrong, I..."

"No. No, you didn't do anything. I just was thinking about what could have happened back there."

"What do you mean?" Tristan was confused. Just a few minutes ago she was fearless and threatening to leave him like he didn't mean anything. Now she was crying?

"What if I hadn't been able to stop you? What if you had walked away? I don't know what I would have done if." She paused as her eyes began to well up again. He walked towards her slowly. He had really screwed up back there.

"Oh, honey. I would never be able to walk away from you. Not for long anyway. If I had walked away, I would be back begging for your forgiveness within a matter of minutes. You have to believe I just had a knee-jerk reaction."

"I know, but I hate fighting with you. And now we have all of these new issues to deal with and the only thing I want is for you to hold me." She said sounding stressed.

"Well, why don't we head back to the Inn. We promise to deal with all of this stuff tomorrow, but tonight, we just relax."

"What did you have in mind?" she asked knowingly.

"I don't know, maybe a movie, we could sit in the jacuzzi, whatever you want. Tonight is about me making you happy."

"You don't have to make me happy. You just being here makes me happy." She smiled. "But that doesn't mean that I'm not going to milk this for all it's worth."

"You wouldn't be a Gilmore if you didn't." He smiled and leaned her against the car. She kissed him and got into the car. He started to laugh as she began listing all of the things he would have to do tonight if he wanted to make it up to her.

OOOOOO

As Rory walked into the house to get some things, Lorelei had a devilish look on her face.

"What?" Rory said as she started to pack a suitcase.

"Bibleboy's staying at the Inn and you are staying with him." Rory nodded her head.

"Dirty." She said with a wicked grin.

"Mom, I'm really not in the mood." Rory snapped at her.

"Ok honey, tell mommy what happened." She sat down at the table and started to tell Lorelei everything that had happened.

"Oh kid, you're gonna be fine. Tristan adores you, if you don't decide to leave the paper he'll understand. But you should try for the Times, just for the experience, you know?"

"I know. It's just all happened so fast. He just assumed that I would drop everything and move to the city."

"Well, wouldn't you?" Lorelei stated the obvious.

"Well, yeah, but I don't want him to think that I'm that kind of girl. I don't want to change my entire life just because it's convenient for him."

"Honey, he's doing that for you. You don't have to change anything. Don't you see? He's willing to change his entire world for you."

"I know! I don't want him to be that kind of person either. I just, ah!" She put her head in her hands. "There has got to be something in between."

"Well this sounds about as close to perfect as you are going to get. You get your dream job and Tristan gets to keep his. I'm not seeing the problem here babe."

"I didn't get to make a list." Her voice began to wobble. "I want this. I do. I want it more than anything, but it's just so…"

"Scary?" Lorelei stated more than asked.

"I'm freaking out here aren't I?" Lorelei nodded and grabbed her for a hug.

"You're going to be fine. Everything's going to work out. I promise. If it makes you feel better you can make a list." She said patting her head. "Now go finish packing, you've got a boy waiting for you. I'll help you." With that, they walked into Rory's room to continue packing.

OOOOOO

Tristan was watching TV when Rory walked into the room.

"Hey."

"Sorry it took so long. I had a minor freak out with my mother." She set her stuff down and began taking off her jacket.

"Everything ok?" He got a worried look on his face as he stood up to meet her.

"Yeah, it just all kind of sunk in once I started telling my mom about tonight."

"Rory, how are you feeling about this?" She wrapped her arms around his waist and looked him in the eye.

"Well, at first I was in shock, then I freaked out when I talked to my mom about it. I mean, I've never lived with a guy before ever, and even then it all just happened so fast. One minute we were fighting and the next we were planning a life together. I was just an emotional wreck. So after talking to my mom about the whole situation, I decided that I want this. You know how much I love you, and I can hardly stand to be away from you for a couple of weeks at a time. I don't know how I would last an entire summer. It's just all so… life changing."

"Hey, you don't have anything to be sorry for. If I remember right, I was also freaking out tonight. It's big, and it's scary. But I don't know any other options that work for both of us."

"I know that. Please, let's not talk about this anymore. I want to just ignore the world for awhile. I wanna take a bubble bath." He smiled and kissed the top of her head.

"That I can arrange." He walked into the bathroom and began filling the large tub with warm water. Suddenly he started to laugh.

"What's so funny?" she asked sticking her head around the doorframe.

"Nothing," He said. Rory walked in the room with a silk robe on. She slipped the robe off in front of him revealing her bare back. He began to get undressed and followed her into the tub, which was admittedly quite relaxing. "I can't remember the last time I took a bubble bath." He said. "I think I was 7." She laughed

"Well you're going to have to start taking more of them." She said as she sunk lower beneath the water. Her feet grazed his abdomen. He quickly reached for them and began massaging one. Rory closed her eyes and moaned. "Oh God, you are so good at that." Tristan smirked.

"If I knew it was that easy I would have done this a long time ago."

"When we get out of this tub, I'm getting a full body rub down."

"If you keep making those noises, every inch." He promised.

"Do you have any weaknesses?" She asked, never opening her eyes.

"Sometimes it seems like that's all I have." He said honestly. She opened her eyes instantly, they were dark and concerned.

"Like what?" she asked in disbelief.

"My parents. Hartford society in general actually. I can't deal with them. They get under my skin and drive me crazy."

"I understand that, but how is that a weakness?"

"I'll do anything to not have to deal with them. I run away like a little kid. They make me feel like I'm 7 again. Nothing I do is ever going to be good enough because it's not what they wanted for me."

"I'm sorry that you had that kind of life."

"Don't be sorry. We can't all have Lorelei." He said with a grin.

"I know, but still."

"Enough about me. It's too depressing." He said as if he had waved the topic off with his hand. "Let's just enjoy this nice relaxing bath." Rory went back to closing her eyes and enjoying the foot rub. Soon the foot rub had become a lower leg rub. She began to grow hot as she felt his hands travel up her knee.

"Tristan, you're moving into pretty dangerous territory." She slid towards him. "It's my turn to make you relax." She whispered as she nibbled on his ear. She kissed him as she lowered herself onto him. His breath hitched and she began to slowly move up and down. She smiled as his eyes closed and his head fell over the edge of the tub. He was in pure ecstasy. No wonder he loved teasing her, it was worth it to see the facial expressions. She herself was enjoying the ride but he was already beginning to call out her name.

"Oh God, Mary." She felt his hands tighten around her hips, and it wasn't long before they both were falling over the edge. "I love you." He whispered, his voice still hoarse. She just giggled as he kissed the top of her hair.

"Come on, the water's getting cold." She said as she stood up and grabbed a towel.

"Mary." She stepped out of the tub and turned around. "Thanks for saying yes."