I was a little disappointed with the number of reviews I got but I got over it. Well here's the next installment.
Rory laid Amber down in her crib and she laid down on her bed and drifted off to sleep contemplating what she was suppose to do.
She woke up early the next morning. She prepared her coffee and put on the outfit she had on yesterday. She sat at the kitchen table drinking coffee while everyone else bounded down the stairs. They joined her at the table and they grabbed a cup of coffee.
Rory pulled out a mug poured an extra cup of coffee and put it on the edge of the table. 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, she counted down in her head. Just as everyday Lorelei ran down the stairs grabbed the cup and yelled Bye kids! As she ran out the door.
"Bye" They told her even though she couldn't hear them.
They all finished up their coffee and went into the garage.
The girls chose to take the Mustang and the guys decided on taking the Viper.
They rolled into the parking lot and they all jumped out of the convertibles. They all headed into he school as they slipped on their sunglasses. They arrived at their lockers and saw Tristan leaning against Rory's locker.
"Hey, all of you" He started off.
There was a mutter of hellos around the group.
They all exchanged their books and everyone headed to homeroom except Rory. She stayed behind to talk to Tristan.
"You're really different Mary" Rory cringed again at the nickname.
"I know but Tristan can you not call me Mary?" She asked in a small voice.
"Um, ok sure" He replied worried as to why she sounded so helpless.
"Thanks."
"um, um, uh, wouldyougoonadatewithme?" He said quickly.
Rory caught on to what he said. She thought of Amber, and telling him but she decided against it for now. I'll tell him later she told herself. She nodded. He smiled brightly.
"Ok today after school for coffee maybe?" He asked hopefully.
"That sounds perfect" She told him.
The bell rang and they both headed to homeroom.
Rory sat down behind Logan and looked up at the teacher.
The day went on, the hours went by but Rory constantly had a smile plastered to her face. Her friends kept bugging her as to why she was so happy but she just smiled bigger and walked away.
The day ended and the group met by Rory's locker.
"You guys go on without me, I have some things to do. I'll take the bus home"
"Ok, I guess" Louise replied hesitantly.
"I'll be fine I promise" She told them.
They left Rory at her locker and headed towards the convertibles.
Rory went over to Tristan as soon as her friends were out of site.
"Ready to go?" He asked.
"Yep, ready" She replied easily.
They hopped in his Jaguar and got going. We drove around for a while and they finally reached Starbucks.
He got out and went around to Rory's side and opened up the door for her. She flashed a smile at him and went into the tiny building.
They both ordered up at the counter. And then they grabbed their coffees and sat down.
"So what have you been up to?" Tristan asked.
"Well I went to Boston to be with my dad for a while. I was there for about 2 and a half years. And me and the group became friends within our first month there. We are close. Really close. They live with me and mom."
"They live with you?"
"Yep all 6 of them."
"Your mom is ok with 3 teenage guys living in your house?"
"Yep all of them are in a relationship anyways."
"Interesting"
"So what have you been up to?"
"Not much, staying in school, being second best in the grade, talking with Paris. Not much else."
"Second best?"
"I was second best but know I'm like 9th best. Right behind you, your friends, and Paris."
"I can't believe its senior year."
"Me either. All the college stuff is driving me crazy. I sent in my applications early."
"I sent in my application too"
"Only one?"
"Yep, me and all my friends are Harvard bound."
"Well I applied to Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, and Stanford."
"Why so many?"
"My dad wants me to go to Princeton, my mom wants me to go to Yale, my paternal parents want me to go to Columbia, my maternal parents want me to go to Brown, I want to go to Harvard, and I applied to Stanford on a whim."
"I see."
They finished our coffees around this point and threw away the cups. Tristan suggested walking through the park for a while.
"So what do you want to be?" Rory asked.
"A Pediatrician maybe, I love helping kids. And the fact that my dad wants me to be a lawyer and being a doctor is a "nasty" profession. So it's an upside that I get to spite my dad."
Rory laughed. "What about you Ror?"
"Journalist"
"What kind?"
"The Newspaper kind, I always wanted to work for the Boston Globe."
"Interesting. What do your friends want to be?"
"Logan is going to be a journalist, Colin and Paris lawyers, Louise and Madeline club owners. And Finn will probably just be a bartender/alcoholic actually he's already an alcoholic."
"Your friends have high ambitions."
"They do. Logan and me both want to work at the Boston globe, Colin and Paris plan to open up a law firm called C&P. And Louise and Madeline plan to name theirnightclubMaLo, a mix between their names."
"All seem great. Why in the world do they hate me?"
"They don't hate you, not really, it's just I told them some of the stories and some of the hell you put me through, and they don't want to see me hurt."
"I can understand that"
"What time is it?"
"5:30"
"We have been talking for 2 and a half hours?"
"Appears so."
They turned around .
"So Tristan why did you ask me out?"
Tristan swallowed and started talking. "Rory I've liked you for years, 3 to be exact. And now that you're back I thought I'd finally get a chance with you. That is if you want a chance at us too."
"I would love for there to be an us."
"Seriously?" He asked hopefully.
She nodded. They walked in silence for a while and they got to the car.
"Can you drop me off at home?"
"Whatever you want"
We got in the car. As we headed out of Hartford, I looked at the scenery as it passed by. When we passed by the Stars Hollow sign I broke the silence.
"So can I tell people you're my boyfriend?"
"If you want, but just to let you know I'll be telling people that you're my girlfriend."
Rory smiled at him and then looked up she saw her house. "That's the one" she pointed at the large building.
Tristan stopped the car and kissed Rory sweetly on the lips. They broke apart a couple seconds later and Rory grinned. She opened up the door grabbed her backpack and skipped up the steps to the house. She got to the door, opened it and waved to Tristan. He backed out of the driveway.
She was happy. Very happy, and no one was going to bring her down off cloud nine. Or so she thought.
"Where have you been?" Louise asked. Rory frowned knowing she couldn't lie to her friends.
"With Tristan" I replied, knowing some disagreements were up ahead.
"Did you tell him?" Logan asked.
"No" I answered.
"Why not?" Madeline questioned.
"Because he wouldn't go out with me if he knew. So why tell him it's not a big deal."
"Yes it is! You have a kid! And keeping it from him is just setting yourself up for disaster!" Paris yelled.
"I'm not going to tell him!" She yelled back and then stomped up the stairs.
Everyone else knew there was nothing they could do. Rory was stubborn and it was nearly impossible to change her mind. And they knew if they told Tristan Rory would never forgive them. So they let Rory play out her problem, each of them knowing tat when it unraveled, it would not be pretty.
There's the next chapter. Review please.