AN: Hey everyone! Thank you to all of my reviewers: Lifeisconfusing, Mrs.Scott323, celafaccio, raspberrysorbet34, LHTDfan, rawrrry, and just hidden. I hope you like this chapter.
Chapter two: Want some company?
She was standing in the short line of the coffee cart closest to her dorm. She was looking down, distracted, and didnt notice the person who appeared behind her.
"Hey Rory" the coffee cart guy said to her with a warm smile.
"Hey Joey. I'll have a large caramel macchiato please"
"Sure" he said and began making it.
"Hey Joey I'll have a small coffee, put the lovely ladies on my tab please" a familiar voice said from behind Rory. Joey smiled at the man and Rory turned and was about to protest when her coffee was handed to her and the person paid.
"So, how have you been Mary?" Tristan asked as he lightly pulled her away from the line and back in the other direction.
"Uh, good" she lied. "How about you?"
"Pretty good. My dad's been getting on my ass about meaningless things more and more often and grandfather is asking more persistantly, 'Tristan Theodore DuGrey, when are you going to find a suitable young lady and settle down?'" he said trying to imitate his grandfathers deep voice.
"Yeah, well, what can you do? Society is rough"
"You're telling me" he said with an irritated sigh, tossing his cup in the nearest trashcan. "So. Got any big plans for the evening?"
"Nope. This was my last run out. I'm gonna go back to my dorm and study for maybe and hour, work on my article, and maybe watch a couple movies or something"
"Wow. Cutting back your studies to an hour? Sounds like you're livin on the edge, Mar"
"I try"
"There's a party at some guys dorm in our hall why dont you come with us?"
"I'm not really in the mood for a party. I'm tired"
"Okay well I'm pretty sure the girls are going except for Paris"
"She's spending the night at Doyle's"
"They're still dating?"
"Well I dont know if you'd call it dating. They havent really established what they are to each other yet and it's getting on Paris' nerves. She's talking about ending it soon if he doesnt want to commit"
"I'm sure that'll make Finns dreams come true" he said sarcastically. They all knew that Finn had a thing for Paris. On the other hand, she found him very annoying and not her type at all.
"Actually I think Finn has given up his dreams for Paris"
"Really?"
"Yeah, he's moved on"
"Who is it this time?"
"He's still refusing to admit that he's always liked Maddy"
"Ah. Well he hasnt gone through a phase for girls with black hair..."
"It's a new beginning"
"Yet again. Well Mary, as much as I've enjoyed our little encounter I have to get back to the dorm"
"Why so soon?" she asked feigning hurt.
"Oh I know you love me Mar and it pains you to see my go, but I have to make sure that Beavis and Butthead dont break anything or set the place on fire...again"
"They set the dorm on fire?"
"Well actually it was just a small fire in the kitchenette that we immediatly put out, I dont even think the alarm responded in time or anything, but yeah"
"Isn't Logan there to watch them?"
"He's asleep"
"Do I want to hear this?"
"Well it's nothing strange or out of the ordinary. Last night Satan called and said there was an emergency meeting or something that had to do with the paper. It was late and he didnt get back until about 9am when he trudged into the dorm, not bothering to stay quiet for us still sleeping. He didnt say much. All I caught was 'Mitchum, hate, I, really, need, sleep'. I'm sure it goes in some order or something to form a coherent thought. Anyway he's been sleeping ever since"
"Aw, poor thing"
"Yeah, well, I must be going. See ya later Mary"
"Bye Tristy" she called back to him, not noticing the weird looks people on campus were giving the two.
She walked back to her dorm quickly and when she got there she found the door unlocked and Madeline and Louise's door open, the bathroom light on and the hairdryer going. They were getting ready for the party that night.
"Hey Rory!" Madeline chirped, waving at her as she walked into the common room.
"Hey Maddy" she said, smiling at her before disappearing into her room and coming out moments later in sweatpants and a long sleeve shirt, plopping down on the couch.
Madeline and Louise both walked into the common room, dressed and ready to go. Maddy had simple black shoes, black fishnets, a short jean shirt and fitted black top. Her hair was simple and she had light makeup.
Louise was wearing red heels,a red leather mini skirt and red halter top. She definitely stood out, which is how she liked it.
"You arent going to the party?" Louise asked before moving to answer the door.
"No, I'm tired and not really in the party mood. Paris is still staying at Doyle's right?"
"Yeah she is" Louise replied with a nod as she pulled open the door. "Hey boys"
"Hey girls. Ready to go?" Tristan asked from his place in the doorway, Logan, Colin and Finn standing behind him.
"Yep. Bye Rory, we'll be back late"
"If we come back at all!" Madeline said before closing the door quickly. Rory sighed and picked up the phone to call her mother.
"Hello?" a tired voice answered and Rory was immediatly concerned.
"Mom?"
"Oh, hey Rory"
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, it's just I was expecting someone else to call. That's all"
"Luke?"
"Yeah. I was in the diner today and Luke was trying to rush me out when he saw April pull up on her bike. He pulled me upstairs so the other customers didnt hear, and said that he didnt want me to have any contact at all with either April or Anna"
"Oh, I'm sorry Mom"
"She's my step daughter! She reminds me of you. I dont get it, why doesnt he want me to see her?"
"I dont know. Did you ask him?"
"No. By the time he had told me about the contact thing he was yelling and looked really mad and I was scared so I just left quickly"
"I guess I'm not the only one with a bad relationship" she muttered, a scowl forming on her face as she thought of Dean. How sweet, innocent and completely loving he acted in public, trying to mask how he really treated her behind closed doors. It was getting on her nerves.
"What?"
"Nothing. So what're you doing tonight?"
"Aside from waiting for Luke to come home, nothing. You?"
"Staying home too"
"Aren't we just loads of fun"
"Well there is a party going on a floor up but I'm too tired and not in the mood so I'm gonna order in and watch movies"
"Hey, want some company?" she asked now perking up.
"Yeah, that'd be awesome but what about Luke?"
"Oh, let him worry about me not coming home for once!"
"Are you sure?"
"I'll leave a quick note it'll be fine"
"Okay. Hey, could you stop on your way here and pick up junk food?"
"Yeah sure. I'll be there in about an hour?"
"See you then. Bye mom"
"Bye sweets"
She hung up with her mother and dialed the number for pizza, placing an order for delivery before doing the same with chinese.
Her mom showed up outside her dorm an hour later, as promised with bags of food and coffee and donuts from Weston's.
"Hey mom" she said opening the door wider for her mother as she hurried in and set down the bags before pulling her daughter into a hug.
"Fruit of my loins! Oh, how I have missed you so"
"How long has it been?"
"Uh...two weeks actually"
"Wow. We gotta make plans more often"
"I agree. Now. I got all the necessaties plus donuts and coffee from Weston's"
"No Luke's?"
"Well I would go in there and ask for coffee to go and he would most likely ask about my plans and I didnt exactly want him to know where I as going in specific detail"
"Oh, right"
"Yeah, so, what's our line up look like tonight?"
"Hostel, When A Stranger Calls, and The Omen"
"Ooh, scary theme"
"Mhmm. That alright with you?"
"Yup. Okay well you get everything set up and I'm gonna go make some more coffee"
"Okay, hurry" she said as she began dumping the food out of the bags and arranging in on tables. By the time Lorelai came back with more coffee, the pizza and chinese had arrived and everything was set up. There were bowls of candy, donuts, pizza boxes, chinese, mugs of coffee, and cans and bottles of soda.
Rory pulled out a ton of extra blankets and pillows from her closet and a few from Madeline and Louise's, arranging them on the floor and couch.
"Ready to start?" Lorelai asked, taking a seat in between the couch and the table, eating a red vine.
"Yep. Play the first one!"
AN: Well hope you liked it. Seems longer than the last but it has a lot of dialogue. So, next chapter, more of Rory's friends will make an appearence. Her best friends in this story, if it isnt already obvious, are Logan, Colin, Finn, Tristan, Steph, Maddy and Louise. Also, Luke comes home to an empty house and finds a vague note from Lorelai that he can barely read. His reaction the next morning, also in the next chapter.
I know Luke is sounding really mean and rough but like I said, OOC and it'll all make sense eventually. Sorry if you LL fans are disappointed but you will find that most of my stories will be BalconyBuddies (lorelai/chris). Anyway, I hope you liked this one and please review!
Sarah.