Sorry about the delay! Had a bit of writer's block but I'm back now so here's the next chapter. :) Just to say i won't be able to update for a few days after today as I'm busy tomorrow and then I'm going away for the weekend, sorry!
Chapter 2
"So have you got your tickets to the game?" Richard asked as he sat at a table in the canteen at Yale with Rory, Paris and Jess.
"The game?" Rory asked confused.
"The Harvard/Yale game." Paris told her. "I got mine and Jess' weeks ago."
"Oh." Rory said. She glanced at Jess.
"Don't look at me. I didn't know about it until now." He said.
"You have to come, Rory." Paris said. "It's a big Yale tradition."
"Yes." Richard agreed. "Your Grandma and I go every year." He said.
"Oh..well maybe Tristan's got some for us. I'll have to ask him." She said.
"Great." Richard beamed. "We can meet you all at the gate at 9."
"Great.." Rory said.
"Where is Tristan anyway? Wasn't he going to meet us here?" Jess asked.
"Yeah.." Rory frowned. "Maybe he got held up after class. It was his presentation today."
"The one with Anna?" Paris asked cautiously, knowing Anna was probably still a sore spot.
"Yeah.." Rory grimaced. "I might go look for him." She smiled at her Grandpa. "I'll see you for dinner on Friday, Grandpa."
"Yes. Thank you for agreeing to have lunch with me."
"Thanks for coming." Rory smiled. "I'll catch you two later." She said to Paris and Jess.
Rory then went off in the direction of Tristan's classroom. When she got closer, she heard raised voices coming from round the corner and she recognised one as Tristan. She went round the corner and she frowned when she saw it was indeed Tristan but he was arguing with Anna. Tristan's back was to her but she saw Anna spot her and smirk a little. Rory's eyes widened as Anna leant forward to kiss Tristan and she felt her heart stop. Her insecurities came bubbling back up again but suddenly she saw Tristan push her away.
"What the hell are you doing?" He exclaimed angrily.
"Just what you've wanted to do for ages." Anna smirked.
"You're delusional! When have I ever given you any clue that I wanted to kiss you? I have a girlfriend!" He said angrily.
Anna shrugged. "Yeah but she doesn't need to know." She said smirking slightly as she glanced at Rory. "You deserve a bit of excitement anyway. Have a bit of fun."
"I have plenty of fun!" Tristan said angrily. "Rory is amazing and she's worth 100 of you. I am extremely happy with her and you aren't going to ruin that for me. I love Rory, not you. I will never love you. You're a spiteful, mean spirited person. Why would I ever want to get off with you?"
"You might." Anna shrugged. "Especially when your so called amazing girlfriend breaks up with you for kissing me." She smirked.
Tristan's head whipped round and his eyes widened. "Rory..." He said.
Rory took in Anna's spiteful smirk and Tristan's absolute horror and knew Anna had set that up. She vowed she wouldn't give her the satisfaction. She took a deep breath and walked towards them. "Hey." She smiled at Tristan, leaning to give him a kiss, one that lasted longer than normal. She looked at Anna. "Is there a problem here?"
Anna frowned. "Your so called boyfriend kissed me." She said.
"Really?" Rory said. "Huh. That's not what I saw. I saw you throwing yourself at him knowing I was standing here and then him telling you to back off."
Anna scowled. "He's been flirting with me for weeks."
"No I think it was you flirting with him." Rory said trying to stay calm. She then forced a smile on her face. "So if you thought your little stunt would break us up, then think again. Tristan and I are solid and you're not going to ruin that. So why don't you just focus your attention on someone else? Someone who preferably is single. And leave Tristan and me alone." She said. She grabbed hold of Tristan's hand and dragged him away. "Come on. We've got somewhere to be." She said.
Once they were round the corner and far enough away, Tristan glanced at Rory. "Ror..."
"It's fine." Rory said keeping her eyes in front of her.
"I didn't...I swear I didn't lead her on or anything. You have to believe me." He said desperately.
Rory was surprised by the desperation in her voice and she turned to him. "I know." She assured him.
"You're not mad?" Tristan asked confused.
"You didn't do anything wrong." Rory said. "Am I happy that you'll be spending lots of time with Anna in your class? No. But I'm not going to let her break us. We nearly did for a month and personally that was not the best month of my life."
"Mine either." Tristan said letting out a relieved breath. "So we're ok?"
Rory smiled at him. "We're ok." She assured him. She leant in to kiss him. "We're really ok. I heard what you said and it felt so good to hear you say it. So thanks." She said softly.
"I meant every word." Tristan said.
Rory smiled and took hold of his hand. "So how do you fancy going to the Harvard/Yale game with me?" She asked.
"You'd want to go?" Tristan asked surprised.
"My Grandpa mentioned it and now he's excited about spending time with me there so I sort of have to go now." Rory said.
Tristan chuckled. "Well I'll take care of your ticket." He said.
"Oh no, I can pay." Rory protested.
"No, it's the least I can do." Tristan said. "And also it might mean you'll spend time with me there as well." He smirked.
"Oh I definitely will." Rory nodded. "Paris is dragging Jess there as well." She grinned.
"Paris and Jess at a football game. Now that I'd like to see." Tristan laughed.
Rory grinned. "Come on. I said we'd catch up with them after I found you. They'll wonder where we are." She said starting to walk away again.
"Rory?" Tristan said.
"Yeah?"
"I love you." He said softly.
Rory smiled. "I love you too." She said softly.
The following Sunday, everyone was at Yale on the game day. Even Lorelai and Luke had joined them after Lorelai had insisted on tagging along to spend time with Rory and Jess. Katie and LJ were spending the day with Chloe, Tom and the kids.
"Did you really need to drag dad along?" Rory asked her mom. "You know this isn't really his scene."
"Hey he wanted to come!" Lorelai defended.
"Really?" Rory asked surprised.
"You forget he actually likes football." Lorelai said.
"I thought it was only baseball." Rory said.
"Well they're all basically the same aren't they?" Lorelai shrugged.
Rory stifled a laugh. "Sure mom."
Lorelai narrowed her eyes at her daughter. "You're not supposed to mock your mommy. It's not nice."
"Sorry." Rory smirked. She looked over to where Richard and her dad was with some of her Grandpa's friends. "Dad does seem happy." She commented.
Lorelai smiled as she saw Luke laugh at something her dad said. "Yeah he does." She said.
"It's nice to see him bonding with Grandpa." Rory smiled.
"Yeah." Lorelai smiled. She then laughed. "What is Paris doing?"
Rory turned round and laughed as she saw Paris gesture to Jess to take two photos of her. In one she was smiling and the other she was sad. "I have no idea."
Tristan then came over. "Paris is bored already. She's making Jess take a photo of her as if we won and one as if we lost to remember the day by." He chuckled.
Rory laughed. "Good old Paris."
"Think their plan is to just tailgate all day." Tristan smirked.
"Was that Paris' idea or Jess'?" Rory smirked.
"Probably Jess." Tristan chuckled.
"Thought so." Rory grinned. "You ok?" She asked.
"I'm good." Tristan smiled. "You?"
"Yeah. I'm actually enjoying myself." She said.
"Good." Tristan smiled giving her a kiss.
"Ok I think that's my cue. I'll go ask mom how long the food's going to take." Lorelai grinned getting up and leaving them to it.
The day had gone smoothly and everyone had surprisingly enjoyed the day. Rory had said goodbye to her grandparents and her parents before going off with Tristan to meet up with Jess and Paris.
"You full?" Rory grinned.
"God yes. I swear I ate something from every stall." Jess groaned.
"I told you to stop but you ignored me." Paris rolled her eyes.
"Yeah well I blame Rory." Jess said.
"Hey! How is it my fault?" Rory exclaimed.
"You're a bad influence on me. I think I've picked up your food habits. I really need to pace myself." He grumbled.
Rory smirked. "Sorry." She said.
Jess rolled his eyes. "Yeah that sounded sincere." He said sarcastically.
"Whoa..." Tristan suddenly said stopping.
"What?" Rory asked confused.
Tristan gestured in front of them.
"Is that Asher Fleming?" Paris asked.
Rory looked and was shocked to see her Grandpa's good friend in a passionate kiss with none other than Anna. "Whoa..." She said. She glanced at Tristan. "Ok when I told her to go find someone else, this wasn't really what I had in mind..."
Tristan couldn't help but chuckle. "At least she might leave us alone now..." He said.
"Yeah I guess.." Rory said, shuddering as she looked away from Anna and Asher. "Come on, let's go back to the dorm. We can have a movie night." She said. She glanced at Paris and Jess. "You two in?"
"Sure. So long as there's no more food." Jess nodded.
"Yeah I'm in." Paris nodded.
"Let's go then." Rory said, linking arms with Tristan and leading them away from Anna and Asher.
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