Thank you for all your reviews! I know a lot of you having been asking about my other two stories and I am still going to continue them, maybe this weekend or next week. I've just been really busy recently and I wanted to at least keep one story going. So please stay with me and I'll try and update the others soon. Thanks! :) Also, I know I had a short appearance of Dean and for those asking, he may come into it later.

Chapter 8

"Rory?" Tristan said through the phone. "I've been trying to call you. I've sent you messages."

"I know, I'm sorry." Rory said. "The kiss...uh...it surprised me and I needed to get my head around it. And then something really big happened today and it messed me up even more. Just...I'm sorry..." She said.

"Ok..." Tristan said not knowing what this meant. "So..."

"What are you doing tomorrow?" Rory asked.

"I don't have any plans." Tristan said.

"Do you want to come to Stars Hollow?" She asked.

"Uh yeh I can do." He said feeling a bit more hopeful.

"Ok good. Meet me at the house? I'm watching Alice again as Jess is working at the diner." She said.

"Ok yeh I'll see you there." He smiled.

"Ok good. Well..uh..bye then." She said.

"Bye."

Rory hung up the phone and let out a big breath. She didn't really know what she was going to say to him but something about him did intrigue her.

The following day, Rory was playing with Alice when the doorbell rang. "Oh that'll be Tristan. Want to get it?" Rory said.

Alice beamed and got up and ran to the door. She opened it. "What's the password?" She giggled.

"Uh...please?" Tristan smirked.

"Nope!" Alice said. "You can't come in without the password!"

"Oh really?" Tristan chuckled and suddenly picked her up and threw her over his shoulder, making her laugh. He shut the door and went into the living room. "I believe she belongs to you."

"Stop manhandling my sister." Rory joked.

Tristan chuckled and put her down. "Sorry. I had to or I could have been standing there for hours." He smirked.

Alice went back to playing with her toys while Rory and Tristan stood there awkwardly for a moment.

"Uh so do you want to sit? Do you want a soda or something?" Rory asked.

"Nah I'm good thanks." Tristan said sitting down on the couch.

Rory sat next to him and they watched Alice make voices for her horses for a bit. Rory glanced over at him. "So...I guess we should talk..." She said.

Tristan nodded. "You first."

Rory nodded. "Um ok...well I need to admit I'm sort of new to this. I've not really, well I've never, had a boyfriend before." She said quietly.

"Ok..." Tristan said.

"I just...I know you've gone out with a lot of girls. Why choose me?" She asked. "How do I know I'm not just one on a list?"

"I guess I do have a bit of a reputation." He admitted.

"You guess?" Rory raised her eyebrows.

"Ok, I do." Tristan smirked. "But you're different. You're smarter than all the other girls put together. You're funny, you're kind. I like you. Genuinely." He said.

Rory looked at him and saw the sincerity in his face.

"Look, just tell me if you don't feel anything and I promise you I'll never hassle you again." He said.

"I can't." Rory admitted.

"Really?" Tristan asked hopefully.

"I just...I'm new to this. I don't really know how to act." She admitted.

"I'm not going to push you into anything if that's what you're worried about." He said. "We can take it as slow as you want but I would be a fool to let you go without a fight."

Rory felt herself blush a little. "Ok." She said quietly.

"Ok?" Tristan asked.

Rory smiled. "I do like you. I mean sometimes you annoy the hell out of me but I..I do like you." She admitted.

Tristan smiled and started leaning forward.

"Are you going to kiss?" Alice asked innocently looking up from her toys.

Rory started laughing.

"You've got great timing there, kid." Tristan chuckled.

"Come on." Rory said getting off the couch. "You keep playing ok?" She said to Alice.

"You're going to kiss!" Alice giggled.

Rory smirked but led Tristan down to the corridor. "I swear she never misses anything." She laughed.

Tristan chuckled. "She's a cute kid."

Rory smiled. She slowly leaned forward and kissed him.

Tristan pulled back. "Thanks." He joked.

Rory blushed. "God that was so not my greatest moment!" She laughed.

"Nah I thought it was cute." Tristan smirked and leaned forward to kiss her again.

Just then the front door opened and Jess came in. He saw Alice playing with her toys. "Hey you, where's Rory?"

"In the kitchen kissing Tristan." She giggled.

"What?" Jess said. He went down the corridor and Rory and Tristan were standing there awkwardly. "Hey..." He said.

"Hi.." Rory said. "I thought you were at the diner."

"Yeh but it's like dead in there so Luke said I could come home for a couple of hours." He said. "I'm not interrupting anything am I?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Uh no. Nothing." Rory said.

Jess looked at both of them. "Sure..." He said. He looked at Tristan. "Look, I know we're friends but if you hurt her, I'll kill you ok?" He said.

"Noted." Tristan nodded.

Jess just shook his head. "I leave the house for an hour..." He said as he headed back to the living room.

Rory smirked, relieved that he was ok with it. She smiled at Tristan. "So do you want to stay for a bit? Watch some tv or something?"

"Sure." He said. "So what happened yesterday that was big then?"

Rory sighed. "My dad turned up."

Tristan looked confused. "Your dad? I thought..."

"My biological dad." Rory said. "Luke adopted me when I was 9." She explained.

"Wow...I would never have guessed that. So Jess..?"

"Is technically my step cousin but he's lived with us since he was 9 as well so we're pretty much brother and sister. Luke's his uncle." She said.

"And Alice?"

"My half sister." Rory said.

"Wow." Tristan said. "Complicated."

Rory laughed. "Yep. But biology doesn't matter. We're a family." She shrugged.

"Fair enough." Tristan nodded.

They went into the living room and sat down next to Jess on the couch. Jess smirked at them. "You know when Luke finds out about you two, he's going to freak."

Rory sighed. "I know.." She said.

"Good luck." Jess smirked at Tristan.

"Jess!" Rory said playfully hitting him. "It won't be that bad..."

"Sure it won't..." Jess grinned. "You think I'll kill you if you hurt her, Luke will be 100 times worse."

Rory rolled her eyes. "It'll be fine." She assured Tristan.

"Ok.." Tristan said slightly nervous.

"Are you Rory's boyfriend now?" Alice asked.

"Nothing gets you past you, does it?" Tristan chuckled.

"So are you?" Alice asked insistently.

Tristan glanced at Rory who smiled at him and he turned back to Alice. "Yeh I am. Is that ok with you?" He asked.

"Will you play plastic horses with me again?" She asked.

"Sure." He said.

"Then I'm ok with it." She grinned. "Do you want to be the purple one or the pink one?" She asked holding them out.

Tristan turned to see Jess and Rory both laughing. "She drives a hard bargain, doesn't she?"

"You better choose one or she might change her mind." Jess smirked.

"Fine. Purple." Tristan said taking the horse from Alice and sat down on the floor with her and started playing.

Rory watched him, smiling. There was so many different sides to Tristan. She never would have thought that he would want to play plastic horses with a 5 year old girl. Tristan glanced round at her and caught her eye. He just shook her head at her and she grinned. ""Welcome to our crazy family." She joked.

A short one I know, sorry! Will do a longer one at the weekend! :) Please review and let me know what you think! I really appreciate all of your comments! Thanks! :)