Summary: Rory finds out that Logan had been cheating on her with her best friend. She couldn't deal with that anymore so she breaks up with him. After everything that had happen, she thinks that she will never love again but when she runs into an old friend, she could have a second chance at love.
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Chapter Six
It was the night that Tristan was finally going to meet her grand parents.
Rory was driving heading towards her grandparents house. She was suddenly getting very nervous. All these thoughts about how they would treat him and would they be nice to him, were all running through her head. She had thought of these things before briefly but she didn't think it was that big of a deal.
It about ten minutes, she was finally there. She parked her car and got out. Then she walked up to the door and rang the door bell. The maid answered and she walked inside. She gave the maid her coat and she put the coat on the rack. "The Gilmore's are in the living room, miss." She told Rory.
"Thank you." She replied. She walked towards the living room. When she got there she greeted them. "Hi grandma, Hi grandpa, hi mom." She hugged each one and then sat next to her mother.
"Hi Rory." Her grandmother said as she sat back down. "Where's Tristan? I thought he would be coming with you."
"No. He's actually suppose to meet us here." She explained. "He'll probably be here in a few minutes."
Emily nodded in understanding. "So how's Yale? You're graduating soon, isn't that right?"
"Yes I am." She responded. "My last final is actually in a few days."
"Hmm, and how's your job at the New York Times playing out? Are you enjoying it?"
"Of course I am. This had been my dream for so long and I finally have it. You have no idea how good that feels."
"Yeah I actually do. I felt the same way when I got accepted to Yale." Her grandmother told her.
"Wait, you always dreamt of going to Yale? I never knew that." Lorelai chimed in.
"Of course I did. What did you think Lorelai? Did you think that I would want to go to a stat school or something like that?"
"Well no, of course not. I just thought that…" she wasn't able to finish her sentence because her mother interrupted her.
"That's good then. I would have thought you had lost your mind if you ever thought something so absurd."
Lorelai rolled her eyes. Just then the doorbell rang and the maid walked into the room. "Excuse me miss, someone is at the door." She told them.
"Well answer it." Her grandmother said. "Isn't that your job?"
The maid nodded feeling very stupid. She went out of the room and walked towards the door and opened it. It was Tristan. "Who are you?"
"I'm Tristan." He told her. "I'm here to see the Gilmore's."
"Okay come this way." She led him towards the living room where they were. When they came into the room, they stood up. "Tristan's here miss." The maid explained and then left.
She walked up to him and shook his hand. "Hi Tristan, how've you been?" Emily asked.
"I've been good and you?" he responded.
"Pretty good. How's your family?" she asked.
"They're good too. I actually work for them now."
"Really? That's good." She explained. "Very good job that is!"
Tristan nodded. Just then the maid came back into the room. "Excuse me, the food is ready." The maid explained.
"Alright lets go." They got up and walked towards the dining room. Rory sat by her mother and Tristan and her grandparents sat side by side. Once they were all situated, the maid came back into the room with the food.
"I thought lasagna would be good for tonight." Emily explained. "You like lasagna right?"
"Of course. I love lasagna." He said.
Emily smiled. "Good."
The maid passed out their food. When she was done, they started to eat. They were eating for about five minutes before Richard finally spoke up. "So Tristan, how long have you been in town?"
"A few months. I started working for my father this February." He told them.
"Hmm, and how long have you and Rory dated?"
"About a month." He looked over at Rory to see if that was correct. When she nodded, it confirmed that he was right.
"How did you guys meet up?" he asked.
"Well Paris dragged me out to this club, she was getting annoyed with my constant moping about Logan, she thought that going out would be the best thing for me. Apparently it was. So I was waiting for Paris to come back with our drinks when this person ran into me. It turns out it was Tristan." Rory explained. "We started talking and he eventually asked me to dance and I said yes."
"But how did you guys end up dating?" he asked again.
Rory didn't know is she should tell them the whole story or just some of it. She finally decided it was best to just tell him half of the story. "Well after we were done dancing, he asked me out. I didn't know at first but he convinced me and I ended up agreeing." She told them.
"So just like that? An hour after you guys met up, he asked you on a date?" he was confused. He never knew that they were ever that close.
"Yeah but we knew each other from a while back too." She explained. "We used to go to school together but he left in junior year. We had a very weird relationship." She laughed just thinking about all of the old times. Tristan was also laughing.
"Why did he leave though?" her grandfather asked.
Rory was confused. She always thought that he already knew considering he knew his grandparents but apparently she was wrong. She looked over at Tristan to make sure if it was okay for her to tell them the story. He nodded indicating that I was okay. She sighed and told them the story. She told them how Tristan was mad about something – she didn't know why but she had some ideas; she didn't tell them that though. She told them that he made some friends with these very bad people and for some reason he robbed his father's safe. His father blew up at him and sent him off to boarding school.
When she was finally done, her grandparents didn't say anything. They just had this blank expression on their faces. It scared her that she couldn't read their expressions since she always used to be able to. She looked over at her mother to find out if she knew what was going on but she just gave her an apologetic look.
Finally after two minutes of silence, her grandmother finally said something. "Did you give the money back?" she asked.
"Of course he did." Rory said. "He isn't that kind of person."
Emily only nodded. Rory took that as she still didn't believe her. "It was the probably the lowest points of my life. You have no idea how much I regret doing that and I definatly never plan on doing something that stupid ever again." Tristan said. "And believe me, I definatly gave the money back.
Her grandparents still weren't convinced. They weren't even sure if Tristan was the right man for Rory but he did come from a good family and that's all that really matters. They just had to make sure that he had really changed and he would never do something that stupid ever again. They decided it was best to not bring up the situation again so for the rest of the night they never talked about it again. They talked about school, the New York Times, summer plans, and a lot of other things.
They stayed there for another hour before they left. Everyone said there goodbyes and then Rory, Tristan, and Lorelai left.
Rory and Tristan were walking side by side. "So that was an interesting night. It definatly wasn't as bas as I thought it would be." Tristan said as he put his arm around her.
She laughed. "Yeah I guess. I do agree that they took it better than I imagined but it definatly changed directions when I brought up the whole safe ordeal." She told him.
"Yeah that was bad but at least they know and they won't find out at the most random time." He sighed.
"Yeah I guess your right. I just hope that they don't think your like this criminal or something. Because you're not. You're anything but." She smiled at him.
"Why thank you. Its good that they feel so highly of me." He smirked.
She laughed and they kissed. "So I'll see you later then?" she said.
"Absolutely." They kissed again. "So I'll call you later?"
"You better." They kissed again. This one was longer then the last. "Bye Tristan."
"Bye Rory." They kissed one last time and then they were off going their separate ways. Instead of going to her car, she went to see her mother.
"Hi mom." She was in the car and when she realized that Rory was standing right there, she opened the car window.
"Hey Rory." She said. "So how do you think it went?"
"Pretty good actually." Rory responded. "Much better then I thought it would be but it definatly went down hill when we brought up the whole safe fiasco."
Her mother nodded in agreement. "Yeah it did go pretty well. I don't think they gave him any dirty looks or treated him like he was shit or anything like that. You definatly got lucky with him."
"I know but I think that it mostly has to do with the fact that he's rich and he comes from a good family and they know them. They acted the same way with Logan." She explained. She then looked at her clock and realized that it was getting late and she should go. "I think I should go, It's getting late."
"Alright I'll see you later then." Her mother said. "Bye Rory."
"Hi mom." They hugged goodbye and they Rory walked back towards her car and then drove away back towards her apartment.
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