First Reactions, Second Thoughts
Chapter 16
Trory
Rated T for later chapters
Thanks for being patient guys I know I haven't updated in a while and this chapter has a lot of mistakes so bare with me! Next chapter will be written better I promise!
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"So I cant wait any longer, do I have another grandson or do I have a granddaughter?!" Karen cried excitedly jumping and coming out from around the counter.
"You have your very first granddaughter" Rory said smiling.
"I'm so happy for you Rory, really I am" Karen said holding her an arms length away.
"Thank you for everything Karen" Rory said honestly.
"It's my pleasure baby" Karen said in a motherly tone.
"Oh My God, Rory there you are, Tristan called while you were at the Doctors he could only talk for a minute but he convinced everyone to let him come home early he'll be home in a month" Hailey yelled running across the café.
"Hailey this better not be a joke," Rory warned.
"It's not I promise ask Nathan he was listening too!" Hailey cried pulling Rory into a hug.
"He's really coming home, and I'm now six and a half months pregnant, how am I going to tell him?" Rory asked.
"We have a month to figure that out but for now its time to celebrate ginger ale at my house!" Karen cried flipping the open sign to closed while pulling the girls with her.
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"God Mare I miss you so much" Tristan whispered into the phone.
"I miss you too baby" Rory said happy tears rolling down her face.
"I'll be home in a week, I can't wait to move in to our apartment sounds like you and Hailey have been busy, you and Jamie and I can be together again, but you never told me why you moved to tree hill" Tristan said curiously.
"Um I wanted to be close to you and this seemed the best possible situation," Rory answered partly truthfully.
"Alright Mary I'll let it go for now but I will get it out of you" Tristan said teasingly.
"I'm sure you will sweetheart," Rory laughed.
"Mommy if daddy's coming home sooner does that mean jazzy is too?" Jamie asked dumbfounded.
"Um baby I'll explain later ok no more talk about jazzy" Rory said in a strict voice.
"Who's Jazzy Ror?" Tristan asked curiously.
"You'll meet her when you get home, I'm sure you'll love her" Rory said honestly.
"Okay well I have to go but I'll see you and Jamie in a week" Tristan said sadness filling his voice.
"Oh baby its only another week you can make it" Rory said picking up on his sadness.
"I know I just want to be home now with you guys" Tristan said sighing.
"I know, I love you and Jamie does too," Rory said sweetly.
"I love you guys too," Tristan whispered before hanging up.
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"Mommy why can't I talk about jazzy?" Jamie asked obviously confused.
"Baby jasmine is a surprise for daddy we can't tell daddy about the baby till he comes home okay" Rory said hugging Jamie.
"Oh okay" Jamie said hugging his mom before leaving the room and going into his new room in their new apartment.
It was down the road from Hailey and Nathan's and a street over from Karen's house. There was a park across the street for Jamie to play at and a grocery store in the other direction, it was the best neighborhood she could have hoped for. Except for the two teenage boys who kept flirting with her you would think with a growing belly and a son with her they would get the hint that and the ring on her finger but no they hadn't.
"Hey sexy you wanna go out later" One boy called while the other snickered.
Rory grabbed Jamie's hand tighter and they kept walking, one hand protectively sitting on her stomach, she kept her head up high, she wasn't going to let them get to her. They were just two punk teens that always seemed to go to far.
"Oh you know not goin to answer us, look man that little white girl aint even gunna acknowledge us" The guy said starting to get mad.
"Hey drop it man she's got her kid with her, that's like some guy messin' with Anita and Ophelia" The short bald man said, he had obvious control over the two goons.
Rory smiled and kept walking her and Jamie crossed the street and went towards the park, Jamie let go of her and ran towards the playground while Rory went and sat on the bench. Soon the man that stuck up for her was walking towards the bench she sat on and a young girl went towards the playground as well.
He sat down on the other side of the bench, he wasn't very tall but they something about him screamed structure and power and a form of discipline, this man could take charge but blend in, his attitude gave everything away. It was comforting to her to know this about him.
"My names Eli and the two idiots aren't going to mess with you again" Eli said turning to look at her.
"Rory and thank you, I just didn't have time to let them get to me yeah no" Rory answered gesturing to her stomach and the Jamie.
"Yeah I know, I wouldn't want to idiots being like that to my sister and my niece so why should they do that to you and your kid" Eli said honestly.
"Well thank you Eli" Rory said honestly.
"My pleasure, anyone messes with you come find me I look after my own and I can tell I'm gunna get a protective streak over you, most girls in the building are like my little sisters, it'll irritate you but you'll grow to be thankful theirs a lot a creeps around here" Eli said laughing.
"Thanks I guess" Rory said smiling she wasn't put off by his forwardness something about him screamed safety as he talked and she knew his words were true, Eli was soon to be a friend.
"How old is he?" Eli asked.
"He's almost 5" Rory said smiling.
"When's the baby due?" He asked smiling.
"A little over a month now" Rory said rubbing her belly.
"How old are you then? If you don't mind me asking" Eli wondered.
"I'm 21 and I don't, how bout you?" Rory answered.
"I'm 24" Eli answered leaning backwards on the bench.
"I think we've got new best friends on our hands" Rory said pointing at Jamie and the young girl.
"Ophelia always makes friends wherever she goes" Eli laughed quietly.
"That's a beautiful name, how old is she?" Rory asked.
"Same age as your son, almost 5" Eli said.
"I think Ophelia and Jamie will be good friends," Rory said with a small smile.
"I think your right" Eli said watching as the two kids played together and laughed at each other.
"He needs a friend here, it's only my brother and sister in law and mother in law, he has no one to play with" Rory said truthfully.
"Who's your mother in law, I mean if you don't mind telling me" He said uneasily, thinking he pushed her to far and asked a personal question.
"You know Karen's Café?" Rory asked.
"Yeah, Nathan and Tristan's mom owns that place" He said knowingly.
"I'm married to Tristan" Rory said.
"Oh wow I used to play ball with Tristan when we were kids" Eli said.
"Small world after all" Rory joked.
"It defiantly is Mrs. Dugrey" Eli joked.
"Uncle Eli can Jamie come with us to lunch, please!" Ophelia begged.
"Only if its okay with Jamie's mom" Eli laughed at his niece.
"Can you and Jamie come to lunch with us please?" Ophelia asked turning to Rory.
"Sure that would be nice" Rory said smiling at the young girl.
Eli and Rory grabbed their respective kids hands and they walked down the street to the pizza place. They grabbed a booth and ate, the kids talking about random things while Rory and Eli talked about Tristan and life itself.
"Alright Jamie we have to get home and clean because Daddy is coming home tomorrow" Rory said smiling excitedly.
"Yeah Daddy's coming home!" Jamie cried.
"Thank you Eli it was nice talking to you and Jamie had a ball" Rory said laughing before waving goodbye and grabbing Jamie's hand as they walked out of the pizza place.
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"Come on Jamie put on your shoes and then we can go pick up Daddy" Rory said smiling excitedly.
"Okay mommy! Can we tell Daddy about Jazzy?" Jamie asked jumping towards the door and putting on his shoes quickly.
"Yeah baby we can! No come on let's get in the car," Rory said leading him out of their apartment.
They walked through the parking lot till they got to Rory's car and they both got in. Rory pulled the car in the direction of the church, there was a party for all the men and women coming home and their families. They decided that meeting at a church was a more pleasant environment to greet your loved ones than a busy airport.
Rory pulled up into the parking lot of a beautiful church, her and Jamie got out and stood with all the other families, the bus was due any second now and Rory and Jamie were holding each others hand, both couldn't contain their smiles.
Rory's heart dropped with excitement the bus pulled up men and women were literally running off the bus in search of their families, Jamie dropped Rory's hand and went running towards the bus, where Tristan had just come off of. She watched at Tristan scooped Jamie up and held him tightly, she saw Jamie's mouth move a mile a minute in joy of his fathers return.
Rory's hand lay on her stomach and watched as Tristan and Jamie walked over towards her, Jamie was set down on the ground as Tristan pulled Rory into a kiss, one they had both dreamt and missed, she was pulled into his arms as best as she could due to the size of her stomach.
Tristan pulled away and looked down at her he put on hand on her belly and rubbed it while the other hand lay on her cheek a smile appeared on his face.
"A baby?" Tristan asked.
"Yeah our baby, Jasmine also known as Jazzy" Rory said laughing.
"I defiantly will love her," Tristan laughed remembering the conversation about growing to love Jazzy.
"I defiantly hope so Mr. Dugrey" Rory smiled before pulling him into a quick kiss.
"Tristan!" A voice called from somewhere in the parking lot.
Tristan and Rory turned to see an older man walking towards them; a smile broke out on Tristan's already overjoyed face.
"Sergeant" Tristan said shaking the man's hand.
"You've done wonders for yourself since you've left my school" The man said.
"Ror this is my old teacher from military school David Carlton, he never let me get away with anything, Sergeant this if my wife Rory and my son Jamie" Tristan said gesturing to everyone.
"Rory that name sounds familiar" David said with a wink to Tristan.
"It's nice to meet you sir" Rory said shaking David's hand.
"You to Rory" David said kindly.
"And how does he know my name Tristan" Rory asked while giving him a curious look.
"I may have talked about you a little" Tristan said looking down slightly embarrassed.
"Slightly? Boy we could have written a documentary about this girl with the way you talked" David laughed.
"Really now and what did you say about me Tristan?" Rory asked astonished.
"Nothing just normal stuff yeah know" Tristan rambled.
"Oh you know how you wouldn't give him the time of day the fact you were the only girl worth going after that the only reason he was making an effort was so when he came back he could impress you" David stated simply.
"Thanks a lot Sergeant" Tristan laughed.
"I was impressed but manly because of how good a father he is" Rory said absentmindedly rubbing her belly.
"Looks like you've got your life in order cadet, how far along are you" David asked Rory after turning away from Tristan.
"In about a month" Rory said looking at Tristan.
"So am I the last to know or what?" Tristan laughed holding her closer to him.
"No not the last David just found out too," Rory laughed.
"So why didn't you tell him, if you don't mind me asking" David asked curiously.
"I know Tristan would have done anything in his power to get home and I wasn't going to be the cause of an accident because he was rushing to get home," Rory said honestly.
"Baby" Tristan said kissing her head.
"Well I couldn't do this on my own Tristan I wasn't going to let you do something even more dangerous just to get home" Rory said.
"I'm not mad I'm glad you made that decision, I'm just happy I'm home sooner than I was supposed to be, Jasmine would have already been born then" Tristan said rubbing his hand over her belly while her hand lay on top of his.
"I'm proud of you boy, your alive again, when you came to that school I thought you were a lost cause you gave up on letting yourself live, personally I blame your father for that one but now your letting yourself live" David said truthfully.
"Thank you sir, and I do have something to live for," Tristan said picking up Jamie and holding Rory's hand.
"Well I'll see you at the reunion in a few years then" David said.
"You know you don't need an excuse to come visit me, I know you've been checking up on me since I graduated" Tristan laughed.
"Can you blame me I needed to make sure you were kicked in the right direction, but it looks like I don't need to be checking up on you anymore" David laughed innocently.
"Doesn't mean you have to stop, I know you you'll find out where we live, use the address for good use and come and see us alright" Tristan said demandingly in a kind way.
"Yes sir" David said jokingly.
"It was nice meeting you, and I'll be looking forward to you coming to visit and meeting the other baby in the future" Rory said shaking his hand.
"You too Rory and I will I promise" David said leaning in and kissing her cheek.
"Goodbye Sir it was good seeing you again" Tristan said shaking his hand.
"Look after yourself Cadet" David said before walking off.
"Lets go home, we have a lot to talk about" Tristan smiled sweetly at Rory and Jamie.
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