AN – Sorry that I made you wait for so long. I must admit I nearly forgot about the story. Schools just been very hectic and stressful. I apologize profusely.
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Monday morning Tristan and the rest of his gang filed into the meeting room to discuss today's plan. Every body sat down on their usual chair, with their usual cup of coffee and the usual eager face to make money. Except Jess. He seemed to be a little off today. The reason for this mood was the call he had with Rory last night. He wasn't sure how he felt about all this. Two of his best friends…together. This would be a pretty weird day today.
After the meeting Jess walked into Tristan's office and shut the door behind him, so nobody could hear the conversation that they would have.
Tristan looked up from his paper work to acknowledge Jess presence and gestured for him to take a seat.
"So, I guess Rory told you what happened between her and me?" Tristan said bluntly with a little devilish grin on his lips.
"You guessed right." Jess said back holding his stare while lowering himself into the chair opposite from Tristan.
"And, what do you want now? I hope you know that it's none of your business. So don't give me any shit about it, alright? She's a big girl. She can take care of herself. She doesn't need a protector. Meaning I am not gonna talk to you about it." Tristan said leaning back in his black leather chair.
"I know that it's none of my business what you do, but Rory is my business. I have known her for a long time now, and I don't want her to get hurt. I don't want her to be one of your women that you forget about after a week. She's special. She doesn't deserve to be treated like that."
"And how the fuck would you know, that I would dump her like trash after a week, huh? Maybe she means something to me…or maybe she doesn't. Anyhow, it does not concern you. I do whatever I like, with whom ever I like. So, you better stay out of this Jess. I won't say it twice." Tristan said getting a little annoyed by Jess telling him about his track record with women.
"Fine, but don't forget. If you ever hurt her, I'll be around and if I have to, I'll kick your ass. You don't fool me. I know she's something different to you too, otherwise you wouldn't have gone through all the trouble of finding her." Jess said and turned around, leaving Tristan in his chair with a confused look on his face.
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Rory meanwhile left early in the morning to go to Luke's to get her usual caffeine load and then she drove on to the newspaper. Walking to her office, she already saw the pile of paper that was waiting for her today. She didn't mind having a lot to do. She actually enjoyed being busy. Busy like a bee.
The people in the offices were all very nice people too. She got along with them fairly well and they always took breaks together to talk about their articles. There was an interesting mix of people working at the newspaper. Some of them came from Yale or Harvard, some even from Princeton and others were long time journalists. None of them had any problems in welcoming new members to their little group.
At lunch time Rory would go to a little café around the corner and she would enjoy a nice hot cup of coffee. She would always sit at her usual table that was free when she came in and the waitress named Beth would bring her the coffee as soon as she saw her come in. Beth and Rory weren't friends, but since Rory stopped by nearly every day to drink her coffee, they would occasionally talk about random things that were on their minds.
After lunch Rory would go back to her office and finish writing her papers. At around 5 o'clock she would be done for the day and head back home to her mum. She always had everything planned out. Occasionally she would also drop by the book shop on her way home and let herself fall into the brown leather chair, to sink into a peaceful state of bliss and go into the land of books.
There she would forget the time and when she would look up from her book, she would see that it was already 6 o'clock. So, she would quickly shut the book and put it back from where she got it from and head home.
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Tristan looked up from the pile of papers that he was looking through and stretched his legs. He held his hand over his mouth to stifle a yawn and looked out the window. It was a clear, bright day. The sun was shining and the wind was blowing the clouds overhead.
He got up from his chair and walked out of his office. The people that walked past him greeted him, but he just walked on, ignoring their polite greetings and heading out of the building. Once he was out, he let out a deep breath. Letting his hand run through his hair, he noticed that he forgot to comb it this morning. He nearly overslept anyway. He kept hitting the snooze button, until he only had 20 minutes left to get ready. The only thing that he did was jump into the shower, without waiting for the water to get warm and quickly rinsed the sleep off of him. After a quick shave and forgetting to dry his hair, he put on one of his suits with the matching shoes and tie.
Now he was standing in front of his business and the only thing he craved for was a cup of coffee. He knew that some of his co-workers went to a coffee shop around the corner a few blocks away, so he decided to go there and try the place out. The coffee couldn't by any worse than at his firm, so he decided to give it a try.
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Rory too, had had enough of her work load, so she thought about going to the café and freshen up her energy. A good cup of coffee would do the trick. 5 minutes later she opened the door to the café and walked in. Beth noticed her and went right behind the counter to get her the usual.
"Hey Rory, how are you doing?" Beth asked politely, when she placed the steaming cup in front of Rory.
"Oh, I'm doing just fine Beth, thanks for asking. And how are you doing?" Rory asked, taking a small sip from the cup.
"Well, you know. The usual. Can't really complain. Gotta get back to work now. See you around." Beth said and walked over to another customer.
"Yep, see ya." Rory replied and went back to drinking the burning hot liquid.
5 minutes later she was done with her first cup, ready to order a second when she noticed that some of the people in the café were looking towards the entrance door that had just jingled seconds before. Rory turned her head towards the entrance and saw someone she would have never guessed to see again so soon. Tristan.
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Tristan pushed open the door of the little café, where he hoped to get a good cup of coffee and not the crap that they sell at his firm. The bell jingled indicating his entrance. However, before he could take another step from the threshold, he noticed a girl sitting at a table alone, who looked very familiar. Suddenly her head turned in his direction and their eyes met.
He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Rory Gilmore. What was she doing here, or was he just imagining things? This couldn't be, right? Nonetheless, it could. Rory Gilmore, the girl he had kissed and been out with once, was sitting across the room.
"Well, well, well, look what Santa has brought in." He smirked walking over to her, flopping down in the free chair across from her.
"Hey Tristan." Rory said a little uncomfortable.
"Hey Rory." He replied smirk as wide as it can be. Noting the redness on her cheeks he reaches towards her. "You get all hot and riled up when you just see me, huh? I like that." He said and rubbed his thumb over her cheek, watching her face.
"Don't be an ass Tristan. Not everything is about you." She said rolling her eyes and pulling away.
The waitress walked over and Tristan ordered himself a large cup of coffee as did Rory.
Leaning back in his chair, he watched her. "You look nice." He stated, looking in her eyes.
"Uhm, thanks, I guess. So what are you doing here?" she asked trying to change the topic looking into her empty coffee cup.
The waitress came back over and placed the coffee in front of both of them. He didn't look up, but said short thanks for both their coffees, before answering Rory's question.
"I'm taking a break from work. Thought I'd come here and try out the coffee, since the one at my place sucks. Some people recommended this place." He said taking a sip of the coffee.
"Yeah, that's why I come here too. The coffee at my place isn't very good either. And it's nice in here. Not too many costumers to ruin the ambience." She replied with a small smile taking a large sip of her coffee aswell.
"Hey, let me ask you something." He said smirking and leaning forward taking her hand in his, rubbing his thumb slowly over hers watching her startled expression by his action.
She looked surprised at his gesture, but tried not to let it show. "Okay, sure, go ahead." She replied interested to hear what his question would be. If only he could stop rubbing his thumb along her hand so she could actually concentrate.
"We're doing a guys night in tonight. How would you like to join us? Nothing major, just hanging out, spending some time together. You know, chill."
Rory thought about it. "Well, I'm not sure if I have time. I usually meet up with my mum when I get done with work. She thought about doing a movie marathon, since we haven't done that in a long time and eat chunk food. Lots and lots of chunk food. And then…" she rambled but Tristan interrupted with a chuckle, placing one finger to her lips to get her to shush.
"Oh come on, you have to come. It will be fun, I promise." he said winking at her. "A little different than what you do with your mum I suppose, but definitely not any more boring. Come on Rory, don't be a spoilt sport. I bet you will really enjoy yourself after a while." He tried to reason pushing her to agree.
"Well, I'm not sure. I mean I wouldn't know anybody from there, so…" she trailed of, not sure what to say.
"You know me, and believe me that's enough. And Jess will be there too, if that makes you feel any better." He said watching her think about his suggestion.
"Okay, fine, I'll come. But if I wanna go, then I'll go, no holding me back." She said finally giving in to his request, though telling him that she had every right to go when she wanted to.
"Of course." He replied with a smirk knowing that he would make her time worthwhile.
"Why do you keep smirking like that?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"I have no idea whatcha talking about Gilmore. I'm just happy you're coming. 8:30 by the way so don't be late."
"Yeah, sure. You seem like you're up to something. I'll figure you out, I can promise you that."
Oh yeah, that's my girl. Feisty I like it. You can take all the time you want to figure me out he thought. His smirk grew even further.
"Ok then," he said getting up from the chair coffee in hand." I'll see you later tonight then. Can't wait and I'm sure neither can you." He said with a wink getting her to blush again, which then turned into a playful glare.
"You keep telling yourself that." She replied eyeing him carefully.
Walking towards her, he leaned down and whispered "Wear something nice for me tonight. I like dresses the most, give you a lot of access." He smirked and heard her breath hitch. "See you tonight, Rory." And with that said he placed a soft kiss on her jaw, lingering a little before pulling away, seeing the blush on her cheeks.
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A/N – All right you guys. I hope you liked this chapter. I know it didn't have a lot of Rory and Tristan interaction, but that will definitely change in the next chapter.
What does Tristan have in mind when he talks about a 'guy's night in'? Curious to find out? Well, then leave me a review so that I see that you are still interested in the story.
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McLoving Grey's