Chapter Fourteen
The walk with Tristan, continued…
"I know you're upset with me," he tells her honestly.
"No shit, Sherlock," she replies irritably.
"But I have to think about my son's future."
"Are you saying…are you saying that you don't think I have a future?"
Tristan shifts uncomfortably on his feet. "No. I'm just saying he needs to focus on himself right now before school starts…Then he won't have free time for quite a while."
"Well," Avery has tears in her eyes. "Neither will I. Have you thought of that?"
"I'll take care of you."
"Maybe I don't want you too."
"Okay, fair enough. But, there is something else I'd like to ask you."
"What is it?" she snaps.
"I would like to ask your mother to marry me?"
Avery laughs bitterly. "And why would she want to do that?"
"Hopefully because she loves me. We've been dating secretly. Especially since you and Nathan were becoming close. We didn't want to upset anything."
"Too late," Avery says severely, as she shrugs. "Too late."
"I've talked to your dad."
"Good for you."
"We think you should give the baby up for adoption."
"We?" Avery asks incredulously. "We! Are you ganging up on me?"
"If your mother marries me, I would like to adopt the baby as our own. You can live your life the way you planned. The baby will think of you as a sister. She'll never have to know."
"You're disgusting!" Avery spits at him. "I can't believe you would even suggest that to me!"
"How was your walk?" asks Rory as Avery storms past her.
Tristan shrugs as he walks through the door.
"What the hell did you say to her?" hisses Lorelai. "The girl is in hysterics!"
"I just told her I think she should think about giving the baby up for adoption."
"You had… no right," Rory cries as she walks away from him.
"What's wrong with you?" asks Lorelai.
"I talked with Logan, and he agrees with me."
"So you go behind my back to scheme with my ex-husband?"
"Come on Rory. Admit it. She'll be better off if she gives up her daughter in adoption. I'll adopt. We'll adopt."
"I'm sorry?" Rory chokes out.
"Will you marry me?"