Disclaimer: They're not mine. If they were I'd have Tristan and Jess chained in my shed.
AN: You all have been so patient with this story. And now all your patience has paid off. You get more Trory action in this chapter. I hope you guys like it.
Rory was getting ready for bed when she heard someone knock on her door. She sighed when she saw Jess on the other side.
"I wanted to apologize." He said holing up his hands in surrender.
"You're apologizing to the wrong person." She said folding her arms in front of her.
"I'm not good at the apologizing thing. You know that."
"No, you just hate being wrong." She said before shutting the door.
She heard him knock on the door next to hers as she pulled back the covers. She was reading when someone knocked on her door again. Thinking it was Jess again she didn't look out the door.
"Do you need me to hold your hand?" She asked pulling a piece of lint off of her shirt.
The person grabbed her hand as they walked into the room and shut the door. Rory looked up to see blue eyes staring down at her.
"I thought you were Jess." She said once she finally found her voice.
Tristan shook his head in response.
"What are you doing?" Rory asked above a whisper.
Tristan lowered his head to hers.
"Tristan…"
"Shh." He said before kissing her.
It was light, almost as if he had barely kissed her. Then he pulled away.
"Good night." He said before turning to leave.
"Tristan wait." Rory said taking his hand.
He turned around to say something but Rory's lips were on his. She wrapped her free hand around his waist pulling him closer. He moaned when he felt her nibbling on his bottom lip. She felt his tongue run across her top lip making her open her mouth. He pulled away laughing. She kept her forehead to his and started laughing too.
"You know we're crazy right?" He asked running his fingers through her hair.
"How did you come up with that?"
"Because, you cried the first time I kissed you. And now that you've kissed me I can't stop smiling."
"Or laughing." She said kissing his nose.
"I only did that for a minute."
"Whatever you say Bible Boy."
"Why do you and your mom call me that?"
"It's because of the Mary reference."
"I'll make you a deal. If I can still call you Mary, you can still call me Bible Boy."
"Even if I'm not a Mary anymore?"
"You're a Mary, you just have Magdalene added on now." He said tickling her side.
"Stop! You need to go back to your room." She said pushing him away.
"Do I have to?" He asked pouting.
"If you don't want Jess to take back his apology then yes." She said shoving him out the door.
"Good night…again." He said brushing a piece of hair out of her face.
"Good night Tristan."
Rory shut the door falling against it. She couldn't believe what had just happened. She couldn't believe she wanted to do it again. She got back into bed turning out the light. She was asleep a few minutes later.
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Rory was woken up when she heard someone at the door. She pulled on her robe and was patting down her hair as she made her way to the door.
"Who is it?"
"Room service." Rory smiled hearing her mom's voice.
Rory opened the door seeing Sookie behind her mom. She held up a tray of food and coffee.
"Hey Sookie." Rory said once they were in the room.
"Hey Sugargirl." Sookie said hugging her.
"Where are the boys?"
"With their favorite cousin."
Rory shook her head as she was bombarded with questions.
"What
is he like? You're mom won't tell me." Sookie asked sitting
next to Rory.
"Tristan? He's a good guy, he's a good dad
too. His little girl adores him."
"Have you met her?" Lorelai asked sounding concerned.
"I met her for half an hour once." Rory said looking at her hands.
Rory knew Lorelai had concerns. She was a mother after all.
"Are you two…"
"Dating? I don't know."
"Have you…"
"Kissed him? Last night." Rory said unable to hold back her smile.
"I'd be smiling too if I kissed a guy that good looking." Sookie said nodding her head.
"What about Jackson?"
"I'm allowed to look, I just can't touch." Said giving them a sheepish shrug.
"Do you have feelings for him?" Lorelai asked putting a hand on Rory's leg.
"I think so. We haven't talked about that yet."
"You don't think it's too soon? You just got out of a seven year relationship."
"I know, but with us being thrown together for the article… it sped things up."
"I'm all about speeding things up." Lorelai said nodding her head.
They talked for a little while longer before Rory went downstairs. She saw Tristan in the lobby with Jess and the twins. She hadn't seen him out of a suit in over ten years. The white button down shirt was tight against him. He had the sleeves rolled up showing off his forearms. His faded blue jeans hung loosely on him.
"If only they were tighter." Sookie whispered as she walked past Rory.
Rory gave her a stern look before walking over to them. Tristan was holding JJ as she sat down on the couch.
"Sissy." JJ said climbing out of Tristan's lap and into hers.
"Hey buddy." She said hugging him.
"Luke wasn't kidding when he said JJ was a handful."
"I could have told you that." She said rolling her eyes.
Jess sat on the floor reading to Landon. He looked up and saw Tristan and Rory interacting. He knew something had happened, he could feel it. He just hoped Tristan didn't screw up like every other boyfriend she had. Including him.
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Rory stood in line at Doosey's with Landon on her hip. He had this thing about sticking his fingers in other people's mouth. Which is what he was trying to do at the moment. She calmly pushed his hands away and shook her head no.
Someone called her name and she looked up to see Dean. He had taken over when Taylor retired. At least that's what she had heard. She smiled at him before moving up in line. She was over what had happened. It was in the past as far as she was concerned.
The bell above the door rang and Rory heard her name again. It was Tristan and he had JJ on his back. He walked over to her but didn't notice Dean. Rory hoped they didn't kill each other.
"Rory, you okay?" Tristan asked tipping her chin so she would look at him.
"Mm hmm. You remember Dean don't you?" She asked nodding to the man on the other side of her.
"Yeah, how's it going?" Tristan said holding out his hand.
"Good…" He said looking at Rory.
"Tristan." She said nodding her head.
"That's what I thought." He said shaking Tristan's hand.
Rory and Tristan walked out of the store in silence. It hadn't been as bad as she thought.
"That went well." Tristan said sighing.
"Yeah it did." Rory said looking up at him.
Tristan stopped outside Luke's. Lorelai came outside to get Landon and JJ. Rory took Tristan's hand and led him down the street. She took him past Miss Patty's, past the movie theater and down a path she knew so well. She stopped at the bridge draping her feet over the edge. Tristan said down next to her. He put an arm around her and held her close.
"Is this where you take every guy you like?"
"Only the ones that matter." She said closing her eyes.
They got lost in the silence. It was dark by the time they made it back to town. It had started to snow when they walked out of the woods. Tristan stopped them in front of Miss Patty's. He pulled her to him and leaned down. She met him halfway wrapping her arms around his neck. He ran his hands down her back to keep her warm as they kissed. Rory pulled away playing with his hair. He didn't pull away as he stared into her eyes.
"At least you're not laughing." Rory said smiling.
"Shut up Gilmore." Tristan said groaning.
AN2: I wanted to let you all know; the twins are based on my nephews. They're not twins, but they are brothers. And they are constantly fighting for my attention. They're really cute though, and I love him. So they have a place in the story.