A/N: Tristan's POV
The song is "Crash and Burn" By Savage Garden
As soon as I opened the door, I wished I hadn't. There was Logan. I couldn't even begin to make out what he was saying, shouting rally, so I slammed the door. Just when things between me and Rory get a little better. I walked into the kitchen, but I didn't know what to say. "Door's for you Mary. Is there a back door I can use?" Loreali pointed to the back door and I started out it. Just before I closed the door, I paused. "I'm really sorry Mare." I couldn't bring myself to look at her. I preferred to think of her like she had been earlier this morning, relaxed around me. I heard him shouting again and I wanted nothing more than to run back to her as fast as I could, but I was the last one she wanted to see. Plus, Loreali is there, and Rory can call me if she needs me. I went into Luke's and told him they wanted their usual, and suddenly I wished I had driven. Not only would it have been faster, but it would have been easier to take back. As I sighed, I remembered that I didn't have my car.
I just knew that somehow Rory would find a way to blame all of this on me. Maybe it was my fault. I got the food and at mine, hoping he'd be gone and Rory wouldn't hate me when I got back home. Wait a second. Did I just call the Crap Shack home? I shook my head and walked back towards their house, going a long way through the woods that they had shown me yesterday. I found a bridge that crossed over a small lake. It was pretty much a secluded area, I'd have to ask Rory to bring me back sometime. Sure the people in her town were a bit… Odd, but I loved it here and Rory loved it here, which gave it extra points in my book. Being here explained so much about Rory, and she seemed so much more at ease here. I decided it was time to stop stalling and I got to their house. Thankfully, Logan was nowhere to be seen. I went in the front door and found Loreali watching TV. As soon as I didn't see Rory, my heart started racing. Did she go back with him? "Where's Rory?" I could hear the panic in my own voice, and when Loreali smiled at me that way, I knew that she heard it to. She pointed towards the kitchen, signaling she was in her room, and turned her attention back to the TV. I let out a sigh of relief and walked in.
Her door was open, and I gound her laying on the bed with her back to me. I closed the door, hoping it wouldn't make her feel uncomfortable. I sat besied her and silently started rubbing her back. I hated seeing her reduced to this, but I secretly hoped that she had ended things with him. "I'm so, so sorry Rory. If I had know it was him, I wouldn't have answered the door. I'm so sorry baby. I didn't know. Please don't be mad at me, I mean, you can be if you want to, that would be okay but please, Rory, baby…." Then she started crying and my blood starting boiling. He had done this to her. I put my hand on her shoulder and she turned over so that she was facing me. She's never looked so beautiful to me. I laid down beside her, hoping she wouldn't reject me. When she scooted closer to me I wrapped her in my arms, holding her tight against me, letting her know that I was there. I wanted to tell her that everything was going to be alright, but I couldn't bring myself to lie to her, so I just held her and rubbed her back, whispering a song to her. I knew it was all I could do besides simply being here for her.
"When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild, wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night.
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn
You're not alone.
When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away
And you feel like you can't face the day
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night.
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn
You're not alone.
'Cause there will always be heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again,
You'll breathe again
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night.
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn
You're not alone."
After a while, her tears subsided and she laid her head on my chest and she laid her head on my chest. "Rory…" I wanted to tell her I loved her so badly. It was right there on the tip of my tongue, but she shook her head. "Just hold me?" She said it like there was any chance I could deny her even if I wanted to. "Alright." I started to sit up, and she looked up at me and I could see confusion and a little hurt in her eyes, so I smiled down at her reassuringly. "I'm just getting a blanket Mare." She offered me a small smile as I grabbed it and pulled it up over us while she curled back up against me. I started stroking her hair, not knowing what else to do. "I'm so sorry Ror." She just shrugged. Maybe she doesn't blame me after all. "I know you don't want to now…" I paused and I felt her heart beat pick up. "but if you want to talk about it, I'm here." I knew that she would open up to me on her own terms, not on mine, and if I pushed her, I would lose her. She simply nodded again, her heartbeat slowly returning to normal. After a few minutes, she fell asleep. I looked down at the sleeping angel in my arms and I realized, I didn't ever want to move from this spot. She might not want you here in the morning. Forget what you want, what about her? The voice in my head was screaming at me, but my heart told me to stay put. I laid there for a little while and watched her sleep, before I finally got up. I covered her back up and walked out, closing the door behind me, looking for any signs of Loreali in the living room, but she wasn't there. Must already be in bed. So I made the couch comfortable, draped the afghan over me and drifted off. How I didn't see a camera flash again, I'll never know.
When I woke up the next morning, Loreali was already gone and had left a not. Somebody named Michelle was having some sort of catastrophe with someone named Chi-Chi (I can't remember the dogs name!) and so she had gone in early. Rory's keys were thrown on the kitchen table, so I drove to Luke's after a moments hesitation. I got us both some breakfast and managed to bribe Like into giving me a bag of his coffee grounds, hoping that would either help cheer Rory up or win me points with Loreali, or both. I thought, although I highly doubted it. When I got back, it was eleven thirty so I unfolded the newspaper I had gotten earlier that morning, but all I could think about was Rory. I had replaced the socks in the oven with the food, determined to keep it warm for her. Thirty minutes later, Rory appeared in the kitchen. "Good morning. I ran to Luke's and got us some lunch. Loreali had an emergency at the Inn but she'll be back…" I look up at her. My God, she's gorgeous. "whatever 'later' in Gilmore Girl language means." She smiled at me, a real smile and it felt like the wind had been knocked out of me. "For Luke's I might can forgive you for leaving me." I chuckled. So she did want me there. I thought to myself, assuming she was talking about this morning.
"I figured, plus I thought you might be hungry when you woke ip." She nodded. "When am I not?" That made me laugh. She's just too cute. "I'll let you make the coffee since I don't know how you do it. Although, I'm assuming pouring some coffee grounds in a cup of hot water would be acceptable." She smiled and then zoned out for a minute, thinking about something. "For mom it would." I nodded and went back to the newspaper article I was trying to read while she made the coffee. I was trying to take my mind off of the beautiful creature in front of me. She was going through her normal routine with me of all people. I didn't bother asking if she was alight or if she wanted to talk. I had told her that last night, and if she wanted me I was here.
She started bustling around the kitchen, dishing out food When she got out two coffee mugs, I looked up and shook my head. "I have juice." She made a face, giving me the impression she might disprove of my choice. "Well you're coffee might kill me." I threw a smirk her way and looked back down. She didn't say anything back, so I assumed she was letting it go. Just as I was thinking, that's not the Gilmore Girl way, DuGrey, something hit me in the back of the head. I turned around and just looked at her. When she stuck her tongue out at me, I folded up the paper that I couldn't concentrate on right now neatly and then walked into her room. I grabbed a pillow when I heard her bustling around the room again, I moved into the door way and threw the pillow at her head. All she could do was turn around and gape at me. And I smirked at her, more as a challenge than anything else. When she picked it up off the floor and crossed the kitchen, I knew I was in trouble. I slowly started backing away, as she started attacking me with it, laughing loudly. I retreated back into her room to get another, insistent on taking her mind off of the Logan situation.
After a while, I had her backed up against the foot of the bed. I stopped for a second, then speared her onto the bed. We were both laughing so hard, forgetting about the food, forgetting about Logan and Loreali, everything but each other. She stopped laughing and looked up at me. When our eyes locked I couldn't look away or move, all I could think was, this feels so right. Rory moved underneath me, and so I started to move and get up when she quickly wrapped her around my neck, stopping me from moving. By the look on her face, I could tell she knew I was surprised. "Rory, I…" I wanted her to know that we didn't have to do anything if she wasn't ready, and then she kissed me. That one kiss was better than any other kiss I'd ever had. I never wanted to leave the comfort of her arms. I wanted this to last forever.
I slid my hand up under her top and over her flat stomach, and the other one found its way to the small of her back, bringing her closer to me. Our tongues were dueling for control. I wanted her to be as close as human possible and then, she slid her hands underneath my shirt, and almost shyly running them over my back and arms. I felt her tense, and then her kiss became more demanding. She pulled my shirt up over my head, only breaking our kiss for a second before I fused my lips back to hers again. I reluctantly when air became a necessity, I pulled away from her. I didn't want her to move away from me, so I started kissing my way down her smooth, creamy neck and over her soft shoulder, pulling her shirt up as I went. I wanted to growl out of frustration, her shirt was becoming an issue. I yanked it off of her and repositioned myself over her, not giving her time to think about it. I moved to the other side of her neck, sucking and nibbling, licking and biting, kissing and caressing. I wanted to make her feel the way she made me feel, letting her know without words that Logan could never make her feel the way I did. As I sucked on her pulse point, determined to leave my mark on her, she moaned and her hips pushed up into me, making me groan at the contact. She was amazing, and she didn't even know it. I pulled her as close to me as humanly possible without crushing her, making her moan again into my lips as I kissed her, and I couldn't hold back a grin as I continued kissing her. I broke away again and unsnapped her white lacy bra. She tried to cover herself at first until our eyes met. "You're beautiful Rory." I could tell she had become more comfortable with the situation. I looked at her for another moment and then started toying with her breasts when the phone went off on the nightstand, causing us to jump apart, breathless.
I secretly hoped she wouldn't answer it and let us go back to the way we were, but no such luck. She moved to get it and cursed. I knew it was Logan the second she moved, I could tell by the look on her face. She opened her phone and then turned it off, I hid a smirk and turned back around. I heard her move around, probably looking for her shirt. Then the coffee maker dinged, bringing me out of my thoughts. "I'm gonna.. Go…" She motioned towards the kitchen when I grabbed her hand. "Mary, it's alright." I brought her hand up to my lips and kissed the back of it, pulling her down to sit next to me on the bed. "We don't have to do anything you don't want to." She nodded and then took a deep breath. "It's not that I don't, it's just…" I couldn't help it, I kissed her, cutting her off then shrugged. "Then I'll wait until you are ready." She smiled over at me. "When did you become perfect?" I smirked and leaned in to whisper, "While you weren't paying any attention." My nearness made her shiver, and we both thought back to what happened a moment ago.