A/N: Tristan's POV…
She moved to the coffee machine. I knew she was debating with herself, I could feel it. She slammed her mug down onto the counter and I couldn't take my eyes off of her. That's because you love her you idiot. She shook her head again, trying not to think about what she was thinking about I'm sure. She sunk into the kitchen chair and started rubbing her temples. I had done this. I sighed and walked over to her and replaced her hands with my own. She let out a moan of appreciation, and it's all I could do not to throw her down on the kitchen table and resume what we were doing a moment ago. Instead, I paused, getting control of myself and moved my hands to her shoulders. She started humming Magic Man by Queen and I couldn't help but chuckle at her. I started singing along. It was one of my favorite Queen songs, and here Rory was humming it about me. If that wasn't stroking my ego, I didn't know what would.
She tensed and then shrugged off my touch and stood up, pouring out her coffee. I just stood there, glued to my spot and watched her. She knows that I'm going to respect what she wants. She turned around and met my eyes. The next thing I know, she's back in my arms, pressed tightly up against me. Then I heard someone clear their throat, and she jumped away from me. Her face turned blood red when Loreali made eye contact with her. Loreali smiled widely. "Told ya so." And with that she walked up the stairs. Rory just rolled her eyes, and I laughed. She shot me a look, asking what was so funny. I could only shake my head. "What was she talking about, 'told ya so'?" She sighed and I could tell this conversation wasn't going to end well. "You know full well what she was talking about." I looked at her curiously, about to ask her what that was supposed to mean. Instead, I shrugged and walked back into her room. I had plans to make.
I had just gotten out of the shower and dressed when I walked back into the living room. The plans had been made and I was ready. But the sound of their voices made me stop. "So…" Loreali was acting like a smiling kid on Christmas Eve, begging her parents to tell her what she got before she opened the presents. "So…" Rory had her back to me, but her voice was full of dread. "Where's hott boy?" I almost started laughing. "Hott boy, mom? Seriously?" Loreali nodded adamantly. "In the shower." She cocked an eyebrow, making eye contact me, and I silently begged her not to say anything, but didn't comment. "I know, I know, dirty." She mimicked her again, making Loreali laugh. "So, how was making out with Bible Boy?" I knew that she was blushing. I didn't need to be able to see her face. I thought she would shrug it off and move on. "Amazing." Loreali's smile widened. "It was… I don't know. He made me feel… Beautiful. Wanted." She shrugged, and I could tell that she was trying to collect her thoughts. "Logan never made me feel that way." Loreali put her hand on Rory's shoulder, offering some sort of comfort to her. But again, she shrugged. "It's okay mom. But, when we had sex-" Loreali cringed, and I followed. I didn't want to think about them together. It made me want to be sick. But she continued. "It was always about him. But even just making out with Tristan was like… He wanted it to be all about me. He wanted to please me in every way possible. And I think he could." That made my blood boil. How could he not want to worship her? How could he not want to make her feel like the most wonderful thing on Earth? Because she was. Loreali's face lit up then. "Oh my God!" Her loud voice broke me out of my thoughts. "What?" Loreali shook her head. "You smirk just like him!" Rory stopped laughing. "That's so cute."
Rory changed the subject then, but Loreali didn't say anything. I disappeared back into her room and made my presence known. We were going to be late if we didn't get a move on. "Alright, get up. Get dressed. Both of you." Rory looked up at me like I was crazy. "Tristan, what's going on?" I smiled at both of them. "Just get dressed. Come on." I grabbed her hand, ignoring the fire that I felt, and pulled her up, dragging her into her bedroom. Fifteen minutes later, she still wasn't ready. "Am I going to have to come in and dress you, Ror?" I knew she could hear me and was probably blushing. "Dirty!" Loreali called out, making me smirk. If she only knew. "Only if you want it to be Loreali." This of course, only made her laugh harder. Then the room got quite until my cell vibrated on the table. I grabbed it quickly and answered. "DuGrey." I listened for a moment before I realized who the voice belonged to. "Mr. Hayden, everything will be fine, I assure you. I've sent a car to get you and he'll take you to where we're meeting." Chris calmed down considerably. "Alright. Thanks for this." I only nodded. "Not a problem." We swapped goodbyes and hung up just as Rory walked into the kitchen.
When I saw her, my jaw hit the ground. She was gorgeous. I stood up and continued gaping at her. She blushed and let her eyes drop to the floor. I walked over to her and hooked my index finger underneath her chin and brought her face up to look at me and smiled tenderly at her. "You look… Incredibly wonderful." Her eyes lit up and I silently groaned. She was reducing me to a blubbering mess and she wasn't even doing anything. "See what you do to me?" I whispered huskily in her ear, making her shiver. "Okay, kiddies. I'm ready." I moved slowly away from her instantly missing the way she felt. "Let's go then." I smiled at Loreali and offered them each an elbow to escort them out. We all came to a stop in front of the front door. "This could be a problem."
When we finally got to the car, I was driving down the main highway. "So…" I shook my head. "I'm not telling you." And then I looked into the rearview mirror at Loreali. "Or you." Making her frown. "Haven't we told you that we don't like surprises?" I shook my head again. "Just sit back and relax." After an hour, both of the Loreali's had fallen asleep, and I couldn't help but glance at Rory every once in a while. She looked like an angel. I pulled into the parking garage in Times Square. So what if it had cost me a pretty penny? Only the best would do for these two and I knew it. I woke them up, telling them we were at our final destination. I helped them out of the car and grabbed Rory's hand, pulling her out of the garage with me. "Come on." When we left the garage, she looked as excited as I was nervous. We were in New York.
I smiled down at her and gave her hand a squeeze. "Do you like it?" She nodded and grinned up at me. "Good." Loreali joined us after a minute and it took her a minute to get her bearings. But when she did, she started jumping up and down and squealing. She hugged me and I laughed. "Well, let's get started." They both nodded and I started leading them to their separate suprises. I was hoping Loreali wouldn't kill me for this. After walking for a while, I stopped in front of a large building. "First stop." They followed him inside the door and there he was waiting for all of us. Well, more like Loreali. "Chris?" Her head cocked to the side. "Hey Lore." They embraced and I saw Rory's shocked face. I wanted her to know that it was me who had done this. So I whispered to her, "I didn't think your mom would like being the third wheel, did you?" She looked up at me, shock evident on her heavenly face. "You did this?" Tears welled up in her eyes and I wanted to kick myself. "Hey what's wrong?" She shook my head. "Thank you." She whispered and I pulled her to me, holding her tight. "Anything for you." This time she didn't look up at my face, and I knew I was making progress.