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Authors Note: Wow! 30 chapters! I can't believe I've made it this far! Holy crap! Here's to another potential 30 chapters! Who knows maybe I will write another 30 chapters. Although somehow I doubt I'll ever get to 60 chapters but still. Actually hmm maybe I will… I'll try to! As of now I am officially dragging this all out! Honestly when I first started this fic I thought I would have stopped writing either A) Immediately or B) end it at about 25 chapters. But now that I know exactly where this is going I should be able to write more. I also have more ideas for dragging it out slightly longer then intended. Though it's still heading to where it has always been heading but still. I want at least 100,000 words and won't stop writing until I get them! If I reach 100,000 before 60 I might stop. Probably won't though because I want to drag this fic out as long as possible…with possibly a Sequel to Rory and Tristan at Yale. Oh my god! I think I'm onto something now…. I'm really bored if you can tell! Yet again I'm at school writing because I'm done everything. Well technically I could do the quiz but I have all class to do it and he said it was really easy. Anyway oh well at least I'm updating. I've been extremely busy lately and don't have much time to write. Its kind of sad though the most time I have to write is when I'm at school shouldn't I have the most time to write at home? Weird sometimes I swear this private school is on drugs. Sorry you all ignore my blabber lol. I just feel like rambling on and on. But I'll shut up now, now onto the chapter!
Oh my god! That episode was great! But BAD Logan you should have went after her! I swear if I could have went through the t.v and slapped him (not Matt his character) I would have! I hope things work out between them...
Dedicated: This Chapter is dedicated to the people of Gilmore Girls for inspiring me to write this fic!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls and am not making any money off of this. It is property of the WB soon to be CW and or Amy Sherman-Paciadal.
Recap:
Rory turned the TV off quickly. 'So much for avoiding the talk.' she thought feeling defeated.
"I always knew television was evil!" Tristan said breaking the silence and her thoughts.
"What are you talking about?" Rory asked slightly amused.
"You know what I'm talking about" he said turning to her. "Playing songs like that. It's like they're reading our minds...or at least my mind" the last part he said in almost a whisper. He looked away quickly as he felt his face warm up, and he suddenly knew how she felt when she blushed.
"I know" Rory said softly, placing a hand on his shoulder "I feel the same." she said with a small smile on her face.
Tristan turned to look at Rory, eyes wide in surprise. Once again, his mind was riddled with questions. 'Did she really mean it? Does she still love me too?' Shaking his head of his thoughts when he realized he was just staring at her, he cleared his throat, "We need to talk" he paused, taking her hands in his before continuing. "No more avoiding it. We have to get this all out in the open. Maybe then we could heal." he finished waiting for her response.
"Okay" she replied honestly. She gave his hands a slight squeeze. "So where do we start?" she finished with a small smile on her face.
Chapter 30:
Rory and Tristan gazed at each other quietly, each waiting for the other to start. Finally Rory had had enough "So…" Rory said finally breaking the silence "Do you think they're ever going to let us out of here?"
"They will eventually" Tristan replied "But don't even try to change the subject Rory because I've been waiting for the past two weeks for this." he said seriously.
"Okay, okay sorry" Rory said sitting up fully, and looking deep into Tristan's eyes. "Do you want to start or should I?"
"I'll start" Tristan said also sitting up, he gently interlaced their fingers. 'Well this is it!' he thought 'Either Rory and I work this out or we go out separate ways.' He then cleared his throat and began to speak. "I love you Rory I always have, always will. These past few weeks have been hell for me. I can't stand not talking to you, I can't stand not being able to touch you, not being able to kiss you. Every time I see you its like I'm being tortured. Like a piece of me is being ripped away every time. "
"I'm so sorry!" Rory said blinking back tears "I never meant to hurt you!"
"Please don't cry baby" Tristan said softly as he pulled her to him "I think that'll hurt the most...knowing that I made you cry." His confession just made her sob even harder.
Rory wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her head in his neck. While Tristan whispered comforting words, in her ear, and stroking her hair. Neither knew how long they sat there like that. Eventually when Rory's sobs subsided she pulled away. "I never meant to hurt you" she hiccupped softly looking into his eyes "I was just so shocked to see Dylan here. Deep down I knew I didn't love him like I love you. I still love you Tristan no matter how hard I try to deny it, I still do. I always will too."
"I love you too" Tristan said leaning over and kissing Rory softly on the lips. "I've missed you so much" he said before leaning in again and kissing her passionately, hungrily from two weeks without her. Rory kissed him back for a few minutes before pulling away. Breathing heavily.
"I want to work this out with you.." she breathed out "not make out with you."
"But everything's fine" Tristan replied, looking at her curiously "I love you, you love me…what else is there to talk about?"
"How can you forgive me?" Rory asked, looking away "After everything I put you through."
"I don't have anything to forgive you for" Tristan said interlacing their fingers again "If you recall, the whole Dylan thing was my idea…not yours."
"But..." she protested, but Tristan brought a finger to her lips.
"No buts Mary" Tristan said cutting her off "It was my idea, and you ended it before either of us got hurt. It was my fault not yours." He paused before adding, "Actually we should just blame it all on Dylan! That'd make things so much easier!" he said with a small smile, trying to lighten the mood.
"It was Dylan's idea not yours…" Rory said softly recalling what happened that day "but how can you forgive me when I kissed another guy when we were going out. That's cheating"
"No it isn't" Tristan replied "I was being an ass to you…and technically you broke up with me beforehand so therefore you weren't cheating."
"Okay" Rory said "But what about our parents? They still hate each other and since the break up, my mom doesn't want to have anything to do with you. She doesn't want me to have anything to do with you either." she said almost crying again.
"I know" he replied "But it didn't matter to us before, and it doesn't matter now. I love you and you love me and that's all that matters."
"But I can't stand going through with that again with my mom!" Rory said "I hate it when we don't talk, but I can't stand it even more if I'm not with you."
"Than don't tell her" he said simply.
"I have to!" Rory exclaimed "I tell her everything!"
"Why don't you just wait a few weeks before telling her? Maybe she'll have seen how much happier you are with me than compared to when we were apart." he said soothingly, trying to calm her nerves.
Rory looked down at their interlaced fingers, unsure of what to do. Finally she spoke "Okay" she said "I won't tell her." she finished, looking up at him, giving him a small smile.
"Okay" Tristan said "Now is there anything else we need to discuss? Because I've been dying to kiss you!"
"Well we, can't have you dying now, can we?" Rory said smirking slightly as she leaned towards Tristan and captured his lips with hers. The two kissed passionately, for what seemed like hours. Eventually they pulled apart.
"So are we good then?" Tristan asked breathing heavily.
"We're good!" Rory replied kissing him again. After only a few seconds, Tristan pulled away and quickly stood up and walked away from the bed.
"Hey…" Rory pouted, confused by his actions "Come back here!"
"I can't." Tristan said standing in the center of the room "I need to know one thing before I come back to that bed…" he said in a serious tone.
"And what's that?" she asked, a hint of worry in her voice.
"Lorelai Leigh Gilmore-Hayden will you do me the honor of being my girlfriend, again?" he asked getting down on his knees.
Rory giggled "Why yes of course!"
Tristan grinned as he stood up, stepped toward the bed, and leaned down to kiss her quickly, before pulling away. "I'm hungry how about you?" he said.
"Starving" Rory said smiling "What are you going to make me?"
"I'm not making you anything!" Tristan said, raising his eyebrows, then turning so his back was to Rory so she couldn't see his smirk as he rummaged through the cupboards. She began to pout.
"Please Tris?" Rory whined "I'm hungry!"
"Make it yourself" he said in an even tone, trying to hide the laughter in his voice.
"Please?" she whined.
"No"
"Please?"
"No"
"Pwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeeeeee" she said raising her voice, in an annoying whine.
"Okay, okay...I'll make you something!" he finally relented in mock exasperation.
"Yes!" Rory said happily dancing in bed.
"Don't get used to it." he said, using the same mocking tone.
"You love me" Rory sang "I have you whipped, you want to kiss me…"
"You don't have me whipped!" Tristan said turning around and walking over to the bed, handing Rory two pop tarts and a cup of coffee.
"Yes I do" Rory said taking a bite out of her pop tart "If I didn't, you wouldn't have made me breakfast, delivered it, and you made me coffee without me even asking." she said smugly.
"Shut up!" Tristan said laughing "Can't you see that I'm trying to be macho here?"
"Okay" She said smiling. They continued to eat in comfortable silence. Now her mind was free to take in her surroundings, Rory decided to take a better look at the room after they ate. Getting out of bed she quickly bent down and peered under the bed. "Oh my god!" she screamed as she reached under the bed and pulled something out. "Movies!" She explained showing them to Tristan "Good movies!" she exclaimed, giddily. She looked like a child on Christmas morning.
"You screamed 'oh my god' for that?" Tristan asked in disbelief, pondering the sanity of his girlfriend.
"No Silly" Rory replied "I haven't showed you the best part yet!"
"And what's that?" he asked skeptically.
"This!" Rory said holding up a board game.
"Oh god!" Tristan said as he read the title on the game "I'm not playing that." he said shaking his head.
"Please Tristan!" She pleaded. "Mom and I have always wanted to play Girl Talk but we never got to because my grandparents came for a visit when we got it and we lost it." Towards the end of her rant, her voice became a whine.
"There is no way in hell I'm playing with that" Tristan said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Please Tristan?" Rory asked giving him her Bambi eyes "For me?"
"Ugh!" He cried out, in frustration, at his inability to say 'no' to her. He looked at her one more time, before relenting. "Oh alright…for you."
"I love you!" Rory declared jumping on the bed to set it up.
"The things I do for you" He mumbled, running a hand through his hair. "Do I really have to play?" trying one more time to get out of it.
"Yes." Rory replied "You said you would so you have to play! If you don't than that'll make me sad. I'll probably cry and you don't want me to cry do you?" she said batting her eyelashes exaggeratedly.
"You're lucky I love you" he said, giving her a mock glare.
"I know!" Rory said smiling as she finished setting the game up. "I'll be nice and let you go first."
"Okay" Tristan said hesitantly, looking down at the game "How do we play?"
"You pick up a card, and it'll tell you which group of cards you have to choose from. It can be either Relationship, Dare, Trivia or describe something." she answered easily.
"Okay" Tristan said "That sounds easy enough, what happens if you refuse to do something or answer?
"Then" Rory replied grinning "I get to put these on your face" as she held up a bunch of red circle stickers.
"What the hell are those suppose to be?" he said with wide eyes.
"Pimples" Rory said laughing "The age range for this game is 12 and up. Come on, young teenage girl? You're worst fear is getting pimples!"
"You're kidding me!" Tristan yelped "I'm not wearing any fake pimples!"
"If you don't do what you're supposed to do, then you are" Rory warned, in a mock threatening voice, reveling her boyfriend's discomfort.
"No I won't" he said adamantly.
"You have to…." Rory said but before she could finish her sentence Tristan cut her off with a kiss.
He pulled away after a few minutes. "Let's just get this over with." he said with a groan as he picked up a card that was in the center of the board "Wait!" he said before he flipped the card over. "How do we know who wins?"
"Whoever has the least amount of pimples on their face after the game wins, we play until we run out of cards in one section"
"Okay" Tristan agreed, then flipped the card over and quickly read aloud from his card "Pick one card from the Trivia section."
He glanced at Rory as she watched him grab a card. Picking the first one up he read aloud "Name the mermaid in The Little Mermaid."
Rory giggled "I bet you don't know that one!" she teased.
"You're right." Tristan said "I don't. I've never seen it."
"You've never seen The Little Mermaid?" she cried out in shock!
"Nope" he said shrugging.
"Oh my god!" she exclaimed, "What kind of childhood did you have! We have to watch it as soon as we get out of here!"
"Okay" he agreed easily, not knowing what the big deal was. "Do I have to try and guess her name?"
"Yes" Rory, said, "You have to at least try."
"Alright" Tristan replied "Um…how about Alyssa?"
"Nope!" Rory said "Not even close, flip the card over and see the answer"
"Damn" he said as he flipped the card over "Ariel"
"Yep" Rory said giggling as she slowly picked a red dot off the page of stickers "Come here DuGrey!"
Sensing what she was about to do Tristan leaned forward, just as Rory was about to stick the pimple on his cheek he crashed his lips to hers. He quickly touched his tongue to her lips begging for entry. Rory hastily granted him entrance, and their tongues dueled for possession of the other's mouth. Eventually Tristan gave in and let Rory explore his already well-known mouth. Eventually when air started to become a necessity Rory pulled away.
Breathing heavily she said "Wow!"
"Yeah" he agreed, breathing just as heavily. "I can't believe I went this long without kissing you like that." he said sliding the back of his hand down her cheek.
"Don't think that because you can distracted me, that you're getting out of the pimple!" she said smirking as she quickly placed one of the stickers on his face, catching him off guard.
"You're evil!" Tristan said looking at her "It's your turn."
"Okay" Rory agreed flipping a card over and she read aloud which group she was to choose from "Dare" Rory said groaning
Tristan chuckled at her discomfort and said "Well…grab your card Mary."
"Oh alright" she said pouting as she reached for the card. Flipping it over she groaned as she read it then proceeded to read her task out loud "Balance on one leg for one minute."
"That's not that hard" Tristan said not knowing why his girlfriend was making such a big deal.
"Yes it is!" Rory said whining "I hate sports and this is considered a sport, plus my balance sucks!"
"Come on Rory." Tristan said "I had to attempt mine and I hadn't even seen the movie! You have to at least try also!
"Fine!" Rory agreed reluctantly. She stood up slowly and began to lift her leg and maintain her balance. Almost immediately, she began to wobble. "Time me please?" Tristan nodded and watched silently as Rory stood there. Soon she only had 10 seconds left when she started wobbling even more. With two seconds left she fell over, landing on the bed, and on top of Tristan in the process.
"Ow!" Rory screamed as she landed on him.
Tristan's arms quickly went around her waist. Their faces were only inches apart. "I knew you always wanted me Mare." he whispered "but did you really have to tackle me to do it? You know all you had to do was ask." he finished with a smirk.
"Oh shut up you!" she said as she sat up, pushing herself off of Tristan. Her heart was beating rapidly from the closeness of the position they were in.
"You know you want me!" Tristan said cockily smirking, as he pulled at his collar. "Two seconds ago you could hardly keep your hands off me."
"Uh huh" Rory replied, trying not to sound nervous. "You keep believing that."
"I will." Tristan said smiling "Now Mary" as he reached for the 'pimples'. "Come here so I can put one of these on you."
"That's not fair!" Rory whined "I almost did it! I only had like a second left! It's not my fault I lost my balance!"
"Rules are Rules Mare" he said haughtily.
"But Tris, please?" Rory begged "Just this once!" she continued whining.
"Nope sorry" Tristan replied leaning over and sticking one of the 'pimples' on her face.
Rory pouted. "Aw…don't do that baby." he said watching her pout "You know I can't resist you when you pout!"
If it was even possible her lip came out even further. "Rory" Tristan whined "Come on! You're not playing fair!" she continued to pout, and now had added in her Bambi eyes "Oh god not the Bambi eyes!" he moaned "Okay, I'm not gonna look at you! If I can't see you, I can't give in!" and with that Tristan looked down at the game. Grabbing a card he flipped it over. 'Hmm' he thought 'I'm going to have to describe something. Sounds simple enough.' Reaching for the cards in the 'description' pile, he picked up the first card. "Oh god!" Tristan said as he read what he was supposed to describe "Anything but that!" he said, with wide eyes.
"What?" Rory asked
Looking up at her he said quietly "I have to describe my perfect date."
Rory burst out laughing once she heard this "Well go on!" she said in between her laughs "Describe your perfect date."
Tristan shook his head "I knew I shouldn't have agreed to play this game! This is far and beyond what I thought I'd have to do!"
"Aw poor baby." Rory said sarcastically, while reaching over to pat him on the cheek. "Come on! Suck it up! This is the easiest question ever!" she finished as she leaned back to her original position.
"For you maybe…" Tristan replied, quietly. Then realizing his tone, quickly added, in a louder voice "but for guys we don't think about that kind of stuff!"
"Oh so you've never thought about having a perfect date with me?" Rory asked crestfallen.
"No! I have!" Tristan said, trying to reassure her. "But it's kind of embarrassing." he finished in a quiet voice.
"So?" Rory said "I won't judge you." she said, reassuring him, realizing how uncomfortable he really was.
"Okay." he agreed, reluctantly. "Well my perfect date would have to be with you of course." he said with a small smile, looking at her. "We'd be outside under the stars with a picnic, talking about anything and everything, and enjoying a beautiful feast. Then when we finished eating, we'd make love until morning." by the end of his description, he was looking at the game board, his voice was almost a whisper, and he began to blush.
"Wow." Rory said, eyes wide. "That's the sweetest thing I've ever heard." she said softly.
If possible, Tristan began to blush even more. "Okay" he said quickly, for once, to take the attention away from him. "It's your turn now." he said slowly.
She smiled at him and they continued to play the game, each stealing shy glances at the other. In the end, Rory won, having one less pimple than Tristan. A simple game that was supposed to only last a half an hour tops, lasted a little over an hour. This was probably due to the fact that they had to stop every few minutes to share a kiss or rather kisses. Throughout the game they learned more about each other. Many questions were answered, and to her horror, she discovered that her beloved boyfriend was, alas, a movie virgin.
"I can't believe you've never seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory!" she said in disbelief "Wow! You really were a deprived, child, weren't you? You don't know what you're missing!"
Tristan shrugged "My parents thought movies were a waste of time."
"Your parents are crazy!" Rory exclaimed "Movies are great! They occupy you! They make you smile when you're sad, they make you cry when you need to cry! They're perfect!"
Tristan chuckled at his girlfriends rant "I guess you're going to have to show me the light then."
"Hell yeah!" Rory exclaimed "Okay first things first! We need to see how many movies we can find in here!"
"Okay." Tristan agreed, smiling at his girlfriend's antics. He slid off the bed, to stand up and looked around the room. "You look in the bottom of that thing the TV's on and I'll look in the closet" he said waving his hand toward the TV.
"Okay" Rory agreed standing up, kissing Tristan quickly on the lips, and walking over to the TV "and by the way Tris…" she said "it's called a TV stand."
"Yeah whatever." Tristan replied, waving his hand dismissively, as he walked into the closet "Hey!" he called a few minutes later "I found a stack of movies!"
"Good" Rory replied coming into the closet "because I didn't find anything, now let's see what we've got!" she said rubbing her hands together.
She snatched the stack of movies away from Tristan and began flipping through them.
"We're in luck" she said finally "They're all fairly good movies."
"So…" Tristan said "what do we do now?"
"Well" Rory said thoughtfully "if you get the food ready, I'll get the movie ready!"
"How is that fair?" Tristan whined "All you have to do it put the movie in and press play!"
"I have to press rewind too!" Rory retorted "I'll get the bed ready too, since we have nothing else to sit on."
"Okay" Tristan reluctantly agreed "How much food do we need?"
"Lots" Rory replied standing up and walking out of the closet.
"Alrighty then." He said following her and busying himself making the snacks. Five minutes later he was ready. When he turned around, he saw that Rory had fixed the bed, paused the movie and had changed into a different pair of pajamas. He promptly brought the food over, spreading it out randomly on the bed, handed Rory a cup of coffee, pressed play, then made Rory sit up slightly so he could sit behind her. She leaned back against his chest content and happy.
The two watched movies all afternoon, munching on junk food and enjoying each other's company. They started with Pretty in Pink and ended with Dead Poets Society.
"Wow" Rory said as the credits came up for Dead Poets Society "I never realized how tired I was until now."
"So go to sleep." Tristan replied logically.
"But its only…" Rory said looking at the clock "8 o'clock!"
"So" Tristan replied "We've been locked in a room all day, we haven't really moved all day and we haven't eaten properly I think we're allowed to go to sleep when we want to."
"Okay" she agreed, then got up to go to the closet and get a fresh pair of pajamas. "I'll go get ready for bed." she said as she came out of the closet and headed for the bathroom.
"Alright" Tristan agreed turning on the TV and flipping through channels while waiting for Rory to return, so he could do his nightly routine also. Ten minutes later Rory came out, looking completely refreshed and clean.
"Bathroom's free." she said slipping under the covers.
"Okay" Tristan said, placing a kiss on her cheek "thanks."
"You're welcome." Rory said sleepily "Hurry up Bible Boy I'm tired!" she said while yawning.
He didn't answer as he was already in the bathroom with the door closed. When Tristan returned a few minutes later, he turned off the light and slid into bed next to Rory. He sighed when he saw that she was already asleep, pulling her sleeping body to his, he gently kissed her forehead. "Night Ror" he whispered softly "I love you."
"Sweet dreams" she whispered back "I love you too." and with that Tristan pulled her closer and the two promptly fell into a deep sleep. Both going to sleep happier than they had been in a long time.
Wow. That took me a long time to get this chapter out. Sorry for the long wait but I was really busy and only had time to write a little bit each day. Anyways the conversation between them wasn't that long. I wasn't planning on dragging the conversation out anyway. I wanted to get it over and done with as soon as possible. I could have ended the chapter in quite a few places but I decided to keep going and keep my promise. This chapter is longer than normal it kind of shocks me when I scroll up and see how much I actually wrote. I know this chapter was kind of fluffy but it hasn't really been all that fluffy in the past few chapters I decided to make it fluffy. Besides what else were they going to do? Oh and about the Girl Talk game for those of you that didn't know it, it is a real game! I used to have it I don't remember how the game goes exactly but I did remember some stuff. And yes the 'pimples' were a part of the game. Well that's it for now the next chapter will be up shortly!
I do not own the game Girl Talk! And won't be making money off of it!
Warnings For Next Chapter: Rory and Tristan and that's all I'm saying lol since this was a long chapter no warnings for you!
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