Love Today

By: Bethy Ann

Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls, unfortunately.

Summary: "Man, I'm telling you, just call her! I bet Rory is thinking about you too," Parker said. It's time to love everyday. Rory/Tristan romance thrown with some Lorelei/ Luke romance. Rated MA for later language and sexual innuendos.

Chapter 7: Creped Out

Recap: "Are we making a sundae?" asked Tristan, totally confused with what Rory brought out.

"I was thinking the whipped cream on the stomach, the chocolate syrup right in between my girls, and the ice cream in my mouth," Rory explained while pointing to the places.

"I like the way you think," Tristan said with a smile.

"Are we there yet?" Rory asked.

"No, we've only been on the road for two hours and it's a three hour drive," Tristan explained.

Rory sighed and said, "Ok."

Rory looked out the window and saw the trees go by. She saw a blue jay flying low and a hawk above it. Rory hoped that the hawk would leave the blue jay alone. The hawk came down and captured the blue jay with its talons. Rory gasped and looked away.

"What? What's wrong?" Tristan asked.

"I'm just watching birds fly. I saw one fly into a branch," Rory lied.

"Oh, that's kind of sad," Tristan said.

Rory nodded even though Tristan was looking ahead at the road. Tristan's hand was on Rory's thigh and Rory placed her hand over his. Rory moved Tristan's hand downward toward her knee. Their hands were locked together and Rory laid her head against the seat.

One hour and a half hour

"Rory, wake up. We're here," Tristan said.

Rory stirred and Tristan said, "Good afternoon sleepyhead."

Tristan gave Rory a quick kiss and hopped out of the car. He popped the trunk and lifted the luggage out. Rory took her suitcase and wheeled it to the front door.

"This place is beautiful," Rory said.

"Thanks, Jaylan is leaving it to me when he dies."

"I wouldn't mind living here because the view looks wonderful," Rory said.

"I think you're beautiful," Tristan said and kissed Rory.

The kiss was deep and Tristan cupped Rory's face with his hand. Tristan picked Rory up bridal style and Rory laughed. Tristan unlocked the door without any difficulty and dropped Rory in the foyer.

Rory gasped and said, "I thought the outside looked amazing but the inside is ten times better."

Tristan smiled and said, "Glad you like it." He cleared his throat and said, "So, I was thinking we could unpack and then go window shopping and buy some food. Then we can hang out here or take a walk on the beach."

"That sounds like a great idea," Rory said and wrapped her arms around Tristan's neck to bring him in for a kiss.

Tristan moaned and Rory pulled back. She looked at him and said, "Are you horny already?"

"Mm, not really. It's just really sexy when you do that to me."

"Oh really? You mean when I do this?" Rory asked and did it again but made it last longer.

"You know if you keep doing that we won't get anything done today," Tristan said.

"Not really, it is only two o'clock," Rory read the clock on the little table in the foyer.

"Rory, if you haven't realized that whenever we kiss it leads to a make out session which lasts for at least three hours," Tristan explained.

Rory pondered this for a bit and said, "That is true…I guess we have to work on that."

Rory took her suitcase and said, "Where to?"

Tristan grabbed his suitcase and duffel and went up the stairs. There were rooms on both sides and Tristan went right.

"I thought we could either have the master bedroom or we could have our own room be with the bathroom conjoined to the two," Tristan said, pointing to the right and left.

"Hm, it seems like you have thought about this a lot."

"Oh, I have because I wasn't sure about how you feel about us sleeping together-," Tristan said but got caught off by Rory's manicure fingers.

"If you had stopped blabbering away I would have told you my answer which is the master bedroom!" Rory said and opened the doors.

A deep oak, four-poster bed greeted them. By the window was a desk with a lamp on. The carpet was a wine color and Rory loved it. By the other window was a window seat that Rory squealed over. She opened the first door on the left and was met with a walk-in closet. Rory gasped at the spacious closet. She never had a walk-in closet before. Rory decided to check out the other door which led to a bathroom. There was a big Jacuzzi and also a shower stall next to it.

"Tristan, this room is amazing! I love it! Thank you, thank you!" Rory said and hugged him tightly.

"Rory, I can't breathe," Tristan choked out.

"Oops, sorry," Rory said and turned a slight pink.

While they were unpacking, Tristan's stomach grumbled. Rory laughed at him and started to talk to his stomach. Tristan walked away from her and Rory followed still talking in a baby voice to his stomach. Tristan walked outside to the car with Rory still following.

Rory looked around her surroundings and said, "Um, where are you going?"

"We are going to shop for food now because I can't stand you talking to my stomach!" Tristan said, not even seeming annoyed but amused.

Rory just smiled at Tristan and got in the car. There was silence except for when the Garmin told them when to turn. They turned into the shopping center and parked. A black Ford truck parked a few spaces away without them noticing. They got out of the car and the guy from the Ford got out.

They decided to spilt since Tristan said he would get the healthy food while Rory could get the junk food. Rory was walking down the main aisle, looking at the signs over heard. She walked down the snack aisle and looked at the chips. She grabbed Doritos and tortilla chips. Rory saw the cookies were she entered.

A guy was by them with a basket in his hand. There were only pretzels and mixed nuts in the basket which seemed a bit odd. He was wearing a black leather hat and a big trench coast. The guy had an eye patch covering his right eye so Rory couldn't tell what color his eyes were. The guy creped her out so she went to a different aisle.

Rory grabbed some grape juice and turned around swiftly, knocking into someone. The guy screamed in pain and passer Byers looked on in interest.

"Oh my God, I am so sorry! I just swung my cart around because I didn't see anyone. Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" Rory blabbered.

"It's ok," the guy she hit said.

Tristan ran up to Rory and asked, "What happened? I heard a scream and I thought you would be involved."

Rory glared and Tristan said, "Not in a bad way! I know you have quick reflexes and can be a bit of a klutz."

"Thanks Tristan, I feel the love," Rory said and crossed her arms.

"But that's why I love you! Because you are you and you don't pretend to be anyone else," Tristan said quickly.

Rory squinted her eyed at Tristan to make him squirm some more because she thought it was cute. Tristan's eyes got wide and you could tell that he was scared.

Rory laughed and said, "Sorry, I couldn't resist. You looked so cute and scarred."

"That was not funny! I seriously thought that you were going to kill me," Tristan exclaimed.

Rory chuckled and said, "I have what I want. Are you ready?"

Tristan nodded and they proceeded to the check out line. They paid for their food and stashed it in the trunk. While they drove home, they turned up the radio and started singing, Shattered (Turn the car around). Rory forgot all about the man in the black who creped her out.

AN: Here it is! Sorry it took awhile but I was pretty busy. So just click that little purple button in the middle to review!!