**Part 11**
"I can't believe you're really here…"
"Yeah…" Tristan absent mindedly played with the picture frames on top of the fireplace. It had been less than a week since that night in Stars Hollow. His mind constantly strayed back to that night. Even there, his mind was on one thing, one person, and the airy brunette with the wide nervous smile was not it.
"Are you hungry? I can have Ames make us a cake; we can pretend it's your birthday…" Madeline looked at him through a veil of lashes, "we can have our own special party…"
Fuck Rory, she dared
"Is your room this way?" Tristan began climbing the steps; Madeline nodded nervously chewing on the straw from her drink,
"My parents are out of town" she blurted out walking past him to lead the way, "they are spending some time in Aruba"
"Aruba's fun" Tristan responded almost mechanically, "I prefer the snow for this time of year, give me Aspen any day…"
"Oh my God! I say the same thing!" Madeline opened the door to her room but hesitated at the door.
"Madeline?" Tristan kissed her hard pushing her into her room. She tasted of peach and Captain Morgan rum, "You can tell Ames I like chocolate…"
**End of Part 11**
A/N - Tiny update just to setup the rest of the story. I have gotten requests in the past to flesh this out, so I am in the process of doing just that as a one-off spin off. What do you think? Would you like to read what happens between Tristan and Madeline? :-O