Subj:[gilmoregirlsfanfiction] dedication- Part 4 
Date:1/5/02 12:17:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:lexmorgan007@yahoo.com

Hey, sorry this took so long. School has been tough.
Hope all your holidays went well, I hope you enjoy the
chapter.. and please send feedback.
Alexa


Dedication- Part 4

Rory woke up the next morning to the doorbell. She
groaned as she got out of bed and headed towards the
door in her pajama’s.
“I’m coming!” She yelled as she came out of her room.
She paused for a second and remembered what had
happened last night. Tristan was home. She suddenly
smiled thinking that the person at the door could very
well be Tristan DuGray.
She almost ran the rest of the way to the door. She
threw the door open, and as she saw the person
standing there, her smile quickly faded. It wasn’t
Tristan, It was a federal express worker, there to
drop off a package.

“Morning miss, I have a package for Rory Gilmore.” The
man said.
“That’s me” She told him.
“Well, If you could just sign here, this package is
all yours.”
Rory took the pen and clipboard and signer her name on
the line with the X.

“Have a good day Miss Gilmore” He said as he handed
her the package and headed back to his truck.

She stepped back inside and closed the front door. She
set down the package and looked at it curiously. ‘Who
would send me a package?’ She thought. ‘Hey, maybe
it’s from dad!’ She thought, and then ran into the
kitchen to grab a knife so that she could cut open the
top of the box. 

When she finally got it open she looked inside. She
pulled out several things. There was a huge bad of
gourmet coffee beans, a hazelnut coffee candle, and a
sealed envelope. After smelling the candle and the
coffee beans, she grabbed the letter and tore it open.


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Rory,
You’ve told me many times that coffee is your life, so
I thought I would help you out a little in that
department. I’m finally back in Hartford! I didn’t
think that I would ever be this grateful to be here
again. And since I am back... I would love to see you.
If you can, meet me in the Hartford park at 12:30, by
the big oak tree. 

Tristan
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Rory smiled as she put down the letter and ran to take
a shower and get dressed, so that she could catch a
bus and make it down there by 12:30.

HARTFORD PARK

Rory stepped of the bus at exactly 12:30. She had been
to the park a few times before and she knew exactly
what he meant by ‘the big oak tree.’ She used to read
under it all the time, and when her mother and her
came to the park for picnics, they would set it up
under that tree. 
She was so excited that she started to run to where
the tree was. When she got close, she saw a figure
standing with his back towards her. She slowed down
then, and took in the whole picture. The figure turned
around and smiled when their eyes met. 
She couldn’t believe that he was standing right in
front of her. She ran up to him and flung herself into
her arms. They stood there foe a few minutes, just
holding each other. When they finally let go of each
other, Tristan started to speak.

“Hello Mary.” He said with a smirk.

“Hi Louis.” She said. “Wow, I can’t believe your
really here.. When did you get in? Why didn’t you
call? Are you here for good? And what happened to your
hair.” She asked all in one breath.

“Wow, slow down.” Tristan laughed as he put his had
through what remained of his hair. “OK, I’ll answer
all your questions, but first you have to come with
me.”

“Where are we going?” She asked.

“It’s a surprise.”

“So your not going to tell me?”

“Hence the name ‘Surprise’,” He laughed

“Fine” She said as she faked pouting.

A few minutes later they were beside a beautiful pond
in the middle of the park.
On the side of the pond, under the shade of a tree,
was a picnic that Tristan had set up before Rory came.

“Wow.” She said.

“I take that as a ‘this is great Tristan, thank you;”
He smiled.

“This is great Tristan, however, I’ll save the ‘thank
you’ until I see what kind of food you brought.” 

“Fair enough.”

They walked over to where the blanket was laid out,
and the both sat down. Tristan started to unpack the
basket that he had brought filled with food. 

“In the true spirit of a picnic, I have peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches, chips, and brownies for desert.
Oh, and of course, we can’t forget the coffee.” He
reached behind the basket and handed the smiling Rory
a thermos filled with Coffee.

“This IS really great Tristan, Thank you.” She said as
she bit into her sandwich.

After a few minutes of silent eating, Rory spoke.

“So, back to my questions.”

“Which were?” He asked.

“Let’s start with, when did you get back?”

“Last night.”

“Why didn’t you call?” 

“I wanted to surprise you.” He said.

“And that you did.” She smiled at him. “How long are
you here for?”

“I’m going back to Chilton.”

“Seriously?”

“Seriously.”

“When did you parents decide this?”

“When they didn’t make it to parents weekend, they
called and said I was coming back, something about not
wanting to tarnish the family name. Besides, the
DuGrays have a long line of graduates of Princeton,
and I don’t think that they accept graduates of
Military School.” He laughed.

“I guess not. And finally... the hair?” She chuckled.

“What? You don’t like it Mary? I think it makes me
look sexy if I do say so myself.” He laughed.

“Only Tristan DuGray would think that he looked sexy
in a buzz cut.”  

“Whatever Gilmore, you know you want me.” He teased.

“Dream on, I go for guys with.. um.. hair.”

“Good comeback Gilmore.”

“I thought so.” She laughed.

“I bet you did” He smiled.  “So, Chilton starts next
week, senior year.. can you believe it?”

“God, don’t remind me, I’m just glad your going to be
there this year.”

“Yea, me too.”

“Hey, so I’m supposed to meet my mom at Lukes for
dinner tonight, do you want to come with me?”

“Definitely.”


End Part 4