| WHAT DOESN'T MEET THE EYE |
| Author: Dreamer4ever_77 Disclaimer: If I owned the show. . . Would Dean and Rory be together? Would Tristan be at military school? I don�t think so. Rating: PG13 A/N: This just popped into my head this morning. And just because I�m writing this fic doesn�t mean I�m going to neglect my other ones, so don�t worry. I hope you enjoy this one as much as you did the one before. Read on. . . WEBMASTER NOTE: This author sent me the chapters awhile after she had posted them, so there is author notes randomly placed throughout the chapters. I have included the A/N which I thought were important for the author and have place them in italics. Chapter One: - RORY P.O.V. - I can�t believe that so much has happened this year. . . I mean Sookie got married, dad and Sherry had a baby and mom and Luke are engaged. Who would have thought that they would wake up and see what was in front of them. After the weeding Luke just broke and kissed her. And mom kissed him back. And now they�re engaged. Sookie is pregnant she�s gonna have a boy. And yes I know what your thinking what happened to Dean and Jess. Well. . . Jess and I talked after the kiss, and it was unanimous kissing each other was like kissing a member of our family, and well now that mom and Luke are getting married were not that far of. And Dean? Well about two months ago I finally got sick of the uncontrollably-jealous act he had going on and I dumped him. He sulked for a week and then moved on, I think here name was Jessica, then came Lisa, and after her came Beth, and well I just kinda lost track after that. But I don�t care. Lane is actually dating Henry. Turn�s out that her mom talked to the Chow�s and set them up. The face that Lane had when she realized it was Henry was up-price-able. And well, they�ve been dating ever sins. Thing�s at Chilton are actually a lot better. And when I say a lot I mean a LOT. Paris, Madeleine, Louis and I actually became friend�s, and good one�s at that. Paris started dating. . . Breath, in out in out. Yes I know unbelievable but true. His name is John, great guy, very sweet and smart. Madeleine started to date too. And guess who�s the lucky winner? Well you know Brad? Nope. That�s not it. Actually it�s Jess. . . Yes I know once again I leave you with your jaw�s ten feet under. Sorry. But it�s true. Jess and Mady met when the girls came over to the town for a project. And they just clicked. I never thought as Madeleine as Jess type of girl. He actually told me she isn�t his type of girl, but hey she just slid her way into is heart. She�s actually not that. . . what�s the word. . . nope no nice way of putting it, brain dead. She learned a lot from Jess. And Jess well. . . he�s the same old Jess. Now here I am. At my grandmother�s house for the summer. But it�s not that bad, Jess is here too. The thing is, mom and Luke decided on going on a vacation, you know like a pre-honey-moon trip. Cesar was left in charge at the Dinner. And sins Luke didn�t want Jess alone in Stars Hollow , cause we all know that wouldn�t be safe, he asked my grandmother if he could stay here too. She actually said yes. My grandparent�s actually like Luke. Grandma said she knew all along that something was up between mom and Luke. So, here I am, the first day of vacations at my grandma�s house sitting in the back yard thinking in the changes that occurred this year. �Rory� Emily called �In the back yard grandma� I yelled. Emily opened the door and stepped out, after finding me she walked up to me. �Hello dear. . . what are you doing out here all by yourself? Where�s Jess?� �I was just thinking. Jess went out with Madeleine� I told her. �Oh. Do you have anything planed for today? Perhaps something with Lane?� She asked. *Too many questions. She�s up to something* I thought. �No grandma. . . Lane is in Korea this month� I said �Well I�m going over to spend the day at a friend�s� She said happily �Would you like to come along?� she asked. I knew that she wouldn�t take no for an answer, so I complied. �Alright, but let me go change. I doubt that jean short�s is proper for this occasion� I said. I knew she would ask me to change, I just saved her time. She smiled at me. �Alright. I�ll have Sam prepare that car� that said we both left. Me to change, her to ask Sam to prepare that car. I changes into a simple light blue dress that ended about an inch above my knees. Is had small white daisies on it, and it had a simple �V� neck line. I put on a pair of white sandal�s and left my hair down. Grandma was waiting at the door for me. �Rory you look wonderful� she said as we headed out �Thank you� I said as we got to the car. Sam opened the door so my grandmother could get in �Hi Sam� �Hello Miss Rory� The old man said �what book are you reading this fine day?� �Actually I just finished �Pride and Prejudice�� I said getting into the car. Sam closed the door and jogged to the drivers seat. Turning on the engine chuckling slightly �And may I ask how many times you have already read that book?� �15� I answered smiling. Sam just shook his head. And we were of. Five minutes later we arrived at the front gate of a huge mansion. It was about 3 or 4 times bigger than my grandparent�s. Entering the car, Sam slowed down. The front yard was like a park. And what a park it was. It was absolutely beautiful, it had a rose garden in front of the house, there were yellow roses and white roses, pink and red roses too. It was absolutely gorgeous. Sam stopped in front and opened the door. As I got out I contemplated the roses, there was a gardener cutting some roses. When he had about a dozen cut he walked towards the house. He smiled at me and gave me a white rose. �Thank you� I said smiling �You are very welcome my dear� he said and then walked in. Then an old man, who I presumed to be the buckler came. �Mrs. Gilmore, how lovely to see you� He said smiling �Hello James� Emily said smiling �This is my granddaughter Rory� She said looking at me. �Hi� I said smiling, once again, playing with the petals of the rose. �Hello Miss� he said to me, then looking at my grandmother he said, moving so we could pass �Please come in, Mrs. DuGrey is waiting for you out in he back yard� A/N: Hey. So? Did you like? Did it suck? Tell me what you think. Characters: Sam: Gorge Wallace, Batman Forever, The Wash and 3 Strikes. James: Dustin Hoffman Sara DuGrey: Fionnula Flanagan, The others and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Janlen DuGrey: James Cromwell, he was the priest in �The Bachelor� Chapter Two: �Mrs. Gilmore, how lovely to see you� He said smiling �Hello James� Emily said smiling �This is my granddaughter Rory� She said looking at me. �Hi� I said smiling, once again, playing with the petals of the rose. �Hello Miss� he said to me, then looking at my grandmother he said, moving so we could pass �Please come in, Mrs. DuGrey is waiting for you out in he back yard� �Mrs. DuGrey?� I asked. I must have heard wrong. �Yes. Oh, Didn�t I tell you? Well it must have slipped my mind� Emily said brushing it of �The DuGrey�s are very close friend�s with your grandfather an I� �Oh� I couldn�t believe my luck. But what did I have to worry about? I mean Tristan was at Boot Camp in North Carolina. �Rory? Are you alright?� Emily asked me. �Yes, I�m fine grandma. . . I just spaced out for a second there� I said to reassure her. We entered the house and I was astonished. If I thought that the front yard was beautiful I don�t know what was left to say about this. It was like a palace. But the thing that most impact had was that it looked lived in, it ad a �home� vibe, one that is not custom in the Hartford upper class. I would have expected it to be cold. I never really thought that this was the kind of house Tristan grew up in. James guided us to the back yard. I couldn�t believe this either. This house was full of surprises. The back yard was like a small Garden of Eden, and there was a Gazebo, surrounded by flowers. To the side I saw a round table and a woman sitting there, drinking a cup of tee. *So were at his grandparents house* I thought. �Emily, you made it. How are you doing?� The woman greeted us then she looked at me and smiled �And prey tell who this lovely young lady is� �Sara, it�s wonderful to see you again.� Emily said, �This is my granddaughter, Rory� �Hello Rory� Sara said �Hello ma�am� I said smiling at her, she looked nice. �Please all me Sara, and sit down� she said. We then sat down with her and James served my grandmother a cup of tee, when he was about to serve me a cup I asked �Would it be too much trouble it I had some coffee?� I said and he just smiled �No problem at all Miss� he went in to get me some coffee I suppose. About five minutes later he came back and gave me coffee. �Thank you� I said before taking a sip. He smiled at me again and waved it of. For about twenty minutes my grandmother and Sara made some small talk while I admired the garden and the beautiful day. �Excuse me,� I said �Where is the bathroom?� I asked. I really didn�t want to go but I just couldn�t sit still. �Down the Hall three doors to your left� Sara informed me, I thanked her and left. Leaving them to talk. �She�s a remarkable young woman� Sara said to Emily �Yes, she is. And she�s in the top of her class too� Emily said proudly �Does she go to Chilton?� �Yes, as a mater of fact she does� �Then she must know my grandson� �Tell me Sara, how are you?� �I am better, but it�s only been a week� �I know, and losses like the one you had are very hard to overcome, but not impossible. Besides, you have Janlen and Tristan with you� �Tristan is still recovering form the accident. The doctors say that it�s nothing permanent, but it doesn�t help. He won�t eat; he won�t talk to his friend�s. The crash took away my grandson and replaced him with a young man that barely speaks� �I have an idea if you let me� Emily said, the wheels in her head turning. Inside-Rory I walked down the hall, looking at the pictures that hung on the wall. They were mostly of Tristan. There were two that caught my attention. One was of Tristan and his grandfather. It wasn�t taken long ago, maybe a year and a half. In the background you could see a lake and mountains. Tristan was holding up a rather large fish. He had an arm around his grandfather and his grandfather an arm around him. Both of them were smiling brightly at the camera. *Funny* I thought *I never pictured Tristan to be the fishing type* The other one was one of Tristan and a young man that I didn�t know, but he looked older than Tristan. They were laughing, on the floor covered in food. *Must have been a food fight* they looked like they were having a great time. Just as I was about to move on something caught my attention. It was a piano. My curious side got the best of me and I followed the music. It lead me to a pair of big old oak doors. Opening one, trying not to make too much noise I entered a really big room. And I�m telling you, it was huge, it was almost like the whole bottom floor of my house. There was a fireplace and on top of it were some trophies, next to it was a case full of trophies. There was also some furniture (coffee table, couches, etc.). And then I noticed him. Tristan. He was seated on the piano bench, playing a soft melody. I really looked at him for the first time sins I�ve known him. I noticed that his hair was shorter, not buzzed like I thought he�d have it from Military School. I noticed how his jaw was firmly marked and how the tip of his nose was round. But the thing that surprised me was the change he had in his eyes. They were no longer playful and full of life, but they were sad and gray, he was looking at the wall, but at the same time he wasn�t. Then he abruptly stopped playing and spoke. �Who�s there?� he asked. What was he playing? I was right here, couldn�t he see me? �James is that you?� he asked his voice scratchy and low. �Thank you, but I told you that I�m not hungry� he said and waited for an answer that never came. It was then that I realized it. He was blind. Not getting an answer he spoke again �Who�s there?� This time I simply answered. �Hi Tristan� A/N: O.K I gave you this chapter so, now reviews. Do you get were I�m going with this? TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!!!!!!! A/N: Hey, wow, I didn�t expect so many reviews. And for those of you who didn�t get it. Yes Tristan is blind, but only temporarily. He might get better, he might not. I don�t know yet. Chapter 3: I could�ve sworn I saw his guard fall. Even if it was just for a second. I saw it. He was scared, and hurt and. . . weak. I never thought the day would come that I, Rory Gilmore, would ever see the real Tristan DuGrey. To be honest, I doubted there was really more to him than the playboy-bad-ass-rich-white-boy attitude he had. *Lire, Lire, pants on fire* a small voice sang in my head *Let�s travel back in memory lane. . . piano bench. . . �Rebound�. . . kiss* Fine. Maybe, deep inside, and I mean really and extremely deep inside, a small part of me, about the size of a grain of sand, thought it was possible for him to actually have some real feeling�s. But that view that I got, the real Tristan, only stayed for a second, and then, the wall was up again. And I couldn�t see him. �What are you doing here?� he asked, not �Hello� not �How are you?� not even �Rory, is that you?�. Nope. It�s was, instead, �what are you doing here? But I decided to shut up and answer. �My grandmother asked me to join her and a friend for a cup of tee, and the next thing I know I�m here� I said truthfully. �I mean why are you here? As in Why in this room?� He asked, still his voice low and cold. He�s never really spoken to me like that. He�s always been playful and. . . I don�t know, anything but cold. �I was looking for the bathroom and I heard music. . . and seeing as how I�m my mother�s daughter, I followed it and here I am standing in front of you and. . . Your not here� �Yes, I am� �No. Here, in front of me is a boy, a cold boy playing a melancholic song on the piano, and talking to me as if I were. . .� I stopped �As if you were what? A far acquaintance? Well if your not that, then pleas enlighten me as to what you are? Cause you�re sure as hell not my friend. Remember? You hate me� he said standing up. He was taller. �I said a lot of stupid thing�s that day� I said truthfully �I�m sorry� He just looked at me. But his face expression softened. And I smiled. And then I did the most incoherent thing. I walked up to him and hugged him. Putting my hands around his shoulder and bringing him closer to me. When he didn�t return the hug I frowned and started to pull back. But just then, at the last second possible he wrapped his arm�s *And Lord! What strong arm�s they are! * Around my waist pulling me back to him. �I missed you,� he said into my hair, sending shivers up and down my spine. �I missed you too,� I whispered. After a few minutes we pulled back. And I don�t know about him but the loss I felt scared me. He sat back down, on the piano bench and scooted over, making room for me. I sat down and a silence took over. All I could do was think about his eyes, and what had happened. But I didn�t know how to ask. �Ask� he simply stated there was no annoyance in his voice. Just amusement. �What happened?� I blurted out. Yup, that�s me for you, bold. I just figured that beating the bush was useless, and I decided to save us both some time. I looked at him he was serious. And a few minutes, after letting me suffer the intrigue long enough, he spoke. �My parent�s went to pick me up at Military School because it was against the rules to let me go on my own. On the way to the airport a drunk driver hit us from behind sending the car of the road into the woods. We hit a tree. . .� He was quiet for a second, recollecting himself �The didn�t suffer. . . they died instantly. I hit my head and lost conscience. The next thing I know I�m at a hospital, bandages around my eyes, and when I took them off I couldn�t see.� Tristan swallowed. �I. . . don�t know what to say. . . I mean. . . is it permanent or just. . .� I asked, my voice cracking. �No, it�s temporarily. The doctor�s said that I can get my sight back but they don�t know how long it�s gonna take.� I didn�t know what to say. I just entwined my arm with his and leaned against his shoulder, letting out a sigh. I couldn�t leave him like this. Even after all he�s put me through. Then the door�s opened and James came in, carrying a tray with some sandwiches and a glass of water. He looked at me surprised but smiled, coming towards us. �James? Is that you?� Tristan asked. �Yes Tristan, I brought you something too eat,� He said. �I�m not hungry� Tristan said politely. I looked up at him and then at the dejected face James had. �Tris, when was the last time you ate?� I asked. He did look a little pale. �About two day�s ago� James said �Thank you James� Tristan said. �Tris you have to eat� I said �If not your going to get paler and paler and the you�ll look like a ghost and we all know that�s not attractive,� I said in one breath. He raised his eyebrow. I knew I would win. �There�s no way out of this?� He asked hopefully �Nope. So eat up?� �And if I don�t� Typical of him. �If not. . . We�ll make you swallow it� �You feeding me? Not such a bad idea� He said smirking �If you want to choke, then no not a bad idea at all� �Fine� he gave in. James smiled at me and mouthed �thank you� I waved it off and smiled. �I�ll go get you a glass of water Miss so you can join him� �Coffee would be great� I said smiling. James just shook his head and left. �So what now?� he asked �Now you eat� He sighed and I gave him a sandwich. James then came back with a travel mug. �Miss Rory, your grandmother is leaving, I prepared you a mug for the road� �Thank you� I said and stood up. �I�ll see you soon� I said to Tristan �How do you know?� �I know my grandmother, that�s enough� I said smiling and I walked out. My grandmother was talking to Sara at the door. They were both smiling, a little too much for my taste. They were up to something. I walked up to them and they became quiet. I looked at my grandmother, an eyebrow up. �Grandma, I love you. . . but what�s up?� Sara laughed. �She�s a smart one� She said. �Don�t worry dear, nothing bad, I assure you. But let�s go, I have some phone call�s to make� Emily said. And, after saying goodbye too Sara, we were off. Nothing much happened that day. For the next few days all I could think about was Tristan, and his eyes. It was sad that someone like him had to go through this. And the real loss was that those blue-once-upon-a-time-rebel-without-a-cause-playful eyes were not there anymore. Instead there were a pair of blue/gray eyes that held no life, no feeling. And then it struck me. I was actually sad for him. Sure he made my life hell in Chilton, but he had changed. . .I hope. I mean I was with him only for a couple of hours, but there was something different about him. He was. . . what�s the word?. . . Ahh that�s it, he was more mature, more grown up, and the ego, that was still there because what would Tristan be without his Ego, didn�t show up as much as it would have normally done it a year ago. A nock on my door broke my concentration. �Come in� I said. My grandmother opened the door. �Rory, dear I have too talk to you� She said, sitting down at the edge of my bead. I got up form my seat at the window and walked towards her sitting on my bed. �Is something wrong?� I asked, of course the first thing that popped into my head was that something had happened to mom or grandpa or someone. �No, nothing�s wrong but I do have a small dilemma� She said. �I received a wedding invitation today, from and old friends daughter and I have to travel to London for two weeks. But I don�t want to leave you and Jess alone here sins your grandfather has to come with me. So I spoke to Sara and she agreed to receive you two in her house until I come back� �Oh but. . .� AHHH I need an excuse!!!! �Uh. . . Mom! Yeah what did mom say?� Saved!. . . Or so I thought. �Actually I�ve already spoke to her and she said it would be kind, and Luke had no problem at all� Emily sad smiling. �Great� I said, plastering a fake smile on for her sake. �Wonderful! So it�s all settled. Pack your bag�s you leave tomorrow.� She said as she left �Yeah. . . Just great� I said to myself. A/N: You review = Me HAPPY = more chapters more soon. It works out for all of us, really. A/N: Hey, wow, I didn�t expect so many reviews. And for those of you who didn�t get it. Yes Tristan is blind, but only temporarily. He might get better he might not. I don�t know yet. I highly suggest you re-read the first chapter. I love Jess but not in that kind of way, he�s good with Madeleine And I plan on keeping thing�s like that. And for those of you who are �heart-broken� with Tristan�s blindness start picking up the pieces, one or two more chapter�s and he gets all better. Chapter 4: �Oh and Rory� she said form the door �Yes grandma?� �Don�t bother telling Jess, I�ll tell him myself� she said, a glint of mischief in her eyes. In the time grandma has known Jess, they�ve played a little game, he gives her a heart attack and she gives it back. It was quite amusing actually. �Alright� I said nodding and then she left. �Great!� I thought. �Two week�s of Tristan�. It�s wasn�t the thought of being with him for two week the thing that frustrated me, it was the fact that I couldn�t decide weather I liked the idea or not. After I packed my bags and took them downstairs. I started to go back up but once I reached the top stairs I heard Jess come in, turning around I saw Grandma walking towards him. This was going to be fun. �Hello Jess� Emily said as usual �Hi Mrs. Gilmore� Jess answered back and I could tell he was getting ready for the hit. �Did you have fun?� �Oh yes, getting high on crack is always fun� he said smirking. That was it, the opening my grandmother needed and� 1� 2� 3� �Jess Jacob Mariano go upstairs right now and pack your bags, you will not stay n this house a minute longer!� Emily said severely, pointing to the stairs. Jess face was� I can�t put it into words. Grandma had outdone herself. Jess jaw was three feet under. His eyes wide open and he dropped his backpack. �I� you� what�� he stammered. Emily�s face broke out in laughter and I joined her form upstairs, not able to contain it any longer. Jesses looked at me and then back at Emily. �I� that� what�s going on?!?!?!� he finally said �Grandma� has to travel� and we�re gonna� stay over� at the� DuGrey�s for� tow week�s� I said still laughing, after regaining my composure I added �Oh boy Jess she got you good this time� �I gotta hand it to you Emily, your getting good, but don�t underestimate me� he said walking over to grandma, putting an arm around her shoulder�s. Emily just smiled up at him and said �Well enough of this, you have to go pack, your leaving tomorrow morning� �There�s nothing to pack, I never unpacked in the first place,� he said smirking. �Well the let�s go to the dinning room, dinner is served� Emily said. THE NEXT DAY/ CAR RIDE TOWARDS THE DUGREY ESTATE Jess and I said goodbye to grandma and then went over to Sam, who was waiting for us, our bags in the trunk and the car ready to go. �So where going to spend the next two week�s at Tristan�s grandmother�s house?� Jess said, more than asked, �Good thing he�s at boot cam huh?� he said. Remembering that he was Madeleine�s boyfriend, it didn�t surprise me that he knew about Tristan, the thing that worried me was WHAT he knew about Tristan. �Wrong� I said �He�s living with his grandparent�s,� I said and then preceded to tell him about the accident and Tristan�s condition �Please be nice� I said �You want me to be nice to a guy that tortured you for a year and a bit more?� Jess asked, but I knew he was kidding �I won�t pity him if that�s what you�re asking for� �No, I didn�t ask you to pity him, that�s not what he need�s, but I do ask you to give him a shot, you two cold really be friend�s� �And why is that?� �You two are basically the same, except he�s a blonde version and you�re a brunet� �Huh� I never pictured myself as a blonde� He said, and the is a fake feminine voice he added �Would I look good as a blonde? Should I dye it?� �No offense, but you as a blonde would just be plain wrong� I said laughing �And cruel to the mirror� �We�re here you two� Sam said. Getting out of the car I heard Jess say �This is a fucking palace!� �Jess, I swear if you steal anything I�ll never forgive you,� I warned �Party pooper� he said as he grabbed our bags and walked to the front door, witch opened as we got there. James smiled at me and then at Jess. �Miss Rory, nice to see you again, and you must be Jess, we were waiting for you� �James please, lose the miss, just call me Rory� �As you wish,� he said as we entered �you may leave the bag�s here, we�ll take them up to your rooms, no pleas follow me, Mr. DuGrey and Mrs. DuGrey are waiting in the garden with breakfast� �Where�s Tristan?� I asked and James smiled �A friend of his from Military school is also staying here for the summer, they went to the lake, on the other side of the estate� he said �Lake?� Jess asked �Yes there�s a lake right before the garden end�s, after breakfast you may go if you wish,� he said, by now we were outside with Mr. And Mrs. DuGrey. �Rory, how nice to see you again� Sara said and then looking at Jess �Jess I believe?� Jess just nodded, I think it was because he didn�t know how to address to her, if he should all her Mrs. DuGrey or Sara or, and this one he hate�s, ma�am. �I�m Janlen, Tristan�s grandfather, it�s a pleasure to meet you� After easting and talking to the DuGrey�s, and let me tell you I didn�t expect them to be so nice, Jess and I went to investigate the garden�s. �This is too big to be a garden,� Jess said �Oh my lord�. Look they have stables!� I said, I�ve always wanted to ride a horse, but my mom was afraid of the, due to too many episodes of �My Little Pony� as a chilled, thanks to my grandmother, so I never got around to it. On the opposite side of the stables there was a lake, Tristan and another guy were there, laughing. Tristan was back. CHAPTER 5 Suddenly a small little blond girl came running from behind a bunch of trees. She was the most adoring little girl I�ve seen, wearing a pink sundress and white sandals, her blond hair reaching hips. She must have been 4 or 5 years old. �Twistan!!!!� she yelled running towards Tristan, and wrapping her arms around his neck almost sending him back �I saw an aminal!� she said excitedly. �Really? What was it?� Tristan said, an amused look on his face �It was a chipmunk!� she said, and then looking up at the guy standing next to them she added �Do you like chipmunks Wayan?� �I like you don�t I?� he said and picked her up and started twirling. But then he stopped. Busted!. �Look�s like we have company� he said looking at us. �Who is it?� Tristan asked. �Paris� I said smiling. �Ahh! So your taking me up on the offer to devise a plan and kill Rory?� he said smirking. �I�ll have you know that Paris and I have become good friend�s in the past 6 month�s� I said. �Wow!� was the only thing he said. The I think he realized that there were some introductions to be made so he got those out of the way. �Rory this is Ryan, Rev this is Rory� he said. �And I�m Jess� Jess sad. �Tristan, this is my cousin-to-be Jess, and Ryan nice to meet you� I said �Hey� Ryan said putting down the little girl �Just call me Rev� he said �Why Rev?� Jess beat me. �Cause he has this thing with religion, prays every night before he goes to sleep and before meals� �Sunshine here like�s to put pet-names to people, don�t you Sunshine?� Rev asked smirking. Tristan just chuckled. �Tell me about it!� I said �Aww, but I thought you liked the pet name I gave you Mary� he said smirking �You know you do� �I admit it. . . Sunshine?� �Look at that blond head!� Rev said pointing his finger at Tristan�s head �Creative, better than Bible Boy. . . and who�s that cute little girl?� I said smiling down at the little girl, who just ran into Tristan�s arms. �This here� he said caressing the girl�s blonde hair �is Molly, Molly this is Rory and the boy is Jess, their gonna stay with us for a few week�s, their nice� �You don�t know Dodger. . .� I said smirking at Jess �Hey!� he said �I can be perfectly nice if I want� �Think Kirk� I said �And Taylor, the Troubadour. . . The whole town of Stars Hollow� I said counting with my finger�s, Jess just smirked �You forgot Dean� he said �That was justified� �Yes the whole Frankenstein-tall thing was just to much� �One more member of the �I-hate-bag-boy-club�� Tristan said softly. But I heard him �I know why Jess is. . . not fond-� �HA!� Jess interrupted, but I continued �. . . of Dean, buy why you?� �Dance� he said �Oh� I said. Not a good topic. So I did what any Gilmore would have done in a situation like this. . . change subject �So where do you know Tristan from Rev?� �Military School� he said �And Martha�s Vineyard, our family�s go up there a lot� �Oh. . . so why did you go to Boot Camp?� �Tradition� he said �My father went ther, my grandfather went there and so on and so on� �Bummer� �I really don�t mind� he said. �Brain wash� Tristan said in a conspiracy tone. The sound of a cell phone rang distracting us from the conversation. Jess answered it �Speak. . . Hey babe. . . yes. . . wait a minute� Jess said, then covering the speaker he looked at me. �It�s Mad�s, the gang plus one are at her house and they�re bored out of their mind�s. . . can they come here or is it top secret Sunshine over there is here, cause the have no clue� Jess said. �Umm. . . I don�t know� I said �Tris? Do people actually know your back?� I asked �No why?� �Well you see Madeleine just called Jess and the gang plus one are at her house and they�re bored out of their mind�s. . . can they come here or is it. . .� he cut me off �the gang plus one?� he asked �Mad�s, Louis, Paris and John plus Louis�s flavor� I said �OH. . . well then sure they can come, I was gonna call John anyways� �Great� Jess said �Mad�s do you know were the DuGrey house is?. . . yes. . . just come here. . . you�ll see. . . you to babe bye� he said and hung up. �They�re on their way here� A/N: Hey, to all of you who HAVE reviewed Thank you very much. And to those of you who HAVN�T remember that I�m the one with the update�s and thanks to you the chapter�s get shorter and further apart. Even if it�s to say �Liked it, continue� it let�s me know that your liking it and that I�m not wasting my very little free time on this. So just think about it will ya? Characters: John: Joshua Jackson, Dawson�s Creek (HEY! I felt sorry for Paris, so I decided to give her a cute boyfriend!) Captain/Vin: Vin Diesel �Fast and the Furious� �XXX� Chapter 6: They all got here 20 minutes later, and after the initial shock of Tristan back and blind we just hung out. Paris was talking to Rev, Louis and Less, her flavor, were making out in the stables, Mad�s and Jess were talking near the lake and I was sitting on the grass with Tristan and John. �Captain is back� John said. Tristan�s eyebrows shot up. Who the hell was �Captain�? �Really?� Tristan said �When does it start?� �Next Friday. . . This year is gonna be hell without you� John said truthfully. And as natural, my curiosity got the best of me. �Umm. . . Who is the �Captain� and what�s �it�?� I asked. John looked at me and smiled ��It� is the �Ice Hockey Summer Tournament� and The Captain is our Coach� John explained �For about 6 year�s now Tris and myself play, and I gotta tell ya, there�s no one like Tristan out on the ring� �You do know that with me gone the �c� spot is open right?� Tristan said, I swear I could have distinguished a rather sad tone as he said it �I would have thought that you�d be jumping at the chance� �Are you kidding me?!� John exclaimed chuckling �And fill in your shoes? I�d look like a clown!� �Aren�t you giving him a bit to much credit?� I asked, Well hey! It was true. He was speaking of Tristan like he was the God of Hockey. �Trust me. . .� John said �I�m doing him no justice� he said truthfully. Just then Paris came up to us. �John, my mom called� Paris said �I gotta get home for dinner or else I�m grounded� Getting up John kissed her and said �No prob.� The gang plus one left, after finding and of course separating Louis and Less. Tristan, Rev and Jess all went back in, and I decided to stay out and explore. 2 DAY�S LATER I was walking out of the kitchen. James had made a pot of coffee and I had been there for the last hour trying to get him to tell me his secret. Jess was out with Madeleine and Rev had tagged along accompanying Louis that didn�t want to be the third wheel. Mr. And Mrs. DuGrey were at the Country club and Tristan was upstairs in the gym. Can you believe it? He has his personal gym on the third floor. Full of machines and. . . stuff that are in a gym. Reaching the piano room I sat down, enjoying the last cup of the �James pot�. After about 5 minutes I heard some screaming / arguing and of course being my mothers daughter I went to sneak a peak. I stopped at the oak door�s, getting from where I was standing front row seats to Tristan and a blonde�s discussion. Where have I seen her before? AHH. . . I got it! Summer! Tristan and Summer where ate the top of the stairs yelling at each other. Well it was more like Tristan yelling and Summer flirting. �Come on Tris� She cooed �You know you want me back� �Actually I don�t� Tristan said �You were good for me once upon a time. . . But thing�s change. . . people change� he said �I�m giving you an opportunity most guy�s in Chilton kill for and your blowing me of?� she said not completely capable of understanding that he didn�t want her �Well then. . . what are you doing here wasting your time on me? Go to the poor little boy�s all lined up in a row ready to �date� you and pick one cause you wont find one here� he said �You have no idea of what your missing� Summer said stomping down the stairs and slamming the door shut behind her. Tristan was at the top of the stairs, just standing there. I was going to say something, but then I noticed he was getting dizzy or something, reaching out to support himself he stumbled down and fell. �Tristan!� I yelled but it was too late. It all happened like in slow motion. One minute he�s standing and the next he�s rolling down the stairs. Running towards his body, now lying at the bottom of the stairs I kneeled down next to him. Lifting his head and resting it on my lap. He was hurt, and his left cheek was covered in blood. �James!� I yelled �James! Someone! Help me!!!� James came running from the kitchen his mouth forming an �O� when he saw Tristan. Reaching for a phone he dialed 911. I just looked at Tristan, his head on my lap. I felt helpless, there was nothing I could do to help him and it was killing me. THE HOSPITAL 3 HOURS LATER I was sitting on a chair next to Tristan�s bed. His grandparent�s were talking with the doctors outside. The ambulance hade come 10 minutes after James had called, and I went with Tristan to the Hospital. James had stayed there and had reached his grandparent�s. They had arrived half an hour after we had. And sins then I�ve been sitting here. He was alright but he wouldn�t wake up. �Uhg� the sound of him groaning brought me back to reality. Quickly standing up and reaching his side I stood there, waiting for something to happen. �Tris� I breathed out. �Mare. . .� he said weakly and I smiled. Never had I been so happy to hear that name. �Wake up sunshine� I said. Suddenly his hand�s flew up to his eye�s. The doctor�s had bended his head, covering the wound and his eye�s. �This thing itches� he said trying to take it of. Reaching down I pulled his hand�s away and helped his retrieve the bandage. Once I got it all of I threw it on the chair I had been seated on. His eye�s fluttered open reveling his beep blue eye�s. I noticed his brow scrunching, as if he was trying to do something. . . see something. And then it happened. The Tristan 100 watt smiled appeared. �Your eye�s are just as blue as they were the day I left� he whispered. My eye�s? He. . . How could he know that? Unless. . . he could see them. . . My smile widened as I reached out and hugged him. I think he was still astonished but after a moment his arms came around me, hugging me back. �Tristan� I heard Janlen say. We pulled apart and I let the old man and his grandson hug. �I can see� Tristan whispered a single tear escaping his eye�s. �I think the only reason you got your sight back was because you couldn�t stand not being able to play in the Tournament� Sara said kissing his lightly on the head. �Of course!� Janlen said �That and the fact he couldn�t stand not being able to see the beautiful creature that�s in front of him� he said looking at me. I blushed, and Tristan smirked �Oh how I missed that blush!� he said. Just then a nurse came in and informed us that visiting hours were over and that we should just come back tomorrow. Sara put on a fight be reluctantly gave in when the nurse told her that Tristan would be able to go home the next day. After the DuGrey�s said their goodbye�s I went up to Tristan. �Bye� I said kissing him slightly on the cheek �Don�t give the nurses much trouble� �Who me?� he asked innocently. �Ya you� I said smiling as I left. What a wired day. A/N: review and I�ll give ya more. AND READ AUTHORS NOTES!!!!!! Chapter 7: THE NEXT DAY (9 A.M.) I lay down my copy of �Pride and Prejudice� on the chair. I couldn�t read anymore. Jess was out on a date with Mads, so I couldn�t talk to him. . . so that only leaves me one other option. . . to go bother Tristan. He probably need�s some entertainment, the doctor said he should stay in bed today, take it slow. I left my room and headed towards his, but I stopped at the end of the hall when I saw his door open. He came out; wearing black baggy sweats, revealing a pair of light blue boxers and a white t-shirt, but the thing that caught my eyes was the backpack. Where did he think he was going? He was supposed to be resting. . . I followed him down the hall and stopped at the end when he reached the stairs, after he was out the door I ran down the stairs, trying to catch him. Outside, as wired as it may sound being summer and all, the dark gray clouds were threatening to unleash a storm. Lightning illuminating the sky ever so often. . . I loved it. It was beautiful; it was a war in heaven between clouds. Tristan was getting into his car. I wrapped my arms around myself, cause Lord knows a white tank top and red flannel pj pants where not all that warm, and ran towards him. If he was going somewhere I might as well tag along. . . right? �Tris!� I said, trying to catch his attention. �What are you doing here Rory?� he asked confused. He was so cute when he was confused. . . Did I just say that? �I was bored and Jess is out on a date so I though I�d go bug you for a while but I saw you coming out if your room in a sneaky kinda� way and sins I am a Gilmore curiosity got the best of me so I followed and-� �Following me? I could accuse you of stalking Mare� �Always the ego present� �Well. . .� he stopped for a moment as id doubting what he was about to say �Get in� I didn�t say anything, I just walked to the passenger side and climbed in. . . We had been driving for about. . . five minutes. Neither one of us talked, and normally that would drive me insane, but not with Tristan. . . weird. I remember with Dean we couldn�t stand being quiet, when we were it was a tense silence, but not with Tristan. �Where are we going?� �You�ll see� he said, his eye�s never leaving the road �How long before we get there?� �30 seconds. . .� �Why are we at the Hartford Country Club?� I asked looking out the window while he parked outside the front gate. . . �You�ll see� He said, smiling. . . but it wasn�t an ordinary smile, it was a �I-know-something-you-don�t-and-I�m-not-gonna-spill� kind of smile. We got out of the car and walked along the road boarding the brick wall, walking away from the gate. . . Tristan stopped a few feet before the road finished. �Now what?� I said, unless he has magical powers and makes the wall disappear I really don�t see a way around this. �Now we climb� He said, I laughed. . . he was joking. . . wasn�t he? �Tristan This is me were talking about. . . I can climb a tree with a lot, and I mean a lot of effort but not a wall. . .� �I�ll help you� he said. The nest thing I know he�s bending down on a knee and entwining his fingers together. . . �Put a foot here and I�ll push you up, you pass one of your leg�s over the wall and sit ok?� �If I break my neck it�s your fault� I said complying. . . I put my right foot on his hands and my right hand on his shoulder while the other one reached up to the wall. When I was finally seated on the top Tristan jumped up, his hands reaching the top and his feet pressed against the wall, a few second�s later he was sitting next to me. �Now what?� �Now I jump� he said and he did, landing on his feet. Then turning to me, he walked so he was standing directly in front of me. His hands stretch out and he signals me to semi-jump-semi-slide-of-the-wall slowly. His hands grab my legs and helped me lower to the ground, moving upwards as I descend. The feel of his hands on me was. . . tingly. . . Someone could have told me it was Fourth of July and I�d say they were right. . . Once I was standing on the ground, we just stud still. . . I don�t know why but it was like I couldn�t control my feet. . . suddenly his hands drop from my waist and he pulls away. . . what just happened there?! Why the hell am I disappointed?! �Thanks� I managed �No problem. . . no come on� he said walking towards a building that wasn�t that far away. . . I jogged up to him and walked besides him. . . We stopped at the door. He reached out to open it and, probably as he expected seeing as how his face wasn�t at all surprised, the door was locked. �Now what?� �Now you wait while I work on this locked door here� he said bending down and reaching to get two thin metal bars from his pocket and started picking the lock. I had to laugh at this. . . Tristan DuGrey, son of the rich, king of Chilton was picking a lock! �You�re a menace to society� I said �Thank you� he said as a �CLICK� was heard, he stood up and opened the door �Isn�t this against the law or something?� �Yes. . . so?� He asked smirking �Joe knows I come here often, nothing�s gonna happen� �Who�s Joe?� �Security guard� �Oh. . . so where are we exactly� The room was dark and cold. . . Tristan reached over to the wall probably searching for the light switch. As the lights turned on and I caught a sight of where I was, I couldn�t believe where we were. . . of all the places Tristan would bring me, THIS sure wasn�t one of them. . CHAPTER 8 �Well?� he asked, �You like?� �You sneaked out of your house. . . just to come to an ice skating ring?� This was. . . odd, but in a good way. �Yes� he said, �At night there�s no one here, so I have the ring all to myself. . . I like to practice� �Oh� Tristan walked towards a few benches that were in front of the ring, sitting down he opened his bag and took out a pair of black ice skates. While he was tying them he said �Go to the back and get a pair of skates� �Why?� �To run a marathon. . . what do you think they�re for, we�re gonna skate� "I don�t know how� �Have you ever been on roller�s?� �No. . . I wanted to, but when we bought them, my mom put them on and had a really nasty experience sins she didn�t know how to stop and ended up in the grape cart in front of Dosee�s� �Well then I�ll teach you� �I-� �I don�t take �NO� for an answer, so go get a pair of skates� he said while standing up and getting into the ring. I am a really stubborn person, no one will question that, but Tristan can outbid me sometimes. . . So I went over to the skate shelves and looked for my size. Once I found it, I sat down on the bench where Tristan had previously sat and put them on. I stood up, with some MINOR difficulties and grabbed the bar that boarded the ring. Tristan came over to were I was �standing� and stretched out his hand. I don�t know why. . . but I took it. . . and I wish I hadn�t. Cause now I have to have a mental debate over why I feel a wave of tingles running up and down my arm, and I don�t like to fight with myself. �. . . Now let�s try it� He said, he had just finished explaining how I should put my feet, how to stop, etc. �If I fall-� I started to warn. . . �I�ll catch you. . . besides, it�s not so bad, it�s not like it hurts� �Maybe to you! But I�ll have you know I�m a very hurt-able person� �Nice word� �I thought so too� �Now let�s skate� �I hate you� �No you don�t� �You�re putting me in a �could-be-very-physically-painful� situation� �I�m also putting you in a �could-be-very-fun� situation� �I doubt it� �Just do it� he said before pushing me into the middle of the ring, and then catching up to me, grabbing me around the waist so I wouldn�t lose the little amount of balance I had left. That move just gave me a new topic for my mental debate. . . �What the f**k is WRONG with me when I�m around him?!� After two hours of skating, I decided to sit down. Tristan just kept on skating, now in circles and faster, sins I wasn�t there to slow him down. . . not that he slowed down when I was WITH him, but still. . . (Rory start�s taking off the skates and putting on her shoes) I remember a few months back, Jess wanted to take me ice-skating. I was so afraid I would fall and break something that I couldn�t even stand up strait once the skates were on. But tonight, with Tristan. . . I don�t know. . . It�s like once my hand was in his I felt like I could compete in the Olympics or something. And Yes, I know how fluffy and clich� that must have sounded but. . . I don�t know, or more like I don�t care. . . �Rory� Tristan�s voice called �Ror come on, it�s late we should probably go already� �Yeah� I said as I look at my watch. . . Wow! It�s already three �Coming� I got up and walked over to where Tristan was standing. We closed the door and started walking over to the wall; once we got there Tristan helped me up and then climbed up himself before jumping over to the other side. �You better not drop me� I said weakly, trying to find my voice witch suddenly disappeared when his hands found my hips. He let me down gently, but before I could move out of his grasp, witch I had every intentions of doing. . . I think, he sent me a look, as if saying �don�t move. . . please�. I tilted my head to the right, I always did when I didn�t know or understand something. My head shot right back up when I felt him moving me back against the wall. . . What was he doing?!?! Why was he looking at me like a giant chocolate cup up coffee??? I wonder if he�ll kiss me? I wonder if I want him to kiss me? And BANG! I�m against the brick wall. . . Tristan is standing so close I bet he can feel my heart beat? His head moves down so his mouth is exactly next to my ear, and in a low voice he tells me to play along. . . �Play along to what? Tristan what�s wrong?� I whisper back Just then I hear it, just now I start to remember that we�re in the street. Apparently there was two drunk�s fighting about half way down the block. One had a broken beer bottle in his hands threatening the other who had a knife. I look up at Tristan. I�m scared. What if they go mad and try to do something to us? Tristan hesitated, he was about to do something but wasn�t sure. . . I wonder if he�ll- He did. . . He kissed me. And as hard as it was ignoring the tinny voice in the back of my head that said �Don�t, you�ll just get hurt�. The voice coming from. . . said �don�t listen, just do it! For once do what you feel� so I did. . . I kissed him back. I smiled into his mouth when I felt his shock at my response. He probably thought I was going to push him away, slaw him or something. After the two second�s of his shock, he started kissing me again. . . pushing me further against the wall, bringing up the level of the kiss. I felt one of his hand�s reach up to my face, barely touching my skin, it was sweet. After a while, I�m not gonna lie to you I lost track of time with that kiss so I really don�t know how long we�ve been there, standing up against the wall, kissing, so let�s just say a while later he started to move back, He was still kissing me, my nose, my cheeks. . . you get the picture. Then he stops and looks at me, I can feel it. I open my eyes slowly, and meet a pair of blue. �We. . .� he says, clearing his through �We should go� I just nod; I don�t trust myself to speak yet. The two drunk�s are at the corner now, they don�t even know we�re there. Tristan grab�s my hand and leads me to the car. We drove back in silence, once in a while looking at each other, hoping the other won�t notice, but we do. When we got there, he parked the car in the garage and went upstairs, still not speaking. We get to my room first. I open the door, but don�t go in, not yet. I look at him, he smiles at me, leans down and dives me a kiss on the forehead saying �Good night�, turning on his heels and start�s to walk away slowly. I just finished changing into a pair of dark blue shorts and an over sized white t-shirt. I lay on my bed and. . . Nothing. I won�t be able to sleep until I talk to Tristan. So I stand up and walk out of my room and towards his. Once I reach the door I�m about to knock when the sound of the shower hit�s my ears. I smile to myself and head back to my room. There�ll be enough time to talk about it tomorrow. CHAPTER 9: The next day. . . It�s 9 a.m. and I�m walking back in forth in my room. I couldn�t really sleep last night. I woke up today at 7 a.m. I showered, got dressed, and for the past 30 minutes I�ve been thinking about last night and what would happen today. . . In the back of my mind I know he�ll leave the decision up to me, and if that happens I have no idea of what I�ll do. There�s part of me that knows that I want to try this. . . try us. That part of me keeps�s reminding me of the kiss we shared last night, of how it affected me. It keep�s reminding me that I have a great time with him. . . But then there�s a part of me that�s scared that maybe I�m just another notch on the belt. I walk out of my room and head towards the kitchen; Jess is sitting there, reading a book. I go over to the coffee pot and pour myself a cup. �I went to check up on you last night� Jess says, not lifting his head up from the book �And sins you weren�t there I went to ask Tristan if he knew where you were. . . but guess what?� He lift�s up his head and looks at me �He wasn�t there either� �We went ice-skating� I blurred out. . . I never could keep secrets from Jess �It was midnight� �We couldn�t sleep� �Ahh. . . What happened?� He asks, putting the book down and pulling out a chair for me to sit. I sit and take a sip of my coffee. "Nothing" �The tell me what have you been doing the last half hour pacing in your room? Or why did Tristan leave at 7.30 a.m.?� �He left?� �Yeah, said something about needing time to think� �Oh� �Well. . . � he said, drumming his fingers on the table �I�m waiting� �He kinda kissed me. . . and I kinda kissed him back� �And. . . � �And I liked it but I scared that he�ll just use me and drop me like he has with every other girl he�s met� I said in one big breath �Ror. . . I. . . � Jess started but stopped �You and I both know that it�s not like that. . . The guy was a nervous wreck this morning, if you were a conquest he wouldn�t be so nervous� �What if I get hurt?� �There�s always the possibility of getting hurt, but it�s a risk you have to take if you want to actually be happy. . . � �Sins when have you been the love-guru?� �Madeleine� �Ahh, speaking of how�s things going in paradise?� �Great. . . Who would have thought?� Jess said, half smiling �Well you�re a great guy. . . and Mady�s a great girl, you both deserve to be happy. . . though I have to admit, when you two started dating I thought you were trying to have fun and she was bored and. . . well. . . it surprised us all� �No one was more surprised than us. . . that I can assure you� Jess and I talked for a while longer, but Madeleine and Louis interrupted us at 10. They wanted to check out a band tonight, but they needed tickets, so Jess went with them, leaving me all by myself. A FEW HOURS LATER (RORY�S ROOM) I did absolutely NOTHING today!!! It�s 4:30 and I�ve spent the whole afternoon trying to read, but no luck. Thoughts of Tristan invade my mind! It�s a viscous cycle I tell ya! First I try to read then out of nowhere an image of Tristan pop�s into my head then I start debating over what I�m going to do, and when I think I finally made up my mind, and I think the topic is over I try to read and it starts all over again!!!! This is not HEALTHY!!! -If this is bugging you so much, why won�t you just go and talk to him?!?!?! Ever thought about that solution??? But he�s not here; he left to who knows where and- My thought are cut of when I here Tristan talking down the hall with someone. I said this once and I hope I never have to repeat myself. . . I�m a GILMORE it�s in my nature to be curious!!! So I get up from my bed and peak through the barely open door. . . Tristan is talking to a big, muscle bald guy. . . cute, but not my type *No you prefer the blond Adonis standing next to the bald guy* �I am commanding you!� The bald man says to Tristan �Get out of this funk your in before the game tomorrow or I�m gonna kick your ass� Then his tone softens and he adds �I have no idea what happened, but it looks like it�s a big deal, so I want you to do me a favor ok?� �What do you want me to do Captain?� Tristan says. . . there�s something weird in his tone. . . �I want you to go to your gym, I want you to put extremely loud music and I wasn�t you to box or something while you think over what your gonna do. . . or say. . . or something to get over whatever it is that�s got you down like this, alright?� �Fine� He says, half smiling �Now you better get going or Kayla�s gonna get pissed your late� �Yeah, but remember, LOUD music� he says while he walks away. �Later Captain� He says. He goes into the room and exits 5 min. later, having changed into a pair of sweats and a white wife-beater, and walks towards the end of the hall, and turns right. It�s been nearly 30 minutes sins Tristan left the hall and here I am, sitting on the floor, looking at the spot where he had been a while ago. My thoughts are suddenly interrupted when I feel a light tug on my shirt. Molly was standing next to me, her blue eyes big and round, with tears starting to form. �Hey sweetie, what�s wrong?� I asked standing up and looking down at her. �I was wachin my movie and then it stopped and I can�t see the song and it�s my favorite part and I can�t find my brother to help me� It was amazing how a small girl could say all that in one breath. Smiling I picked her up and carried her back to her room. She was watching Hercules, and the image had frozen. What the heck am I supposed to do? I know less about fixing thing then. . . N�sync knows about singing! I put her down and went over to the T.V. After about a minute or two of touching the wires on the T.V. set and DVD player the image unfroze and Meg started to sing: [Meg:] If there's a prize for rotten judgment I guess I've already won that No man is worth the aggravation that's ancient history, been there, done that! [Muses:] Who'd'ya think you're kiddin' He's the Earth and heaven to you Try to keep it hidden Honey, we can see right through you Girl, ya can't conceal it We know how ya feel and Who you're thinking of [Meg:] No chance, no way I won't say it, no, no [Muses:] You swoon, you sigh why deny it, uh-oh [Meg:] It's too clich� I won't say I'm in love I thought my heart had learned its lesson It feels so good when you start out My head is screaming get a grip, girl Unless you're dying to cry your heart out Oh [Muses:] You keep on denying Who you are and how you're feeling Baby, we're not buying Hon, we saw ya hit the ceiling Face it like a grown-up When ya gonna own up That ya got, got, got it bad [Meg:] No chance, now way I won't say it, no, no [Muses:] Give up, give in Check the grin you're in love [Meg:] This scene won't play, I won't say I'm in love [Muses:] You're doin flips read our lips You're in love [Meg:] You're way off base I won't say it Get off my case I won't say it [Muses:] Girl, don't be proud It's O.K. you're in love [Meg:] Oh At least out loud, I won't say I'm in love I swear fate was playing a cruel joke on me. . . using a little girl to get me to listen to that song on purpose. As I walk out of the room I hear Molly scream �thank you� and then she starts to sing �I wont say I�m in love� jumping up and down on her bed. I�m not in love and that�s that. I have no sorts of feelings towards Tristan what so ever. I�m independent. I don�t need a boyfriend. I can be happy all by my self. I�m full of crap. I have to find him. Before he decides he doesn�t want anything to do with me. I start to walk towards the hall where he disappeared. The hall was dark except for a dim light that came from the last door on the right. That must be the gym. Big house. Reaching the door I knock. But seeing as the music is extremely loud {Nickleback�s �How you remind me�} he probably won�t hear me I reasoned. So I push the door open and step in. Tristan was hitting the. . . . Punching bag. Give me a break I don�t know what it�s called, I haven�t set foot in a gym in my whole life. . . . Until now. He doesn�t know I�m here, I think, but if he did. . . know I was here. . . and turned to me, what the heck would I say? �Hi Tristan, I know that you and me haven�t had a really great start but I just fixed your little sisters T.V. and heard a really cheesy Disney love song and realized that I�m in love with you. . . . Now what?� �Rory� I hear him call. He�s facing me now. It�s amazing how sweat makes a guy much more attractive then usual. �What are you doing here?� �I. . . I just wanted. . . needed to talk to you� There goes 16 years of vocabulary out the window. �About?� He asks, reaching for a towel and wiping his forehead. He�s playing stupid. Off course he knows what I want to talk about. . . or at least part of what I want to talk about. �I. . . last night� �Oh� he says looking down preparing for the worst. �What- why did you?� �Rory, I know why I kissed you, you know why I kissed you.� �So it was because of the drunks� I say. He sighs. �Don�t play stupid Ror� he says coming closer to me, only stopping when he was a foot away. A foot is a really short distance, did you were notice that? I do now. �We both know that they had nothing to do with it, sure it gave me the opportunity, but it wasn�t why. You know this why are you asking?� �Because I need to hear it from you alright� Why is it so hot in here?!?!?! �I kissed you because I needed to. Because it�s all I�ve wanted to do since Madeleine�s party. Because it was- is driving me crazy having you here and not being able to touch you� Tristan lifts up my chin so I�m looking at him, eye to eye. �Then why have you been down all day?� �Because knowing how your mind works I know that you�re here to tell me it�s a mistake, that it shouldn�t have happened and that you and I could never be more than friends� �I-� before I can say anything he comers my mouth with his thumb. �But you know what? I wont let that happen. Because there�s something here, there�s something between us and I can�t be JUST your friend� I lift my hand and grab his, moving it an inch so I can speak. I can�t believe what I�m about to do. . . �Convince me� He looks at me like I have 3 heads. �Convince me that there�s something worth having between us� He looks at me, and slowly smiles. CHAPTER 10: He starts to bend his head, he�s about to kiss me but the door opens and we jump apart. I�ll bet anything that I�m blushing; he just smiles and looks at the person at the door. James is standing there, with the phone in hand. �Tristan, you have a call� He says. �I. . . who is it?� he asks him, but he�s staring at me. I swear if he didn't look somewhere else I�ll melt. �It�s Mr. Vin, he says it�s about the game tomorrow� �Ask if it ca wait?� he says. Why can�t he look away? It�s driving me insane, but then again I can�t look away either. I feel like if I did look away I would wake up and find myself in my bed at home, and this would all be a dream. I wonder if he�s thinking the same thing? �He says it�s urgent,� Tristan sighs. He bend�s down and whisperers �don�t move�. He then walks towards James, grabs the phone and says �Thank you� James walks away, closing the door behind him. �You have impeccable timing you know?� he says �. . . Well what happened with the game? They didn�t chicken out now did they?. . . WHAT?!� Tristan screams, he looks angry �You�ve got to be kidding me! Tell me your kidding . . . Is this one of your twisted jokes cause. . . I know, I know. . . Whatever, look I�ve got to go, I�ll. . . I�ll see you later, bye� Tristan put the phone down on the table near the door, he looked. . . pissed, yeah that�s the word. �What happened?� I asked. He looked at me, and then closed his eyes; I suppose he�s trying to calm down. �I�m out of the team� �What?! Why?� He loved hockey, that much I knew. �Because Bryce decided he wanted to be on the team. . . and not only that, but he wants to be captain� He sighs and looks up at me, �The little brat told his father �who knows what� about me and the prick told Vin that I go or the team won�t play� �I don�t get it, why would Vin listen to what that kids dad says in the first play?� �Mr. Pratt is owner of 51% of the club�s actions� Well, that sucked. �Oh� I walk over to him �Well isn�t there anything you can do?� I�m standing right in front of him now, he looks so sad. Like a puppy, his big blue eyes staring back at me, you could just eat him up. �Well, I could kill Bryce, then he couldn�t play� his eyes sparkle. I bet he�s imagining the whole thing right now, killing that guy agonizingly slow, enjoying every moment. �But then you couldn�t play either cause you�d be in jail� I say. �Party pooper� He says, a playful grin on his face, he was trying to hide a smirk, I could tell. The right corner of his mouth was slightly twitching �Thou thinking it over I can�t kill him� �And why is that? You don�t have a gun?� �First of all I wouldn�t kill him with a gun� he says finally giving in and smirking �Id do it with a fork and a knife, very slowly� I told you he�d do something like that. �And that�s not why� �And prey tell why� �Well. . .� He grabs my hands and pulls me towards him, catching me of guard, so now I�m about an inch or two away from his face, �If I kill him I can�t finish what we started. . . before we were so rudely interrupted� �Oh?� This is one of those moments you wonder where all the words went. . . �What would you do if I kissed you, right now?� An inch away �It depends� �On what?� he asks, moving closer �How good it is, I might cry. . .� �Really, and if its good?� He asks, almost into my mouth, not a second passes before he kissed me. You know those moments where you think time is standing still? Well, I�m beyond that point, I�m in a place where time doesn�t even exist. Corny huh? But it�s true. I feel every single part of me, every single molecule in my body tingling. Not at all crying material. Nope, far from it actually. You really don�t want to stop once you begin, but there comes a point where if you don�t, you�ll probably die suffocated. We part, and he smiles. I look down at him and can�t help but follow suit. He gently rubs his nose against my cheek, it tickles. �So?� he asks �How was that?� I smile. �Well. . .� pause �you could do better� His grin widens. �Really?� I nod. �Practice makes perfect� �So let the training begin� So, here I am. In a country club, waiting for him to get out of the lockers so we can go celebrate his hockey victory. Turn�s out That the boy�s on the team went on strike on the first game, they literally stood there while Bryce went bonkers trying to play by himself. They lost that game 36-0. The club had been humiliated, and no need to say that the members of the board were pissed. They confronted Mr. Pratt and had Bryce kicked off the team claming he was �a disgrace for the name Pratt�. They called Tristan the next day and practically begged him to come back. They haven�t lost a single game since, and tonight they won the cup. Tris and I are better every day. Mom came back a week after we got together, she�s still getting used to Tristan, al though he and Luke get along just fine something about baseball, really Who understands men? Who would have thunk I�d be in a loving relationship with Tristan DuGrey? Buy hey, sometimes, the best things are beyond your sight. . . you just have to look. . . and have a very nosy grandmother THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |