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NAME – The Plan (1-3/?)
SUMMARY – Tristan tries to help Rory get Dean back by making him jealous.
RATING - PG
CONTENT – a little language
PAIRING OR CHARACTER – Rory/Tristan
DISCLAIMER – I own nothing, WB and the nice producers and creators of
Gilmore Girls do . . . so please don’t sue!
“Ugh! Another day with Paris shooting knifes into me with her eyes. a B on
my Biology test and now no Dean to look forward to on the ride home.
Sniff. Sniff. NO I am strong. I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE GIRLS WHO CRY EVERY
SECOND WHEN THINKING OF THE GUY THAT BROKE UP WITH THEM!!
R-I-N-G!!
Finally the last bell, I don’t want to take the bus home. . sniff
“Hey Mary!” came that all to familiar voice out of the mouth in that all to
familiar smirk.
“Are you dumb or just an ass?” I asked with my head in my locker and trying
hard to keep my voice steady.
“Jesus Mary whats got you in such a bad mood today. I saw the claws come out
with that one. What not in the mood for our daily friendly banter??”
“Please Tristan not now”
sniff sniff oh God No, I will not cry. Not in front of Tristan! That would
just give him more ammunition to use when trying to make my life hell.
“Hey is everything alright?” he said with a concerned look.
“Since when do you care, all you ever do is annoy me and you cant even get
my name right.”
“Hey just trying to be compassionate. Won’t make that mistake twice. Later”
He walked away with his trademark smirk but just before that I thought I saw
another expression. Could it have been hurt?
Things have been strange since that kiss at Madeline’s party. Yeah, I guess
were kind of friends now but there’s always a tension there.
* Good going Gilmore! He was only trying to be nice! * I scolded myself.
“Hey Tristan wait up!!”
He turned just before the doors and I ran up to him.
“I’m sorry Tristan, I’ve just had a really bad day. Besides that B on the
test, I could almost feel Paris’s hatred and to top it all off I have to go
home on the bus and sit with out Dean.”
“Its alright I understand.” He smiles “And to prove that there’s no hard
feelings, I’m gonna give you a ride home today.” With a big smile and we
start to walk with his arm around my shoulder.
“Alright, but you do know I live like an hour away right?”
“Yeah no problem,” with a shrug, “my parents aren’t even home after school
to expect me at anytime.” He replies lighty.
**** (In the car)
Tristan pulls out of the lot, “ how do I get to your house?”
“Just take 32 till exit 6.”
“cool.” They sit in silence for a few minutes.
“So how are you dealing Tristan, I mean with the whole Summer thing.”
“well, things are looking up in that department. Like I said before I’ve
moved on.“ he smirks.
“So which brain-dead bimbo is it this time?” she asks darkly.
“I guess that bad mood is still there huh, judging form that remark. Sorry
to disappoint you but this one’s got real potential she’s actually at the
top of our class.“
“So expanding your horizons, I bet I can guess who she is. Is she in your
classes?”
“yup most of the them”
“do I know her?”
“ very well, actually”
“hmmmm. Is it Christina?”
“Nope”
“Beverly?”
“Nope”
“Sharon, Trista, Kelly?”
“Nope. nope and are you kidding?”
“well you’ve stumped me on this one.”
Tristan smirks. “ yeah well I guess you’ll find out as soon as I ask her
out.”
“Most likely more about when you guys start playing tonsil-hockey in from of
my locker.”
Tristan laughs, “At THAT point you’ll definitely know.”
She smiles “alright, it looks like I’m in for a surprise then.”
Just then Tristan notices two kids lip-locked on the bench.
“that looks like... Uh oh.” He said to himself.
“what?” she asks.
“ummmm. . . nothing nothing at all.” He replies innocently. * I can’t
believe I said that out loud. IDIOT!*
“Now I know that’s something’s wrong. What is it?” she looks around outside.
“OH MY GOD”
Rory can feel the tears start to come. She quickly buries her head into the
school bag in her lap.
“I can’t believe he would do that.” Comes through the muffled sobs.
Tristan pulls the car over and puts his arms around Rory.
“Its ok. It’s alright. Everything will be fine.” he continues to whisper
soothing words into her ear as she wraps her arms around him and cries into
his shirt.
“Why, why, why. WE were supposed to be together.” She chants.
For the next few minutes, all Tristan can think of is how great her hair
smells and how perfectly she fits into his arms.
Finally the sobs subside and Rory, realizing where she is and where his arms
are, pulls away and stares out the window with her cheeks flushed and her
eyes red rimmed.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to break down like that.” comes the soft whisper
from the window.
Tristan turns the key in the ignition and pulls away from the curb.
“Its alright.” Is his reply.
They spend the rest of the ride to her house each lost in their own
thoughts. Rory continues to stare out the window blindly. Tristan glances
her way.
“thank you” says Rory before she opens the door and runs into her house.
“well that was interesting” Tristan says to no one in particular.
****
“MOM!”
“ What! What happened did the Barenaked Ladies break up? Why are your eyes
all red and puffy!”
“Dean has a new girlfriend!!!!” and with that she breaks into loud sobs and
falls onto the couch.
****
RINGGGGGG
“Rory honey. Telephone!”
“Hello” she manages to get out croakingly. She just cried herself to sleep
half an hour ago.
“Jeese Rory. You sound horrible.”
“oh thanks Tristan.You always did know how to cheer a girl up,” she says
sarcastically. “So to what do I owe the pleasure of this call.” She asks
confused.
“well you must be feeling a little better. You could even forget your
problems enough to continue our sparing.” Replied Tristan just as
sarcastically, ”Anyway I was merely calling to see how you were.”
“ And how would you feel if you saw your ex tongue wrestling some slut in a
skirt two days after he said he love you!”
“well first of all I’m not gay, but that’s beside the point, I believe I
have a plan as to how to get mr. big shot crawling back. If your interested
that is”
“well im open to suggestions.,” she says still not thinking clearly.
“ meet me at that little diner in your town in like forty minutes.”
“why cant you tell me over the phone?”
“Its all a part of the plan. Just trust me.”
“ why do I shiver when I hear those words?”
“ I don’t know, maybe your rooms too cold. Just come”
“fine ill be there” she grumbles and hangs up.
Tristan smirks and thinks “perfect”
****
End of part one
****
She walks in, nods to Luke and walks over to an empty both.
“So Rory whats up? No mother begging me for coffee right now?”
She tries to smile but it just doesn’t work. “ No im meeting someone here.”
“Hey kid, You alright.”
“Just peachy.” He nods and walks away, letting her have her space
Luke looks up as the door opens and Tristan walks in wearing his usual
Abercrombie prep boy attire and looking completely out of place. He looks
around searchingly for a second. Then walks over to Rory’s table.
“Hey Rory how are ya doin?” as he slides across from her.
“fine I guess.” She says still looking down, then she realizes what he said,
“Wait did you actually call me Rory, for once,” she asks wide-eyed.
“ Yeah well don’t get used to it,” he replies smirking slightly.
Luke comes strolling over, “Who are you?” he asks bluntly looking at
Tristan.
“Tristan DuGrey, pleasure to meet you.” He holds his hand out and Luke
shakes it.
Luke grunts ”so what can I get you? The usual?” he asks Rory.
“ yup,” with a smile
“ what about you?” He asks Tristan.
“ ill have a cheesburger, fries and coffee.” Rory turns and stares at
Tristan.
Luke looks at the ceiling, “Oh god they’ve corrupted him too. Alright two
burgers, fries and coffee coming up.” He walks away.
Rory continues to stare at Tristan.
“What expecting caviar and sushi?” He says innocently.
She looks down again, “ sorry just surprised. You actually eat regular
food?” She looks up questioningly.
“ I’ve had my share.” He smirks.
“ Anyway, whats this plan you’ve got and why are you helping me?” Rory
questions suspiciously.
“ well I figure the only way to get lover boy back is to make him realize
what he is missing.”
“ I’m afraid to ask this but how do you propose to do that?”
He smiles wide and looks into her eyes bending close, ”We’re gonna make him
jealous.”
“ yup, I was right I’m now terrified.” Rory sits back wide-eyed.
“You find out where he’s gonna be and we just happen to show up at the same
time. together.”
“ Alright, considering that he hates you, it might work.” She replied.
“ But why would he care, He was the one who broke up with me.” She asks
sadly as she remembers what happened a tear slowly falls down her cheek.
Tristan reaches across and wipes it away. She looks up but refuses to meet
his eyes He sighs and sits back.
“ Look I know what your going through,” he says seriously. “ I mean Summer
broke up with me just so she could make out with anything that breathed. I
know where your coming from and I can see how much you miss him. And trust
me I have a lot of experience with wanting someone that you can’t have. “ He
turns staring out the window.
“ Here you go guys.” Luke place their orders in front of them. He notices
Rory’s tear stains and the strained silence. He glances disapprovingly at
Tristan.
“ Hey is this punk bothering you kid, cause ill kick him out in a second if
he is.”
“No its not his fault.” Luke shakes his head and walks away.
Just then she sees Dean over at the grocery store talking to the
cheerleader. But this time instead of being sad, she gets angry.
“ Bastard.”
“ What? What I do now?” Tristan’s head shoots to look at her and he asks
angrily.
Rory starts to stare out of the window and suddenly turns to face him.
“ I’ll do it.”
“ Do what?”
“ Your plan. I’ll call you tomorrow with the details.” She gets up and
quickly leaves before she bursts into sad and angry tears.
****
“Hey Lane could you do me a favor?” asks Rory over the phone.
“Sure, what this favor entail?”
“Well, Tristan has this plan of helping me and Dean get back together so I
need you to do a little undercover work and find out where he and the
cheerleader are going to dinner on Saturday.”
“Wait a minute, did you just say that TRISTAN is helping you get back with
Dean? Why would he want to do that?” Lane asks confused
“ He said that he knows what its like to want someone.” Rory replied
“ You do realize that this plan must have benefits for him or he wouldn’t do
it.” Lane reasons. “What exactly is this brilliant plan?”
“Well Tristan and I are going to go to the same restaurant and when dean
sees us together he’ll become jealous.”
“And Tristan thought this one up. Why am I not surprised? So let me get this
straight he got you to agree to out with him and act nice the whole evening
in order to help you get back with the boy whom he hates?”
“well when you put it that way. .. “ Rory starts.
“ that boy’s defiantly got more brains than I gave him credit for. He
actually got you to go out with him.” Lane said.
“Lane stop putting reason into this. I can’t take it. I just want my
boyfriend back and if it takes a night of playing nice with Tristan I’d do
it. Besides he’s really not all that bad”
“Boy girl you do want him back. Alright I’ll help I’ll call you later
tonight with the info.”
“alright later Lane”
Lane hangs up and sighs “I hope that girl knows what she’s getting herself
into.”
****
End of Part Two
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“Hello?”
“Hi Tristan. I’ve got the information for our little get together,” explains
Rory
“oh great. So where will we be going on our first date?” he asks jokingly
“Luke’s. tonight.”
“ Dean sure doesn’t make very big plans for dates,” says Tristan surprised
“oh and I bet you would do better?” asks Rory mockingly.
“Che’ La Roué and a movie is my idea of a date. That will be our second
date” he replies mischeviously.
“Sorry, but I’m hoping this will do the trick. Oh and if you touch me or
even come close to kissing me without permission, you’ll definitely regret
it.”
“Point taken. So when should I pick you up?” asks Tristan
“Well according to my informant, they will be arriving around 7.”
“ Alright I’ll meet you there at 7:15.”
“What? Why late” asks Rory confused.
“Because you are going to be there at 7 when they walk in and be looking sad
cause I’m late. Then when I walk in you’ll be so happy you’ll jump right
into my arms.” replied Tristan.
“ Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, bucko”
“Don’t worry its all part of the plan.”
“Why am I so scared when you say that?”
Tristan laughs. “Oh you know you love the absurdity and the spontaneity of
this whole situation. Anyway I better go get ready. See you there,
sweetheart.” He says sarcastically.
“I’ll be counting the seconds till then,” replied Rory.
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“ Hey Rory. Dining alone again or is that Triscuit kid meeting you.”
inquired Luke
“His name’s Tristan and yes he should be here any minute,” replied Rory
laughing.
“Well don’t look now but that sack of meat who used to be your boyfriend
just walked in with a blonde on his arm. Want me to kick them out?” asked
Luke
Rory looked around and saw Dean and his new flame sitting at a table near
the window.
* Everything’s going to be fine Rory. Tristan will be here and then Dean
will drop her like a bad habit.*
“No Luke its alright. We broke up and I’ve moved on.” She replied while
staring at the couple.
At 7:15 Tristan arrived. He was wearing a sweater that made his blue eyes
sparkle, light-colored khakis, and a wide smile. Dean noticed him walking
him and glared darkly.
“Hey there beautiful. Waitin’ long?” winked Tristan.
Rory smiled as he kissed her on the cheek * God he looks great! And he can
always make me smile. WOAH Gilmore where are theses thoughts comin from. *
“Nope I just got here. Wanna go sit down?”
She smiled slightly while glancing at Dean’s sour expression.
They sat across from each other at a table across the way from Dean.
Dean’s couldn’t take his eyes off the seemingly happy couple. Sara (his
date) was soon becoming annoyed at his lack of attention to her pretty face.
* Rory hasn’t so much as looked this way. And what I she doing playing
nice with that jackass. Tristan! Of all people! *
“Nice show.” said Rory
“You didn’t think I’d let you wait here all that time for nothing did you.”
replied Tristan smirking.
“So what can I get you two?” asked Luke,
“The usual.” They replied simultaneously. They looked at each other and
laughed loudly. Luke walked away shaking his head.
“ Alright so how’s this going to play out?” asked Rory.
“Just follow my lead,” he replied confidently, “The plan’s already working.
I can already feel the daggers in my back.”
He then took her hand in his and leaned in closer. Rory tried to pull her
hand away at his touch and flashed him an angry smile when he only held on
tighter.
He leaned in again and whispered, “Only a part of the plan.”
“ I thought you understood that touching wasn’t allowed,” hissed Rory
quietly.
“Some sacrifices just have to be made for the greater good,” replied Tristan
staring into her eyes. *Jesus, she’s beautiful. Come on kid keep your head
straight. Your trying to get her back together with her ex.*
“Oh and don’t try and tell me your not enjoying my sacrifices. I can see it
written plain on your face. Lane tried to tell me you’d only do this for
your own benefits but I wouldn’t listen.” snapped Rory. *What has gotten in
to me. His presence always messes with my head*
“Oh so now you’re talking about me to your friends. I always knew I was
special to you.” He smirked coming closer.
Their whispered discussion became more heated. There faces became flushed
and they were drifting closer to each other at every word. You could almost
feel the sexual tension spouting from the two.
“Egotistical, jerk am I,” said Tristan, “Oh you have wounded me to the
heart, “he replied with mock hurt, ”You just don’t enjoy having people tell
you the truth about your feelings.”
“Oh yeah and what feelings are you so vaguely referring to?” she shot back.
Before she could fully compute the meaning of what she had said.
*Screw caution.* He thought while staring at her slightly flushed face.
He let go of her hand, moved his palms to either side of her face, leaned
even closer and whisper softly while staring into her eyes,
“These feelings.”
And with that he kissed her deeply.
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End of Chapter 3
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“UGHHHHHHH! A CLIFF HANGER! WHATS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT?” I can almost hear your
pain. Don’t worry more coming soon.
snoflaik :)~