Secret Identities

This caught Tristan off guard. “Excuse Me?” he said while looking at Lorelai.



Lorelai gave Tristan a look that said ‘you can’t fool me!’, “You heard me.”



Tristan rolled his eyes but made sure to check if Rory was still in the kitchen before he said anything. “Well yeah I guess so.”



Lorelai gave him a ‘don’t give me that’ look, “You guess?? I saw the way you have been looking at her all day.”



Tristan let out a long sigh. “Ok, Ok I like her a lot! I’ve tried several times to show her but she is just so oblivious!”



“Yes she is.” Lorelai agreed. “What do you like about her Tristan?” Lorelai said trying to see if he really liked Rory for the right reasons and not just to get in her pants.



“What’s not to like about her? She’s smart, nice, funny, and can banter with the best of them.” Tristan said with a wistful voice.



“Yes I am very proud of that fact.” Lorelai beamed.



“On top of that she is incredibly gorgeous, and it’s just all of those things and more.” Tristan said. ‘Oh man I sound like a total chick!’ He thought.



“Like what?” Lorelai asked.



“I love that she comes from society but was raised away from it, so she can understand where I am coming from. I love that if we ever have a family she won’t let the kids be raised by nannies and caretakers like I was.” Tristan said with a wistful look in his eye.



Lorelai’s eye’s bugged out of her head. “WOW! You’re thinking about having a family with Rory already??”



Tristan realized that he’d gone a bit too far and blushed lightly. “Well of course I don’t mean right now. I’m not insane.” He said with a laugh.



“Good you kind of had me freaked out there for a minute.” Lorelai said with sigh of relief.



Tristan laughed “That is understandable. But yes, I can see future with Rory, if she would just give me a chance.”



“Well I have to say you really surprised me. I thought that you would have been a playboy just like Rory’s dad.”



“Lorelai I have to bring honest with you, I have been a playboy for most of my adolescent and teenage life and that is something I am not very proud of.” Tristan said with a look of shamefulness in his eyes. “I have never been in a serious relationship before but I really care about Rory and I will try my hardest to make a relationship work with her. She is the only one that has ever even made me want to try only being with one girl.”



“That’s good Tristan. I know from listening to you talk about Rory that you would treat her really well. And I know that you two aren’t going out yet, but the fact that you like Rory and the fact that I am her mother requires me to say this, Hurt her and there will be dismemberment by a rusty chain saw.” Lorelai said with a very serious tone.



Tristan winced, “Ok I get the picture but you have to know that I would never knowingly or willingly hurt her.”



Lorelai smiled at Tristan, “I know Tristan and you are welcome in the time in our home.”



“Thanks Lorelai” Tristan said gratefully.



Rory walked back into the room right as they finished their conversation. “Ok I’m back! What were you guys talking about?”



Lorelai looked at Tristan and winked, “Oh nothing just about how awesome Tim Rozon is. Right, Tristan?”



“Yeah he’s great!” Tristan said with an uneasy smile.

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A few days later Rory was checking her email on her Chilton talk account when she saw that she had a new email from TJ.



Leigh-



You’ve been going to Chilton for a few months? How come I haven’t seen you around before? I’m sorry that you and your boyfriend just broke up. That sucks! Of course you can have my screen name! It is Bballstar. I look forward to chatting with you!



Talk to you soon!



- TJ



Rory immediately opened her AIM account and added his name to her buddy list. Just then an alert popped up. bballstar is online now



‘This could be interesting.’ Rory thought as she IM’ed TJ.



Coffeecutie- TJ?



Bballstar- Yeah?



Coffeecutie- Hey it’s Leigh!



Bballstar- Oh Hey! What’s up?



Coffeecutie- I’m good I just got your e-mail. Thanks for that.



Bballstar- No problem so why haven’t I seen you around school?



Coffeecutie- Well, like I said I am really shy so I don’t like to draw too much attention to myself. I also don’t hang around school or Hartford a lot because I don’t live in Hartford.



‘Oh my gosh could this be Rory? She sounds a lot like her!’ Tristan thought. ‘No, it couldn’t be. Could it?’



Bballstar- Really well were do you live? I know another person who goes to Chilton but doesn’t live in Hartford.



‘Should I tell him?’ Rory thought.



Coffeecutie- Well don’t you think it would be more fun to keep doing this anonymous friend thing? That way we can keep the mystery and do kind of a ‘You’ve Got Mail’ thing a la Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. You know minus the cheesy romance at the end. LOL!



Bballstar- I am slightly offended. You don’t think we could be the perfect Chilton couple?



‘Is he serious?’ Rory thought.



Coffeecutie- I really hope you are being sarcastic!



Bballstar- Oh come on how can we not be soul mates? Haha!



Coffeecutie- You’re right we probably are one of those couples that are destined to be together. Haha!



Bballstar- Like Romeo and Juliet



Coffeecutie- Or like Barbie and Ken! LOL!



Bballstar- Ouch okay maybe not! Haha, but we could still have fun in the mean time. ‘wink, wink’



‘Ughh that is so something Tristan would say!’ Rory thought.



Coffeecutie- OMG you sounded so much like this guy I know from school there!



Bballstar- Is that a bad thing?



Coffeecutie- Yes! He is so annoying! He is always hanging around my locker and leering at me trying to get me to go out with him! It just really bothers me.



Bballstar- I’m sorry. I know a lot of guys at Chilton can be like that. Do you want me to help you out?



Coffeecutie- Oh no, thanks. I can handle it. Besides, I just talked to him to day and we decided to be friends. So hopefully there will be no more leering and lurking, but just the occasional jokey-flirty thing we do.



Bballstar- Ok, well if you have any more problems with this guy then you can always talk to me about it.



Coffeecutie- Thanks. I am gad to know I have one of the Chilton guys on my side. Haha. So… subject change?



Bballstar- Sure. ) So, there is a dance coming up. Are you going?



Coffeecutie- No I don’t think so.



Bballstar- Why not?



Coffeecutie- Well other than the fact that I just broke up with my boyfriend, no of the guys really notice me at school they all think I am some book worm. Are you going to the dance?



Bballstar- Yeah probably, but the girl that I want to take won’t let me take her.



Coffeecutie- Why? Did you do something wrong?



Bballstar- No The girl doesn’t even know that I like her She is incredibly oblivious to everything I have done to try and get her to notice me.



Coffeecutie- Well what have you done to show her that you like her?



Bballstar- Unfortunately, I have taken to the kindergarten method of ‘pull her hair and chase her to show her you care’.



Coffeecutie- Ok well I can tell you from experience that tactic really doesn’t work with most girls.



Bballstar- From what I can tell by talking to you, your personality is a lot like hers. So can you give me any advice on what I should do or how I should go about getting her to go out with me?



Coffeecutie- Sure! Umm… you could start by letting the girl know that you want to be her friend.



Bballstar- Ok, but I think we have already crossed that bridge so what’s next?



Coffeecutie- Why don’t you ask her out? Just as friends of course, but that will give you guys a chance to get to know each other better outside of school.



Bballstar- Well, what kind of things should I plan? What would you like to do?



Coffeecutie- I would like something quirky and fun like bowling or putt-putt or even karaoke.



Bballstar- Ok thanks for that suggestion, I might actually have fun on this date!



Coffeecutie- Good- Just remember if she is anything like me, she won’t want you all over her. You are just trying to be her friend here nothing else.



Bballstar- Yeah, I’ll remember that!



Coffeecutie- Good Luck I hope you get the girl! )



Bballstar- Thanks! I hope so too! It was really nice talking to you we should do it again soon!



Coffeecutie- Yeah that was fun! Hopefully I’ll talk to you soon! Bye!



Bballstar- Bye Leigh!



Bballstar has signed off.



As soon as Rory got that alert Lorelai busted in her bedroom door open with a bang!



“Oh my gosh my is something wrong?” Rory asked, concerned.



“No nothing is wrong at all! Although I do have some big news!” Lorelai said with a beaming smile on her face.



“Well come on, the suspense is killing me what is it??” Rory asked frantically.



Lorelai took a deep breath and said, “Luke asked me out!!”



Rory’s jaw dropped, “Are you serious?”



Lorelai jumped up and down and said, “Yes I’m serious! I know, it’s Luke, but he’s just different!”



“I am so happy for you guys mom congratulations!” Rory said eagerly.



“Thanks kid, I’m really happy too!” Lorelai said.



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