“Tristan don’t panic if over half of the town walks into Luke’s while we are there.”
“Why?”
“Well, how long were you sitting on my front step?”
“About two hours.”
“Then I would say everybody knows by now.”
“Knows what?” Tristan was getting confused and very disturbed by this conversation.
“That a new person, more importantly a new young man, is or was at the Gilmore house.”
“Uh?”
“Small town gossip.” I realized that I stated this as if it was common knowledge, though I know that Hartford is nothing like Star’s Hollow. “You should have seen the town when dad visited for the first time, showing up on a Harley none the less.”
“They really care that much.” I noticed that Tristan seemed very surprised by the fact that a whole town cared about a stranger showing up in own of their owns life.
“More So! Why when Dean cheated on me the town went into an uproar. Tayler held a special town meeting about what should be done to teenage delinquents. It took mom and myself half an hour to calm everyone down. Luke was no help what so ever since he wanted to beat the ‘delinquents’ to a, and I quote, ‘bloody pulp for hurting Rory.’” I paused a moment because I was a bit shocked when I realize what I just told Tristan. But when I looked up at him he was smiling. A real smile on his face, and I hoped that I was the one who put it there.