AN: Just thought I'd remind you that this story is very AU… and I'm lazy and can't be bothered writing out an entire explanation…I hope most of it's self explanatory, if you're really confused…just ask question.
I LOVE EVERYONE WHO AT LEAST READS THIS, EVEN IF THEY HATE IT AND THINK IT SUX.
Rory hurriedly tried pull her socks up and tuck her shirt in while rushing to class… not a good combination, she was late and stumbling through the halls of Chilton..
"I'm sorry." She quickly apologized for her tardiness as she slipped into the quiet classroom, easily attracting her fellow classmates' attention causing all to lookup from their papers,
"Everyone back to your tests. Miss Gilmore you're going to have to wait in the library." Max Medina spoke calmly,
"But what about the test?" Rory panicked, there was no way she was going to miss this test, not after all the effort she put into studying the night before,
"I'm afraid you've missed the test."
"No." Rory stated, her voice confident but her expression was worrisome,
"We start class promptly at 8:05"
"No." her voice started quavering,
"That's when I need people to be in their seats."
"Please" she pleaded,
"I'm sorry but it's the rules,"
"But you don't understand! I was up all night studying and then I missed my bus so I had to drive—"
"Let's discuss this outside." Mr. Medina gently touched her elbow to guide her outside,
"So I'm driving down this road and I stop and I get hit by a deer," Rory continues, ignoring Mr. Medina's attempts to remove her from the room,
"You hit a deer?"
"No I got hit by a deer. You don't believe me? I've got antler prints on the side of my mother's car,"
"Rory, come on," well, he obviously didn't believe her,
"No! You have to let me take this test. I'm ready for this test. I know everything there is to know about Shakespeare,"
"Ok, ok, you have to calm down now," there's no point trying to tell a Gilmore to calm down during a rant,
"I know his birthday and his mothers name and that kind of –"
"Loser," Paris whispers to Louise…not a good idea, Rory snapped around,
"And just what is wrong with you huh?! You already have everything! You already have the grades and the status. What the hell is wrong with you that you have this constant need to be the biggest jerk in the entire world?!" Rory's face was so close that Paris felt herself straining against the back of her chair,
"Ok, let's go," Mr. Medina tried again,
"Huh?! What?! What's up quippy?! Why so silent?" but Rory continued having ago at Paris, who was in such a state of shock she couldn't say anything back,
"Outside – now!" Mr. Medina demands, Rory grudgingly makes her way out but stops abruptly noticing Tristan DuGrey snickering,
"And for the last time - the name's RORY!" she screams at him before storming out.
And that's how the one and only, Rory (Lorelai) Mary Gilmore ended up waiting outside the Headmaster's office while her mom was inside arguing with Charleston and Medina. Students were clearing out of the halls while she sat there on that stupid bench with nothing better to do but stare at her own shoes and replay the scene over and over in her head, pondering a possible outcome.
But of course, the moments of silence that you actually enjoy always come to an end,
"Mary, Mary, Mary, quite a stunt you pulled there back in class," Tristan smirked, making himself comfortable on the bench next to her,
"Did I say you could sit there?"
"You never said I couldn't," when she didn't respond he continued on with the conversation, "So, I don't think anyone suspected you to have such a temper,"
"I've got the attitude to match," she quipped smartly,
"Awww, but we all thought you were such a kitten," he mocked her,
"Yeah, well piss off a kitten and I guarantee she won't hold back from clawing your eyeballs out," If he was disturbed by her characteristics he didn't show it, but he didn't say anything else either.
The silence that fell between them was neither comfortable nor severely awkward. Rory was wringing her hands nervously, she desired so much to make a good impression at this school, and she may have just fucked it up, 'aaaahhhhh stress relievers!' she mentally squealed, spotting the square bulge in Tristan's blazer pocket.
Giving him no time to react, her hand shot into his pocket and retrieved his pack of ciggies, she greedily took one out and shoved the pack back to its place.
"Do you got a light or what?" he opened his mouth, but of course nothing came out, he offered his lighter, his hand shaking, "I'm gonna need you to be steady there," she giggled, 'this is more fun than I thought it would be' she thought. Was it right to take pleasure in messing with someone's head? Probably not… but who cares!
"…thank you Headmaster Charleston, Mr. Medina," Lorelai's voice floated through the chestnut door,
"Shit," Rory muttered, she was only half way through her cigarette, Tristan had yet to utter a word about it. She quickly put it out and threw the butt in the bin; as soon as she sat up straight regaining her composure the door swung open,
"I smell cigarette smoke," Charleston glared at the two teenagers suspiciously,
"Sir," Rory said quietly, putting on her innocent face, "I told him it was against the rules, but he didn't listen, I even took the first one from him and threw it away but he just got out another one…"
"Mr. DuGrey, my office now!" Tristan took one more look back at Rory who was smirking proudly before stepping into the office.
"Damn it Rory! What were you thinking?" Lorelai cried as soon as they were in the parking lot,
"That I wanted to do the stupid test, and do it good because I spent the whole night studying,"
"Don't get smart with me, you could have just called me and I would have come down and signed you up for a late pass and then you could've taken the test during lunch time. But noooo… instead you let that temper of yours control you and now you're gonna have a never-ending stack of extra credit work just to get that grade back,"
"And I will get it back!"
"I went through so much just to get you into this stuck-up school, hell, I even started talking to my parents again, you said you wanted to be challenged, you get challenged here, you wanted a more superior school with less tolerance for misbehavior…well you got it! Pull your head in…I'll see you at home," Lorelai shook her head disappointedly before heading to her car.
The closeness between Rory and Lorelai had been slowly deteriorating and neither knew what was going wrong. One day things were normal and like all things that are up, their relationship started crashing back down.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Rory collapsed down on a bench, exhausted, Just when she thought her day couldn't get any worse, she finds the new car her grandparents bought her for getting into Chilton had a flat tire.
"You still here Mary? Waiting for me huh? Knew you'd join my harem soon enough, a bit quicker than I thought, I was expecting you to put up more of a fight though, you seemed to have so much spirit,"
"Tristan…save…car tire…flat…you…fix," she mumbled almost incoherently.
"All done," he declared after changing the tire,
"Thanks," she smiled, opening her car door about to step in but Tristan interrupted,
"So Mary smokes? Can't say I saw that one coming,"
"Aaahh, the long awaited question, let's just say…Stars Hollow isn't the town everyone thinks it is…at least not of my generation," she gave him another smile before she drove away.