Everything

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot and the characters that you don't recognize from the show.

Summary: When Rory Hayden comes back to Chilton, she still sees Tristan Dugrey as her brother's annoying friend that won't seem to leave her alone. But when opinions change, friendships can form, and maybe, it could become something more.

Good to know: Rory went to school in England for a year, then comes back to Chilton for her senior year. She hangs out with her old friends. Lorelai and Christopher are married and they live in Hartford. Dean and Jess don't exist; she's not friends with Paris.

Rating: PG13

A/N: I'm working on other trories right now too, I think I'll finish them, this was just an idea that popped into my head at like, 3am, you know how that happens; you can be thinking of a bunch of completely random stuff and then 'pop' you just get the idea, and yea, anyways, on with the story! Please R/R!!!!!!! Dean doesn't exist and neither does Jess. She's not friends with Paris. They might be a bit OOC, I'm not sure yet.

Chapter 1

'Was it always this big? I've only been gone a year.' she thought to herself as she pulled her silver Porsche convertible into the Chilton parking lot.

Rory Hayden went to Chilton Prep for a year before she decided to go to a preparatory school in England. It was great at first, but then she missed her friends and family too much, so she decided to come back for senior year. Only her parents and grandparents knew that she was coming back, she wanted to surprise her twin brother Danny, who was older than her by eight minutes, and her friends.

Her looks had changed quite a bit in the past year. Her face had matured, she was taller, and she wore a bit of make up.

Rory got out of her car and headed towards the headmaster's office to get her schedule. Students in the hall gave her strange looks; she looked familiar to them, but they couldn't quite recognize her.

'Oh come on, I haven't changed that much.' she thought as she made her way down the hall.

"Ahhh, Rory Hayden," the headmaster said, peering over the rim of his glasses when she entered his office, "it's nice to have you back."

She smiled, "It's nice to be back."

Rory entered the classroom and handed the hall pass to Mr. Medina.

"Hello, Miss Hayden." the teacher greeted as all eyes in the classroom turned to her at the mention of the name.

"Hi Mr. Medina." she said, avoiding the curious glances of the students.

"Welcome back, please, take a seat."

Rory looked around the classroom, and spotted the only one empty seat left. She walked to the back of the classroom, and sat down next to a handsome blonde boy whom she recognized as one of her brother's best friends. Tristan Dugrey.

She never understood why Danny was such good friends with him. He was such a pain, and she tried her best to avoid him, although practically always unsuccessful.

She took out her notebook, ignoring his surprised gaze, and began scribbling down the notes on the board. 'It's the first day of school, and the teachers waste no time in giving the students hell.'

Tristan leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Hey Mary."

She inwardly groaned. "Ugh. I go away for a year and you still haven't changed. For the millionth time my name is Rory, one would think that you'd be able to get a single name right after such a long time?" she hissed back.

She always wondered what had happened to the nice, sweet boy he had once been when they were younger. A boy that she used to have a crush on. But not anymore, of course. The feelings she had towards him so many years before, had been stomped on and steamrolled over a long time ago. Trying to pick up the pieces wasn't something that she planned to do.

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Tristan's head snapped up at the name. Rory Hayden. He couldn't believe that she was back. Other than the holidays, he thought that she was gone for good, having had her eyes set on Oxford after whatever other school she went to in England. Yet there she was, standing in front of him in her Chilton uniform, looking as beautiful as ever, which could only mean one thing, she was back for good.

She sat down next to him, and he started to panic. She was gone for a year and all of a sudden she just comes back and sits right next to him?

Well, there were two things that he could do. One, he could act like the jerk that only she could make him be, or; Two, he could act civil to her and try to gain her friendship, well, for now anyway.

The two had actually been friends at one point, that was, before he hit puberty. Then, their relationship just went downhill from there. He had always liked her, ever since they were little, but damn those hormones...

He leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Hey Mary."

Jerk it was.

"Omigod." Amber said, her mouth gaping wide open, "Ror, is that really you?"

Rory smiled widely, she had missed her best friend, "Yea, it's me!" she said, as the two girls hugged.

"I missed you so much! I can't believe Danny didn't tell me that you were coming back." she said, pulling away from the embrace. Amber and Danny had been going out for two years now.

"Well, he didn't know. He still doesn't know actually, I'm surprised, it usually takes all but one minute for news to spread through." Rory explained as they started walking down the hall, "I wanted to surprise him this morning, but I had to meet with the headmaster, and I haven't had any classes with him yet."

"Well it's lunch, so he's probably playing football with the guys. Everyone else is probably there too, come on, they'll be so happy to see you!" Amber said, literally dragging Rory out to the field, "So, tell me about England..."

"Rory!" April yelled when Rory and Amber entered the field, causing the other two girls to look up from their conversation, and the guys from their game.

"Hey you!" Rory said, walking towards them.

"You're back!" April said, a look of shock and happiness on her face.

Rory laughed, "Yea, I'm back."

"We missed you so much!" Kelly squealed, running up and giving her friend a hug.

"I missed you guys too!"

"When did you get here?" Chelsea asked, giving her yet another hug. The five girls had been best friends since they were in diapers.

"Just a few days ago, I was with my grandparents, just until everything got settled." Rory said, as they made their way down the steps of the stadium.

"So you're here to stay?" April asked.

"Yup, I'm here to stay."

"Don't I get a hug?" a male voice asked from behind.

Rory turned around, "Danny!" she screamed, jumping into her brother's waiting arms. He had the same chocolate brown hair and sparkling blue eyes.

"Hey!" he said happily, holding his sister close.

"Hey Squirt." another voice said.

Rory pulled back from the hug. There was only one person that called her that.

"Mike!" she yelled as the light brown haired boy pulled her into an embrace. They had a knack for making up random nicknames for each other. There were so many that they had lost count over the years.

Then there was Charlie, the jokester, if anyone needed a good laugh, they'd know where to go. And of course, Josh, he was the more sensible of the group, he and April had been dating for a while now. They had all come to be like brothers to her.

Then there was Tristan. Tristan was the cocky, arrogant ass as Rory liked to call him. With his tousled blonde hair, azure blue eyes, and strong physique, he had girls falling at his feet on a regular basis, building up an all too big of an ego.

She merely glared at him.

"Hey Mary, miss me?"

"Ugh! It's Rory! R-O-R-Y!"

"Uh huh, and why is it that I am the only one that doesn't get a hug?"

"Because I only hug people I like and are smart enough to know my name." she snapped.

"You wound me, Mary." he mocked hurt and put his hand over his heart.

"God, you're annoying."

"Well I've been called many things before. Handsome, hot, sexy, wonderful, amazing, but I think you're the first to call me God, though I do think the name fits quite well."

"More like the opposite, you're Satan."

"Well then I'm hot."

"Danny, why are you friends with him?" Rory asked her brother, who, along with the other seven teenagers, watched the two in amusement.

"I fail to see the truth in that statement."

"Okay, enough you two, time for girl talk." Amber butted in as the girls dragged her to the other end of the field.

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"He is such a jerk." Rory scowled when they sat down on the turf.

"He likes you." April stated.

"What?! He hates me!"

The four girls snorted.

"He does!"

"Come on Ror, he was giving the googly eyes before you left, and now that you're back, he still does."

"Oh yea, that explains why he's always such an ass." Rory said sarcastically.

"Well that's because he's gone with the first grader technique: Annoy the one you like." Amber said.

"Hmm, how mature."

"Well you are the first girl that's ever rejected him. Why? I don't know, but he just doesn't know how to act around you."

"Which means he's gotta like you, a lot." Chelsea added, nodding her head.

"You guys are crazy."

The five girls walked around the mall after school. After stopping by a few shops, Rory suggested that they get something to eat.

As they entered the food court, they heard a familiar male voice.

"Hello ladies." Mike said as the girls turned around to see Danny, Josh, Charlie, and Tristan.

"Hey guys! What are you doing here?" Amber asked, giving Danny a kiss on the cheek.

"Ummm... shopping?" Josh suggested.

The girls raised their eyebrows.

"What? I saw this totally fab shirt the other day and I just had to show the guys." Charlie said, imitating a girl's voice.

"Oh come on, we are not like that. You're so stereotypical." Kelly said.

"Okay, fine. But we thought we'd catch some hot chicks here." Tristan smirked.

"Why does that not surprise me." Rory said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"I don't know, why doesn't that surprise you?" Tristan piped.

"Shut up."

"Don't feel like it."

"Ugh!"

"Come to think of it, there is this one way you could shut me up."

"I'm going to get some fries." Rory said, and with that, she stalked off.

The teenagers got their food and hung out at the mall for a while longer before agreeing to pizza and a movie that evening at the Hayden mansion.

"You know, if you like her, you should really stop trying to piss her off." Josh said as the five guys headed towards Danny's car.

"I don't like her. It's just fun bugging her." Tristan said.

"Yea, right." Mike said, rolling his eyes.

"What? I don't. Sure she's got and everything, but she's just not my type."

"Hey, watch it." Danny said.

"Right, she's your sister. I know."

"And don't you forget it."

It was Tristan's turn to roll his eyes, "It's not like I'm going out with her or anything."

"Not now." one of the guys mumbled, before covering it up with a cough.

"What?"

"Nothing." Charlie said.

"I don't like her." Tristan stated, rather unconvincingly.

"Whatever you say..." Mike said.

"I don't." he mumbled more or less to himself.