Rory walked the Yale campus after being away for a semester. She looked around noticing the familiar coffee cart and library. Rory smelled the fresh pine trees that grew on the lawn. She saw everyone sitting under trees and reading. I feel so collegiate. She continued to walk through the campus until she bumped into someone.

"I'm so sorry," a guy said helping pick up her books.

She looked up only to say, "Oh my God, Tristan!" Rory said surprised and happy for seeing her old friend.

Tristan was just as happy, "Hey Mare."

Rory smiled, "I have never been so happy to hear you call me that."

He had his normal smirk, "Glad to hear it." He changed the subject, "I noticed you weren't at Harvard when I was going there."

She smiled, "The plan changed slightly."

"Slightly? You're at Yale! That's a pretty big change."

She smiled avoiding the subject, "What about you? Military school?"

Tristan cringed for a moment, "Military school wasn't exactly for me."

"Why? Too many pushups?"

He smirked, "And pull-ups and any sort of physical activity. Plus I had to wake up at five thirty every morning."

"That's part of the military lifestyle DuGrey." She back tracked for a second, "You went to Harvard?"

He nodded his head, "Yeah, I was there until I transferred this year."

She was happy she bumped into him, "That's good." She looked at her watch, "I'm so sorry for cutting our conversation short, but I need to meet my roommate. We should catch up sometime."

"Yeah. Just call me sometime. My number hasn't changed."

Rory gave one last word, "Okay, great." She walked off and added, "Bye."

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Rory Gilmore entered her dorm after her lost semester her junior year. She deeply breathed in the smell of her dorm; it smells like flowers. She quickly unpacked her things in her room. She was nervous to meet her new roommate. Rory didn't have any friends that weren't Logan's friends as well. Since they "broke up", she really couldn't hang out with them anymore.

Rory finally heard the door shut in the common room. She went out to greet her new roommate who was surprised she had already unpacked her belongings. "I'm Rory, you're new roommate."

The girl gave her a welcoming smile. The girl spoke fast, "My name's Audrey. My mom named me after Audrey Hepburn because she was in this weird Roman Holiday phase." Audrey was pretty tall and thin, but not too thin. Her hair was a light brunette and she had mint green eyes.

Rory gave a small laugh, "That sucks."

Audrey nodded her head and gave a small smile, "I'm happy that my mom was over her Gone with the Wind phase, or my name would be Scarlet."

Rory nodded her head, "That would be bad. Well, unless you're a movie actress, in which case it would be normal."

Audrey sat her dancing bag in her room and came back out to the common room, "You dance?"

She nodded her head, "The Yale team is more of a cheerleading squad, though." She asked Rory, "Do you play any sports?"

Rory laughed, "That's funny." This girl and she couldn't be any different.

Her roommate gave a knowing laugh, "Not into the whole sports thing. I get it. Not many people are." She continued to go on about dance, "I'm not into the whole 'raw-raw, go team' thing either, but at least its something to do. I get bored very easy."

Rory laughed, maybe they could get along. "Do you like coffee?"

"I love coffee! I need it more than I need water!"

"Or oxygen."

"I know!"

Rory hesitated for a minute, "I would get us coffee, but I might run into my ex-boyfriend." It hurt Rory to think about Logan, she told Logan that she loved him and he didn't say anything. She thought about how he acted like a jerk towards Jess at the Pub. She could not go to the coffee cart knowing Logan might be there.

Her roommate understood, "I'll go get us coffee. You don't have to explain."

Rory was happy she finally had made a friend by herself, "Thanks."

Audrey left the room to get coffee; maybe Rory could be fine without Logan, maybe?

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Audrey stood in line for coffee, Could this line get any longer?! I'm caffeine deprived! Someone's going to pay!. She got rather cranky when deprived of coffee.

She saw a blonde guy with brown eyes sitting on the bench reading a book. He looked sad or upset. Audrey wasn't one to start talking to people she didn't know but she noticed the title on the book, "You know that was originally an encrypted journal."

He looked up from his book and gave a small smile. It was weak and an upset smile, but it was an effort to be friendly, "Thanks, but I already have a girlfriend."

Who does this guy think he is? Audrey thought to herself. "I already have a boyfriend, although he's not much of one." She then added a snarky, "Besides, you're not my type anyways."

He gave a weak laugh, "What would be you're type?"

She thought about it for a minute, "Not you. I don't prey on people's boyfriends."

That's when a girl standing behind her in line added a, "Liar."

The guy laughed and she started laughing as well, "Okay, maybe once."

She then heard another girl's voice, "You lied again."

The guy started cracking up while she held her laughter. He said between breaths, "Are you a compulsive liar or something?"

She gave a small laugh, "No, just a bit of a slut."

The rest of the line rolled their eyes and the blonde boy tried to stop laughing.

He eventually caught his breath. She continued to wait in line until he apologized, "I'm sorry, it's just that my girlfriend is freezing me out and I'm kind of stressed."

Audrey thought about her boyfriend Seth who hadn't called her in a while. She gave an understanding smile, "I can relate."

"Here's your coffee," Jim the coffee guy said.

She handed him the money, "Thanks Jim, you're officially my angel."

The blonde guy looked at her quizzically, "You know the coffee guy's name?"

She shrugged, "Jim and I are buds. I'm basically paying his salary."

He gave a small laugh, "Seeing the three cups of coffee I find that easy to believe."

She smiled, "Actually, only two of them are mine. The other one is for my roommate."

He nodded, "You need caffeine as much as my friend Finn needs alcohol.

She looked at the clock on the building, "Shoot, I should get going. She might think I got lost or something. See you around."

Audrey rushed as fast as she could back to her dorm. Rory was watching CNN on TV, but when she saw the coffee, "What took you so long?"

"Sorry, there was a long line and I was talking to this guy."

Rory made a sophomoric 'oOoOo' sound, "Someone has a crush."

Audrey shook her head, "He isn't my type. He's one of those preppy guys."

This sent a pang of fear through her. If Audrey met who Rory thought she met, this wasn't good, "Did you happen to catch his name?"

She shook her head, "No. I haven't even seen him before. Considering I transferred to here from Harvard."

Rory asked, "What did he look like?"

Audrey shrugged as she took a sip of her coffee and sat down on the couch, "I don't know. He had messy blonde hair and brown eyes. He looked depressed. I thought I'd talk to him because he didn't look to happy. He then accused of me hitting on him, which is completely sort of untrue. I then admitted I was a slut."

Rory gave a small laugh, "That's funny."

Audrey went on, "Yeah, but I never caught his name."

Rory felt her heart swell up and it felt heavy, like lead, "I think you met my ex-boyfriend."

Audrey's face went from contempt to horror, "Your ex-boyfriend?"

She nodded, "That was him."

Audrey was still in horror, "And I took pity on that jerk?"

Rory was confused, "Jerk? Just because he's my ex-boyfriend doesn't mean you have to not take pity on him."

Audrey rolled her eyes as if it was obvious, "This is a rule in my book: Any ex-boyfriend of my roommate, I automatically think is a jerk. It just makes peace in the dorm. Trust me on this; I've had these types of experiences."

She nodded in agreement, "I guess that would keep the dorm pretty stable considering it's the two of us."

Audrey gave a sympathetic frown, "If it's any consolation, he looked really depressed. Apparently he didn't get the memo that you guys were broken up either. He kept saying, 'his girlfriend'."

Rory considered this, "That's not what he told his sister."

She shrugged and took another sip of her coffee, "Maybe you should talk to him."

Rory nodded her head and sipped her coffee and changed the subject, "What about your boyfriend?"

Audrey's face fell to a grimace, "Ugh. I was forgetting about him for a millisecond."

Rory nodded and asked, "What happened?"

Audrey's finally fell to a frown, "I don't know. He hasn't called me in the longest time. I'm just giving him space. I already have the notion that he's cheating on me though. I mean, he's a lacrosse player, of course he is!" She then felt her conscience, "Okay, maybe I cheat on him too, but I have my reasons."

Rory sympathized with her friend, "Guys suck."

She took her final sip of her first coffee, "He's nothing compared to my boyfriend before him."

Rory was interested, "Ohh. Tell me about him."

Audrey's face grew to a huge smile, bigger than when she was talking about her current boyfriend, "He was sweet, nice, caring, and he was always there for me. He would constantly surprise me. He was a somewhat arrogant, but he always knew how to make me laugh. I didn't even feel like cheating on him. He kept me in line."

Rory took a sip of her coffee, "Why'd you guys split?"

Audrey's face fell deeper, "I got too close to him. I was afraid of getting hurt, so I ended it. Even though it hurt, it would have hurt more to stay in a long distance relationship or him breaking up with me. He was the longest boyfriend I've ever had. Before I met him, I would just go from boy to boy." She then realized how pathetic she sounded, "Okay, now I sound like a loser."

Rory shook her head, "No, trust me, I've done worse. I slept with my first boyfriend."

Audrey shrugged, "So?"

Rory smiled, "When he was married."

Audrey laughed, "Wow, we're screwed up."

Rory joined in her laughter, "Yeah, we are pretty screwed up." She then gave her new roommate advice, "You should break up with your boyfriend. It's not fair to you if you're keeping this torch for this wonderful guy back at Harvard."

Audrey agreed, "I should."

After Audrey and Rory finished their coffees, a light bulb went off in Audrey's head, "I say we go partying."

Rory was skeptical, "Seriously?"

Audrey tried to convince her, "It's a surefire way to take our minds off our pathetic drama filled lives."

Rory agreed, "I'm in. I just don't have anything to wear."

Audrey started grinning, "Don't worry I have the perfect guy for the job." She took out her cell phone and called someone.

"Hey…..I need a shirt….Yeah, bring an original…. No, its not for me…..A friend…..What? Seriously?...Fine, 'You are the best and I will be eternally grateful and will do anything you say' Satisfied?...Okay thanks, bye."

She hung up the phone, "He should be here any minute. He has the best clothes."

When she finished talking she heard a knock at the door, she opened the door to a guy carrying three different tops.

He entered the room and Audrey introduced him, "Tim this is Rory, Rory this is Tim."

He shook her hand and smiled wide, "I think this blue top would go perfectly." He put up a blue sparkly top to her. "It looks perfect, right?"

Audrey nodded her head, "It looks amazing."

Tim then gave Audrey another outfit, "I brought this outfit knowing you'd ask me for something as soon as I arrived to I saved a trip back to my dorm."

Audrey hugged Tim and squealed, "You know me too well."

Rory admired the shirt, "Who made this? It looks amazing."

Audrey looked at Tim and before Tim could open his mouth, Audrey chimed in, "Tim made it. He's absolutely fabulous at designing."

Rory was curious, "How did you guys meet?"

Tim gave a smile, "We interned at a fashion magazine together, and we've been friends ever since."

Audrey was getting impatient, "We need to get going."

Rory nodded her head in agreement, "I better change then."

Rory went to her room and got dressed. When she was applying eye shadow to her eyes, she thought to herself, this is going to be the beginning of a wonderful school year.