A/N: Okay, so this is my first Gilmore Girls fanfic, and I've been really developing it for almost a year or so which is why Tristan is still in it, as well as the fact that Chad Michael Murray is scrumptious and Trory was definitely undervalued on that show. This is an AU story because of some stuff that you'll see for yourself. But there are a few things you need to know..

1) Tish: there could be a possible vignette or POV or something on Paris and Tristan (for those who aren't Tish…you'll find out what she's talking about when you read it), but I'm not sure. Let me get through this first ;P)

2) Yes I will give you the story to P/R's relationship (not slash!) in the near future to those who have emailed me about it.

3) Some people have emailed me and asked me if this idea was based on a Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen film, and to tell you the truth: no. It wasn't based on that at all. But, I decided to see what the movie was all about (I got four emails asking me about it), so I brought Winning London yesterday and I could see that there were some similarities (by the way I might be a ditz for saying this but I loved the movie! Those guys were hot and isn't one of them in that new movie with Brittany Murphy?). I guess if you've seen the movie you'll know what they are talking about. I actually got this idea after watching my prized tapes of the Sydney 2002 Summer Olympics Opening and Closing ceremonies. I just wanted to do a story about Australia. It's a beautiful place and I wanted to use what I knew about it for a story.

4) Will there be L/L? Maybe…I'm not sure how much of L/L I want in the story at this point, so you'll have to wait and see :wink:! And for the record, the whole almost marrying Max thing happened and Sookie and Jackson are married and preggers (That's probably the only major things that's current to this past season.).

5) Distribution: Sure, if you ask me. But beware, I'm always going back and proofreading and tidying up each chapter, so it will almost always look different until I am completely satisfied that there are no mistakes. So if you ask me, I'll let you know whether or not I've finished getting all the kinks out.

6) Lastly, I don't own Gilmore Girls, they belong to the people who made them, and just to be on the safe side, any similarity to the Mary-Kate and Ashley movie, Winning London is completely coincidental and I am in no way trying to steal the idea. I don't own anything but a computer and some old magazines so please, no suing. Thanks to all of those who have reviewed so far. All A/Ns will be short and sweet on the next go round.

Enjoy!

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Prologue: Summer Frights

There are some things in life that are much easier to admit than others. Like, the fact that you'd rather watch I Love Lucy than write that three page essay due on human comprehension. But there are other things that you just can't admit, especially when you promised that hell would freeze over before you would even consider it.

And that's exactly what happened to me last year. I was forced to take a good look at myself and my feelings and what I wanted to do with them. For once, I wasn't in control of the situation. A situation I had for so long tried to ignore and-to no avail-it happened anyway.

Maybe you should know that everyone else knows that my hate for Tristan Dugray was something I had harbored the moment he first met me and called me Mary. You could even say that my hatred ran deeper than any Star's Hollow resident's disdain for…well, anything that hasn't been Star's Hollow approved. I couldn't explain it then, and I surely can't now, but this hatred for this boy was something I had never felt for anyone before. He made my first couple of months at Chilton (my high school) hell and I could never forgive him for adding stress to my already caffeine enhanced life.

But wait. This is a story that I couldn't possibly skip ahead to and I think that I really am. What I need to do is start from the beginning, because you'll only get what I'm saying if you know where I'm coming from. The funny thing is that for so long I had denied everything up until that point but, my whole life changed in the course of two minutes. Like, it's a cliché, but it's one that rang true in my case.

How many teenage tales begin with, "It started during summer vacation…?" Too many to count. Which is why I'm taking a higher road.

Summer vacation was starting; well, except for me of course…