spoilers: Any and all episodes that have aired since the show has begun.

pairing: r/d (for now)

disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls now, and unless I suddenly get rich and/or inherit the rights to the show, I will never. *sniffle, sniffle*

author's note: Don't kill me if this story is awful.



Rebecca Johnson walked down the main street in the two-bit town of Stars Hollow. God, what did she do to get here? "Oh wait," she thought to herself, "Mommy and Daddy assumed the best way to control their daughter was to send her to a town in Connecticut." She had to hand it to them though, sending her to live with her aunt and uncle for her senior year did hit her right where it hurt.

Thinking about all the reasons that pushed her parents to send her away suddenly made her hungry, so she headed to the diner at the end of the street. Dean was supposed to meet her there in a while anyway. She walked in and sat down at the counter.

"What can I get for you?" a scruffy man wearing flannel asked her. But before she could place and order a dark haired woman burst in the door.

"Lukey! I need my coffee!" she yelled breathlessly.

"What did you do? Run a marathon to get coffee? And no, Lorelai. You've had enough for today."

"But Luke, " Lorelai whined.

Luke sighed, "Fine."

"Ha ha! I knew you'd give in, and even if you didn't Rory will be here soon, and everyone knows you can't say no to her."

At this moment, Rebecca was very confused, and apparently her face showed it. A large woman walked up to her.

"Don't worry, honey. I've been here for longer than I'm willing to admit and I don't understand them half the time. By the way, I'm Miss Patty, and you are?"

"Rebecca Johnson, but call me Becca, everyone else does."

"So you're Dean's cousin."

"Yeah, he told the whole town didn't he?" she said, very annoyed. It was just like him to go off and tell people about the troublemaker cousin that was coming to stay with him.

"He didn't have to. It's Stars Hollow, you can tell one person and in about three second the whole town knows."

"Great." Becca replied in the same tone as her previous answer.

"Don't feel too bad, we have a town bad boy that'll you'll fit in with just fine."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing.but I'd like you to meet someone," Miss Patty yelled toward the back, "Jess, come out here."

"Yeah?" Jess said as he walked out.

"This is Becca, you know, Dean's cousin," as she said this she headed out the door, calling out behind her, "Bye, darlings!"

"So, you're Dean's cousin. Nothing like I would have imagined."

"I'm not his personality twin. Thank God. Did you expect a girl next door?"

"No offense, but yes. Dean is just so perfect that I assumed everyone that is related to him would be like that too." Jess said, in a way that she could tell that he didn't like her cousin very much.

"Well, that's why I'm here. So some of this small town charm will wear off on me and I'll go home without my 'attitude problem,'" she said with a half smile on her face, "so what's your story? I know you're not from here."

"It's almost the same as yours. My mom thought I would shape up if she sent me to live with my uncle, Luke, he's the one with the backwards baseball cap."

"Interesting." Becca said, thinking that this town couldn't be as bad as she had first thought.

"Jess, get back to work."

"I'm going," Jess said to Luke's order, "We'll talk later?" he said to Becca.

"Sure."

"So it's my turn to interrogate the new girl," Lorelai greeted.

"I guess so."

Then, Rory walked in the door. Lorelai called to her, "Look, it's Dean's cousin."

"Hey."

"Hey," Becca responded. So this was the girl Dean was so crazy about. She definitely looked his type. Not that "his type" was bad.just.

"Anyway, back to the questioning," Lorelai continued, "so are you going to Stars Hollow High?"

"Actually no, I'll be going to Chilton Prep. in Hartford."

"Really, Rory goes there." "Is it as bad as it sounds in the brochure?" Becca asked Rory.

"Worse." Rory answered, "and I'm not going to elaborate. Dean said you went to a private school in Los Angeles, so I don't think it'll be that different though."

Dean walked up to the three girls, "Hey guys." A ring of hellos was said, and he went on. "Lorelai, are you having fun scaring Becca."

"Tons." Lorelai flashed a smile that is usually only seen on toothpaste commercials.

Dean laughed, "That's great," then continued, "Luke do you have our the order?"

"Yeah, Jess, can you get it?" Luke called.

"Sure, make the kid do everything," said the boy behind the counter, giving the bag to Dean.

"Thanks," said Dean, handing him some money. "Let's go, Becca, Mom's expecting us. Bye," he said kissing Rory before he headed out.

"I guess that means I have to go too. Bye guys," the girl said.

"Bye, Becca," the two Gilmore's chimed.

After they were out the door, Lorelai said, "You know, I never expected Dean to have a cousin that is so much like a Hartford socialite."

"Yes, but no one is ever like their families, just look at you." Rory responded.

"When did this conversation become about me?"

"When you said, Hartford socialite, duh Mom."

*a/n - Don't worry, Tristan will make his appearance in the next chapter. See the rectangular button there, press it and review! please. *