Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls or any of the characters!

Note: My first Trory! Please review! It would really help me out:) Thanks.

Background: Tristan did go to boarding school. Jess and Rory are dating. He came a little earlier in time in the story than on the show. Dean and Rory are now good friends.

You Drive Me Crazy

Beep. Beep. Beep. Rory slammed her fist down onto her alarm clock and let out a loud groan. It was the first day of her senior year at Chilton. Joy. Another year of Paris. Another year of Summer Roberts(a/n I'm not sure what her last name is...) robots. Another year of lonely lunches. Not that she minded the alone time, but sometimes it's nice to have human interaction in your school day. But at least she was closer to Harvard

Rory climbed out of bed and made her way into the bathroom. She began pulling the soft rollers that she had slept in out of her hair. Ever since she had started dating Jess she had become a little more adventurous with her looks. Well, maybe adventurous wasn't the word. Just a little less simple. For example, curling her hair, maybe wearing a little brighter shade of lipstick, or applying eyeliner. She didn't know why she had been doing these things, she just did. It's not like Jess had been telling her to change. Actually, Jess hadn't been telling her much of anything lately. He had become very testy and quiet. Rory didn't know exactly what was wrong but it wasn't in her nature to push him.

Her dark hair fell into soft curls around her shoulders. She smiled at her reflection. She had finally started to feel comfortable in her own skin. After applying a teal eyeliner (Her mom had told her it made her eyes an insane blue), and a peach lip gloss she slipped into her uniform. She walked into the kitchen to find her mom starring at the coffee maker.

"Mom?" Rory walked over to Lorelai and matched her gaze.

"I forgot how to work it this early in the morning." She put her arm and pouted.

Rory shrugged. She was also too tired to work even the simplest machine. "Maybe you can just rub it like a genie?"

Lorelai began rubbing the coffee maker, but alas, no coffee. "Make Luke's genie works?" Rory smiled and grabbed her same old, yellow book sack.

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Lorelai swung the diner door open and it banged against the window. "Luke! Does your genie work?"

Luke frowned. "Do I want to know what you are talking about?" Lorelai gave shot him a smirk.

"Hmm...Maybe I'll tell you later, but now me and my lovely senior daughter want coffee!"

Rory sat down at a table as Luke sighed and poured each Gilmore a coffee.

"So hun, ready for your last year at Chilton?" Lorelai squeezed Rory's arm.

In response Rory rolled her eyes and laughed, "I was ready for that my first day there!" With that she took a sip of her coffee.

But her focus wouldn't be on her coffee for long, Jess walked down from upstairs. Shooting her a half-smile her walked over and gave her a kiss and sat down.

"Ready for all those snobby pricks?" Rory frowned at Jess's choice of words. She didn't like her class mates either, but at least she knew them. She hated how Jess always judged people. But that early in the morning she didn't want a fight so she let it slide.

"Well I need to catch my bus!" She gave a kiss to her mom and Jess and waved to Luke as she exited the diner. The sun was beating down on her shoulders so she dropped her book sack on the ground and pulled off her blazer leaving only her Chilton skirt, which was a little short because it was one from last year, and a long sleeved, white shirt.

"Your book sack is already to heavy and it's only the first day!" Rory smiled at the familiar voice. She let Dean fall in sync with her as she headed toward the bus stop. She was really happy that they had become such good friends. She didn't even have romantic feelings for him anymore so it was really nice just to hang out with him.

"You are so lucky that you don't start school till next week! I am so jealous!" She playfully punched Dean in the arm.

"Hey! That hurt! Well, I have to get to work, you know Taylor.." He raised his eyebrows up and down and laughed. Rory grinned. "That I do. I'll see you later."

As they parted ways she wondered why her and Jess couldn't form complete conversations like she could with everyone else. She was still pondering this as she boarded her bus. Why was her love life always so complicated?

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Rory hopped off the bus and stood in the gravel parking lot starring at her surroundings. Maybe she should try and be optimistic. After all, nothing could get worse? Could it? As she made her way into the halls she got a few stares but nothing to horrible. After all, she had expected it. She did look different. Not as held back as before.

After finding her locker she glanced at her schedule. Her first class was history in room 104. She grabbed the book she needed and headed towards class. She didn't look up from the new book she was reading as she picked a spot in the back. She didn't bother to see who else was in her homeroom, it wasn't like she was friends with any of them. She had just settled down into her seat and had begun zoning out all of the noise when something made the hairs on her neck stand up straight.

"Mary." A deep, husky male voice whispered in her ear.

Rory's head spun around quicker than the girl in the Exorcist.

Tristan Dugrey was sitting right behind her, as gorgeous and blond as ever.

a/n: I know there wasn't much Trory action but I needed to set it up! Review please!