Title: Attraction (1/4)
Author: Diana C. (Ailan Paige)
Disclaimer: Jess, Rory, Tristan and all the characters belong to the WB and Gilmore Girls. (Of course I want both Tristan and Jess).
Distribution: Any Trory site, Gilmore Girls.net, and any Jess type list, website, etc.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: To be safe everything.
Feedback: Heck yeah!, Common or else I won't write, LOL.
Dedication: To Jerri! To all Tristan and Jess fans! To everyone who likes this.
Couple(s): Rory/Tristan, Rory/Jess.

Part 1

Rory Gilmore smiled; she covered her hand over her
mouth to stop the absurd giggling that threatened to
bubble to the surface. She glanced over
at her best friend Lane and shared a secret
look before she returned to Dean and
Henry's one-on-one basketball game. At the moment,
they seemed seriously serious and it was weird to see both guys, normally mild tempered, hostile, almost murderous
towards each other.

Rory glanced over at to the corner of the basketball
court, her smiled faded. Out of habit, Rory tucked a
piece of hair behind her ears when she caught a
glimpse of a shadowed figure standing beside a tree.
She felt the piercing gaze, before she
recognized him. Shivering she licked her lips
unconsciously when she caught a glimpse of his
profile.

Jess

He seemed at ease, she saw him take a drag from his
cigarette before exhaling the smoke from his lungs.
His spiked hair and masked eyes made him all the more
the portrayal of a bad boy. She knew the truth though;
she knew that below the bad boy exterior lay a sweet,
smart, and handsome inside as well as outside guy. It
had been almost a month since he came to Star Hollows,
two weeks since Dean and she had called
it quits and decided to be 'good
friends'.

Since than Jess had been appearing more frequently,
though few words were exchanged between them.
The words they had exchange were always
Meaningful and exciting. Her pulse quickened
as she felt his gaze travel over her almost
possessively, at least she thought so, heat spread
throughout her as she ducked her head and blushed.
After a minute or so she glanced back and up and to
her dismay she found him gone. Melted back into the
shadows. Which he seemed too much a part
of. He had mysteriously vanished, the only reminder that he had ever been there, the faint smell of smoke that was in the air.

* * *

Rory slammed her locker, swung her backpack over her shoulder and started toward Mr. Medina's classroom.

"Rory wait up." A voice called from behind her. She turned to find
Francy, one of the most popular girls in school
shuffling as fast as she could towards Rory.

"Hey" the girl smiled, somewhat out of breath. "You
walk too fast Gilmore, I'm used to taking my time, you
really should mellow out."
Francy replied sarcastically. They walked in silence until they heard
their names called. Francy rolled her eyes and forced Rory to turn as she whirled around.

"Well Rory and Francy, you two look fine today." One of
Chilton's handsome rakes came up to them
with his groupies. Rory still was in shock. Even though she'd hung with Francy for almost two weeks, she still
hadn't become used to her sudden status with
'everyone'. She stayed quiet and smiled politely
as she looked around shyly while Francy chatted
with the guys like it was no big deal.

Glancing at her watch Rory realized if she didn't get a move on she would be late to class. She needed to be in her
English seat in less than 30 seconds.

"Hate to go guys but I'll be late for class." Rory
mumbled. She watched everyone look at her strangely
until Francy started to laugh.

"You're so funny Rore, that's what I like about you.
So refreshing, doing what most of us wouldn't dare
admit. See ya." She waved as Rory started to walk
away.

From a short distance, a lone figure watched as Rory
walked away. He blinked his eyes he
suppressed the heartache he felt and the jealousy
that threatened to bubble over as he saw half the
guys at Chilton check her out as she
walked by, oblivious as always to their admiration.

It hadn't been like this when he had left, she'd
been the loner, and as selfish as it
may have been he had wanted it that way. He wanted
her to be undiscovered.
He didn't want anyone to notice her. Instead it had happened,
When he was away. He'd known it would happen, but thought he'd have more time to work things out with her before
people took notice to her. He was selfish and he knew
it, but he regretted the fight, they'd had the last day of school and even after she had rejected him, he still clung the hope
that one day, she would be his.

('I hate you')

Those three words echoed through his
mind but still he couldn't get over the
rejection, the helplessness he'd felt
when she had walked out of his life and back into the
arms of her ex. He wondered if she were
still with Bag boy, oh well, it didn't matter, this
year if he couldn't be with her in the way he wanted
to, then he'd work hard to at least be her friend. As much as his own
heart hurt, he knew he couldn't
live without something from her.

"Welcome back Tristan." He muttered before walking
towards the direction his Mary had left in.