A/N: okay, I know that Rory wouldn't have to take Linear Algebra for Journalism. But when have you ever known Rory to do simply what is asked of her? She always goes all out…I figured maybe she had to do it for some extra credits, or usually for the first two years of college, you have classes which you are required to complete…maybe it was one of them. There are many possibilities. It's a fan fiction…people just write here to get their ideas out and have fun…By the way…did I forget to mention this was my first Trory fic?

Chapter 2: Homework?

Rory sat in the front row of Tristan's class for the second time this week. She was slightly relieved that she only had this class twice a week…it was starting to get a little uncomfortable. She watched as he paced back and forth across the room lecturing on some equation that Rory wasn't paying attention to. She couldn't take her eyes off of him, sure she noticed how amazing he looked at Chilton, but there was something different about him. He was more mature, his features were more chiseled and more adult looking.

'God, the looks like something out of an Abercrombie catalog' she thought before shaking her head and trying to pay attention to the lesson again. She glanced at her watch and noticed that class was about to be over so she packed up her things and was just about to stand up to leave when his voice came ringing through her ears.

"Miss Gilmore, would you kindly stay after class please?" Tristan asked politely

Rory groaned, she sat back down and waited for all the students to vacate the classroom before making her way towards his desk.

"Well aren't you going to sit down?" Tristan asked

Rory raised an eyebrow and sat down "Did you need something?" She asked politely

"Rory…you usually aren't one to miss the first homework assignment of the year or at least that's how it was from what I remember…what's up?" he asked concerned

Rory's forehead scrunched up in confusion "What? I didn't miss the homework assignment!" She exclaimed as if it was the most incredulous thing in the world.

Tristan sat back in his chair and filed through the papers "Well…yours isn't here. And when I collected them, I asked for yours, however received no response" he said unsurely

Rory filed through her book bag and pulled out the homework. "I didn't know you collected it…" she said sheepishly

Tristan took the homework from her "You sure you're okay? You seemed really out of it in class today…" he asked

Rory blushed and nodded "I'm fine…" she mumbled

"You sure? Because I've never known Rory Gilmore to not take notes" he teased

Rory's eyes widened "Oh. My. God. I didn't take notes!!!" She shouted in frustration. "Shit! What the hell am I going to do! Oh god, okay. I have to call Paris. She has to know something right? I mean she's Paris" She ranted

Tristan looked at her amused, wanting to burst out laughing at any moment. "Rory!" he interrupted

"Calm down. What's going on?" he asked gently

"Nothing…I guess I'm just tired" She lied. What was she supposed to say? I was too busy to take notes because I was staring at you?

Tristan looked at her doubtfully "Okay…Just…I'm here as a friend if you want to talk" he said with a small smile

Rory nodded "Thanks" she said

"And as for notes…you forgetting Mary that I am the professor?" he teased

"Shut up" Rory snapped, blushing

Tristan handed her a few copies of the lesson plan. "Here. Look over them, I'm sure you'll figure it out" he said

"I don't want special treatment Tristan…" she said quietly

Tristan shook his head "Rory, I would give any student extra notes or help that needed or wanted it. Its not special treatment." He assured her

"Okay. Thank you." She said "Well…I've got to get going. My next class starts in about 15 minutes" she added

Tristan nodded "Bye Mary" he smirked making Rory roll her eyes. Rory hesitated before she grabbed his pen and on a piece of paper wrote her number down.

"Call me…we'll do dinner sometime?" She asked quietly

Tristan smirked and nodded "Sure thing Mare. Have a good day…" he said as he watched her walk away.

He shook his head once she was gone. "Tried so fucking hard at Chilton…" he muttered

Rory sighed as the phone rang again. She was sitting in her room and was getting constant pointless phone calls from her mother. Her cell phone rang again and she flipped it open, not bothering to check the caller id.

"Hi Rory Gilmore here, want to have sex?" she answered innocently, thinking it was her mother and hoping to get some kind of reaction out of that.

The person on the other end busted out laughing and Rory almost screamed realizing it wasn't her mother. "Wow Mary…who'd have thought" Tristan remarked in between laughs

"Tristan?" She asked "Sorry…I thought it was my mom" she said, only realizing afterwards how ridiculous that sounded

"Right…I don't want to know. Not now at least. You can tell me all about it at dinner tomorrow night?" he asked

"I'm sorry Tristan, tomorrow's Friday night…I always have dinner with my grandparents. How about Saturday night?" She asked apologetically

"You're worth the wait. Okay, Saturday night it is" he stated, knowing he was making her blush

"Okay, see you Saturday" She said before hanging up the phone and burying her head in her hands.

Rory had spent 3 hours getting ready…she cursed herself. It wasn't like her to dote over a boy…but this was Tristan. Now she sat on her couch…watching TV, waiting for him to arrive to pick her up. Seven o Clock sharp, she heard a knock on her door. She walked over and opened it, smiling at him when he handed her a cup of coffee.

"You didn't forget!" She exclaimed as she drank the coffee, almost all in one sip.

"You gonna invite me in Mary?" he asked

Rory blushed "Uh yeah, of course." She said while opening the door a little wider for him.

Tristan walked in and took in his surroundings. She had a small medium sized apartment which was fairly clean and nicely decorated. It was much more sophisticated than a normal college student's pad.

"My grandparents did it" Rory said, as if reading his mind.

Tristan laughed "it's nice. You look beautiful by the way" he said smiling as he took in her appearance. She was wearing a thick strapped red dress that seemed summery but could also be thought of as semi-formal. The dress flowed freely down to just above her knees and accented her curves in all the right places. To match, she had on a pair of black strappy sandals, the heels being high enough to make it look like she had made an effort, yet short enough so her feet wouldn't be killing her.

Rory blushed "Thank you. You look great yourself" she complimented as she gave him a once over. He was dressed in khaki slacks and a dark blue collared shirt that accented his eyes. The shirt wasn't tucked in and no tie, showing her it was pretty casual.

"Ready to go?" he asked

Rory nodded and took the hand he offered her, letting him lead her to wherever they were going…

"So where are we going" She asked as she sat in his car, fiddling with the radio

"Mary leave it alone" Tristan said, exasperated. She had been switching stations left and right for 10 minutes now. "You'll know when we get there" he said with a smirk

Rory rolled her eyes "Fine." She pouted

A/N: So there it is people. I wanted to thank everyone for all the reviews!!! You guys are amazing; please keep reviewing…its what keeps me writing. Anyways, tell me what you think…enjoy…and if you have any ideas, they're more than welcome.