"I have a twin brother and a half brother who is a few months younger than me"

"My Mom is Karen Dugrey and my Dad is Dan Scott. I took my Mom's last name and both my brother's took my Dads."

"My Mom got pregnant at 18 and had Lucas and I. Dan left her to play college basketball and met a new girl. He got her pregnant, also. She had Nathan a few months after we were born and Dan stuck by her".

"Growing up Lucas and Nathan hated each other. But I tried to be brothers to both. Dan didn't like the way Nathan and I acted towards each other and he paid a visit to me when i was seven."

"He told me that I was nothing to him. I was worthless. He never loved my Mother. And he never wanted to have kids with her. And that her having twins was just a cruel joke played on him".

"Dan basically taunted and verbally abused me for the next year. My Mom decided that I would be better off living in Hartford with My Grandma and Grandpa, so here I am", Tristan told her finally meeting Rory's eyes.

"Oh Tristan, that must be horrible for you being away from your family", Rory said sympathetically.

"It actually works out fine. They come here for holidays along with Lucas's best friend who happens to be Nathan's wife, Haley. And my best friend Brooke, who is Lucas's girlfriend. And then Peyton, which in a perfect world would be my girlfriend, but I don't see her that way", Tristan told her.

"So Nathan and Lucas don't hate each other anymore?" Rory asked.

"No they started playing basketball a few years ago, and they worked things out, mostly because of Haley", Tristan told her.

"But enough about me, what's your story?" He asked.

"Well", Rory started, "I live with my Mom in Stars Hollow. She had me when she was sixteen. My Grandparents were trying to force her and my Father Christopher Hayden to get married. But my Mother refused and ran away to an inn in Stars Hollow, where she still works today. I have just recently developed a relationship with my Mom's parents. My Dad's parents have made it perfectly clear that they want nothing to do with me. I don't see my Dad very often maybe once every few years. I have a little sister named Gigi. She's about a year old. We have different Moms. But her Mom skipped out on her and my Dad right after she was born".

"So it sounds like we have a lot more in common than we thought", Tristan told Rory.

"Oh yah, like what", Rory asked.

"We both come from some pretty messed up families", Tristan told her.

"How about we plan this project", Rory said changing the subject.