A/N: Thanks for all the reviews for the previous chapter... * mutters * My muse is on overdrive with GG stories as well as writing Christmas one shots... * groans * One of these days she will calm down... I hope... * looks around * Anywayz welcome to the next chapter of this story... Enjoy!

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After walking out of the house Rory turned her head and looked at Lucas. "So what do you want to be called? Tristan or Lucas?"

Lucas smiled and said "You can call me either Mary it's up to you. Everyone around here calls me Lucas though."

Rory nodded. "I'll call you Lucas then too but if I slip up and call you Tristan you can't get mad at me."

Haley laughed and said "Rory as if he could ever get mad at you. Do you know that when he first came back here you were all he talked about. Actually you are all he still talks about and it's been a couple of years."

Rory blushed and looked down at the ground. As she moved one foot in front of the other she gasped as a sharp pain went through her side making her stop. She had tears in her eyes from the pain but she looked up from the ground and saw that Lucas, Nathan and Haley were all looking at her in concern. She tried to open her mouth to say something but she couldn't.

"Mare what's wrong? What happened? Are you okay?" Lucas shot the questions out faster than a speeding bullet. He had heard her gasp and felt her stop and when he had looked down at her he saw that she had gone even paler than what she had been.

Rory took in a deep breath and let it out slowly and then looked into Lucas's concerned eyes. "I'm okay Lucas. I just have to watch how I move still because of my injuries. I somehow stepped the wrong way that time. I'm ready to keep on walking now."

Lucas looked down at Rory and saw the pain still etched on her face and he shook his head. He moved to behind her and then with one arm around her waist he bent a little and swept his other arm under her knees and then stood back up with her in his arms. He chuckled when he heard her let out a surprise squeal. "We're going to go to the River Court so you can meet some of our friends. It's still a bit away and I don't want you in anymore pain than you already are in. I'll carry you."

Nathan and Haley smiled at Lucas and Rory and Nathan said "I wouldn't even try to fight him on it Rory. Once he makes up his mind he's as stubborn as can be."

Rory nodded and smiled as she shocked Lucas by wrapping her arms around his neck. "Oh I wasn't even going to try to fight him on it. I know when to pick my battles plus I really am in a lot of pain. The pain pill hasn't kicked in yet."

Lucas didn't even know what he was doing until he brushed a kiss across Rory's head and then he smiled at her when he saw her blush. "Are you sure you're up to going? I can take you back to Deb's house if you'd like."

Rory shook her head. "I'm sure I want to go. I need away from Mom for a while because she's smothering me. I know that she just wants to make sure I'm okay but it's getting to the point I can't even go to the bathroom without her asking me what I'm doing or if I need help."

She put her head into the crick of Lucas's neck when she realized what she had just said. She groaned as she heard Nathan, Haley and Lucas all laugh. She couldn't believe that she had just blurted that out. Then again she should have known she would say something like that because anytime she took pain medicine she always seemed to say things that she wouldn't say other wise.

Lucas couldn't stop laughing at what Rory had just said but he started walking again. He noticed how Haley was walking on one side of him and Nathan on the other side. He knew that they were doing that so that Rory would feel safe and it made his heart soar at the thought that they wanted to help make her feel safe and protected just as much as he did. He looked down at Rory and smiled when he saw her looking up at him from where her head was now resting on his shoulder. "Are you sure you're okay Mary?"

Rory smiled and nodded. "I'm sure that I'm okay Lucas. This actually is feeling pretty comfortable to me right now. I still can't believe that you're here. I've thought about you the last couple of years and wondered how you were doing. I never expected to run into you even though I remember you saying that you were getting sent to Military School in North Carolina."

Lucas chuckled. "When Mom found out I was being sent to Military School she put her foot down and had me come back home. I thought about you every day when I left and here we are almost two years later and I still think about you every day. I've missed you Mary."

Rory couldn't stop the smile from spreading across her face and she lifted her head just a little and brushed her lips across Lucas's cheek. "I've missed you too Bible Boy."

At hearing Rory call Lucas Bible Boy Nathan looked at Rory and then Lucas and said "Why does she call you Bible Boy?"

Lucas laughed and looked down at Rory with tenderness in his eyes. Since he was looking at Rory he didn't see Nathan and Haley exchange smiles at the way Lucas lit up while looking at Rory. "She calls me Bible Boy because I call her Mary. She always has been and always will be my Mary."

Rory blushed a little but said "Just like you'll always be my Bible Boy."

Lucas chuckled but nodded. He didn't mind the fact at all that he would always be Rory's Bible Boy. He looked up and saw that they had made the River Court and he saw Brooke, Chase, Peyton, Jake, Mouth, Rachel and Skills all there and looking at him, Nathan and Haley in surprise. He couldn't stop the smile from coming onto his face as they noticed Rory in his arms. He looked down at Rory with a tender smile. "Are you ready to meet my friends Mary?"

Rory tensed a little in Lucas's arms but when she saw his smile and the look in his eyes she knew that he wouldn't let anything happen to him. She gave him a slight smile and nodded her head.