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Rory led the way up to her front door but before she could even open it the door was pulled open and her Mom was standing there with Dean right beside her making Rory take a quick step back and she said "Mom, what is Dean doing here?"

Rory looked at her daughter in concern and said "He came by to see you. Are you alright Rory?"

Rory shook her head and Tristan stepped forward and wrapped his arm around Rory's waist and then looked at Lorelai. "Hey Lorelai you may want Stock Boy to leave. Once he does we will fill you in."

Lorelai raised an eyebrow but looked at Dean and saw a look in his eyes that she had never seen before and she said "Dean I think you should leave now."

Dean's mouth dropped open and he said "I'm not going anywhere until I talk to Rory."

Tristan opened his mouth to say something but Rory beat him to it. "I have nothing to say to you Dean now leave."

Dean stepped towards Rory but didn't get close because Josh and Daniel were suddenly on either side of her with Tristan in front of her and Dean said "This is between Rory and I. You all need to stay out of it."

Lorelai watched in concern as her daughter paled and she wondered what in the world had happened today to cause that reaction. She took a closer look at her daughter and saw how Rory was shaking but she only got to take a step forward before she came to an abrupt stop when Paris said in a scathing tone "You brought us all into it when you hurt Rory today."

Lorelai's mouth dropped open in shock at what Paris had just said and once again her eyes flew to Dean and then back to her daughter. When her eyes got back to Rory it was then that she saw that Rory was subconciously rubbing her wrist and her eyes narrowed. "Dean you need to go. NOW!"

Dean looked back at Lorelai and said "How come I have to go but the asshole gets to stay here?"

Lorelai's eyes narrowed further. "Tristan gets to stay here because he brought my daughter home after something obviously happened at school since she didn't drive. Now go Dean."

Dean glared at Lorelai for a second and then turned to look at Rory and took another step forward only to be stopped by Josh who spat out "You're not getting close to her so you need to go. Now!"

Dean glared once at Josh and then looked back at Rory and said "This isn't over Rory. You will talk to me."

Rory shook her head but didn't say anything. She felt someone rubbing her back and she turned her head slightly and saw that it was Louise and she gave her a slight smile. Her tensed up body didn't relax even a little until she saw Dean walking down the street and away from her house and only then did she let out a sigh of relief and relax her body just a fraction.

Lorelai looked from Tristan to Rory to Paris to Madeline to Louise and then to the two boys she didn't know and finally said "Will someone tell me just what in the hell happened? Why is Rory rubbing her wrist? Why does Tristan and the two boys I have never seen in my life look like they are about to commit murder?"

Rory sighed because she knew that she had to tell her Mom what was going on. She sighed because she knew her Mom was going to be mad because she hadn't told her why she had broke up with Dean. She looked at Tristan who was giving her an encouraging smile and she sighed again. "Lets go inside Mom because this is going to be a long conversation and I need to sit down. I'm so tired that it isn't even funny."

Lorelai frowned but nodded and turned back towards the house and led the way she. She glanced over her shoulder and saw that Tristan had his arm wrapped around Rory's waist and she wondered when that had happened. Well she didn't wonder when Tristan's arm went around Rory's waist she wondered when Rory had started to let Tristan do that. Then she frowned because she thought that Tristan had been away at Military school for the last couple of years. She shook her head to clear it and made a mental note to ask Rory about that later. Once inside she led the way to the living room and smiled slightly when she saw Tristan sit down on the couch and pull Rory onto his lap.

Once she saw that everyone was inside and sitting down some where she said "Okay first off who are the two boys that I don't know?"

Tristan couldn't help but chuckle lightly and then he said "The dark haired boy is Joesph and the guy with a lighter shade of brown hair is Daniel."

Lorelai nodded and then said "Rory why do you keep rubbing you wrist? What happened at school today?"

Rory sighed and closed her eyes but opened them back up and turned her head towards her Mom. "Well I guess I should tell you now why I broke up with Dean. I broke up with him because I caught him screwing someone else. As for why I keep rubbing my wrist it is because Dean grabbed my wrist hard today and he bruised it. What was Dean doing here Mom?"

Lorelai's eyes had widened during Rory's speech and then she frowned. "Dean was here because he said that he had tried to see you at your school but that you wouldn't talk with him. Rory why didn't you tell me sooner why you and Dean broke up? You know that you can talk to me about anything."

Rory nodded. "I know Mom but I wanted to deal with what I was feeling first before talking about it. I couldn't believe that not only had I caught Dean cheating on me but then after I confronted him about it he blamed it on me. He told me it was all my fault that he had to go else where to get satisfaction because I wouldn't give him any. I just felt so stupid. I thought he loved me."

Lorelai sighed and closed her eyes. "Rory it is in no way your fault what Dean did. You didn't make him sleep with another girl. I'm sorry that you got hurt like that though and later on we will be talking more. But for now can I ask why everyone followed you home? I can understand Tristan and the person who drove the Jeep home but why everyone else?"

Tristan opened up his mouth to reply but Paris beat him to it by saying "Well Louise drove the Jeep home Lorelai and Madeline had to follow so that Louise would have a ride back. Tristan figured that Rory may need me and I think Joesph and Daniel volunteered to follow because they had a feeling that Dean would be here when we got here and they wanted to make sure he didn't get the chance to hurt Rory again."

Lorelai nodded and said "Thank you Paris and a real big thank you to you Tristan. It seems as if you're not as bad as Rory has made you out to be."

Tristan smirked and said "Mare have you been talking about me then?"

Rory rolled her eyes but didn't say anything making everyone chuckle and then Lorelai stood up and said "Do all of you want to stay for dinner?"

At that everyone but Tristan stood up and they all shook their head and Paris said "Louise, Madeline and me have to study but thank you for asking Lorelai. Rory if you need to talk or anything give me a call. If not I'll see you at school tomorrow."

Rory nodded and said "Thank you all."

Daniel smiled. "It was no problem. We'll see you at school tomorrow Rory and Tristan."

With that Daniel, Joesph, Louise, Madeline and Paris all left after saying their goodbyes leaving Tristan, Rory and Lorelai alone and Lorelai looked at Tristan and said "Are you staying for supper then Tristan?"

Tristan smiled and looked down at Rory who was still on his lap and said "If Rory doesn't mind I will. I want to make sure that she's okay."

Lorelai smiled and nodded. "I'll call and order Chinese. You make sure our girl is alright Satan."

Tristan's eyebrows rose at that but he nodded and looked back down at his Mary. He couldn't help but smile at the way she seemed to cuddle into him more with a sigh as she dropped her head on to his chest. He wasn't sure what he felt right then but he knew he would think about that feeling later once he was alone.