A/N: Thanks for all the reviews for the previous chapter... This chapter will be short but I want to show everyone what Tristan/Lucas is feeling since seeing Rory again for the first time... Enjoy! Before I forget Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!

Disclaimer: I don't own GG or OTH...

Lucas was still having problems believing that his Mary really was in Tree Hill even though he knew that she was. Since the moment he laid eyes on her in the car his heart had been beating wildly in his chest. He couldn't help but think that she was just as beautiful now as she was a couple years ago. As he held her in his arms everything he had ever felt for her came rushing back ten times more than what he had felt before. It was then that he realized that Rory was his one and only true love.

As he looked down at her he felt the anger building inside of him because of what happened to her. He wanted to find Dean and beat the hell out of him for daring to hurt Rory like he did. He wanted to rip him limb from limb until there was nothing left of him. He didn't understand how anyone could hurt someone but he really couldn't understand how anyone could hurt his Mary like they had done.

He wanted to make sure that Rory knew that he would never hurt her like Dean had. Then again he knew that Rory must know that already because she was letting him carry her. He saw his brother and Haley look at him with smiles on their faces and he saw all of his other friends look at him with smile on their faces. He knew that they would all be happy that he finally had the girl hes loved for so long with him. He just wished that Rory wasn't here under the circumstances that she was here under but he would make sure that Rory knew that anything he felt for her wasn't out of pity or a misguided sense of protection and loyalty.

After reaching his friends side he shifted Rory in his arms and then sat down on top of the picnic table. He couldn't stop the smile from spreading across his face as Rory cuddled in close to him. He tightened his hold on her a little but not too much because he didn't want to aggravate her ribs more than they already were. He looked down into her face and he saw her smiling slightly at him and he couldn't help but smile tenderly back at her. As he looked into her eyes he vowed that he would make sure that Dean never got anywhere near his Mary again. He vowed that he would show his Mary just what love really was about. He bent his head and brushed his lips across Rory's head and then lifted his head and looked at all his friends.