Again, sorry about that last chapter… I hate it when my chapters are so short! But I thought content made up for it, at least a little bit.

Anyway… ON WITH THE STORY!

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Jess drove a still bawling Rory back to Stars Hollow. When they arrived, Jess kept the door locked at wouldn't let Rory out.

"What are you doing?" She demanded, "Let me out!"

"Not until you tell me why you needed to leave that party and why you are crying so hard." Jess said, trying to stay calm. He hated seeing Rory upset.

"Logan." Rory said finally.

"What about him?"

"He… he…" she couldn't say it. She burst into uncontrollable tears again.

"That ass!" yelled Jess, "I'll kill him!"

He unlocked the door and let Rory out and when she was inside the house, he started the car again, and drove away, determined to find Logan, and make sure he felt as much pain as he caused Rory.

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Tristan drove himself home to Stars Hollow. He couldn't get the image of Rory sobbing on that piano bench out of his head. He decided to try and approach her again. But he needed a better plan. He needed something that would make her listen to him. He needed to tell her about the shame and regret that still hung over him from high school. He needed to tell her about military school, how it had changed him, and how the only way he got through it was her picture on his bunk. He needed to know if he loved her then. He needed to know if he still loved her, and if that was true, then he needed her to love him.

"I am the most selfish human being on the planet." He muttered to himself as he entered the house he had just bought.

"Well that's just silly," said a voice from his couch, "Have you met everyone on the planet?" (A/N: I won't update till someone tells me what movie that's from)

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Rory walked into her mother's house. She headed straight for the fridge, and got out the emergency ice cream; she popped The Notebook into the DVD player, and began to cry again.

By the time Noah had written his goodbye letter, Lorelai and Luke were pulling up to the driveway. Lorelai got out of the car, and Luke drove off to go check on the diner. Lorelai walked into the living room. The sight of her daughter with a huge vat of ice cream, watching a romantic movie, was one that she'd seen only once before. She didn't wallow often. Something must have happened.

"You saw him, didn't you?"

"Logan? Yeah."

"I meant Tristan."

"Well, him to, but this time he wasn't the one to send me to tears."

"I'm sorry babe. You need anything?" Lorelai asked

"Pie." Said Rory

"Pie it is, then. I'll run down to Luke's and get it." And then she walked out the door to her Jeep and drove off.

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"I can't believe you're here, man!" said Tristan, seeing his old friend, Guy, from military school.

"And I can't believe YOU are still chasing that girl of yours, mate." Guy said.

"You don't understand what it's like, dude."

"Yeah, you're right, I don't. Anyway, are you willing to let an old friend crash here for the night? I got a flight back to London I gotta catch tomorrow at noon."

"Of course," said Tristan, who smiled at his friend, "We've got a lot to catch up on."

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Lorelai entered Luke's, just as he was about to get up to close.

"We need pie."

He stared at her

"It's an emergency."

"It's almost midnight."

"But Rory's wallowing and wants pie."

"What the hell is wallowing?"

"Never mind, just gimmie pie!"

He turned around to get a to-go box.

"Oh, and some coffee!"

"No."

"But whhhyyyyyyyyyy?" she whined, drawing it out really long.

"Because you'll never go to sleep, and we kind of need to get married tomorrow!"

"Oh, right, I forgot."

"How'd you forget that?"

"uhh, my daughter is in emotional pain, that kind of takes over my mind."

"Whatever, just no coffee."

"Humph." She pouted.

"Pouting won't help you."

"Fine, bye love." And she took her pie and left.

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Rory fell asleep on the couch, after watching The Notebook, and half of A Walk To Remember. She woke up the next morning and tried to pull herself together. She took a shower and then went into her room, and found her Maid Of Honor Dress and a note from her mother to meet her at the Dragonfly for lunch at noon and bring the dress.

Then Jess walked in the door.

"Did you kill him?" asked Rory

"No, somebody beat me to him. He was already knocked out when I got there, apparently, by some guy named Tristan, who crashed the party" Said Jess.

"Why does he always have to do that?" she muttered so Jess couldn't hear, "so where have you been?"

"My mom's, 'getting to know' TJ" he used the finger quote for "getting to know"

Rory laughed, "Yeah, he's quite the catch."

"Tell me about it." Said Jess and he went into the kitchen where all the tuxes were hung up on a rack. He found his, and then went on his way to the diner, where all the groomsmen were going to be getting ready.

"See ya later" Rory called after him as he left.

"Right back at cha, Cuz" He yelled back, "That felt really cheesy." And he got into the car and drove off again.

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Tristan and Guy were headed to Luke's for breakfast, before Guy had to drive to Hartford to catch his flight. Once they had arrived at Luke's, and ordered from a pretty asian girl, who's name tag said, "Lane", Guy's phone rang.

"Aww, shit," he said when he hung up the phone, "my flight's been moved up by an hour and a half, I gotta get into Hartford!" then he ran back to Tristan's house and got his bags in his car and left.

"Well, I guess I'll just stay here and eat then." Tristan said to himself, and he pick up the newspaper and started to read.

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Rory entered the diner. Lane ran up and gave her best friend a HUGE hug.

"Hey there Miss Maid Of Honor!" Said Lane as she released Rory

"Hello Miss Bridesmaid/Drummer in the reception band." Said Rory

"Wow, that sucked."

"Yeah, I know. I haven't had coffee yet."

"Coming right up."

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Yes, I know, an odd place to stop, but I've gotta go and study for exams which start TOMMOROW! AHHHHHHHHHH screams head off

Yeah, so, next chapter will be Rory and Lane talking (and Tristan overhearing) and then the Wedding and then the chapter after that will be the reception.He needed to talk to someoneHe