Rory looked at her reflection in the mirror. She wanted to look perfect for tonight, it was the first time she was going to see Tristan in over a week, a long week at that. She wasn't satisfied with her latest outfit choice so she went shifting through her clothes when her eyes landed on the perfect black dress. She slipped it on and smiled, 'It's perfect,' she thought to herself as she left the bathroom.

Tristan drove into the small town of Stars Hollow a wave of happiness hitting him. His fingers itched to tough Rory, his lips begged to kiss her, his whole body ached to see her. He missed her so much; he couldn't get to her house fast enough. When he got there he flew out of the car and up the steps wrapping his arms around her. He felt her smile against her chest and his heart melted. He knew he was pathetic it was like he had been away for years instead of 5 days. He pulled away from her and looked at her, she was still as perfect as when he left her, still as stunning as the day he met her.

They just starred at each other too absorbed in each other to notice anything, it was as if the world stopped. "You guys ready to go?" Lorelai called from the kitchen a half eaten cookie in her hand, Rory nodded her head not breaking her eye contact with Tristan for fear that if she did he would disappear. "Well I'm riding with Luke so you guys can leave early if you want." Lorelai smiled at them as she stuffed the rest of her cookie in her mouth and walked to her jeep. Tristan and Rory left moments beaming from ear to ear.

"So how was your week?"

"With finals week vastly approaching I have no time for anything but studying and I can already feel the stress taking over my body."

"I'm sure you'll do fine Mary." She giggled when he called her Mary, he hadn't called her that in awhile and it made her smile even wider when he called her that. The silence that had fallen as Rory's giggling died down was both comforting and nerve racking to them, Tristan was lost in his own thoughts as his conversation with his father earlier in the day replayed in his mind. His father had asked him to help out with the family business and continue going to school and Tristan had told him that he would think about it. He knew that he could juggle school and working with his father but he didn't know if Rory would be okay with him having little to almost no time for her. Could they handle not seeing each other for weeks maybe months on end? They barely made it a week without going crazy and the thought of losing her scared him. He lost her once and that was the biggest mistake of his life and he regretted it everyday. He wasn't going to let her slip through his fingers again this time. He sighed not knowing the right decision. The week they spent in Vegas was the best week of his life and he wanted every week to be like that.

Rory watched as they drove past Chilton a flood of memories hitting her full force. She remembered how awful Chilton became after Tristan had left, she had no one to protect her from the wrath of Paris or from the guys hitting on her or looking at her like a piece of meat on display theirs for the taking. She missed their flirtatious banter in the halls, the way he went out of his way to walk her to class, or wait by her locker. She felt wanted, desired even when he around. He made her feel something that Dean could never make her feel. But now he was back in her life and she'd be damned if she let him go again, she couldn't let him go there was too much at stake this time around.

Tristan looked at her as they pulled into the doorway, he shut the car off and turned towards him. "I love you." She turned away from the window a smile so big it reached past her sparkling eyes.

"I love you too." It didn't matter what was going on those 3 little words always made his day and he knew that he could tell her anything. So he decided to talk to her about his father's proposition after dinner. That's if dinner didn't ruin his plan.

A/N: A little cliffhanger for the next chapter and I'm so sorry that I took so long to update.