A/N: Hello everyone, I'm sorry to everyone if me, Nicole, as too much in this chapter, mostly Cindy and I are in the story to give some perspective, and to add a twist to the story.

Chapter 20: Time to Meet the Gang

Rory and Cindy got to Rory's house and walked in; Jess and Tristan were sitting on the couch talking and watching the game. "Why do you guys have to hang out here?" Rory asked them.

"Because Lorelai is cool." Jess told her.

"Mom's not even here, she is out with Luke." Rory told Jess.

"Yeah, well I was waiting for you, and Jess was just sitting alone next door so he came over and we were hanging out, don't you like me bonding with you friends?" Tristan asked. Neither of them had noticed Cindy standing in the background watching the banter.

"Umm, Rory?" Cindy cut in.

"Oh I'm sorry Cindy; this is Jess, my friend, and Tristan, my boyfriend. This is my friend Cindy from when I was at camp when I was little." Rory introduced.

Jess looked at Cindy in amazement, she looked beautiful, her rich brown hair was draped perfectly over her shoulders, and her skin looked so soft. But what really stood out were her big green eyes. They were so enchanting; he couldn't take his own eyes of them.

"Hi Cindy." Jess reached out his hand to shake Cindy's. Cindy too was also amazed at how cute Jess was, Rory never mentioned how cute he was, his black hair was jelled perfectly into place and his crooked smile made her giggle.

"Hi Jess." Cindy smiled a small smile and shook his hand back. Then Cindy went over to Tristan he was almost a replica of Logan, he was just taller and their eyes were different colors.

"Where's Logan?" Jess asked.

"Oh he's coming with our other friend Nicole, they should be here any minute, but Cindy was such a fast driver, she probably just sped ahead of them." Rory told the group as they sat down to wait for Nicole and Logan.

Nicole looked up at the huge house; she never realized Rory was so rich before. "Oh my gosh, Rory's house is huge!"

"Oh yeah, we're the riches families in Stars Hollow, I live right next door." Logan told her and pointed to his house next door.

"Well, uh, Logan no one knows this about me but my family isn't that well off, and I'm not good with rich people." Nicole explained to Logan.

"It's ok; I will stand by you the whole time." Logan said and put his arm around Nicole's shoulders.

"Thanks Logan, but you don't think Rory will be jealous, do you?" Nicole asked Logan.

"She has Tristan, she doesn't need me." Logan told her sadly.

"Believe me Logan she needs you, as much as she will deny it she needs you." Nicole told him.

"Thanks, ok let's say we get in there." Logan suggested, leading Nicole into the Gilmore house.

"What took you guys so long we have been waiting for you for 15 minutes?" Cindy asked Nicole and Logan as they walked in the door.

"Well you are a lightning fast driver; Logan however drives like a girl." Nicole told the group.

"I was only driving like a girl because I didn't want to crash with such a pretty girl in the car and mark up her face, that and if we did get into an accident my dad would kill me, I've been into way too many accidents this year." Logan told her.

Tristan and Jess looked at the girl who had just walked in with Logan; they were guessing it was Nicole. Tristan saw her and instantly melted. She was beautiful, her hair lightly bounced as she walked and her eyes were bright blue orbs. But her smile stood out the most; it was the brightest, biggest smile he had seen on anyone. Wait…what was he thinking, he had a girlfriend, oh what did it matter he can still think that other girls are pretty, there was no rule against that.

Jess thought she was pretty in most respects, yet nothing compared to Cindy. She realized at once she was going to be a very outgoing girl from the shirt she was wearing, 'It's all about me.'

Everyone sat down on the couch. Jess and Cindy sat down awkwardly next to each other. Rory lay down on the couch with her legs resting on Tristan's legs. Since all that was left was the really big comfy chair, Nicole and Logan made a dash for it. Logan sat down a split second before Nicole, and she ended up sitting up on Logan's lap, she went to get up but Logan pulled her back down onto his lap. Tristan felt a twinge of jealousy, he didn't know why, he loved Rory after all.

At 9:45 Nicole stood up, "Cindy it's time to go." Cindy was in a very lively discussion with Jess about a book they were both reading. Nicole had been talking with Rory, Logan and Tristan all night, she could see why Rory liked Tristan and Logan, they were both smart, funny and cute.

"Alright, well, call me." Cindy told Jess and wrote her phone number down on his hand. Rory and Nicole stared with amazement at Cindy; she never did anything like that, ever! Cindy got up and walked out of the house, but not without saying goodbye to everyone else. Then she left to go start up the car.

"Well I'll see you guys later right?" Nicole asked everyone.

"Yeah sure." Rory gave Nicole a hug.

"Nice meeting you Jess." Nicole gave Jess a hug.

"You too Tristan." Nicole gave him a hug, this one lasting a little longer than Jess's.

"Hey, Nicole can I talk to you for a second?" Logan asked her, leading her aside so the group couldn't hear them. "I was wondering if you would like to go out sometime."

Nicole smiled. "Yeah, that would be nice Logan." She told him, her cheeks getting a little red, she then stood on her toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek and left.

A/N: Ok how many people know where I'm going with this? But even if you think you do, keep reading because I tend to change my mind with what I write in the chapters at the last minute and I change everything, like in my mind before I started this story, Dean and Rory were supposed to date for a lot longer and Tristan was supposed to be evil, so yeah, keep reading and review for every chapter and I will give you hugs and kisses.