"She's coming back!" Lorelai yelled as she entered the diner. Once again causiong Kirk to choke on whatever he was eating.

"What the hell are you yelling about? Put your arms down." Luke scolded her, pulling her away from the door.

"Rory. She's coming back. She and Tristan are on the bus right now and they'll be here in a couple of hours."

"That's great. So, I guess the movie night is off?"

"Oh, no! I can't believe I forgot Monty Python night. No. We can still do it. They'll probably be really tired and fall asleep during the second one, but we can still watch (A/N: I've never seen Monty Python, not sure how many there are.)

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I'm not going to get any goss out of Rory tonight, so why try? I can wait till tomorrow."

"Ok. Well I'll see you at seven then."

"and four."

"Four?"

"That's when they'll be here. I'll be back then. Bye." She turned and walked outside having done what she had wanted.

"Mom!" Rory bolted off the bus and ran right into her mother's arms.

"Kid!" they spun around in a circle and jumped up and down as Tristan slowly walked off the bus, laughing the whole time.

"Mom, this is Tristan, Tristan, this is my mom. Lorelai."

"Hi, it's nice to meet you. Rory talks about you all the time."

"Hmm, I'm not sure if it's nice to meet you child stealer. But we'll see." She took Rory's hand and started for the diner. Tristan carried the bags.

"Three really, really big coffee's Luke! Our girl's back." Lorelai ordered when they arrived.

"Rory, hey, how are you?" he asked.

"Good Luke. Thanks. How are you?" she asked him as he stood uncomfortably.

"I'm good. I'll get your coffee." He replied, he went to move away and the changed his mind, awkwardly hugging Rory first.

"Ok, what did you do to that man?"

"Nothing. He must just be really happy to see you."

Weird."

"It is." They sat down and moments later Tristan joined them.

"Here are your coffee's. You wanna order?"

"Yeah. A burger and fries."

"Oh! Same for me. I have missed those burgers."

"What about you?" Luke asked looking at Tristan.

"Oh, um…" he looked at the menu and Rory and Lorelai shared a panicked look. 'Oh no! Not another Max!' "I'll have the same as them thanks." He added after a moment.

"Coming right up." Luke walked away and the three of them began to talk. Lorelai had a few things to catch Rory up on from the time she'd been away. None of them noticed the tall brunette walking by outside. They didn't see his face rapidly cloud over with anger and how he quickly made his way to the door, tearing it open. They didn't notice him until he stood right behind Tristan's chair.

"What the hell is he doing here Rory?"

"Dean! Calm down."

"Why is he here? You said you hated him."

"That was a long time ago Dean. Things change." Rory told him, trying to calm him.

"Yeah, like when you say you love a person." Tristan was out of his chair and facing Dean in seconds.

"What the hell are you doing? I told you I would kill you if you ever tried to fight me."

"Yeah, but now I have the girl. And that means I have more to fight for."

"Tristan don't!" Rory and her mother yelled at him. Before he had a chance to do anything Jess had made his way over and dragged Dean outside, throwing him to the sidewalk.

"Stay away from her." Jess told him, seething with anger. Then he was gone. Rory sat stunned, staring out at what had just happened. Tristan sat down again and Luke was there in seconds.

"Are you ok? I didn't see him come in, but then Jess was gone from the counter and… Are you ok?" he asked again. Rory nodded numbly.

"Yeah. We're fine Luke. Thanks." Lorelai replied. "Can we get those orders to go?" she asked walking back to the counter with him.

"Sure."

"And maybe we should post-pone Monty."

"Ok. Whatever you think is best."

"I'm sorry about Dean. He just came out of nowhere. It was all so crazy."

"It's ok. I'll get your food." He disappeared into the kitchen and then re-appeared with a brown paper bag.

"Thanks. We'll see you later." She told him, handing over some money.

"Are you sure you're alright hun?" Lorelai asked as the three of them walked outside.

"Uh huh."

"God I hate that guy." Tristan muttered.

"I'm so sorry." Rory suddenly said and they both turned to look at her. "Well you've been here five minutes and already you're in a fight because of me."

"Rory it wasn't your fault." Tristan told her.

"Yeah, Dean's just jealous and angry. But it isn't anything you have to deal with. He just needs time." Lorelai added.

"ok." Rory nodded, but she didn't seem too convinced.

"Hey, I've got a great idea. How about we watch the Monty Python series?" Lorelai asked with a grin.

"Ok, sure." Tristan looked a little confused. "What's it about?"

"Oh boy. That's it. I'm calling Luke. I will not explain Monty Python more than once. You're sitting through it together and you will understand." Lorelai informed him picking up the phone.

Tristan had quickly called Karen when they got to the house and promised to email Lucas when he got a chance.

By eleven that night Luke and Tristan had fallen asleep on the couch while Rory and Lorelai sat between them, paying very close attention to the movie.

"Amateurs." Lorelai muttered, wrapping an arm around her daughter. Rory put an arm around her mom and they continued to watch.

PLEASE REVIEW! I'm feeling starved of attentionn here. Nobody love's me anymore :(