****Authors Note: My goal is to have one chapter done and posted a day. I may get more then one chapter done and posted in a day, but I'm not sure, it depends on my schedule. Please read and review, thanx for your time. P.S. sorry I took so long to get his chapter added, I couldn't find the browse button, it was way off my screen...thanx****

CHAPTER 2
Wipe away my tears and I'll get confused and not know what to do


Rory couldn't stop thinking about what Tristan had done to Paris, the fact that Paris didn't know made her even more mad. How was Paris going to react? Would she get mad at Rory? What about Tristan? Maybe she'll explode at both of them. Rory's pager going off interupted her thoughts.

*beep beep beep* *beep beep beep*

Everyone on the bus looked at her. Rory could feel her cheeks getting warm again.

555-6898

Rory knew that number. She knew that number all to well. It was him. Him being Dean. THE Dean. The one who she loved, the one who broke her heart so quickly without warning. What could he want? Rory noticed that the next stop was by Deans house so she told the driver to drop her off here.

Was he going to get mad? What if he wanted to go out with her again? What if he wanted to borrow a book? Or ask if Rory knew any other jobs he could get, or maybe he wanted that corn starch back.....

"You got my page"

Dean had been standing on his porch so quietly that Rory didn't notice him, she hadn't even noticed that she was his house!

"Um....ya"

"You look cold" Dean said softly as he walked up to her.

Dean casually put his arms around her and he felt Rory tense up

"Uh, Dean?" Rory asked very quitely

Dean let go of her quickly and turned Rory around so that they were facing each other.

"Rory, I know that we haven't talked in awhile, but these past few months have made me relize how much I care about you, and when I thought about everything that we through I relized that you really did care for me, even if you couldn't say it aloud." Dean paused for a minute as he saw a tear fall down Rory's cheek. "I guess what I'm trying to say is, will you give me another chance?" With that Dean carefully wiped away the tears falling down her cheek.

Rory gave a little laugh and answered right away

"Can we give it a test date first?"

Dean looked a little shocked at the answer

"Um...okay, sure. Coffee at Lukes?"

Rory smiled and so did Dean

"Sure, but we can we do it later tonight? I already have plans"

"You have plans already? Um, okay...what time?"

"Um...He's picking me up around 5 and it's about 4 hours...so coffee at 10?"

"Sure"

Dean smiled and gave Rory and quick peck on the cheek

"I gotta go get ready. Bye Dean!!!"

"Bye Rory!"

Dean and Rory happily parted, all of a sudden Dean came to sudden halt. Did she say HIM?

"RORY! WAIT! ARE YOU GETTING PICKED UP BY A GUY?!" Dean yelled down the street

'Oh no' Rory thought to herself 'I can't tell him it's Tristan, okay I'll just keep walking and act like I didn't hear him.

"RORY!!??" Dean yelled again

'Good job Rory, keep walking, your doing good, he won't catch on and he'll think he mis-heard you' Rory thought to herself

'Guess she didn't hear me' dean thought to himself 'I probably mis-heard her anyways'

Rory looked back and saw Dean walking back inside his house. 'Thank-god' she said out loud. Just as Rory turned around, she ran straight into her mom.

"OW! Watch where your going chiltonite!!!" Lorleai said

"Ha-ha mother, very funny" Rory said tiredly

"Whats wrong honey?"

Rory didn't speak at first but then she let everything spill out.

"Well, it's just that Tristan asked me to go to the Basketball game with him tonight, and I said yes cause his eyes made me give in and he's picking me up at 5 and Dean asked me out for Coffee as a trial date to see if we could get back together and I almost let it slip that I was going out with Tristan tonight and I don't know what to do!!! I have to see Tristan in...oh no 8 minutes!"

Rory broke into a run towards there house

"What? I thought you were suppost to meet him at 5!!?? wait, oh no, I'm late for my seminar! BYE RORY!!"

Both girls ran in different directions, Lorelai to her jeep and Rory Towards the house. While Rory was on her way home all she could think about were Tristan and Dean. She didn't know what to say to either of them. Should she tell one about the other? That could turn out bad. What if she hated Dean and like Tristan? Or vice-versa? There was no time to think about that cause she saw Tristan's SUV sitting in her drive way and Tristan was walking up the stairs to her front door...

Chapter 3 on the way...