"Lorelai, Rory, I would like to introduce to you the DuGrey's" Emily gracefully presented the dinner guests, "Rory you know Tristan from school."
"Yeah, Hi." Rory waved politely.
"These are my parents," Tristan stood up, "Timothy and Cecile DuGrey."
"It is wonderful to meet you, " Cecile said standing up and extending a hand toward Lorelai. Lorelai politely shook hands.
"If you'll excuse me for a second, I'll be right back," Lorelai escaped before her mother could object.
"Rory," Emily turned to her granddaughter, "Why don't you show Tristan you're room, while we wait for dinner."
"It's ok grandma, I'm sure it would only bore him," Rory countered.
"Actually, it would be a pleasure and would pass the time until dinner," Tristan smiled politely before grabbing Rory's hand pulling her from the room.
"Ok," Rory murmured while being pulled away.
"Your Welcome," Tristan smirked at Rory from his position leaning against the railing.
"For what?" Rory asked heading up the stairs as told.
"You can't tell me you enjoy listening to adults drone on and on about stocks and what Amelia Roberts did when she got drunk at the garden party."
"Not especially," Rory answered before adding to herself, "but it's probably safer then being alone in my bedroom with you."
"What was that?" Tristan asked catching up to her at the top of the stairs.
"I asked how you did on the Physics test?" Rory opened the door to her room, "keep in mind I didn't decorate it."
"Could've guessed. There's curtains and color photos" Tristan chuckled pointing around the room, "Nice Posters."
"Shut up" Rory smacked his arm before plopping down on her bed.
"Sorry," Tristan stopped laughing and sat down next to her.
"So," Rory and Tristan said at the same time.
"Jinx," Rory shouted triumphantly.
"How old are you?" Tristan inquired.
"You can't talk. You're jinxed." Rory merely replied before turning on the stereo.
"What the hell is this?" Tristan covered his ears as PJ Harvey came in on the tuner.
Rory laughed in response.
"What?" Tristan mouthed.
"It's PJ Harvey," Rory deadpanned looking him square in the eye.
"Oh," Tristan uttered, "I feel stupid."
"I have no comment," Rory laughed as someone knocked on the door.
"It's dinnertime," Emily informed the two teens before leading them into the dining room.
"That was fun," Lorelai said her voice dripping with ridicule and sarcasm as they pulled onto the highway on route back to Stars Hollow.
"I'm proud of you," Rory smiled, "When you excused yourself, I was worried you might escape through your bedroom window like the last time."
"I was gonna but than I remember you were still there stuck with not only my parents but with Tristan and his."
"You're so considerate," Rory laughed, "To Luke's?"
"You read my mind."
"So did I see a friendship blossoming between a certain pair of teenagers?"
"Well, I guess. I mean we manage to be polite and not kill each other tonite," Rory smiled over at her mother.
"Well, you gotta start somewhere, right?" Lorelai gave Rory's shoulder a nudge.
"Can you believe he had no clue who PJ Harvey was when I put her on the radio. I mean I know he didn't know before but I thought he went to the concert. It was so funny to because he absolutely hated her, " Rory giggled. Lorelai looked over at her daughter.
"You're kidding me," Lorelai laughed.
"Nope."
"Well that's something to write home about." Lorelai quipped as the drove past the sign that said Welcome to Stars Hollow
"Coffee." Lorelai commanded as she jumped up on the counter.
"No." Luke growled pulling her down by the waist and placing her on a stool.
"Luke, May I please have a cup of the best coffee known to man?" Lorelai asked sticking out her bottom lip. Rory watched amused as Luke grabbed a cup and poured tea in it.
"Take it or Leave it."
"I want coffee, Luke" Lorelai pushed the cup back across the counter and reached for the coffeepot.
"Away." Luke grumbled smack the counter with a towel near her hand. Lorelai pulled her hand back as Luke placed the towel over his shoulder.
"Luke just give her the coffee before she does something crazy like attempting the human pretzel again or moons you," Rory handed Luke the empty cup sitting on the counter, "besides she earned it. She sat through a whole entire dinner with her parents, Tristan and his parents. Therefore she gets and well so do I because I was there too. Not to mention my grandmother made me take Tristan up to my room a talk which is never safe because he's Tristan but it was actually ok because he was too scared to be rude and sleazy like normal besides it was only for like 5 minutes."
"Breathe, honey" Babette said from a few stools down
"Here," Luke placed two mugs in front of the two Gilmore girls.
"Thank you Luke." They exclaimed before happily inhaling the sweet smelling highly caffeinated elixir they loved.
"Tristan did what?" Dean asked coming up behind Rory.
"Hi Dean," Rory smiled and waved, "Don't worry about Tristan. It was only dinner at my grandparents house."
"You had dinner with him and his parents? SO when's the wedding? Don't bother to invite me," Dean fumed before turning to leave.
"Dean, you know that's not true," Rory said following him out of Luke's. The continued to yell at each other under the street light at the corner. The residents of Stars Hollow watched from inside Luke's window. Lorelai held Luke back in a desperate attempt to let the two teenagers work things out for themselves.
"Why was he in your room? "Dean shouted.
"Because that's what my grandmother suggested. Don't you trust me?" Rory exclaimed pointing like crazy to herself.
"I don't trust him," Dean declared.
"I can take care of myself, I'm a big girl" Rory cried out.
"You're a naive girl, don't you understand what that accountant wants. If you let him get to far he will hurt you."
"It won't get that far. God, we're not even friends," Rory screamed at Dean.
"Yeah, that's right. You're past that. Skipped right over it and went straight to screw over Dean phrase."
"That's it. So why don't you go home and feel sorry for yourself, because I'm through with this argument and you."
"Watch out because he will hurt you," Dean warned before walking away.
"I don't think it's possible for anyone to hurt me more than you already did," Rory called after him before she slumped down onto the curb and began to cry.