Rating:PG13

Paring:t/r

Content: Nothing too bad, maybe a little kissing

Disclaimer: I do NOT own the characters in this story, all that's mine is the story.

A/N: ok, this is my first time doing this, so I would appreciate reviews, I want your honest opinions, but be gentle. I'm a major Trory fan! Yea! Ok, here goes nothing!,

~*~Chapter1~*~

Tristan left months ago, she thought she would be happy, she thought she would be relieved, but something inside of her missed him, and she couldn't get him out of her mind. Summer was almost over, and she would have to return to the cold halls of Chilton, virtually friendless. He was the closest thing to a friend that she had at Chilton, and times were hard without him. Hell just wasn't the same without him, although before summer break Paris seemed to be warming up to her, she even offered her a part on the paper. It wasn't a big part, just the music column, but at least it was something right? But still, she missed him.

"Rory, let's go to Luke's, and get coffee!" an over caffenated Lorelai came running into her room, and started jumping up and down on her bed.

"Mom, we were just there like 10 minutes ago!" Rory was a little irritated at her mother for shaking her from her thoughts.

"Oh come on nasty Rory, I need all of the coffee before we go to dinner tonight, you know how much of a coffee-Nazi mom is!"She was now on her hands and knees, with a pouty lip.

"Fine, but only if we are at grandma's and grandpa's on time tonight!" smiling to herself, she was satisitied, hey, if she couldn't stop this little outing, she could atleast turn coffee against her mom.

"Evil, evil daughter." She paused for a minute before continuing." Ok, fine, but we have to stop for coffee twice on the way home!" a smirk crossed her lips. Like hell she was going to let her daughter turn her coffee against her.

"Suits me just fine." Running a hand through her hair, then getting up, she headed for her shoes, and they were both out the door.

~*~Luke's~*~

"Lukeiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"she shouted as she entered the diner.

"No Lorelai, you just had some like 20 minutes ago!"

"but Lukie, I'm in withdrawal!" Loreali wined

"here!"

"I can't believe you gave in that easily to her Luke, you're getting soft Luke" a very amused Rory said from her stool beside her mother.

"I didn't, it's decalf"

Upon hearing the word decalf, she spit it out immediately. Rory and Luke couldn't contain their laughter. "YOU GAVE ME DECALF? Luke how could you give me DECALF?you EVIL EVIL MAN! You just wait, when you're home alone at night sleeping soundly in your bed, all tucked in, I'll come over, and castrate you, then put you in a purple tutu with pink pokadots, and make you serve me coffee on my every beck, and call! When I'm through with you mister, not only will you not be able to have kids, but you WILL LOVE COFFEE in the process!" AT THIS Luke stopped laughing, and had a horrified look in his eyes, but Rory just laughed harder, so hard, she fell off her stool.

"I'm sorry Lorelai, here, just don't do anything you'll regret." Luke quickly gave her a new cup of the good stuff, and took back Satin's drink.

It only took Lorelai about 2.7 seconds to down the entire cup and of coarse because she's Lorelai, she wanted another.

"Come on mom we have to go to grandma's, or we'll be late, and you remember your promise don't you?" she took the last sip of her coffee.

"just one more cup?" she was pouting like a little girl, and nor Rory or Luke could say no to her. So Luke placed another mug of coffee in front of her, then turned to Rory.

" so Rory, are you ready for school next Monday?" he walked to the kitchen.

"as much as someone can be for hell." She replied. "mom, we HAVE to go, come on!"

"one more cup?" Lorelia asked sheepishly.

"NO MORE COFFEE!" Rory was getting irritated now. "come on!" somehow Rory managed to drag her mother out to the car, they dove to Hartford, and of course they were late as usual.

They rang the bell, and Emily ushered them in.

"you're late" Emily said in dismay.

"I know grandma, I'm sorry, I couldn't get mom away from Luke's" knowing that this would spark an argument, hey, anything to get her mother back.

"the iceman?" she inquired.

"first of all mom, his name is Luke, and Luke's is a coffee shop." She glared at her daughter who stuck out her tongue in return.

"that stuff will kill you, you know." Emily said matter-of-factly.

Before Lorelai could retaliate, a maid came in. "dinner is served"

Most of the dinner went off with the usual Lorelai/Emily bantering and Richard winking at Rory from over his newspaper, until Emily spoke up to Rory, who wasn't expecting anything like what was about to come out of her mouth.

"Rory darling, you remember Tristan DuGrey don't you, he went to Chilton, but then he transferred?" Emily questioned.

"yes grandma, what of him?" she tried to sound nonchalant, but inside, even the mere mention of his name sparked something in her stomach

"well, apparently, he was to come back to Chilton for his senior year, but he fell ill, and he's been at Hartford General for a week now, I think they said something about heart trouble?"

Rory's glass fell to the ground and shattered, she got up, and ran to the door."Mom, I'm going to see Tristan!" and with that she was out the door, and raced to the hospital.

God, please let him be ok!



A/N: That's all for now, please review, and tell me what you think! I won't be mean, and tell you, you have to review or I'm not uploading another chapter, because I hate that, but don't worry, it will be up soon, I promise!

~Caitlyn~