One Month Later
"Happy Birthday to you!" Rory sang as she bounced into her mother's room
with two mugs of coffee, and two chocolate donuts, one with glowing candles
in it. "Make a wish!"
Lorelai closed her eyes and thought for a minute. She finally opened them,
and blew out the candles.
"So what did you wish for? Wait, don't tell me, then it won't come true."
"Nah, that's only when you wish upon a star. Duh." Lorelai said knowingly
dunking her donut into her coffee, and finishing both within thirty seconds.
"Okay, then what did you wish for?" Rory asked jumping up and down.
"I wished that your acceptance letter will come today, and you will get into
Chilton." Lorelai replied truthfully
"Aww, you wasted your birthday wish on that?" Rory asked, surprised.
"Sweetie, I know how important Harvard is to you, and you will have a better
chance to get into Harvard, if you go to Chilton. I've worked it out with
your grandparents, if you get in, they will pay for everything. All we have
to do is go to dinner every Friday night with them, help us lord, but it
won't be too bad. I hope." Lorelai replied, finally taking a breath.
"Whoa mom, breath!" Rory laughed "Oh! Here's your present!" Rory handed
Lorelai a brightly wrapped gift.
Lorelai opened it. "Whoa! The Willie Wonka book, movie, and soundtrack.
How very thoughtful!" Rory beamed.
"One more." Rory said handing her mother a second gift.
"YES! A twenty-five dollar gift certificate to Starbuck's!" she cried
waving it in the air
"I thought you might like that!" Rory smiled
"Come on, lets go to Luke's, and see if he'll give me 32 cups of coffee in
one day, cause you know, if you get 32 candles when you turn 32, you should
definitely get 32 cups of coffee! Did that just make sense?" she asked Rory
who was rolling her eyes at her.
"Yes, it made perfect sense."
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The Gilmore Girls began to walk to Luke's the diner in town.
"So, I've been meaning to ask you, who's this Tristan you were talking
about on the phone?"
"I met him when I went to the mall, looking for your birthday gift. I met
him in The Gap, we both went for the same shirt, we ripped it, he paid for
it, I went for coffee, he ran into me, spilled coffee on me, bought me
another, we talked, he goes to Chilton!"
"A rich boy?" Lorelai asked smiling
"Yea, he's gorgeous! He's got messy blonde hair, and these amazing blue
eyes." She sighed dreamily.
The two girls pushed open the door to Luke's and went out to breakfast.
"So do you think that you'll run into him at Chilton?" Lorelai asked as they
took a seat at the counter.
"Woah, hold on I don't even know if I got in yet. Even if I did I don't know
if I'll run into him."
"Only time will tell." Lorelai said.
"Ooh, you just sounded wise."
"I know. Freaky, isn't it?"
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One week later
Rory's acceptance letter had come, and she made it into the prestigious
school. She and Lorelai had met with her grandparents, and today was her
first day.
That morning, she and Lorelai went to meet the headmaster, and since it was
already a month into school, everyone knew Rory was a new student. The "pep
talk" the headmaster gave her wasn't exactly encouraging and it gave Rory
more of a reason to be nervous.
After the first bell rang, Rory found her locker and made an attempt to open
it up. As she struggled to open it, a voice from behind her said, "Here, let
me help." Then a strong fist hit the locker, and it popped open.
"Wow, thanks so much." she turned around. "Tristan?" she gasped.
"Rory?" he asked just as surprised
"Hi!" she said smiling
"Hey, so I'm taking it you made it in? he asked, smiling.
"Yea, first day." She replied nervously, tucking a strand of hair behind
her ear.
"Well, good luck." He said as a blonde, wearing her skirt much further up
he leg than knee length, and a ton of makeup walked up to him.
"Ready Tristan? Who's this?" she asked eyeing Rory in disgust. Rory felt a
little nervous under her stare.
"Oh, yea I'm ready, this is just some girl." He said as the blonde
attached herself around Tristan's neck.
"Talk about a Mary." The girl said.
"Tell me about it." Tristan replied as they walked off together.
Rory stared at Tristan in disbelief. Was this the same Tristan she met at
the mall? How could he go from incredibly sweet to total jerk in a matter of
moments?
Rory rolled her eyes and went back to her locker. She decided to worry
about it later.
As she was about to go into her class room, a girl with long blonde hair and
a scowl on her face approached her.
"How do you know Tristan?" She demanded more than asked.
"Um from around." Rory said, this girl was creeping her out.
"Well lay off, he's already taken." And with that, the girl stomped off.
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As it turned out, Tristan was in every single one of her classes. The girl
with the blonde hair was in most of them. Rory stifled a groan as she sat
down in a seat in history. The girl with the blonde hair took the seat next
to her and started to glare at her. She noticed Tristan sit behind her and
was wondering if he was even thinking about how he treated her.
After Tristan took the seat behind her, and began to think to himself.
Great, that was some impression you made on her this morning. Everything
was perfect until Krista, who you care nothing about came and hung all over
you. You might actually like Rory, even though you've only let her see the
good side of you once. But then there's your damn reputation here at
Chilton. Everyone knows you as Tristan the Player, and they like it too.
Now Rory thinks I'm just a jerk.
He groaned out loud as the final bell of the day rung.
Rory jumped out of her seat, and went back to her locker. It was her turn
to groan as she saw Tristan there waiting for her. Inside she was a little
excited but she quickly diminished that as she remembered how he treated her.
"What do you want?" she asked
"Look, about before." he began
"That day at the mall, I thought I saw something special in you. I was
wrong I guess. You said it yourself, I'm just another Mary. Bye Tristan."
She gathered her belongings and went outside where her mother was waiting
with the jeep.
"Hi mom!" she ran over to her mother and gave her a hug.
"Hey! How was school?" she asked handing Rory a cup of coffee
"It was... okay, I guess. With the exception of death glares from this girl
who I didn't make a good first impression for." She said sinking into the
passenger seat.
"Did you see Tristan?" she asked looking over at Rory
"Oh yeah, I saw him. He was totally different mom. Maybe I was wrong about
him. He had this blonde girl all over him, and it was just messed up."
Lorelai noticed she looked kind of upset and went into the "comforting mom
mode".
"Oh, its okay sweetie. Maybe he just wasn't what you thought he was. If
he's a jerk, then just ignore him."
Rory tried to smile, and they began the drive back to Stars Hollow.
"So, you hungry?" Lorelai asked her
"Starved!" she replied
"Luke's?" Lorelai asked smiling
"Yea!"
The Gilmore Girls parked the jeep in front of Luke's and walked in, still
talking about Rory's day.
Rory couldn't help but smile to herself, some things never changed.
A/N: Please review!
"Happy Birthday to you!" Rory sang as she bounced into her mother's room
with two mugs of coffee, and two chocolate donuts, one with glowing candles
in it. "Make a wish!"
Lorelai closed her eyes and thought for a minute. She finally opened them,
and blew out the candles.
"So what did you wish for? Wait, don't tell me, then it won't come true."
"Nah, that's only when you wish upon a star. Duh." Lorelai said knowingly
dunking her donut into her coffee, and finishing both within thirty seconds.
"Okay, then what did you wish for?" Rory asked jumping up and down.
"I wished that your acceptance letter will come today, and you will get into
Chilton." Lorelai replied truthfully
"Aww, you wasted your birthday wish on that?" Rory asked, surprised.
"Sweetie, I know how important Harvard is to you, and you will have a better
chance to get into Harvard, if you go to Chilton. I've worked it out with
your grandparents, if you get in, they will pay for everything. All we have
to do is go to dinner every Friday night with them, help us lord, but it
won't be too bad. I hope." Lorelai replied, finally taking a breath.
"Whoa mom, breath!" Rory laughed "Oh! Here's your present!" Rory handed
Lorelai a brightly wrapped gift.
Lorelai opened it. "Whoa! The Willie Wonka book, movie, and soundtrack.
How very thoughtful!" Rory beamed.
"One more." Rory said handing her mother a second gift.
"YES! A twenty-five dollar gift certificate to Starbuck's!" she cried
waving it in the air
"I thought you might like that!" Rory smiled
"Come on, lets go to Luke's, and see if he'll give me 32 cups of coffee in
one day, cause you know, if you get 32 candles when you turn 32, you should
definitely get 32 cups of coffee! Did that just make sense?" she asked Rory
who was rolling her eyes at her.
"Yes, it made perfect sense."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Gilmore Girls began to walk to Luke's the diner in town.
"So, I've been meaning to ask you, who's this Tristan you were talking
about on the phone?"
"I met him when I went to the mall, looking for your birthday gift. I met
him in The Gap, we both went for the same shirt, we ripped it, he paid for
it, I went for coffee, he ran into me, spilled coffee on me, bought me
another, we talked, he goes to Chilton!"
"A rich boy?" Lorelai asked smiling
"Yea, he's gorgeous! He's got messy blonde hair, and these amazing blue
eyes." She sighed dreamily.
The two girls pushed open the door to Luke's and went out to breakfast.
"So do you think that you'll run into him at Chilton?" Lorelai asked as they
took a seat at the counter.
"Woah, hold on I don't even know if I got in yet. Even if I did I don't know
if I'll run into him."
"Only time will tell." Lorelai said.
"Ooh, you just sounded wise."
"I know. Freaky, isn't it?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One week later
Rory's acceptance letter had come, and she made it into the prestigious
school. She and Lorelai had met with her grandparents, and today was her
first day.
That morning, she and Lorelai went to meet the headmaster, and since it was
already a month into school, everyone knew Rory was a new student. The "pep
talk" the headmaster gave her wasn't exactly encouraging and it gave Rory
more of a reason to be nervous.
After the first bell rang, Rory found her locker and made an attempt to open
it up. As she struggled to open it, a voice from behind her said, "Here, let
me help." Then a strong fist hit the locker, and it popped open.
"Wow, thanks so much." she turned around. "Tristan?" she gasped.
"Rory?" he asked just as surprised
"Hi!" she said smiling
"Hey, so I'm taking it you made it in? he asked, smiling.
"Yea, first day." She replied nervously, tucking a strand of hair behind
her ear.
"Well, good luck." He said as a blonde, wearing her skirt much further up
he leg than knee length, and a ton of makeup walked up to him.
"Ready Tristan? Who's this?" she asked eyeing Rory in disgust. Rory felt a
little nervous under her stare.
"Oh, yea I'm ready, this is just some girl." He said as the blonde
attached herself around Tristan's neck.
"Talk about a Mary." The girl said.
"Tell me about it." Tristan replied as they walked off together.
Rory stared at Tristan in disbelief. Was this the same Tristan she met at
the mall? How could he go from incredibly sweet to total jerk in a matter of
moments?
Rory rolled her eyes and went back to her locker. She decided to worry
about it later.
As she was about to go into her class room, a girl with long blonde hair and
a scowl on her face approached her.
"How do you know Tristan?" She demanded more than asked.
"Um from around." Rory said, this girl was creeping her out.
"Well lay off, he's already taken." And with that, the girl stomped off.
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As it turned out, Tristan was in every single one of her classes. The girl
with the blonde hair was in most of them. Rory stifled a groan as she sat
down in a seat in history. The girl with the blonde hair took the seat next
to her and started to glare at her. She noticed Tristan sit behind her and
was wondering if he was even thinking about how he treated her.
After Tristan took the seat behind her, and began to think to himself.
Great, that was some impression you made on her this morning. Everything
was perfect until Krista, who you care nothing about came and hung all over
you. You might actually like Rory, even though you've only let her see the
good side of you once. But then there's your damn reputation here at
Chilton. Everyone knows you as Tristan the Player, and they like it too.
Now Rory thinks I'm just a jerk.
He groaned out loud as the final bell of the day rung.
Rory jumped out of her seat, and went back to her locker. It was her turn
to groan as she saw Tristan there waiting for her. Inside she was a little
excited but she quickly diminished that as she remembered how he treated her.
"What do you want?" she asked
"Look, about before." he began
"That day at the mall, I thought I saw something special in you. I was
wrong I guess. You said it yourself, I'm just another Mary. Bye Tristan."
She gathered her belongings and went outside where her mother was waiting
with the jeep.
"Hi mom!" she ran over to her mother and gave her a hug.
"Hey! How was school?" she asked handing Rory a cup of coffee
"It was... okay, I guess. With the exception of death glares from this girl
who I didn't make a good first impression for." She said sinking into the
passenger seat.
"Did you see Tristan?" she asked looking over at Rory
"Oh yeah, I saw him. He was totally different mom. Maybe I was wrong about
him. He had this blonde girl all over him, and it was just messed up."
Lorelai noticed she looked kind of upset and went into the "comforting mom
mode".
"Oh, its okay sweetie. Maybe he just wasn't what you thought he was. If
he's a jerk, then just ignore him."
Rory tried to smile, and they began the drive back to Stars Hollow.
"So, you hungry?" Lorelai asked her
"Starved!" she replied
"Luke's?" Lorelai asked smiling
"Yea!"
The Gilmore Girls parked the jeep in front of Luke's and walked in, still
talking about Rory's day.
Rory couldn't help but smile to herself, some things never changed.
A/N: Please review!