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-Ggirl

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Luke knocked on the front door, while struggling to juggle the bags of food he held.

"Come in!"

He pushed open the door and walked in.

"Hi," Lorelai said and looked up from painting her toenails.

"What is this?"

Luke looked around at all the clothes strewn across the living room. The stereo was blaring "I Don't Know How to Say Goodbye to You" and ribbons and tassels covered every inch of the couch where she sat.

"Hi, Martha," Luke said sarcastically and set the bags. "I understand that an explosion at the tassel factory has caused your house to look like a decorator's nightmare, but you should really call in the fashion police. SOON.."

"Hey, I like Martha Stewart," Lorelai pouted and put the nail polish away. "Oh! Oh!" She dug under the ribbons and produced a red cap covered with ribbons.

Luke looked the cap with widened eyes. "Oh no...." He shook his head violently. "No, no, no, no.."

Lorelai gave him puppy eyes. "Not even once?"

"No," Luke said firmly. "I'm gonna go home now...."

"No!" Lorelai said, almost desperately.

He smiled. "All right, now that we understand each other...."

She waved the hat under his nose.

"Okay, now that one of us understands that the other is completely insane," He revised his sentence. "What do you want to do?"

"Movie?" Lorelai asked.

Luke frowned. "We've been doing that for the last couple of days..."

Lorelai sighed. "I have nothing to do. I am so bored."

Luke smiled slightly and gently touched her arm. "Hey, I know you're bored, but don't worry, in a couple of weeks, you'll be out of this cast."

Lorelai smiled at him. "Hey, you're a cool guy, Luke." She wrapped her arms around him.

Luke sighed with contentment and hugged her back. They sat like that for a couple minutes, with their arms wrapped around each other.

Lorelai spoke up. "So.. does this mean you're gonna wear the cap?"

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Since she had arrived back at school, Rory had rarely had a chance to sit down. Missing three weeks of school was no joking manner and she had been running around taking tests and handing in assignments for, what seemed like, forever.

Sighing, she flopped down on one of the benches in the Green with her backpack, which was bursting at the seams.

The air was chilly now and she shivered.

"Cold?"

The familiar voice caught her attention. "Tristan..."

He looked down at her with an indifferent expression on his face. "You're back?"

"Yeah," Rory answered, looking down at her hands.

"Why didn't you call me?" Tristan furrowed his brow.

"I.. uh.. I've been busy," Rory replied. "Making up work and stuff."

Tristan sighed and sat down next to her. "Your mom okay?"

"Yeah," Rory answered. "Thanks." Silence fell between them and they sat in an uncomfortable quiet.

"Look," Tristan suddenly said. She looked at him. "I know you're busy and all.. but I need to know about.. us."

Rory sighed deeply. "I'm sorry," She said. "I.. haven't really thought it about it much these days. I've been.. busy."

'So, we're not important to you,' he thought, shaking his head. "Heh," He managed to say. Tristan got up from the bench. "Well, it was always that way, wasn't it?"

"Hey," Rory said frowning. "That's not fair."

"No, Rory," Tristan said. "You're the one being not fair." He unraveled his scarf from his neck and wrapped it around hers. "I like you, but you can't keep dragging me on like this." With a sad look in his eyes, he left her sitting in the cold.

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"You warm enough?" Luke asked gruffly.

"Yup," Lorelai said. She twisted around in her wheelchair and looked up at Luke. "It looks good on you."

"I can't believe I'm wearing this," Luke grumbled. "We're going home now." He started to turn the wheelchair around.

"No!" Lorelai said. "We didn't get videos yet!"

Luke frowned. "Please...," He pleaded. "I will forever be the butt of the jokes."

Lorelai giggled. "Okay..." Luke sighed in relief and took the cap off his head. Smiling, he placed it on Lorelai's head.

"Looks better on you," He said as he bent over to look at her.

"Hey," Lorelai said, her eyes shielded by the cap. "Um..."

"Yeah?"

"I was just, you know, wondering..."

"No, I don't think Marcie is in love with Peppermint Patty," Luke answered.

"No, just.. about .. us," Lorelai said slowly.

Luke stopped. "Oh."

"Are we... an..."

"An.. 'us'?" He finished her sentence. Luke walked to the front of the wheelchair and kneeled next to it so he could see eye to eye with Lorelai.

She turned her eyes away from his intense gaze. "Hey," He said and brushed her cheek with his fingers. "I don't know about you, but..."

"I'd like to be an 'us'..," He said.

Lorelai looked back at him. She smiled.

Luke stood up and kissed her lightly.

"Oooh, PDA," Lorelai giggled next to his ear. "We must be a serious 'us'."

Luke smiled into her hair.

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"Hi," Rory said. Tristan looked down at her from the open doorway.

"Hi."

"I.. um.. thought we should talk," Rory said shuffling her shoes.

"K, let me just get my jacket," Tristan said and turned around. "You can come in if you want."

"No thanks," Rory said and she just stood in the hallway.

"Rory, I'm not gonna jump you," Tristan said frowning.

"I know, just get your jacket."

Tristan pursed his lips and walked to his closet.

"Okay, let's go."

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At the pizza parlor, Tristan and Rory found a quiet corner and sat down.

"So," Tristan started. "What's up?"

Rory sighed and fidgeted with her hands. "I know that when I was here, I told you that I might like you. That time we kissed?"

"Oh, yeah, that may have passed my mind a couple times for the past few weeks," Tristan joked.

Rory frowned. "I'm trying to be serious here."

"Sorry," Tristan replied. "Look, let's get pizza first, okay?"

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Paris sighed and put her history text down. Her eyes were watery from reading for so long and her body ached.

She heard her stomach grumble. Next to her, Linda was gently snoring. Paris shook her friend awake.

"Hey, let's go eat something," Paris said.

Linda stood up to stretch and said, "K, let's go."

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The two girls walked into the pizza parlor and sat down at a booth.

"Hey," Linda said and cocked her head towards the left side of the room. "Isn't that Rory?"

Paris looked at the two sitting at a booth. 'So they're back together.' She sighed. 'Rory told me she was too busy for a relationships...'

"Wait... isn't that blonde guy..," Linda started, but stopped when she saw the pained look in her friend's eyes. "..Paul Walker?" Linda pointed to a random blonde guy in the room.

Paris shook her head. "I'll get the pizza." She stood up and started to walk towards the counter.

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"Paris."

Paris looked up from the menu and found herself looking into Tristan's huge, clear eyes.

"Uh.. hi...," she stammered. She turned back to the menu.

"How are you?"

"Good," She answered. 'Pepperoni and mushroom? Onions?.. Tristan??'

"You're not gonna ask how I am?" Tristan joked.

"Um, how are you?" Paris said.

"Good," Tristan answered. "Thanks for asking."

Paris nodded and gave the man at the counter her order.

"Well, see you around. Tell Rory I said I'll see her later," Paris said and walked away.

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Rory watched on as Tristan gobbled down three slices. "Eat," He instructed. She shook her head.

"Can we talk now?"

Tristan nodded. "K."

"Tristan, you're a nice guy and everything but... I don't think this is gonna work," Rory said rapidly.

Tristan swallowed the pizza he had been chewing, hard. "What?" This wasn't what he had been expecting. The indifference, the cold shoulder... oh, it was so obvious now! He had thought it was all because she was tired, too busy.. how could he have been so blind?

"Just like that huh?" He asked, angry now. "You think you could drag me on for all this time and then tell me that everything that happened was nothing to you?"

She sighed. "I'm.. when I was at home, I realized that everything that had happened to us.. well, I was stupid. I was acting stupid and I broke you and Paris up out of.. I don't know, jealousy? I was acting stupid."

Tristan glared at her. "I can't believe this."

Rory looked down at her empty paper plate.

"I.. can't believe this." Tristan was furious now.

"I think I might transfer."

He looked at her in shock. "Transfer?"

"Maybe."

"Whatever," He said and put on his jacket.

Rory sighed again. "I'm so sorry..."

Tristan put down the pizza. "I'm sorry too. I'm sorry that I've been so blind." He got up and threw money on the table. "Bye." He left the restuarant.

Rory put her face in her hands. "Well.. that went well."

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Lorelai giggled as Luke squirted whipped cream into her mouth. "Wow, this could totally kill you."

Luke frowned as he looked at the nutritional facts on the back of the can.

"Nah," Lorelai said and swallowed. "There's like milk and all that other good stuff in it."

"Sugar?" Luke raised an eyebrow.

"Yup!" Lorelai replied cheerfully. He laughed and set the can down. "So, should we give Hannibal and Clarice our attention?"

"Nah," Lorelai replied and reached for the can of whipped cream.

Luke made a face as she squirted the cream onto a gummy worm and ate it. "I can't believe you're eating that."

"Okay, and you tell me this while we watch 'Silence of the Lambs'?" Lorelai pointed to the screen.

Luke smirked.

"Ha! Can't think of a comeback, huh?" Lorelai smiled slyly.

"Okay, I admit it." Luke got up and stretched.

"Wheee!!" Lorelai cried out. "I win!"

"Win what?"

"You have to eat this now." Lorelai made another whipped cream-gummy worm combo.

"Oh, no." Luke shook his head furiously. "I don't eat that junk."

"Whipped cream is not junk."

"To you."

"It's like a staple food."

"Again I repeat. To.. you."

Luke put his hands on his hips. "I should really get going." He looked at his watch. "I have to get up early tomorrow."

"Noooooo," Lorelai begged. "Don't go..."

Luke smiled. "You know we go through this every night and every night I end up staying?"

Lorelai beamed. "I know. So just sit down already, I want to see Hannibal eat some human."

Luke made a face and sat down next to her. "You're sick."

"Thank you," Lorelai said and snuggled next to him.

She suddenly turned to look at him. "Whipped cream on carrot sticks?" She asked hopefully.

Luke snorted.