How Do I Make You Understand?
Why was she thinking about him? She hated him! And yet for the past day Rory had not been able to get Tristan DuGrey out of her head. The feeling she got when she thought of him was something that she couldn't decipher. But why? She didn't understand. He had literally made her life a living hell. He'd tormented her, prodded her, thrown lewd innuendos at her, and for what? So that he could add another notch into his bedpost, so that he could finally conquer the invincible 'Mary'? But the way she'd been thinking about him recently didn't correspond with feelings of hatred or disgust. She'd actually found herself looking forward to their banter sessions and counting down the hours to the next time she could throw another one of his comments back in his handsome face, and then catch the sparkle of his eyes when she blushed at one of them. But she shouldn't be thinking this way!!! It was Tristan! Player Tristan! King of Chilton Tristan! She couldn't possibly be feeling some compassion towards him…could she? Uggh…. She hated this, not knowing how she felt.
Oh well…not as if it would matter anyway. To Tristan DuGrey, Rory Gilmore felt that she would always be just another notch in the belt. And Rory wasn't about to let herself be dragged down to that.