spoilers: Any and all episodes that have aired since the show has begun.
pairing: r/d (for now)
disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls now, and unless I suddenly get rich and/or inherit the rights to the show, I will never. *sniffle, sniffle*
author's note: Who should Rory end up with? *hmm* Look at all the choices.
Tristan Dugray dropped his things on the floor of his bedroom. He was home, not the greatest place on earth, but a giant step up from military school in North Carolina, where he had been for the past year.
He had to admit. Though an awful place to be, it had changed him, or so he thought. As he saw it, he was no longer womanizer he acted like when he left Chilton. But school would put the "new Tristan" to the test. But what he really wanted was Rory. Even after all that time away he couldn't get her out of his head. Everyone thought that his "Mary" was another conquest, and he had to admit it was. At first. But then he became infatuated with the girl that rejected him. Why didn't she want him, the highly acclaimed "King of Chilton." Then his infatuation became something else, love? No. Love was too strong a word. Dugray's did not love. It wasn't in the instruction manual.
He sighed, soon enough school would start and they'd all see.
"Mom!" Rory screamed up the stairs, "If you don't hurry up, I'm going to be late for my first day of school."
"Chill out. I'm coming. Jeez!"
"I'm leaving without you! See, Rory is walking out the door. On the way to the bus stop."
"I'm here, I'm here. Hold that pose. I need pictures of my baby's first day as a senior."
"Yeah mom, whatever."
"Move, move, move. I'm going to take pictures all the way to the us stop." Lorelai laughed. The whole way there she snapped pictures. Every corner they turned."click".every Stars Hollow monument they passed."click". As they reached the bus stop, a familiar face greeted them.
"Hey guys." Becca said, "Uh, Lorelai, what are you doing?" She'd been in town for about two weeks now, and well, she was confused as ever. With the ways of the Gilmore's especially.
"Mom insisted on taking pictures of my first day of school."
"Yes, see that way I can show them to my grandchildren so they can go, 'Look at mommy in that hideous pleated skirt!'"
"Interesting, my parents haven't taken pictures of my first day since, well, kindergarten."
"Well your parents are no fun, " Lorelai looks up, "Oh look, it's the bus! Hurry and get on so I can get pictures." The woman with the camera was very excited.
"A little too excited." Becca thought to herself.
"Thank God we got away," Rory said, "I didn't think the bus would ever come."
"Then we should thank the bus driver for coming a little early today shouldn't we?"
"I guess we should." Rory responded, laughing lightly, "You're different."
"Not different. Just special." Said Becca, smiling.
"Sounds like something my mom would say, but no. Not like that, I mean, Jess said you were well, I guess the word would be witty? And you seemed pretty normal when I first met you. Dean describes you as the 'tormented teen' type. And just now, you almost were one of the Gilmores." Rory said questioningly.
"Maybe I'm bipolar, you never know."
"Maybe." Rory said. The rest of the bus ride was spent in silence. And as they reached the gray stone mass Rory began, "Come on, let's go, I'll show you around a bit before the bell rings. The bus usually arrives about twenty minutes before the homeroom bell." The two got off the bus and headed for the lockers. As they started to put their books up, someone walks up.
"Well, well. Have a nice summer, Mary?"
"It's Rory, Tristan, Rory. After all this time I would have thought you would finally remember my name," the tone of her voice was annoyed, but she spoke with a smile on her face. "They really let you out of military school."
"Sure did. So who's this?"
"Becca."
"So I guess we have another small town recruit." Tristan stated.
"Uh, no." Becca responded.
"I'll talk to you guys later, I have to go check with Paris about the Franklin before homeroom. Becca, I'll see you in English. Tristan, later." Rory said as she walked down the hall.
"You should just tell her."
"Tell her what?" Tristan asked.
"Don't play dumb. I know you like her." Becca said as the two started to walk .
"I'm that obvious."
"Like saran wrap."
"That's a great metaphor."
"I know. But, I shouldn't be saying this, but you should really let her know. Ten years from now, you don't want to think back and ponder what might have been." She then turned into the classroom leaving Tristan in the hallway to think.
All in all, the first day of school was relatively uneventful for Rory. Chilton didn't believe in first days, they dug right in. And Tristan was back, how she felt about that, she couldn't even figure out for herself. Oh well, she'd talk to her mom later.
"Coffee," she thought to herself, she picked up her purse and headed out the front door. As she approached the diner she saw her mom arguing with Luke over the counter, undoubtably about coffee.
"Hey mom, Luke," Rory greeted them.
"Hey Rory, Luke, she's here, bring out the pot. After a first day at Chilton she'll need a few refills."
"Lorelai, that was a pathetic excuse to get coffee." Rory and her mom turned around and saw Becca standing behind them, "I know for a fact you every day you guys live on 'a few refills,'" she said with a smile.
"Funny girl. So how was hell? I was just about to ask Rory, but two for the price of one is a great deal," Lorelai responded, "Luke, fill those mugs, don't you walk away."
Grunting, Luke did as she ordered.
"It was interesting, Mom, guess who's back." Rory said.
"Bible Boy?" Lorelai answered.
"The one and only," Rory told her mom.
"Bible Boy, this has to do with the Mary thing doesn't it?" Becca inquired.
"So you've talked to him," Lorelai asked.
With a smirk on her face Becca answered, "Sure did."
Jess approached the counter. "Hey guys."
"Hey Jess," the trio greeted him.
"How was hell?"
"Almost as good as day old milk that has been sitting in the sun," Becca answered his question.
"Good answer, and that describes it so well." Rory laughed.
"Everyone, come look! A very large truck is dumping shipping popcorn in front of Doose's and it's going everywhere." Babette yelled into the diner, breathlessly.
Lorelai and Rory eyed each other questioningly and turned to Jess, who raised his hands in protest. "Why does everyone always blame me."
"Because." Rory responded as she and her mom headed out of the diner to look at the event with about every other person in town.
Jess turned to Becca, "It was you wasn't it."
She just smirked.
"Taylor's gonna have a fit."
"That was the intended outcome. Come on, I have part two waiting out back, can you help me?"
"Yeah, lets go, no one is here anyway. Bye, Luke!"
"Jess get back in here," Luke yelled, but it was too late, the two pranksters were already out the door.
Later that night Becca and Jess were talking at the counter at Luke's. "Oh my gosh, did you see the look on Taylor's face when all of his shelves were empty?" Jess was laughing so hard his stomach hurt.
"Yes, but you know what was better?" Becca, not waiting for an answer went on, "When Dean had to restock all those shelves. He's probably still there now."
"Yeah he is. This is probably the biggest thing that has happened to Stars Hollow."
"Probably. Jess, can I ask you something that is kinda personal?"
"Shoot."
"What's so special about Rory Gilmore?" Becca just sat there, listening to his answer, long after all the rest of the customers were gone.
"You like her too, don't you."
"Too? You mean other than Dean," he paused, "yeah, I guess I do."
"No, actually there was a guy at school who." her voice trailed off.
"You mean Tristan?"
"So you know him."
"Not technically, but his name comes up occasionally when talking to Rory." Jess looked at the girl across the counter. It was nice to have someone to talk to in Stars Hollow, other than Rory. Because talking to her too much would cause Dean to get jealous, and God knows what would happen if that boy went off on one of his tangents.
"I should get going, school tomorrow. *ugh*"
"Yeah, we should be closing up anyway. I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Sure will, and will continue this session."
"Session? You sound like a shrink."
"And that I am Jess Marino. Lucky for you I'm not charging you hourly," she smiled as she walked out the door. Three boys, one her cousin, one the town bad boy, and one . Tristan. What made Rory Gilmore so elusive? She didn't know, but she would soon enough find out.
*a/n - so.once again, the end of a chapter. Please please please review. I'll give you a cookie!
pairing: r/d (for now)
disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls now, and unless I suddenly get rich and/or inherit the rights to the show, I will never. *sniffle, sniffle*
author's note: Who should Rory end up with? *hmm* Look at all the choices.
Tristan Dugray dropped his things on the floor of his bedroom. He was home, not the greatest place on earth, but a giant step up from military school in North Carolina, where he had been for the past year.
He had to admit. Though an awful place to be, it had changed him, or so he thought. As he saw it, he was no longer womanizer he acted like when he left Chilton. But school would put the "new Tristan" to the test. But what he really wanted was Rory. Even after all that time away he couldn't get her out of his head. Everyone thought that his "Mary" was another conquest, and he had to admit it was. At first. But then he became infatuated with the girl that rejected him. Why didn't she want him, the highly acclaimed "King of Chilton." Then his infatuation became something else, love? No. Love was too strong a word. Dugray's did not love. It wasn't in the instruction manual.
He sighed, soon enough school would start and they'd all see.
"Mom!" Rory screamed up the stairs, "If you don't hurry up, I'm going to be late for my first day of school."
"Chill out. I'm coming. Jeez!"
"I'm leaving without you! See, Rory is walking out the door. On the way to the bus stop."
"I'm here, I'm here. Hold that pose. I need pictures of my baby's first day as a senior."
"Yeah mom, whatever."
"Move, move, move. I'm going to take pictures all the way to the us stop." Lorelai laughed. The whole way there she snapped pictures. Every corner they turned."click".every Stars Hollow monument they passed."click". As they reached the bus stop, a familiar face greeted them.
"Hey guys." Becca said, "Uh, Lorelai, what are you doing?" She'd been in town for about two weeks now, and well, she was confused as ever. With the ways of the Gilmore's especially.
"Mom insisted on taking pictures of my first day of school."
"Yes, see that way I can show them to my grandchildren so they can go, 'Look at mommy in that hideous pleated skirt!'"
"Interesting, my parents haven't taken pictures of my first day since, well, kindergarten."
"Well your parents are no fun, " Lorelai looks up, "Oh look, it's the bus! Hurry and get on so I can get pictures." The woman with the camera was very excited.
"A little too excited." Becca thought to herself.
"Thank God we got away," Rory said, "I didn't think the bus would ever come."
"Then we should thank the bus driver for coming a little early today shouldn't we?"
"I guess we should." Rory responded, laughing lightly, "You're different."
"Not different. Just special." Said Becca, smiling.
"Sounds like something my mom would say, but no. Not like that, I mean, Jess said you were well, I guess the word would be witty? And you seemed pretty normal when I first met you. Dean describes you as the 'tormented teen' type. And just now, you almost were one of the Gilmores." Rory said questioningly.
"Maybe I'm bipolar, you never know."
"Maybe." Rory said. The rest of the bus ride was spent in silence. And as they reached the gray stone mass Rory began, "Come on, let's go, I'll show you around a bit before the bell rings. The bus usually arrives about twenty minutes before the homeroom bell." The two got off the bus and headed for the lockers. As they started to put their books up, someone walks up.
"Well, well. Have a nice summer, Mary?"
"It's Rory, Tristan, Rory. After all this time I would have thought you would finally remember my name," the tone of her voice was annoyed, but she spoke with a smile on her face. "They really let you out of military school."
"Sure did. So who's this?"
"Becca."
"So I guess we have another small town recruit." Tristan stated.
"Uh, no." Becca responded.
"I'll talk to you guys later, I have to go check with Paris about the Franklin before homeroom. Becca, I'll see you in English. Tristan, later." Rory said as she walked down the hall.
"You should just tell her."
"Tell her what?" Tristan asked.
"Don't play dumb. I know you like her." Becca said as the two started to walk .
"I'm that obvious."
"Like saran wrap."
"That's a great metaphor."
"I know. But, I shouldn't be saying this, but you should really let her know. Ten years from now, you don't want to think back and ponder what might have been." She then turned into the classroom leaving Tristan in the hallway to think.
All in all, the first day of school was relatively uneventful for Rory. Chilton didn't believe in first days, they dug right in. And Tristan was back, how she felt about that, she couldn't even figure out for herself. Oh well, she'd talk to her mom later.
"Coffee," she thought to herself, she picked up her purse and headed out the front door. As she approached the diner she saw her mom arguing with Luke over the counter, undoubtably about coffee.
"Hey mom, Luke," Rory greeted them.
"Hey Rory, Luke, she's here, bring out the pot. After a first day at Chilton she'll need a few refills."
"Lorelai, that was a pathetic excuse to get coffee." Rory and her mom turned around and saw Becca standing behind them, "I know for a fact you every day you guys live on 'a few refills,'" she said with a smile.
"Funny girl. So how was hell? I was just about to ask Rory, but two for the price of one is a great deal," Lorelai responded, "Luke, fill those mugs, don't you walk away."
Grunting, Luke did as she ordered.
"It was interesting, Mom, guess who's back." Rory said.
"Bible Boy?" Lorelai answered.
"The one and only," Rory told her mom.
"Bible Boy, this has to do with the Mary thing doesn't it?" Becca inquired.
"So you've talked to him," Lorelai asked.
With a smirk on her face Becca answered, "Sure did."
Jess approached the counter. "Hey guys."
"Hey Jess," the trio greeted him.
"How was hell?"
"Almost as good as day old milk that has been sitting in the sun," Becca answered his question.
"Good answer, and that describes it so well." Rory laughed.
"Everyone, come look! A very large truck is dumping shipping popcorn in front of Doose's and it's going everywhere." Babette yelled into the diner, breathlessly.
Lorelai and Rory eyed each other questioningly and turned to Jess, who raised his hands in protest. "Why does everyone always blame me."
"Because." Rory responded as she and her mom headed out of the diner to look at the event with about every other person in town.
Jess turned to Becca, "It was you wasn't it."
She just smirked.
"Taylor's gonna have a fit."
"That was the intended outcome. Come on, I have part two waiting out back, can you help me?"
"Yeah, lets go, no one is here anyway. Bye, Luke!"
"Jess get back in here," Luke yelled, but it was too late, the two pranksters were already out the door.
Later that night Becca and Jess were talking at the counter at Luke's. "Oh my gosh, did you see the look on Taylor's face when all of his shelves were empty?" Jess was laughing so hard his stomach hurt.
"Yes, but you know what was better?" Becca, not waiting for an answer went on, "When Dean had to restock all those shelves. He's probably still there now."
"Yeah he is. This is probably the biggest thing that has happened to Stars Hollow."
"Probably. Jess, can I ask you something that is kinda personal?"
"Shoot."
"What's so special about Rory Gilmore?" Becca just sat there, listening to his answer, long after all the rest of the customers were gone.
"You like her too, don't you."
"Too? You mean other than Dean," he paused, "yeah, I guess I do."
"No, actually there was a guy at school who." her voice trailed off.
"You mean Tristan?"
"So you know him."
"Not technically, but his name comes up occasionally when talking to Rory." Jess looked at the girl across the counter. It was nice to have someone to talk to in Stars Hollow, other than Rory. Because talking to her too much would cause Dean to get jealous, and God knows what would happen if that boy went off on one of his tangents.
"I should get going, school tomorrow. *ugh*"
"Yeah, we should be closing up anyway. I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Sure will, and will continue this session."
"Session? You sound like a shrink."
"And that I am Jess Marino. Lucky for you I'm not charging you hourly," she smiled as she walked out the door. Three boys, one her cousin, one the town bad boy, and one . Tristan. What made Rory Gilmore so elusive? She didn't know, but she would soon enough find out.
*a/n - so.once again, the end of a chapter. Please please please review. I'll give you a cookie!