Title: Friends 8/?

Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.com)

Disclaimer: These Characters belong to Gilmore Girls except anyone you do not recognize.

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Rory and Tristan turned around shocked to see Dean standing behind them. Rory got up. "We are getting breakfast."

"What's he doing here?"

"Like I said before getting breakfast."

"But why is he here with you?"

"It's a good thing he didn't see him this morning." Lorelai said with a laugh.

"This morning!"

"Mom!"

"He spent the night. He slept on the floor because he didn't have a place to stay."

"All true." Tristan said.

"I do not want to hear anything from you!" Dean said. 

"It's true, Dean." Max said and Lorelai nodded.

"Ok, when is he going home?"

Rory rolled her eyes. "You know this whole jealous thing is not very attractive. And I'm not going to discuss this with you any more. Is there some reason you came in here?"

"I came to tell you that I'm going to be working tonight. Some one got sick so I have to cancel on movie night."

"Dean…"

"I'm sorry. I really wanted to go. Tomorrow?"

"Ok." She said sadly.

"Am I forgiven?"

"Yes." She said as she gave him a kiss.

"Good, now what about him?" He nodded to Tristan.

"He's going to stay at my house for as long as he needs to and that's all."

"Ok but I still can beat him up when ever you need me to."

"I'll remember that. Bye." She said as she gave him one more kiss.

Tristan wanted to scream. Watching them hurt so much. When Dean left though, he forgot it all and focused it on the here and now. And that was Rory. "Ok, so what is there to do in this one-horse town?"

"Not much, there's tons of different food, shopping and a movie place." Max said.

"How can you call this a town?" Tristan said.

"What you don't think there's fun to be had in this town?"

"No, or at least not where I'm standing."

"Well then it will be my duty to show you what is fun."

"Deal." Tristan said with a smile.

"Good." Rory said and got up. "I think I'm going to go see what's taking my coffee so long."

Max turned to Lorelai. "So what did you and Luke have to talk about?"

"When?"

"When you went to get coffee."

"We talked about coffee and his newest worker."

"That's all." He said a little worried.

"We're not doing this again. You know we are just friends. Don't you trust me?"

"Yes, I'm sorry it's just him I don't trust him."

"Well the feeling's mutual." She nodded towards Sasha.

 "That's different."

"How? You two are friends too. And this wouldn't be the  first time she's done this."

"What are you talking about? What did she do?"

Rory walked up to the counter Jess was behind the counter fixing coffee.

"Any chance I can get one of those?"

He turned to face her with a smile. "I thought you'd forgot about your order you looked really busy over there with your two suitors."

"Two suitors?"

"The new guy and Dean."

"Tristan is a friend and Dean is my boyfriend. Neither are my suitors."

"What ever you want to call them I still think they both like you. And you like both of them."

"You're wrong."

"No I'm not and I can prove it."

"Oh."

"Are you or are you not taking the guy to the movies tonight in place of Dean?"

"I am…"

"Which means you like him and we all know you like Dean."

"Ok, where do you get off getting involved in my love life?"

"Fine, if you don't want to hear the truth or why I think you like Tristan more than Dean then fine…"

"What? I don't like Tristan and I especially don't like him more than Dean."

"Whatever." He started to take someone else's order.

"Wait. I want to know why you think that?"

"Oh I suddenly got your interest back, did I?"

"Just answer the question."

"Because Tristan isn't safe and Dean is safe and boring. You want someone that you cannot plan your day around. Someone that will surprise you. Believe me I know."

After he said this he turned around to the customer again with a smile and he though to himself. "And I'm the perfect person to surprise you day after."

Rory headed back to the table. When she sat down, she still had Jess's words stuck in her head.