Practice started the next day. The cast and crew were starting to get use to each other and it was becoming more fun then Tristan had ever thought. He was closer to Rory then he had ever thought was possible since there kiss a week ago…but now Rory and him were close. The last week in fact was spent in either Stars Hollow or his house practicing lines. They would talk sometimes serious, other times funny…and even the occasional movie night. 

"There's a song that's inside of my soul

It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again.

 I'm awaken in the infinite cold

But you sing to me over and over and over again

So I lay my head back down

And I lift my hands and pray

To be only yours I pray

To be only yours I know now

You're my only hope

Sing to me the song of the stars
Of the galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again…."

As Rory sang the song during one of the many rehearsals Tristan could tell he was falling for her. Yes, he had all the time ago when they had kissed in the hallway but Rory had shoved him away at the last second he had wanted to wrap his arms around her and tell he didn't care anymore…about anything except for her. He walked onto the stage just to see how it was going and she stopped singing abruptly.

"Don't worry about me…" he trailed off as she walked away.

"What's her problem?" Jon, the one playing Mr. Carter asked Tristan.

"I don't know…I think she's just mad at me because I kissed her," Tristan sighed and ran his hands through my hair. Girls were so complicated sometimes. Not really, all of them were falling on top of Tristan begging to be his flavor of the week. Girls, he wasn't interested in…girls he didn't have any feeling for the only girl that he wanted to see and talk to would ignore him as if she would talk to him she'd be plagued before.

"How long ago?" Joey asked jumping in while Lori listened to all of the guys quietly.

 "Like a week ago…maybe?" Tristan said unsure of when it was.

"Yeah, it was a week ago," Jon, said knowingly. "I'm in their English class…they kissed at the door and Mr. Medina opened the door on them. Rory shouted and then Paris went running out in tears!" Tristan looked at all of them and shook his head.

"Why did you kiss her anyways?" asked Katie.

 "It's not like the famous Tristan DuGrey…heartbreaker and player could be in love right?" asked Leah completing Katie's thought.

"You wouldn't believe me if I said I did!" Tristan shot back.

"Right," the girls said laughing at his hurt expression.

"I really do love her," he says suddenly serious.

"That's bull," replied Jeff.

"Why?" Tristan asked amazed at these people for ganging up on him.

"We've seen all of your flavors of the week since like third grade and well…they've all been ditzy!"

"Thanks," Tristan said sarcastically.

"Well…it's true!" the whole group protested. "What are you guys talking about?" asked Rory walking into the whole group discussion while grabbing her water bottle and taking a swig of water.

"Nothing," they all chorused shooting looks at the other pretending to be in their own thoughts.

 "You're all lying!" she accused.

 "No, we're really not," said Tristan softly looking at her. As his gaze steadied on Rory making her look away from him unaware of the heartache she caused him.

"Okay back to work!" called out the director and he sighed sadly. Rory glanced over at him and he faked a smile for her. She smiled back but then returned to the role of Jamie Sullivan, the girl who fell for the bad boy Landon Carter…why couldn't they be like that in reality?