Title: Best Friends or Lovers?

Author: Julz

Summary: Rory Hayden has lived in Hartford all her life with her dad. She has had the perfect life: best friends, a great dad, and everything she could ever ask for. What happens when she falls for one of her best friends?

Pairing: Trory!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Michelle and the story line!

Author's Note: Hey guys! I am finally going to show you guys the dinner. Yay! I am so happy! All you reviewers made my day! I have been getting so many positive reviews! You guys are great! Oh, and I'm finally going to introduce Michelle into this chapter! Only Michelle (the real one) knows who she is in the chapter right now. Anyway, on with the show...err…story!

*~*RECAP*~*

"Ladies. You look lovely tonight." Tristan said smirking at the wonders in front of him.

"Charming as ever, Mr. DuGrey." Summer said with a mirror image of the smirk.

"Why thank you, kind sir. Now let's go before Grams throws a fit at us being late." Rory said with an identical smirk which her friends had evident on their faces. The car ride was silent due to the exception of the radio. They pulled in the driveway, walked up to the door and stopped.

"Well, here goes nothing." Rory said as she rung the bell.

"Hi, I'm Cordelia, the maid. Who may I introduce you as?" said Cordelia.

"We don't need an introduction." Said Rory as she pushed her way through the door. Her two friends followed her into the lounge room.

"Rory is just a lovely young lady." They could hear Straub bragging.

"And speak of the devil." Francine said as she saw her granddaughter and her two friends standing in the entrance to the lounge room.

"Rory, darling how are you?" Francine asked as she motioned for the teens to come sit with her. "Tristan dear, I heard about your grandfather. I am so sorry."

"Thank you Mrs. Hayden." Tristan said as he played with the ring on his hand.

"Please, call me Francine. How many times have I told you that?"

"137, but who's counting." Rory replied as she glanced at Tristan and smiled.

"Okay. I'm confused here. Someone please fill me in." Summer said at her spot next to her life long friend and her grandmother.

"Summer, darling. How is your dad doing?"

"He's okay. He's on business a lot, but when he comes home, he tries to do everything for us. He brings a lot of souvenirs home also." Summer replied getting a light glow on her face when she talked about her father.

Emily cleared her throat and looked expectantly at Christopher.

"Oh. Sorry. Emily, Richard, this is my daughter Lorelai Leigh Hayden." Christopher replied as he looked proudly toward his daughter.

"She's my child too you know!" Lorelai shouted. "You're not the one who had to go through 13 hours of labor with her. You're not the one who had to push a watermelon through a grape. You're not the one who had to do splits on a crate of dynamite!"

"Sorry to break it to ya Lorelai, but neither did you." Christopher said as he stood up. "Except for the labor part. You actually did have to do that."

"Lorelai! Christopher! Can't we just have a civil conversation? We are meeting our granddaughter and we would like to have this meeting in peace!" Richard bellowed from his spot on the chair.

"You should have seen them at my house yesterday!" Rory said quietly from her seat on the couch.

""If you hadn't gotten our daughter pregnant, than this would have never happened!" Emily said as she too started to stand up.

"It doesn't take one person to get pregnant. And if you haven't noticed? I can't get pregnant." Christopher said. "And if you had watched your precious daughter more carefully, then this wouldn't have happened!"

In the midst of all the fighting, Rory broke down in tears. "Tris, take her to your house. I'll pick her up tomorrow." Christopher said as the attention wasn't quite focused on him.

"I will. Have fun." Tristan said as he and his two friends walked silently out of the lounge.

"I will, I will." Christopher said as he turned his attention back to the war that was going on in front of him.

*~*DuGrey Residence*~*

Tristan pulled up to the door of his house and turned the ignition off. He unlocked the doors and sprang out of the car.

"Hey Sum, help me get Rory out of the car." He said to Summer, referring to their sleeping spare.

"Tris, I'm half asleep. I am so tired. I barely got any sleep last night because of the huge test today." Summer said as she yawned.

"You can do it!" Tristan said in a funny accent.

"Let's go Bible Boy." Summer replied as she unbuckled Rory's seatbelt. After they managed to lift Rory out of the car, Tristan picked her up with ease, almost as if she weighed nothing.

"Just open the door for me." He said as he handed the keys to Summer. Rory groaned with the change in pressure from Tristan's arms but quieted down as soon as he went back to his original position.

"Hey Tris." A female voice shouted from the lounge room.

"Hey. Rory's sleeping. Things got a little…icky at the 'family dinner' tonight and Christopher asked if I could take the girls back here." Tristan explained to his loud sister, Michelle.

"Oh. I'll go get her pajamas ready. Bring her up in about 10 minutes. I'll see you in the morning." Said Michelle as she pecked her older brother on the cheek.

"Ror, get up honey. Let's go. You have to go upstairs. You fell asleep in the car on the way home. Babe, wake up." Summer said to her friend.

"Hmm….bed…coffee…Oompa Loompas…Willy Wonka…fights!" Rory said as she woke up.

"Oh. Sweetie. It's going to be okay. Let's go upstairs and change. Okay?" Summer said gently to her upset friend.

"Sure. Tristan, thanks for coming tonight. I really appreciate it. I'll see you in the morning." Rory said as she gave Tristan a light kiss on the lips.

"'Night, Ror." Tristan said as he hugged her petite frame close to his body. "Anytime babe, anytime." He whispered softly into her ear.

A/N: Hey guys! It's me again! I finally introduced Michelle! Anyway, this chapter sucks a lot because I typed it in less than 2 days. So please excuse the crappiness. Anyway…see ya next chapter! Hugs and Kisses…Julz!