*Disclaimer: I don't own the series Gilmore Girls or the characters. Even tough I would really like to own Jess or Tristan and yes even Dean. Just imagine how much fun it would be. Anyway I don't own them and all I own is my imagination and the plot.

*A/N: I know it took a while, but finally the second chapter is up. There's not a lot of content to this one, but I had to introduce Jess in the story and I'm slowly building things up. Because I haven't updated this story in a while, I made this chapter extra long. So I hope you guys like it. Please review this chapter. Cause if you guys don't like it, I won't continue it. I'm writing for myself, but I'm also entertaining you guys. So please let me know. Thanks. And the last thing I wanna do is to thank you guys for the AMAZING reviews I got on the first chapter. THANK YOU!!!

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When the bell rang Rory looked up from her notepad. People around her were already grabbing their stuff together and making their way out of the classroom. Rory wanted to close her notepad, but stopped for a minute. Without knowing it she had drawn little hearts in the corners of her notepad. She closed her notepad and started to put her stuff in her bag. When she got up she bumped into someone.

R: ''Sorry.''

She took a step back and looked up to see who it was that she bumped in to. She looked into a kind and familiar pair of eyes.

D: ''No, it's my fault.''

Dean gently grabbed her by her arm to 'steady' her, but really he just wanted to touch her.

D: ''Are you okay ?''

Rory met his eyes and smiled.

R: ''Yeah, thanks.''

Dean gave her a warm smile that made Rory feel weak in the knees. If Dean had asked her to surrender her heart to him, she would have. No questions asked. But that would only happen in her imagination. And besides they just met.

Finally Dean let go of her arm. He had been hypnotized by her eyes. Frozen to the spot, unable to move.

D: ''Good, cause I would never forgive myself if I had hurt you.''

Rory started to blush again. When Dean saw the red spread across her cheeks, he laughed softly. He still couldn't believe that he had made her blush twice today. Normally when he said something like that to a girl they just rolled their eyes at him and walked away, cause they had already heard all his lines before.

D: ''So do you need any help finding your locker ?''

Rory hesitated a while before she answered. He was really nice and he was cute, but finally she shook her head. She just met him. He could turn out to be the biggest jerk of this school.

R: ''No, that's okay. I'm sure you have better things to do than showing the new girl around.''

D: ''I wouldn't be so sure of that.''

Dean gave Rory a warm smile and left the classroom. He was kind of disappointed that she didn't say yes. There was something about that girl that made her different from the other girls here.

A grin started to spread across Rory's face. She got her bag and headed towards the door. She felt as light as a feather. As if she was sitting on top of a cloud high above the world. And all because of one guy. A guy that she just met no less. She stopped in front of her locker and looked at the numbers that she had written down on the palm of her hand. She tried the combination, but her locker didn't open. She tried again, but it was no use. Either they gave her the wrong combination or she got stuck with the locker that nobody wanted. The one that wouldn't close properly or the one that would get stuck occasionally. Apparently she got stuck with the last one. She tried the combination again and sighed. She wondered if she could get another locker ?

T: ''Need some help ?''

Rory looked up and met Tristan's eyes for a minute.

R: ''I don't know if you can. My locker's stuck.''

T: ''Well that just happened to be my speciality.''

Tristan slammed his fist against Rory's locker and moments later it flew open.

T: ''There you go.''

R: ''Thanks. Tristan, right ?''

T: ''The one and only.''

He smirked at her and leaned against another locker. He observed Rory as she started to put some of her books in her locker.

Rory was aware that he was watching her and before she knew it she started to blush again. She couldn't help it. She just wasn't used to all the attention. At her last school the guys never looked at her or gave her compliments.

Jane: ''Rory, hey.''

Rory turned around and saw Jane coming her way.

R: ''Hey.''

Jane: ''So I see that you met Tristan DuGrey.''

R: ''Yeah, he helped me with my locker.''

Jane: ''Really ? I'm surprised that that's all he helped you with.''

R: ''What's that supposed to mean ?''

Jane: ''What do you think ?''

T: ''Don't listen to her. I'm a nice guy.''

Jane: ''Yeah, nice.''

Jane turned around to face Rory.

Jane: ''So are you coming ?''

R: ''Coming where ?''

Tristan started to laugh and Jane gave him a look.

Jane: ''You're sick.''

T: ''No, I'm a guy.''

Jane rolled her eyes and looked at Rory again.

Jane: ''Call it whatever you want.''

Tristan stopped laughing, but he couldn't stop a smirk from forming on his face. He caught Rory looking at him and winked at her. Rory's cheeks got even redder and she looked away.

Jane: ''So are you coming or not ?''

R: ''Where to ?''

Jane: ''The gym of course. They're holding cheerleader tryouts, remember ?''

R: ''O that, I don't know. I already told you.......''

Jane: ''You don't have to try out, just come and watch. I'll introduce you to some of my friends.''

T: ''What are you talking about ? You don't have friends.''

Rory held back a smile and Jane just ignored Tristan.

R: ''I don't know.''

Jane: ''Come on, it will be fun.''

T: ''Sounds fun. Hot girls in little skirts. Can I come too ?''

Jane rolled her eyes at him.

Jane: ''You're such a guy.''

T: ''Glad to hear that.''

Jane: ''Let's go Rory.''

R: ''You go ahead. I'll be there in a minute.''

Jane: ''Do you know where the gym is ?''

R: ''I'll find it.''

Jane: ''Are you sure ?''

R: ''Yeah.''

Jane: ''Okay, bye Tristan.''

T: ''Ahhh you're leaving ? What a shame.''

Jane stuck her tongue out at him and started to walk away from them. Rory smiled and started to rummage through her locker again.

T: ''So I guess I'll see you tomorrow.''

R: ''Yeah.''

He shoved his hands in his pockets and started to back away from her still facing her.

T: ''Bye Rory.''

R: ''Bye Tristan.''

He winked at her again and turned around. Moments later he was gone. Rory sighed and shook her head. This wasn't happening. She was starting to like Tristan too. This was her first day and already she liked two guys. Not one, but two. That wasn't possible right ? Rory closed her locker and turned around. She should ask Jane about Tristan and Dean. But she had to find the gym first. She looked around and tried to remember is she had to go left or right ? She spotted a guy leaning against the wall. She wasn't sure, but she thought that she recognized him from her last class. Rory hesitated, but decided to step up to the guy anyway. She took a couple of steps towards him.

R: ''Excuse me.......''

When the guy didn't look up, she took another step towards him.

R: ''Do you know where the gym is ?''

Finally the guys looked up and met her gaze. He had beautiful brown eyes. For a moment Rory was lost in his eyes. There was something mysterious about them. The guy slowly took out a cigarette and lit it. He took a drag and blew out the smoke before he answered.

J: ''Hey Rory.''

Rory was surprised by his answer. She didn't think that he would have remembered her name.

R: ''Hi. What's your name ?''

J: ''Not important.''

R: ''Strange name, but hey it's your name and who am I to judge, right ?''

He didn't answer and took another drag of his cigarette.

R: ''You probably would have answered with nobody if I had asked who you were, wouldn't you ?''

He still didn't say a thing. All he did was look at her.

R: ''So I'm guessing that you're not much of a talker ? I know that it might sound cliche, but I just have to ask you this. Cat got your tongue ?''

Finally a small smile appeared on his face.

J: ''I'm Jess.''

R: ''You actually can talk ?''

J: ''Occasionally.''

Rory nodded.

R: ''Well you picked a good time to talk.''

J: ''I did ?''

He took another drag of his cigarette.

R: ''Yeah, now you can tell me where the gym is.''

J: ''Why ?''

R: ''Cause I have to go to the gym.''

J: ''So you said, but why ?''

R: ''I'm supposed to meet Jane there.''

J: ''The cheerleader ?''

R: ''Yeah, do you know her ?''

J: ''Nope.''

R: ''So are you going to tell me where the gym is ?''

J: ''Maybe.''

R: ''Can't you just answer the question ?''

Jess smirked and nodded in the direction of the gym.

J: ''Turn right at the end of the hallway.''

R: ''Now that wasn't so hard, was it ?''

J: ''If you don't mind I'm going to stop talking now.''

Rory nodded and met his eyes again.

R: ''Thanks Jess.''

J: ''You're welcome.''

R: ''Made you talk.''

She started to walk away from Jess. When she disappeared into the gym Jess grinned. Maybe she wasn't so bad after all. She did make him smile. Jess looked in the direction of the gym once more and took a last drag of his cigarette. He threw his cigarette away and decided to go to the library.

Rory always felt out of place in the gym. She wasn't into team sports or cheerleading. The only thing that she liked about the gym were the guys. The cute and popular guys always hung out in the gym to practice basketball or something. Jane and some other girls standing in the middle of the gym rehearsing some dance moves. As soon as Jane spotted Rory she came over to her.

Jane: ''Hey, you're here.''

R: ''I'm here.''

Jane: ''Are you sure that you don't want to try out ?''

R: ''Positive.''

Jane: ''Okay. I have to get back to the group. We have to observe the new ones.''

R: ''Sounds fun.''

Jane: ''O it is, believe me. You can watch from the bleachers.''

R: ''I will.''

Jane: ''Great, I'll join you as soon as I'm done.''

R: ''Got it, have fun.''

Jane smiled at her and went back to the group. Rory went over to the bleachers and sat down. She watched the try outs for the first half hour, but after a while she had seen every move of the dance routine twice. Jane waved at her and Rory waved back. She liked Jane, she was nice. She may be a cheerleader and one of the most popular girls in school, but she sure didn't act like she was all that. Rory got out a book and started to read. About twenty minutes later Jane joined her and sat down next to her. Rory closed her book and looked up at her.

R: ''Hey.''

Jane: ''Hey. What are you reading ?''

Rory showed her the book.

Jane: ''Shakespeare. Your first day and already you got stuck with that ?''

R: ''Actually I'm reading it for fun.''

Jane: ''Right.''

R: ''Really.''

Jane: ''Okay, sorry. It's just that......well I don't read a lot and I don't know anyone who reads Shakespeare either.''

R: ''Well now you do.''

Jane smiled.

Jane: ''Yeah. So you wanna meet some of my friends ?''

R: ''Sure.''

Jane called some of her friends over.

Jane: ''Guys this is Rory, Rory these are Brittany, Liz and Camille.''

R: ''Hi.''

B: ''Nice to meet you.''

L: ''Same here. Well we've gotta go change.''

R: ''Bye.''

Liz and Brittany waved and left the gym. Camille got a bottle of water out of her bag and took a sip.

C: ''So what did you think ?''

R: ''About the dancing ?''

C: ''Yeah.''

R: ''You guys were amazing. Some of the jumps were......high.''

Camille laughed and sat down next to Jane.

C: ''There supposed to be.''

Jane: ''Yeah, we train all year.''

C: ''So did you meet any interesting people yet ?''

Jane: ''Besides us of course.''

Camille smiled and rolled her eyes.

C: ''Of course.''

R: ''I haven't met a lot of people yet.''

Jane: ''What about Dean ?''

C: ''Dean ?''

R: ''Yeah, I talked to him for a while.''

Jane: ''And what do you think of him ?''

Rory shrugged and tried very hard not to let her real emotions show.

R: ''He's nice.''

C: ''Yeah, he's a sweetie.''

Jane: ''And she met Tristan. He helped her with her locker.''

C: ''I'm sure he did.''

Jane slightly laughed.

Jane: ''According to Rory he was the perfect gentleman.''

Camille raised her eyebrows and looked at Rory with disbelief.

C: ''Tristan a gentleman ?''

Jane started to laugh again.

R: ''Yeah.''

C: ''Well that's a first.''

Jane: ''He must like you.''

Camille took another sip of water and looked at Rory again.

C: ''Any more people that we should know off ?''

R: ''I don't think so. Well I kind of had this real short conversation with another guy.''

Jane: ''Another guy ?''

C: ''What's his name ?''

R: ''Jess. Do you guys know him ?''

Jane shook her head.

Jane: ''Not really.''

C: ''He doesn't talk much.''

B: ''Camille are you coming !?''

Camille looked at Brittany and got up.

C: ''I have to go. Nice to meet you Rory. We'll talk more tomorrow.''

R: ''Sounds good. Bye.''

Camille waved and left the gym with Brittany.

R: ''I have to get home too.''

Jane: ''Okay. I'll see you tomorrow then.''

R: ''Probably. Thanks for everything Jane. I had fun.''

Jane: ''Told you.''

R: ''Bye.''

Rory got her bag and book and left the gym. When she went around the corner she crashed into someone. She dropped her book and lost her balance. Moments later she was on the ground. This was the second time that she had bumped into someone today. She shook her head and looked up at the person that she bumped in. She immediately recognized the person. It was Jess.

J: ''Are you okay ?''

R: ''Yeah, sorry.''

Jess held out his hand and Rory placed her hand in his. He helped her up and handed her a book.

J: ''This yours ?''

Rory nodded and took the book.

R: ''Yeah, thanks.''

She sighed and put the book in her bag.

J: ''So do you read a lot ?''

R: ''Yeah. Do you read ? O let me guess it's not important ?''

J: ''Exactly.''

R: ''Well I have to get home.''

Jess stepped aside so that Rory could pass him.

R: ''Thanks again.''

She gave him one more look and left. Jess shoved his hands in his pockets and watched her leave. He wondered if she was reading Shakespeare for school ? He shrugged and left too.