yo ho ho! i just had a sleepover with a bunch of my friends, and so now

im wicked tired and its wicked hot here, and i have to stop saying wicked

cuz it gets annoying. lol. on with the story.

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disclaimer: I own my idea for the story and nothing else. not the characters

the town, nada.

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chapter 5: Two Marys Equals Heaven on Earth

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"Welcome back man," Josh said, slapping Tristan on the back.

"Glad to be back," he answered honestly. It had been a year,

a whole year since he had seen Rory Gilmore. And today was the day.

The day he would finally see her again.

She had haunted his thoughts and his dreams the whole time he

was in North Carolina, causing him to anticipate the day he would return

to Hartford and to her. He had imagined millions of scenarios of how they

would meet again, in each one, she would run into his arms.

The first bell rang, interrupting his thoughts.

"See you guys at lunch," Tristan said, wandering off towards

his first class, amused at the number of girls casting admiring eyes at

him.



*****

Walking down the hall towards the cafeteria, Lori stopped short

when she saw him. The new guy. Actually the king himself. Tristan Dugrey.

It was her first day at the school herself, but in the few hours between

her first class and lunch, she had met and befriended all of the popular

girls (including Summer and Francie) and she had also learned everything

there is to know about Tristan.

Like how much he loved Rory. And how he called her 'Mary',

affectionately of course. And how they were supposed to play Romeo and

Juliet but Tristan screwed it up by breaking into the safe and being

sent to military school.

Knowing this information about 'The King' and her sister, Lori

made it her personal goal to make Tristan hers.

And there he was, at his locker, pulling out books. She knew

it was him immediately, his messy blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes

giving him away. Lori couldn't help but smile when she realized he was

every bit as handsome as all the girls were playing him up to be.

Now was her chance. She decided to pretend to be Rory, just to

piss her off.

"Hey Tristan, I heard you were back," she said kindly, imitating

her sister.

*****

All that day Tristan had been searching for Rory. He had managed

to avoid most of the people he hung around with, choosing to search for

her instead of meet up with his friends in the hallway between classes.

So of course, he hadn't been tuned in to the Chilton grapevine,

and had no idea that Rory's sister was here at Chilton, today being her

first day here.

So when he heard Rory's voice greet him softly, he quickly

turned around to look at her.

Not that he got much of a chance to, because Lori immediately

leaned in and kissed him. Not a polite kiss, but a passionate, fiery

kiss. And he responded. With such a longing that Lori had never experienced

before.

Tristan managed to pull away from her. "Mary?" he asked,

wondering why she would greet him that way. And that's when he noticed

it. It wasn't Mary he was kissing, at least not the one he had spent

so much time thinking about the past year.

This girl's blouse was too tight, with four buttons left open

at the top, revealing too much cleavage. Her skirt was at least three

and a half inches shorter than dress code allowed. She was turning into

another Summer. Just another slutty girl. He couldn't believe his eyes.

"Lori, what the hell are you doing?" came a voice from behind.

Tristan whipped around. He saw Rory. But he had just kissed Rory,

the one he was just staring at on the other side of him. He turned his

head to both sides, checking to see if there were really two Rory's.

"I'm going insane," he thought to himself.

"Tristan?" Rory cried in astonishment. She had been so busy

trying (and needless to say failing) to monitor Lori that she of course

also missed out on the fact that Tristan was back. She forgot herself

for a minute when she saw his blue eyes staring at her quizzically, and

she threw her arms around him in a great big hug.

"Oh my God. Tristan, when did you get back?" she asked.

"Um, Saturday," he answered. "What's going on?" He was confused.

I mean, there were two Rory's in front of him.

"I'm Lori. We just met," she said, smiling seductively at

Tristan.

"Wait, we did? So you're not Rory? Right you're Lori? So then,

who are you?" He said, turning to Rory.

"Tristan, its me, Rory," she answered calmly. Well, as calm for

a person who had just seen her sister making out with the guy that had

consumed her thoughts for months after he was sent to military school.

"So why does Lori have your face?" he asked, feeling ridiculous

as he did so.

"This, Tristan, is my evil twin. And I'm totally not joking,"

Rory answered, hoping he, well, she didn't know what she was hoping.

Just that this whole situation wasn't happening.

"You have a twin, Mary? Wow, what could be better. Two Mary

Gilmores. So, have the two of you been here all along, playing mind games

with me? Because, you know, that would actually make a lot of sense,

given our rocky history."

"Actually I just moved here," Lori said. "I've been living with

my dad in Boston."

"You have?"

"Yes," she answered.

"Boston, eh? Well there goes my theory on mind games. But you

know, that's not like my Mary to do such a thing."

"You're Mary? God Tristan, did you get hit in the head with

an army tank at military school or something, because I'll have you know

I am not yours to have," Rory said defensively, finding herself a little

hurt that Tristan assumed she had been playing games with his head.

"There are no tanks at military school. Just lots and lots of

boot camp," he answered calmly.

Rory just rolled her eyes.

"So, how come I never heard about Lori?" Tristan asked Rory,

purposely directing his question to her and not Lori.

"Because I'm the unloved, neglected Lorelai Gilmore who no

one knew about," Lori answered instead.

"Like that even bothers you! You care less about me and Mom,"

Rory spat back. She hated when Lori started on her little neglection

bit. It was so old, and untrue.

"Lorelai and Lorelai. Original," Tristan said, trying to break

up the fight. Seeing them standing side by side, he could see the difference

between them. Lori was a Summer, and Rory was still his Mary.

And even though Lori is the type of girl he always dated, she

wasn't attractive to him. Not at all. Rory's beauty revolved around her

innocence and the untouchable look she had around her. Lori, though

identical, had taken all that innocent beauty and exchanged it for

tight skirts and a box of condoms. Tristan definitely knew he would

pick Rory over her twin any day.

"Want to go somewhere for coffee? It's so crowded here," Tristan

said to Rory, hoping she would get the message that he wanted to get

away from her sister.

Rory weighed her options. Either eat lunch with the sister she

hated in the cafeteria, or get coffee with the boy who drove her crazy

in every way possible.

"I'd love to."

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a/n: ooooh, a little troryness. ok, so im not sure if this story is a

trory or literati, but i guess u guys will figure it out when i do.

suggestions are always welcome. just click the pretty purple button!

actually maybe it was more tloriness. lol. i just made up a new little

combo there. lol.