*Right now in the story, it is Friday, and it is now the end of the day.

Rory thought of the upcoming weekend as she walked out of her last class. 'I can't believe they gave us so much homework; they had to give us at least 2 hours extra homework. Well at least I don't have to come back until…wait a minute! Chilton has Monday off for some teacher's conference or something. This is great! Now I get to spend tonight free of homework, and just hangout with Lane!'

At her locker…

"Hmm, now lets see what books I need. Well, I defiantly need my math for the test next Wednesday. Then there is the social studies book for that worksheet our teacher gave us. What next? O yea, health. God, why do I even need this class? Ok, well the rest of my teachers gave us two books, one for home and one for school, so we don't have to carry so much. Ok, I think I'm done here, now let me get out of hell.

'So Mary…' 'It's Rory!' I have to remember to be the 'gentleman' that I am if I want her to like me. Thought Tristan 'Ok, …Rory, when are we going to get started on our project?' 'Project? What project' since it has been a long day for Rory, she totally forgot about Mr. Medina's project. 'The project in Mr. Medina's class were we get to know each other for two weeks? Does that ring a bell?' ' Ugh! I totally forgot about it! Umm well, when do you want to start it Tristan?' 'Well what are your plans for tonight?' 'I can't do tonight' 'Why not?' Because first I have to go to dinner at my grandparents house, and then I was going to hang out with my best friend Lane.' 'Well that's perfect! I'll tag along with you at dinner with your grandparents, and then hang out with you and Lane.' 'Now why would you do that?' 'Well Rory, since your forgetting so much, I will fill you in. The project we have to do, is get to know the other partner, on the life, thoughts, and ideas. Now what your doing tonight, is your life, and I need to see it for the project.' Perfect idea Tristan! Now you get to spend more time with her! Thank you Mr. Medina! 'Fine, you can come. Do you want to go to my house now, or meet my mom and me at my grandparents house?' 'Hmmm, why don't I drive you back to my house so I can change, and then we will go straight to your house. Sound good?' 'Ok, are you ready to leave then?'  'Yea, I'm ready to go now.'

Out in Chilton parking lot

'So where is your car at?' 'It's over there' Tristan said while pointing to a silver two-seater BMW convertible. 'Wow' 'You like it?' 'Do I like it? Tristan! This car is amazing! O, wait till my mom sees this, she would want to drive this all night!' said Rory with a laugh in her voice. 'Yea that is what all the girls say' joked Tristan. 'Come on Ror, lets get going'.'

Rory and Tristan drive the five minutes from Chilton to his house. Once they pull up the DuGrey's driveway, Rory is in awe. 'O my god Tristan!' 'What?' ' If you take my house times ten, it wouldn't even fill this place up.' 'Yea well, this is what you get living in society' Tristan said this with some anger in his voice. Rory, who did not notice it, just got out of the car, and was waiting on the front porch for Tristan. Once Tristan opened the door, and let them both in. 'Ok, so where's your room at?' Rory said this while walking up the stairs to the second floor. Tristan who is kind of shocked that she wants to see his room, and is already walking upstairs, just answers dumbfounded. 'My what?' Rory laughing. 'Your room Tristan, you know the one that you sleep in and change in? Now where is it?' 'O, it's actually on the third floor.' 'Wait a minute! Your telling me that you have more than two floors in this house?' 'Well yea.' Tristans voice made it sound like 'Well yea, doesn't everybody have three floors?' 'That's so cool! Show it to me!' After Rory and Tristan walk up to the third floor, which is complete with a bathroom huge enough as Rory's room, a walk-in closet of a girls dream, and one bad ass of a bedroom. There is also a room right next to his that is the 'hang out' room…where he brings all his friends, or his…lady of the week.

Once Rory plopped down on the bed, Tristan began to go through his drawers of clothing, to wear for tonight. Since he already knows about 'dinners' in Hartford, he picks one of his nice looking black pants suit with a deep blue, long sleeve, collar button down shirt and black shoes. Then when he goes to Lanes house later that night, he decides to wear his dark denim jeans and guys striped polo shirt from Abercrombie & Fitch, that is just tight enough to show off his muscular body. (A/N-oOo yummy! Lol that's just the type of guy I love! Lol) 'Ok I'm ready to go now, do you need anything Ror?' (He's talking about the bathroom, or food and drinks.) 'O no, I'm fine, lets get going then.'

On the drive back to Stars Hollow, Rory wants to find some information out on Tristan; she already pulled out the journal the Mr. Medina gave them. (A/N-w/e is answered down there, I just made up!)

'So Tristan, I'm going to ask you some basic questions for the project.' 'Ok, shoot' 'What is your full name?' 'Tristan Patrick DuGrey.' 'Is their any meaning behind your name?' 'Well my mom has always liked the name Tristan, and that's how I got my first name.' 'Ok' 'Then my middle name, Patrick, was my dads choosing, and it is his grandfathers name. I don't think Tristan came from a family member though.' 'Well that's nice.' Ok, next question: when were you born, and where?' 'I was born on January 15,1985.' 'O my god!' 'What?' 'You were born on Jan. 15, and I was born on Jan. 16 of the same year!' (A/N-I don't remember when Rory's birthday really is, so I just made up a date. Also this is sophomore year still, so they are about 16 or so. It is also the last quarter of sophomore year at Chilton.) 'Wow, talk about having close birthdays. My mom is going to be so freaked!' said Rory while laughing. 'Ok Tristan, then what hospital were you born at?' 'Hmm let me think for a sec.' 'Two minutes later… 'I was born at Hartford Medical, how about you?' (A/N-just made that hospital up.) 'I was born there too! My grandma said that she thought my mom would have wanted an 'at home birth' with me, since she thinks of my mom as some 'free spirit' person.' Tristan just laughed at that. 'So what else do you want to ask me?' 'Let me look at the packet Mr. Medina gave to us. There should be some questions he wants asked…..mmm, here is one. Ok, What is the most adventurous thing that you would want to do with your life?' 'Ha! That's an easy one. I have always wanted to go sky diving. I saw that is the coolest thing I can do.' 'Sky diving? I don't think I would have the guts to do that.' 'Well once I get my license for diving, I will teach you.' 'Hmm maybe you can put that down in your journal, of my most adventurous thing to do.' While laughing, he says 'ok I will, you just have to promise to go with me.' 'I promise.' 'good.' 'Turn left here.' 'What?' 'Well if you want to go to Stars Hollow correctly, you need to turn left here.' 'O ok.'

Five minutes later, after a tour of the town from the insides of a car.

'So that's the whole town?' 'Yea, that's the whole town.' Once Tristan parked the car, they just sat there for a moment enjoying the nice conversation that they had. 'So Ror, are you ready to show me your house now? I mean you have to at least show me your bedroom, because then it wouldn't be fair if I showed you mine and you didn't show me yours.' Said a smirking Tristan. 'Get that smirk off your face! And I will show you my house…' 'And…' 'And my bedroom if I have to…' 'That's my girl!' O my god! He called me 'his girl!', wait a minute Rory, you don't like him, he is your ENEMY!' 'Ok lets go.' Once they got in the house, Rory called out. 'Mom! I'm home!' 'Marco' was the voice of Lorelai somewhere in the house. 'Polo' Rory said this while moving into the family room with Tristan on her heels. 'Marco' I think mom is upstairs somewhere…she better have not gotten stuck again! 'Mom, are you upstairs?' '…yes' 'Your not stuck again are you?' Rory and Tristan are now walking up the stairs to Lorelais bedroom. Rory who has a feeling that her mom is stuck, once again, under her own bed, and Tristan who is completely clueless of how Lorelai works, will soon find out. '…no, I'm not stuck under my bed…again, at all!'

enter Lorelais bedroom

'Mom! I told you that there are no Mr. Sandmans, and no monsters under your bed!' 'But Rory! I heard a, a, scratching noise!' whined her mom. 'Ugh mom! I can't believe you!' joked Rory, after pulling her mother out from under the bed.

'But there was scratching!' 'No there wasn't' 'Ya huh' Not uh' 'Ya huh' 'Not uh!' this kept up with the girls for a good two minutes. Neither of them saw Tristan retreat from the room down the steps after something ran out of the room. 'Hey Rory! Come down here!' Both Lorelai and Rory run downstairs to see what Tristan has. 'Who are you?' questioned Lorelai. 'I am Tristan DuGrey ma'am. I'm working on a project with Rory.' 'First, never call me ma'am, that makes me sound so old. I'm Lorelai. And second, what did you want us down here for?' 'Ok…Lorelai, Rory, that 'scratching' sound you heard was true.' Both Rory and her mom at the same time 'It was?' 'Yup, and here is the little sucker now.' While showing the girls a baby stray kitten. 'Mom! That's Babette's kitten! The one time I babysat for it!' 'O my god Ror, she must be so worried!' … 'I just got off the phone with her, and she will be over in a second.' 'O…' ding dong '…K, wow she's fast.' Babette just walked in 'O kitty! You saved her girls! O kitty!' 'Well Babette, I don't know how she got in here, but I heard her under my bed.' 'Well we were cleaning our windows and screens, and Morey must have left one of them open and she got out. Well thank you for finding her, I don't know what I would do without her!' Babette has just left.

'Ok Rory, what about some project? And isn't your partner…bible boy?' 'Mom!' 'Excuse me, but bible boy? How did you get that?' 'Well you called Rory Mary, so I call you bible boy, because Mary is in the bible, get it?' explained Lorelai while cracking up. 'Oh' was all Tristan could say, but smiled at the elder Gilmore. 'Well mom the project is from Mr. Medina, and he wants it due back in two weeks. It has to do with learning and getting along with your partner. Like we have to live their lifestyle, and they have to live ours. So Tristan came over tonight to see what its like at dinner with grandma and grandpa…' 'Your going to have dinner with my parents…volunterly?' 'Yea…is that a problem?' 'Just watch out for Emily Gilmore, she's a monster!' 'Mom! Grandma isn't like that.' 'Hehehe, ok babe, whatever you say. Well just so you know, we have to leave in about….an hour from now. Well I'm going to Luke's, you two kiddies behave yourselves.' Winked Lorelai, and then she left.

A/N-Hey guys! I no this chapter is way longer than all the rest, and seems like it takes forever to get to the point, but Im new at this, so I just write w/e. keep the reviews coming. I also changed how they talk from this chapter and the last two, very different, but this way is more 'professional' lol.

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I'll write some more chapters later! Thanks! R/r