*: Just Throw It All Away :*

Summary- Tristan's back from military school and ready to pursue 'Mary' for the second time. But is Rory willing to give up everything she's ever dreamed of for love? My first Trory fanfic.

Disclaimer- I own nothing. All belongs to this lucky creative, gal who invented Gilmore Girls. I'm so jealous. I don't own Chad Michael Murray either… sadly enough. Hey, do you think I could become an evil scientist and make Chad Michael Murray clones for the world! The world would be filled with blue-eyed, gorgeous, Adonis Gods! ::Sigh:: Not going to happen…

A/N- I apologize again and again for such a short previous chapter! Sorry! I'm so sorry! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! I think I'm right, when I say that it's a lot longer!

Chapter 10: Pro/Con Lists

-Tristan-

            "And does anyone know the chemical elements that make up this compound?" Mr. McNeil lectured on the drab Tuesday morning.

            This is such a waste of time, I thought, as I stared out the window facing the parking lot, spacing out for just about the thirteenth time this period.

            "Mr. DuGrey, please answer my previous question," Mr. McNeil's tone was now cold and harsh.

            Shit, caught.

            "Could you please repeat the question?" I asked him with mock politeness that flew right over his head.

            Mr. McNeil just shook his head accusingly, "Paris?"

            Paris said smugly, "We're supposed to clear our desk for a pop quiz on the material we read for homework last night."

            "Correct. Mr. DuGrey, please see me after class," the teacher said as he shuffled through papers perched on top of his desk.

            God, what is this girl doing to me? I'm like a shoe she wears whenever she wants to, I thought bitterly.

…#…

            "Mr. DuGrey, I assume you know why you were asked to stay after."

            "Please refresh my mind." I held back from rolling my eyes.

            "You've managed to fail your quiz today, which just tells me that either you weren't reading very carefully or you didn't read it at all. You are aware, that even though you have just returned, you're still being graded. Your grades are below satisfactory at the moment. If you keep this up, I will have no choice but to move you to an easier class. I highly suggest you find a tutor for this class," Mr. McNeil said calmly.

            Great, you chase a girl who doesn't even like you, and what do you get? A lecture from your chemistry teacher telling you to get a tutor, just great, why do we need girls anyway?

            "I have pulled some strings, and I've arranged for some possible candidates that could be your tutor."

            "Yes, sir."

            "She should be coming any minute now."

            Gee… I wonder who it could be, none other then Rory Gilmore, right?

            Boy, was I wrong.

-Rory-

            "Leave me alone…" I tried to swat away the annoying voice telling me to wake up.

            "Rory! Come on! You're going to be late! You're going to make me late!" I recognized the voice hollering into my ear as Lane's.

            I slowly blinked open my eyes, squinting at the harsh sunlight.

            "What time is it?" I asked, groggily, as I struggled to untangle myself from my sheets.

            "You have ten minutes until you have to board your bus!"

            I snapped up, and raced to my closet, grabbing my uniform and sprinted into the bathroom, turning on the shower. While waiting for the water to heat up, I went downstairs, turned on the coffee pot, and opened a pack of Pop-Tarts to toast in the toaster.

…#…

            Just made it! The bus was just pulling up as I crossed the road to the bus stop.

            "C'mon you damn locker! Open! Urgh!" I muttered under my breath as I struggled with my jammed locker… again. Maybe I should ask the guidance office for a new locker.

             "Ha! Take that you stupid piece of junk!" I had finally forced my locker open.

            Taking the correct books for my morning classes, I shut the locker closed, apprehensively knowing that I'd have to battle with it again.

…#…

            So far I hadn't had any time to think about the Dean-Tristan situation.

            But study hall gives you a lot of free time, to say the least.

            I made another Pro/Con list.

            So far for Dean's list, I had one Pro… love and three cons, boring, unhappy, overprotective. Unfortunately for Dean, the love on the Pro side of the list was circled and had a big question mark next to it.

            Tristan's list was more complicated. There were pros… and also a lot of cons.

            Who would I be happier with? My answer was immediately Tristan. I might want to accept, but that was the first thing that flew to my mind.

            Dean was just… dull. The relationship had lost the spark. I felt as if the only reason we had a relationship was to say, oh I have a boyfriend or girlfriend.

            The bell rang, and I gathered together my things, ripped the two lists and threw them into the trashcan as I headed out the door.

            Time for lunch… thank god, no more lectures and homework assignments. I already had a 1000 word essay, one quiz, one test, and a book report due for tomorrow.

            And just to wrap up this wonderful day, look who appears by my locker. Mr. Tristan DuGrey. I really don't want to deal with this now.

            I'm such a wuss I thought. I seriously considered turning around and just spending lunch in the library.

            Oh what the hell, may as well get it over with. I'm going to have to do it sooner or later.

            "Tristan?"

            "Mary." That cocky smirk was there again. But I … this time it was a familiar thing that I was used to and yet in some twisted sense I liked it. 

            "I… um… can I talk to you?"

            "We're talking."

            "No, I mean, can I talk to you in private where there aren't prying eyes staring and-"

            "Okay, I get it. Give me a sec." But surprisingly enough, all he did was make a head gesture and everyone in the hallway cleared out.

            "So, do you always get what you want?"

            "Most of the time."

            "Right, I was wondering, um…"

            Do I have the guts to ask him out? I mean, not as a date, just a casual thing, right?

            "If you wanted to, I mean, if you weren't too busy or anything, because it's not like I'm stupid and don't realize that you have a very busy social calendar, so I'm sure you probably don't have time for this…" And all the time I was blabbing on about incoherent things and nervously fiddling with my books, he was smiling broadly. As if he enjoyed my obvious distress.

            "Tristan!" We both snapped our heads to the voice down the hall.

A/N 2- Well… there we go, a chapter with 1016 words, not including author's note and all that other crap. I hope that makes up for what I didn't post. And how short my recent chapters have been. My schedule has been so busy and hectic, and this was really the first time in like two weeks that I've gotten the chance to sit down and write.

Although in my writer's block, I came up with an idea for a new Lily and James story for Harry Potter. Now, I don't know if you read those, but just to let you know, I might not be able to post so often, maybe once every one or two weeks… but I'll try really hard to make them long chapters!

If anyone wants to read my L/J fanfic I started about a week ago, I didn't post it at FanFiction.Net, it's at the Harry Potter boards, just mention something in your fanfic, and I'll post the link here or something like that.

I've meant to get through my reviews and respond to them, but have always forgotten or haven't had the time but alas, three day weekends are a gift from god!

ecco- Well, thank you for your criticism, but if you had kept on reading, you would have seen that I did change the spelling of Tristan's name. Before I started this story, I've read fanfics that have Tristan's name spelled with an A and with an I, so I went to the WB website, and I checked the transcripts, on the transcripts it said that Tristan was spelled with an I, so that's how I spelled it, but because a lot of people commented on that, I changed it to Tristan.

And I'm the one who writes the story. If you like writing your stories with third-person POV, go ahead, but this is my fanfic. I take the time to write up chapters, and brainstorm during the middle of English lectures, not you, so I'm entitled to write with third-person POV, or whatever POV I want to. If you're going to give constructive criticism, it also usually includes good things about what your commenting on, not just a cute-ish story, which hardly gives the author anything to work with.

Okay, now for the more pleasant responses, I'm sorry about lashing out like that, but sometimes my "delicate, personality" gets the best of me… yeah right, anyways:

Alece- Thank you so much! That was an incredibly sweet thing to say!

Gilly- I didn't know! It's not like you actually spelled out their names for me! Sorry! Give the Boose's hugs and kisses from their Auntie! LoL…

SpiceyGurl- I'm so sorry! And I know what you mean! I've been swamped with tennis games and practices and then having to juggle schoolwork into that.

Piper-h-99- I know what your frustrations feel like! And I'm so sorry for leaving you hanging like that! Well, not hanging, but I'm sorry for such a dull chapter!

Tanjuska- I'm sure you're a wonderful writer! If you'd like to email me something that you've written or anything, feel free to! Thank you for reading my fanfics! I'm glad you enjoyed them!

PopPrincess1399- Thank you! I know it was short! I'm so sorry!

Professional Scatterbrain- Aw… thanks! I love your pen name! It's so me! Scatterbrain… very creative.

Fallen-Angel488- Thank you!! Addictive! Wow… that's such a sweet compliment!

Brownstylez- Aaah… thank you! That's a really sweet review! I'm so relieved that I got the characters right! I don't watch Gilmore Girls anymore, ever since Tristan left ::I thought it got a little dull::, so when I started I was a little hesitant about starting a Trory fanfic because I didn't watch the show anymore and didn't know if Rory changed.

Smile1- I'm sorry I didn't get to read your review before One Tree Hill premiered, and I already posted the times, I think on the previous chapter, but it's on Tuesday nights 9 eastern time, 8 central on the WB, which is the same channel as Gilmore Girls. Actually, the show is right after Giilmore Girls!

To everyone else who reviewed, I love you guys to bits and pieces! You are all so sweet and incredibly nice to me! Muah… keep up the reviews! Do you think 200 reviews is a little far-fetched? Hmm… could you guys please help me get there!

Coffee for everyone! The good coffee too! Not the crappy, watery kind!