"Beautiful people. Wonderful. Thank you for your time and patience!"

The day was finally over as Rory let out a sigh of relief. The entire day was just so long, the first part was some arrogant guy hitting on her while interviewing her, and after that, she was pushed and shoved out of several different outfits. Never in her life has she changed into that many clothes and had that much make-up on within a day. Paris looked as though was going to blow up in the middle of the shoot, when they asked her to wear this scandalous outfit. Needless to say, Paris cold stare made the people scurry away in fear.

"This is just not the way you treat journalist! Journalism is an important aspect and journalist should be respected for the field in the work they have entered. They should be glorified for their work, not their looks!"

Audrey came up behind them with a huge smile on her face.

"I completely agree with you Paris. You wouldn't believe the stuff they wanted me to wear."

Rory nodded in agreement.

"I can't believe that Jennifer actually wore that outfit though. I mean it was a scrap of cloth!"

Paris grumbled beneath her breath so only Audrey and Rory could hear.

"That's because she is some slut who is willing to do anything to get attention."

Audrey looked around.

"I know if I did wear it, my husband would have killed me. It was degrading. And not only that, my brother would kill the photographer and the guy in charge. It would have been a blood bath."

"Yeah, and if I did, Jess would have held the picture over my head for the rest of my life."

Rory just sighed. She had not really gotten into a serious relationship. It was hard. She went on several dates, and none of them were right. She had to find the perfect guy before she settled on a serious relationship. She looked at Paris and Audrey, who seemed to be completely content with the relationships they were in. It could have been a blonde thing. Audrey looked like the all-American-girl. She was 5'10, a perfect figure, blue eyes that sparkled and blonde hair that went all the way to her waist, shimmering every time it moved.

*Maybe I should go blonde.*

Rory was tired from exhaustion. The entire day was filled with being hit by Xavier and Sam. Ever since the interview and after finding out that she was indeed single, she couldn't seem to move ten feet without bumping into one of them. She had decent conversations with Kenneth, James, Andrew, Victoria, and Audrey. She can daresay, made friends with the five passionate journalists. All of them seemed very involved in the field and were very passionate.

Audrey looked around and sighed.

"I can't believe Tom is late again! I'm going to kill him!"

Paris looked and saw a tall, lean Adonis standing on the doorway.

"Or maybe it's because your brother is here to pick you up."

Audrey turned and smiled.

"Hey Tristan."

Rory turned and her eyes widened from surprise. She knew Audrey reminded her of someone! Truthfully, she though about Tristan occasionally, after he left for Military school, but only a little. She was worried about how he might have turned at and from the looks of it he turned out just great.

Paris looked at Tristan and rolled her eyes.

"Well well, if it isn't the every famous Tristan, who single-handedly took monopoly of all major law firms."

"And if it isn't Paris, who single-handedly wrote the glorifying article on me, but forgot to daresay, mention my actual name."

"Slipped my mind."

"It's just that hard to write Tristan instead of Dristan DuGrey?"

"Must have been a slip of the hand."

"Was that payback for junior year in high school."

"I had to get you back somehow."

"Trust a Gellar to hold such strong grudges. Now that you mentioned me as 'Power hungry Dristan DuGrey who slays all his demons with a press of a button' are we even?"

Paris smugly smiled at Tristan.

"I would say so."
Rory remembered the article well and it really was a piece of work. Paris first talk about how weary he looked, like he just jumped out of bed before the interview and how he looked like he had just gone through hell. The she kept calling him Dristan, the man who can slay all his demons with a touch of a button. It was hilarious, and after that article 4 years ago, everyone wanted more of Paris.

Tristan then finally turned his attention to the striking brunette. Such beauty and innocence. After all these years, she still was a Mary. She was the one that got away, and the one opportunity he wished he had taken. He remembered wondering whatever happened this striking blue-eyes Mary. When he found out she was a journalist, it came to no surprise to him. She always had a thing for writing. What she did with words was magic. But he never saw her again after his junior year in high school, that faithful night when he was sent to Military school. But after all those years, he never looked for her. He knew deep inside, if this Mary really were meant for him, then he would have already had her. Not like he didn't try many years ago, but it just didn't work out the way he thought it would.

But even after all these years of wondering if she truly was the one that got away, here she stood in from of him 9 years after, still as radiant as ever. He knew she was different. He smirked and stepped a bit closer.

"Well, if it isn't Mary."

"Oh my, even with that huge ego taking over that small little head of yours, you still remember me? But even that doesn't change the fact that my name is RORY."

"Mary fits you better."

"There had to have been a reason why I am called Rory. Maybe we should say it together and it might, just might get into that big head of yours. Let's try. Together now. RORY."

"MARY."

Audrey broke out into a fit of laughter.

"I haven't seem Tristan act like this since he was a sophomore."

Tristan smirked.

"Mary always brings out the best in me."

Rory rolled her eyes.

"How can you two even be related? I mean, you barely have ANY ego while Tristan's ego is too big for this room. I'm surprised you even fit."

"Thanks for the compliment Mary. That's because Audrey was nice enough to give me her ego after she started the date Timmy."

Audrey hit Tristan on the arm.

"I told you to stop calling him that. It makes him sound like a 5 year old and his name is TOM!"

Rory smiled.

"It's because Tristan here is very forgetful. You know how little his brain can take."

"Mary, you hurt be deeply."

"Liar."

"Maybe a little."

Audrey saw all this come to play. Of course, being the nosey sister she was, she read his journal entries from high school, the ones she found hidden in the attic. His freshman year was a lot of blah about girls and more girls. But about a month after entering sophomore year, his entries seem to revolve around one girl mainly. There were bits and pieces about some girls, but the name Rory and Mary seemed to pop out a lot. After a lot of prying around, she found out about Rory. And when she met her today, she knew why her little brother seemed so spellbound by her. Rory had that haze of innocence and beauty surrounding her. And right then, she knew her brother was thinking the same thing.

"So, you two know each other?"

Rory raised an eyebrow.

"He never mentioned me to you?"

Tristan became a bit uneasy. He knew she read his journals, because he knew his sister. Which was the reason why he never mentioned her to Audrey.

"He might have, but then I was always to busy to listen to him blab on about some girl."

Rory laughed while Paris butted in.

"He was her tormentor."

Audrey gave Tristan a gleeful look.

"Kindergarten analogy!"

Tristan groaned. Paris knew. Rory looked around in complete confusion. Paris saw the confused look on Rory's face and sighed.

"Figures that you wouldn't understand."

But before Rory could respond, Paris turned to scream.

"Bathurst, step away from my man!"

*~*~*~*

A/N: All those names might have confused your. Sorry for putting so many, but they are told in the first chapter. As you can tell, Sam, Xavier and Jennifer are the talent less journalist who only has looks going for them. No offence to anyone with those names! And sorry the first chapter was so… blah. But I just like putting Lorelai in the first chapter, because she always has this spunk about her. Hope you enjoyed!