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A/N: okay this part is going to skip ahead to midterm break in October, nothing has really happened on the Tristan Rory front besides a little harmless flirting, all the guys are totally protective or Rory, they feel like brothers to her, Lane, Louise Madeline Paris and Rory are all best friends and spend all their time together. Since they are all in the same group, T/R have to spend a lot of time together and its obvious to everyone but Rory that Tristan is crazy about her, that doesn't mean to say he's given up his player ways. oh and R/T are still playing their little game and their friends are still running the pool on when they'll get together.

Rory got up at ten that morning, grateful for the sleep in she had been able to get. It was the midterm and they had a lot of work but it was still a chance to relax. She checked her new cell phone, a present from her dad. There were already five messages on it, Brad, Tristan, Madeline, Paris and Lane. Rory smiled when she saw the message from Lane. It had been her friend's birthday last week and she had bought her a cell so she could communicate with the outside world when Mama Kim had her locked up at home. The messages were:

Brad: hey Gilmore, wakey wakey cum into Hartford 2day at 3 Lou n I thought u and t might like to double date *grin* only jokin, seriously tho, we should all hang out this week.

Tristan: morning Mary, ur prob already studying, don't work too hard, if u need a break, cum over to my place, the parentals are away all week, I'll take ur mind off studying.

Madeline: hey Ror, I heard T's parents are out of town dis week, think u can ask him to throw a party, he will if you ask him, tanx babe!

Paris: Rory do u think I can borrow ur bio notes dis week, I really need to start studying for finals

Lane: emergency, Mama says that if I don't have anything to do I have to go to bible study on Fri. nite but she says hanging out wit u isn't sumtin 2 do any ideas?

Rory smiled her friends were totally insane, she read the comments about her and Tristan made by Brad and Madeline. She just didn't get where they got their ideas from, every other week Tristan had a new make-out partner but at the same time managed to come on to her. In the past eight weeks their game had definitely even up a bit, it turned out Tristan had taken the advice she had given him in her grandparents garden that night, he was fighting fire with fire and she was starting to get burned.

There were times like in the garden when he had been sweet but those were few and far between, the first had been when her dad hadn't been able to fly in to visit like he had promised, he had heard her telling the girls that morning and at lunch when she went to her locker there had been two giant steaming cups of coffee waiting for her, he never admitted to giving them to her but she knew it was him.

Another less kind stunt he had pulled was at her birthday three weeks ago, Rory would always remember that night.

'Happy birthday Mary.' He grinned handing her the present he had gotten her.

'Thanks Tristan, you didn't have to get me anything.'

'I wanted to, well open it.' He urged.

Rory smiled and began to tear at the wrapping paper carefully while leading him to her room where all the coats were being put. As she pulled away the paper she gasped. there was two parts. One of them was a thin piece of paper that she ignored for a moment; the other was a first edition of Pride and Prejudice that was even signed by Jane Austen

'Omigod Tristan this is amazing, it's too much.' Rory cried sitting down on her bed examining the rare treasure she held then she remembered the piece of paper, it was folded over and when she opened it, a scream of delight came from her. It was a voucher for Starbucks worth a hundred dollars. She put her things on her bed and went over to the standing Tristan. He was smiling widely,

'So you like them then?'

'I love them, thank you.'

'So do I get a kiss as a thank you?' he asked in all sincerity.

Rory rolled her eyes but stood on her toes anyway, getting ready to kiss him on the cheek. He had other things in mind however, when she got close enough he reached out and pulled her to him, she protested but he was stronger holding her hips tightly, he leaned in as if to whisper to her but instead started sucking her earlobe, something which took Rory by surprise. Instead of pushing him away however, she moved closer. He ran his hands up and down her bare arms, sending shivers down her spine, Rory suppressed a groan and Tristan left a trail of butterfly kisses across her neck and up to the other ear. This time, instead of sucking on it, he whispered

'Who's winning now? Happy birthday again Mary.' He smirked before walking out of her room. The surprising thing was, she wasn't mad and it didn't ruin her night like it would've done for LA Rory she had enjoyed it and because it was a game she and Tristan had been playing for a month, she hadn't been embarrassed in the least.

At the memory, Rory rolled over and smiled, life in Connecticut was anything but boring. She smiled as she re-read Brads message. Brad, Alex and Mike had become like older brothers to her in the past two months. As was usual at a new school some guys gave her a hard time but that had been dealt with in her second week. After hearing some of the soccer team making plans to try and bed the 'Mary' they had completely blown up at the team and now there was no more talk of Rory Gilmore in the boys locker room except to say that she was hot but it was always left at that.

Just last week Rory had been talking to Alex and Mike at her locker. They had been waiting on the others as they were meeting up with Lane and Henry and going to a movie and there were some guys still walking the corridors, on their way to practice or whatever. One of them, as they were walking past grabbed Rory's ass. She let out a yelp of surprise and in a second Alex and Mike had the guy pinned up against a locker. Brad had been walking down the corridor when he saw what was going on. He raced up to them and joined in.

Alex and Mike were holding the guy against the locker; he was struggling to break free. Brad just stood calmly in spot watching them.

'There's no point in trying to get loose.' He said simply.

'Just let me go man or I swear you guys are dead first thing tomorrow.' The guy threatened. Alex and Mike slammed him up against the lockers again

'Just apologise man and all will be forgiven.'

The guy looked as it was the last thing he was planning on doing, instead he just sneered at Rory which in turn meant another introduction for his back to the lockers. He grunted in pain and looked at Rory.

'I'm sorry, I was a jerk and now can you call off your bodyguards?'

'I'll let the insincerity slide this time guys let him go.' Rory told Alex and Mike.

Reluctantly they let go and the guy stalked off looking pretty pissed. Rory couldn't describe how it had felt to see the guys doing that because a guy had grabbed her ass, her lifelong 'friends' in LA had let Dean and Teri make a fool out of her without so much as batting an eyelid. That was when she knew she wouldn't regret coming here, that she had found real friends at last.

Rory got up and got dressed, deciding to take a walk around Stars Hollow, maybe go to Luke's and get some coffee. Normal things to do in your home town. She smiled, this was the first time she had thought of Stars Hollow as home. Home. She liked the sound of that

A/N: I know I'm sorry I'm a terrible writer, this sucks but it's really just a filler because I'm wanting to speed up the story to the important stuff and I just thought it was a good chance to show where Rory is with regards to her friends and moving and all of that. I have a half day tomorrow so hopefully I'll have a new better chapter up then. Thanks again to all that reviewed the last chapter, if I were to thank everyone properly and individually I'd have a book so ye know who ye are!