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A/N: I really have no expectations for this chapter since I have stopped planning them thoroughly, I have a rough idea and then I sit and type so god only knows how this will turn out!

Rory made it back to Stars Hollow in record time, she was pretty sure she had broken all of the speed limits but she didn't care. She didn't go home; instead she went to Lane's house. She went into the antique shop owned by Mrs. Kim and quickly found Lane sitting, bored at a table.

'Hey, did you get my message?' she asked on seeing her best friend.

'Oh yeah I got it.' Rory growled at her friend.

'What's up with you?'

'Tristan I'm-so-hot-without-my-shirt-I-think-I'll-let-Rory-come-on-to-me- while-my-girlfriend-is-upstairs-in-my-bed-half-naked-DuGrey. What do you think?'

'I should've known I mean what you just said happens all the time.' Lane said sarcastically.

'Can we go somewhere and talk?'

'Sure. Luke's?'

'Works for me, I am in serious need of coffee.'

The girls left the shop and made their way to diner where without even asking, Luke handed Rory a huge cup of coffee and Lane a cheese burger. They sat at a window table and Lane tucked into the burger. After she swallowed a bite she looked at Rory expectantly.

'Well are you going to tell me or do I have to imagine things?'

'Sorry it's just, ugh, he drives me crazy! I want to strangle him.'

'More like kiss him until he forgets his own name.'

'I may have entertained thoughts of a Tristan and I thing but I can now guarantee you it won't happen. When I left him he was nursing a slapped face.' Rory smiled triumphantly.

Lane dropped her burger and looked at Rory a range of looks from shock to pleasure to disbelief on her face.

'Tell me you didn't slap Tristan.'

'It was fully deserved you weren't there the whole sorry situation just makes me so mad.'

Rory proceeded to tell Lane all about her little encounter with Tristan that morning and when she finished Lane was in a state of complete and total shock.

'Omigod! I can't believe him just because what he said may have been right he didn't have to be a jerk about it.'

'Wait, you think he was right?'

'Well you said it yourself Rory, you were with Dean for a year and you didn't get past second base and anyone can see you're crazy about Tristan.'

'That's not true, well, not the Tristan part anyway, he may be hot but as a human being? He's not exactly high on my list.'

Lane didn't know what to say to that so the girls sat in silence for a few minutes until a constant very annoying beeping broke the thoughtful silence. Rory just looked at Lane.

'Do you plan on answering your phone?'

Lane laughed and blushed, she still hadn't gotten used to having a cell phone. She looked at the screen and was confused. It said private number calling which was weird because nobody who would call her would hide their number.

'Hello?'

'Lane, put Rory on the phone.'

'She's not here.' She lied.

'Dammit Lane I know she's with you, I'm betting she's been with you since she got back from Hartford now put her on the phone.'

'She doesn't want to talk to you and I don't blame her. You are such a jerk Tristan.'

'Will you just put her on?'

'No.' Lane hung up the phone. She was putting it back in her pocket when it started ringing again. Rory rolled her eyes as Lane hung up on Tristan without even bothering to answer the phone. Two minutes later it started ringing again. Lane again answered it.

'Tristan get it through your thick skull, she doesn't want to talk to you now go away.'

'Not until you put me on to her.'

'It's not going to happen.'

Again lane hung up the phone. When it rang again Rory just lost patience and grabbed it.

'What Tristan? What the hell do you want?'

'To apologise. I had no right to say those things.'

'I'll agree with you there, you didn't.'

'I was still right though.'

'God for a second I thought you were being a human being. How wrong was I?'

'Look Rory, whether you want to admit it or not, what I said back there was the truth even if I had no right to say it.'

'You really have some nerve do you know that?'

'Since when is knowing what you want having nerve? As far as I can see you have no clue what you want or maybe you do and you just won't say it.'

'I know what I want and it certainly isn't you.'

'Whatever you need to tell yourself Mary.'

'Go to hell Tristan.'

Rory hung up the phone and handed it back to Lane.

'Don't worry, he won't call back. Come to my house? I need to pick out an outfit for tomorrow night?'

'You're going to the party?'

'Correction we are going. Tell your mom you have a study date.'

'What do you have planned?' 'Just you wait and see.'

*
It was Friday night and Rory and Lane were in Rory's room getting ready for the party. Lane had gone with a black trousers and a pink halter neck. Rory had gone for the rock chick look. She looked at herself in the mirror, she was wearing black boots, an illegally short denim skirt complete with hanging silver chains and a black sleeveless shirt that stated 'I'm a BITCH'

When they were done putting the finishing touches to their hair, they grabbed their overnight bags, they were staying with Paris, bade farewell to Lorelai and headed for the car. They reached Hartford in about forty minutes; Rory had taken her time driving on account of the whole three inch stiletto heel thing. Rory parked the car and they got out. On the steps on the way in, they met their friends.

'Rory, you look amazing, Tristan will follow you around drooling for the whole night when he sees you.' Louise laughed.

'That's the whole point.' Paris laughed.

Even though the girls maintained that deep deep deep down Tristan was a good guy, they all agreed that he needed to pay for how he had behaved towards Rory the day before.

'Lets just say it should be and interesting night.' Rory said before walking into the house.

A/N: I realise this sucks but I have a good excuse, I had a much better much longer one typed and I was just doing a word count when I accidentally deleted it all and had to start from scratch so my apologies to those who are let done by this chapter, I swear I will have a great next chapter to make up for it, or I plan to try and make a great next chapter anyway xxx Katie