TITLE: Dreams Are Often an Awakening for Those In Denial

AUTHOR: Randomx100 (Theresa)

E-MAIL: Lilheartcatcheraol.com

PAIRING: Rory/Tristan

SUMMARY: Rory has had the the same dream for almost a year now…and it always has that blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy saying goodbye to her before leaving for Military School. But… every time she wakes up her thoughts bring her longing for that goodbye kiss he never gave her. She needs to find out why.

SPOILERS: All of Season 1 and up To Run Away Little Boy (When Tristan gets sent to Military School.) Nothing after that happened – i.e. Rory and Jess never kissed, they're just good friends, Rory and Dean are still together, (Although not for very long…) and there is no Jason. This takes place about 1 year after the Military School Episode.

DISCLAIMER: I don't any characters besides Sergeant Peters, Mike, and Chris.

RATING: PG-13 (for this Chapter)

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Everyone who reviewed, thank you so much! As suggested I will no longer put Authors Notes throughout the story, I will only put it in the beginning and end. Also, many people also suggested a beta, but I don't know how to find one, so if anyone would like to be my beta, just leave me a review with your email addresses and I'd be happy to do it that way. Again, thanks to the reviewers, you gave me a lot of help without being cruel about it. I am also sorry for the first chapter being rushed but I didn't want to get into a lot of boring detail because when I'm reading fan fiction I sometimes get easily bored with the detail, and skip to the conversation. I really like conversations better but I wanted to explain what was happening, before I got into the Military School thing. So this Chapter takes place a little while before he's in the common room and sees Rory. Tristan's POV and mostly his thoughts about Rory and some conversation…You know what to do, Review! If there's letters that don't make out words at the very bottom of the page, ignore it because that's what happened in the first chapter and I didn't even write that. Thanks, Theresa, P.S. there's mention of porn because I couldn't think of a good way for his shallow friends to find out about Rory.

Tristan POV

Somewhere in between the first day Rory Gilmore arrived at Chilton, and the night of the Romeo and Juliet play, I fell in love with her. I, Tristan Dugrey fell in love with the one person who hated me. When I first met her, it had all been a conquest, just proving to the school that I could get any girl I wanted. However, things went very differently.

Rory was very different from the other girls I had ever known. Rory didn't bat her eyelashes, or flip her hair to get me interested. She was sexy and modest by being herself. At first I just wanted another notch to my belt but, once we started to banter and she threw back every remark I made to her, I knew there would never be anyone else like her. She was the girl who got away.

At Madeline's party, I was devastated because my girlfriend Summer had dumped me in front of everyone at the party. It didn't matter that I was no longer with Summer, because I was only using her to make Rory jealous. I thought that kiss at the piano must have been a dream and I'd wakeup but, when she ran away crying I knew it was the real thing. This kiss was the kiss of all kisses. This kiss was the single best kiss I'd ever had in my life. I felt a spark that I had only read about in fairy tales. I've never kissed someone and felt something so magical, so heavenly. If I didn't already know I was in love with Rory Gilmore I knew it then.

By the P.J. Harvey fiasco I knew she was the only one I'd ever really wanted to be with. So, it broke me to hear her say she hated me when I loved her so dearly. I wanted to be her friend, boyfriend, and lover. I wanted to be her everything. Although I could not tell her this in conversation because every time I was near her I would resort to 1st grade tactics. I would tease her, banter with her, and no matter how easy it seemed to just be nice to her, I could notter how easy it seemed to just be nice to her, i seem to shut myself up around her.

A year later, and I still not have heard a word from her. I have tried to write her a letter numerous times but always ending up putting the letter in my drawer, and promised myself I'd send it later, though never did. I was horrible to her and did not expect her to come in contact with me, but I wished she would. I miss Rory so much and now I'll never know if I'll ever get another chance with her...but if I do I won't screw it up this time…

REGULAR POV [ = TRISTAN'S THOUGHTS, = RORY'S THOUGHTS]

"Hey Dugrey! We got porn man," says Tristan's friend Chris breaking him from his dream-like state.

"Goodie," Tristan says very unenthusiastically, and makes no intentions of movement.

"Get your ass up Dugrey!" says Tristan's other friend Mike, Chris' twin.

"No thanks, I'll just stay here," Says Tristan, perfectly content with being on his bed day dreaming about Rory.

"Who's the girl?" They say simultaneously.

"What girl?" Tristan says trying to play dumb.

"You have been here for more than a year and have not seen a girl, none the less seen her naked." Says Mike trying to figure out what Tristan has up his sleeve.

"So?" Tristan said trying to see the point of their ramble. Rory rambled. She was so adorable when she rambled…

"So, who is the girl you don't want to see porn for?" Says Chris completely lost with the way his friend thinks.

Tristan smirked, "Mary"

Tristan had explained who Mary was, and everything the pair had ever said to each other. By the end of the story of Mary, the three boys were standing in the common room and Tristan had just started explaining how Tristan, Duncan, and Bowman had broken into Bowman's dad's safe just when…

TRISTAN'S POV

"Dugrey!" I hear Sergeant Peters call my name and figure I'm in trouble again.

I turn around and I put my hand to my forehead to salute.

"Yes sir" I spot Rory and figure I'm either dreaming, or just hallucinating. I turn to Rory, "Mary?"

A smile forms on her face.

"That's funny she told me her name was Rory" Sergeant Peters looks at Rory with his eyebrows scrunched up obviously confused by the two names concept.

Rory suddenly scowls at me, "It is, he just has a problem remembering people's names."

"Oh I remember your name quite fine, I just don't like to use it" I say smirking.

REGULAR POV [ = TRISTAN'S THOUGHTS, = RORY'S THOUGHTS]

After introducing Chris and Mike to Rory, Tristan and Rory were sitting at a table in the empty common room.

I can't believe she's here to see ME and she looks so angelic and perfect

He looks unbelievably hot in that Military uniform…no Rory you need to stop thinking about that and focus on why you're here. Why is that again?

Tristan and Rory talk for a while about Chilton, Military School, but nothing too specific. They both now she's avoiding the reason she's here, and Tristan brings it up with about 5 minutes of their time left.

"Rory did you come here for a reason other than small talk?"

Silence I don't know how to tell him about my dream without sounding stupid or ditzy

"I came here for a reason" Rory says finally breaking the silence.

"Okay" Tristan acknowledges, waiting for her to continue.

"You see…I've been having these dreams"

"Would it be safe to assume these dreams include me?"

"Yes, it was about the night you left for Military school, and I have been having that same dream now for a year, and I thought we were just enemies, or we just bantered, but than why if I had no romantic interest in you whatsoever, would I wish you kissed me every time I woke up, and every time I wished you were my boyfriend. So I thought I'd come here to see if there was more to what I was seeing. This is crazy, it's insane and I probably shouldn't be here, and by the look on your face I'm guessing you think I shouldn't be here either. So I'll just leave. It was nice talking to you Tristan. Bye" Rory rambled very quickly not leaving enought time for Tristan to process this new information.

Rory got up and was starting to walk out, too embaressed to look at Tristan.

Tristan was so shocked and couldn't even comprehend. She…huh…what?!? Wait she just said she wanted me to kiss her in her dream. I just sat her lifeless, I am such a moron!

Rory was almost out the door to the long hallway to the common room door when, "Rory! Wait!" Tristan catches up to her, "Rory I've liked you for a long time, but I want to start over as friends, and hopefully once we get to know each other, and the time is right, we could become more than friends." She nods happily and smiles He likes me! I think that was the best thing to say Rory outstretches her hand and Tristan shakes it, as if they just met.

"Lorelai Leigh Gilmore"

"Tristan Janlan Dugrey"

They exchange cell phone numbers, hug goodbye, and smile as they walk away from each other both excited about the new start they made with each other.

A/N: I know I'm horrible but I want to make the readers happy and I think it's too soon to start as gf/bf and I think they need to know each other better. Also, I made it so Tristan is allowed a cell phone till a certain time. Next chapter is the Aftermath of the new start.

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