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A/N: Dean and Rory broke up after the accident, and Jess left and never came back after the accident.

Rory Gilmore smiled happily, as she stepped away from the Chilton bulletin board.

She had just finished signing the sign up sheet that was asking for volunteer tutors.

Rory knew it would probably eat up a good chunk of her time, but it was definitely worth the effort.

This would look great on her Harvard application.

She just hoped that they assigned her someone that she could tolerate.

The information sheet on the tutor program said, that they would announce the tutor/student partners next Monday.

Rory wasn't sure what subject that she would be tutoring, but it didn't really matter because she was good at all her subjects.

As she walked to her bus stop, her thoughts turned to Tristan.

Surprisingly enough he hadn't been bothering her lately.

Rory figured it was probably because of all the trouble that he had gotten into.

She had heard that he was almost shipped off to military school, but that at the last minute his dad, and the school had given him a second chance.

What amazed Rory about the situation was that he had actually stayed out of trouble.

The only rumor that she had heard about him lately was that he might be failing History.

But Rory figured that it was none of her business, so she just went about her regular activities and totally ignored Tristan.

Monday morning, Rory exited her first class of the day holding a slip of paper.

Written on the paper, was the name of the person that they had assigned her too tutor.

Rory was still in shock over what that little piece of plain, white paper had revealed.

She had to tutor Tristan!

Rory managed to slip through the day without having to talk to Tristan.

If she saw him head in her direction, she would simply duck into the bathroom, or an empty classroom.

And wait until he was out of sight before leaving.

When Rory finally got home that afternoon, she was exhausted from dodging him all day long.

Later that night when Lorelai got home from work, Rory greeted her at the front door with, "You are not going to believe who I have to tutor!"

"Who?" Lorelai asked.

"Tristan! I can't believe that they stuck me with Tristan." Rory said. Her face going red, an indication of her growing frustration.

"Okay honey, just calm down. It can't be all that bad. How long do you have to tutor him?" Lorelai asked her.

"Yes it is all that bad. He is mean to me! I have to tutor him for a month! A whole month" Rory groaned.

"Well, I thought that you said, that he hasn't been bothering you lately. And that he's stayed out of trouble."

"He has, but do you know what he could do? He could just goof off, and not really learn anything! Do you know how bad that would look on my record, if the person that I tutored for a whole month still ended up failing History?" Rory asked in exasperation.

Lorelai wrinkled her nose. "History? You have to tutor him in History?" she asked.

"Yes!"

"Well, honey I'm sorry that you got stuck with Tristan, but maybe, just maybe he's changed for the better" Lorelai stated optimistically.

"I sure hope so, but I doubt it" Rory groaned as she buried her face in her hands.

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