A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews. I have decided that I shall at least 10 reviews per chapter for me to go on. (But I will probably go on anyways, hehe) Anyways, back to the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls, but I do own 'John,' if you were wondering.

Summary: Tristan never left. Rory has a boyfriend (John). Her boyfriend suddenly signs up for the military. Who's there to comfort Rory?

A/N 2: chapter names... when I am done with the story, you will see something with the chapter names... you'll see when I am done...

Chapter 2: Would

Rory started to tear. This couldn't be true. He wouldn't leave her. He couldn't. She can't be alone. She hated to be alone. They had been together for almost 9 months! How dare he do this to her?!

"What?" she asked quietly. John could hardly hear her.

"I'm so sorry, honey."

"Then why did you do it?" Rory gritted through her teeth. She was trying so hard to hold her tears in. She was a big girl now. She couldn't cry. But she could get mad. And that she was. She was so angry at him right now.

"It's my calling right now."

"No it's not! Your calling is here! With me!" A single tear slid down her cheek.

"Don't cry." He couldn't stand the sight of her crying, less, knowing that he caused those tears escaping.

"Then don't go!" she screeched. More tears escaped her eyes.

"I have to go," he said, then added, "I don't like to see you cry."

"Then leave," she ordered angrily. But she secretly hoped that he wouldn't.

John just nodded his head silently and stood up. "I'll try talking to you later."

Rory looked up and saw the hurt in his eyes, and wished that he could see the same look in hers. And he did. And that look almost made him cry himself.

John looked to the floor and walked slowly off the porch, off the steps, and rode his car out of the town.

Once his car was out of sight, Rory raced to her room, and collapsed on her bed. Then came another round of tears.

About an hour later, Lorelai entered an almost seemingly empty house. "Rory?" she asked in a Donna Read voice.

Then she approached Rory's closed room door. Lorelai knocked. No answer.

She opened the door slowly, just to face a crying Rory, her back to her. Lorelai could see she was clearly mourning, so she closed the door, and let Rory cry out all she wanted to.

The telephone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hi, it's me, can I speak to Rory?"

"I'm sorry Paris, but I am afraid she can't really talk right this second."

"Well, could you tell her to call me back?"

"Sure."

"Bye Lorelai."

"Bye Paris."

==- The next morning, Saturday, 8:02 AM -== ยค

Lorelai regretted having to leave early, but she had an important wedding to organize, and these people were paying her a ton of money to do this job.

So she left a note. She wanted to stay. She really did, but work isn't called that for nothing.

==- 9:37 -==

Rory woke up with disillusioned eyes and a confused heart. She wanted it all to be a dream. She wanted it not to be true.

The only person she ever loved was going in the military. It was hard to even grasp.

Suddenly she got really dizzy. The world was spinning all over the place.

She hit the floor hard.