AN: Warning – this is where the R rating is going to come into play for the first time besides for language

Tristan had no clue how to react to his ex girlfriend being in his dorm room.  He never explained to her why he broke up with her, but she knew that there was another girl.  Everyone knew as soon as Tristan DuGrey arrived that there was a girl on his mind, one that no one could ever replace.  Taryn had no clue that she was going to meet the girl that led to her heartbreak.

          "No hug?"

          "Sorry Tar, I guess I'm just surprised to see you."

          "I was going to be in the area and I found out Noah was going to be here so I decided to surprise you.  If you don't want me here then I'll leave."

          Tristan hugged his friend and wondered if there was another reason for her showing up.  He wasn't going to let anything ruin the date he made with Rory – he wasn't going to fuck up again.  He was taking her out after her classes on Friday then dropping her off in Hartford at her grandparents before heading to see his own grandfather.

          Noah and Taryn could both tell that Tristan was off in his own little world, Taryn wondered why.  She always wanted to know why Tristan waited until after he slept with her to break it off…she thought that she truly loved him.  Taryn wasn't a socialite but she was quite beautiful.  She had long blonde hair and blue eyes not unlike Rory's and was tall and thin…quite a catch to most guys.  The only guy she wanted was Tristan and she was going to stop at nothing to get him again.

          Tristan had to go to class so he left Noah and Taryn in his room and told them that Marty would probably be back at any time.  As soon as he left the room Taryn tried to find out everything.

          "Noah, what's going on with him?"

          "What do you mean?"

          "The girl that was always on his mind in North Carolina…she's here isn't she?"

          "I don't know what you're talking about."

          Taryn wasn't stupid; she knew that Noah was hiding something.

          "Noah Carlisle, don't pull this bull shit on me.  Tell me about this girl…I need to know everything.  I will do everything in my power to get Tristan DuGrey back in my bed."

          "Taryn, you lost him…fuck, you never had him."

          "We'll see about that."

          With that Taryn walked out of Tristan's room to explore the Yale campus.  She looked at every attractive girl and couldn't figure out which could be Tristan's precious love.  One girl kept catching her attention though, the one who looked very natural walking with her talkative friend.  Could it be?  Never, she's not a typical beauty queen…but she is pretty…

          On the other side of the campus Paris was rambling on to Rory about how she made the right decision to give Tristan another chance.  Rory knew that Paris was hiding something from her, but couldn't begin to think about what it was.  There was so much going through Rory's head she didn't know which end was up.  This date with Tristan was just going to shut him up, make him realize that Rory Gilmore wasn't a prize to be won.

          The next day Rory felt that a blonde she'd never seen before was watching her.  She was being paranoid…or so she thought, the way her mind was there was no telling what she'd think.  She knew there was only one solution – a day with Lorelai.  As soon as her last class let out she got in her car and headed for Stars Hollow.

          Lorelai wasn't at the Dragonfly or home so Rory knew exactly where to find her.  She walked into the diner and found her mother in the midst of an argument with Luke over serving her coffee.

          "Are you keeping my mother from her blood again?"

          Lorelai turned around excited to see her daughter but at the same time worried because she never came home during the week.

          "Sweetie, what's wrong?"

          "I'm going out with Tristan again on Friday…I don't know why.  Maybe I'll tell him once and for all that I'm not a prize."

          Jess heard a familiar voice and walked downstairs to see Rory in the diner.  What was she doing there on a Wednesday afternoon?  Something was wrong; he wanted to comfort her but knew that wasn't welcome.

          "Rory…"

          "Jess…hi."

          "What's wrong?"

          "That's what I'm trying to figure out.  Me. Her mother."

          "I'm sorry for caring, Lorelai – I'll go back upstairs now."

          "Jess…wait! Don't go…please?"

          "Your mother doesn't want me here. I'll talk to you soon, Rory."

          "I have to get back to work, walk with me over to the Inn and tell me all about it."

          "Yesterday I was with Paris and she keeps pushing this whole Tristan thing on me and then we met his friend who was giving me weird looks.  Then today I felt like some blonde girl was staring at me and I still love Jess and I don't know mom."

          "Where does Jess fit into this?"

          "I'm going on a date with Tristan, maybe I'm going only to get over Jess.  Maybe I want to go out with Tristan.  I don't know."

          Their conversation was interrupted when they heard "Rory" being screamed and Lane came running.

          "Lane!?  I thought you were with Dave until Saturday?"

          "The trip got cut a little short because of the whole school thing.  California was amazing, Dave's amazing."

          "I'm so glad to hear that."

          "What are you doing home?"

          "Boy issues.  Tristan's back."

          "Tristan? Spawn of Satan? Romeo to your Juliet?"

          "That's the one.  I have a date with him Friday."

          "Wow…I missed a lot."

          "Yea, but I don't have time to fill you in now.  I'm going back to the Dragonfly with mom then heading back to Yale before Paris sends out a search party."

          "Saturday…coffee at Luke's whenever you wake up?"

          "I'll be there.  Bye Lane, I missed you."
          Lane left leaving Rory with Lorelai.  The two talked about Tristan and Jess but didn't come up with any solution.  Before heading back to Yale, Rory was convinced that she should give this thing with Tristan a try.  If the date didn't turn out well maybe Tristan would give up on her. 

          Tristan was sitting in his room attempting to study.  It was pretty hard to study knowing that he'd be out with the girl of his dreams in 48 hours.  The studying was stopped when Taryn came in the room.

          "Tris, we need to talk."

          She asked him what happened between them and why he broke up with her.  There was no mention of another girl on Taryn's part but Tristan knew that she was thinking something along those lines.

          "Do you want the truth?"

          "Yes."

          "I didn't feel like I was being fair to you.  I really cared about you and didn't want to hurt you, but I wasn't all in it."

          "What do you mean?"

          "Back at Chilton – before I went to military school – there was a girl that I was crazy about.  She hated me, but I never stopped thinking of her.  I didn't think it was right to be with you if my heart was somewhere else."   

          "So you just used me to fool around?"  

          "It's nothing like that.  I told you I cared about you a lot and I thought maybe I would stop thinking of her, but it didn't happen.  I didn't want things to get out of hand so I ended it."     

          "Do you ever miss me?"

          "Sometimes."

          Tristan felt it was getting harder to respond to her questions when his body was responding to her touch.  Taryn always knew exactly how to get a rise out of him…in more than one sense of the word.  He tried to stop her, but hormones took over.  Taryn slowly unzipped Tristan's pants to expose the reaction she'd been creating.  She took him in her mouth until he was moaning and stopped fighting her.  After he came she stood up and said, "I know you missed that."

          Tristan was left completely speechless…he was a guy so he wasn't going to say he didn't enjoy it, but what if Rory found out?  Rory would never go near him if she knew his ex girlfriend went down on him the day after he asked her on a date.  They weren't going steady or anything so it wasn't cheating, but this was his little Mary.  She was as innocent as they come.

          "So Tristan…tell me about this girl.  Does she go here?"

          He wouldn't answer any questions; Tristan knew Taryn's motives.  She was going to try to ruin everything, but he wouldn't let her.  Little did he know, she was Noah talking to the same girl she'd already been watching right before going to Tristan's room.

          Rory was walking back to her dorm after talking to Noah for a few minutes in the parking lot when she got back from Stars Hollow.  The blonde girl that she thought was staring at her walked over to her.

          "Excuse me…do you know Tristan DuGrey?"

          "Yes, why?"

          "I'm his ex girlfriend.  I saw you talking to Noah earlier – are you the girl he's going out with?"

          "I wouldn't say 'going out' we have a date."

          "You don't seem like a fast mover – what does he want from you?"

          "Excuse me?"

          "He's the type of guy who'll do it anywhere, anytime.  Hell, he just made me go down on him."

          "I didn't need to know that."

          Rory walked away from the blonde rather disgusted and went back to her dorm.  Paris was sitting there wondering where Rory had been.  Rory explained that she needed to talk to her mother than told her about the mysterious blonde outside her room.  The phone rang as Paris was imitating vomit over Rory's story.

          "Hello?" Paris answered, "sure Tristan, hold on…Rory!"

          "Hey Tristan.  I just met someone very interesting."

          "That's kinda why I was calling."

          "So it is true?"

          "What is?"

          "That you engaged in oral sex with her?"

          "You are a Mary using those words.  I want to explain."

          "Forget it, Tristan!"

          "Rory, please.  Just let me explain.  I couldn't stop her –"

          "I don't care, Tristan.  I thought maybe…"       

          "Maybe what?  You're falling for me but because of this you're not?  That's ridiculous Rory, you're not canceling our date."

          "Fine.  I'll see you Friday."

          Tristan wasn't sure what just happened, but he wanted to kill Taryn.  She was going to ruin everything, but he'd never let her.