Everything

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Summary: When Rory Hayden comes back to Chilton, she still sees Tristan Dugrey as her brother's annoying friend that won't seem to leave her alone. But when opinions change, friendships can form, and maybe it could become something more.

Good to know: Rory went to school in England for a year, then comes back to Chilton for her senior year. She hangs out with her old friends. Lorelai and Christopher are married and they live in Hartford. Dean and Jess don't exist; she's not friends with Paris.

Rating: PG13

Chapter 7

"Uhhhh, hey Ror." he said nervously.

Nick.

What was he doing here? After he moved to Chicago she never thought she'd see him again. She never wanted to see him again. Ever. And now all of a sudden he's standing right in front of her at the market, with the same spikey dark hair and broad figure. (a/n: For those who forgot, Nick's her ex-boyfriend, the details were in chapter four)

Rory rubbed the back of her neck and turned around, "Ummmm, I'm gunna wait for you guys in the car." she said, and ran out the store, with Tristan and Kelly hot on her heels.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Danny demanded.

"Shopping." Nick replied.

Danny glared at him, "I meant why are you back in Connecticut?"

"That's none of your damn business."

"What are you doing here?" he demanded again.

"Well if you insist on knowing I came for a visit, possibly even a long visit, a very long visit."

"Stay the hell away from her."

"Look, I already told you, it was a shame that she had to walk in on me like that, but she asked for it! We'd gone out for a year and she wasn't giving me any. She's such a freakin' Mary."

"I don't know what the hell your problem is, but you go anywhere near my sister and you'll regret it."

"And what are you gunna do? Beat the crap out of me again? I recall the last time you did that it didn't end too well."

It was in the Chilton courtyard, the very next day after Rory had told him what happened. Danny walked right up to him and threw a punch, and the two fought endlessly until the students and teachers finally managed to pull them away from each other. Needless to say they were both suspended, and let's not get started with the reaction that got out of the Christopher and the grandparents.

Sensing where this was going, Charlie quickly interjected, "Danny, come on, let's just pay for the food and get going."

Danny grunted but bent down to pick up the food from Rory's basket nonetheless, Charlie did the same.

'So.' Nick thought as he walked off, 'I remember they have that beach house near here somewhere. Huh. Interesting...'

"Rory? You ok?" Tristan asked as he climbed into the back seat with her.

She nodded. "What is he doing here?" Rory said quietly.

"I don't know, but I'm sure Danny'll take care of it." Kelly said, sitting beside her.

"What's that suppose to mean? He's not- not again."

"I think he knows better this time." Tristan said.

"I hate him."

"I know. Me too. We all do." he said, pulling her into a comforting embrace.

Rory lightly smiled, "You made that rhyme." she said, her voice muffled in his chest.

Tristan grinned and shook his head.

'They make such a cute couple.' Kelly thought, "Ummm, I'm gunna go check on Danny and Charlie." she said; Tristan nodded to her as she got out of the car.

The two sat in silence for a moment.

"Y-you're over him, right?" he asked as he rested his chin on top of her head.

"I was over him ages ago."

"Good, 'cause he's not worth it."

"I know. I just- ugh."

"Don't let him get to you."

"I know, but-"

"Hey guys." Charlie said, getting into the car.

"Oh, hi." Rory said, sitting up. Both Tristan and Rory felt disappointed at the lost of contact, but neither showed it.

"Hey, you ok?" Danny asked.

"Mmm hmm."

"You know if that bastard ever comes and bother's you just let me know."

"Why would he come and bother me?"

Danny hesitated before answering, "He said something about a very long visit. I'm not sure what he meant by that."

Rory didn't say anything.

"Rory?"

"Huh? Yea, I will."

What did Nick mean by a very long visit? He wasn't coming back, was he? She hoped not. Everything was going so well for her, she didn't want him ruining anything.

"I can not believe this." Tristan mumbled as he put the tray in the oven.

Rory giggled, she wanted to have fun this weekend, and her encounter with Nick at the market today wasn't going to get in the way of that, so she pushed any thoughts of him to the back of her mind; whatever he meant by a very long visit would just have to wait.

"Hey," she said, "we won fair and square. But really, how you guys couldn't tell the difference between a fiddler crab and a pelagic crab is beyond me. I mean, they're completely different colors for starters, plus the shape and everything is totally different. I learned that in second grade!"

They stared at her.

"Ummm, yea." Chelsea said nodding her head, "I mean, come on, fiddler and pollyjok? Everyone knows that!"

"Pelagic, not pollyjok." Rory corrected.

"Right, I knew that."

Mike rolled his eyes, "The only reason you guys won was because of Rory."

"So?! You're just grumpy 'cause you lost. Personally, I think five guys cooking is quite... I don't know, what's the word..."

"Cute?" Amber offered.

"Yea. Very cute."

"I could definitely get use to this." Kelly said.

"Well it ain't ever happenin' again." Charlie said.

"It's frozen pizza and hamburger helper." Rory stated.

"Oh, ruin the fun why don't you." April said.

"Sorry. Anyways, we're gunna watch the movie now, you guys can bring us the food when it's ready." Rory said as she walked into the living room.

"Well it's not gunna be ready for a while so we'll just come with you." Tristan said.

"No! Of course not! We wouldn't want the food to burn, now would we? Nope, I guess you're just gunna have to sit around and watch the rising crust pizza...well, rise."

He glared at her, "I'm am so gunna get you for this."

"Have fun." she said in a sing-song voice as the girls disappeared into the living room.

"Do you smell something?" Amber asked, sniffing.

"It's coming from the kitchen." Chelsea said.

"Wow. They really can't cook anything, can they?" April said.

The guys stared at a large black frisbee that lay on the counter, when the girls entered the kitchen, they looked up at them sheepishly.

Rory sighed, "I'll go order the pizza."

"That is the last time we're letting you guys pick the movie." Josh said as the credits for Breakfast at Tiffany's rolled down the screen.

"Oh come on, that's the best movie ever, well, besides Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." Rory said, putting her bowl of popcorn on the coffee table.

"But you always choose chick flicks." Tristan said.

"I'd hardly call Willy Wonka a chick flick."

"I meant Breakfast at Tiffany's, but as for Willy Wonka, right, sorry, a childrens movie then." he said sarcastically.

Rory rolled her eyes, "It's a movie for all ages, plus the oompa loompas are the funniest little things."

"They're scary."

"Man, never diss those guys in front of her or my mom." Danny said.

"Right, I forgot."

April yawned, "Anyways, I'm tired, I think I'm gunna go to bed."

They all agreed. Danny and Amber went to his room, Rory went to her parent's bedroom, Kelly went to Rory's room, Chelsea and Mike took one of the guestrooms while Josh and April took the other, and Tristan and Charlie camped out in the living room.

Rory looked at the clock on the bedside table. 2:47. She covered her ears with her pillow and groaned; with the noise coming from one of the neighboring rental beach houses, there was no way anyone could sleep.

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The clock on the mantel read 2:49. There was definitely a party going on outside. Tristan looked over at Charlie who was sound asleep on the other couch. How the hell could he sleep through all the noise? Then he heard someone shuffling around in the kitchen. 'At least there's one person who can't sleep.'

He got off the couch and went into the kitchen.

"Rory?"

Rory turned around when she heard her name and saw Tristan standing in the doorway of the kitchen, clad in boxers and a wifebeater that clung to his muscular frame.

'Wow, he's pretty hot. Wait- what did I just think? No, no he's not hot. He's Tristan, your friend Tristan........ Ok, only an idiot wouldn't be able to tell he has the body of a Greek god... I wonder what-'

Tristan noticed her checking him out and smirked, "Like what you see?"

Rory was wearing light yellow pajama bottoms with sheep and a small white tank top.

"Huh?"

"You were totally checking me out."

She blushed, "No I wasn't."

He shook his head, "Denial."

"I have no idea what your talking about." she said before turning her attention back to the coffee machine.

"So I'm guessing you couldn't sleep either?" he said walking up to her.

"Sleep? How could anyone sleep through that noise?!"

"Apparently a lot of people."

"Not me." Danny said, walking into the kitchen.

"Couldn't sleep either?"

"Nope."

"Here, have some coffee." Rory said, handing them each a mug.

"Oh yes, I can't sleep so I have coffee. Makes a whole lotta sense." Tristan said.

"Yea, well you expect to be getting any sleep at all tonight?"

Cheers errupted from outside and Rory gave them a pointed look before pouring herself another mug.

"Can't we just go and tell them to be quiet?" she whined.

"Yea, three neighbors and what, fifty to a hundred drunks? Hmmmmm, how about... no." Danny said

"Oh, come on, it's worth a shot."

"No." Tristan said.

"Pleeeeease." she pleaded, giving them a sad puppy face.

"That face is evil I tell you." Danny muttered as they made their way across the beach.

"They're probably drunken college kids who aren't gunna give a damn what their neighbors think." Tristan said.

They stood in front the door.

"Aren't you gunna ring the doorbell?" Rory asked.

"Something tells me they're not gunna hear it." Danny said.

"Well, somebody's bound to come out and puke soon." Tristan said.

"So are we just suppose to stand and wait like idiots?" Rory asked.

"Something like that, yea."

"Well that's jus-"

The door swung open.

"I told you so." Tristan said.

Rory stuck out her tongue.

"I'm always right."

"Not always."

"Well pretty much most of the time."

"Nuh uh."

"Ya huh."

"Nuh uh."

"Ya huh."

"Guys!" Danny cried.

They looked at him, "Yea?" they replied in unison.

"Did someone forget to tell me that we decided to go back to kindergarten?"

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" a voice said.

They looked up and their amused faces instantly turned cold, Tristan's arm immediatly went around Rory's waist protectivley.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Danny demanded.

"I should be asking you the same thing." Nick replied.

"What are you doing here?!"

"I rented a beach house, I thought that was pretty obvious."

"Oh, and it just happened to be right next to ours."

"It's a small world."

"You knew we were here."

"No actually, I didn't."

"You've been to our beach house, what, five, six times? You expect me to believe you didn't remember? That's bull."

Nick was about to say something, but Tristan beat him to it, "Danny, we're going, come on."

"Well if it isn't Tristan Dugrey." Nick said.

He ignored him, "Danny, let's go." he said, beginning to walk away.

"You'd expect that on a nice Friday night like this you'd be off screwing some girl instead of hanging out at a beach house."

Tristan stopped and turned around, "What'd you just say?"

"Tristan," Rory pleaded softly, tugging on his arm.

Then as if noticing Rory for the first time, Nick said, "So you finally got Rory, huh? I always knew you had a thing for her."

"We're not together."

Rory saw Tristan's jaw tense and pleaded again, firmer this time, "Tristan,"

"But you might as well dump her now, yea she's hot as hell, but you're not gunna get any, I waited for a year and she still-"

'Smack'

"Go to hell, Nick." Rory said coldy.

"Why you little bitch-" he raised his hand but Tristan caught his wrist before it could hit her, and Danny proceeded to punch him.

"I told you to stay the hell away from her." Danny said, then he turned towards Rory, who was in Tristan's embrace, "Come on, let's go." and the three headed back towards the Hayden beach house.

A/N: Ok, so I'm having trouble deciding, is it Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I'm reading all these stories that say it's Willy Wonka but I could have sworn the movie and book is Charlie. Anywho, I don't know, I'm confused... please help me unconfuse myself, lol. PLEASE REVIEW!!! -Jax