Something There That Wasn't There Before

Disclaimer: I don't own a thing!

Author's note: I deleted part six because I couldn't continue the story from there. I had nothing to go on and it was entirely too difficult so I'm rewriting the chapter six…. Enjoy!


Rory headed down the steps and into the kitchen to grab something to drink. Reaching into the refrigerator, she grabbed a can of Lipton iced tea and headed back to the main hallway. Opening a door that had been hidden under the staircase, she bounded down the steps and into the basement.

In the basement there were five rooms. One had a big screen television, digital cable, PS2 and XBOX, dvd player and surround sound, a large overstuffed couch, two beanbag chairs, and two dish chairs. Another room had a pool table and pinball machine. Another was a computer room that held a new Dell computer and desk along with one of the most comfortable computer chairs in Hartford. The fourth room was a guestroom and the fifth was a bathroom that also held one of the four hot tubs in the house.

Flopping down on the couch, Rory grabbed the remote and began to flip through the channels. Settling on MTV's "Wanna come in?" Rory snuggled into the couch and grabbed the blanket on the back of the couch to cover up with.

Minutes later she heard footsteps behind her and smiled when she sat up and found Tristan coming down the steps.

"Hey." Rory said, laying back down knowing that Tristan would join her soon.

Walking to the couch Tristan took his shoes off and slid his shirt over his head so he was only wearing his baggy American Eagle jeans and a white wife beater. Scooting up, Tristan climber over Rory and settled in behind her, wrapping one his arms around her waist and putting the other under his head.

"What are we watching?" Tristan asked, although he knew he wouldn't be paying attention to the tv.

"Wanna come in." Rory told him.

Tristan smirked, "Yes."

Rory laughed, "Tristan!"

Turning around, she ran her hands up his chest. Tristan just smiled gently. "You asked." He whispered.

Instead of responding, Rory climbed on top of Tristan and straddled him, bringing her mouth down to battle his. Moving her lips with his she opened her mouth as his tongue began to ask for entrance. Exploring her mouth, Tristan ran his hand under Rory's tight baby tee. Moaning into Tristan's mouth, she raked her nails over his six pack and began to rock her hips gently.

That's the moment that Rory's phone decided to bust out the "Hey Ya" that indicated Summer, Stephanie, or London was on the phone. Climbing off of Tristan, mumbling an insincere sorry, and heading for her phone atop the television, Rory answered her phone.

"Hello?" Rory asked, laughing at the expression on Tristan's face. She pouted in his direction jokingly.

"Hey Ror. What are you doing? There's a party and Jake Smith's. You in?" Steph rushed, running around her room trying to find her favorite pair of flip-flops.

"That was so many words in so little time… I am impressed." Rory said, then told Steph to hold on so she could ask Tristan.

"Hey baby, there is a party at Smith's house happening right now. You want to go?" Rory asked.

"A party? Are the boys going?" Tristan asked, although he was already putting his shoes back on.

"Steph… we'll meet you there in 15 minutes." Rory said, saying goodbye and then hanging up.

Hanging up the phone, Rory put it in her back pocket and ran up the stairs screaming an, "I'll be right back!" behind her and running up 2 flights of stairs to her room to change.

Submerging back down the steps not even 4 minutes later, Rory was now wearing low rise American Eagle hip huggers that kind of hung off of her hips, but were still very tight, a long white lacy tank top under a short blue jacket from Forever 21.

"Okay, Tris, let's get to moving!" Rory said, urging Tristan to his car as she grabbed her purse and cell phone on the way to the door.

Tristan just allowed her to pull him out the door, the smirk on his face not leaving.


The minute Rory and Tristan entered the party, a beer was thrust into Tristan's hand as a mixed drink was put into Rory's. Not really noticing who had handed it to them, they said, 'Thanks' and sauntered off to find their friends.

Rory found Summer, Stephanie, and London dancing to some disco mix on the patio outside with a drink in their hands, and Tristan found Tyler, Kyle, and Hunter watching the girls from their lawn chairs in the back, each with a beer in the hands, Kyle with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.

"Kyle, my man, hook me up with a light." Tristan said, plopping down in the lawn chair beside them, pulling a cigarette out of his pocket.

Kyle threw the lighter at him and then went back to watching his girl move her hips.

"So I hear we're heading to Ror's tomorrow around noon." Hunter said, glancing in Tristan's direction.

"If that's what the girls are saying, then I guess that is what we are doing." Tristan said, although he wasn't entirely sure what they were talking about. Thinking a minute, I light went off inside of his head. "Oh wait… yeah. Hot tub usage or something? Right?" Tristan asked.

The boys just laughed.


Rory could feel someone watching her, and although she wasn't sure who it was, she knew it wasn't Tristan. When Tristan stared at her, she felt sexy and confident… these pairs of eyes just made her feel creepy. Whipping around quickly, she came face to face with a boy who was followed by two other boys.

"Oh!" Rory gasped… surprised that this boy was so close to her and she hadn't realized.

"Hello." The boy said, smiling a smile that Rory felt herself melting to and couldn't help but to smile back.

"Hi." Rory said. "I'm Rory."

The boy smiled and his chocolate brown eyes twinkled at her she thought. "Logan Huntzberger. This is Colin and Finn." Logan said.

"Hey." Colin and Finn said in unison. Rory said hello back.

"Do you go to Chilton?" Rory asked, realizing she had never seen any of these boys at school or at any other party before.

"No." Logan said, turning to Finn and Colin nodding his head in their direction obviously telling them that they could go find someone else to entertain for the time being.


"Who is that?" Summer asked London and Stephanie.

"Who is that?" Tristan asked Hunter, Kyle, and Tyler.

"A friend of Rory's, I guess. Maybe he's from Stars Hollow." London said.

"Never seen him before. Maybe he's a friend of Rory's." Kyle said.

"Doubtful." Summer and Tristan said to their friends at the same time on different ends of the party. "I'm going to go find out." They both said.

"Oh don't be ridiculous. Rory is allowed to have friends." Hunter said.

"Summer, get real. It's none of our business who Rory talks to… even if they are incredibly hot." Stephanie said with a giggle.

"She is my girlfriend. And strange guys should just… go away." Tristan said, although he sat back down and just lit another cigarette.


"So where do you go then?" Rory asked, this boy starting to be a little strange.

"Henderson Academy. It's about 20 minutes away." Logan said, putting his bottle to his mouth.

"Yeah, I've heard of it. My boyfriend beat the captain of their swimming team at the last meet." Rory said, turning her head to look for Tristan. When she met his eyes, she smiled and winked at him.

"You're dating Tristan DuGrey?" Logan asked in disbelief.


And when Logan's eyes bugged out of his head and Tristan put a swim cap on his head, he realized who he was. 'Oh shit.' Tristan though.

"Logan Huntzberger." Tristan said in disbelief.

"Huntzberger's here?" Hunter asked, his eyes darting around.

"Yeah. He's that kid with Ror." Tristan said, not believing his eyes.

He hadn't seen Logan for 3 years. Nor did he want to. Logan had competed against him when they were 14 at State. They were the last two swimmers and Logan lost. There were so many words said that night after their match because Logan was so upset and Tristan was so excited he had won. The two boys hated each other from that day and each had been following the others swim record, just waiting to know when they'd race again. And last week, they met again, only Tristan hadn't even realized. And he had beaten Logan again.

"Oh shit, dude. Are you kidding me? Isn't that the guy you beat at that meet last week?" Tyler asked, laughing. That was too funny to him.

"Yeah… that's him." Tristan said, taking a bigger drag out of his cigarette.


"Oh, you know him?" Rory asked, her head tilting innocently to the left.

"Yeah. I'm the captain of the swim team at Henderson Academy. The guy he beat last week." Logan said, his eyes now darting around for him. 'Well, I might not be able to beat him in swimming… but his girl sure does seem to be into me.'

"Oh, I'm sorry. It was an excellent race. I was there the whole time. He only beat you by a second." Rory said, and that was the truth. He had barely beaten the boy in front of her.

"No worries, Rory. I do have to go though, Finn and Colin get into trouble if I'm not around… it was cool to meet you though. I'll be seeing you around." Logan said before walking away.


"Who were they?" Steph asked, curiously looking over her shoulder at the three boys, being unusually drawn to the well-cut brunette boy who she swore she heard someone call Colin earlier.

"Some boys from Henderson." Rory said, taking a seat in the chairs around the table beside Summer.

And even as the boys walked away, Rory and Steph couldn't help but look away. It was almost like they were drawn to the boys before them. Like they were connected somehow…