Title: When People Change

Author: Tristanluvr

Disclaimer: This is entirely my own work- no need to sue me. All characters belong to

Amy Sherman Palladino except the ones I put into the plot.

Rating: PG-13

Summary: When Tristan goes off to military school all he can think about is the evasive girl he could never get a date with...Rory Gilmore. So when he gets a call from her he takes his chance at reconciliation

A/N: FINALLY! I know I know it took me forever to update but heres Chapter 5, I was having some technical difficulties, around the story being deleted. Anyway Thank you to everyone that has reviewed so far especially coffeegrl you always review my chapters thanks! Read and Review!

Chapter 5

Tristan held Rory gently, rubbing her back comfortingly while Rory sobbed into his chest. Rory pulled away from Tristan and looked into his eyes, in them she saw the worry for her that he had and something else that she couldn't quite put her finger on.

Maybe he had the same feelings for her that she was developing for him. She put her arms around herself and looked outside, it had started to pour while they had been sitting in his car. She looked back at him and he said, "Well I guess we better get inside before it gets any worse. By the looks of it we'll have to get you a change of clothes and a warm shower." She smiled at him gratefully for she was already shivering and she was sure that the rain wasn't going to help.

They jumped out of the car and ran for the door, Tristan fumbled to get his key out of his pocket and opened the door with Rory one step behind him. Tristan shook his water soaked hair out of his eyes and looked over at Rory. "Come on we'll get you some new clothes and a shower." He smiled at her and took her hand leading her up a tall staircase.

Rory looked around in wonder, his house, no not house mansion was bigger than her grandparents house and it was beautiful. "Your house is great." She said in wonderment to Tristan, he looked back at her and then at the house.

"Thanks I'll make sure to relay the compliment to my mothers decorator." He smiled at her and something stirred inside her she looked away. What exactly she was feeling, she had no idea but for some reason it didn't really scare her.

They had reached the top of the staircase and they turned right down the hallway. She walked behind him watching the way his muscle rippled under the wet fabric of his shirt. She sighed, he looked back at her with a question in his eyes, "What?" He asked her.

"Nothing, nothing at all." She looked down at her feet as he made another turn and opened a door. She looked around the room and saw that this must be Tristans room, although you couldn't really figure out his style while he was always wearing a Chilton uniform you could see that he wasn't tacky. She looked around his room and saw shelves full of books and CDs. She went over to the CD rack and saw PJ Harvey. She looked over to where he was standing and laughed.

"What?" He asked with a puzzled expression.

"It's just…just that I never knew you liked PJ Harvey I mean you thought that PJ Harvey was a man." She chocked out between laughs that were making her shake.

He looked at her with a meek smile and said, "Well when you turned me down I couldn't let the tickets go to waste so I went, and they weren't that bad." He shoved his hands in his pockets. She walked over to him and patted his cheek. He shivered at her touch.

"You know Tristan its ok to like PJ Harvey, and Tristan?" He raised his head. "Thank you for helping me back there, I needed it." She put her arms around him and gave him a hug. His arms came up around her and rubbed her back slightly.

Tristan pulled away reluctantly and sighed, "I guess we should get you warmed up and some dry clothes." She looked up at him and nodded slightly.

He walked over to his bureau and pulled out a long blue shirt and a pair of what looked like pajama pants. He handed them over to her with a slight smile. "Here you can use these, I know they will be a bit big but that's all I have got for the moment."

She looked up at him gratefully and smiled brightly, "You know what Tristan I think I am really liking this new friendship of ours even if we are putting a slight dent in the social standing of Hartford with you being friends with me." She looked down at her feet and sighed.

Tristan put two comforting fingers under her chin and raised her head and looked into her eyes. He cradled her face in his hand and said with real sincerity, "You should never feel that you aren't good enough Rory, you have your own standards and people should raise theirs to meet yours. You are the most caring, thoughtful person I have ever met. If it wasn't for you I would still be brooding in my head trying to figure out how to make my life better. You turned me around and made me care about my meaningless life." It was then that he kissed her. Slowly at first brushing his lips lightly against hers until she responded. She brought her hands up around his neck and stood on her tiptoes to be able to kiss him more easily. They pulled apart and Rory took in a breath and leaned her forehead against his.

"I guess you really did get what you wanted, didn't you!" She replied with a smile. He kissed her softly again and then took in her wet clothing.

"Well I guess you should take a shower and change." He replied. She looked at him with a slight smile. "The bathroom is through that door," He pointed to the door on the other side of his room."

"We will talk about everything when I am finished, my brother, the kiss and well other things." She walked past him, went into the bathroom and shut the door behind her. She leaned against the door and thought how much her life had changed in such a short time. She thought of Tristan, and all the changes didn't seem that bad.

So how did you like it, it's a little short I know but I have just been so busy lately, but I wanted to make sure I didn't leave you guys hanging anyway it will probably be awhile until the next chapter. But please READ & REVIEW!