Just Friends?

Disclaimer: In no way do these characters belong to me. Only the things that happen to them do. Why I needed to state this is unknown to me considering you've all seen the show and know this, but I'll just go with the flow.

Summary: Guess who's back from military school. That's right Tristans back and is a whole new person, but still is after only one thing. Rory. So what's the problem? Rory loves Jess.

Chapter 2 "Running into the ex"

"I asked, what are you doing here?" a very angry dean repeated

"I'm having coffee with a friend" Tristan answered

"A friend? What friend?" Dean asked with a tone of disgust

"Well, you see. She's sitting right in front of you" Tristan replied

"Rory?"

"Yeah, but no need for you to play the part off freakishly tall overprotective boyfriend, because, well, your out of the picture" Tristan said

"Back off, Tristan" dean said

"Why it's more fun this way"

"Stop it you guys!" Rory pleaded.

"Real funny" dean said

"Do you know how pathetic you are?" Tristan questioned "I don't know who broke it off but if you did you're an idiot if you still want her. And if she broke it off then again your and idiot if you still want her. So you truly are just pathetic"

"Shut up" dean said dismissing what Tristan had just said.

"What, you don't miss her?" Tristan asked

"Yea, I do, but I'm with someone else" dean replied

(Dean looks to Rory)

"You are?" Rory asked, "That's good, really!"

"Yea" dean replied

"Who" rory asked

"Shane"

"Jess' ex?" Rory was shocked.

"Yeah"

"Ok...um...did you just admit to being with a guy and if so that would mean that jess was with one too." Tristan looks to rory "is he-

"Jeez NO, Shanes a girl"

"Oh, cause that would explain a lot" Tristan said trying not to laugh "the hair, that jacket-

"Anyways, Rory, I've got to go" Dean said cutting Tristan off.

(Dean leaves)

"So now I guess it's time for coffee" Tristan said

"Yea" Rory said with a sigh

...

(Later at the Gilmore household)

(Rory was in the kitchen making coffee even though just a half an hour ago she had like four. Lorelai enters the room.)

"Hey Rory" Lorelai said

"Hey Mom" Rory answered

"What are you doing?"

"Making coffee"

"Didn't you just have like 4 cups at Luke's?"

"Of all the people in this town I never would have thought you would question-wait, how did you know I had 4 cups?

"Oh, I have my ways: Anything that involves/includes coffee I know about, the coffee speaks to me"

"Ok, now the truth"

"I went to Luke's to see you but you weren't there. And before I could go Luke had time to tell me how much coffee you had"

"Is he ever going to stop nagging about how much coffee we consume each day?"

"I know! I've never even seen him drink it, I wonder why he even has it in the diner."

"Well new topic, I'm going out tonight."

"Yea, I know, what about it?"

"Can I Borrow something to wear?"

"Sure. Ooh how about that black skirt I got to weeks ago with that vintage blue peasent top?"

"No, were going to a movie"

"Oh then now bout my red ¾ sleeve shirt that says, "rock star" on it with your brown corduroy pants"

"Can I borrow you denim jacket?"

"yea, come on, when are you meeting?"

"At 7:00"

"That only gives us an hour and a half top make you pretty"

"As opposed to how ugly I am now"

(Lorelai lightly chuckles)

...

(Outside Stars Hollow's movie theatre)

"Hi" Rory said

"Hey" jess said

"So, what movie are we seeing?" rory asked

"I dunno"

"Do you really even want to see a movie?"

"Not really"

"Wanna just walk around?" Rory offered

(They start walking)

"What about after we walk?" Rory questioned

"We can go see that movie"

"It starts in ten minuets!"

"It'll take 5 minuets to go around the whole town"

"They stop and look where they are"

"Why do we always end up at this old bridge?"

Jess was just about to say something but they hear some one, and it sounded like Dean and Shane

"Hey jess" Shane Says

"Shane" Jess replies

"Lets go" Dean says when he spotted rory and jess then tries to pull Shanes hand

"No, we'll go" rory said

"We will go" dean replied

"No-

"Whatever! Just go" dean said

(Jess gives dean a dirty look and walks Rory away.)

"So, still wanna see that movie" rory said a little upset

"You ok?" jess asked concerned

"Yeah fine"

"You don't seem ok"

"But I am"

"Ok"

"It wasn't even a month ago" Rory said regretting the words once they left her mouth

"What?"

"Uhhh...Me and Dean. He hates me"

"Huh"

"I hate it when you do that"

"He hates you"

"Did he tell you he hates you?"

"Sort of"

"What do you mean sort of?"

"Ok" rory pauses and takes a deep breath "That night when we met up just after we got together and I told you I had to go. I went to see Dean I climbed up a tree up on his roof and said I was sorry for being such a jerk-

"Rory" jess cut in

-Then I said that I hope he doesn't hate me someday and he said I hope so to. That implies that he hates me now."

"Are you sure you're done?"

"Yeah...I'm sorry" Rory said not being able to look at jess

"For what?"

"I dunno, I'm just sorry"

"Ok"

"Are you mad?" she asked not being able to read his mind. She finally looked up at him.

"No, why would I be?"

"I dunno"

"So, you hungry?" he asked avoiding the subject

"Yeah" Rory nodded

"Come on, I know a place" jess said leading her away

"Where have I heard that before?" Rory said cheering up

They both walk up to where he was taking her. When they arrived they were staning in front of "Al's Pancake World".

"...Ok" Rory said confused

"I thought you loved pancakes?" jess questioned

"I do but Al stopped serving pancakes and went in for international cuisine years ago." Rory explained

"Oh. Sorry" jess said

"No need to be sorry, it's Maraca night" Rory says with a wide grin and makes her way in

(Jess smiles and rolls his eyes, then follows her in)

End chapter

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Thanks whoever reviewed!

Sarksgrl04:I know what Trory means and I think I know what lit means (it means like it's very realistic and could actually happen, right?) but what's nraco?

Miriam Dickens: Thank you! I'm glad you like it!

This story is basically R/J and Trory cause I love both characters. I didn't plan out the pairing, it just happened. Sorry if I disappoint anyone!