Sunlight filtered in through the room, and Tristin sighed, rolling over in bed. Expecting to see his college dorm, he was surprised when he found himself in a room that wasn't. Outside, he heard a lawn mower, and the barking of a dog.

Confused, he got up and walked over to the window to see if he could tell where he was. Once there, he looked out, and saw a drive way, with a man mowing the front yard, a closed gate, and once past the gate, he saw a row of houses that he had never seen.

He shook his head. What the hell was going on here? Last he remembered, he had just gotten back to Harvard, it had been several days since Louise's wedding. Now he was in this strange house, in a strange area.

Tristin walked into the bathroom located in the bedroom, and washed his face with some cool water. He looked up into the mirror, and his eyes widdened at the image that he was met with. Tristin was not Tristin-in fact, he looked as though he had aged about ten years.

Walking back into the bedroom, he looked around for some sort of sign that might tell him where he was. As his eyes flickered around the room, he paused, noting a figure stretched out on the bed, undressed, though covered by the blankets.

The woman had brown hair, and her face seemed familiar. She stirred in her sleep and then woke up. Upon seeing that she had blue eyes, he realized who it was.

Rory Gilmore was lying, unclothed, on a bed, in a room with him.

She yawned, streatched, and smiling, said, "Hey sweetie. You're up early."

Holy shit...

Riiiiiiiing! Riiiiiiiing! Tristin sat instantly up in his bed upon being awoken by the ringing. What a weird dream, he thought, running a hand through his messy blonde hair. Getting up, he looked for the source of the ringing that had woken him, and found it was his cell phone. Apparently he had left it on before he had gone to sleep.

He sighed, praying it was Rory. They needed to talk about what had happened at the wedding, otherwise it was going to drive him crazy. It was the third time that week he had had that dream.

Rolling over, he grabbed the phone from his nightstand and answered it. "Hello?" he croaked.

"Hey Tris!" Came the all too perky voice of Trinity Dugrey-Whitman on the other end of the line. Trinity was his sister, who was older then him by five years, and married.

"Trinity," he whined, "must you call at this god awful hour?"

"Yes," she said.

"Meh. I hope Bryce cheats on you with his secretary," said Tristin, referring to her husband.

"I am his secretary, you idiot."

"Good point."

"So, Tris, you know how we made that pact when we were little that we would do anything for the other?"

Tristin groaned, knowing full well what was coming next. "Trinity, no, no, and no. Not after last time. I had green peas in my ears because of that little runt."

"But you LOVE that little runt," said Trinity, referring to her daughter, and Tristin's niece, Nan.

"Uncle Tristin! Uncle Tristin!" Tristin heard the voice of the 'little runt' in the background and sighed. He never could say no to that kid.

"How long will you and Bryce be away this time?" he asked.

"Only three days tops," she answered.

He sighed. "Fine, fine," he agreed reluctantly, "I'll watch Nan."

Just then the door to his room opened and in burst a little six year-old girl with blonde hair and brown eyes, wearing a pink coat. "Uncle Tristin!" she cried, wrapping her arms around his neck.

He smiled, and then glared at his sister, a tall blonde of twenty five years, standing in the door way with an impish grin on her face. "Have fun," she said simply, and left.

Tristin sighed, hanging up his cell phone. He turned to his little niece. Then, knowing he would need help with the little torenado, he sighed, and said, "Hey Nan. You want to go on a trip?"

The little girl nodded eargly and he told her to wait and then got up and dressed. Making sure it was okay with Trinity, Tristin with Nan in toe, took a car ride in the direction of Stars Hallow.

He knew Rory was home for christmas break. She would most likely freak out with his showing there, but they had to talk about what happened at some point, and what better an excuse that he needed help with baby-sitting?

Before Tristin knew it, he was standing on the Gilmore Girls porch, with Nan next to him, and ringing the door bell. It opened and there stood Rory. She looked from one to the other and then back again.

"Uh...hi..."

The mail man she had expected. Possibly Kirk offering to do another one of his weird jobs. But never, ever in a million years had Rory Gilmore ever thought that she would open the door and see Tristin Dugrey standing there with a little girl.

"Hi..." she finally managed to utter after a few moments of silence.

"Hi," he returned, and added, pointing to the little girl, "this is my niece Nan."

Looking down at the little girl, Nan waved to Rory, and she smiled. "Hi," said Rory, and added, "You're a cutie."

Nan smiled as though to say "Thank you".

Turning to Tristin, Rory asked, "Any reason in particular why you're here?"

He sighed. "Well I was wondering if you could help me..."

A/N: Okay, so that chapter was kind of random. I don't think it was one of my best. Life is meddling with things and I wasn't as relaxed when I wrote this chapter as I was with my previous ones. Meh. Oh well. Next chapter will be more entertaining. Nan drives Tristin and Rory crazy...hehe. Rory falling asleep on Tristins shoulder and more fluff moments as well. Thanks to those who reviewed chapter seven:

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