Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore girls. Duh.

"So…how was your first day back in Hell?" Lorelai asked Rory when she got home.

She was sitting in the kitchen, drinking coffee.

"It was good…Tristan's back."

"Tristan? As in Tristan-the-guy-you-kissed-in-the-piano-bench-right-after-you-broke-with-Dean, Tristan?"

"Yes. That one."

"Is he still cute?"

"I never said he was cute!"

"Well, you kissed him even though you said he was a jerk. Why would you kiss an ugly jerk?"

"Mom!"

"Okay, okay. So, anything exciting happen?"

"We got some coffee at Luke's, then I gave him a Stars Hollow tour then Dean saw him and me together…"

"Uh-oh"

"Yep. We kinda got into a fight but it's all okay now."

"Good."

"I'm going to do homework now…"

"But Rory…I wanna play!" Lorelai whined.

"We can play later."

"Fine! But you owe me lots of coffee, missy."

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It was Tuesday morning and Rory was struggling to open her locker. Again.

"Come on, Bob. Open!"  She said.

"Who's Bob?"

 She turned around to find Tristan DuGray, smirking at her. "I thought if I named him he would cooperate more. But I guess not."

Once again, he gave the locker a shove and it opened.

"Unbelievable. How do you do that?"

"It's just one of my many talents."

"You actually have talents?"

"Wanna go to the janitor's closet and find out?"  He wiggled his eyebrows at her suggestively.

She scowled.

"I'm just kidding, Mary. Actually, my band has a gig at The Pergola next week."

"Wow. You're in a band?"

"Chad, my roommate at Military school got me interested in playing guitar so when I got back I bought myself my own guitar then I practiced all summer."

"You continue to surprise me, Tristan DuGray."

"So, do you want to come watch?"

"Yeah, I'll come. My best friend Lane is in a band. Maybe she'll come watch too."

"Great. So I'll see you again here tom, same time?"

"Sure."

She smiled then turned around and walked away. 

A.N. The gig at Pergola won't take place until the near end of the story. Anyway, not to be demanding or anything but REVIEWS PLEASE! It gives me motivation and I get an idea of how many people are actually reading my story. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, you guys are so great! J